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JUNE 25, 2000: WHAT IS UP, MY PEOPLES?
How are you.com? Good stuff, really, kids. So I had lunch the
other day with a soon-to-be-all-grows-up Chucho
Coitus and one of his many female friends, Shanna,
a soon-to-be-famous actor (that's the accepted Hollywood nomenclature
for actress, nowadays). We were sitting overlooking the beach
in Santa Monica at the fabulously timeless and infinitely hip
Shutters Hotel restaurant.
One of Charles' other female friends, closet Internet millionairess
and former management consultant, Indira (not Ghandi), was serving
us up the victuals as a waitress in this fine establishment.
There was a slight breeze and the weather was of the standard
So-Cal variety: i.e. dry, warm and sunny. Meanwhile, in the rest
of the country, poor fools sat in idle air-conditioned incarceration
trying to keep from overheating during a very humid 100+ degree
heat spell. This is why we live in California folks. The year-round
70 degree weather, the beaches, the hip and timeless hotels and,
of course the attitudes.
Naturally, the subject of Charlie's future came up on more
than one occasion (prompted mostly by the author), and he endeavoured
to put us at ease that he indeed would be or might be doing something
of deep significance upon receiving his Masters in Public Policy
the following Saturday. Was he going to enter the public sector,
with all that regulation and red-tape? Would he escape to Humboldt
county to start a vegan commune loosely based on the principles
of Tsing Tao (the Chinese brewery)? Was he going to move to Wyoming
to follow his life-long dream of poodle husbandry? Was there
a dot-com in his future?
While he gave mostly evasive answers meant to throw us off
the trail of his true goals and ambitions, I got the sense that
something was brewing. I personally offered him an internship
here at the vast CasaJP organization as staff writer and possible
assistant editor with the future opportunity of being hired on
full-time (with profit sharing). While writing was in the realm
of possibility, he was somewhat lukewarm to this offer. That
conversation ended several times with Charles asking me to "get
of my back, mom." Regardless of what the c-double chooses
for himself in the future, we should all give him a strong shoutout
and some serious props [that's short for proper respect, for
those of you who are short on the lingo], for his committment
to being who he is.
Incidentally, I thought I might add that, for those who haven't
seen him lately, Charlie
is looking "good enough to eat" (not my quote, I assure
you), having adopted a new left coast exercise regime and nutritional
program. He says that the next step is to quit smoking, which
I will believe when I see it (or rather, when I don't see it).
NEW MATERIAL
Now that my highly lucrative Father's Day venture is over (net
revenue: $7.43 from a purchase I made myself), I have decided
to focus more on my bread-and-butter, i.e. content. This week,
we feature a new "content provider" (or writer, for
you luddites), a man who needs no introduction, Shane "the
Congressman" Tobin. Shane is a published writer and ladieth
man extraordinaire, currently on staff at House of Blues dot
com, i.e. www.hob.com. His new feature column, Missing
Bottoms (the old popcorn trick) will have no particular focus
other than to spin wild stories and entertain us in ways only
the Congressman can. This week's submission focuses on a wild
night in Vegas with a guy by the name of Jesus (no relation to
Jesus of Nazareth). As an added bonus, he has sent me a review
from a Black Crowes/Jimmy Page concert back in October, which
is extremely relevant as they are on tour again, but is also
quite amusing. Check out Missing
Bottoms (the old popcorn trick). The concert review will
be found both on his page and in the Music Section.
LEYDEN'S LOG
Tom's radio show is taking off big time and has undergone
a name change: it is now The Sports Hour. It now airs from The
ESPN Zone on 42nd and Broadway, in Times Square for you non-Manhattanites.
Check out the show this Monday at 8PM EST on WEVD, New York (1050AM)
or listen to it online by visiting their new official Web site,
located online at www.sportshour.net.
You can call into the show at (212) 244-1050. Their inaugural
show will cover (among other things) the return of John Rocker
to New York, the 114th Wimbledon Championships and the inauguration
of Dennis Miller to the Monday Night Football booth.
[For those who want to join Tom Leyden and his cohorts
feel free to drop by the ESPN Zone at around 8PM on Monday night.
This Monday only, doors close at 8pm SHARP because the Zone is
hosting a private party. Be sure to get there before 8 o'clock.]
As for original CasaJP content, Tom has tossed some commentary
our way on that John Rocker guy (a real class act). Go check
it out at LEYDEN'S
LOG. Also, don't forget to read his final thoughts for the
week The latest, from last week, covered Tom and Doug's trip
to Yankee stadium.
ARCHIVES:
Go here for old articles and features
including Dragon's Lair (a defunct column from the Asian Cowboy
himself), the failed father's day venture and old press releases
regarding the Cox Cable fiasco.
Alright then, thanks for coming by... now scram.
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