Another Reason to Fly First Class
Why didn’t anyone climb on top of the plane?
You KNOW I would have had the Grip Cam on top of that thing getting the exclusive shots.
Better Than Ice Cream, Vol. 11 by Wes K.
The year was 2007, Bob Barker leaves the Price is Right and George W. was still the President. But thankfully for us, Delta Spirit was shacked up in a mountain cabin outside San Diego working on what was to be their newest album Ode To Sunshine. Shortly after their 2006 release of their EP titled I Think I’ve Found It, they went on tour with Dr. Dog, Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah and Cold War Kids.
Their music has been described as indie, folk, alt-country and a mix of Americana/soul. Delta Spirit consists of Jon Jameson, Brandon Young, Matthew Vasquez, Sean Walker and Kelly Winrich. Ode To Sunshine can be purchased from Amazon or through their labels website Rounder.com. Be sure to show your support for Delta Spirit by picking up a copy of their album or better yet, check them out IN PERSON at THE BASEMENT on MONDAY FEB 16. Jon was also cool enough to take time out of his busy schedule to answer a few questions for The GRIP.
GRIP: Has anyone from the group been to Columbus before? If not, what do you expect? If yes, what impression did get from your visit?
JON: It was the first place that I had chipotle! And I love Chipotle. Also my girlfriend lived there for a bit. I remember it as a very beautiful place.
GRIP: You’re all trapped in an elevator with only enough oxygen for 4 of you, who do you sacrifice?
JON: Me. I play bass. Not that essential.
GRIP: If you had to choose an item as a mascot for your tour, what would it be? We party with a plastic penguin for some reason, I don’t really know why.
JON: A snake. It just always seems to be relevant to our everyday conversation.
GRIP: Someone’s never been to L.A, where would you send them first?
JON: Anywhere but Hollywood. It’s so gross. All the hip kids live in silverlake/echo park/eagle rock. There are american apparels, pho spots and bio-diesel gas stations. We played out there a lot as we were starting. I still like long beach the best.
GRIP: You guys break into the San Diego Zoo, which animal would you be more likely steal?
JON: Christian the lion.
Again, much thanks to Jon and Delta Spirit. I thought about giving Jon my personal VHS copy of Under Siege to say thanks, but its too precious (Check their MySpace for back story-texas jail) Everyone show your support for bringing great bands like this to C-Bus by going to the show and wearing your GRIP tee is you’ve got one.
Skydiving With No Parachute
Are you kidding me? I have a list of 3 things to do before I die and they are skydive, scuba dive, and wrestle a clydesdale. I know if I got up in that plane I would have a hard time jumping out if I had 3 parachutes on. I don’t think I could take the chance of jumping out with nothing but shorts on.
Those Jackass dudes are insane.
Engagement Photos
If anyone has any pictures from the party last Saturday please send them to me in an e-mail or put them on Facebook.
Thanks.
Comparing Dangers of Popular Drugs
I’m a little disappointed they didn’t put meth on here.
Maybe next year…
World Record Trampoline Dunk
Clip from a Japanese game show where a man sets the world record for distance trampoline dunk. The Japanese continue to demilosh the USA in events that don’t really matter.
Rihanna Gives Chris Brown Herpes, Releases New Song
Question of the day: If your girl gave your herpes, would you whoop that trick?
Celebrity Gossip kind of makes me sick, but it is now public knowledge that Rihanna gave Chris Brown herpes and that is why he beat her. Not sure if that is 100% true or not but it sounds about right to me. Thanks to John Paul King for the link.
Camera on Sushi Conveyor on a Busy Tokyo Night
Last week I was eating at Asian Cuisine 168 (down by Char Bar) and they have an old sushi conveyor that no longer works and I’m actually glad it doesn’t. I’m not particularly comfortable with my food going by 10-20 people so they have a chance to breathe on it. I would sit at the front of the line and only eat food that just got placed on the conveyor. I’m not a germ freak at all, but hot breathe on my sushi does not sound appetizing.
There is something entertaining about people’s faces when they are involuntarily placed in front of a camera.
Yearbook Photos of Famous US Politicians
It’s always funny to see what people looked like back in the day.
Top 2 are definitely Barack Obama and Dick Cheney. I never, ever would have thought Dick Cheney looked normal at any point in his life. But check out George W. Bush! It’s obvious he was a complete coke blowing train wreck when he was younger.
Barack Obama
Sarah Palin
George W. Bush
Dick Cheney
Bill Clinton
Hilary Clinton
PETA Members Protest Westminster Dog Show Dressed as KKK
Quite shocking in my opinion. I’m not sure hate crimes against African Americans and breeding dogs are comparable at all. You can check the rest of the article here.
True to the promise it made last week, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals turned out at Madison Square Garden today to protest the 133rd annual Westminster dog show.
Group members, decked out in Klansman robes and armed with brochures that read “The KKK and the AKC: BFF?“, argued that purebred dogs suffer from breeding practices designed to produce show winners rather than healthy animals. A sample statement from the brochure (written in the first person as if by a Klan member):
Like the Klan, dog breeders who subscribe to the AKC standards are all about the sanctity of “pure bloodlines.” So what if beagles have epileptic seizures, Dalmatians are deaf, and pugs can barely breathe because of how they are purposely bred to look a certain way? Looks are everything!
In a statement, PETA Vice President Daphna Nachminovitch referred to what she termed the AKC’s “fetish for body image,” saying that the kennel club’s promotion of purebreds “means money for breeders but creates sick dogs and vet bills for their guardians.”
