BOOK SIGNING! TONIGHT! NUDITY! FLAMES!

I’d love to show, but all my energies will be focused on keeping my Auburn grad roommate away from Mr. St. John. Don’t want it to get it ugly…

Once I have him sedated…what time do you expect to show up at Kramers?

Drinks at 8ish at the latest.

I’m quite a ways away, but I think I can make it by 8 if I wear a diaper to cut down on bathroom breaks.

I’d truly wish I could be there Orson, considering I work just down the road from the store, but real life is a bitch. Too bad you aren’t signing books during business hours.

That and I really have no interest in being in the same room as Warren St. John.

I’m quite a ways away, but I think I can make it by 8 if I wear a diaper to cut down on bathroom breaks. So yeah, I’ll be the guy (one of the guys?) wearing a diaper.

I’ll be there with the wife, so that will help the count get to 20.

You are going to continue to give us screen shots of all the pages in the book, right?
’Cause that would really save me $20.
Thanks in advance.

When will you be sitting alone in Gainesville under a tent full of books, autographing or fake autographing a copy to the person that is not there (like the Meat Market guy in Oxford after UF/O Miss)?

i gotta be honest, i feel like if i wait a few months, i will have seen every page of this book that you theoretically want me to buy. i know this is your first book and all, but that may not be the best marketing strategy.

If someone doesn’t light a B&N couch on fire we’ll all be greatly disappointed.

gamecocktony beat me to it by 3 minutes. damn slow laptop. i think he only proves my point though.

Good luck w/the signing. Isn’t Atlanta in the process of bulldozing Buckhead and replacing it with a mall?

O,

Any chance of you coming to Warren’s hometown?

Auburn fans (Assuming you weren’t joking):

I’ve met Warren before, and he’s really a nice guy. He even signed my copy of RJYH (it was given to me as a gift) with “War Eagle” on it.

I will try, even though leaving Little Five and traveling to (shudder) Buckhead gives me a Grade-Five case of the Heebie-Jeebies, with a side order of the Willies.

Misean,
I honestly don’t have any ill will towards WSJ. I wish I could make it to meet him as well as Orson. What I read out of RJYH was pretty funny and didn’t sugar coat the bammer hysteria in the least.

I’ve read it, and you’re right.

(I didn’t think you were serious)

Hey What’s Up Orson, I’ve loved EDSBS Live forever dude! Anyways my question is do you think Baylor is going to play worse now that their coach has been indicted for peeing on a bar floor? See, O, I think they are going to come out strong and really want to prove everyone wrong. It’s like in 19 dickety two when Chance Barefoot scored 420 points while carrying a lemur on his throat. You remember that don’t you? And the Carlisle Indian School won the Cotton Bowl that year even with half the team battling small pox.

Oh yea that is fun.

If I come do I have to wear pants?

So have the folks at ESPN actually read this site, before sponsoring your book deal?

On second thought, what am I writing. Any network that can put Stephen A Smith and Who is More Now on television will do anything if it makes them a buck.

Fran reportedly out at TaMu.

Mr. Wrong, you are so on the money, even if this is now the first, albeit brief, time I have wished that I lived in the 404. Especially given your water problems.

I’ll be there, but may have to pass on cocktails…

[i]“Fran reportedly out at TaMu.”[/i]

Details? I hope not, it’s kinda fun watching them completely melting down.

stupid markup

They will know you by the trail of your jorts..

Orson, when you want to hit the Brick Store or Twain’s, let me know and I’ll throw in a couple of beers with the requisite $20 for a copy. But Buckhead just ain’t my territory….

@20

i heard the same from an aggie this morning. didn’t want to rumor mongor.

PJ- Who says we have water problems? Just because the Governor might have to send the National Guard to fight the Army Corps of Engineers? Freaking alarmists.

Do we know if Warren is a cool enough guy to sign our copies of “Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer” if we bring them? Also, (and, I understand I’m attaching my hopes and dreams to a star with this one) can I bring my limited edition “Backstreet’s BACK!” LP for him to autograph? Ohh! I’m so excited!!!!111

If Orson can get a signing together in Charlotte, I can promise 20. Hell – I can promise 20 from my office.

Warren would be happy to sign your RJYHs. Or your baby.

Who the fuck is Warren St. John?

Who would ever describe Kramer’s as a bar not like being in Buckhead? It’s not a dance club or trashy if that’s what you mean … well it’s pretty trashy in the college bar in Athens type way. As a UGA grad, Kramer’s, 5 Paces, Churchill’s or Pool Hall (all located basically in the same spot) are the best places to bump into 20-something SEC grads.

That being said, I’m gonna try to be there … how much is the book? I’m a broke law student, but I still want a signed copy.

East Andrews- THAT’S trashy Buckhead.

