Hey. Wanna Come Over and Listen to Music aka The Bay Area Record Club Thread

[greghead]

This is your last reminder that we're getting together. Show up or be dead to me forever.

[guedita]

LOCKED AND READY TO GET A BIT BACCHANALIAN

[greghead]

The 70s-era Preservation Hall Jazz Band LP is prepped and just waiting for the downbeat. As is the whiskey.

[chiapet]

Greg, is there a grocery or convenience store near you that would sell pineapple juice? The ones by me have none. (Missing hurricane ingredient).

I hope this tastes better than it looks.

Edit: King cakes are supposed to have a tiny baby Jesus hidden in them. Whoever gets the jesus is King (or Queen) for a day, but... they're also supposed to make the cake the next year. And there's also a superstition that they (or their partner/wife/gf) will HAVE a baby within the year.

I decided none of us need babies, so there is a tiny kitty hidden in it instead.*




*Really I just could not find a plastic baby.

[Kyliediscope]

I long for my first BARC.

[greghead]

YES. Stoked for king cake. We might actually be getting a cat soon, so I think the cat is a good choice. That and, well, Cara is coming and I heard she's into cats.

Umm, there's a safeway nearby, so I'm sure they sell pineapple juice. Aaaand I live in a 98.375% Asian neighborhood, so all the stores around here carry all kinds of tropical fruit juices.

[greghead]

And it should be noted that Salah is coming by and leaving early because he's seeing the Flaming Lips. Figures he might be here by 4, so you all are welcome to come by at that time as well if you're free. I just need to put in a couple job applications and clean the bathroom floor and I'm set.

[chiapet]

Cara's going to give me a ride, so I think we'll be there more like 6.

[fikus222]

I should be there by 6 too.

[greghead]

Sweet, I'll be here. Probably slightly drunk by then.

[Courtney]

Greg, is there a grocery or convenience store near you that would sell pineapple juice? The ones by me have none. (Missing hurricane ingredient).

I hope this tastes better than it looks.

Edit: King cakes are supposed to have a tiny baby Jesus hidden in them. Whoever gets the jesus is King (or Queen) for a day, but... they're also supposed to make the cake the next year. And there's also a superstition that they (or their partner/wife/gf) will HAVE a baby within the year.

I decided none of us need babies, so there is a tiny kitty hidden in it instead.*




*Really I just could not find a plastic baby.

This rules. I am highly envious of you people.

[greghead]

I got a little OCD and scrubbed my shower, so any of you are welcome to get sudsy later.

[PassiveTheory]

Definitely sad that I missed this again.

[greghead]

It was a bad one to miss, we had a really good time.


EDIT: I rooted through and found the kitty.

[greghead]

2/21/2012

Jack White - Love Interruption 7"
Black Keys/Flaming Lips 7"
Lee Coombs/Meat Katie
Jimmy Cliff - Sacred Fire EP
Black Keys - Magic Potion
Depeche Mode - Master and Servant 7"
Chemical Brothers - Elektrobank 12"
Appleblim & Ramadanman - Void 23
Moodymann - I Can't Kick This Feeling When It Hits
Max Cooper - Metaphysical EP
Blonde Redhead - Symphony of Treble b/ Kazuality
Nirvana - Sliver/Dive 7"
Preservation Hall Jazz Band - New Orleans, Vol. 1
Otis Redding - Live at Monterey International Pop Festival
Ryan Elliott - Rocksteady/Steadyrocking
Trentemøller - Trentemøller EP
Cocteau Twins - The Pink Opaque
*At this point Cara & Eric left and my friend Monica and her girlfriend came over.
Prince - Purple Rain
Cocteau Twins - The Pink Opaque
The Supremes - Greatest Hits
Michael Jackson - Thriller
*Then we ordered pizza and watched the Lord of the Rings movie where there's dragons and wizards and shit. Oh right, that's all of them. You know, the one with Frodo.


Thanks to everyone who came over. I'm really happy we do this together.

[guedita]

Actually -

Depeche Mode - Master and Servant was played after The Chemical Brothers.

Then I played Appleblim & Ramadanman's Void 23, Moodymann's I Can't Kick This Feeling When It Hits

And after the absolutely electrifying Otis, I played Ryan Elliot's Rocksteady/Steadyrocking

[chiapet]

Max Cooper - Metaphysical EP
Blonde Redhead - Symphony of Treble b/ Kazuality
We listed to a few tracks from Cocteau Twins - The Pink Opaque

Purple Rain is sooooo good. The Otis was too.

Greg, I liked your friends a lot! I wish I hadn't been a loud-mouthed drunk by that point.

[greghead]

Haha, they really liked you too, she sent me a text not long after they left. She immediately comes off as kind of brash and in your face, but Monica is a really, really, sweet lady. She liked talky, drunk Heidi.

I've amended the list, let me know if I've missed anything.

[chiapet]

I kind of love Jennie for making sure we listened to Purple Rain.

[greghead]

Me too, I like that she phoned-in the record she wanted played for her turn. She's a super cute little person.

[guedita]

Jennie needs to be at one of the next meetings!

[greghead]

I know. We need to confer and see when she's not working.

[greghead]

So it's time to start thinking about our next little meeting. As per usual, weeknights are most convenient for me and my house, but doing a Saturday or Sunday this time around is cool if that is preferable for people. Discuss.


Also, for those interested, Jennie and I are nearing completion of the puzzle, though it's slow-moving. There might still be some left to do at the next meeting.

[PassiveTheory]

I still want to come to one of these, keep me in the loop.

[bballarl]

I really want to attend at some point. Weekdays just suck. I should probably stop working.

[greghead]

Yeah, I'd say that's the most prudent course of action. Record clubs is serious business.

[shakermaker113]

So it's time to start thinking about our next little meeting. As per usual, weeknights are most convenient for me and my house, but doing a Saturday or Sunday this time around is cool if that is preferable for people. Discuss.

wednesdays are best for me if it ends up being a weeknight.

[fikus222]

My schedule is open, except I'm busy next Wednesday the 7th and am moving the weekend of the 10th.

[chiapet]

I can't do record club for the next couple of weeks. Booo....

[guedita]

Save me a puzzle piece.

I'm totally open to whenever.