House of Blues hits Lansdowne

"Patrick Lyons sells clubs now under renovation as music chain returns to area
By Thomas C. Palmer Jr.
Globe Staff / January 29, 2008

Boston entertainment prince Patrick T. Lyons, in the midst of a multimillion-dollar renovation of his Lansdowne Street clubs, has sold them to the House of Blues chain.

Lyons will concentrate on restaurants and other entertainment spots he has opened in Boston and elsewhere. He had closed the popular music venues Avalon and Axis, adjacent to Fenway Park, to turn them into a bigger, flashier complex called the Music Hall..."

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A Little Reading For Y'all

I am always too lazy to write my own material and I liked this article enough to share it, so here ya go...

"Waving Goodbye to Hegemony

Turn on the TV today, and you could be forgiven for thinking it’s 1999. Democrats and Republicans are bickering about where and how to intervene, whether to do it alone or with allies and what kind of world America should lead. Democrats believe they can hit a reset button, and Republicans believe muscular moralism is the way to go. It’s as if the first decade of the 21st century didn’t happen — and almost as if history itself doesn’t happen. But the distribution of power in the world has fundamentally altered over the two presidential terms of George W. Bush, both because of his policies and, more significant, despite them. Maybe the best way to understand how quickly history happens is to look just a bit ahead..."

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Damone @ Bill's Bar Tonight

I am going to check out Damone for the first time tonight @ Bill's Bar. My roommate Mike--who has worked with Damone in the past--says that the lead singer Noelle has come over to our apartment a few times but I have not met her (yet!). At least maybe now I will be able to recognize her.

So.. uh.. day of birth, huh?

Today is my 24th birthday, as some may know. By this time in my life, I really do not make a big deal about it. Hence, no plans yet but it looks like I am getting people together @ the Cheesecake Factory in the Pru tonight. It should be fun! But I'm already at that stage where another year older is not that exciting. Such a pity, too, because we used to have a lot of fun on birthdays--not just mine.

Von Bondies in Town Tonight @ Great Scott!

Ice Skating

I am taking my final ice skating lesson tonight. Terrible timing, however, because I am so-o-o sore from snowboarding yesterday! At the very least, I had a lot of fun doing these lessons and thought that they were worth it so I recommend checking out the school if anyone is interested! Find information @ the Bay State Skating School website.

A Couple of People With Whom Not to Do Business

This article was first of two pertaining to my former company: linky

Here is the second one: linky

Yeah, so scumbags?

Cortez @ Church tonight!!

Snowboarding/Skiing @ Jay Peak!

This Sunday, January 20, some of my friends and I are heading to Jay Peak in Vermont to do a little snowboarding. It will be my first time snowboarding but it should rock! If you are reading this and are interested, let me know as soon as possible to be included!!

Favorite Quotes

"...You need to have a life, have fun, then ruin it by having a serious relationship." - South Park

Love is like the wind. You cannot see it but you can always feel it.

"You do your thing and I do my thing. You are you and I am I. And if in the end we end up together, it's beautiful." - Boy Meets World

"The important thing in life is to believe that while you're alive, it's never too late." ~ The Jacket, 2005.

The Five People You Meet In Heaven, Mitch Albom:

• "Fairness does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young." p. 48
• "Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know." p. 49
• "No life is a waste...The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone." p. 50
  

Televandals! Televandals!

Televandals tomorrow night @ Church!