I’m Convinced Traffic and Parking Services Reads thacant

And how am I so certain? Take a look:

right in the center there

Upon getting back from Spring Break, I noticed there was a “yield for pedestrians” sign in my oft-traveled crosswalk on Farm Road and Grant Egbert Boulevard. This is the same crosswalk that, months ago, after near collisions, I insisted was in need of one of these signs.

Where else was there public outcry? Who else has voiced the dangers of crosswalks lacking such signage? The Ithacan? The Ithaca Times, Journal. No, no and no.

‘Twas thacant.

i’ve fallen in love with dr. dog-yet again–

I really do hate Jann Wenner. On this very blog I have said the same thing before. For reasons that have no answer I’ve found myself perusing Rolling Stone’s website lately. Their news stories are boring and they seem to cover information and reviews for their target audience (which pisses me off, but what can I do?) Despite all of this I found myself lurking on their website to find the new Dr. Dog single. Which you can hear here, although its not even the best song on the record. If you are a Dr. Dog fan, feel free to contact me and I can definitely get you this record. It takes a few listens, as always, but they are totally worth it.

As tomorrow gets closer, so does Jeff Tweedy. For news and updates on how bad ass Wilco is, stay tuned for there will be mention of it here VERY SOON.

So, yes. Still hate Wenner, but i found myself reading this. It caught my eye because of this photo.

Take a read. Rolling Stone usually has decent coverage of drug culture, politics and events in America. I’ve only read the very beginning (its long) but informative and what you expect: a Rolling Stone writer telling us a story.

checker boards and smarty pants

...just the 3D entrance way.

...just the 3D entrance!

Well, I had an awesome weekend. My roommate and I actually made it to Manhattan to see the Tim Burton exhibit. Let me tell you, it was INCREDIBLE. Inspiring for someone (or anyone) who loves unconventional art. Thought provoking- you see it so crowded and it makes you wonder why people are drawn to this weirdness? I think it’s the fame. But then people of all kind show up. We were in line between two families whose primary language was almost unidentifiable. Everyone loves it! Go see it. The art on display is FREAKY- let me tell you, it really does creep and crawl, splatter and gurgle on the pages and it’s completely bizarre. Online, it says their tickets are sold out. But if you get there when the museum opens at 10:30a and wait in line, you get in, no issue. Plus student tickets are 12 dollars!

In addition to that. Mary found this and sent it to me. I think it’s wild and you should probably take a look at it. Ithaca is a town of smarty pants, and this just exemplifies it to no end. I’m sure none of these things actually happen. But it would be quite funny if it did.

Robbin’ Pain Reliever

The Nines in Collegetown claims to have the best pizza in Ithaca. I disagree. I think Collegetown Pizza has the best pizza in Ithaca – plus you can draw on the walls there. But this isn’t about pizza. It’s not about graffiti either. This is about music.

You know this guy?

Rock Star

This is Scott Walker, and he’s a Rock Star.

Scott’s band, Robbin’ Pain is playing at the Nines on Friday April 3rd at 10p.m. Robbin’ Pain, despite conventional knowledge, was not formed after the ugly breakup of The Razor’s Edge. True, the breakup of TRE was horrific, but Robbin’ Pain has existed for years prior, Walker subversively practicing in the Jersey garage of RP guitarist Ricky Dal Cortivo. Joined by Scott “FatBorch” Borchert, Robbin’ Pain promises a night full of rock, roll, re-verb, and only one Ramone’s cover.

So come Friday, get a pizza and a pitcher. Then another pitcher for Scott’s show.

Spring BROeak

Chris Friese, clad in a North Face jacket watches his breath disappear into the cold March air as he stands outside Boston’s Logan Airport on Sunday. “It was a hell of a trip,” the junior business major says with a raspy voice. “Sucks dick being back in New England,” he added.

Friese, like many young adventurers traveled to Corpus Christi Texas with his roommates for Spring Break. He removed a glove to fix his backwards New Era Sox cap, revealing a tanned hand and a plastic band fastened around his wrist. Choosing not to go the all-inclusive route, Friese and his “bros” piled into two adjacent motel rooms on the gulf. “We squeezed nine guys into two rooms, we even got to use that door that goes from room to room.” Friese explained that he wasn’t even aware that those doors were operational and admitted that he thought they only existed in the movie “Rookie of the year.”

Friese prided himself on never having to sleep with a travelmate, and that he even slept in the tub one night to ensure he wouldn’t have to share beds: “We just put the two pussies who passed out first in a bed together.” He also noted that he went back with a girl one night and said female   had to “kick mad bitches out” so that they could hook up.

The bracelet on his wrist came at the price of cover charge: $10, but got Friese a free drink. Foregoing the opportunity to order a Bud Light, Friese decided to expand his normal drinking parameters and order a JagerBomb. “Cuz I felt like gettin’ fucked up without passin’ out too early.”

As he loaded his duffel bag reeking of beer, low tide and piss onto his shoulder before stepping his Timberland feet into a taxi, he grimaced. “I got this damn sunburn,” he muttered as he rubbed his shoulder. Friese acknowledges that he was too “amped” upon arriving in Corpus Christi that he forgot to get sunscreen and napped on the beach for four hours. “I don’t regret it,” he stated. “It’s a good momento.”

So is that hickey on his neck.

comics, music, growing up, etc.

So Spring Break, right? It’s Eels, James Brown and On The Beach (thanks, michael) while riding my bike through a neighborhood that I cannot manage to get lost in, despite the fact that I do not know my way around. It’s all a big circle. After many rainy days, OK-two rainy days, and a completed/mailed internship application to Chicago Public Radio and a house to myself I am enjoying time however I want. In the last day I’ve eaten about an entire pound of green grapes. Also, I am on the look out for an inexpensive road bike to purchase. Please keep me informed. Until then, here are things I want to share with you that I’ve stumbled upon.

VICE magazine. I want to work there, maybe. Here we have this. The picture below compliments it well I think.

Also, VICE brings us the latest in butt health.

click the pic for the story

Basically everything YOU are interested in comes from VICE’s latest publication……check her out.

Also, there’s GOOD magazine. Here is an interactive on the two earthquakes that recently quaked Chile and Haiti. And if you are a ‘young adult’ (yes, erica, we are growing up SOMETIME soon…) you might want to move away to explore something new. Four of these cities are in Texas. The only two people I’ve ever met FROM Texas (Austin, that is) are really great, smart people. Don’t write it off. Until then, peruse some internet, ride some bikes and listen to poly-sonic-pleasantness, however you may define it.