I don't suppose you'll be playing anytime between the 7th and the 11th?

Posted May 31, 2007 4:02 PM by TexAnne

I will be there. Anyone else?

(After wallowing in the catz thread, I have the impulse to write "I B at ur gig, any1 elz? Need peepz!" This is entirely the fault of this blog in general and abi in particular. U R ALL EVL!)

Posted May 31, 2007 4:20 PM by Susan

Please place me on the guest list because a) it'll be cool to be on the list! and b) I might need an alibi for later.

Posted May 31, 2007 4:35 PM by Peter Hentges

Completely unrelated to just about anything, but--how does the street numbering work in NYC such that 433 is between 29th and 30th Streets? *blinks*

Posted May 31, 2007 5:07 PM by Melanie S.

There's a semi-irregular system for relating street numbers and cross streets in Manhattan. I know Moshe Feder can explain it. I'm not sure who else can.

Posted May 31, 2007 5:11 PM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

It's 433 Park Avenue South -- PA South ENDS (tops out) at 34th Street, and the numbering of NYC streets is generally based on increments of 20 per block (i.e., a block would run from 380 to 399, with 400 beginning the next block).

So I suspect 433 is 21 to 22 blocks above where the city considers PASouth numbering to start--which would be around 8th Street, also the street on which Fifth Avenue begins.)

Anyone have a NYC telephone book handy? They (used to, at least) list the "translation codes" for most streets.

(As an aside to the aside: Most of NYC makes perfect sense, in that way. Even numbers on the South and West sides of the streets, counting West and East from 5th Avenue in increments of 100 per Avenue block, yada yada.

(This does, of course, exclude the area below 14th Street, where you can meet someone on the corner of 4th Street and 10th Street [or 11th or 12th, at least].)

On topic: Would love to make it, but it's Valerie's sixth birthday party that day, and the chance of still being alive that late in the day is virtually nil. Meanwhile, those wishing the hear at least Patrick should check out this post at Eat Our Brains, if you haven't already.

Posted May 31, 2007 5:22 PM by Ken houghton

In general, there are 10 numbers on each side of the street per block (so streets that have addresses on only one side, like parts of 5th Ave., go up 10 numbers per block; most go up 20). Numbering for each avenue starts at the base of that avenue, with a few exceptions (Park Ave. South used to be 4th Ave., and when the northern part of 4th Ave. was renamed they kept the numbers).

Easiest way to figure out where an address is is by using the Palm application X-Man.

Posted May 31, 2007 5:53 PM by Seth Breidbart

I think I'm glad I live in Chicago. Looking for 600 S. anything? It's just on the south side of 6th street. Northside numbers are a little harder, but only because the streets aren't numbered...it's still 8 blocks, thus 800 in street numbers, to a mile...

Thanks for the info, though, guys. It just tells me to let my dad navigate when we go to NYC. :D

Posted May 31, 2007 6:01 PM by Melanie S.

#6: Good god, Los Blues Guys at early-90s Armadillicons. I had forgotten about some of that stuff. But I don't think I was on stage for the "I'm A Lumberjack / Mannish Boy" mash-up, mostly because I distinctly remember being in the audience laughing so hard I nearly pissed myself.

This, on the other hand, definitely includes me and Rory Harper having one of those descent-of-the-spirit duels to which lead guitarists are prone.

Posted May 31, 2007 6:06 PM by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

I'm in! And looking forward to seeing (and hearing) one and all.

Posted May 31, 2007 6:12 PM by Andrew Willett

When will Whisperado be playing in Atlanta, if ever?

Posted May 31, 2007 6:20 PM by Fragano Ledgister

Totally OT...

I just wanted to castigate TNH for being a rose-pusher. I ordered a zillion miniature roses in some (doubtless misguided) attempt to enhance the green-plant jungle in my office with flowering plants.

I am probably denying their beauty to someone who could do a better job of keeping them alive. Muah ha ha! Come to me, my pretties!

Posted May 31, 2007 6:23 PM by --E

Totally OT...

I just wanted to castigate TNH for being a rose-pusher. I ordered a zillion miniature roses in some (doubtless misguided) attempt to enhance the green-plant jungle in my office with flowering plants.

I am probably denying their beauty to someone who could do a better job of keeping them alive. Muah ha ha! Come to me, my pretties!

Posted May 31, 2007 6:24 PM by --E

This release contains statements that are not statements of historical fact, but instead are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

We're from the government and we're here to help?

BTW, tomorrow (I think, but maybe it's today) is the 40th anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Posted May 31, 2007 6:46 PM by Lizzy L

Free 747, huh? Never know when that might come in handy. If I squint really hard, I can sort of envision it fitting in our driveway . . .

Posted May 31, 2007 6:51 PM by Kathryn Cramer

it's a 757. But Boeing can't give them away after they came out with the 777(1/7th). They're practically the Edsel of airliners. Personally, I'd wait till Corellian Corporation comes out with the YT-1300 model. But that's just me.

Posted May 31, 2007 7:16 PM by Greg London

Patrick didn't do the arithmetic. 757's are worth a lot more than 100,000 Whisperado tickets. Pepsi got in trouble for just that sort of thing.

Posted May 31, 2007 7:38 PM by Seth Breidbart

Lizzy, the UK anniversary of Sgt Pepper is tomorrow, June 1; the US anniversary is a day later.

Posted May 31, 2007 9:17 PM by Patrick Nielsen Hayden

I'd like to be there. I'm going to Springfeld, MO for a vacation instead. Not enough dough to fly anywhere.

I've been to a Los Blues Guys concert in KC, and Brad Denton and Jerry Gelb (mad mouth harp player) played their arses off at a friend's room party at Conquest in 2005.

(We've known Brad since (don't want to admit)....)

Posted May 31, 2007 11:53 PM by Paula Helm Murray

Seth: That reminds me of

Free, free
A trip to Mars
For 900
Empty jars...

... which also got somebody in trouble, if memory serves.

Posted June 1, 2007 12:43 AM by elise

Peter Hentges @3: Please place me on the guest list because a) it'll be cool to be on the list! and b) I might need an alibi for later.

I'd like to be on the list too, even though there is not a chance in hell I could get there (if I'm there, it's a time traveller; ask for stock tips).

Posted June 1, 2007 12:53 AM by Rob Rusick

... which also got somebody in trouble, if memory serves.

Burma Shave.

What they did, when a fellow collected the 900 empty jars, was send him to Mars, Pennsylvania. Which was great publicity.

Posted June 1, 2007 12:59 AM by James D. Macdonald

James D. Macdonald:

What they did, when a fellow collected the 900 empty jars, was send him to Mars, Pennsylvania. Which was great publicity.

Close: Burma Shave thought about Mars, Pennsylvania but ended up sending the guy to a town in Germany that was pronounced "Mars" but was spelled differently. Unfortunately my copy of The Verse by the Side of the Road is in storage or I could give you the correct spelling of the town

Posted June 1, 2007 11:25 PM by Bruce E. Durocher II

Andrew:
Nolacon '88, Karen Turner (now Karen Dick) channels Beach Blanket Babylon in The Stars My Destination.

Nice meeting you Saturday!

Posted June 4, 2007 10:07 AM by Susan