A table for 18: life on the Strung Up/Direct Control West Coast tour.IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT, a night that's beginning to overlap into the early morning hours after the first show of the Strung Up/Direct Control West Coast tour. We're standing around Justin's homemade bar situated in a little shack behind his house in the industrial area of Oakland, CA. Brandon and Mike of Direct Control are bartending and when their southern hospitality kicks in, everyone has a drink in their hand and smiles on their face. A foosball tournament is going full force, but both the howls of victory and the agony of defeat are drowned out Drowned Out is a 2002 documentary by Franny Armstrong about the controversial Sardar Sarovar Project. It closely follows a family that is unwilling to leave its village home as the water levels of the Narmada River, mostly because the government provides them no viable by the scratchy tunes emanating from a dusty boom box in the corner. Eric, Direct Control's bassist, is chatting up some girl at the end of the bar. After a while he loses interest and turns away, his attention drawn elsewhere by a more stimulating conversation ... Until without warning or reason, the seemingly friendly female squares up and delivers a surprisingly powerful punch to the back of Eric's head. For a moment he's stunned stun tr.v. stunned, stun·ning, stuns 1. To daze or render senseless, by or as if by a blow. 2. To overwhelm or daze with a loud noise. 3. from the blow, but Eric swings around, looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the perpetrator A term commonly used by law enforcement officers to designate a person who actually commits a crime. . The mischievous look on the girl's face alludes to her devious actions, and Eric yells, "What the fuck did you do that for, you bitch?" The chick's so wasted it's hard to really decipher her slurred slur tr.v. slurred, slur·ring, slurs 1. To pronounce indistinctly. 2. To talk about disparagingly or insultingly. 3. To pass over lightly or carelessly; treat without due consideration. speech. Eric's a little pissed now and calls her out. "I dare you to do that again," he says. Then, without hesitation, the sultry broad winds up and delivers another haymaker that collides violently with his nose. Eric reels from the blow, stumbling backward, catching himself on the wall. With two thick streams of blood streaming from his nostrils, watery eyes, and a dumbfounded dumb·found also dum·found tr.v. dumb·found·ed, dumb·found·ing, dumb·founds To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound. See Synonyms at surprise. look on his face, the only thing I can think is "What a great way to start tour." |
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