I’ve been off line for most of the week. We bought new carpet for our condo last week (little did we know I would get laid off.) and the carpet went in this week. That meant we had to pull everything out of half of the condo and stack it into the other half while they carpeted that area. Then we had to switch it. Big pain in the ass, but it was worth it, the place looks great now.

Catching up

Ink’d and Amp’d

It went ok. The turnout was pretty good, but I thought the bands weren’t all that great and there were to many of them. Having a show run from 7 – 1:30 is just WAY to long. By the time the last band went on stage the place was a ghost town. I didn’t get to spin as much as I hoped I would. I played for an hour before the first band, but from there on I would only really get to play one or two songs in-between each act. There were some very nice tattoos though.

Bondage a Go Go
Last night was great. It was completely different then last week. There was a good sized crowd and they were dancing up a storm. I thought the music mix was very nice. I have a ton of fun last night.

Job
My old boss still wants me to do some sales for them. I may for a while until I get a new job. It doesn’t pay a ton, but it’s something. I do have a couple of possibilities out there, but I don’t want to jinx anything so I’m not going to talk about it.

Playlist for Bondage A Go-Go 4-27-06
*A* = Requested Artist
*S* = Requested Song

10:00
DJ Nitrogen
Covenant – Happy Man
Royksopp – Eple (Fatboy Slim Mix)
Dominatrix – Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight (Black Strobe Mix)
Tiga – Burning Down The House
Telepopmusic – Smile (Mr. Negative Mix)
Avenue D – Do I Look Like A Slut
Peaches – Shake Your Dix (Tiga Mix)
The White Stripes – 7 Nation Army (Tim Deluxe Mix)
New Order – Blue Monday (Hardfloor Mix)
Fluke – Zion (DJ Nitrogen Edit)
Andrea Bertolini. – Nasty Bass
Buy Now – For Sale
*A* Thrill Kill Kult – Sex On Wheels (Astro & Glyde Mix)

11:20ish
DJ Nitrogen & DJ Overdrive

Apop – Paranoia (Haunted Club Mix)
Prodigy – Smack My Bitch Up
*V* Laibauch – Tanz Mit Laibach
Virtual Embrace – The End
Covenant – Ritual Noise
Pride & Fall – Paragon (SITD Mix)
VNV – Beloved (Grey Dawn Mix)
Blank & Jones – A Forest
Ratty – Sunrise (Club Mix)
*S* Chemical Brothers – Believe
*A* Assemblage 23 – Disappoint
*A* *V* Project Pitchfork – Timekiller
Icon Of Coil – Shelter
Heliosphere – Secrets In Motion
Suicide Commando – Bind Torture and Kill
*S* Combichrist – Happy Fucking Birthday
Rob Zombie – Dragula (Hot Rod Herman Mix)
*S* Marylyn Manson – Tainted Love
NIN – Get Down Make Love
Prodigy – Baby’s Got A Temper
*V* *S* Pro-Test – Skinny Puppy
*S* Thrill Kill Kult – Daisy Chain For Satan
Lords Of Acid – Gimme Gimme
Das Ich – Uterus
Blutengle – Mistress Of The Club
Tactical Sekt – Xfixiation (SITD Mix)
God Module – Sections
Benny Benassi – Who’s Your Daddy (Fuzzy Hair Mix)
*S* Felix Da House Cat – Silver Screen
*A* Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump
Chemical Brothers – Galvanize
Wolfshien – Once In A Lifetime
VNV – Standing

Ink’d and Amp’d TONIGHT!

Local tattoo shops will showcase their artists via exhibition booths and a model runway fashion show. A variety of local music acts will fill all three rooms of First Avenue (Main stage, 7th St. Entry, and VIP Lounge). The music will range in genres from hip-hop, rock, and electronic.

Doors open at 7pm. 18+ to enter. Tickets are $10 presale/$15 at the door, available through Ticketmaster outlets and Indie Ticket outlets. $7 with college i.d., $7 with the showing of your tattoo!

VIP Room:

E.N.T. (The 1048 Twitch) Jack, Funk, Rock n’ Roll.

