Jager made me do it

Well the first month of Twisted Tuesdays are done. I’m very impressed with the record crowds that have been out supporting the shows. Big props to the bands, their fans and all the regulars!!! The last two years there was an old lady that lived a block away on Pine Street that always called the cops when she heard “noise” from the club. Well this year she is not living there so we don’t have to worry about the volume. Special thanks to the staff of the Hardware Bar for allowing the shows and to Rit for making the bands sound so good. Click here for the May schedule of bands.

Mark your calendars now for the “666” (June 6th of 06) Twisted Tuesday show. It will be a blast and I’m working on some extra items to make it a very special show.

I’ve said before that in my opinion My Space is making bands lazy about having a web site. My Space is an excellent promotional tool, but can not take the place of a dedicated band website. Well now the evils of My Space are lurking again. This time it’s bands that have my personal email, ( jimo@hbgonline.com) yet insist on sending me a My Space email. Here’s the problem. I’m not on My Space all the time and lately I’m lucky to get on only a few times a week. I always check my personal email a few times a day. So if you have something to email me, use my personal address from above and not My Space. Plus I should add that I now have over 10 pages of emails on My Space thanks to all the spam that has recently started. I don’t have the time waiting for the My Space page to load or reentering my password info “because the requested action is for members only”.

While I’m on the My Space subject, I’ve been getting more “Event Invites” and News about bands NOT in this area. This is a surprise to me since most of the bands in this area are a “friend” of ours. Hopefully John will have a class on My Space marketing at MMC. It better be well attended!!!!

Got my smoke stained hands on some sample tracks from The Gorgonites new CD. VERY IMPRESSED!!! Derrik from Green Room studios did a great job mixing the guys. A killer show will take place June 9th for The Gorgonites CD Release Party. Dragonfly will host the event and Bo Bim and Hierosnic will also be playing. Click here for more info and to purchase tickets online.

I’ve mentioned before that I do a lot of driving for the day job. I’m so pleased gas prices are reaching 3 dollars. Hopefully they’ll go even higher so I can spend over $50.00 a day filling my tank instead of $40.00.

Maybe it’s me but shouldn’t there be a limit on the amount of food ordered at the drive thru window? Plus it never fails when you’re in a hurry you get behind the mini van with 6 kids and each order has a special request like no onions, or mustard only.

I think a law needs to be passed that states gas nozzles from left to right are low octane to high octane. Sheetz is famous for flipping the octane order. I wonder how many people pumped a few gallons of premium before the realized it wasn't regular?

I drive by a huge wholesale fuel operation everyday here on Eisenhower Blvd. One day I followed a fuel tanker all the way down to the Lancaster area. Lancaster’s fuel prices are about 5 cents cheaper than here in Harrisburg. One Turkey Hill in Denver had gas at $2.77 over the weekend. My question is, if all the retail gas is coming from the same place than why is the gas station right across the street the highest in the area? If Turkey Hill, Sheetz and Giant get their gas from the same place, then why do they each have different pricing?

Another question. Why is Turkey Hill Ice Tea sold for $.59 at Walmart and cost $.99 at Turkey Hill? I would think that would be reversed.

If I call the 800 number posted in the Sheetz bathroom, will they really care about the cleanliness of the restroom? Does the CEO really answer the bathroom hotline?

Does anyone else know we have a town in PA called Intercourse? Our founding fathers must have been real pervs. Look on the map going down RT 340 (Old Philadelphia Pike) Bird in Hand is next to Intercourse which is next to Paradise!!! Maybe it’s just luck that there is no town called Sloppy Seconds.

The following is a Public Service announcement. If you are on My Space and answer an ad for a 13 year old looking for sex, it’s probably Dateline looking for a story. The first time was interesting, but I think their up to number 5 of the same story line. I wonder if this is a revenge type thing from NBC because FOX owns My Space? I also wonder how many perverts are now on My Space because of what they saw on NBC’s Dateline? Way to go Stone Phillips!!!!!

Just got done watching the news. Glad to see the Mexican’s had their day taking off work to protest being “illegal” should be “legal”. Of course the government missed the boat not being there to round up the illegals and shipping them back to Mexico. When is it going to be the average white guy’s time to protest? It could be a cool thing. We could park massive beer tap trailers in front of all the state capitals with BBQ grills and the Bud Girls and Jagerettes handing out goodies to the crowd.

If sending the illegals back would be such a drain on the low paying job market, couldn't we put the welfare people to work at these jobs? I say a story about a lady that was on welfare because should could find work. This has been going on for 10 years even with unemployement at an all time low, she just can't seem to find a job. It's those damn Mexicans!!!! Perhaps the politians should do the right thing and rid the country of illegal workers and replace them with all the people on welfare because they can't find a job!!!

Congrat to New Orleans!!!! Glad to see the Honorable Ray Nagin in the run off for Mayor. Of course his lack of leadership and corruption had nothing to do with all the Katrina problems. It was that god damn George Bush!!! Hurricane season is almost here. Hopefully this time we can wipe that arm pit of America off the map!!! Hershey is the offical Chocolate Town Mayor Ray.

I think my body is trying to tell me something. I’ve reached the point where my gut is almost bigger than my chest. Guess it’s time to get back into shape. I’ve also decided my liquid diet of Jager and beer is not working!!! Age is cruel to the body. Hair grows in every place except where it’s supposed to grow, like on your head!

Well that’s all for what’s “On My Mind”. Got to take another shot of Jager and head downtown for the Supersucker show at Dfly tonight. Should be a killer show!!!

Thanks for reading if you got this far and please spread the word about Twisted Tuesdays!!!!

Lator Gators - BigJim