UPDATE
The world semifamous Rock Bottom Remainders are gearing up for our big show tonight at Webster Hall. We are so excited about this gig that we have taken the unusual step of scheduling an actual rehearsal, at which we intend to learn, and write down, the chords. So it should be a less mediocre than normal terrific show. We also will have some surprise musical guests, one of whom can actually sing. So we're very excited.
We continue to garner a massive international tidal wave of publicity in the form of this article, not to mention the second item in this article.
Sorry for the lack of posting, but I've been prostituting myself involved with book promotion, and judi has been partying her brains out busy with band logistics.
HOORAY!
Break a leg! (not judi)
Posted by: Eleanor | June 01, 2007 at 10:15 AM
"We also will have some surprised musical guests, "
contemplates the many ways you can surprise your guests. boggles mind.
Posted by: crossgirl | June 01, 2007 at 10:15 AM
WHOA!
FIRST on June FIRST!
And FIRST to wish the RBRs good luck. Not that they need it, with all the talent they have - they will rock NYC!
Posted by: Eleanor | June 01, 2007 at 10:16 AM
I thought of that, too, cg. I can't help but wonder if that's intentional....
Posted by: Ben Cram | June 01, 2007 at 10:17 AM
Hopefully their will be youtube evidence left over from the pary that will most assuredly ensue!
Posted by: Mars Inhabitant | June 01, 2007 at 10:18 AM
ben, with these guys, you never know. hopes squirrels aren't involved.
Posted by: crossgirl | June 01, 2007 at 10:19 AM
Yeah, cg, um...I'm wonderin', too....
Sheesh.
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 10:22 AM
Who would have thought the Rock Bottom Remainders and the Knuffle Bunny would ever have the pleasure of being on the same page?
Posted by: Bethie | June 01, 2007 at 10:24 AM
i for one am glad to see the return of the infinity lofts - white bikini girl. (over there, to the right) the severed-heads-floating-in-space-and-then-falling-in-a-heap ad (which is now directly below)kinda gave me the creeps.
Posted by: mudstuffin | June 01, 2007 at 10:26 AM
*still smiling at amy tan's "i would do this (perform in r.b.r's) to kill the whales"*
Posted by: insomniac | June 01, 2007 at 10:26 AM
I, for one, think it's a beautiful beautiful thing that Dave learned the strikethrough tag in HTML.
Posted by: funniegrrl | June 01, 2007 at 10:27 AM
Posted by: Bãrön vønKlýff | June 01, 2007 at 10:29 AM
I, for one, think it's a beautiful beautiful thing that Dave learned the strikethrough tag in HTML.
Posted by: funniegrrl | June 01, 2007 at 10:31 AM
Dang that double-posting glitch. Grrrrrrr
Posted by: funniegrrl | June 01, 2007 at 10:32 AM
I wonder.... would one of the surprise
dguests happen to be the Keith that they are still younger than?Posted by: Bãrön vønKlýff | June 01, 2007 at 10:35 AM
Baron, I heard Keith sing at a concert last year. I'd have to argue that Dave said that they were being joined by someone who could sing. Man it was bad, classical, but bad.
Posted by: Cheryl Howard | June 01, 2007 at 10:42 AM
I am so jealous of all the Blogits going to tonight. First because they get to see the band and meet Dave. The downside is that they probably have to hear the band too. The other thing I'm jealous about is that they get to meet and see the other blogits live (which also could be a downside). Have fun gals and guys! I wish I could be there with you. Bring back lots of incriminating evidence in the form of pictures. We promise we won't use it against you.
Posted by: ArcticAl | June 01, 2007 at 10:45 AM
funniegirl has not yet learned the anti-double-posting tag in html
Posted by: pogo | June 01, 2007 at 10:46 AM
Al, you LIE!!! We will ALL use it against you!!! :-)
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 10:47 AM
wonders if the surprised musical guest is the prize winner...
