Loser’s Lounge Tribute to Burt Bacharach

It’s snowing!!  Yay!!  Gotta go out and stock up!!  Because of course it’s going to be a blizzard that will never end.

Here are a couple of pictures from the Loser’s Lounge last night.  This is Wendy Ip, and back-up singer Connie Petruk.  I didn’t bring my program home so I’m afraid I can’t identify the horn player behind them.  Sorry horn player!  God I love the Loser’s Lounge.  Hey Joe — please do The Monkees one again! That is my favorite of all time one.

This is Matthew Caws of Nada Surf (and mystery horn player, Connie, and other back-up singer whose name I’m sure I’m misspelling, Katia.)

The Shar Pei Three!!

Everyone’s favorite dog trio.  But can you see how red that one guy’s eyes are, the one who is looking at the camera?  That can’t be good, right?  Poor guy. I looked it up and it seems like eye problems are common with shar peis.

Collyer Conditions in a Car

I was talking about Collyer conditions not too long ago—that’s the name the FDNY gives to apartments so filled with junk and piles of newspapers, etc., they have trouble moving around. It’s from the Collyer Brothers (you can google them for the whole sad story).  Well, I passed a car that was packed like that, except for the driver’s seat.

Love A Man and His Pet

I know activists are upset that Biden got his new puppy from a pet store, which means he’s a puppy mill puppy, and I’m with them on this, we have to stop creating a market for these poor dogs (the lives the puppy mothers lead is a downright sin, I mean really a sin, the cruelty is beyond comprehension). But I just can’t bring myself to crucify the guy. I know it’s wrong, he knows it’s wrong, but he must have really loved this puppy. (And look at the little guy. That is one freaking cute puppy.)

Don’t Mess With NYC Shoppers

These guys were in front of Lord & Taylors, along with another guy and a barking (but still very cute) German Shepherd.  Why?  Wait, those patches are not NYPD.  Who are these guys?

Anyway, the NYPD arrested two men in connection with the muggings in the neighborhood. They’re still warning us to be careful because not all the muggings were the same, some were with guns and some weren’t for instance. They’re not absolutely convinced it was the same guys for all of them.  Still, progress.

The two men were spotted at 12th and 8th Avenue (very close!) and they took off running the minute the police looked at them.  They were chased and arrested by cops from the 6th Precinct. Thank you, NYPD!