Another Pacer In Trouble...

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NBA has suspended Brandon Rush of the Indiana Pacers for violating the league's anti-drug program. Shocked?? NOT! It's a good thing we came up with all that money to keep the team in Indy. If they would have left it would have been no more let-downs of NOT doing anything worth a damn in the post-season and we would have missed comical headlines such as these from the overpaid idiots..

Last Weekend At Peppers..

This was last Saturday night at Peppers Greenwood 8/21/10. I am hoping for just as much fun this weekend..

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Gimmie Gimmie

Daniels seeks stimulus funds for schools, Medicaid

CORYDON, Ind. -- Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels says he will ask the federal government to send the state more than $435 million in additional stimulus money for schools and Medicaid.

If he gets a "no", he could always expand gaming at the horse tracks and loot some of the extra revenue it would generate..

In Today's News

Steak n Shake new partners with Fever, Pacers
Pacers Sports & Entertainment has signed a new multi-year partnership with Steak n Shake, the Indianapolis-based restaurant chain. No financial terms were disclosed but the sponsorship deal covers this season's WNBA Indiana Fever games and the upcoming 2010-11 NBA Pacers' season.

Does this mean the food will improve at Fieldhouse??

So This Idiot..

INDIANAPOLIS -- A man was arrested Monday after he told a security worker at Indianapolis International Airport that he had a "bomb in my belly" at a security checkpoint, police said.

Indianapolis police were called to the airport at about 1:30 p.m. Authorities said that Jeff Rarey, 53, made the remark to a transportation security officer as he was going through a metal detector.

MORON!

In Today's News

...Indy-area home sales fall 30% in July

"Echoing a national trend, home sales in Central Indiana fell 30.4 percent in July, a decline generally blamed on the expiration of a federal housing tax credit meant to help people buying their first residences..."

The economy still sucks and people are broke, plain and simple. And this is news?

Open Up

So I fear the dentist like I fear the IRS. Once I get the shots in the mouth, I am good to go. It's the waiting before that which makes me nuts! I had a 12pm appointment today and when I arrived I was told that the power was out and they would be calling people when it got back on to see who they could fit in. Was the power being off a sign? Could it be a message to put off seeing the dentist for another 4 years? I could have used that as my out but I stuck through it and got called back in at 2.

I did tell everyone that I was a big baby and they were all super cool! I was getting the cleaning broke up into 2 visits so there would not be that much mouth pain and the pain of having to pay for all that work in one visit. So I figured half the cleaning today, the other half in a week and I am set. I figured wrong! Once she started the cleaning she glanced at the X-ray and said that I had a tooth that needed immediate attention! I knew this because it was bothering me so I was not overly shocked at this revelation. Come to find out I lost a filling and I needed to either get a molar pulled or a root canal.

Well, we all know that fillings mean drilling so I agreed to get the filling! A few more "shots to the chops" to keep the numbing train rolling and I was good to go. I talked to the doc about the root canal-vs.-pulling. I don't want my grill looking all jacked up so I told him I would get the root canal done. The whole time I had my IPOD rocking with some Alice In Chains, Haste The Day & Godsmack. I did a good job of drowning out the drilling but my ears were ringing from the music being too loud. Can't win every battle I suppose.

They gave me a prescription for the pain as well as an antibiotic. Since I am not getting any younger, I am going to stick with the treatment plan they have in place and get all this taken care of. It sucks and is gonna cost a few bucks but I am very lucky to have a job with benefits so I can't complain as far as that goes.

Speaking of pain, time to pop a Vicodin…

I thought you had Sunday off

Not the case today. Working the day job and training a new team member..

Whiteland class of 1985 stopped into Peppers Greenwood last night and I had a blast. Since I graduated in 1986 I could relate to this fun crowd and it was a blast! Of course there was that one person not tuned in to what was going on with the "can you play some Hip Hop and R&B" line that gets annoying after a while. I played "Push It" so I hope that made her happy.

When I start playing I normally try and start off with some old school and rock before the mass of people get there. There are a few reasons behind that. In most cases there is an older crowd that is at the bar early that I would like to try and make happy while they are there since they won't be staying all night. Also, I don't like to be one of these guys that has to play "the hits" over and over. I like to play songs from time to time that will make you say "damn I remember that" or something that might make you think back to an easier or happier time in your life. A good DJ knows to musically educate the people and play old and new and throw a good party.

A Birthday Party was in the back part of the room and a woman approached me 15 minutes after I started and said she remembered me from Tremors nightclub (west side of Indy) and asked if I could play "something they can dance to and some Hip Hop". Well there is more to today's music than Hip Hop like, Black Eyed Peas, Kesha, Lady Gaga, Pitbull etc. And when Juan and I worked in Tremors it was not a lost cause as it is now. I told her I had what was hot on radio and did not go too deep in any music type so I can keep everyone happy.

