When Yaeger told me about a reggae singing/rapping Chasid who has been performing all over the country (but never on Shabbat), all I could think was "Poor Occulator, the broccoli margaritas must be causing horrible hallucinatory flashbacks." But I was wrong.
Not only was I wrong, but his name is Matisyahu and Carson 'I-have-no-business-being-famous-and-yes-Tara-is-a-whore' Daly called him one of the better acts touring today, he just signed to an indie label, and has been on numerous late night talk shows. I even have a link to a video clip.

Chabbad is taking over! Chabbad is taking over! Hide your leavened bread!

This was my first year and I had a great time. My weekend was G Rated compared to Kitty's, but there's always next year.

This is my top 10:
1) The Famous Jews and Hairdos word search in Fran Magazine during the playoffs. That last Jew still plagues me. We quizzed every member of the tribe and no one knew. Not even the Westside Moyles knew.
Brian is convinced that it was Gene Simmons, but Jen isn't so sure. (I'm going with Brian on this one. If you have that issue, look for Gene)
2) Champagne and Irish whisky in the girls room.
3) Anyone want a Rice Crispy Treat? I still have leftovers.
4) Free vodka shots at Pink E's on the first night
5) The singing wait staff at Le Provencal. Later on I broke into an aria of my own and Jen was nice enough to comment that I had missed my calling. "Yes" I replied, "I could have been a waiter."
6) Flock of Goo Goo on night one.
7) The loser at the Manic Hispanic show who tried to impress me by bragging about his life plan of continuing to suck off the parental teat. The gene pool is closed to him. CLOSED!!!
8) Almost getting proposed to in the elevator by a guy I had just met. At least his father approved.
9) My brand new "Hot Karl" shirt. I will treasure it always, but the Irish Brothers are still getting purple and black bowling shirts for next year.
10) All the cute guys! Where are they the rest of the year?

Dirty Rotten Posers - 94th. Next year, we'll be in the top 70!

1. Kowalski bowler Todd Price getting kicked out of the Gold Coast for taking off his pants after the awards ceremony.
2. Ali being too drunk to stand, and being given a bowling ball as a joke, bowls a srike.
3. Repeating the point above the second day, and him bowling a spare
4. Craig Lima's series of consecutive gutterballs getting us into the playoffs.
5. April and Rob's wedding with Elvis, who liked like Roy of Seigfried and Roy, and them having to "do over" their walk down the aisle due to technical difficulties.
6. The ride in the van on the way to the wedding.
7. The hootenanny in the hotel room busted by hotel security
8. Walking out of the elevator at 3 am and seeing a "popcorn trail" of little notes saying "Girls" with arrows that pointed to a room wiht a bunch of passed out guys
9. Hotel security coming to our room, and we thought it was Mike, joking. "Are you dressed?" they asked. "No!", I said, as I let in the rent-a-cops to make sure we weren't throwing beer bottles out the window.
10. Jason "My Middle Name Is Phuc" first wanting me to carry him like a baby and have his photo taken, then pulling out his penis to wrap it wiht his belt, and failing that, trying to teabag a girl passed out on the couch.
All the amazing friends we made, re-connected with, met in person after chatting on myspace.com and drank with!

Check the past three days here:
http://www.fotolog.net/kittykowalski
go back into the archive
OR I have them ALL on ofoto
http://www.ofoto.com/BrowsePhotos.jsp?&collid=802759123203&page=1&sort_order=0
you may have to reegister
or send me your e-mail address to kitty@thekowalskis.com and i can send you a link to the slideshow!

I'm not sure what this was supposed to be... but then I'm not sure about a lot of things that happened during bowling...

The Lovely Laura shows off her trophy. She scored Ladies High Bowler with a 209! Nicely done!

Okay, so we placed 15th this year - that's not bad!

Todd, Kitty, Paul and Mike

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Folks and the Band at the Punk Rock Bowling Flock of Goo Goo Show!

Punk Rock Bowling folk and Flock of Goo Goo at Pink E's, Las Vegas.

Punk Rock Bowling folk and Flock of Goo Goo at Pink E's, Las Vegas.

Punk Rock Bowling folk and Flock of Goo Goo at Pink E's, Las Vegas.

Punk Rock Bowling folk and Flock of Goo Goo at Pink E's, Las Vegas.

Punk Rock Bowling folk and Flock of Goo Goo at Pink E's, Las Vegas.

Punk Rock Bowling folk and Flock of Goo Goo at Pink E's, Las Vegas.

Punk Rock Bowling folk and Flock of Goo Goo at Pink E's, Las Vegas.

Punk Rock Bowling folk and Flock of Goo Goo at Pink E's, Las Vegas.

Punk Rock Bowling folk and Flock of Goo Goo at Pink E's, Las Vegas.

Sun 02.21.05 - A couple of weeks ago Diego told me he was going to win. And he did.

Sat 02.19.05 - Jen Niles resting her leg.

