Finnigan's Wake 9/24/05 With CON & WhoreBitch

Man, its Tuesday & I am still hungover from this one. I took a ton of Pics, but unfortunately will not be posting too many more of these Pics here on the Blog. However as some of you already know these Pics will soon be available somewhere else... STAY TUNED...

Now For Saturday, as I hinted, what a good time. The Band was great & the crowd was kinda fun, but not nearly as wild as Westchester. We did have more folks show up this time. My friends Ron, Dan, Mike, Snitz & Leanne came. Also Dolan & I rolled in together, Leanne, Meghan, Duff & TJ also came, So we were definitely representin'. In addition to this as usual the band did the break dance competition but they also got out and & got funky as well.

While CON Rocked Finnigan's downstairs another band was rockin the house upstairs, Bonehead. I got to run upstairs between CON's sets to see these guys for a few minutes, and these guys were impressive as well.

All throughout the night I was drinking Guinness, Car Bombs, Southern Comfort, Blackhaus, Melon Balls, Etc. Basically I was wrecked. As such this little recap of the nights events will be nowhere near as detailed as previous posts. Simply put I Don't remember.

I can however mention the little event that ended up the evening for me. It was probably 35 minutes before the Last song in Set 3 of the night. I was taking All Kinds of Pics. Band Pics, Crowd Pics, I was shooting everything. At this point some girls had taken control of the stage and were doing backup vocals into James' Microphone. Thank God John "The Sexy Bald Guy" was able to turn that mic way down. Anyway a whole other group of girls had crowded right in front of the stage and were jamming while the band was playing. I simply took the Digi I had with me and put it up in the air and took a few pics of them, when suddenly some WhoreBitch slapped the shit out my hand, holding the camera. At this point I almost dropped the camera. Once I secured it I totally lost it. This Nutcase started screaming at me about some shit, obviously I couldn't hear her since CON was Rocking like Tom Petty American Girl. Oh no its not loud up there. Meanwhile, My Boys Ron & Dan Struck revenge right away. After a few minutes of letting it die down, Ron threw Dan into as if he was dancing. I am assuming he gave her a fake My BAD!!!! After that this nut kept up staring and pointing. I know then Meghan jumped in her face and almost kicked her ass. Way to go Meg... After all was said and done, cooler heads prevailed and we tried to end up the Night to a great rendition of "You Are My Sunshine."

This would have been fine with me, until WhoreBitch, jumped up in my face again after the band was finished. I simply explained in my drunken rage very nicely, Yea Right, "I was simply taking pictures for the band", which WhoreBitch replied yea right. I responed by asking Sean "The Crazy Drummer", to validate my story which he did. She just shook her head, then I unloaded and explained how I was pissed cause she almost knocked a 400 dollar camera from my hand for no apparent reason. She gave some shitass excuse, Oh well!!! I said my peace and I walked away. I never in my life wished that I was born a female until this night. But I really wanted to be a girl so I could have bitch slapped the shit out of her.

Now you ask who is WhoreBitch, Well of course I got the Pic...


Now that I look back I should have knocked her the F*#k out since she isn't a lady at all I should go back and call her Whore-MAN-Bitch.

Now for some other good shots for the night....

Here's a great one of Sherri, Duff & Leanne.


Then here is a great one of Wes Serenading Katie...




Of Course we cannot forget to mention Chalfont Rockin' the Wake...


Dan...



& Ron....



Rockin' the Guinness....

What universe is this shit happening in I wanna move there...


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CON Blows the Roof off of Kildare's West Chester...

Ok now I have posted a lot in recent times about this band & the good times we have had while out watching them play, but this actually was even more fun then that. WHY??? Not sure, it could have been the 3 week Hiatus I have been in for seeing a good band, or maybe just it was just Kildare's West Chester... Or maybe both. Definitely Both!!!!

Dan & I had been itching to see CON Again for a few weeks now. He had also been to Kildare's WC, so we obviously were gonna go. Ron was supposed to get back from a Friday night thing in AC and we were gonna head out to WC. Somewhere between the plan & reality Ron & his merry posse of bandits somehow didn't return from AC until like 10:30pm. Meanwhile Dan, Baus & I were already on our way out Kildare's. Ron had been telling Dan for weeks how the WC Kildare's was the best of them all & Dan knew to complete the holy trinity we had to Rock the Place. So we did....

As we walked through the doors a little past 10pm we could hear "All's been said & done" starting, so we pushed through the crowd to get back to the band. I'll tell ya what a packed house we stepped into, just as I expected, 70% female, 95% Drunk, & 99% horny as hell. What a great scene. The Band as usual was kickin it, we tried to find some room to get beers & place to watch from but it was packed. After we finished our first round we headed back to the Bar to get a few more drinks, only be brought back, by Frank giving Philly Pirate Rock a shout out. Now there had to be, I don't know, 250 people in this Place. Woohoo Nice Publicity, Thanks Frank. Then CON Broke into one of my favorite songs by flogging Molly, "If I Ever Leave This World Alive." Wes noted when they finished rockin the shit out of that, something else was coming, then went right into James Connolly by Black 47. WooHoo, at this point I was lovin it, Dan & I were Jamming, the Baus even got into it. Unfortunately I guess not everyone else in this place loved Flogging Molly or Black 47, cause they weren't nearly as into it as we were.

