oh shit.. my bad lol. Yeah that would be cool.. ernie ball strings rock! And Dukin it out with Green Day would be fun. And Your right, it is like the crane game. You pay 75 bucks to play at a venue that u play at often anyways... then u don't get passed the 1 round and get 2 sets of 5.00 strings.. that sounds like a deal to me!


I guess i'm like all of us.. I just want some more info.. where is Joe when you need him? I think he would be able to give us more insight as to what this thing is all about

I'd be curious to know what Joe does about this.

I actually got some pretty cool stuff out of those crane games years and years ago.

hellz yeah! I remember them madballs! Those things rocked. Used to throw them at girls when i was a kid and scared the shit out of them. Those things and garbage pail kidz always complimented eachother great!

Madballs rock. the crane game at the Wal-Mart on Carlisle is the loosest in town. Nothing good in it though.

I'm going to ask my inside Launchpad man what the scoop is. I still don't think we'll play, but i'll if i hear anything juicy I'll totally gossip it on.

It says audience picks winner, so I can see us having a shot locally (assuming there's more than one band going onto round two), but we'd go to round two and get squashed by some Austin band I'm sure. I'd love to find out who WILL play, so i can start rooting for people, or making bets and shit talking.

You forgot this though: besides the FREE STRINGS JUST FOR ENTERING AND GOING TO MEETINGS you also get a snare drum head! Free for 70$! Also, you get free passes to any of the events, so you could be at Launchpad for a week, or if you happened to be in Germany you could see the finals.

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Originally posted by Levi Eleven:
the crane game at the Wal-Mart on Carlisle is the loosest in town. Nothing good in it though.

The crane game or the Wal Mart?

I hate Wal Mart, especially the one on Zuni and San Mateo.

Still, it's a good place to buy ammo.

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Originally posted by foodstamps:
I hate Wal Mart, especially the one on Zuni and San Mateo.
Still, it's a good place to buy ammo.

And to discharge it as well, aparently.

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I hate Wal Mart, especially the one on Zuni and San Mateo

I don't want to sound like some political extremist, but I am in favor of burning that whole place down with the people inside. It fills me with disgust for all of humanity, from the trashy parking lot full of fat fuckers who endlessly circle so they don't have to walk an extra ten feet, to the cramped disorganized isles with entire 20 member families running wild, to the HOUR long lines full of surly stoned cashiers and trashy impulse buy items always within reach of my two year old. I used to love the brotherhood of humanity until i started shopping there. Now I'm genocidal. Plus, they don't have hot mustard.

Everytime I go I take one perishable item and stick it behind some out-of-the-way place. They don't have garbage cans in the parking lot, so when I change my daughter I leave the dirty diapers in the back of any pickup taking up two spaces. It's called the "broken window effect" by sociologists, and it comes down to this: that place is so trashy it's contagious.

Just doing my part.

What were we talking about again?

In a previous band, one of my bandmates convinced us to shell out $50 total to play at a talent search audition. The trick was that it was at one of the coolest venues (huge subs at the bottom front of the stage, that shook the whole platform) for rock music in South FL.

We played for a table of stony judges and alongside performers who probably needed a few more months of work before they started gigging.

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from the trashy parking lot full of fat fuckers who endlessly circle so they don't have to walk an extra ten feet

God Damnit Levi, now you got me started...

You forgot to mention that they're all on their cellphones and they're driving pimped-out lifted F-250s when they can barely pay rent in their shitty apartment in the ghetto or westside track home.

Every time I go there I see some dumb ass bitch telling her kids to "shut the fuck up" or slaping them or something.

It's only when I go to Wal-Mart that I can start to understand how George Bush got to be president.

Walmart really makes me loose faith in the destiny of the human race.

I did you of thouse things in Chicago. It was alright, but some lame ass metal band from the subrubs won. Its all about how many people come and see you. We got free strings and drums sticks. I didn't pay whatever fee was required. On the bright side we did play some cool venues we would not have gotten gigs at other wise. Always a better deal in cities with SUPER compeditive music scenes and big venues..i.e chicago new york, LA etc. oh well
WJ

its legit...sort of. its a lot of dumb bands from the burbs that can't get gigs otherwise. But I went through the whole thing in Chicago, got through two levels and then lost to a band called Dedcore...really fucking lame. but three gigs lots of people good venues...also my bandmembers paid
WJ

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Originally posted by foodstamps:
I hate Wal Mart, especially the one on Zuni and San Mateo.
Still, it's a good place to buy ammo.

And to discharge it as well, aparently.

so that's a funny story...
I hate walmart as much as the next semi-intelligent person, but I could not find any ravioli sans meat at the nearest smith's stores. I decided to go to walmart to find what I wanted. Right as I walk in the place, some dude shoots another guy dead. At first I could not figure out what was going on. I thought maybe one of the massive walmart shelving units had fallen over and killed a few hundred shoppers. anyway, once I figured out it was a gun, I promptly decided to leave and never return.

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It's only when I go to Wal-Mart that I can start to understand how George Bush got to be president.

I don't get it. Illegal aliens can't vote. Yet.

I'm always tempted to take my passport to that place to show the greeter when I walk in, just for a laugh.

I love to take my iPaq to wally world whenever I go, and use the universal remote feature to turn off the stereos that the gangstas and wiggers have up full blast with the (c)rap music. Good times. they just don't understand it. What a hoot.

We recently took a vacation to the resort area in Scottsdale, AZ. They have a Wal Mart out there that is the cleanest, quietest, most pleasant store of that kind you would ever want to visit. Fucking surreal. The liquor is not even locked up. I was going to take pictures because I knew that nobody here would believe. me. I didn't, but it's no lie. If Tema was a Wal-Mart, it would be like the one in Scottsdale. Does that make sense?

Yeah, I went to one in Lincoln, Nebraska.
It was neat, the isles were open, self-serve lines, well lit. Stocked. No beatings of children the entire time I was there.

Why is everyplace nicer than Albuquerque either way more expensive or boring as shit?

Hit the one on Carlisle and Menaul. It sucks. But it sucks . . . less.

This is why I love fucking Rocksquawk! First, the forum is about this festival and the fact that every band in town received an "every-one-must-get-one" type office email (insert Office Space joke here) to the crazy ass world known as Wal-Mart! Good times, guys! Good times! Keep me laughing!

--Third Hour
http://www.myspace.com/3rdhour

It is worth it, in my opinion, to drive 20 minutes over to the one on Academy and Wyoming. I wish Target sold ammunition. I also wish that Wal Mart weren't the only place off base that I can find my Kraft bacon & cheddar NASCAR dip.

But, back to the festival. I would frankly like to sit this one out and hope that I am able to see all the bands who can't get a gig buy themselves one. High school punk rock bands from Tanoan, All the old man classic rock bands, maybe even Camero Matt's band....

I wrote them back and told them to not waste my time. We could use the time to play Golden Waste and earn 13 dollars.

Here's the way I see it. You have to pay what...$70.00. You know the Launchpad is probably getting a nice little kickback from this "festival." With this money, they can easily pay the bands at least 70 dollars. So, you get to practice/play for free and get two bonus beers to boot. What a deal!

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Originally posted by Levi Eleven:
[QUOTE]. They don't have garbage cans in the parking lot, so when I change my daughter I leave the dirty diapers in the back of any pickup taking up two spaces.

GREAT IDEA! If we were still changing diapers I would go to walmart today just to carry out this civic 'duty' - is there a joke in there somewhere?