9. North American Steak Buffet
8. Pizza Hut
7. Valentino's
6. Northtown Grill
5. Happy Joe's
4. Passages (Radisson Breakfast Buffet)
3. Seasons Buffet
2. KFC
1. The Golden Corral
9. Super Mario Bros. III
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
7. Kid Icarus
6. Mega Man
5. Dragon Warrior
4. Tetris
3. The Legend of Zelda
2. Bomberman
1. Dr. Mario
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9. Dirty Dancing
8. An Officer and a Gentleman
7. Airplane
6. Dead Poets Society
5. The Breakfast Club
4. Star Wars: Return of the Jedi
3. St. Elmos Fire
2. Top Gun
1. Full Metal Jacket
9. 3 Minute Hero- Fun, carefree attention whores who worked a crowd night after night...
8. Tripp 40- Bill Dablow knew what he was doing on stage...
7. Dozer- They know everything you’ve ever heard...
6. 32 Below- Good tight group...
5. Avalanche- The finest country band in town by far...
4. Beat Down- RIP, my funky brothers...
2. Patents Pending- Victims of circumstances killed us, but we were nearly the best I’d ever heard...
10. Please Remember Me- Tim McGraw
9. Ruth
8. Josh
7. Matt
6. Mike
4. Matt
9. "Lets go get a beer...I only have a dollar, can you cover me?" and "You going to eat that?" (Tim then sticks his finger in your food...)
8. Tim's random calls. (Hey...what're you doing? Alright, I just wanted to call to let you know that I'll call you later...)
7. Tim's wish to throw things (or push things, whatever the case may be) into the river...
6. Tim's wish to bury things in the backyard...
5. Armpitsu. I still have yet to develop a stratagy to defend it...
4. "I'm hungry...hunnnnnnnngry...I'm not even kidding...I'm hungry....seriously..."
2. Tim's many bowel movements per day. No kidding- when we need to take a dump, we call it a "Stine"...
9. Every Rose Has It's Thorn- Poison
8. Hysteria- Def Leppard
7. Without You- Motley Crue
6. Love Bites- Def Leppard
5. Nothing Else Matters- Metallica
4. Angel- Aerosmith
2. November Rain- Guns n' Roses
9. Jessy Klimpel- A Native American in office? How many ways can you spell 'revenge'...
8. Jennifer Schwind- Results with a pleasent phone call...
7. Dan Johnson- Watch Sen. Clinton cause his head to explode...
6. Joel Thompson- Clinton played sax, Joel plays drums- someone talk to the DNC...
5. Eddie Schwind- Imagine this for foreign policy- if they don't agree, send their leader to Washington DC, and our president will stab him...
4. Ruth Meberg-Stine- You want results and a cool band? Here it is...
2. Tim Smith- Using his George Carlin approach, I think you'd see some interesting changes...
9. Take my imaginary friend to dinner. (Imaginary friend = my future wife)
8. Mime all day, including my time at work. (Russ and Eddie will understand, and will probably laugh for forty-five minutes...)
7. Drop a marble while in a public bathroom stall and ask someone in the next stall to grab my glass eye. (Not sure where I came up with that one, but it does sound like fun to do...)
6. Create a section of my website that gives you 247 pop-ups in a row. (I'm not sure where I came up with 247, but whatever. Beware the next time you log on...)
5. Make a bunch of appointments for the 31st of September. (Eye appointment, hearing appointment, oil change, lunch with Tim Mattson...)
4. Pay for a huge dinner with pennies. (I used to work in a gas station, people paid for smokes with pennies, it's fun to count 396 pennies...)
2. Write a ten-minute long song that has one chord change and only one note in the melody. (It's like a Meatloaf song without a funny story...)
