The Tina Turner Overdrive Traveling All Stars and Motor Kings (335)
The Racing Presidents (320)
Is Beer Cheaper Than Gas Yet? (309)
Hillary Lost the Glass Ceiling and the Glass Ceiling Won (290)
Who Blew More Lines? Lohand or Big Brown (260)
Cottage Cream on Lime Jello Salad
Big Brown Wins the Elmer's Triple Crown
Orange Line All Stars
Spider Death Squad
The Keg Stands
Don't Mess with the Zelek
Table Four
That's What She Said
Drink the Beer
Operation Hot Mother
D Baggery
Fantastic Five
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Monday, June 9, 2008
Teacher Appreciation Night
Trying not to leave any children behind?
Is end of the year testing leaving you a bit frazzled?
It’s your turn to show the world what you know!
Join your fellow teachers at Rock Bottom’s Teacher Appreciation Night June 16th 8 PM
Get 15% off the food portion of your bill with your teacher ID, excludes $0.25 wings and beverages
Reserve a table: (703) 516-7688
Is end of the year testing leaving you a bit frazzled?
It’s your turn to show the world what you know!
Join your fellow teachers at Rock Bottom’s Teacher Appreciation Night June 16th 8 PM
Get 15% off the food portion of your bill with your teacher ID, excludes $0.25 wings and beverages
Reserve a table: (703) 516-7688
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Question of the Week
(Music) After a 25 year career in music, what artist had his first #1 hit in 2006 with the song “White & Nerdy”?
FYI: On June 16th, Rock Bottom is giving a discount for teachers during trivia only. It's 15% off your food bill (not counting wings and drinks) with a valid teaching ID.
FYI: On June 16th, Rock Bottom is giving a discount for teachers during trivia only. It's 15% off your food bill (not counting wings and drinks) with a valid teaching ID.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
It Was the Best of Times it Was the Worst of Times
A Tale of Two Cities is the second historical novel written by Charles Dickens. The plot centers on the years leading up to the French Revolution and culminates in the Jacobin Reign of Terror. The story touches upon Alexandre Manette's 1757 imprisonment, but the actual timeline begins in 1775. The first issue of Dickens's literary periodical All the Year Round appearing April 30, 1859, contained the first of thirty-one weekly installments of the novel, which ran until November 26, 1859.
The book primarily tells the story of Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look identical, but are complete opposites. Darnay is a romantic aristocrat; Carton is a cynical barrister. Both fall deeply in love with the same woman, Lucie Manette whose father, Manette, was unjustly imprisoned in the infamous Bastille for eighteen years under a lettre de cachet. Madame Defarge, a revolutionary with an implacable grudge against the aristocratic Evrémonde family is also featured.
The title reflects the way in which the setting alternates between England and France. Two of the 45 chapters are set in both countries, nineteen in England and 24 in France. They tell of the corruption, abuse and inhumanity of the French nobles towards the peasantry. The masses, oppressed for centuries, rise up at last and destroy their masters – but in the process, they themselves become just as evil and corrupt.
See the lot synopsis here.
The book primarily tells the story of Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look identical, but are complete opposites. Darnay is a romantic aristocrat; Carton is a cynical barrister. Both fall deeply in love with the same woman, Lucie Manette whose father, Manette, was unjustly imprisoned in the infamous Bastille for eighteen years under a lettre de cachet. Madame Defarge, a revolutionary with an implacable grudge against the aristocratic Evrémonde family is also featured.
The title reflects the way in which the setting alternates between England and France. Two of the 45 chapters are set in both countries, nineteen in England and 24 in France. They tell of the corruption, abuse and inhumanity of the French nobles towards the peasantry. The masses, oppressed for centuries, rise up at last and destroy their masters – but in the process, they themselves become just as evil and corrupt.
See the lot synopsis here.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Random Trivia Friday
How 10 Bands Got Their Names
1. Modest Mouse comes from the Virginia Woolf story The Mark on the Wall. There’s a quote that says, “Even in the minds of modest, mouse-coloured people…”
2. a-ha got their name because it means the same thing in multiple languages.
3. Duran Duran took their name from the villain in the movie Barbarella – Dr. Durand-Durand.
4. R.E.M. was named when Michael Stipe opened the dictionary and randomly pointed to a word.
5. The Pogues were originally called Pogue Mahone, which is Gaelic for “kiss my arse.” It was shortened later.
6. The Bay City Rollers, are, as you might suspect, named after Bay City, Michigan. But none of the band members are actually from Bay City (They’re Scottish); the city was just plucked from the map.
7. The Killers took their name from a fictional band. The “band” was featured in the New Order music video for their song “Crystal”.
8. 10,000 Maniacs adapted their band name from the horror movie Two Thousand Maniacs.
9. Steely Dan is named after an… erm… adult toy… in the William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch.
10. Flight of the Conchords came about when Bret, one of the band members, had a dream about flying guitars that looked like Concordes. He was telling the other band member about it and the name was invented. They went with “Chord” instead of “cord” as sort of a tribute to the Beatles who used “beat” instead of “beet”.