Meanwhile The rest of the Crew piled in. Meghan & Duff, TJ, & Meghan's new roomie... I knew I would forget her name. Then came Sherri, her husband, & Leanne. Now the Party was on and Dan Called out for some Carbombs, I was like Hells YA! Now that only took a good 20 minutes but we got our first ICB down for the night and all was good.

Later we sent Baus for some Beers I said, "a Smithwick's for me, Coors for you, & a Miller Lite for Dan." Baus Came back with a Miller for Dan & 2 Smithwick's, He Was rocking the Smithwick's, He actually said it was good. At one point I think I saw Dan Cheatin' on his miller and trying some of Baus' Smithwick's. HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!


From here the night just got better & better, Ton's Hot Chick's Dancing, Groping each other, etc. The band really knows how to bring this about, & best of all somebody said Car Bomb Song Time ... SO Dan, Baus & I went scurrying to the bar to get our ICB's. When we got back they brought us up to the skates area and played the Car Bomb Song. All I can I remember was Frank Saying "Drop" - Then Wes saying "Damn you embarrassed them." He He He, Did ya see that TJ? How bout you Duff? Bring it !!!




Dan was out there kickin up his heels with all the girls...



Look its the Woohoo Girls <-Pleqase forgive the spelling...


And of course James Duffy acting goofy between sets...



What a great night & great time out with everyone.



Now for those of you who weren't able to make it, Oh yea that's right I sent out an invite to like 30 friends & only Dan & Baus made it. You all know who you are, Good News... They are playing again this weekend Saturday Night 10PM Finnigan's Wake, 3rd & Spring Garden.... No Excuses Come see'em, Drink, Dance, be Happy!!!!!!!!!!!!!

P.S. -> If you are reading this, I have one question, "Are you Rocking the Pirate?"
If not go --------> Rock The Pirate www.PhillyPirateRock.comWhile your there sign the guestbook will ya, it looks like we only have a few listeners.




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Mad Props to My Wife & all the Folks who do the Grocery Shopping...

Ok I had to write about an experience I had this weekend, Saturday afternoon to be exact. My Wife who normally does our shopping had to work this weekend, yea pregnant and all she had to go to work both Saturday & Sunday. I told her on Friday that I would do the Grocery Shopping for this week on Saturday, she asked "Are you sure?" I said "Yes, how bad can it be." BIG MISTAKE....... It only took me about 2 hours to find all the stuff on the list that Ang gave me. 2 hours wasn't the problem, it was the 3 street brawls I had to endure to get the right Meat, Lunch Meat, and Rolls on the List. There are some mean ass old lady's at the Shop Rite I tell ya.

The First Problem I had was the in the Meat Section, I was looking for Chicken which was on the list. However there was only one package of Chicken Cutlets left. As I picked it up some Crazy Old Lady Swiped it from me. I was like "Are you Serious?" As I took it back. I mean C'mon she looked like she was about to throw down over a pack of chicken cutlets. Now if that wasn't enough every Isle I went down in search of food was like a Demolition Derby Rally. No one in this place was like, "Excuse Me" or "Pardon Me" as they would crash into my shopping cart. These Shoppers were downright mean and nasty, I heard comments like "Get the hell out of my way" & "why the Hell do please leave shopping carts in the Isle." WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO PUT IT? Up my Ass ? I think that's where a few of these shoppers would have liked to put my cart. Later I ran into a scenario where I had to avoid an elderly couple arguing in the isle. They were going back and forth in Spanish and blocking the whole isle so no one could past. Now when I was getting yelled at for this I had my cart pulled to one side or the other. These folks were sitting right in the middle of the isle cursing at each and arguing in Spanish. I made several attempts to excuse myself so they would let me by, not a chance. They just kept arguing and ignored me. I then escalated my voice with a few more excuse me's & got cursed at in Spanish before the old bat moved her cart and let me pass. How would you feel being called something like "Fat Shit Cat" or something like that? I wanted to slap the shit out of this bitch but decided to respect my elders and just went about my business.

