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After the last month of madness, lunacy and a constantly clicking odometer, we were quite pleased to return to New York last night for the first of our two NYC readings to close this first tour leg out. Unfortunately, nobody took any pictures — or at least nobody sent us any — so instead we decided to just post this circa-2002, pre-Deadspin picture of us and The Balls. (There's actually a rundown of the reading here.)
As always, we had a grand time last night, and it was fun to have a mixture of off-site friends and Deadspin folk meet up afterwards. (It's like when a friend from high school meets a friend from college.) Afterwards, we hit a bar called The Patriot, which played Merle Haggard at extremely high decibels. Tough to beat that.
Anyway, thanks, Manhattan. Next stop, tonight, to wrap this puppy up, Brooklyn!
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Not good for a sore throat: whiskey and cigarettes.
For future reference.
Does the Balls have a Dali mustache?
Will you be coming to my office on the next leg of the tour? Hello?
Was that picture taken at The Manhole?
If no one took pictures, then what were all those flashes I kept seeing?
I hadn't had a PBR in a long time until last night. I now remember why.
Has a 2nd leg been planned? Carl Monday will show up if you come to Ohio!
For some reason, that photo reminds me of a video by the Pet Shop Boys.
Hello Brooklyn.
/Jay-Z reference
@crazyjoedavola: PBR was a BAD choice.
(Crap, this isn't the NHL Closer anymore, is it?)
Was this photo taken by an ATM camera?
@crazyjoedavola: Damn, don't think I met you last night. Sorry about that.
I took a bunch of pictures, but got home entirely too late to do anything about it. Also, I took home the bartender with the octopus tattoo.*
*not true
(It's like when a friend from high school meets a friend from college.)
I prefer when the Jetsons meet the Flintstones but to each his own.
Why do Will and AJ look like they're on set for DeGrassi: The Next Generation?
@Phony Gwynn: Who was the person who took the picture of Will just staring daggers at my Cubs hat?
@Phony Gwynn: If it was true, I might recommend a round of penicillin, and perhaps see if Jeter can loan you some Valtrex. And I think I heard more country music last night than in the past 15 years combined.
Kind of bummed I didn't make it out last night, especially considering I was in Astoria.
Must. Stop. Working. Late.
This was back in the street hustling days, right?
Will was great alongside Daniel Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood.
@crazyjoedavola:
Should've gone to the Raccoon Lodge around the corner.
@Yostal: Their Canadian accents?
@crazyjoedavola: "And I think I heard more country music last night than in the past 15 years combined".
You say that like it is a bad thing. Sometimes you just need to channel your inner-redneck.
@JohnCocktosten: Probably Phil (AKA Peter Cavan). I remember him having a camera, too.
@crazyjoedavola: And a blowtorch. Seriously, though, she was pretty accurate chucking those ice cubes at me.
@Yostal: Which one gets molested? Which one gets pregnant?
Is that a Meat Puppets album cover?
Is that the CD cover for the unreleased Tears for Fears album?
Beer good! Two pitchers of beer, better. Two pitchers of beer followed by whiskey, worse.
Other than that it was great meeting everyone.
@Phony Gwynn: Damn you! Iracane thought he had her wrapped up.
@UkraineNotWeak: I had dinner at Mudville 9 pre-reading. 100 beer selections, and lots of wings to choose from. It was all Cocktosten's fault. I just hope i don't get a bacterial infection from the ceiling dripping the raw sewage*
*might actually be true.
@UkraineNotWeak: Will and A.J. in My Own Private Idaho?
It's like Dirk Diggler and Reid Rothchild.
@HugsFromHarold: Liquor before beer, never fear. Beer before liquor, never sicker.
Maybe we all will get special super-powers from the sewage leaking from the ceiling.
I want the ability to grow my fingernails really fast.
Whaddya call Balls on your shoulder?
@crazyjoedavola: Yeah, blame the good-looking one.
Also, when I heard at the reading we were going to The Patriot, I halfway-promised bare tits.
I'm glad I was wrong.
@BigRicks: Did you hang out the Goonies? The Kindergarten Cop? The chick from The Ring 2?
Or is there an Astoria, NY that I don't know about. Either way...Astoria, OR had some great movies.
@Phony Gwynn: One more PBR and I am sure Crazy Joe Davola would have showed you some skin!
@Phony Gwynn: I too am glad.
I see the photo as one of those "teaching" advertisements.
Don't be too embarrassed to ask him. Wearing a condom can save your life.
@Rob Iracane: @Phony Gwynn: At least the bathrooms were nice and clean.
Did anyone hook up with Esther Rolle last night?
@JohnCocktosten: I told you at the bar, and I will reinforce. Cub fans just don't do it for me.
Dude, where's my car...and your pants?
@crazyjoedavola: I knew it would be a good night when we first walked in and Leitch had to save this one girl from getting absolutely molested by an old man.
Anything besides Boat Bar or BK Social tonite is unacceptable. But will suffice.
@Rob Iracane: Goddamn thats funny. I believe 20 bucks would have done it.
Was that from your Real World San Francisco casting video?
@JohnCocktosten: Apparently she was going to take his apartment. Don't know if he is about to move or die.
Sometimes I really, really, really love this town.
Regrettably, I got jammed up and did not make it. probably better for me hangover-wise, though.
@Phony Gwynn: Curly brown hair, octopus tat on her shoulder?
@Phony Gwynn: My money is on die.
Man does Leitch talk fast. Will, perhaps a grande starbucks instead of the Venti.
@Chief Wahoo: Correctol might have helped with that...
i mean, it IS the Woman's Gentle Stool Softener