Wasn’t there a picture of Orson, Stranko and Warren in a bar after the Alabama-Florida game?

If you really want to have a good time, come over to the Highlands tonight and get to meet all of the fine people from Emory. Not really, unless you want to be crushed to death by the rediculous masses at Moes and Joes. Decatur definitely is the better place to hang out now a days since Buckhead has gone Baghdad.

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Does everyone just automatically forget about Fado? I know when I want to blackout, nothing does it better than $4.75 pints of Boddingtons and $6 Dewars shots.

You mean there’s a picture of Stranko out there somewhere? Now that Orson’s been outed, he’s the last bastion of mystery associated with this joint (unless you count TCOAN).

Fado’s is packed now a days. I ’ve been to Churchill last month and it wasnt too bad.

when atlanta needs water, the great warrior chief Big Boi leads the charge with pipebombs not unlike those used to great effect in the 1996 olympic games. Riding California Love-style in a fleet of dodge magnums toward South Carolina and take what we please. As jared diamond said in guns, germs and steel, “Rhino-mounted Bantu warriors could have overthrown the Roman Empire.”

what time at barnes && noble?

oh yeah, GO JACKETS BEAT ARMY

You will NOT ever see a picture of me on here, if I have anything to do with it. I’m no model and I’ve seen the commenters here savage women on Cheesecake Fridays who are. No thanks.

Decatur’s all right if you like lesbians and soccer moms (not saying I don’t, just saying), but I usually stick with L5P and East Atl. I like a little danger in my nightlife. I just have to figure out how to juggle the Halloween parade and the UF/KY game. Yes, our Halloween parade is on Oct. 20. What?

Mr. Wrong-

Whereabouts do you live? Back in the day we had a place on Hurt then moved to Battery. Heh.

If soccer moms out for a night isn’t dangerous, I don’t know what is. Viva Decatur Square!

I was pretty scared when I spent the NYE countdown for this year in Eddie’s Attic.

(long story)

When you get to North Fulton, let me know. I only go south of the river to go to the airport.

#43

What time does that parade start do you know? I stumbled upon it last year while drinking at the Brewhouse and it was insanity, L5P knows how to do Halloween. And a good time in Decatur can be had by all this Saturday at the Great Decatur Beer Festival, I think it’s like $30 and all you can drink for 5 hours or so.

Sarah,

I think the tickets for the Great Decatur Beer Festival sold out a few months ago (the limit is 5000, I think). I hope to make it next year.

I just bought 2 tickets this morning. It’s not sold out yet … well it could be now.

link: http://www.xorbia.com/tickets/dbf/

Every day is Decatur Beer Festival at the Swindle home.

:)

Well damn, I stand corrected.

(A friend of my up there made it sound like you have to jump on the ball really early to score a ticket)

I wish I had a little more money to make it up there. My high-gravity beer selection is down to near nothing, and Green’s might as well be my crack dealer (since I don’t smoke crack).

There are fewer things that suck more in life than a 6% ABV cap on beer.

Oh Greens, how I wish we had something comparable in Athens, I always budget for things like … beer, liquor, El Azteca etc. just not fun-reading books and shit and all those luxury items. $30 ain’t too bad though, and telling yourself it goes to charity always helps my justifications.

There are more ITP locals on here than I realized. An organized Saturday afternoon viewing party at a worthy establishment may be a little bit fun. Something like what used to happen at Sons of Italy in Athens for the unwashed, unticketed folk.

Oh, it’s not the $30 (which I find very reasonable).

It’s all the other money I always spend when I go up there (like at Green’s, especially when I start craving the Belgians).

Orson is a proud former employee of the Green’s on Ponce. No lie.

Can he get me a job? The employee discount alone may be worth the move.

(joking…kinda)

Sarah- the parade starts at 5 (ish, it’s hard to get that many degenerates anywhere on time), and the Beer Fest/Parade is a great doubleheader, if you’ve trained right.

TCOAN- I currently reside in a certain former High School turned lofts, right on the parade route, waaaaaaaaay too close to the Yacht Club.

Oh, and Hurt and Battery- there’s a Tammy Wynette song in there somewhere.

Just to update…Ye Auld Buckhed Bar Strip being torn down and replaced with mid-rise, mixed use, condos.

Fado will get the wrecking ball last…in about a week. Take heart, though, it’s being rebuilt up the street, across from the old CJ’s Landing. Supposedly a 3 story Fado with rooftop deck, perfect for soccer and rugby hooligans to hurl each other off of…

Really, one of the only good bars in Buckhead…but I’ll say Kramer’s ain’t bad, and neither is 5 Paces or Churchill’s.

Also – if someone wants to set something up for the Atlanta Denizens of EDSBS…maybe at Twains or the like, I’d be up for it!

