Here comes the joker
with his silly grin
he carries a martini
made of bathtub gin
Wendy's on the windowsill
Waiting to be let in
And were all in the bathtub now
Making Bathtub Gin
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The Joker
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making bathtub gin:
the joker
31, Pisces
Denver, CO
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29, Capricorn
Denver, CO
"Music is a spiritual expression of what's in your heart. Music as a way of getting rich is a pretty new thing, and I often wonder if the mega-bucks glitzy atmosphere is making the quality of music suffer. You have to work really hard to get around that and remember why you're in it in the first place: because you have to be. It's like an addiction. You can't go a day without picking up your guitar. To me, the only commercial goals that are really valid are, 'Boy, I wish I didn't have to go to work. I wish I could do this all the time."
-Trey Anastasio
"Impose rules to make life simpler. Break them to make life more fun."
-Jon Fishman
Tuesday, February 10, 2004
posted 3:22 PM by the joker
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Monday, February 09, 2004
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!
posted 12:10 PM by the joker
The thing I’m thinking about is my move to Colorado and finishing my MBA. I used to laugh at the people that say they went to Law school and all they figured out is that they don’t want to be a lawyer. I very much feel like all I learned in MBA school is that I don’t want to be an MBA, or at least I don’t want to be a corporate drone businessman. (does anyone, really? Sometimes I wonder.)
The good thing is that I have made some good contacts in Colorado- friends of friends of friends that are willing to help me find work. One, in particular, seems to think that he knows everyone in Colorado and can help me find what I’m looking for.
Problem is, what am I looking for? (cue U2: “I have climbed the highest mountain…I have run though the fields…”)
For him to help me, and this is probably the case for a lot of other people to help me as well, I need an elevator pitch. Something that sums up in 30 seconds or less who I am, what I want, and where I’m going. In a world where it seems like I have always been presented with choices, its kind of intimidating to have to come up with what I want. Sometimes I think I know what will make me happy, but then doubt sets in. I just feel really restless and lacking in focus and direction, and am unsure how to find it.
In other news, I made a mix cd that I am calling “Grooves” that I am obsessed with…It has 13 tracks of funky/jazzy spacy grooves that I love and can’t stop listening to it. Its 75 minutes of space out head bobbin fun.
Watched Dubya on Meet the Press yesterday morning. Bush kept close to his script. I don’t doubt that Saddam is/was a madman, but im still not sure that he had just cause to go to war, and it was an "imminent threat" like he said. Its kind of frustrating for me to watch his interviews- Tim Russert asked a lot of good questions, but bush never really seemed to open up or get much away from saying the same key messages. Sticking to the key messages is a key strategy to any PR campaign, but it doesn’t make me relate to him very well. There were a couple of things that were in there that were pretty funny that we paused and re-wound on TiVo- like when he said we were "on the hunt" for Osama and bobbled his head...I enjoyed the Bush-isms more than anything. “Shadowy terrorist network” is another good quote. But like Garcia says…we aren’t pro war or anti-war, we are just pro love and pro music. I used to hate talking politics, but I am intrigued right now by this political season.
Perhaps the weirdest detail that I thought about the whole Meet the Press interview and I haven’t read or heard anything about was this- Towards the end of the interview, Russert read a not so flattering remark by John Kerry about Bush at Yale. Bush responded by saying he didn’t know Kerry at Yale, yet they were 2 years apart and both in the Skull and Bones club/society/fraternity thing. How could they not have known each other? Small detail, but weird.
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Saturday, February 07, 2004
Pics from Yonder Mountain String Band, 2-5-04, Gypsy Tea Room, Dallas TX
posted 4:33 PM by the joker
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Friday, February 06, 2004
Thank god I can take a nap when I get home
posted 2:03 PM by the joker
Last night I put my shit kickers on and went to see The Yonder Mountain String Band at the Gypsy Tea room. I like about 45 minutes of bluegrass and then everything pretty much is the same to me- I had a good time, and I could definitely feel the energy…but I kept on wanting to groove, but there wasn’t a drum kit to groove to. I won tickets to the show, so the people that I got in for free were buying me drinks all night...then I went home and watched The Apprentice on TiVo...and woke up with a hangover and am a bit tired. But It was another damn good episode with The Donald. You're fired. Love it.
I am trying to make some headway with contacts and setting up some interviews in Denver/Boulder for the first week of March. I have gotten in touch with some people, but its definitely a tough, uphill battle in finding a job and all that. Im trying to stay positive, though, and I think that I will be able to have 5-10 meetings set up when I go up there- either informational interviews or just get to know you networking lunches. In case you are wondering, im looking to Advertising/Sales/Marketing job functions, mostly in the Technology industry in Colorado…drop me a line if you think you can help me out.
