August 6, 2011
As some of you know, there was a problem with the comments section here the last couple of days and it was driving me fucking nuts. I pestered the shit out of the support staff at Squarespace and they’re probably kicking themselves that I picked them as a host. People's comments weren’t showing up and it was stressing the shit out of me, I had visions of everyone abandoning this blog. Well, the support people at Squarespace are great and they did find a bug and patched it and most people seem to be able to comment again. Jaws can’t and I’m not sure about Biff, but we’ll see what happens tomorrow. (Update: Jaws is posting again and I bet Biff will be able too as well. Finally! I had a two day massive obsession fest over this.) The end of my work night sucked too and all I want to do is have a beer or seven and chill the fuck out. Now where should I go to chill out? Hmmm...
Okay, it's off into the night we go.
Okay, I've been staring at this ad in the subway station for about eleven minutes now. What the fuck is this? I mean I know it's an ad for Jello pudding, but what does the hell? "You never forget a Pudding Face?" What does that even mean? And why did they capitalize the words, "Pudding Face?" Why would I ever eat pudding again after seeing this monstrosity of an ad? The answer is simple, I won't! What the fuck is a Pudding Face?
Oh shit...it's a whole campaign. I got a feeling this could haunt me in the future. I thought it was bad when Bill Cosby was their spokesman. Pudding Face? Fuck.
Boy, I'm really not having a good streak of luck lately. I thought I'd go to the Chillmaster's and chill out with him and some of his classic soul music, but his window is shut down and it's not even midnight! I'm going to have to give him shit about this at the next Chillmaster Dance Party.
I decided to get a bag of beer and just wander around the East Village and take some photos.
Okay, the first beer is bagged and ready to go. I put a straw in it to give it a more soda-like look in case I encounter a cop. Kind of pathetic, I know.
And here we go for a leisurely stroll around the Lower East Side.
Wow, that's a fully loaded psychic window.
These three pretty ladies were chilling on their stoop, so I thought I'd stop and say hi.
I asked them their names and they are (from left): Luninisa, Georgia Peach and Poison Puss. They were really nice and they know of the Chillmaster. They read about him on EV Grieve and said they'd stop by the next Chillmaster Dance Party on the 14th of this month.
Like a magnet I was pulled to the now shuttered Mars Bar.
Shit, Terry's art got tagged.
Mike Grey's tribut to Hank got blacked out last week and now it's been retouched somewhat.
A note to Myriam on the sidewalk.
I'm going to try and get some shots of the inside from the window up here.
The bar's gone, but some of the graffitti and empties remain.
Sad.
According to the DOH, there's over 17,000 fruit flies in that blue cup alone! Danger, danger!
Some people were nice enough to stop and take a photo of Gumby and I toasting the Mars Bar.
A photo of the photo takers. Thanks!
Here comes the wrecking ball!
Thanks for the memories Mars Bar! Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.
Further reading: EV Grieve, The Gog Log, Neither More Nor Less, One More Folded Sunset, Slum Goddess and Single Linds Reflex.
You Might Also Like: The Onion, An Apple and A Fish.
Five Things People Do To Relax
Drink
Nap
Masturbate
Masturbate with Bob Crane
Bludgeon Bob Crane
When it comes to men like you I know the score,
I’ve heard it all before.
(Surprise link...click on it...I dare you!)
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Bonus Photo By Bobby Williams!
Bobby takes shots for EV Grieve’s blog and snapped one of the Chillmaster the other day. He sent me the original and here it is. Thanks Bobby and keep up the great work!
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I have never, ever, drank beer with a straw !
Great post ... great photos ---- change sucks - but we know it's gonna happen anyway :(
Mars hit the bar graveyard,,,,,too bad. That link to Bob Crane and John Carpenter had some weird stuff on it. I saw Auto Focus and Kinear was really good in it. Crane's body found with semen on it? Carpenter was a rather sick puppy and everyone knows he did it,,,but the masturbating on him after killing,,,,how does he get that aroused,,,,,LOL
@GENE: Back in the days when I was broke, we'd drink beer with straws because it gets you drunk quicker!
@Al: I thought Auto Focus was great too, I need to requeue it in my Netflix queue. And yeah, jerking off on Col. Hogan...aaaahhhhh! What would Schultz have thought?
Um. Wow. Pudding Face = TOTALLY SUPER CREEPY!
I'll have to tell you about the time I ran into Bob Crane at Topp's Department Store in Burbank, IL
(at 79th and Cicero) He was appearing in a play at the Drury Lane Theater in Evergreen Park.
He was in line in front of me buying a bag of those orange Circus Peanuts.
This was in my 'former life" so I was on a 'few day roll' and gave him a lot of shit.
Col. Hogan was not too pleased with my comments. The others in line were rather amused as was I.
Sorry Bob, guess it's time for that amend.
To the Mars Bar, The Chillmaster and the 3 ladies brightening the blog today.
Pudding Face....it rivals or surpasses Cardboard Box Man in the creeping horrors department...a major "AHHHHHHH" factor and just what I needed with this paralysing hangover I'm dealing with today (oooorrrrk!). Nothing from the troll in comments yet, maybe his mommie saw what he was up to on his computer, paddled his nasty ass for him and took away his modem. When his daddy comes home, he's REALLY gonna get it
No kidding Marty, this pudding face ad campain is one of the most disturbing things I've seen in quite some time!
Oh, say hey Marty...if troll boy makes another appearance, don't sweat it, your faithful commentators will be more than happy to run a train on him, should be most amusing!
@meleah: I know, I'm praying this doesn't become some full blown advertising campaign that you can't escape!
@"Boris": That's a great story, Daddio! I can't wait to hear the unedited version! We need to yak soon!