1. Modest Mouse comes from the Virginia Woolf story The Mark on the Wall. There’s a quote that says, “Even in the minds of modest, mouse-coloured people…”
2. a-ha got their name because it means the same thing in multiple languages.
3. Duran Duran took their name from the villain in the movie Barbarella – Dr. Durand-Durand.
4. R.E.M. was named when Michael Stipe opened the dictionary and randomly pointed to a word.
5. The Pogues were originally called Pogue Mahone, which is Gaelic for “kiss my arse.” It was shortened later.
6. The Bay City Rollers, are, as you might suspect, named after Bay City, Michigan. But none of the band members are actually from Bay City (They’re Scottish); the city was just plucked from the map.
7. The Killers took their name from a fictional band. The “band” was featured in the New Order music video for their song “Crystal”.
8. 10,000 Maniacs adapted their band name from the horror movie Two Thousand Maniacs.
9. Steely Dan is named after an… erm… adult toy… in the William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch.
10. Flight of the Conchords came about when Bret, one of the band members, had a dream about flying guitars that looked like Concordes. He was telling the other band member about it and the name was invented. They went with “Chord” instead of “cord” as sort of a tribute to the Beatles who used “beat” instead of “beet”.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Audio Round for Those with Lernings (click on title)
(Lit) Name these books based on these clips
a. Huckleberry Fin
b. A Tale of Two Cities
c. Dracula
d. The Invisible Man
e. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
f. Robins Crusoe
g. War of the Worlds
h. Wind in the Willows
a. Huckleberry Fin
b. A Tale of Two Cities
c. Dracula
d. The Invisible Man
e. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
f. Robins Crusoe
g. War of the Worlds
h. Wind in the Willows
JR Winners!!!!
Buff and Blue Balls (293 points)
Surrender Hillary (259)
Mark (228)
Joey's Boyz (216)
DC Dorothys (212)
Team Chomp
The Pachus
Fourgy
Surrender Hillary (259)
Mark (228)
Joey's Boyz (216)
DC Dorothys (212)
Team Chomp
The Pachus
Fourgy
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Rock Bottom Champions
The DNC Circumcised America's Wang (322 points)
Sex and the T Rex (295)
Big Red Dog (231)
SPDAT (225)
Air Tranica (209)
Tina Turner Overdrive Never Backs Down
The Cunning Linguist
Myanmar Relief Effort
Charles Bronson Book Club
Brontosaurus Circus Surprise
Not Working Hard
I Heart Freezer Pops...Bong?
California Crew
Sex and the T Rex (295)
Big Red Dog (231)
SPDAT (225)
Air Tranica (209)
Tina Turner Overdrive Never Backs Down
The Cunning Linguist
Myanmar Relief Effort
Charles Bronson Book Club
Brontosaurus Circus Surprise
Not Working Hard
I Heart Freezer Pops...Bong?
California Crew
Sunday, June 1, 2008
The Band, Not the TV Show...
Arrested Development is a Grammy Award winning American alternative hip hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive alternative to the rap popular in the early 1990s.
It took the group over three years to be offered a record deal. Arrested Development had already been offered a single deal for the song "Tennessee"; hence the name of the first album was 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of..., which produced several hit tracks including "Tennessee", "People Everyday", and "Mr. Wendal", which hit the Top Ten. The group won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and were also named Band of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.
In the early 1990s, the group was approached by film director Spike Lee to compose a song for his upcoming biopic on the life of Malcolm X. The group then recorded "Revolution", which appeared on the oldies-dominated soundtrack for the film, as well as the second half of its closing credits when the film was released in 1992.
Their 1994 follow-up Zingalamaduni, which did very well with some critics but was panned by many others, sold poorly. After the group broke up due to "creative differences" in 1996, Speech released a solo album, but sales were poor. The group reunited in 2000 (without Headliner) and has been touring and releasing records via Speech's Vagabond Productions and Speech Music.
In November 2003, the group sued the FOX network over their TV show Arrested Development. The suit is referenced in the Arrested Development episodes Public Relations and Motherboy XXX.
It took the group over three years to be offered a record deal. Arrested Development had already been offered a single deal for the song "Tennessee"; hence the name of the first album was 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of..., which produced several hit tracks including "Tennessee", "People Everyday", and "Mr. Wendal", which hit the Top Ten. The group won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist, and were also named Band of the Year by Rolling Stone magazine.
In the early 1990s, the group was approached by film director Spike Lee to compose a song for his upcoming biopic on the life of Malcolm X. The group then recorded "Revolution", which appeared on the oldies-dominated soundtrack for the film, as well as the second half of its closing credits when the film was released in 1992.
Their 1994 follow-up Zingalamaduni, which did very well with some critics but was panned by many others, sold poorly. After the group broke up due to "creative differences" in 1996, Speech released a solo album, but sales were poor. The group reunited in 2000 (without Headliner) and has been touring and releasing records via Speech's Vagabond Productions and Speech Music.
In November 2003, the group sued the FOX network over their TV show Arrested Development. The suit is referenced in the Arrested Development episodes Public Relations and Motherboy XXX.
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