Got lost in the West Edmonton Mall at the car show.
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That’s why we need these:
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I will parrot the top comment:
Absolutely brilliant the way they swapped safety for efficiency.
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I think it was the other way round.
(Or should I say it was up instead of down?)
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“it serves no useful purpose for there to be a bunch of chompy, crushy things in the middle of a hallway! This episode was badly written!”
I love that movie.
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Always a great, fun parade:
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TIFWALIU (Today I finally Went And Looked It Up)
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It’s a big deal around here! A lot of fun. Definitely a family day, and a reminder that summer is about to end and school is about to start.
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I don’t want that reminder
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In the garden at the front (east-facing) side of my house, under my bedroom window; photo was taken with me facing north:
Argiope! Specifically, a female black and yellow garden spider.
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I’m not afraid of spiders; I just don’t want something that big to jump on me. Also saw a yellow fuzzy caterpiggle, but hid it and then couldn’t find it under one of our shrubbery. Speaking of cute fuzzy cat things…
Here’s Luke as he lays right now:
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Five Points Marta stn is proof that Atlanta did once have historic architecture, which is now below street level and Incorporated into the stn.
you can kind of see the north/southbound platform way in the bottom right corner
my homie from way back was in town and wanted to see Bad Religion tonight at the new Masquerade. I hadn’t been to a punk show with tons of people and a pit in years, nor to the new venue, either.
it was ragin’, full on.
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What do you think of the new Masquerade? I have not had a chance to go yet…
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I liked it, despite how shiny, new, and un-punk-looking it looks.
similar to the old one, you pay on the way in and enter a courtyard on the lowest level. then Heaven is in the south side and Hell and Purgatory are on the north side. We peeked into Purgatory, it was a mid-sized room, it was a DJ. Hell was closed. to the east went to the parking garage, presumably one can enter and exit that way.
Heaven is probably about the same size as the original, but it has a two-tier balcony so you can get close and avoid the pit.
its pretty well thought-out. it’s all coated concrete floors and smooth walls so the acoustics aren’t as good, but they did put foam on the metal balcony. the sound was ok though.
here is up on the top balcony. the main floor goes back about double what you see, ending in a wrap-around bar, stairs up, and the entrance.
I mean, that the classic venue is no more is bullshit, but it’s hard to think of a better replacement that can reasonably re-create the style of the old, other than a custom-built place which obviously would never happen.
the great bonus is that is directly across from Five Points so you don’t have to drink and drive.
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Cool! Yeah, them closing the masquerade was bullshit. Agreed. I rarely go to shows anymore, but I’m trying to get out more often. They still have shows that I’ll likely want to go to…
Thanks for the review!
And how was Bad Religion? Still as awesome as ever, I assume! Who else played with them (I assume they were the headliners).
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I never followed Bad Religion closely, it was more Dave’s touchstone band, but obviously I think they’re cool. They seemed legit, put on a great show. Dave was super into the Against the Grain album, they played the titular track. He said they’ve built a career around doing Warp Tour and similar festivals catering to the skate rat crowd after their “hit” 20th Century Digital Boy, and that they seldom do clubs anymore, so he was stoked on it. The crowd really spanned the ages. Old guys like me down to teens, and some of the old couples brought their kids. I had a blast.
here’s Dave (lower center-right) in the pit, and another good snap he took
I have no idea who the opener was, we apparently got there right when they finished. would’ve been cool to have seen a local group but Dave is like the army: hurry up and wait. so we dicked around the hotel while he tied up loose ends for like an hour. but Ive known this guy since '89, I knew what it would be going into the night.
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