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9/1/2004
MISTY WATER-COLORED MEMORIES
I’m headed home on Wednesday afternoon and a ’73 Cutlass Supreme passes me in
the fast lane, flooding me a wake of intense, nostalgic memories.
Suddenly I’m a teenager flying along in the same model Cutlass, late at night on
an empty highway. Big powerful engine purring smoothly in front of me on my way
home from a fantastic concert. Cute blonde sprawled across the bench seat,
giving me a blowjob. The speedometer rises and falls with my heart rate, the car
weaves back and forth like a drunken lunatic off some Cops TV show. For a few
minutes there I was at the pinnacle of life for a teenager and could want for
nothing more.
Of course, the car was my mom’s, not mine. The girl stopped returning my phone
calls a week or two later and wouldn’t see me again. But I have yet to see a
better lineup since that Amnesty International concert in the mid-80’s at the
Omni - Peter Gabriel, The Neville Brothers, a brief reunion of The Police, U2,
just to name a few. The best of the big names of the time.
The Cutlass cruised on as I returned to reality, wondering if I’d ever again
feel so young, so free, and so on top of the world.
FILM FLAM
We saw Hero this week at the drive in, the Jet Li martial arts epic. It's lush
and beautiful in every way - costumes, cinematography, action, and especially
landscapes. It's like watching a National Geographic special, but with wire fu.
Personally, I've had enough wire fu and CGI action, but it works in some films.
It almost works with mythic Chinese heros in this film. I'd rather see
non-wire-driven action until it's needed for spectacular effect at just the
right moment, but Hero is so pretty you stop noticing the action almost entirely
after a while and just suck up the eye candy. I have to warn you - it's
subtitled. I don't have a problem with that, but the ads have done a great job
not mentioning this. But it's worth the read just for the scenery alone.
There’s a couple of movies that have been added to the Drive Invasion lineup for
the weekend, a special guest or two, and I’ve heard reports of what various
people are going to bring and do to entertain themselves and other patrons all
night long. Damn, I’ve said it once but I’ll say it again - if you can find
something better to do I’ll eat a bug.
BELLYFULL
“Here again..I will have to disagree I have eaten at all aforementioned bar-b-q
joints in Atlanta and many more and as i have been saying for years The Yacht
Club does have the best in town...no doubt about it!!!...Hippie cooks his famed
Q at his house for many hours .. on the slow side..and the portions are
outstanding..matter of fact I am going to have to jump in my car and roll on
down to L5P to get some..Hot Damn!!..Keep up the good work.. and when is the
next Luau at Trader vic's, thats my next stop for Atlanta nightlife..glad you
guys brought it to my attention...Oh yeah! the Dems relized too late that they
should have picked Edwards..I might even have voted for him!!”
degenerate KH
Editor’s Response:
I am not some big time food critic who dines at the finest establishments every
week, writing flowery prose about the bouquet of a wide variety wines. No,
instead there’s one food and one food alone I claim to be an expert on - and
that’s a pulled pork barbecue sandwich. I think I’ve had three different ones
this week alone. Euclid Avenue Yacht Club wasn’t even the best one this week,
much less the best one in Atlanta. Slope’s, Daddy D’z, Fatt Matts all rank
higher. Hell, even some random weekend roadside cue often surpasses the one I
had at EAYC. But we returned to the L5P bar the other night and I had a really
tasty chicken and biscuits plate and their food has impressed me every time, if
for no other reason than you wouldn’t expect it in what looks to be an average
neighborhood watering hole. Definitely worth a visit, but definitely not the
best pulled pork barbecue in Atlanta.
But hey, don’t take our word for it, here’s more opinions:
“Fat Matt's has my vote for dinner but Bobby and June's on 14th is it for
lunch. They have great BBQ sandwiches plus a big variety of home cooked
veggies to go with it.”
degenerate LS
“EAYC has a great kitchen. I particularly like their pimento cheese sammich.
When I've been out of town for any length of time, I head straight to the Yacht
Club
for some food and bev.”
degenerate DD
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