So, Pauly sent me some more Phish CD’s, and I have been listening to them all day today. The Piper on 12-29-03 is bad ass- Trey plays some heavy metal riffs there at about 11:50 that take the jam totally over the top. Good stuff. Phish announced a 3-day run in Vegas in April, but I think im going to save my money for a tour following this summer- a trip to Vegas could get very $$$ expensive. Gambling while you are high? Bad idea. In MBA speak, the CPS (cost per show) would be lower on a summer tour.
George W. Bush is rumored to be on Meet The Press this Sunday…should be interesting to see what he has to say. I really think that Tim Russert asks the tough question, and seems to remain unbiased…I’ll be tuning in for sure.
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Monday, February 02, 2004
Weekend Wrap-up
posted 1:18 PM by the joker
The superbowl party I went to yesterday was great. Lots of food, lots of beer, multiple TVs, and good friends. It was a pretty much drama-free weekend for me, lots of sleeping and taking it easy.
JamBase has awarded me a pair of tickets to see the Yonder Mountain String Band on Thursday night…I am one lucky mofo to win concert tickets. Should be a good time.
I watched the first episode of Survivor All-Stars last night, so now I guess I will add that to the list of programs to TiVo and become addicted to. This, of course, is in addition to The Real World San Diego and The Apprentice.
I watched some interviews with John Kerry and Howard Dean this weekend…I’m really into the presidential race. Please please, whatever you do, inform yourself. There is a lot of crazy shit going on in this world, that’s for sure. I don’t want to have a political blog, so I won’t go into it, but you need to vote, and you need to get informed. ‘Nuff said.
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Friday, January 30, 2004
Enemy #1
posted 2:06 PM by the joker
This weekend:
-going to see an emo band tonight. thats right. indie. emo. im trying to walk the balance beam between hippy and hipster...i need more balance on the hipster side, i guess.
-there is a Chinese New Year celebration thingy at SMU this weekend. The Year of The Monkey...sounds like a good time.
-The Superbowl...ummm...i guess ill go to a party and watch it...twist my arm. But im not really into it. really.
-at some point this weekend i need to do some homework and send out some e-mails & resumes to try and get some informational interviews in Denver/Boulder next month. cross your fingers.
-Everyone wish Bongo Juarez a big happy birthday today! Mr. Juarez and his Bongos are 28 today.
-these balls are way cool to play with.
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Thursday, January 29, 2004
VEGAS RUMORS CONFIRMED!!!
posted 3:31 PM by the joker
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I can't get out of bed today
posted 2:02 PM by the joker
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Tuesday, January 27, 2004
What's Your Favorite Kool-Aid Flavor?
posted 5:06 PM by CheezLog
Apple
Berry Blue
Black Cherry
Bunch Berry
Cherry Cherry
Cracker Cola
Eerie Orange
Frutas
Golden Nectar
Grape
Grapeberry Splash
Great Bluedini
Incrediberry
Kickin-Kiwi-Lime
Lemon-Lime
Lemonade
Man-o-Mangoberry
Mountainberry Punch
Oh-Yeah Orange-Pineapple
Orange
Pina-Pineapple
Pink Lemonade
Pink Swimmingo
Purplesaurus Rex
Rainbow Punch
Raspberry
Roarin' Raspberry Cranberry
Rock-a-dile Red
Rootbeer
Scary Black Cherry
Scary Blackberry
Sharkleberry Fin
Slammin' Strawberry-Kiwi
Soarin' Strawberry-Lemonade
Strawberry
Strawberry Falls Punch
Strawberry Split
Strawberry-Raspberry
Sunshine Punch
Surfin' Berry Punch
Tangerine Tropical Punch
Watermelon-Cherry
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Monday, January 26, 2004
People sleep…Sleep in the daytime…If they want to, if they want to…
posted 10:12 AM by the joker
The thing that really amazed me about the party was how everyone really seemed to embrace the whole break your resolution idea. We made posters with a chart to keep track of everyone’s resolutions, and how they were going to break them. I made sure to have the I-zone camera out so people could have their picture next to their name…in all, we ran out of film (I bought 60 exposures)…I thought that only a few people would sign the poster, but there were actually people looking for more film later in the party. Amazing. Who knew crafts where such a good time?
Another fun highlight for me was the Super Jam. Bongo and I started out with 2 other buddies that we play music with regularly, and I think that jam sounded pretty good. Then after about 15-20 minutes we put down the instruments and opened up the jam to the other musicians at the party. Lucky for me and everyone else I have a lot of talented friends, and most of the time everything sounded great. But there were a couple of jams that were bad, really really bad. Which was actually kinda funny and entertaining, because telling a happy loud drunk to get off of the drums can really liven up a party.
The last few people finally cleared out about 4am, we had no problems with the neighbors (which continues to amaze me that no one calls the cops when we are playing loud music and 30 people are standing out in my front porch passing pipes around) and I finally got to sleep about 5:30 am Sunday morning but feel fine today. All in all, very good times.
