China Bucket

So tonight I got a hankering for some chinese food. Since I've only been in Lincoln, I have had chinese food once and that was not buffet (or bucket to those of you who know what I'm talking about). Luckily, my good friend and resident "crazy, vietnam vet" Terry stopped by and was looking for a hang. So I says: "Terry, where is a stinky poon of a china bucket in this forsaken city?"
Terry: "I don't know what the fuck you just said."
Me: "Oh...sorry, too much slang? Would you happen to know the location of a fine Chinese style eatery...buffet....establishment?"
Terry: "No, I don't, but I like crab legs and last christmas when my friend from Texas was here we went to a place south of town that was a chinese buffet."
Crickets:
Me: "Well, do you want to matriculate to the bucket with me?"
Terry: "Sure."
Crickets: "sure" (but in a chirpy sounding voice)
Me: "We're gonna demolish this tasty poon of a china bucket."
Terry: "Damn straight"

It was actually very good, Terry was on the money. For any of you in Lincoln, it was called Jade River Grand Buffet and it's out on 40th and Old Cheney. Its like 8 bucks for dinner and 6 bucks for lunch.

Olypmic Curling

What is it about curling that I can't stop watching?? They play 10 ends and each end has a 75 min/team time limit. This game takes forever, but I can't stop watching. I think someday I could be an olympic curler, but I'd want to be on the French team so that I could say I was a French curler and then make the obvious joke that I was a French cruler (the donut, not Louis XIV).

The Badlands

I suppose that I must join in the committment with Mikey and post that the last week of May we are backpacking Badlands National Park, or at least a part of it. No trails, so it's us, a topo, and a compass to find our way around. there is also no potable water, so we will have to pack in all our water. Since they recommend that we have at least 1 gal/person/day and each gallon weighs 8 pounds, 4 days is about our max. That's 32 pounds of water per person and 30 pounds of space left for food and gear.

Speaking of gear, Mikey is buying some new gear and I'm sure I will be posting advice that will be coinciding with what he is looking for. TO learn what Mikey buys, you'll have to check his blog and mine own.

Until the next Badlands Update

New Vinyls

Last night I bought some new vinyls from Recycled Sounds to work out the new Paradigms and the vinyls are magnificent!! I scored:

Billy Joel "An Innocent Man"
This has guest artists like Jon Faddis, Michael Brecker, Toots Thielman, and Ronnie Cuber (who knew?!)

Bob Brookmeyer "Back Again"
George Mraz, Lewis Rowls, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis!! Yeah Baby! Thad and Mel in Quintet with Bobby B.

Uriah Heep "Dragons and Wizards"
Terry says this is good shit, but is it as good as King Crimson?? We'll find out.

Two Chase albums...I thought they didn't exist, but they do!!

Gary Burton & Some Dude (to be named at a later date). But this should be good too.

Tower of Power "Back to Oakland"
Don't Change Horses in the Middle of a Stream, Oakland Stroke, Squib Cakes in analog glory. Is it possible that heaven has fallen upon this earth and angels landed in my Monitor 11's to shout down the demons of my head? It just might be possible.

Paradigm

Yes!! After 5 years of Jonesin' for some Paradigm speakers today I finally pulled the trigger and boughts some Monitor 11's. They are every bit as fantastic as I thought they would be. Mikey, you made my decision that much easier. They don't need a sub, but I want to add one in a few months. I've been giving them the work out from the turntable "Magical Myster Tour" by The Beatles, "M.F. Horns 4, 5" by Maynard Ferguson, "Songs in the Key of Life" Stevie Wonder, and the Thad Jones Solid State collection. Tomorrow comes the rare and elusive "Miles Davis & Sonny Stitt Live in Stockholm 1960". To you all, I wish you were herer for the magnificence, but alas you will be soon enough and you may bask in the glory that is Paradigm. God Damn I love the Speakers!!!!!!!!