Ugh stupid job, what you couldn’t wait a week till I was back in Atlanta?

I have quite a healthy Passport list at the Taco Mac in Decatur.

#58

ah Greens on Ponce! gotta love it when half the parking spaces up front are taken up by taxis. a guy i work with swears that older locals call that kroger shopping center ‘The Murder Kroger’ because of the frequency that bodies turn up there.

I’ve also heard it called “Herpes Kroger”, as opposed to the Disco Kroger in Buckhead.

I’m guessing “Herpes Kroger” is derived from the lovely meth-head prostitutes that work the stretch from Ponce/Boulevard to City Hall/ the dialysis clinic. I sadly used to live above MF Sushibar at Camden Midtown apts. (shudder) and never did I realize how easy crack or some quick action was to come by … aaahhh good times.

@#66:

And yet, Green’s has some really classy beers. What other shady liquor store in the ATL has a Belgian Beer closet?

asim,
who still can’t find St. Bernadus on the west coast

oh don’t get me wrong — i stopped there 3 times a week when i lived in the neighborhood, to maintain my gourmet beer addiction.

that particular part of town just cracks me up, with its seamless mixture of the yuppie (2 urban licks and a doggie daycare) and the downtrodden/seedy (the clermont and Herpes Kroger)

Sutpen- Exactly why I can’t bring myself to move.

Damn, you can’t get Abt 12 on the West Coast?!?

But look on the bright side, in GA you can’t get Stone, Russian River, Lost Abbey or Alesmith.

Oh yeah, and you can’t buy beer on Sundays in GA (but you can in AL).

One of the happiest days of my life was when my local liquor store (and by local I mean about 30 secs from my apartment) started carrying Abt 12…I used to have to go downtown to Mac’s or Green’s, but now I can walk and get it.

You guys need to import Belgium beer in order to get a decent fix? Psshaw. Come out to the Northwest, and you will be introduced to a whole new world of beer, and none of it is imported. I recommend one of the quality craft brews from BridgePort, Deschutes, Pyramid, Rogue, McMenamins, Hale’s, or Full Sail.

Or just do like many of us up here do, brew it yourself with locally grown grains and hops (lots of them).

you don’t know decatur till you’ve gone to trackside @ 3am.

Thanks to Orson and Warren for a very cool evening. I didn’t go for drinks, but it was cool to hear the stories of the potential liable situations that came up and the assistance they got from the legal team at the world wide leader.

Those of you who are wavering on buying the book, allow me to push you to the purchase side of the fence. There is a section dedicated to avoiding long bathroom lines at packed sporting events by learning the fine art of peeing in a corner.

sounds like the party took a negative swing

http://www.11alive.com/news/article_news.aspx?storyid=104830

Missed the shindig…won’t make excuses. Anybody wants to hook up for the parade, look me up.

Re #76: The Baylor AD is on line one and needs a copy of the book shipped overnight.

#74,

We used to get Bridgeport IPA and Stout in Birmingham, but I haven’t seen it in awhile. What makes it REALLY suck is the fact that since Sweetwater IPA is now illegal (by .4%) in AL, there is no West-Coast style IPA we can get with any consistency here. The closest we have now is Rogue Brutal Bitter, which I do love, but it’s not quite an IPA.
Rogue and (I think) Bridgeport are readily available in in ATL, and whenver I go, I usually pick up some Rogue bombers, usually of Shakespeare Stout, since bombers are illegal in AL.
  
And if I had a larger place (not a 700 sq ft apartment) I would homebrew. By the time I’m able to, I hope there’s a better harvest of Cascades, because the first beer I will make will be a Cascade-laden IPA.

^my spelling/usage suck on occasion

1. The IPA’s/Porters/Stouts out here are even better on tap, or cask. No silly ABV rules either. We have alot of brewfests here every year, and all the northwests’ brewers have several of their offerings on tap. The biggest one is in Portland in late July, and well worth the trip. But many of the others, including the Cask Brewfest and Hops on Equinox in Seattle are awesome too.

So many beers here use Cascade hops, or variants of them, but to get the real big bitterness you also need a higher AAU hop like Magnum, Warrior, Nugget, or Chinook. Be careful, homebrewing is highly addictive.

Rogue’s Imperial IPA is a celebration of hoppy goodness. Deschutes Mirror Pond Ale is another favorite, but not as extremely hopped as the IPA’s. I like Pyramid’s Thunderhead IPA too, good summery IPA. For winter, I’m drinking Hale’s nitro-Cream Stout (better than Guinness), and Deschutes Black Butte Porter is a staple. Fermenting in the homebrew carboys right now are clones of Pyramid’s SnoCap (~8.5% ABV) and Arrogant Bastard (~7.5%).

Cheers!