9. Tennessee Waltz, by Mose Allison- this particular version of the song is in four. A waltz in four? Someone sucks...
8. Toxic, by Brittany Spears- but then again, does she have any songs that aren't annoying?
7. Cotton-Eyed Joe, by the Red Nex- Just listen to it and tell me you're not annoyed by it...
6. The Macarena, by Antonio Romeo Monge and Rafael Ruiz- The dance is nearly as annoying as the song...
5. The Electric Slide, by Marcia Griffith- When I lived in Texas, I had to hear this song every weekend for two years. Since when did the electric slide get danced to in a night club, though?
4. There's Never Been Any Reason, by Head East- What's up with that dudes voice? I'll have to ask Brent Alexenko about it...
3. Living After Midnight, by Judas Priest- I probably hate this more now because Jessy Klimpel made fun of me for practicing it on bass for upcoming Tripp 40 gigs...
2. Love Shack, by the B-52's- The dude in the B-52's is the real reason I hate this song- he looks goofy and sounds goofy...
9. PEOPLE WHO TYPE IN ALL CAPS. DO YOU SUDDENLY FEEL LIKE I'M YELLING AT YOU? ISN'T IT ANNOYING AS HELL?
8. Working overnight (which is exactly what I'm doing right now...)
7. Sheep. Not the animal, mind you, but rather those people who follow suit just because. We all have our own brains. Feel free to use it once in a while.
6. Mimes. Just ask Eddie and Russ.
5. People who feel the need to share their many cell phone ring tones in public places. These people need to be herded together and shipped off thousands of miles away. Do the math.
4. George W. Bush and his administration. Enough said.
2. People who tell me that I'm 'cute'. Take a close look at my face, then reevaluate, please.
9. Poker all night long.
8. The competing stereo systems (Korn vs. Prince, Kiss vs. Ben Folds...)
7. Tim Smith and his 'quarky comments'. That should be interesting on a day to day basis.
6. Being less than 5 blocks from a liquor store once again. We'll keep our bar stocked.
5. Cookouts on the huge porch with guests Rick and Eddie. It'll be a war on the grill.
4. Jessy eating everything he can find. I've always made fun of it, now I can witness it.
2. The wetbar in the basement. This is the most dangerous aspect of the house.
9. Billy Joel
8. Bonnie Rait
7. Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)
6. The Beatles
5. Counting Crows
4. Stevie Wonder
2. The Beach Boys
9. Folsom Prison Blues (because Al has a low singing voice...)
8. Mack the Knife (because that song is classy, and Al lives in a trailor park...)
7. 867-5309 (because Jenny's sick of hearing that song at bars...)
6. Funky Cold Medina (because Tone Loc is cool no matter what anyone else thinks...)
5. Bust a Move (because apparently Al is talking about rapping this tune in his new band, I can't wait to see this...)
4. Blister in the Sun* (just because...)
3. Groove is in the Heart (because it would be funny as hell to hear him sing the woman's part...)
2. Rapper's Delight (because I've heard him rap damn near the whole song before...)
1. Hit Me Baby One More Time (because I'd want to see him choreograph this, too...)
9. Al Berg- Mike and Jaime's Wedding in Huron
You want to talk about one hell of a good time? Patents Pending made their way down to Huron to play the wedding dance for Mike and Jaime Eckman. We got there, set up, and got our hotel room. We bought a bunch of beer to have during our set breaks and put it in a cooler outside of the dance hall. However, during the dance, people were buying us drinks like crazy. When the show was over and everyone left, the bartender told us to drink all the beer we wanted out of the only half-used keg sitting there. He also brought us champagne. We obliged. It was myself, Ryan Sather, Tim, Eddie, Russ, and one Al Berg. We drank nearly all of the keg, and went back to the hotel room with the beer we had left. Later on that night, Al was sitting outside. When I went up to talk to him, he turned slowly, looking nearly passed out, and said, "Chris, please make sure I don't die". He then passed out. We never let Al live that down.
8. Christopher Hanson- Get Lei'd Party 2001
It was my first year of marching band. Sara Dau was still hosting the Get Lei'd Party. There, I drank a lot and kissed a lot of girls. It was a wonderful night. I haven't drank Aftershock ever since.