Posted by: crossgirl | June 01, 2007 at 10:49 AM
Oh and I forgot to ask if anyone is interested in having a simulataneous Blog concert here tonight for those who can't be there. The concert starts at 9 Eastern Perimeter Time. See ya there!
*holds up lighter*
*burns fingers, swears and drops lighter in grass*
*stomps out ensueing small fire*
Posted by: ArcticAl | June 01, 2007 at 10:49 AM
YES, AL!! YES! YES! YES!
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 10:50 AM
oh my gosh, ya'll, i just found out who the surprised musical guest is!!!!!!
Posted by: crossgirl | June 01, 2007 at 10:54 AM
Why am I suspicious?
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 01, 2007 at 10:57 AM
Baron, at least he finally put that Tan woman in her place.
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | June 01, 2007 at 10:59 AM
Naughty, naughty, lower case cg!
tsk, tsk, tsk....;)
Posted by: Eleanor | June 01, 2007 at 11:05 AM
That is true, EG. That is true.
CG, that was not nice, and hovering didn't help. That being said, and brain bleach applied, I doubt our intrepid band would not want to drive away their
suckersticket holders by having thatsingercroonerschlockmeister within 1000 miles of their venue tonight.Posted by: Bãrön vønKlýff | June 01, 2007 at 11:08 AM
cg - I just know better. That was a BM link, wasn't it? And after that LOVELY cake I offered you on the forum. Well, you did make up for it in advance with Ice Cream Man.... ;-)
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 11:16 AM
literary heavyweights
Perhaps it's time for the BlogMaster and Mr. King to lay off the doughnuts...
Posted by: wiredog | June 01, 2007 at 11:24 AM
"funniegirl has not yet learned the anti-double-posting tag in html"
Indeed.
:D
Posted by: funniegrrl | June 01, 2007 at 11:33 AM
Is it my imagination, or are they calling Dave and company fat?! The nerve!
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 11:35 AM
cg: Ghod will get you for that.
Am I the only one who saw the headline U.S. literary heavyweights down pens for panache and read it quickly as "pen!s"?
Anyone? Bueller?
OK, it was just me then.
But I'm still seeing Dave and Stevie and you're not.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 01, 2007 at 11:43 AM
DD, good morning. I saw one of your posts from last night suggested Smokestack. That is an excellent choice especially for a large group. However the "joints" have better barbecue. Places like Rosedale's, Quick's and, of course, Arthur Bryant's. Just a suggestion. :)
Posted by: pete | June 01, 2007 at 11:47 AM
Jeff: Pththththth.
Um. That ... was an accident. Really.
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 11:48 AM
I haven't had any of those three myself, pete. But I love Smokestack and cannot imagine better baked beans on the planet! Besides - it's not the Jack Stack chain. I'm talking about the mom and pop place at 89th and Wornall. Mmm mmm good!!
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 11:50 AM
jeff, you're not alone.
i don't think they're implying the guys are fat, after all, they have rock bottoms, it's safe to assume their abs match.
Posted by: crossgirl | June 01, 2007 at 11:51 AM
Eager to hear any and all details as soon as they are available. Wish I could be there with you all!
pssst, maybe judi is the special guest! she can really sing!!
Posted by: KDF | June 01, 2007 at 11:53 AM
"I wonder.... would one of the surprised guests happen to be the Keith that they are still younger than?"
And if so, will he sing 98.6?
Posted by: ubetcha | June 01, 2007 at 11:55 AM
OHHHH! I'm not familiar with that one. Quick's and Rosedale's are over in Kansas around SW Trafficway. If you haven't had AB's you haven't had the "original" KC BBQ. His is different because he uses a vinegar based sauce, not the sweet molasses most of the others use. But it's all wonderful, even the chains.
Posted by: pete | June 01, 2007 at 11:56 AM
KDF: I thought maybe it would be Hannah doing a song from her show.
;)
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 01, 2007 at 11:56 AM
Good one, ubetcha.