Oh, and did if forget to mention, forget to mention Memphis, home of Elvis, and the ancient Greeks…no I mean, did I forget to mention that there was a lot of girls kissing one another? Oh yeah, I guess that should be mentioned too.
Bill’s pictures are here, and Indigo has some here.
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Friday, January 23, 2004
I can't fully explain why i like this so much, but i like it
posted 9:56 AM by the joker
http://badgerbadgerbadger.com/
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Thursday, January 22, 2004
If I had a host of ghosts - Living on my street - I’d jive and strive to stay alive - And offer them some meat
posted 10:55 AM by the joker
The Apprentice has to be the best show on TV. Seriously, im hooked. I really want the girls to lose next week, just so they can take the catfight to the board room. I really want to hear Trump put some of those women in their place. And last night- Sam- the man with the napoleon syndrome- got fired and stared down Trump with devil eyes. Oh, the drama! I love it that I have TiVo and can record that shit.
This weekend I am having the “Break your new year’s resolution party.” I am a little nervous, cause it seems like there will be quite a few friends in attendance, and I hope that the house is large enough and we will have enough booze for everyone. I think that the resolution that I will be breaking is to “stop hitting on other people’s girlfriends”- we are going to put together a big board for people to write their resolutions and how they are going to break them, so that everyone can help everyone else out…haha. Should be a good time.
I don’t know if its just cause im older or what, but when did presidential politics get to be so much fun? I mean, its like a new comedy show or something. Howard Dean’s head could explode at any minute; John Kerry looks like Frankenstein; Congress is about to stand up and give a “Heil hitler! to Bush; and John Stewart and the Daily Show is covering it all…im laughing so hard my sides hurt.
So, I shaved off my beard. I know I said I was going to post pictures and document it and all that, but im kinda sick of looking at my nasty face. Its not you, its me.
Real American Heroes
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Monday, January 19, 2004
Its hard to make the good things last...
posted 10:45 AM by the joker
a random thought that i have been thinking a lot about lately is the idea that "its hard to make the good things last" and "nothing lasts for long"- the idea that the best things in life- love, friends, a work situation, whatever, never last forever. if you are lucky, you can spend a lot of your life with someone, but the situation and the way you feel about that person will change. so really, in theory, you should live your life just doing what you think you should do, instead of thinking that you shouldn't leave a place or a person cause you have something right now- like a relationship you are in or maybe there is something else you are in and its awesome right now, but there is no guarantee (and in reality) it probably wont last forever, so you should just enjoy it while you can. and if it ends cause you move, or if it ends because of something else that you do, well thats fine, cause it wasnt going to be like it is forever anyway. it has to end somehow, so we need to just live our lives and be happy with things the way they are now, and not worry about how they are going to be if you change something. cause really, it isnt going to last forever, so you might as well be the person that does the changing and be in control...im not saying that you should live your life without consideration for other people or right or wrong- im not saying that at all- im just saying that a lot of the things that i wish could have lasted forever havent, no matter how hard i tried to hold on to them- so now maybe i need to not be afraid of the change and not take things for granted as much. if its good now, appreciate it, cause sometime sooner rather than later you may be sad that it isnt like it was. but thats ok. nothing lasts forever.
dont know if im making any sense, but thats what ive been thinking about.
thats what i got for now.
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Thursday, January 15, 2004
The Robot
posted 2:03 PM by the joker
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Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Miami Heat
posted 3:46 PM by the joker
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From MSNBC, via Bongo Juarez
posted 9:14 AM by the joker
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Monday, January 12, 2004
Possibly the best late January party idea ever contained in this post
posted 9:27 AM by the joker
Saw Big Fish yesterday afternoon. I give it 2 thumbs up. It is less psychedelic than I expected, and more of a tear-jerker than I expected, but I liked it a lot.
The great beard experiement is going strong. I havent shaved since Dec 26th, and I thought that I would just keep it till last week, but the more it grows in, the more I like it. I also like very much that the beard seems to polarize people. Some people don’t like it at all- mostly stuffy corporate office type people- and they tell me so. But I don’t really like them, either. But the ones that do like it and comment on it- friends and acquaintances that are hippy indie hipster girls, are the ones that I want to get bonus points with anyway. So I am going to keep it for a little while longer. There is also talk of a really bad progressive shave-off, involving a Fu Manchu and a thin moustache, which of course will be documented here if and when it happens.
Bongo Juarez and I are in the planning stages of our next house party…right now the front runner idea is “Break your New Year’s resolutions party.” I'm thinking of a poster chart that people can sign to let everyone know what resolution they are breaking tonight, as well as a plate in the kitchen with cigarettes, condoms and bread- everything you need to break that resolution!
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