For anyone not going to Leaguefest this weekend, it’s the final Friday of the month, which means it’s ALSO time for the Mindless Diversions Listening Club again.
We had a great time on our inaugural run last month. Hopefully this time the technical end will go a little smoother (as usual, pro tip – if it ain’t working, log out and back in).
If you haven’t already gotten the invite and would like to come, drop me a line in comments and I’ll add you to the invite.
Event info can be found in the first link above. I am modifying the rules slightly, based on our experience last time.
Let’s limit our selections to an hour max, and if you want to go with less (a single song, or an album side), that’s also fine.
Just come prepared with a decent copy of whatever you want to play available on YouTube, and something to say about it.
To Slade: as a founding member who just couldn’t catch a break last time, if you show up, you can go first; after that, we’ll draw straws again.
No guarantee to anyone that comes that you’ll get picked; but my personal guarantee that you’ll have a good, and progressively-drunker time.
I will do everything in my power to be there, as it was a blast.Report
Cool beans! Same Bat-time (9PM ET) etc., etc.Report
F*ck yeah, I’ll be there. This time with single malt in hand.Report
Sweet.Report
I’ll be there, if Google lets me.Report
If they don’t, we’ll put strychnine in the guacamole.Report
I’m drunk already. Preemptive.Report
“Fortune favors the prepared mind.” – Louis PasteurReport
I should be there again. Last time was a lot of fun.Report
Awesome. Hey, I have a friend who may be moving to Houston (he does electrical engineering, and heard he can make much more $ out there). So I may be bugging you for advice.Report
I have not been here long, so I do not have a lot of advice, but I can share what little I do have.Report
First piece of Houston advice: move somewhere other than Houston.Report
I dunno man, my buddy (the one who opened Swan Dive in Austin) is now in the process of opening a second Houston location. Apparently the city is really trying to modernize, adding parks and greening the city.
I’ve never been, so I can’t say, but it’s got a good reputation as a city on the rise.Report
We recently took a trip to the South. When baby got outside, she gave a look like “What is this?!”
“Welcome to the southern heat and humidity, sweetpea…” and it wasn’t even as bad as we were expecting.Report
Yeah, I give Houston a hard time, but it is a rapidly growing and rapidly progressing city. They have light rail, they have museums, and they have a ton of money in a pretty liberal political environment, but it’s still sprawl the likes of which no one who’s not from L.A. can possibly comprehend, oppressive humidity, hurricanes, Big Oil, and Texans. Also, the Astros.
Swan Dive remains very cool, though, so if they add a similar place in Houston, that will up its livability a bit.Report
TWO similar places in Houston.
So it’s twice as livable!Report
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@aaron-david @slade-the-leveller @chris @reformed-republican @krogerfoot
I will be a couple minutes late, on purpose. I want to see if the Hangout organizer has to be there, for the Hangout to get started/run (I don’t think so, but supposedly my Google account is what gets us 15 slots instead of the usual 10, so Google must be doing SOMETHING specific to me). Slade, just jump on in with your selection, or if Slade isn’t there then someone else go for it.
If it won’t start, get a drink and I’ll be there in 5-10 minutes. Talk to y’all tonight!Report
@slade-the-leveller @reformed-republican
For some reasons the @’s didn’t work for you guys above.Report
@glyph Got it. The same Hangout link from April, I assume?Report
Yeah, I sent an invite right after the last one. I assume if you accepted it and go to Google Calendar it’s probably on there. Let me know if you need me to re-send.Report