Octathorpe, breaks and house

Hart Thorson (SIM, The 1048 Twitch) The straight up rockery with some techno, a little bit of trance

Main Room:

Bea (Acoustic)
Mel Gibson and the Pants (Hip hop)
These Modern Socks (Indie Rock)
Reverse Cowgirl (Rockabilly)
DJ Nitrogen – between bands

7th St. Entry:

Contrabandits (Punk rock)
Commotus Pax (Metal)
Ltd (Metal)
Smilin Liar (Metal)
Empire of Ruin (Metal)

Proceeds benefit D.E.M.O, a local nonprofit organization. D.E.M.O works to help emerging and street-level musicians get a toehold in the music industry so that the mainstream, the Clearchannels, the American Idols, don’t completely take over.

Tonight was very fun. Much of this fun goes out to a few people who read my last post and gave me kind words. Thank you to , , , and . (I may have forgotten a few people, I’m sorry – it’s late and my mind is all fucked up right now.)

The night overall went pretty well. It was a bit busier then it has been the last few weeks. I will write up the playlist and a blow by blow account of the night tomorrow. Then I have to make a new resume, oh joy.

But…. wait now… I thought….. say that again?!?….. Fuck

So out of the blue I was laid off today. My company has been losing money for a few months and they cut 40% of the staff today. (Ok, three people, but there was only 7 of us to start with.)

Fuck

I did not see this coming. My bosses were very upset about it, they said they really want to keep me and they will bring me back as soon as they can. But that doesn’t pay the bills.

I turned off the comments because I can’t really talk about it to much, if I read and respond to people I will probably get very upset.

This really sucks.

I will be at HM tonight, but it’s really only because I need the money.

Tonight

Heliosphere
Ear Candy
High Blue Star
Amdeide

Club Underground
355 Monroe St. NE
Minneapolis, MN

$5 cover
doors @ 9:30

Should be fun.

Same night as Ladytron I know, even though I really like Ladytron’s music I have seen them before and they have no stage presence at all, So I am choosing the local show.

I have heard there is going to be a great DJ after Ladytron, so if you go down to First Ave I would recomend sticking around afterwards.

On an unrelated note, we have some really good DJ’s coming to town soon. George Acosta & Deepsky next week, Judge Jules May 3rd, Tiesto May 25th, The Crystal Method June 3rd and Ferry Corsten 6/21. Whoo hoo

I just made a South Park Nitrogen.

Stolen from

Funniest (or most disturbing) skating routine ever.

It was a really rough night at the club last night. My DJ Partner, DJ Overdrive (who is also the manager of the club), had to run cover because someone didn’t show up for her shift. That meant I was going to spend most of the night DJing solo. I was pretty excited about that, since I had never spun a Thursday solo. Little did I know that the crowd would just not work with me at all. I would say 80% of the people who were either tourists or only there for the bondage show. I could not get those fuckers to stay dancing to save my life.

About 45 minutes to an hour into the night I thought I would really start getting a floor. Benny B, Zombie, and Prodigy all usual big songs… nothing. Then when Morn and Tears in Rain didn’t work I knew I was fucked. Body Rockers and The Gorillaz did work and work well, but I lost them all with the Faint and VHS or Beta. So it wasn’t a hipster crowd, it was an “Oh I know this song from the radio” crowd. The rest of the night went the same way.

Overdrive gave me a much needed break around 12:20, I was ready to put my head through the wall at that point. After that little break I did get a pretty good floor going with Peaches, Ladytron and Felix. So I thought they must be ready for some harder shit by now so I tried Combichrist – poof – It was like a fucking magic trick it cleared the floor so fast. I kind of got them back with Daft Punk, but I think many people not only left the dance floor during Combi, they left the club. Looking back, if I would have just skipped Combi and done the rest of my set the exact same I’m sure I would have kept a good floor for the rest of my shift. It’s funny how one song can fuck things all up.

