Meat Purveyors at Davey’s Uptown

Saturday night was another great Meat Purveyor’s show at Daveys’ Uptown. The lead singer got drunk again, but was able to stay upright this time. Ditto for the bass player, who had to take a whiskey-induced potty break half-way through the set. They included covers of Rat, Abba, Ronnie Milsap, and a Madonna medley. Their newest album, Pain by Numbers, is really good.

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The Republican National Convention

Save the Kittens. Posted on Flickr by manteo.

Some links to coverage of the Republican National Convention in NYC, especially the protests.

rnc.conventionbloggers.com
TextAmerica’s RNC photos
Local blogger Heidi in NYC
New York City Indymedia
Flickr’s RNC photos
RNC Watch

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Whitewater sewage

Friday night the KC area got hit by some killer thunderstorms that dumped massive amounts of rain into Turkey and Brush Creeks. There was lots of flash flooding all over Midtown. Unfortunately the storm sewers in that area are really old, and sometimes heavy rains can cause them to overflow the septic sewers and into the rivers. That’s why many locals refer to Brush Creek as Flush Creek…

These pictures are of Brush Creek, between Madison and Jefferson.

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Pour some sugar on the Backstreet Boys

This might be at least one of the horsemen of the appocalypse. Just imagine the horror of a boy band remaking a hair metal song. Now witness it for yourself.

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Baby Boomers

Transbudda has a great list of reasons why most Baby Boomers don’t deserve the Social Security that they are almost eligible for. I would have listed things like crushing national debt, devasting pollution and environmental damage, endless suburban sprawl, mindless consumer culture, or Celine Dion – but Transbudda’s list is much funnier….

1. Macrame
2. Bob Seger
3. Alan Alda
Read the rest of the list…

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