@Jaws: I agree about those ads, as I said to Meleah, I pray it doesn't turn into a full-blown pudding face assault! I think the troll is gone which is good, I don't like to see the comments section turn in to a war zone! And great to see you back here, Jaws!
@MAD: I had no idea you liked Lush. WARNING-Memory Lane Story! I lusted after their lead singer Miki. I saw them in 1991 open for Jane's Addiction in a small hockey rink and was hooked. About a year and a half later I saw them when they were an early act in Lollapoloza 2 (?). When they were done, Miki came out to watch the Jesus and Mary Chain. She chose to view them from my section, a tantalizingly close thirtyish yards away. For the next half an hour I spent my time to as non-stalkerly as possible, inching my way towards her. Well I got about 6 feet from her when the J&M Chain wrapped it up. As she left, she did walk directly past 19 year old me. With stars in my eyes, and hormones raging somewhere else; my mind raced, trying to figure out what to say to her in such a brief but surely serendipitous meeting. "Pretty good, huh?" That's what I came up with. Pretty smooth, huh? She smiled nervously and said "yeah." and then walked away. I was just thinking about Lush, because Jane's Addiction is on their second come back tour. Lush never really made it big, and the drummer hung himself because of it. Today, when asked about a reunion, Miki basically says, "It's very flattering, but I'm a middle aged mother who works in an office." Well she's still my "Yeah." girl. To brown bagging a liquid lunch!
Yeah those Pudding Face ads have a sort of zombiness to them that really does not make me desire pudding. I may have had something else to say but I was distracted by the Mad List and felt the need to go relax.
@csp: I love Lush! That's a great story! It is weird when you meet your idols. And yeah, that was tragic about their drummer. I'm glad Miki has that attitude, as a rule of thumb, reunions usually suck and ruin the memory of the band.
@kari: I'll never eat pudding again. And I won't tell anyone you're bludgeoning Bob Crane.
How the hell did they get a me to do a Pudding face ad? Now I know how Homer simpson felf when he discovered Mr. Sparkle!!
Who drinks beer with a straw?
I've got dibs on the red head.
You don't need a bag here in Toulouse , you can drink all you want in the street , & with a straw if you prefer , I guess that's why they don't have small paper bags , in fact I rarely see paper bags , & some places charge you 10 centimes ( 10 cents in euro's ) for a plastic bag , since they're trying to save the planet .
Wine is cheaper then Beer here , & even the cheapest one is Great , & you can drink that right out of the bottle in the street too , but I haven't seen anyone do that , I guess it's the drink you sit down & drink with a glass & relax , like drinking coffee here , no one walks around here drinking coffee .
@Clacky: I do see a little resemblance, puddin' head! The redhead is Poison Puss and next time I see her, I'll tell her she's got a fan Down Under. Wait a second, that doesn't sound quite right...
@Ummo: Sounds like you're becoming a wino over there! Cheers!
Game on! I hear the party is going to be on West 16th street on Tuesday.
didn't know anything 'bout jello's new campaign...caught one on youtube that was out there...but like the one person said it's a commerical "get over it and move on"...seeing a shot of Mars Bar w/ Gumby was sort a depressin'...bobby williams takes one heck of a shot thanks and the chillmaster looks good sorry MAD missed him...bob crane...now that's one cold case...
We knew that we were kind of odd and creeps, and we wanted to do odd, creepy stuff for people who wanted to see that.
~Penn Jillette
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Aww, you should have called! I was having a mini Mars reunion at Milano's, then sat around doing nothing the rest of the night because....well, Mars is closed and there's no longer anything good to do on a Friday night!
wheh??2?....... "Puddin' face"? That's what a charver calls you before he puts a crater in yer pan where yer schnozz uster be. The original Batman telly episode had the Joker dispatching his victims with his patented laughing gas and they all died with their mouths in a rictus like that.......
Not all that different from mine, but I make it look good '>.........
Pounded a 3d nail into a can to drink it, mostly to prove it was...... possible? Nothing to explain that, just like nothing can explain why the DOH has to shut down a neighbourhood landmark that everybody likes.....
Keep yer server up...... cheers.....
Another note: people that deface tribute art shouldn't be allowed to have genitals......
Everything can be concealed but passion.
Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Pudding Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon Armageddon. I don't care, just give me my money.
I went looking at old commercials of Bill Cosby Jello Pudding & noticed that it's always Chocolate Pudding , when Jello has other Flavors . OK maybe it's there best flavor , but wouldn't you think you would spend money on indorsing the flavor that doesn't sell well , or is Bill Cosby & the chocolate flavor to target black audience ?
Glad you met some nice people in the EV. Sorry Chill wasn't there--he may have been chillin elsewhere. Photo of you and Gumby rocks. Did you make it over to the BMW/Gug event??
@JP: Okay, I'll look for it, as you know, I live on W. 16th Street.
@rr: It's hard to get over those pudding ads, but I'll try. And yes, that's a great shot by Bobby Williams! Great quote, thanks!
@Goggla: It's funny, I thought about stopping by Milano's! Send me your phone number, my phone crapped out and I lost everyone's number. That goes for anyone else out there who's number I've lost.
@lzzgrrl: Cheers and you are right on the money about people who deface tribute art.
@Patience Wright: Very true.
@Bill Cosby: Glad to see you still don't work blue.
@Ummo: Please stop with the racist comments!
@Melanie: I didn't get to the BMW protest, but met everyone at the Mars Bar later.
@Everyone: I slept in again and the post will be up around 3PM EST. Now I have to go put it together! After I drink some diet Mountain Dew of course!
I'd heard of butter face, but not pudding face. In any case, I think it may be the worst marketing since Domino's Pizza had the Noid. Freaky shit and me no likey!