By the time Overdrive came up at 1:30 when cover was over I was fucking done. He didn’t have any better luck the last half hour, he got a few people to dance to Benny B and Miss Kitten but during the rest of his set the floor was pretty much empty. To the cool people who did come out, thanks a ton.

10:00
DJ Nitrogen

Deaftones – The Chauffer
Butthole Surfers – Pepper
Jane’s Addiction – Been Caught Stealing (12”)
NIN – Head Like a Hole
Skinny Puppy – Testure (12”)
Tiga – Burning down The House
Pink Floyd – Another Brick in the Wall (White Label)
Doors vs. BT – Break On Through
Sunscreen – Love You More (Julian Marsh Mix)
Tracy Lords – Fallen Angel (Perfecto Mix)
Mediengrupper – Telokommander
Andrea B. – Nasty Bass
Benny Benassi – I Love My Sex
*S* Korn – Twisted Transistor (Eric Kupper Elektro-Tek Klub Mix)
Rob Zombie – Dragula (Hot Rod Herman Mix)
Prodigy – Breath
Neuroticfish – They’re Coming to Take Me Away
Hypertraxx – The Darkside
Apop – Mourn
Covenant – Tears In Rain
*S* Body Rockers – I Like The Way
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc
The Faint – I Disappear
VHS or Beta – You Got Me
*S* Combichrist – Happy Fucking Birthday

12:00
DJ Nitrogen

Icon Of Coil – Consumer
Thrill Kill Kult – Days Of Swine and Roses
Depeche Mode – People Are People
*S* *V* DJ Ackucrack – So To Speak (Dome Room Mix)

DJ Overdrive

Apop – Paranoia
Darude – Sandstorm
*S* Cyndi Lauper – Ballad Of Cleo & Joe

DJ Nitrogen

*S* Peaches – Set It Off (Northern Lights Mix)
*A* Ladytron – Destroy Everything You Touch (Tom Neville Mix)
*S* Felix Da Housecat – Silver Screen
*A* Combichrist – This Shit Will Fuck You Up
Daft Punk – Around The World
GoldFrapp – Oh La La
*A* Underworld – Cowgirl
*S* NIN – Only (Mindless Faith mix)
VNV Nation – Genesis (C92 Mix)
The Killers – Somebody Told Me (Mylo Mix)

DJ Overdrive

Benny Benassi – Who’s Your Daddy (Fuzzy Hair Mix)
Brudershaft – Forever (Club Mix)
Pride & Fall – Border (Club Mix)
Tactical Sekt – Xfixiation (SITD Mix)
Heliosphere – Secret’s In Motion
Miss Kitten – Rippen Kitten

Dumbass or desperate?

Permanent Tattoo On My Forehead To Save Our Home…

(I say dumbass)

Totally stolen from

So are any of you free loaders (like myself) going to upgrade to this new “Sponsored+” level of LJ?

CHILI COOK-OFFS

NOTE: Please take time to read this slowly. If you pay attention to the first two judges, the reaction of the third is even better.
For those of you who have lived in Texas, you know how True this is! They actually have a chili cook-off about the time the
rodeo comes to town. It takes up a major portion of the parking lot at the Astrodome.

INEXPERIENCED CHILI TASTER

Notes From An Inexperienced Chili Tester Named FRANK, who was visiting Texas from the East Coast: “Recently, I was
honored to be selected as a judge at a chili cook-off. The original person called in sick at the last moment and I happened to be
standing there at the judge’s table asking directions to the beer wagon, when the call came. I was assured by the other two judges (Native Texans) that the chili wouldn’t be all that spicy, and besides, they told me I could have free beer during the tasting, So I accepted.”

Here are the scorecards from the event:
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CHILI # 1 MIKE’S MANIAC MOBSTER MONSTER CHILI

JUDGE ONE: A little too heavy on tomato. Amusing kick.

JUDGE TWO: Nice,smooth tomato flavor. Very mild.

FRANK: Holy shit, what the hell is this stuff? You could remove dried paint from your driveway. Took me two beers to put the flames out. I hope that’s the worst one. These Texans are crazy.
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CHILI # 2 ARTHUR’S AFTERBURNER CHILI

JUDGE ONE: Smokey, with a hint of pork. Slight Jalapeno tang.

