Sometimes, neighbors can suck

Okay, we’ve recently gotten some new neighbors. But, as of this present time…they’re really not making a good showing. They seem to be rude, obnoxious and just all around unpleasant to be around. To add insult to injury, they knocked my internet access out when they were getting there cable, “fios” or whatever installed. So, blogging options were quite limited. I mean, the evidence is all around. But whatever…until they’re proven of that. I won’t hold them to it.

But, I will hold them to being annoying and pretentious.

Dude, YOU’RE SCREWED

by John M. Ellison IV
Dude…You’re Totally Screwed.

Okay, it seems that Dr. Conrad Murray’s lawyer has dismissed claims that his client (Dr. Conrad Murray) abandoned his patient after administering a powerful anaesthetic. Okay, for those who are out of the loop. It seems that Michael Jackson suffered from insomina. So his doctor, Conrad Murray, administed him various anti-anxiety medications. Basically a cocktail of Valium, Ativan, Versed, Lorzepan, midazolam and then Diprivan, now popularly known as…propofol. After Dr. Murray gave Jackson the Diprivan, Dr. Murray left the room for a few minutes. When he returned, Michael wasn’t breathing. Dr. Conrad Murray’s DEA license so he could prescribe drugs was revoked in 2005 for over prescribing drugs. So, basically dude was pretty much a leech.

Bottom line…YOU’RE SCREWED. Not just, “oh man, a lawsuit” screwed, I mean screwed like porn star Belladonna in “Belladonna’s Dark Meat” series. Look it up for yourself, my site is safe for work. YOU FREAKING KILLED THE KING OF POP! ALL OF YOUR MEDICAL “ACCOMPLISHMENTS”, THE TIME IN MED SCHOOL MEANS NOTHING NOW. EVEN IN 2005 IT MEANT NOTHING. OVER PRESCRIBING DRUGS? DUDE, YOU’RE JUST DR. PUSHERMAN! YOU WILL PROBABLY BE KNOWN AS DR. “BROVORKIAN” FROM NOW ON. BOTTOM LINE, YOU’RE SCREWED!!!

The Godfather of Go-Go Gets a Street Named After Him

by John M. Ellison IV

The Godfather of Go-Go gets a street named after him

Go-Go…the musical life force of D.C. For those who don’t know, Go-Go is A mix of Funk, Blues, Reggae, Latin, some Rock and Jazz. When Go-Go is played live, it’s like Raw, Hardcore, Funk. Now, were going to celebrate the birthday of the Godfather of Go-Go, Chuck Brown and he’s going to get a street named after him.

Beginning at 11:30 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., 7th Street, NW northbound and southbound from Florida Avenue, NW to S Street, NW will be closed to traffic for the Chuck Brown Street Naming Event, when the “Godfather of Go-Go” get his props.

For those who also want to help Brown celebrate his 73rd birthday and hear some “Bustin’ Loose” and “Day-O”, the 9:30 Club is holding “The Official Chuck Brown Birthday Party for The Godfather of Go-Go and ‘Chuck Brown Way’ D.C. Street Renaming Celebration.”

Call 1-800-995-5566 or go to the 9:30 Club’s website for tickets.

Metro buses will be rerouted to Florida Avenue, NW, during the street renaming event which will include the D.C. mayor’s office and .

The Trinidad Neighborhood Community Foundation’s parade has also begun, making its way from Simms Place, NE, to the Trinidad Recreation Center at 1310 Childress Street, NE.

In addition to the parade, the community foundation is sponsoring “a fun-filled day with music, food, fun and much more” from noon until 5 p.m. today.

Those traveling in the areas of these events may experience delays and should consider alternative routes, police and transportation officials said.

Kurt Angle…TIME TO ACT LIKE YOU HAVE SOME SENSE!

by John M. Ellison IV

PITTSBURGH — Pro wrestler and Olympic medalist Kurt Angle has been arrested on charges of violating a protection from abuse order and possession of human growth hormone.

Forty-year-old Kurt Angle was arrested at about 7:50 a.m on Saturday in the parking lot of the Robinson Town Center in suburban Pittsburgh. His girlfriend told police that she obtained a protection order after a dispute between the two Friday night.

Police say they found the human growth hormone “Hygetropin” in Angle’s car. The wrestler told them he had a prescription for the drug. Kurt also denied stalking his girlfriend, saying he had not seen her and was looking for a hotel because he was barred from his home.

Officials say he was charged with violating the protection order, harassment, possession of drugs and paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license.