Sat 02.19.05 - Rick & Cathy

Sat 02.19.05 - The SF crowd!

Sun 02.20.05 - Jeff & Epitaph win second place.

Fri 02.18.05 - People at the Flock of Goo Show.

Fri 02.18.05 - People at the Flock of Goo Show.

Fri 02.18.05 - People at the Flock of Goo Show.

Fri 02.18.05 - People at the Flock of Goo Show.

Fri 02.18.05 - Flock of Goo Goo at Pink E's.

Fri 02.18.05 - John Johnson and Nancy Farber @ Pink E's.

Fri 02.18.05 - Guess who I found at the bar at 4pm?

Fri 02.18.05 - A very full car.

Tomorrow morning we leave for the 7th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament for three and a half days.

I will be blogging it from my Nokia 7610 camera phone to the new Barflies.net Bowling Blog.

This is a test photo from my camera phone to see if I can send pics from my phone directly to this blog. Successful.

Tomorrow morning we leave for the 7th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament for three and a half days.

I will be blogging it from my Nokia 7610 camera phone to this Blog. Keep watching for fun photos!

Ok... I just looked at the weather report for this weekend in Las Vegas...

Fri. - Rain, highs upper 50s, lows lower 40s
Sat. - A few Showers, highs upper 50s, lows lower 40s
Sun. - Partly Cloudy, highs upper 50s, lowers upper 40s

Bring a jacket...

Hello Barflies.net-ters and Friends,

We will be having our Friday Night Pre-party at the Ladies Room before the Flock of Goo Goo show at Pink E's.

The Pre-Party will be from 8pm - 9:30pm. Bring a beverage, and let's have some fun!

We will call around on Friday when we arrive to let you know the room number.

Ok, I need a count of who wants to participate in the Annual Sangria adventure..... Let me know if you want to drink Sangria with Tink and I...

Also for the Ladies Room, I will be bringing the cooler per usual, Wanda wants to get a mini-fridge for the room, so if you want to store food, let me know.

Photo by Lucky

How are you getting to Lost Wages? Use the comments to let us know.

A Group of Barflies.net-ters will be leaving from Ms. Jen's house on Friday morning around 9:30am or thereabouts. Our cars are full, but if you want to wave at us on the road, do so.

Ms. Jen's brother's Mustang: Jen, Wanda, Tink and Luggage.
Lucky's Civic: Lucky, Greg, Lauren and Luggage.

Notice how in our world that Luggage has its own seat?

Ok...So... There are thousands, if not millions, of musicians out there trying to "make it", whatever that means to them. In SoCal, bands used to do a lot of flyering and self-promotion, but in the last 5 or so years it has dropped off precipitously. I have not had a band member wait for me outside of a club at last call to hand me a flyer in years. The Goldenvoice street team, yes. A band, no.

Now, this kid, Bliss, in San Francisco is working it. SoCal, look, read, and learn. Good Luck, Bliss... Knock 'em dead, Kid.

I am sick. I have one week left before my first PRB tournament and I can't stop my nose from dripping toxic ooze (I'm exaggerating the nature of the ooze for dramatic effect).
Fear not! I may be tired and infirmed, but I will not leave you without movie recommendations for the coming weekend. This, and this alone, is how I will earn myself a spot on the fast track to heaven. This is the Lord's work. Treating lepers in Calcutta is for wimps.

1) Inside Deep Throat
2) Uncle Nino
3) Ong-Bak

Hi
Brian and I will not be bowling tonight in Santa Monica.
We will, however, make the trek for Monday night bowling in Orange.
So today I watched the Big Lebowski to get psyced for bowling and even though it was a really weird movie, it had this attachment to bowling like even though his life got more complicated there was this thing about bowling. Bizarre. All I can say is dancing girls with bowling pin head dresses.

See you all monday night!
Liz

Sometimes I think this may be my favorite time of year. After Oscar season, but before the holiday blockbusters. This is when all the quirky independent films come out for their one shot at profitability. So go and give an oddly entertaining film a helping hand. It's not like you have anything better to see.

1) Rory O'Shea Was Here
2) Assisted Living
3) The Nomi Song

Fri. Feb. 18th -

8pm - 10pm: Pre-Party at the Girls Room. BYOB and food.

10:30 pm on: Flock of Goo Goo at Pink E's, 3695 W. Flamingo Rd. (702) 252-4666. Free with a wristband.

Sat. Feb. 19th -
Show at the House of Blues with Me First & the Gimmee Gimees

Sun. Feb. 20th -
9 pm on: Punk Rock Bowling Awards Party with Manic Hispanic at Pink E's, 3695 W. Flamingo Rd. (702) 252-4666. Free with a wristband.

Its the 7th Annual Tales from the Gutter show at the Lost Wages House of Blues with Me First & the Gimmee Gimmees, the Bouncing Souls, and The Briefs.

Link to the House of Blues, Lost Wages, for Tickets.