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After more than a month on the road, and seemingly endless posts on this site that no one actually read all the way through, the first leg of the God Save The Fan tour came to an end in Brooklyn last night. It's nice to end a tour just a few blocks from your apartment; it makes crawling home far less of an impediment. Full photos of the night right here.
We enjoy the above photo; it captures the exact face we're going for when we attempt the John Rocker voice. It's the closest we can come to approximating this:
So, alas, the tour ends with a bunch of drunk people sitting at a bar with bocce, watching the Obama-Clinton debate with the sound off. Sounds great to us. Thanks for everyone who came out at all the stops; we couldn't possibly have had more fun.
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Brooklyn is dangerous for nerdy white guys imitading Cliff Huxtable.
I'd buy a used car from that guy.
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Guy in the first picture, not the second. I'd buy drugs from the guy in the second.
Will, I wish I could hold the attention of airline stewardesses like you can.
Is that a flight attendant on the left?
I believe playing the part of Rocker's girlfriend is Will's girlfriend.
Will Leitch doing an impression of John Rocker doing an impression of Sly Stallone?
Genius!
Some pics from the Monday night reading in Manhattan.
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we couldn't have possibly had more fun
Alright, boys. Tell Ankiel he doesn't have to show to serenade Will. He's maxed out his fun quotient.
I got yelled at by a coworker for saying "stewardess." Apparently I'm not allowed to say anything but "flight attendant" since I'm under the age of 50.
Will Leitch doing an impression of John Rocker doing an impression of Jim Ross?
fixed
@Weed Against Speed: Appearing at the Minneapolis Tour Stop: You guessed it, Frank Stallone.
Nope, unless you wear see thru black shirts you will never pull off a Rocker.
@MattinglysSideburns: @HebrewHammer: She ain't nothing but a waitress in the sky...
New York Reading > Brooklyn Reading
Doesn't Will look like he's promising you that you can make money in real estate with no money down.
If only ODB were still alive & able to crash that reading. Shawn Colvin says Will get off easy.
I think that's more people than have been in that bookstore in the last 4 years.
@JohnCocktosten: You saw the pic, right? Apparently I took it.
I ... I don't remember things.
Looks to me like Will took charge of the cash register.
That finger gun trick never works though, Will.
@LosOsosdeChicago: That's funny, I'm not allowed to call them "Japs" anymore because I'm under 50.
Will Leitch doing an impression of John Rocker doing an impression of Rafael Palmeiro?
/double-fixed
@CollegeHoopsJournal: ... that's what she said.
so Floyds was overrun by bloggers last night. I'm sure the bartender got sick of saying "No we don't have PBR, just bud light"
@Weed Against Speed: I was there when Raphael Palmieri got his 300th hit.
@Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah!: Oh My God! Is that "The Balls" Music? He's coming down the aisle with a steel chair! It's going to be a SLOBBER KNOCKER!
I feel Sports Guy dirty now.
She's so beautiful she could probably be an air hostess in the 60's
@parker91: Nice 'Mats reference.
@CollegeHoopsJournal: The finger bang from the finger gun doesn't really scare anyone.
@josereyes.theroof admits Gawker Media always wins: ESPN is aiight, but Deadspin's fo' tha children!
@MurrayHewitt: ...or a part-time model.
Will looks more swollen than Tim Russert did last night
@MurrayHewitt: I think they prefer the term "sky hag"
@She Blinded Me With Violence: Upon further reflection, I can probably buy a used car from the guy in the second photo by now too.
@Chamomiles Davis:
But you'll have to keep your daytime job.
@Phony Gwynn: I'm surprised you were able to keep the camera straight.
@Phony Gwynn: Which pic? The one where I have my eyes closed for some reason?
@Phony Gwynn: Shit, broke my streak of not being in pictures. Though i didnt pose...
@LosOsosdeChicago: You can always use Jim Rome's "Air Waitress."
If Johnny Cash and Kyle Orton had a son...
Ahhhh....see it now. Good shot of me looking ###
Magnum or Blue Steel?
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Not mentioned yesterday... the nazi at the nyc book signing, who shut up our leader on several occasions.
@crazyjoedavola: Yes, I loved to see her cringe every time Will cussed. Also, great picture of the top of my hat.
@Doyle McPoyle: & nine months later, Will would be "dad" to a mulatto.
... You didn't really think ODB wouldn't make the future ex Mrs. Leitch a concubine??
Not to get technical, but Brooklyn ceased being an independent city in 1898, though were it an independent city, it would currently be America's 4th largest.
@crazyjoedavola: Now I feel even worse that I didn't meet you, if I got you in one of the shots.
Art nerd alert: I'm really happy books about Lucien Freud and Gerhard Richter are in the background, and that Will's foam middle finger is only a few feet away.
@Yostal: You pretty much got technical.
@Yostal: 4th largest 1st hardest Brooklyn is the place!
@Phony Gwynn: What the hell were we laughing about in that picture?
Also, were you standing right on top of me?
I thought NYC was supposed to have more females than males.
@JohnCocktosten: I was standing on the bar.
@twoeightnine: There were, like, a whole seven or eight at the reading.