Okay, Kurt? Here’s the deal, I know you’re upset due to the private and public embarrassment you’re dealing with regarding your ex-wife and Jeff Jarrett pretty much doing his variation of the “Angle Slam” on Karen. But a few things to remember…

1. You’re in a sport that revs up a good amount of testosterone and with that being revved up, you’re more likely to be more aggressive and more intense. Don’t fall into the same traps as other wrestlers who get so far into their character.

2. As a professional wrestler, you’re going to get a lot of heat for whatever you do. Finding growth hormones with or without a prescription IS NOT A GOOD LOOK!
You KNOW the media scrutinizes pro wrestling. Whenever pro wrestling is in the media, you know how smug “journalists” can be regarding “Sports Entertainment.” With what you achieved in the Olympics, and being marketable enough to get the push can be pretty much taken if you stay on this cycle of irrational behavior.

But, Kurt Angle has been released from jail and has been scheduled for TNA’s PPV event “Hard Justice” tonight at 8PM EST /5PM PST.

To fans of Apathetic, Cynical, Nerdy Leading Female Characters, Good News…

…About time.

Hide Your Beagles! Michael Vick Has Been Signed to the Eagles!

by John M. Ellison IV

For those who don’t know, Michael Vick is a professional quarterback with the NFL who’s known for his skills on the field and his controversial behavior off the field.

Well, his biggest offense is an animal lover’s nightmare. Michael Vick was operating an illegal dog fighting ring on his 15 acre property. The Fighting venture known as “Bad Newz Kennels” was based in rural Surry County in southeastern Virginia. There was evidence of torture, execution of under performing dogs. Vick and others who were involved were indicted on federal and state felony charges related to this operation. Vick served 18 months of a 23 month sentence for his involvement with this. Michael Vick also completed his sentence under house arrest at his home in Hampton,VA and also the state charges he faced were resolved and dropped in late 2008 with a suspended sentence.

Due to his incarceration, Vick’s finances suffered and any money that was available went to attorneys, 6 luxury homes in Virginia,Georgia and Florida, providing living expenses for friends and relatives. With millions of dollars in excess of assets and collections by some of the creditors, Vick’s attorneys filled for federal bankruptcy protection under chapter 13 on his behalf in July 2008. Vick’s legal team devised a plan that would have Vick earning a very substantial income as a pro football player.

Amidst the controversy, Michael Vick was finally drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles for $1.6 million and there’s also an option for the 2010 season that’s worth $5 million.

Here’s the deal, his cocky, bad ass persona caught up to him and the people he surrounded himself with really were his downfall. Do I feel he deserves redemption? Only if he’s truly repentant. But until proven that’s he’s remorseful, fuck Michael Vick.

To be fair, here’s a addendum to this article,
After looking at the 60 Minutes interview, Michael Vick seems more like a follower that wants to be a leader. The company he kept was more or less his downfall. The story of the large entourage from his home town, is reminiscent of the story of rapper MC Hammer. In this case, Michael Vick and Hammer are very similar, such as both had large entourages from guys from the old neighborhood, lavish spending and basically ended up going bankrupt due to the company he kept. Like a good entourage, they stroked the ego of the celebrity but are actually in control of said “celebs” career. Hopefully, Vick has learned from these mistakes and maybe we can learn from this story as well. Well, learn until we forget that is.

AMUL9 Review

AMUL9’s Myspace page

With an awesome rhythm section featuring “Bilal” on Bass, “Craig” on Drums, “Lenwood” on Guitar “Vito” on Drums/Vocals and Zoser on lead vocals. When together as AMUL9, these five virtuosos are a forced to be reckoned with.

AMUL9 is a band from Atlanta,GA that’s fuses social, political, racial issues with thrashing guitars, echo-y vocals, thick bass lines and drums that knock the paint off of walls. All of this is a style AMUL9 calls Nuwb Rock.

DNA
With a starting at the line gate guitar work, the band kicks in with a drum, bass and guitar hit that knocks you with a mosh ready riff. You have Zoser’s spoken word vocals dropping knowledge with a voice tone that’s reminiscent of Chuck D and George Clinton (on Funkadelic’s “One Nation Under A Groove” check out P.E. Squad for what I mean.)

Execution of a Coward
Some more great guitar work by Lenwood. A great thrash number.

The Room
A Funk-Metal track done right. A song that talks about what everyone grew up listening to. A good balance of “Bilal” and “Craig” on bass and drums respectively.

To re-iterate, AMUL9 truly are a melding of there influences. AMUL9 is a great mixture of smart lyrics, guttural growls, hard and heavy riffs, slightly echoed vocals and great drum and bass work. Well? What are you waiting for? Check out there music!