As I am hitting my Old school and such they sent the waitress to come up and insult me about what I was playing. And she said "that Birthday party said they are falling asleep with this shit, play something they can dance to, they said it felt like they were at Ike and Jonesy's". Well Ike & Jonesy's has been open for a long time, they do a great business and are packed so making that reference I guess was somewhat of a compliment in an odd way. All the waitress had to do was to edit all that negativity and say "can you hook that Birthday party up with some mew stuff" or something less harsh than the other.

Mass appeal music is what has kept me in the game since 1986. I'm not changing that anytime soon..

 

 

The old "Stuff A Hot Dog" in the pants trick!

Authorities have arrested a Fort Pierce man accused of trying to steal a $6.99 jumbo pack of hot dogs from a Treasure Coast supermarket.

The St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office said Allan Polhemus, 52, was arrested on a theft charge.

According to the incident report, an employee spotted Polhemus stuff a Publix 16-pack of jumbo hot dogs in his pants and walk out of the store.
Sometimes the jokes write themselves...

In Today's News

So Antwuan Cook's wife has accused "American Idol" Fantasia Barrino of sleeping with her husband. There is supposed to be a sex tape or something. Havent see any pictures or that video but here is a picture of his punk ass moving out. No boxes or luggage must be a bitch..

Pacers Rookie Guard Arrested

Indiana Pacers rookie guard Lance Stephenson was arrested in New York over the weekend after police said he pushed his girlfriend down a flight of stairs, hitting her head on concrete.

Stephenson has had prior run-ins with the law. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct after being accused of groping a 17-year-old girl in 2008, while he was still in high school.

Indiana Pacer in trouble with the law? Say it isn't so! This dude is 19 years old with a gig in the NBA and he pulls this? 2 years prior to this he was acting a fool in High School Are we that desperate to build this suck ass team that we will take any thug we can afford??

Perspectives

When I first think about saying "God I Hate Mondays" I quickly cut myself off and say "Thank God I can work like I do" and that seems to get me through the week for the most part. Since I do not work the typical Mon-Fri 9-5, my week doesn't have an end point like most people's do. On the weeks of Colts home games, I get no days off, when they are away and during off season, Sunday is my sanctuary day. When I say no days off, keep in mind that I work my full time day job 5 days a week and spin 5 nights in the bars. Throw a Colts home game in there and look out! But, I am lucky to be able to so what I do and that's what motivates me to keep going at it.

Through the years I have spent LOTS of money on web designers. They were worth every penny but then trying to get it updated or the info to update it myself was a pain in the ass! I launched a new website and did it myself. Sure there are better websites and such out there but for what this costs me and I don't have to wait to get done what I want, it is well worth it!

The Pre-season game the Colts lost yesterday is not worth mentioning. Damn, I just did. We know how pre-season is and we know it starts to count on September 19^th when we open up our season at home!

I uploaded some new videos on the YouTube page from last week as well.

Have a great week everyone!

In Today's News

Hancock County Sheriff C.K. "Bud" Gray is expected to make a court appearance Monday afternoon, after he spent the weekend in jail on theft, official misconduct and obstruction of justice charges.

Gray was held without bond at the Hamilton County Jail. Authorities said he funneled more than $3,000 in department funds for his personal use.

This is his booking photo...lol

Let it go

I said I was going to stop complaining about people from my last bar gig not stopping by to any of the places I am at now to say hi. It still makes me heated that I haven't heard "I haven't see you since Buz Bar I need to make it out to come see you" from people I thought were my friends but Wednesday night I was really amused. There was someone I worked with at Buz and thought was a "friend", or at least she used to tell everyone that and have not seen her since I left. She walked by Peppers to go to the bar next door to pay a cover and wait in line. My bar did not have a cover or a line to get in but was quite busy (I have video proof on my YouTube page).

I saw this happen since there is a window right behind me so I thought that maybe when she left the bar next door she might pop in to say "hey". Oddly enough she walked past Peppers again and nothing! I didn't care to see her as much as I was amused by her arrogance. When she doesn't have a job and was broke as a joke or has men problems I had to be the listening post more times than I should have. When she had issues with crazy ex's in the bar I had to hear about that also. Some friend she turned out to be huh?

She is just one of MANY people that I have not seen since my last bar gig and one of many that have made ZERO mention about not having seen me in a while blah blah blah. I know that stuff happens, life gets in the way and that entire BS but it seems I am really only relevant when I have "the hook up" for people. So this is the last time I will waste internet bandwidth on the subject or bother with people that are a waste in general.

Relax huh?

Had a great production meeting at the Colts complex this morning I must say. It's really good when you work for people that know what you bring to the table and let you run with it. The meeting was at 8:30am which would have been murder if I was at a bar gigging the night before. I had some editing to do last night and not knowing how long that would take and really having my inner voice and my wife tell me to rest, I took the night off from Rock House. I never just "call off", I have worked through illness, family crap and always have gone in to work.

I called my buddy Matt to make sure it was ok and finally took a night off to "recharge". My schedule normally has me getting 4.5 hours of sleep Tues-Fri working my day job and bar job but last night I had to take a pause for the cause. I regret loosing the money and seeing the peeps but putting my health and sanity first for once made sense.

Now I am ready for Colts Football!

So last week at Rock House...