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There's this fantastic weekly party here in NYC called " Hot Fuckin' Pink ". It's held every Friday night, at Scenic on Avenue B. Two floors of DJs, music ranging from crazy electro to awesome old new wave to insane R&B to just flat out rock and roll. It's a bunch of people out to have a good time, dancing, drinking, generally making merry. And this Friday, December 2nd, is my debut DJ appearance there. Hot DAMN. Drop by if you can, not just for me, but because the joint will be on fire. It's a great party, I'm psyched to be a part of it, and I'm looking forward to bringin' the noise. -PAR

Assuming you for some life-threatening reason can't make it to the HOT HOT dance party tonight, it's looking like my next unmissable NYC gig will be December 2nd. More details as soon as it's confirmed. Watch this space. -PAR

November 22nd. The Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Dance party in NYC. It will be incredible. -PAR

It was my birthday. I went to Cheap Shots. I got served a PITCHER of Tanqueray & Tonic (seen above). The next afternoon, I had the third hangover of my life thus far. Ah well. Such is the price of the rockstar lifestyle. -PAR

By complete coincidence, not only was yesterday the tenth birthday of The Mudhouse in Charlottesville (one of my fave hangouts in the ol' small town)... It was also the first anniversary of Cheap Shots, my dive bar of choice here in New York. Ideaspace works in mysterious ways. Anyway. To Katie and Steven and Tim and the rest of my pals at th' Cheap... Glad to have you around. Here's to you kids. -PAR

Today, October 13th, The Mudhouse turned ten years old. So, to John and Lynelle, and all the employees who've passed thru their doors- Thanks. You make Charlottesville (and the world) rock just a bit more. -PAR

I'm gonna break here from my normal style of posting here. Normally this space is just pictures of my life and whatever words I throw together, but I'm pausing that for a moment. Because I feel the need to note that Jerry Juhl passed away on Monday. Now that's probably not a name that many of you are familiar with, but Jerry Juhl was the man who, along with Jim Henson and Frank Oz, was primarily responsible for The Muppets as we know them. Starting in the early 60s, and continuing through Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas, Fraggle Rock, and plenty of other film and TV projects and appearances, he was the #1 writer for all things Muppet. And, as absurd as it seems, he made you believe that these characters were real breathing beings. Actual people with emotions and feelings and personality quirks, unpredicable, sometimes absurd, occasionally even inspirational. I was lucky enough to meet th...