For non geezers: Keith.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 01, 2007 at 11:58 AM
Diva - We should have our own BBQ festival in honor of the literary heavyweights......... and to make all the other bloglits jealous...... yummy! *EG*
Posted by: Meditrina | June 01, 2007 at 11:58 AM
Dave, enjoy the Fat-Bottomed Girls at the afterparty.
Posted by: gfunksizzle | June 01, 2007 at 11:59 AM
OOoooohhh, funk. I love Queen. But be careful, Mrs. Blog may think you are making references, and you know how we girls are. ;)
Posted by: Meditrina | June 01, 2007 at 12:01 PM
OOOH! Good idea, Med! :) And what's "*EG*": Eager Grin?
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 12:02 PM
Thanks Jeff. I always liked that song, but then I liked everything in 1967. Especially the Red Sox.
Posted by: ubetcha | June 01, 2007 at 12:04 PM
DD: EG = evil grin
Does anyone know who won the damn contest?
Posted by: Suzy Q | June 01, 2007 at 12:08 PM
1967? Was Queen around in 67? More like '87 I'd think.
Posted by: pete | June 01, 2007 at 12:08 PM
I still think Judi won the contest.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 01, 2007 at 12:11 PM
DD, I downloaded Firefox last night. How do you get the tabs feature to work?
Posted by: pete | June 01, 2007 at 12:15 PM
But you know, Hammie, who is more DESERVING of winning, I ask? Walter? I think NOT!
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 12:16 PM
Well, DD, me. And you, of course...
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 01, 2007 at 12:18 PM
pete - you can set it up through the homepage set up to have more than one home page (it will set each one up in its own tab), or you can right click on a link and click "open in new tab")
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 12:18 PM
KDF: I thought maybe it would be Hannah doing a song from her show.
;)
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | 11:56 AM on June 1, 2007
Jeff, HAR! And thank you for giving me the perfect opening to explain what you're referring to. :)
Posted by: KDF | June 01, 2007 at 12:20 PM
Well, aside from us, Hammie. :-)
And you know, I was just wondering the other day...did you have to give up the shower cam business or something? I haven't seen mention of it for positively AGES.
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 12:21 PM
And that statement, made before breakfast, should have been. "Hopefully *there* will be youtube evidence left over from the *party* that will most assuredly ensue."
Posted by: Bethie | June 01, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Congratulations to
Wilbur!Hannah! :-)Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 12:24 PM
OK. Thanks a lot for the help.
Posted by: pete | June 01, 2007 at 12:25 PM
Special Update from the Rush & Molloy column in today's NY Daily News [page 21]:
Dr. Death trading pen for the brush
Euthanasia-enabler Dr. Jack Kevorkian is due to get out of a Michigan prison today, and celebrity art curator Baird Jones is marking his release tonight at the Webster Hall nightclub with "Welcome Back, Doc," an exhibit of Kevorkian's paintings. The 79-year-old served eight years for second-degree murder in the death of a man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.
Together, the doctor's gruesome images constitute a kind of artistic assisted suicide. "War, the Gourmet," the doctor explains in a statement, demonstrates the world's appetite for "mass suicide" by showing the god Mars looming over a decapitated diner. Meanwhile, "For He Is Raised" mocks Easter as the "annual resurrection by dumb bunnies of a … purported divinity."
WTFBBQ?!
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 01, 2007 at 12:29 PM
actually pete, i think you're both off ten years. queen was going strong in the 70's.
Posted by: crossgirl | June 01, 2007 at 12:29 PM
Maybe Dr. Jack will be the "special guest who can sing"?
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 01, 2007 at 12:29 PM
Yup, a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_%28band%29">Queen was founded in 1970.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 01, 2007 at 12:31 PM
Whoops, sorry about that. Let's try it again.
Queen.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 01, 2007 at 12:32 PM
Posted by: Bãrön vønKlýff | June 01, 2007 at 12:33 PM
DD, It's still going well, just quietly. That's a really cute mole, BTW.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 01, 2007 at 12:38 PM
Mocking? I don't denigrate you. Why must you denigrate me?
