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Never has a man in an argyle sweater rocked so hard.

— By Brizz |

Before you click play, know that this video is unwatchable, unless maybe you’re into early-90s MTV camera shake or hella loved The Blair Witch Project. But I thank Hood Rat Stuff With My Friends for shooting it anyway, if only to give you a sense of the force of a Murder City Devils live show. I am old. I don’t fit into the age demographic tagline of this site, and neither do my friends, but all of us were up front and center for this show when they came by last February. I had bruises and a pretty busted kneecap to prove it. The reunited Devils come back our way again in May, for two shows, on the 6th at GAMH and the 7th at Slim’s. Pre-sale tickets go on sale at 10AM today, but because I don’t want to make this too easy for you, I’m not posting the passwords. They are easy enough to find. These shows will be amazing. Ninety percent of the crowd will be shitfaced on whiskey. If you are lucky, maybe the drum kit will be set on fire like back in the day.

Meth 'til Death

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

I was looking at some of the related videos to the epic DJ NOT SURE vid last night when I stumbled across this jam from MC Oroville.  Not gonna lie, this shit is straight up genius.  Brings me back.  Growing up, my neighbors lived in a trailer and gave me a really skewed opinion of wealth because the majority of my friends lived in houses yet the Ricki’s were the only ones around with a SNES.  Plus their mother was the only one that would let us climb up on the roof in the dead of winter and sled off of it.  Anyways, they’re probably living in a methadone clinic now, playing Yoshi’s Island and not giving me a turn with the controller.  Enjoy:

Previously on Uptown Almanac: 

Is Epic Beard Man Already a YouTube Sensation?

— By Brizz |

Just received a tip from Hood Rat Stuff With My Friends that there is talk going around that the old bearded guy from the legendary AC Transit video is the man being tasered at the Oakland Coliseum in the above video. Judge for yourself. Could be him, or maybe all old, bearded white dudes in the East Bay are just gnarly.

UPDATE: Hood Rat brings me another tip, a link to a page which seems to confirm that it is the same man in both videos.

Songs I Miss Hearing on NRG 92.7

— By Laura B |

They took nrg 92.7 away from us in its heyday. It was fucked and cruel and the death of the last indy radio voice in SF (that isn’t a fucking pirate cat). Anyway, I’ll try to relive the glory years here on Uptown Almanac by once a week posting a song that you’d only hear on nrg. It’s your weekly DANCE BREAK, SLUTS!

But first, a story. If you hate me just skip this section and get STRAIGHT TO DANCIN! My first selection is from the summer of 2005. I listened religiously to the morning show on my hellish commute to Mill Valley. My friend Mark and I were pretty much the only people who called in and it was awesome because Fernando rewarded us with things like free tickets to the Black and White Ball PATTI LABELLE HOLLER. That ball was the best night of my life, we arrived looking like Laurel and Hardy, and proceeded to eat all the food, drink all the booze, and cut past everyone in line to get into various buildings by Mark telling the security guards I was pregnant. Highlights of the night? Attempting to eat a display piece in the Asian Art Museum and physically stopping Mark from making out with Minnie Driver. Oh also, Mark spilled a drink down the front of one woman’s dress because he “didn’t like her attitude” and then we elbowed our way into the front of the Patti LaBelle concert so that we could loudly sing along to, “If you asked me to” but then Patti turned the tables on us and spent the majority of the evening just screaming her own name. AMAZING.

Ahh, to be young and carefree. Thanks for the memories, Fernando.

Carly Fiorina Fixes Her Ad

— By Brizz |

I don’t know anything about the governor’s race really, except that dude that made fun-time with his best friend’s wife isn’t running, and I think Jerry Garcia is the democratic front-runner or something. Not to be outdone, the GOP’s Carly Fiorina, who is apparently one of the Worst CEOs of All Time (and will therefore be our next governor), came out with this bad-ass Pink Floyd/demon sheep video to connect with all you Satan-worshiping, acid-dropping kids.

(Found via AwwwDamn’s super secret internet posting.)

 

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