Landons Icing Brennans

Don't forget to tilt your head 90 degrees to the left before pressing play.



I'd also like to take this time to point out the Intersection Bar & Grille's kick-ass homemade Celtics curtains.

Photos from the Desert

Between the intense heat and copious amounts of alcohol... these photos were the best I could do:

Sunset over the camp grounds...well technically polo grounds... In the foreground was the beginnings of a giant inflatable movie screen where they projected absurd late-night movies like Smokey & the Bandit

Check out the sweet Patriots decal on our Canadian neighbors trunk. Also that's Trygve on the right next to my awesome Mazda3 rental. It seems that Norwegians either have way too many vowels in their names or not quite enough. They also like bananas.


The gangs all here...

...and it being the last day of the festival, naturally we had to drink all the beers.



P.S. I will now forever refer to Pabst Blue Ribbons as "Peebers."






Oh yes, and all of the wine too. Apparently people from Calgary are not familiar with "Slap the Bag." Tragic frankly.




Irene's photo session with Lurch. Flea and Thom Yorke lie somewhere beyond the tallest man in the worlds upper torso.





LASER JAWS!!
We're gonna need a bigger boat.






And finally, remember kids:

Always wear sunscreen!

Things Gader photoed in DC

Sadly I was unable to document some of the more entertaining things like Keg's hairy arms or the awesomeness of energy drinks.

Instead here's a photo of some tasty hot sauce that has clearly spelled my name wrong:

J.T. Pappy, if you're reading this, well done sir, but it's G-a-D-E-r.

Bonus Photo:

View from the Newseum... still no idea what street that is, although I'm sure it's probably a pretty well-known/major one.

I Can't Podcast 55

While Pat tries to edit some of the video we have from Kate the Great Day, here are a couple of photos to tide you over.

Disclaimer: There are only so many photos one can take sitting shotgun in a JEEP Cherokee with a computer on their lap and a microphone in their hand...

Somewhere near Exit 58 and thus a Friendly's, McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and Papa Gino's...

This is where the magic happens: One laptop running (the often troublesome) Audacity with a mic plugged into it. I brought the mixer, all the mics and even an AC to DC car cigarette lighter adapter but managed to forget the power source wire for the mixer... hence the back and forth with the single mic.




Apparently the truck had no comment.



Pat edited a lot of this photo-taking out of the podcast, but if I remember correctly there were like 6 of these trucks in a row...


...and naturally there was some kind of "ass plunder" joke.




(You might have to zoom in for that to make any sense)


Bonus Photo:



What blog post would be complete without hilarious puns and gratuitous product placement?

Scotch and Razor Blades

If Podcast 32 ever gets posted, these photos might make a little more sense:


Mad scientist set up at the Dewars scotch tasting.
They basically had a blend-it-yourself scotch lesson.




The tops of the test tubes read honey, fruity, floral, vanilla & smokey.

(Fruity was totally the one I couldn't think of during the podcast.)


And what scotch tasting wouldn't be complete without a razor blade mobile hanging from the ceiling:






...ENHANCE!

Vegas 2.0: Adult Beverage Edition

Bottle service at The Bank is fantastic:

One of these things is not like the other.....Can you spot the item that doesn't belong?

Apparently bottle service at The Bank also makes you strong...

Mr. O'Houlihan and our lovely hostess/future dentist from Montana

Bonus Photos:

Sweet view of the roof of some random building...err uhh... i mean... Caesars Palace from my balcony at the Imperial Palace.

Classing it up with a Bad Larry at Blush after the all-you-can-drink vodka/wine/champagne bar closed up shop.

Vegas 2.0: The Infamous Bacon Waffle Tower

Now you see it:

Now you d... well, I tried my best...

Raising the white napkin of defeat:


Bonus Photos:



The Kokomo - Basically an entire loaf of bread stuffed with delectable meat, also in loaf form





Suggestive HH Bloody Mary garnish prompting my recent binge on jalapeno stuffed olives and gerkins


Do yourself a favor and check out Hash House A Go Go inside the Imperial Palace.

Vegas Ninjas

...sometime after 8am local time on Monday morning in Vegas after lots of booze, gambling, and other associated shenanigans


I've got a tumbler full of Jameson in my hand and I'm demanding to be conferenced in with Phil and the rest of Irene's co-workers as she tries to get some work done before lunchtime on the East Coast.

