Houston…

…we may have a problem.

[PoP]

Mt. Pleasant has the blues

Not a rave review of the status of our ‘hood.  But, so long as R&R live, we will come.  The strip has great potential, especially if a new apartment building replaces the one that burned to the ground, but I doubt much will happen in the next few years… 

Bring it, Stabby. I dare you.

It seems somebody’s been having a little fun in the bathroom at our favorite watering hole. It happened like this, see…

The Dude was standing there relieving himself one night and started to feel a little nostalgic about the days when we were all together. Those were the days, alright. Good times. Sensing a chance to pay homage to yours truly, his dudeness added a ‘lil sum-sum right above the toilet. It simply read, “I miss ‘Ol Timber”, a not-so-vague reference to another Raven regular, ‘Ol Stabby. Short, but sweet. But if there’s one thing Raven clientele has no respect for, it’s others’ musings. After the jump, some shit you simply have to see to believe…

Say it aint so.

The Queen of Soul (and of the Raven), singer of 83-13, who gave birth to Duane Allman and immortalized the Band at the same time, has garnered yet another award — worst-dressed celebrity.

(and, no, this image has not been modified to fit your letterbox screen)

PETA thinks Aretha Franklin, a Memphis native, is no queen of soul when it comes to wearing fur. Franklin was crowned this year’s worst-dressed celebrity by the animal rights organization. Her crime: wearing “yet another vulgar fur” at the Grammy Awards. According to PETA, Aretha “looked as if you were going to perform `I Am the Walrus’ by the Beatles. … You might be a queen, but you don’t know jack about compassion.” “How ’bout some R-E-S-P-E-C-T for animals?” PETA added.

Myelephnt wants to know why PETA is so concerned with fur, when it looks like they should be more concerned with feathers.

Other Aretha notables include:

- First woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

- First black woman on the cover of Time

- Regular on Sesame Street as Big Bird’s best friend, Big Big Blue Bird (see photo)

- Most Best Female R&B Vocal Performance awards (Grammys) with eleven

Genesis.

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

On the second day, God created email. And that was also pretty good. But one of his children began to abuse it. And God sighed.

So on the third day, Al Gore God created the Internet. “This’ll keep him busy,” he proclaimed. “Maybe now his friends will get some work done.” But the child just began emailing pieces of the Internet to his friends.

“Jesus,” God said. “He really doesn’t get it. They can already view the crap he’s send–…Oh fuck it.”

So on the fourth day, God created the blog. But the child wasn’t interested. So God showed him the power. The power of the blog. DCist. Wonkette. HotChicksWithDouchebags. Even a blog from someone he actually knew. But all of it just more ammo with which the child would pepper inboxes. “Oh for fu–… I’m just gonna have to let his friends drop the hint.” And they did. And the child finally got it.

So on the fifth day, The Mid-Day Ramble was born. And it was good. Because the child could share. And his friends could work. And they could share, too. And everyone could comment. And the heavens parted and the angels sang. And God went to the Raven, punched in 7602, sat down, and capped Adrian’s beer. And it was good.

So good.