Christians really are the most persecuted believers in America today, and it makes me very sad.
Do not mock me for what I believe. If you must mock something (and I do not believe you must), make it the actions that belie the beliefs.
But make very, VERY sure that you ALWAYS live out your own credo first. Hypocrisy is not limited to Christians.
Posted by: DeskDiva, a Christian | June 01, 2007 at 12:43 PM
Heh heh. Funny, Hammie!
*surreptitiously covers left hip, wonders how he really knew....*
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 12:45 PM
actually pete, i think you're both off ten years. queen was going strong in the 70's.
Posted by: crossgirl | June 01, 2007 at 12:47 PM
CG, you are right. The song was released in 1978. I thought it was one of their later songs, but I was wrong.
Posted by: pete | June 01, 2007 at 12:52 PM
Thanks Jeff. I always liked that song, but then I liked everything in 1967. Especially the Red Sox.
I was referring to Keith, who did "98.6" in 1967. "Fat Bottomed Girls" was 1978.
Posted by: ubetcha | June 01, 2007 at 12:53 PM
Diva, I agree with you completely. Everyone is so ultra sensitive (ie. the religion of peace)The only group that is still fair game are Christians. It bothers me, but Jesus told us that the world would hate us.
Posted by: pete | June 01, 2007 at 12:57 PM
pete: something fairly easy is to just tag 'File' then 'New Tab.' You can then open whichever Tab you want at any given time/ surf independently within each. I find it particularly helpful if I'm writing something and pulling references from different sources.
Posted by: CJrun | June 01, 2007 at 12:57 PM
Thanks, CJ. I think I am going to prefer FF to IE.
Posted by: pete | June 01, 2007 at 01:01 PM
Looking at the photos in the article I noticed that The Dave and Ridley were the only pictured members that were
Wiggleswigless.Posted by: Bãrön vønKlýff | June 01, 2007 at 01:04 PM
DD & pete: there is no such thing as "fair game" nor should there be IMHO. Whatever you think of Kevorkian & the "art" guy, that is the opinion of the "artist" (sic), whether the rest of us like it or not.
And DD made the key point (for me) about hypocrisy. When I hear everyone venerating Billy Graham and remember what he said about the Jews on tape talking to Richard Nixon...well, 'nuff said.
Anyway, I think I'm ready for tonight.
*Dave for President t-shirt - check*
*propeller beanie - check*
*penguin thong - check*
*oosik - darn, guess not*
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 01, 2007 at 01:07 PM
I think that Kiefer (Keifer? Kieffer? Kieffer? Keefer?) Sutherland should be a special guest. He used to sing in a band, I think. He has a little TV show.
Posted by: Jessica R. | June 01, 2007 at 01:12 PM
A
murdererconvicted felon is mocking Christians? Bwahahahahaha! Apparently, he learned nothing during his 8 year 'vacation.'Posted by: Meditrina | June 01, 2007 at 01:13 PM
Jeff, don't forget the swim-fins and the gold lame' cape.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 01, 2007 at 01:14 PM
Jeff, when you hear "everyone" doing anything I want to be there for that. I would like to know who the person is that you could respect? You know the one who has never made a racist comment or told a demeaning joke or done anything else that might offend someone. Get off your high horse. Nobody that I know has not done something hypocritical at some point in their life.
Posted by: pete | June 01, 2007 at 01:16 PM
So, you're at a crossroads in your life. On one hand, you can go to NYC to see the RBR. On the other, you can go to Vancouver to see the Police reunion. If you choose wisely you will see the RBR.
Key quote: Andy is in Idaho
Posted by: random thunking | June 01, 2007 at 01:16 PM
*Thinks of some other stuff Diva won't like.*
*Decides not to tell her about it*
Posted by: Edgar Greenberg | June 01, 2007 at 01:21 PM
I did my residency in Michigan and several of Kevorkian's former patients were dropped off in the ambulance bay covered with a sheet, but there wasn't a DNR (do not resuscitate) note with them, so sometimes the staff would try to revive them (so I'm told- this happened several years before I got there).
