This past week was amazing. Aesop Rock was on point.
Sean’s photos are incredible.
Jelmer and Brandon were great as matching Olympic swimmers.
We had some special guests from northern California including the captain of the UCLA water polo team. Man, that kid had an arm.
This week is going to be the best ever. It has to be because it’s the last week ever!
BE THERE! YO LA TENGO!
Super Hero costumes encouraged, but you must have the courage to back them up on the court.
I urge everyone to check out http://www.bkdball.com/dball.html and keep up to date.

[ed. note: wtf, Shirtless Tom! What’s a shirt doing in this picture?]

Well, we had yet another rain filled Sunday at McCarren Park Pool but as always we still had a blast.

Cub Scouts represented and played even better than the Care Bears at times.

The line up was cut at the last minute from 4 bands to 3 due to a travel issue, but the three that played were good. I can always relate to the lyrics “I put some whiskey, in my whiskey”.
Some of the females that played dogeball this Sunday were the hottest of the summer and according to that female vote Ben H@ynes wins hottest male.

This next weekend is going to be huge.

The only Hip Hop line up of the summer rolls through featuring AESOP ROCK!
See you there.

That is totally how Tuesday night went. So much fun!

I guess we should start by running through the real game- Kubb was awesome! Who knew that throwing sticks at sticks in order to throw sticks at a spiky stick could be so fun? Everyone seemed to hit their stride after the first game & the end result was victory for Heeb & L’Oreal!

After that, the 50-60 of us with our new status as Kubb aficionados wandered over to Blondies to destroy some wings & light beer. The room was crazy crowded as the wings were finished and indigestion set in. Faster than a flash of lightning (and I SWEAR I am not exaggerating) tables were pushed together, empty dishes were thrown at the poor, naïve clearer guy & cups were filled up to the first line with beer.

This is where we see the teams’ true colors come out. L’Oreal initiated the games with their red- faced competitiveness and challenged the Onion. Unfortunately, even with ‘ringers’ on their side, the team lost the round to the dismay of their semi-captain who missed the whole ordeal during one, short smoke break.

More rounds were played, Heeb put up a good fight against SonyBMG who ended up playing L’Oreal, a much anticipated rematch after the Kubb loss. After that, it was getting late, the Onion team slid out quietly leaving Justin as the lone green t-shirt yet again.

Matador & Fader next week!
Long live Kubb!

This just in– the last and best pool party of all time has been announced. I know, I know– Black Lips + Deerhunter + King Khan was awesome and what could be better than that?

I’ll tell you what!

YO LA TENGO + TITUS ANDRONICUS

That’s right. I know. Really. Sweet.

I’m obliged to tell you that yes, we’ll be playing dodgeball and giving away free shoes. But as awesome as that is, even if you HATE Dodgeball and DESPISE free shoes, you should come to this because

a) it’s the last McCarren Pool Party EVER

b) it’s going to fun, regardless of its “last ever one of these so I gotta go one last time before it’s over and I can’t go anymore” status.

Doors/Dodgeball at 2:00 PM

Even the rain was too scared to play dodgeball this week.
With the return of some of the best regulars this week, the rain held off, despite threats.
This Sunday was once again a memorable one. Three- time MVP this year, Brandon (Care Bear), was in a motorcycle accident and couldn’t play, but he did lend a hand as one of the best refs we have ever had. Big thanks to him and all the other refs.
A sight for sore eyes, the ‘wizards on vacation’ returned from St. Bart’s. They were the jerks in Hawaiian shirts and jean cut offs who dominated the court.
Dodgeball at McCarren Park Pool have even caught the eye of GOOD Magazine who will be shooting Sunday August 17. Everyone wear your best threads, you know I’ll be in my Sunday best as always.
See you next Sunday.