Further, PETA and other animal activist groups argue that dog breeding compounds the issue of pet overpopulation, with homeless dogs dying in shelters for lack of homes while breeders continue to produce new puppies. The brochure handed out by hooded protesters today elaborated on the connection PETA draws between pet overpopulation and dog breeding:
We tip our hoods to breeders who are responsible (oh, they’ll modestly say that it’s only “indirectly”) for the number of mixed-breed dogs who never make it out of the animal shelter alive. AKC officials don’t rub out these “inferiors” directly, but they know that every “purebred” puppy bought from a breeder means “lights out” for another mutt at the animal shelter.
article latimes.com | photo Mary Altaffer/AP
New Clothes @ {milk bar}
I don’t know what direction Kareem is taking {milk bar} but it confuses me. When I think “high end fashion” this is not the picture that pops into my head. Maybe this design is his way of getting back at us for not being able to see Magic Eye’s or optical illusions.
I’m hoping that when I see it in person I’ll finally “get it.”
Student Tried To Sell Bong Michael Phelps Smoked on eBay for $100,000, Tracked Down and Arrested
UPDATE: How funny is that. 8 students who were at the party have been arrested and charged, 7 with possession and 1 with distributution. They tracked down the bong when the student who owned it tried to sell it for $100,000! That is the best thing I have read all day.
I heard he took a bong rip for each one of his Gold Medals.
18 months probation for a picture? They can do that?
Dave Espionage Music Explosion
1. Dave remixed one of his own tracks because the original was “really mellow.”
Dave Espionage – Watergate (Remix)
2. Dave put together a new mixtape of tracks he really likes called Disco Disco Not Disco (tracklisting after the jump)
3. Here is another mix set, it’s all promo for a Sugar gig on the 28th, CJ and Dave Espionage are going to be tag teaming starting at midnight. They’re supposed to have clowns, fire eaters, it’s all circus themed.
Tracklisting below the belt… (more…)
This Is Why, This Is Why, This Is Why You’re Fat
I’m obsessed with food. Eating is one of my Top 5 favorite things to do. Trying to stay healthy is very difficult with my food obsession and I’ve realized that if I’m around this kind of food I will eat it. I now have to settle for looking at pictures of delicious, amazing, fatty, cheese filled dishes on the Internet. The best place to do so is over at This Is Why You’re Fat where readers send in pictures of ridiculous food items from around the country.
I’ll probably do a post here and there with some of their content. You can find them on my blogroll as well. Here are a few of my favorites I found on the first few pages.
Double Bacon Hamburger Fatty Melt
French Fry-Encased Hot Dog On A Stick
Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburgers
Better Than Ice Cream, Vol. 10 by Wes K.
What do you listen to when you’re at home? You’re either doing homework, laundry, or just cruisin’ the web. Something relaxing, not distracting, but really good. I listen to some random stuff, sometimes a little blue grass or some folk. The Tallest Man On Earth is the alias for Sweden native Kristian Matsson. I don’t like to compare him to the obvious folk legends, Dylan or Seger, but he truly is. His music is simple and effortless, which makes Shallow Graves one of my favorite albums. I find myself replaying it multiple times, because listening through it once seems too short. His most recent album, Shallow Graves, as well as his 07 self titled EP, are available for download at Amazon. He toured late last year with Bon Iver and continues to tour the US until April when he returns to Europe. He has a few shows in the area, one in particular I would love to go to. Kristian will be playing in Bloomington, Indiana with John Vanderslice and The Mountain Goats which will be amazing. If you’ve never heard of them, be sure to check them out as well.
March 23 Triple Door in Seattle
March 25 Rickshaw Stop in San Fran
March 26 Troubadour in LA
April 5 At the Shubas in Chi-town
April 6 Buskirk-Chumley Theatre w/ The Mountain Goats – Bloomington, Indy
April 11 The Brattle Theater in Cambridge, Mass
April 15 Bowery Ballroom in NY, NY
The Tallest Man on Earth – The Gardener
The Tallest Man on Earth – I Won’t Be Found
The Tallest Man on Earth – Pistol Dreams
Blazer + Sabaku = Nike Zoom Toki Lux
I would rock all three of these.
They are exclusive releases so your best bet is going to be eBay.
Asher Roth – I Love College
At first I wasn’t feelin’ dude…
But he’s starting to grow on me. If you aren’t familiar then get over to Google and do some research.
Barack Obama Has A Horrible Mouth
In the audiobook version of his autobiography Dreams From My Father, now-President Barack Obama reads some choice phrases originally spoken by one of his high school friends. When heard along with the rest of the book they sound normal, but taken out of context (the way we like it here at The Grip) they are hilarious. These are 100% real and spoken by Barack Obama.
I am so happy to have MP3′s of our President saying this stuff. I’d like to think if I ever get in trouble I can use them as leverage or for blackmail.
“Now, you know that guy ain’t shit. Sorry-ass motherfucker got nothing on me. Right? Nothing.”
“You ain’t my bitch, nigga! Buy your own damn fries!”
“There are white folks, and then there are ignorant motherfuckers like you.”
“Sure you can have my number, baby!”
Ohio State Goalie Has Weed Leaf On Mask
I know some of you are thinking, “That’s not a weed leaf. It’s a Buckeye leaf.”
But I know a weed leaf when I see one and I think if anyone on a hockey team is a stoner it’s going to be the goalie. I mean, look at that guy. He is totally in the stone-zone.
Homage T’s Spotted
If you or your friends have some Homage shots and you want them up on The Grip shoot me an e-mail… Don’t forget to attach the picture.
Also feel free to buy and send me any Homage shirt and I’ll be your friend forever. I wear an extra-medium and I really like that blue Jewish Basketball one.
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