Dark Horse John Was a Pool Bouncer

Just yesterday I discovered that Dark Horse John’s website is actually up and functional, and so I did a bit of browsing around and came across the following story about his job as City Pool Bouncer, which is pretty damn funny: The fragile equilibrium of order amidst the thrashing chaos of free swim was mostly maintained only by the fact that everyone seemed to know that the cops responded to calls from Jacobs in about 9 seconds and that the staff – usually me and the other bouncers – would dial 911 at the SLIGHTEST provocation. Don’t get out of the pool when we tell you to? 911. Throw a soda at a lifeguard? 911. Make the staff think that you MIGHT CONSIDER starting a fight with another patron? 911 double-quick. And it wasn’t like we were abusing it. The cops loved us.

Anyhow, I feel inspired. Might write something later today about selling cantaloupe on the side of the road or about farming clams.

Scoreboard, Brought to You By Motorcycle I Saw at Reading Terminal

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O’NEALS

  1. Zombie George Carlin 104
  2. DorkSided 103
  3. We’re Here to Kill Your Monster 92
  4. The N Crowd 85
  5. Philla Killas 80

BARDS

  1. Sofa Kingdom 113
  2. Hurtin Bombs 108
  3. The Unemployed 96
  4. El Narcotizo 90
  5. Future Fathers of Gloucester, MA 74

LOCUST RENDEZVOUS

  1. The Jams 113
  2. Trust Us We Know 111
  3. Hippy Dippy Weathermen 88
  4. Epic Fail 86
  5. But My Mom Says I’m Cool 77

BLACK SHEEP

  1. Duane’s World 111
  2. Doc Eisen’s Leisure Time Products 99
  3. Axis of Evil Knieval 97
  4. Penn 15 Club 91
  5. McKie’s Hired Guns 84

GOOD DOG

  1. AAR 86
  2. Shomer Shabbas 82
  3. Fantastic Foundlings 71
  4. Pinkertons 69
  5. Underachivers 69

BARDS

  1. Sofa Kingdom 110
  2. Hurtin Bombs 105
  3. Girls Gone Oscar Wilde 100
  4. Kobe, How’s My A$$ Taste 99
  5. This is not a Bus 95

Real Quick

  • Gonna try to do the scoreboard after I get back from the bank. In the meantime, here’s a few ideas for stuff to do this weekend.
  • Oh, and I’ve got a gig coming up at the Franklin Institute in July. More details in the coming weeks. But I will tell you this: pirates will be involved.
  • And Chincoteague is on the front page of philly.com right now. Woo-hoo! Represent, represent! Ok, so actually Chincoteague for the pony penning is pretty much the stupidest summer idea ever, where a bunch of Jerseyites go so they can actually buy little Cindy a pony for her birthday. But on the other weekends, it’s a pretty neat place.