Atlanta Diary Pt. 2

On Saturday (June 10), C2 and I hosted Graham Moore, his Black Meat partner Travis Travissimo, and the lovely, gore-besotted Bobbie for dinner and libations at the C**** manse. We hadn't been told that it was GM's birthday, so the party had extra resonance and more than a soupçon of zazz. The last time we'd laid orbz on G's scrawny frame he was moments away from a (cosmetically) gruesome traffic mishap; there were no gouts of plasma spewing from his cornea (damn!), but the defensive flenching and stuttering he exhibited later triggered indiscriminate felching and queefing... Those crazy noize kidz! C2 whipped up a batch of her legendary vegan chili (well, it should be shrouded in renown), and the veeg choc peanut butter cake we nabbed from Southern Sweets dismantled all dietary reserve. (Lest I forget, C's plenipotentiary course of homebaked jalapeño cornbread ruled over all dishes-in-waiting.) Travis showed his appreciation by playing Pong on his Razr for eleven straight hours; Bobbie admitted she harbored a desire to bumrush Black Meat and take their twee, Manchester-ish shoegazing asses over. Thy will be done!

Back to reality: Graham gave as good as he received, presenting the new Dead Machines vinyl (can't remember the name of the goddamned thing at the moment) to C2 (#44 of an edition of 500), and tossing Ryke, Frankie López, John Wiese, and Sudden Infant (the oft-clamoured-for reissue of Radiorgasm) discs to yrz impurely. The boy is ambitious, well atop the friggin' ball. Plus, as much as I hate to admit it (check out the delightful Klan alteration he posted on TLASILA's MyS**** site), he's a total pussycat. Ditto T and B!

Okay, enough fucking drool. After dinner, we got fairly plastered. I called Bobbie both "Robin" and "Billie" before I finally got her snake-handling moniker down; she pretended not to notice. Once I'd stopped blushing and apologizing, we walked over to a neighborhood park to cavort on the swings and lob serious Geo. Romero jive. (I prefer Day.) A great evening...

Pics up soon.

Best,

Tom

Comments

Spaulding said…
I think I understood about half of that... YOU CRAZY!
ommyth said…
Jesus, Double-O - it's all regular Spanglsh!

Groovy times, AS. You shoulda ben there. The veg chili alone was worth the price of an airline ticket...

TS
Spaulding said…
I'm not very familiar with vegan dishes. I tried vegan pasta once with the guys from Motion City Soundtrack, Straylight Run, and hellogoodbye. But I'm sure a big bowl of vegan chili with Tom Smith of TLASILA would be a much more satisfying experience.

I wish I could have "stopped by"; I had a relatively uneventful weekend. Being spontaneous and flying out to the ATL on a whim would have been something different, to say the least...

Oh well. Maybe next time.
ommyth said…
You would have enjoyed the company - Cynthia ("C2") is a very cool gal and a great hostess, and the Blossoming Noise crew are everything you'd ever wish for in a ghoul pod. Graham is a groovy cat; he runs a very impressive label...

Best,

TS
Anonymous said…
om, thank you for the chili compliments but how could you possibly forget to mention crusty at the pool? my god, it was the highlight of the weekend!

and still no mention of the beach bum parade? for shame...

smooches!
Spaulding said…
Looks like you've got some 'splainin' to do!
ommyth said…
Fuck, 00, I've got hours of video and digi-snaps to wade through as it is. The Tybee Island Beach Bum Parade, alas, is not the appropriate occasion for electronic devices of any sort, save perhaps for an Arecibo-like array of pacemakers. No pix at all of the melee. (But loads of beach snaps, which have been examined, and remain to be posted.) "Crusty" was a genuine unfortunate spotted at the pool over the weekend. Mid-30s, most likely an employee at a guitar store, pitiful mullet/ponytail, dreadful posture (thin but flabby), and the worst diving board practitioner I've ever seen. C2 laughed out load each time this Rush/Steve Vai/Marillion clown walked the plank... Anyhow, no pics of the DiverDude either (although I tried), but much documentation of the June 10 party. All in good time - after all, we went through a (very, very mild) tropical storm today!

TS
Spaulding said…
This "Crusty" character reminds me of 99% of my hometown's population. Even the women :/ ...

Sounds like it was a real blast. I'm glad you've been able to enjoy yourself throughout what I can imagine is a very busy time.
Anonymous said…
Cynthia is a great chef! BEST chili ever! Tom thanks for all the kisses.

GM
Anonymous said…
thanks, graham! you'll be on the guest list next time i make chili...

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