Tim has managed to latch on to some kind of foliage outside of a casino I can't remember somewhere on The Strip.........

...and then, in the time it takes me to raise my glass, he's gone,

like a ninja.

Adventures in Drunk Gambling

Podcast Part I of the Gader Goes to Vegas saga should be posted soon. Here's a little photo montage of what's to come.


Half of a pastrami sandwich from the Carnegie Deli... the thing was the size of my head with unlimited mustard and 3 whole pickles. Of course I ate the whole thing.


Two questions: Why bother with the bread? and Are Jews really willing to drop $20 on just a sandwich?


What Tfo refers to as the "Big Boy Chips"... well technically he calls the $25s that... all care of Black 23, Mario Johnsons, and Buddy Greco.




Lion at the MGM Grand...
If you look closely you'll notice the lion chilling out above the little walkway thing and then his two "handlers" inside the pen, clearly ready for anything.

The dude on the right is actually texting someone.



Just a little pre-gaming at O'Sheas with family and friends.

For Those About to PodCast.....

It all started with this:

One Bell & Howell 406 B tape recorder, the Educator Series with automatic tape stop... that may or may not have belonged to the Scituate school district at one time or another.

Mix in four jackasses, free tickets to AC/DC at Gillette Stadium, plenty of booze, and you've got yourself a podcast. Well actually, subtract the booze, add a 90 minute long car ride and we might have some poor quality audio to share at a later date.

For now, here's some random photos:

Pat clearly enjoying our company as we all tailgate in the parking lot while sipping on some delicious PBR and reading from the Satanic Bible... not to mention blocking all of us from the beer supply and rubbing his musk all over the back of Phil's car

View of the AC/DC stage from our seats
IN FRIGGIN OUTER SPACE....
ok, so for what we paid, they're pretty damn good, but the 2 second delay was a bit tough to deal with

I'll leave you with this last photo... keep in mind that that bottle of Evan Williams and the cooler behind it were full before the show started....

Perhaps one of these days I'll let you (and Pat) in on what went down... Stay Tuned

Hungry Hungry Harpos and other hilarious trivia night names

RE: Podcast Episode 5 and bars with fantastic/awkward-as-all-hell bathroom setups.

Our buddy JROCK finally snapped us a few choice photos of quite possibly the best bar/bar bathroom in all of the UMASS Amherst/Five College area.

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you... THE HARP!

Yes sir that is most definitely a trough just inches away from your standard sit down shitter, and yes, three people have been known to occupy the space at the same time.
(Not pictured is the window above the trough that looks out into the bar's parking lot.)

This is the wrap around bar at the Harp where myself and Mr. Hayes have been known to belly up to once or twice in our lives...where the pitchers of Molson flow like wine, and the fish and chips seem a bit too good for a place so far from the ocean.

What are you drinking tonight, Pat?

Oh just a little something delicious that the brewers at Dogfish Head cooked up for us....


P.S.
Dear Rogues Gallery,
Is that a sloop?
XOXO
-Pat and Gader






Action shots of Pat savoring the unfiltered, unfettered, and unprecedented Squall IPA from Dogfish Head.


If you thought their 90 Minute IPA was good, ooooh boy are you in for a bottle conditioned treat.

Open the Podcast Bay Doors, HAL

Check out our sweet new Behringer XENYX802 mixer in all its loose wire glory.

Feliz Cumpleanos A Mi

Chichen serpent itza-ing the big Mayan El Castillo pyramid

If you look REALLY close you'll notice the Mexican sleeping on top of the ruins to the right of the photo... I pass no judgement

(also it looks like Dr. H is peeing on the wall while Irene's Mom acts as a lookout)

And that brings me to my birthday dinner at the Sirloin Stockade. The fried chicken at the buffet was fantastic, but the lack of steak was a bit suspect. Their cows apparently also have the shortest legs ever.

Where the Magic Happens

I really wanna play some sort of "I Spy" game with the contents of my desktop....

Can you spot the wrench? How bout the first-aid kit?

(Diet Mountain Dew product placement purely coincidental i assure you....)

A couple close-ups of my trusty microphone stand/stain remover