JUDGE TWO: Exciting BBQ flavor, needs more peppers to be taken seriously.

FRANK: Keep this out of the reach of children I’m not sure what I am supposed to taste besides pain. I had to wave off two people who wanted to give me the Heimlich maneuver. They had to rush in more beer when they saw the look on my face.
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CHILI # 3 FRED’S FAMOUS BURN DOWN THE BARN CHILI

JUDGE ONE: Excellent firehouse chili! Great kick. Needs more beans.

JUDGE TWO: A beanless chili, a bit salty, good use of peppers.

FRANK: Call the EPA, I’ve located a uranium spill. My nose feels like I have been snorting Drano. Everyone knows the routine by now get me more beer before I ignite. Barmaid pounded me on the back; now my backbone is in the front part of my chest. I’m getting shit-faced from all the beer.
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CHILI # 4 BUBBA’S BLACK MAGIC

JUDGE ONE: Black bean chili with almost no spice. Disappointing.

JUDGE TWO: Hint of lime in the black beans. Good side dish for fish or other mild foods, not much of a chili.

FRANK: I felt something scraping across my tongue, but was unable to taste it, is it possible to burnout taste buds? Sally, the barmaid, was standing behind me with fresh refills; that 300 lb. Bitch is starting to look HOT just like this nuclear waste I’m eating. Is chili an aphrodisiac?
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CHILI # 5 LINDA’S LEGAL LIP REMOVER

JUDGE ONE: Meaty, strong chili. Cayenne peppers freshly ground, adding considerable kick. Very Impressive.

JUDGE TWO: Chili using shredded beef, could use more tomato. Must admit the cayenne peppers make a strong statement.

FRANK: My ears are ringing, sweat is pouring off my forehead and I can no longer focus my eyes. I farted and four people behind me needed paramedics. The contestant seemed offended when I told her that her chili had given me brain damage, Sally saved my tongue from bleeding by pouring beer directly on it from a pitcher. I wonder if I’m burning my lips off? It really pisses me off that the other judges asked me to stop screaming. Screw those rednecks!
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CHILI # 6 VERA’S VERY VEGETARIAN VARIETY

JUDGE ONE: Thin yet bold vegetarian variety chili. Good balance of spice and peppers.

JUDGE TWO: The best yet. Aggressive use of peppers, onions, and garlic. Superb.

FRANK: My intestines are now a straight pipe filled with gaseous, sulfuric flames. I shit myself when I farted and I’m worried it will eat through the chair. No one seems inclined to stand behind me except that slut Sally, She must be kinkier than I thought. Can’t feel my lips anymore. I need to wipe my ass with a snow cone!
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CHILI # 7 SUSAN’S SCREAMING SENSATION CHILI

JUDGE ONE: A mediocre chili with too much reliance on canned peppers.

JUDGE TWO: Ho Hum, tastes as if the chef literally threw in a can of chili peppers at the last moment. I should take note that I am worried about
Judge Number 3, He appears to be in a bit of distress as he is cursing uncontrollably.

FRANK: You could put a grenade in my mouth, pull the pin, and I wouldn’t feel a damn thing. I’ve lost sight in one eye, and the world sounds like it is
made of rushing water. My shirt is covered with chili which slid unnoticed out of my mouth. My pants are full of lava-like shit to match my damn shirt. At least during the autopsy they’ll know what killed me. I’ve decided to stop breathing, it’s too painful. Screw it, I’m not getting any oxygen anyway.
If I need air, I’ll just suck it in through the 4-inch hole in my stomach.

JUDGE ONE: A perfect ending, this is a nice blend chili, safe for all, not too bold but spicy enough to declare it’s existence.

JUDGE TWO: This final entry is a good, balanced chili. Neither mild or hot. Sorry to see that most of it was lost when Judge Number 3 passed out, fell over and pulled the chili pot down on top of himself. Not sure if he’s going to make it.. Poor Yank, wonder how he’d have reacted to a really hot chili?