Ass whupping on Aisle 7!

by John M. Ellison IV

I remember a few years ago, I was doing some late night grocery shopping, and saw two cops addressing a disturbance in the store. It seemed that there had been a fight between two guys in the back of the store. From what I pieced together, the disagreement between the two guys was about something that they were both trying to shoplift at the same time! The argument escalated to, “you wanna take this out back?” Whenever that phrase “you wanna take this outside” is uttered, just know, nobody wins.

So, to get a closer look, I looked through the window of the double doors in the back of the store and saw a guy on the floor being interviewed by the cops, (this was not a good look), and the other guy was on the floor groaning like Master P.

I mean, dude was face down, legs sprawled out. Pretty much looked like Glass Joe from Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out! (I’m old school, man. 8-bit gamer old school.)

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I noticed the other cop had the other dude in hand cuffs, I’ll call him “Glass
Bro”), and was escorting him from the store. The weird thing was, it wasn’t like
there was malice between the cop and the guy because as the cop escorted the guy out of the store
in handcuffs, they were talking like they’d known each other for years. For both of them, it appeared
that it was all in a day’s work …

I can’t make this crap up.

Crazy Mofo’s on Aisle 5!!!

by John M. Ellison IV

In the dairy section of a grocery story in Silver Hill, Maryland, there was this woman in about her mid-40’s who was talking loudly. I really paid no attention until I heard her say, “yeah I know how to do it good!” Well, that could have meant almost anything, but her inflection made it sound like she was being naughty. As I reached for another cup of yogurt, I focused more on her loud remarks than the new Carmel flavored yogurt I’d been hankering to try. At a glance, I could see that she was talking to these clerks who were stocking the dairy section, they were just a few feet from me. At first, it seemed amusing, flirting with the two young clerks, about half her age.

One named Damien and the other who’s named started with an “R” so I’ll just call him “Ronald”. Just the regular flirtatious remarks like, “See, I can’t make no love to no big man! I need me a skinny brotha like you!” Then, she talked about how she wanted to be a comedian, and how she would be all up in Simon Cowell’s face and more and more grandiose chattering continued. Damien started to inch away, while her back was turn and made his exit smoothly, but, this woman was focused on “Ronald”, and he did the gentlemanly thing, and listened to her while slowly moving away from her.

Damien stood peeking around the corner of a nearby aisle, laughing at how Ronald was trying to get away.
As this woman talked, I noticed that before she ended one thought, she bounced onto a different thought and then another, it was reminiscent of the “bing” commercial jumping on a vary of subjects with the frenetic pace of a black female Robin Williams.

Then she got onto Religion…you can almost hear the “uh oh.”
She started with a chattering of onto the sounded like the encouraging stock phrases such as “I only serve one King!”, “Jesus is the light!” She walked off from “Ronald” and started talking to this other woman who was kind enough to listen. I noticed Ronald and Damien talking about the ordeal. The gist of it was “I don’t have anything against it, because she was telling the truth. But, I’m working right now.” Damien said.

“Don’t you think it was weird how she jumped from sex, to religion within, like 60 seconds?” Ronald mentioned. Then, she came back and started getting vocally more intense about her faith and beliefs with this another shopper. She was getting louder and louder, might as well say “preaching.” Okay, before security appeared and more of this escalated, I rolled out.

I can’t make this up! And, oddly enough, the guy named Damien had a cross necklace on. Let that sink in…

Channel Surfing Might Induce Flashbacks

by John M. Ellison IV

I was channel surfing and the “Mom and Pop Store” episode of Seinfeld was on. There were a few good “Midnight Cowboy” references in it. But, that’s what this isn’t about.

This reminded me of when I was in 4th grade and I had a baby tooth falling out and a busted finger from getting my finger caught in the door from the previous week. I remember being in my room and I was channel surfing and feeling low due to not being able to draw because of my at the time busted finger.. I noticed Seinfeld was on. I’ve never really watched Seinfeld before then. I didn’t see the whole episode, but, I caught the credits of it. It was the end of the episode and you had Kramer and Jerry on a bus parodying the end scene of “Midnight Cowboy.” The dialogue was…

With a busted finger and a loose tooth, I could relate to that scene.

Anyway, I remember being in lunch period and I was sitting next to this girl. I can’t remember who she was or if we were even in the same class, but I made a reference to that episode with the line “I’m falling apart!”
Naturally, she didn’t get the joke. Moral of the story…I have no idea.