Guns and Roses at 11. Things are going downhill faster than I thought:
At one point, people were holding up lighters during Bohemian Rhapsody. The only way this party could get whiter and more awkward is if it was a Klan rally for people with dancing disabilities.
Matoko Borgia-Steeler
The only way this party could get whiter and more awkward is if it was a
Klan rally.Mitt Romney nominating GOP convention.BethanyAnne
It’s even pretty in Houston today. //bizarre
Citizen_X
Enough of embarrassing your friends, Cole. We want pictures of YOU dancing!
The Dangerman
Which one is Mr. Brownstone?
dr. bloor
I’d be like the guy in the foreground with the jeans and sweater over his shoulders, only balder on top. No wonder junior bloor makes me walk behind him at the mall.
Clime Acts
I want the tall hottie on the left.
That is all.
handy
Uh oh, people have already started to kick off their shoes. Senor Cole, my thoughts go out to you in this most desperate of hours.
eldorado
any mashed potatoes left?
mike
This is the firsf time iv accessed by phone & it was the most random pics ever. Thpught i was at the wrong site! Happy to see party pics tho
dr. bloor
So how long with this go on before Tunch gets fed up and goes all Langolier on your guests?
Matoko Borgia-Steeler
It might be just coincidence.. but why is the older gentleman who bears a distinct resemblance to Bernie Sanders so reluctant to show his face to the cameras? Are we witnessing a *gasp* Soc.ial.ist leadership event?
Little Boots
@Matoko Borgia-Steeler:
It’s like dressage without the horses.
Yutsano
Wait…now I see RedKitteh too?? YOU SCHEDULED A MEET-UP WITHOUT ME COLE?? I call foul!
badpoetry
“Klan rally for people with dancing disabilities”: LMFAO
Matoko Borgia-Steeler
@Little Boots:
A sort of horse ballet, you mean? But with more ass than horse.
burnspbesq
If you want to chase everyone home, Schonberg usually works pretty well. If that doesn’t work, try REO Speedwagon.
Matoko Borgia-Steeler
@efgoldman:
That was, mathematically, my point.
Matoko Borgia-Steeler
@burnspbesq:
Scriabin is usually pretty effective – provided you don’t puncture your own eardrums with a nail-gun before the moochers and looters flee the premises.
dr. bloor
@burnspbesq: Leave it to some tight-ass attorney to fail to appreciate the artistic tour de force that was “You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish.”
BethanyAnne
…and my niece called from Galveston to crash for the night. They live in northern Arkansas. Looks like they think 600 miles is a day trip. /blinks/
El Cid
I like the idea of the softer side of the Klan, the Aryan nationalists who find time to help the disabled, that is, before they scrub the gene pool of their tainted existence.
Little Boots
@Matoko Borgia-Steeler:
if only.
burnspbesq
@dr. bloor:
Time for you to fly.
ABL
this will never not be funny. the dude on the left is actually doing the white man’s overbite. it’s like watching wildlife in its natural habitat. this is better than NATGEO.
Steeplejack
This just in: raw video footage from Cole’s party.
Little Boots
@ABL:
I totally do that.
then I hate myself,
until the next time.
burnspbesq
@Matoko Borgia-Steeler:
I like, as in really like, Scriabin’s music for solo piano. There’s a great recording by Marc-Andre Hamelin that you should check out.
ABL 2.0
@Little Boots: This is a “white people dance like this, black people dance like this” joke waiting to happen.
Paging D.L. Hughley!
burnspbesq
@efgoldman:
You fooled me: I thought the link would be to “Music for 18 Musicians.”
Matoko Borgia-Steeler
@burnspbesq:
I can’t afford to lose my last ear-drum, although I do appreciate the offer.
The prophet Nostradumbass
Nickelback should drive anyone away.
If you really want to get rid of people, though, death metal will work with most people.
Little Boots
@ABL 2.0:
so true.
Dave Chapelle could do a season on this, if he’d come back.
Matoko Borgia-Steeler
@efgoldman:
Sometimes that’s the only way to liberate one’s freedom-loving Real American domicile from the strapping young bucks who think that you want them there just because you sent out invitations.
Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason
Like someone said in the last thread — it’s Saturday night, and here I am looking at pictures of someone else’s party on a blog.
It gets worse. I’m looking at the pics for amusement while I’m balancing checkbook and credit card statements.
I used to have a fun life. My roommates and I threw parties wilder than these pics, where we’d get up in the morning and find people sleeping on the living room floor. Some of whom we might not know. Sadly those days are long gone.
But the good news is that the bank statement reconciled on the first try!
BSoSR +3
Kristine
@ABL: I had to look up “White Man’s Overbite.” Because I am out of it.
Then I found an illustrative video. Click through at your own risk.
Little Boots
@efgoldman:
an entire blog community will testify that
nothing dangerous or loud or even remotely interesting seemed to happen at that party.
Cluttered Mind
I ordinarily wouldn’t want to inflict this on anyone, but you’ve given me a challenge. Here in all its glory is an even whiter event:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07cmMhQxjfg&feature=email
ulee
Tunch will exact his revenge.
Little Boots
@Kristine:
oh damn.
PeakVT
@Brother Shotgun of Sweet Reason: It could be worse. You could be trolling Youtube for diesel dragster clips.
Lojasmo
@ABL:
That’s the dude clime acts thinks is hot. Thirty years too old for him, if you pay attention.
David Koch
someone better pepper spray those hippies
4jkb4ia
It is time to believe in the Blues, folks. I have my fingers crossed they will not have to play Phoenix in the next round since I am entirely unequipped to talk trash yet.
Those are hilarious pictures.
John Cole! I am done! I have my life back!
(Seriously, if I was willing to say that “Let’s Get It On” meant I was in trouble, I have to say that it meant I was out of trouble. That it was being sung by some moderately talented American Idol contestant on a TV I was walking by and not Marvin Gaye is irrelevant.)
Uncle Glenny
@burnspbesq:
Gak. I was once at a concert and (famous clarinetist?) performed something like this live, with (n minus 1) of him pre-recorded. I was probably drunk by the time the music started though.
ETA: meant to say benefit concert at a private home.
Steven
Heard of Bethany College for the first and second time ever tonight. Dave Sims (Mariners’ broadcaster) called Humber’s perfect game for Fox and got a tweet recognizing him as a Bethany Bison. Now this party. Must be some college.
asiangrrlMN
Cole, you need a serious infusion of POC at your party – STAT!
Clime Acts
Racist.
Kristine
And the Blackhawks live to skate another day. Fifth straight OT. Toews scored the GWG. Back to Chicago we go.
Matoko Borgia-Steeler
@Clime Acts:
Still writing your autobiography? Must be tough with those pesky crayons breaking all the time.
ABL
@Kristine: I love the old dude who drops his ass to the floor. Brilliant. And also a tad frightening.
opie jeanne
@Matoko Borgia-Steeler: I like Scriabin. I played three of his little preludes for my senior recital, only because they thought I needed a little more 20th century stuff.
Maybe I just like playing it. I could never last through any concert past the intermission unless I was in it. Always started twitching and feeling like I needed to go home and practice.
opie jeanne
@efgoldman: Pleased to meet you. I was a performance major with very little talent. I worked hard and performed fairly well, nearly fainted every time I had to do solo work.
I really had almost no talent. I think what I was best at was sight-reading and accompaniment.
The prophet Nostradumbass
As much of an asshole as I think Axel Rose is, it’s “Guns n’ Roses”, not “Guns and Roses”
bago
Am I the only one that thinks of Ministy’s “A new world order” being done in acapella?
not Jason, but the other Jason
I think it’s nice of the guy with the sweater to dance with Air Purifier. Poor thing was standing over there alone all night, working up the nerve to talk to TV Tray.
ciotog
@The prophet Nostradumbass: It’s Axl, not Axel.
Patricia Kayden
The partay looked fun. Or funny.
Original Lee
This looks pretty typical for a party full of academics. But what’s with the lighters during Bohemian Rhapsody? Were people so drunk they were thinking they were at a Rocky Horror screening? Or is this a new meme that I’ve totally missed because I spend my Saturday nights putting together the next week’s schedule on Google Calendar?