GHETTO LIFE!

Citizen Alert: I was just “Glamored” at the Ghetto Kroger! Oh yes, in the Pet Food aisle. A guy approached me and acted like he knew me. “I know you from Kinetics?” he said. “No, I don’t go to Kinetics,” I say. He proceeds, “Are you from Forsyth?” “Aren’t you on TV?” Pathetic ploys to engage me in a convo. It was eerily reminiscent of that cheesy pickup line, “Haven’t we met before?” He’s now working me with flattery…glamoring me like a vampire. But Blinded Me With Science he did not. I may be shallow, but I’m not stupid. I DON’T know this guy and tell him so. “I have to go and feed my dogs, nice to meet you,” I say. Then he hit me with his best shot, “I saw you in the parking lot and followed you in here. Man, I just got out of jail, can you give me a few bucks for a taxi?” He was hustling me and freaking me out all at once! I wanted to go Ninja on him, but I, like any good Christian said, “Sorry, I don’t have any cash.” Times are tough for us ALL. Like the old saying goes, Desperate times call for desperate measures….the crooks are working alternative routes. So kids, watch out when you pop in to the grocery to pick up that pint of Ben & Jerry’s Cherry Garcia you’ve been craving …you might get fleeced.

The Pied Piper of SoChi failed miserably at the whole Father’s Day game. My kids have flown the coop for the summer leaving me to fend for myself in celebrating the only day that father’s are celebrated. This is an annual occurrence. My wife says she gives me the best Father’s Day gift ever: Peace & Quiet. But, on this particular day I always feel like a bachelor. So, when it comes to Father’s Day, Is Peace and Quiet really the perfect gift?

Speaking of gifts, I received one this week that really raised some eyebrows! I’m at Chadwick Hudson Salon waiting on Jack Adams to cut my hair. I’m talking to Victoria Wright about life’s goings-on and thinking she’s really in to what I’m saying. Mid-sentence she interrupts me with, “Let me fix your eyebrows.” She’s not listening to a thing I’m saying, but dissecting my imperfections. After pulling the dagger out of my chest, I yield to her browbeating. Granted she’s the Brow Guru of Macon…I’m still uneasy about this…I have visions of NIP/TUCK’s Christian Troy dancing in my head….BTW, his “fixed” eyebrows creep me out! Victoria eases my troubled mind and rips out the imperfect hairs. Three minutes later my eyebrows were perfect..in a very NON-Christian Troy type of way. I know what you are doing right now. You are raising YOUR eyebrows!

Ok, I totally dig a good concert and that is exactly what I did Tuesday night. Goth Rocker, Peter Murphy played The Masquerade, an old mill turned into a very unique nightclub, in Atlanta. He has so got that whole British vampire game down and I frankly don’t know why he’s not singing the soundtrack for the “Twilight” films and “True Blood” TV series. Nobody sounds more haunting than Peter! I’m just saying. His INDIGO EYES are enough to glamor anyone.

Who’s Hungry?

Modern American comfort food & edgy industrial architecture collide to create an amazing new Atlanta restaurant: 4th & Swift. Located on North Avenue across the parking lot from The Masquerade. Foodies, 4th & Swift is a must! This place looks like it just stepped out of the pages of Wallpaper* Magazine. And coming from me, you can’t get any better than that.

Ok, here’s my HOT tip of the week. Try the Habanero Pimento Cheese sandwich @ Fountain of Juice. WOW! Just be sure and order a tall glass of water to go with it.

OK, now off to enjoy tonight’s dinner of Kroger’s Rotisserie Chicken Salad & Wheat Thins while listening to tunes on Blip.Fm. How’s that for a glamorous life?

FUTURE LOVE PARADISE

Find out just how Hard it is to make an indecent living: HUNG Season Premiere, HBO. Sun @ 10p following True Blood.
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Y-O’S Poetic Peace Open Mic @ The 567 Every Tuesday. 7p – 10p. 567 Cherry St.

Drag Queen Bingo @ The Hummingbird every 1st & 3rd Wednesday.

Thirsty Thursday @ The Patio behind the Hummingbird. Live music. Cash Bar. Thursday @ 5pm.

Mose Davis “SUNSHINE” CD Release Party. July 26th. 6-9p. The SoChi Gallery.

PARTY @ THE PARTHENON, a Greek-themed costume party. July 31st @ The SoChi Gallery.

DOCS WHO ROCK! Macon Arts’ Taste of Music. August 15th @ The Blacksmith Shop. 7p-10p. If you are a doctor who’d like to be a celeb chef at this year’s event, contact Macon Arts @ 478-743-6940.

Weaver’s Weekend, August 29th. The Armory Ballroom. 8p-Midnight. $35 per person, open bar, meal included and music by John Dunn and the Jazzmen. All of the proceeds go to support Vine Ingle and the Mike Weaver Scholarship fund. For more info go to http://www.mikeweaver.org

DRIVE. DRINK. ZINGO. $20 plus $2 per mile. Way cheaper than a DUI & no driving around looking for your car the next day. They pick you up in your car and drive you home. 478-254-6555.

I WANT TO ROCK-N-ROLL ALLNITE!

Josh Carson CD Release Concert @ the Cox Capitol Theatre. Saturday, June 27th. 8pm. $10 advance / $12 day of show.
Tori Amos @ Chastain Park. July 27th
Depeche Mode @ Lakewood. Sept. 1st
Pet Shop Boys @ Chastain Park. Sept. 12th

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