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Barflies.net Best of 2003, Worst of 2003, and Most Anticipated of 2004:

 
 

Ashley KianaAshley-Kiana’s Lists:

My Best of 2003:
1. My new apartment
2. The Jealous Sound- Kill Them with Kindness
3. DIY Bowling

My Worst of 2003:
1. Face to Face breaking up (R.I.P.)
2. Going to Hawaii
3. Meetings every night until 1 a.m.

Anticipating:
1. Going to Chicago to see my best friend
2. Turning 21 (April 28)
3. A good music internship this summer
4. Doing public relations for Up N Atem
5. DIY Bowling
 

"AXF's Year in Review/Advance"

*note: in no particular order

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best of 2003:

1 - seeing shows. in general. LOTS of them.
2 - seeing The Quakes live (May)
3 - seeing Shadows Fall live (Oct)
4 - The OC (i'm gonna get so grilled for this!!)
5 - touring Europe for a month (July)

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worst of 2003:

1 - RIP Johnny Cash (Sept)
2 - RIP Joe Strummer (Dec '02. close enough..)
3 - missing Rasputina (Oct)
4 - missing Frankenstein (Dec)
5 - botox

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what you anticipate for 2004:

1 - 1 - Macabre Music/Art Festical (June)
2 - West Coast Wreckers Ball (Oct)
3 - new Banane Metalik album (May)
4 - more tattoos
5 - graduating, getting a full-time job and finally earning some $$$ (someone wanna pay me??)

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Brian's Top 8 Things That Sucked Most About 2003

1. Breaking up with my girlfriend of 5 1/2 years. It's true that boys are dumb.
2. Having that girlfriend take her Tempur-pedic bed with her when she moved out. Those NASA folks sleep on clouds--clouds I tell you.
3. Getting laid off from my cushy, well-paid job at UCLA Performing Arts. Not only do I not have a paycheck now, but I don't get to see all those shows for free.
4. Having 4 home addresses this past year alone. Every time I call a friend, they're afraid I'm going to ask them to help me move.
5. Real estate. It's bad enough that even strangers I meet tell me I don't seem like I'm cut out to be a real estate agent and have them be right. But to not even have any big huge fat commission checks lying around to console me...
6. Santa Monica Parking Enforcement. I love living and working in Santa Monica. But these fucking parking nazis really chap my hide and deplete what little coin I've actually got. Curses.
7. Republicans. From Bushy to Schwarzy, I don't know what the hell is wrong with the voting public these days. And to think, that is the minority of the population that is politically aware.
8. 195. 195! 195? My sole goal in life is to break 200 in bowling (pathetic, I know). When I was 12 years old, I rolled a 191. When I was 25, I tormented myself by getting a 199. Now with 2003 all but over, in front of the entire Barflies.net Team One Pin, I scrounge up a taunting 195? Bunk. Please, God, when's it my turn?
 

Ms. JenMs. Jen's Lists:

Best of 2003
1) My Friends
2) Adolescents' Reunion Shows
3) All my new friends: Alex, Stacey, both Mark's, Big Mike, Jenny, Heather, Krista & Jesse, Aaron, and Vivian
4) The Dragons at Alex's Bar in September
5) Starting my very own weblog on my birthday, which meant sitting up til after 3am drinking wine and emailing the tech guy (*Brian the Fabulous*) all the while trying to configure Movable Type to my server.

Worst of 2003
1) The whole evil year
2) The Month of June sucked even worse
3) Summer and Fall - Severly underemployed
4) The whole Bush Administration and their big Power Play for more Oil under the name of righteous war. Blech!

Anticipations of 2004:
1) The whole happy year - It is My Year - The Year of the Monkey!
2) Bowling 2004
3) SXSW 2004
4) Hearing and seeing lots of great and good live music
5) Voting Bush and his whores out of office. Register and Vote!
 

LaurenLauren's Lists:

Best of 2003
1) The California Recall
2) Seeing Flogging Molly for the first time
3) Finding out I have a godbrother with soul
4) Seeing the Busstop Hurricanes for the first time
5) Riding Millbrook for the first time

Worst of 2003
1) The inauguration of Gov. Schwarzenegger
2) Millbrook sending me into flight without the proper landing gear
3) Getting my first sinus block on a plane trip with a head cold
4) Seeing the movie "Paycheck" for the first and last time
5) The SoCal fires

Anticipations for 2004
1) State of the State's will no longer be broadcast on KCRW because listening to Arnold makes everyone that much dumber.
2) I will go to New York for the first time
3) Handsome, intelligent men everywhere will vie for my attentions
4) Bush will realize what a terrible mistake he made and bring our troops home
5) Sam Walton will come back from the dead and throttle the new CEO of Wal-Mart until he bleeds

 

Ms. Kitty and Mr. ScottyKitty Kowalski's Fun with 2003 and The New Year!

Greetings from that OTHER coast! Kitty had a banner year in 2003! Shot about 100 shows, drank 1000 beers and met about 10,000 cool people! Rock and Roll get better, the boys got cuter and punk rock is still alive and well despite all efforts to murder it! Hell, Joey Ramone now has a street named after him, and Joe Strummer has a foundation, so finally, our forefathers are getting the respect they deserve. The Stooges, The Cramps, The Damned, The Buzzcocks and The Sex Pistols are still touring into their 50s, and I saw 'em now, because I still had snot running down my face then! Who knows, maybe even MY kids will still enjoy these bands! Lists are very arbitrary, so I'm just grabbing Top Of Mind things that tickled or irked me in 2003, and what's coming for 2004!

Best of 2003
1. Stooges Reunion ­ Iggy's still got it, and so do the Ashton Brothers! Mix in Mike Watt, and you've got a party!
2. Paris Hilton Sex Video ­ all porn should be filmed in night vision!
3. Rock ­ more hair, more poses, more guitar solos, more fun! We saw the light through The Darkness, and it was GOOD!
4. Turbonegro ­ back, in leather, and more Scandinavian than ever!
5. Black Flag reunion ­ missed them the first time, so I just HAD to see it!

Worst of 2003
1. Black Flag Reunion ­ I had to see it, but it was like watching a car accident! I never liked My War, and I didn't know Dale Nixon wasn't a real person! Duh!
2. Hank from Turbonegro getting hit in the head with a beer bottle halfway into their second song - after they had not played NYC in five years! Game over!
3. The Ramones tribute album ­ All hell breaks loose now that the good half of the Ramones is dead. A publicist's dream and a fan's nightmare. I'm dreading the Strummer tribute CD. Joey and Dee Dee, we hardly knew ye!
4. Reality TV ­ I used to watch TV to get AWAY from reality. The only consoling thought is, yes, there are plenty of people dumber than I am.
5. Michael Jackson ­ Someone should have told this emperor he had no clothes about 15 years ago. Where's Joe Jackson¹s tough love when you need it?

Anticipations for 2004
1. Death to celebrity culture! What is Britney wearing? Who is Colin Farrell banging? What money-losing proposition is Rosie mixed-up in now? Who cares! (I wish).
2. Rehab for Paris Hilton ­ and she and Courtney become best friends, even though Courtney is banned from Hilton hotels. A media whore match made in hell!
3. The new Descendents record! No, two! No, more like one and a half!
4. BYO Bowling Tournament! Hopefully this year, The Kowalskis won't have so much trouble with Castaways security.
5. The new Kowalskis record! I've been waiting for someone to do this! You mean I have to do it? If I could only lay off the booze and boys, and bang it out.