After all of this I proceeded over to the Lunch Meat counter and had the best experience of the day. I pulled my number from the ticket machine and got #53, they were currently serving #49. I walked over picked up some rolls and walked back over, to wait. As 53 came up on the screen the gentlemen asked for # 53. I responded but was cut off Immediately by another one of these Elderly Nutcases. I spoke up and said, "Excuse me, I have number 53 & I would Like..." The crazy old bitch was like, Listen sunny I have been waiting here for 15 minutes and its time for me to give them my order." I replied, "What number do you have?" She Said "53, now be quiet and wait your turn." At this point I wanted to throw down, but I shut up again and waited. Now the number went to #54 & I spoke up and said, hey I had 53 and that lady jumped in front of me. Luckily another Younger male had #54 and let me go. Thank God....


To top it all off I forgot to pickup my soda for the week. I circled back to the Soda Isle to find no Diet Mountain Dew. That's all I drink. I called Ron since he works for Pepsi, and asked him to find the Guy who Packs out this store and beat him. There was only one spot for Diet Mountain Dew & it was empty. I was tired, and wanted to get the heck out of there but wasn't leaving without some Diet Dew. I walked over to the Coke Guy who was packing out at the time and begged him to get me some form the back. He was like I really shouldn't do that, but he decided to be a nice guy and do it anyway. So I got away with 3 12 packs of my precious drink. WooHoo...

The part of this whole ordeal that scares me is that since Ang, My Wife, is 7 months pregnant I know I am now going be doing this more often until she gives birth and gets her strength back. Oh Boy.... What Fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next time I am bringing shoulder pads and a helmet.


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When Good Beer is hard to find...

1st let me say If your at a bar & good beer is hard to find... RUN!, Get OUT and go to a "Good Bar". Now if this is not an option, I think I have found the answer.

Saturday night I was looking to go out, small problem was, no one else wanted to go out. Later on I found out that Michael Gairo, Leanne, & Sawyer were heading to Whiskey Tango. I decided to go even though I knew the only good brew on tap there was "Mother's Milk" AKA Guinness. Normally this would not be a problem but I wasn't in the mood for stout. I went kinda hoping they had gotten on the band wagon & started serving Smithwick's, Pronounced with a silent W. Kinda like "Smithicks" or "Smitticks". I have been drinking this all summer and can't get enough of it. To get back on track, I was hoping the band they had playing that night, Reaction, would actually surprise me & be decent.

I got there around 11pm, & soon after found Gairo, Sawyer & Leanne. I had gotten a pint of Guinness since, as expected, the Tango had no other real beer. What is it with Bars these Days, 10 taps, Guinness, Budweiser, Coors Lite, Bud Lite, Miller Lite, Michelob Ultra lite, Rolling Rock, etc. The Band was up on stage playing and the drinking began. Funny thing is, this band played a lot of top 40's stuff, that usually sounds real good, but it wasn't sounding good coming from them.

This Night was heading in a downward spiral real fast, Mike & Leanne were drinking Malibu Bay Breeze' & Sawyer was looking for someone to do a shot with him but wouldn't go the extra mile & do a Car Bomb or Shot of Jameson's with me. To compound the fun Sawyer found out that a Bride had just come into the Tango, Normally this would be fine, but this was the Bride from the wedding he had ditched earlier in the night. Oh Boy!!!!!!!!!! From that point on he was bobbing & weaving to avoid a scene. HE He HE He!!!! I mean what are the chances....

Anyway after a few pints of Guinness I decided it was time to try my new signature hard Alcohol Mix. When I returned to the bar I asked for a pint of Guinness & a Jameson's, Sour Mix, & 7-up. The bartender looked at me with a puzzled look then shook his head in an interesting way. Oh well.... I put down the Pint in minutes & began to enjoy my newly found concoction. WOW, this was some good shit.... I usually like Jameson's in an ICB, but I haven't really had it in any other drink, besides a shot. This was a great mix, obviously it was like a whiskey sour, but this was more of a whiskey Sour/Ass kicker with a phizz. Needless to say one of them and a few more pints and I was doing just fine.

Sawyer meanwhile was still trying to coerce someone to do a shot with him. I kept naming Irish Whiskeys we could shoot and he kept giving me that "Are You Al'Right" Look. He finally gave in and we did a shot of Tullamore Dew. Supposedly one of the more mellow Irish Whiskeys, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTT. This stuff was like arsenic going down. Or at least what I would Imagine arsenic would taste like. Here's Sawyer's Reaction....
Speaking of reactions, Reaction the band was still playing & since the alcohol was flowing I guess they were getting better. Sawyer & I went up to the Stage to watch there 3rd set. I really miss good cover bands. All's Reaction had was 1 awesome Guitarist, He Rocked. The Lead singer sounded like he should have been fronting a high school band. But as I usually say for any band, At least they have he balls to get u there and do that.

Sawyer later got to dance & grind with some lesbians, I guess he had his beer goggle's pulled on real tight, cause these 2 were hideous. But the best was the guy dancing with them before & after Dan finished, who though he was actually gonna take them home & get some. HA HA HA.... There lesbians they don't need you, Pal....


As usual though a good night out with friends, is better than sitting at home blogging...



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