shana tova

happy new year jj8 family!

The Montauk 136: A Labor Day Worthy Of Its Name

It took waking at 7am.
















It took a beer at 7:30am.



It took delirious public stretching



And a serendipitous wine tasting.



There were Highs



There were Lows



But two weeks ago, four determined & cranky warriors risked erectile damage, tank-sized treadmarks, and lethal amounts of Gatorade to arrive in Montauk.

Godbless the MTA for letting us back home with the bikes.

**not pictured highs: Jon swimming in his tighty-blackies.
**not pictured lows: Three men on a double bed, being in the middle of two of those men, it being 150 degrees on the double bed, Joe all of Day I.

state of the union

hey folks

i miss brooklyn. we miss brooklyn. but sometimes in life you have to pick up your roots and move to where cherry tomatoes cost $3.99 (but botox is a steal!)

before the sinkhole of medical school completely sucks me in, i would like to extend an invitation to the upper east side. chaffeured rides included!!!!

FAMILY DINNER
sunday september 23
442 e. 77th st

that's in 2 weeks. please wear a tuxedo (even you, ladies!), and don't worry all minks will be well taken care of by our butler.

in the meantime here is a clip of one of my new classmates that has been circulated around cornell med.

Public Service Announcement!!

N.B. especially Athas, whose car-and-bong juggling skills I always associate with the album in question:

Next Saturday, Sept. 15th at McCarren Park Pool in BKLYN:

GZA PERFORMS THE ENTIRE LIQUID SWORDS
Opening: Jamie Lidell

Ticketmaster is ~$26.00 all told, apparently you can get them at Turntablelab for $22.

Pros: GZA. Liquid Swords. And if that is for some reason not enough, there's Jamie Lidell, drunken British electrosoulster and creator of the best record of the last 5 years.

Cons: Revolting hipster scum everywhere.

Bottom line: I must go. Who wants to join me?

Pug bowling

I think Wonton and Mushu can take Samson!

What is happening here?

any ideas?

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It Was Ten Years Ago Today…

Actually, it was ten years ago three days ago. 8/25/97—John Jay 8 as we know it was born. Yes, it was a decade ago that Terrence told us that if we dropped a cotton ball out the window, we would be expelled… Sarah Batterton distributed Blow Pops... Jen Dubrow became intrigued by the guitar strumming of Marie Frisoff… Christy met Leslie… Christian met Kengo… Raju, Matt, Christy, Jon, Ashley, Solomon and I all met—and we probably met Ben, but he didn't start talking until around October… If memory serves, my first night at Columbia I went to Tom's with Van and Pete Steenland… My second night I went to AmCaf… My third was a memorable evening with Christy, Pete, and Lattman… Ten years ago… Holy fuck.

Well, enough ellipses! It's been a decade of friendship, folks!! HERE'S TO TEN MORE AND MORE AND MORE!!!

Love always,

JJ 817

Scorpions v. White Rabbits

First off, I like White Rabbits, I really do. Good music, good people, I look forward to seeing them live when I return someday.

Having said that, I found their first video something of a cock tease. I mean, maybe it's just because the word "plot" was so prominent in the link, but I was expecting some sort of story--y'know, the lead singer has a crush on some chick in Williamsburg, and he sings p to her window from the sidewalk, and in the end they get in an elevator, he gives her flowers, and she tosses them over her shoulder and starts kissing him as the elevator doors close. Instead, the "plot" of the video seemed to be "Someone in White Rabbits has a digital camera." Kte, I think your brother deserves better.

I posted the video of Scorpions "Rock You Like A Hurricane" as an example of the kind of video they should do next. However, after watching it, I realize that the "plot" such as it is is totally unintelligible. So I'd like to invite everyone to watch the video, and post their best guess as to what the fuck is going on.

Here's my thought: The year is 5049. All the men have been replaced my cloth-faced homeless people in big white collars. The women of the future can turn into panthers at will. Also, they have cryogenically frozen the band Scorpions. Once every 666 years, they unfreeze them, and allow them to play "Rock You Like A Hurricane." They are caged during their performance, both to prevent their escape, and to protect them from the frenzied cat women, who haven't seen a real man since the Great Interplanetary Crisis of 3918.

In any case, I hope White Rabbits take a cue from Scorpions for their next video, and create something that makes absolutely no sense, but involves a cage, big cats, a long haired drummer mouthing the words of his own song into the camera, and the treacherous "twisted wrist mic move" the lead singer pulls off toward the end.

White Rabbits video for "The Plot"

here it is:

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast/45138-white-rabbits-the-plot-video

I don't know how to upload videos straight to the blog. Word.

Even bigger nerds than us....

I thought you all (read: Josh) might enjoy this blog...

Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog


In my defense, this was linked from my friend Celia's blog: I did not in fact google middle-english blogs.