Posted by: diverdowndoc | June 01, 2007 at 01:23 PM
Everyone behave. Don't make me pull this blog over and come back there.
Posted by: Hammond Rye | June 01, 2007 at 01:24 PM
*snork at image of Jeff M in beanie, penguin thong, gold lame cape, and swim fins*
I had to choose RBRs this weekend (requiring massive rescheduling at work and owing somebody many shifts) or career and marriage (Wedding anniversary next Thursday, which is also female docling's birthday, with weekend meeting in Hilton Head for annual state ED meeting). It was actually a tough choice. (not the anniversary part).
Posted by: diverdowndoc | June 01, 2007 at 01:28 PM
oops- make that Friday- I know the date (june 8) not the day!
Posted by: diverdowndoc | June 01, 2007 at 01:30 PM
:-p @ Hammie - Just to see if you will pull over the blog and come on back here. hehehe.
Posted by: Meditrina | June 01, 2007 at 02:07 PM
Well, I'll be in NYC tonight in spirit-
Now I've gotta go fight Darwin.
Have a great day everybody! Bye!
Posted by: diverdowndoc | June 01, 2007 at 02:09 PM
Doc is going to a state Erectile Dysfunction meeting?
Posted by: pete | June 01, 2007 at 02:25 PM
ddd- when the patient's file listed their physician as 'dr.kevorkian' wasn't that a giveaway?
Posted by: insomniac | June 01, 2007 at 02:26 PM
Not usually any identifying information present, and this was before most folks knew what was going on.
pete- metaphorically. It is the Georgia College of Emergency Physicians meeting. We are 'ED' docs i.e., Emergency department physicians. But if you have been to one of these meetings, they can definitely take the wind out of your sails IYKWIM. Especially when they start showing inappropriate household objects in inappropriate body orifices.
Posted by: diverdowndoc | June 01, 2007 at 02:57 PM
Heh, ddd - in my life ED is "eating disorder." :-)
Posted by: DeskDiva | June 01, 2007 at 03:25 PM
It is one of my goals in life to avoid becoming a slide in that PowerPoint presentation that they show at that ED conference. And I mean that in all three of the variations of ED listed above (and several others, as well).
Posted by: ScottMGS | June 01, 2007 at 03:48 PM
...especially if it's the same picture for all three!
*passes out blain breach for those with hyperactive imaginations*
Posted by: ScottMGS | June 01, 2007 at 03:50 PM
That should have been "blain breach™".
Posted by: ScottMGS | June 01, 2007 at 03:50 PM
*Thumps Scott on back to clear skip*
Ok- so I'm REALLY leaving for work, now.
No, now. Now.
TTFN!
Posted by: diverdowndoc | June 01, 2007 at 03:54 PM
*google eyes, hoarse voice*
Thanks, I needed that.
Geezer references, anyone?
Posted by: ScottMGS | June 01, 2007 at 04:08 PM
"They took the bar! The whole fu@k!ng bar!"
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 01, 2007 at 04:23 PM
Blain Bleach™? Does that make annoying "street magicians" disappear?
Posted by: random thunking | June 01, 2007 at 04:24 PM
pete, agreed but... most of us are not set up on a pedestal as a Paragon of All Virtue. That's all I'm saying. I think Bob Dylan put it better:
Don't follow leaders
Watch your parking meters.
Posted by: Jeff Meyerson | June 01, 2007 at 04:25 PM
pete, I'm not gonna talk to you, if I can help it. You are mean and nasty. The other folks are not. In fact, they are really nice.
Some people will always think that EVERY person has a soft, gooey center. I don't.
Don't pick on my new friends.
Get a grip on yourself and just don't do it.
Posted by: Elaine Sue | June 01, 2007 at 07:11 PM