Month: May 2008

Scoreboard, Brought to You by My Mom (With Lucia)

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O’NEALS

  1. Dork Sided 92
  2. Young, Old, and Restless 89
  3. Major Butler 84
  4. I Drink Your Milkshake 83
  5. We Got Nothing 69

BARDS

  1. Sofa Omelette 112
  2. Two Step Hustle and Flow 73
  3. El Narcotyzo 63
  4. KG For MVP 59
  5. Myanmar National Swim Team 57

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS

  1. The Jams (aka For Whom the 8 Belles Toll) 85
  2. I Don’t Know 80
  3. This is Not a Bus 80
  4. But My Mom Says I’m Cool 71
  5. SEX Certified 71

BLACK SHEEP

  1. Penn Fifteen Club 93
  2. Jeff Jones 83
  3. Duane’s World 72
  4. Trashtastic 71
  5. Reading Rainbow Rocks 68

GOOD DOG

  1. Avenger 58 80
  2. Oakwood Rec 78
  3. A Team Name 68
  4. Shomer Shabbas 64
  5. Getting All These Questions Reverend Wright 61

BARDS

  1. Western Omelette 101
  2. Falling Waters 87
  3. Tomax and Xamot 82
  4. Not w/o My Bartender 74
  5. Less Kicking, More Shooting 68

New Shyamalan Movie Out in a Month


Hey remember that movie that they kept shutting down Rittenhouse for? And remember how Marky Mark wore his Red Sox hat when he ate at Smith and Wollensky’s? Well, that movie is coming out soon, and it looks pretty damn interesting. I didn’t really mind Signs or The Village like a lot of people did, but when he did a movie about mermaids I thought he had officially jumped the shark, and I wondered if his next movie would be about unicorns and warlocks. But hopefully he gets back on track here. Whattya think? After checking the trailers (here’s another one), do you think it’s gonna be good?

A Couple of New Spots

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Trivia Art and I hit up a couple of new spots last night. First we tried Time, the place where Ludwig’s used to be. It was weird being in Ludwig’s without pictures of old German leaders on the wall. The setup was still similar, in terms of where the bars and tables were, so I still felt like it was a just a cleaned up Ludwig’s. The beer was more reasonable than I had been led to believe, as they have an 11-1 am Happy Hour, so I got a Leffe Brown for only $4. It was a pretty decent spot for a drink, and the only problems I had with the place were music related: it’s kind of a dark, mellow, candlelit place where you should talk in hush tones. Therefore, the fact that it has a jukebox kind of sticks out like a sore thumb. Some places should have jukeboxes, some shouldn’t. This place shouldn’t. Also, this is the kind of place that should be playing jazz or possibly ambient music. It absolutely should not play three straight Styxx songs, like they did last night. There is a time and place for Styxx, and Time wasn’t the place (Yes, I know I’m clever.)

Then we headed off to Apothecary for a drink on their opening It was pretty cool. The drinks are definitely interesting, using ginseng, absinthe, cucumbers, and a variety of other unusual ingredients. The one I got, the Booty Collins, employed cayenne pepper, and it was excellent. This is a great “fun drink while you wait for your table at Lolita” spot. The drinks are expensive ($10-$15), but the ambience is fun (the bartenders dress in old timey bartender gear) and they seem determined to keep out Jerseyites, Manayunkers, and other assorted riff-raff.
RELATED:Read more about Apothecary in today’s City paper.

Quizzo News and Notes

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  • Quizzo apparently starting to take off in Charlotte. I went to Charlotte once. It is basically an entire city of Kildare’s fans. I would love to involve them in a city vs. city smackdown so we could kick their asses.
  • Ken Jennings almost gets to ask Jewel a question.
  • Some sort of big quizzo event going on at Bally’s Beach Bar in Atlantic City on June 7th at 3 p.m. Should be about a $5,000 pot. Don’t have a lot of details yet, but will let you know as soon as I do.
  • Just have to have to acknowledge one of the teams from last night. The Cornbread Mafia, after seeing the goat video and the question of the week, were convinced that the wild card round was going to be on goats. So they printed out about 8-10 pages of goat facts, and studied them thoroughly in the hours leading up to game time. Sadly, there were no questions about goats at last nights quizzo, but the team is now a veritable fountain of valuable goat info. If you have any goat related questions or concerns, please direct them to the Cornbread Mafia.