7. Tanya Matthies and Dan Johnson- Celebrating Birthdays
When Dano turned 21, we took him to the traditional NDSU hangout, that being The Turf. Eddie and I took the two of them out and I began buying the drinks. As a metter of personal policy, during those power hours, for each drink or shot that I purchased for the lucky birthday boy or girl, I bought one for myself. I always figured that if I was going to make them suffer, I should probably do the same. Anyhow, seven shots later, we made our way to Chaus's and walked right into his house at 1:00am. We jumped in bed with Chaus and his girlfriend at the time and gave them quite a surprise. Then, Dano and I ordered a pizza and passed out.
6. Chrissy Pfingsten- 2003 Pre-Season Marching Band Party
Chrissy learned her lesson quickly at her first marching band party when we came over and found out that beer tasted really good. She also found out that cold beer goes down really easy. At the end of the night, we had to help her to the car. Three of us were helping her walk, much to her dismay. She kept telling us she could walk just fine and that we should just let her go. After about three minutes of her explaining this to us, we decided to honor her wishes. As soon as we let go, she fell right on her ass. She looked up, looking a little defeated, and told us that she was wrong. It was funny, and I'll never forget it. I'll try to never let her forget it, either.
5. Beseler and Hanson- SDSU Away Game
There seems to be a patern that every time the band goes with the football team on the road, they somehow find a way to lose. This trip was no different, where we watched the Bison lose a heartbreaker to our new rivals, the SDSU Jackrabbits. To grieve the loss, Beseler and I took it upon ourselves to drink a fairly large quantity back at the hotel. After settling in for the night in our room with Boeser and Brian, we began our mission to forget the night, and we did just that. The night was filled with traditional Beseler quotes, Jenny dropping in and laughing a lot, Boeser being amazed with how awful we could be, and Brian being kept awake by Hanson's normal drunk antics. Bryon and Brad would've been proud to see me and Beseler at our very best.
4. Jessy Klimpel- Power Hour
A bunch of us took Jessy Klimpel out for his 21st at the Old Broadway, mainly because that's the only place that would serve a person on their 21st birthday. There, we hit our large friend up with a large variety of drinks, shots, and beers. Getting Jessy drunk is a hard task, but we were up to the mission. After the bar closed, we went to the only bar in Moorhead that we knew would serve him as well, that being Ralph's. I know we made some bars a lot of money that night between the drinks for Jessy and the drinks for ourselves. At the end of the night, we ended the night was a very late meal at the Fryin' Pan. It was a very happy birthday for our Native American bussy...
3. Christopher, Tanya, Kirsten, Dano, Keira, Chaus, Emily, and others- Tripp 40 at Chumley's
Finals were nearly upon us, and we all needed one last weekend to go out and enjoy ourselves. Upon hearing that Tripp 40 was playing in town, we chose to that to be our venue for a good Saturday night. We all met up at the Moorhead bar and began talking and hving beers. In the early stages of the night, Kirsten got a little carried away with the drinks, and ended up actually drinking out straight out of the pitcher, which was probably a bad sign. Shorty there after, Dano took Kirsten home since it looked like she might've been ready to fall out of the booth. The night went on with the band playing and beer flowing freely, and right around 11:30, I was out on the dance floor, which is truly a rare occasion. Anyhow who knows me well knows that. Al Berg was still a member of the band back then, and he started playing the opening licks of Blister in the Sun, which he also sang. We all went crazy out there. I don't think anyone is ever going to forget me out there on that dance floor.
2. Christopher Hanson- Dave Stordalen's Going Away Party
When Dave came up on his seperation from service date, we naturally had to give him the proper send-off. So, in honor of his service, a large group of us took him out for a good dinner at a place simply called "Jazz, a Louisiana Kitchen". There, we dined on some of the best southern cooking in town. We each decided to drink a pitcher of Guiness a piece in honor of his monumental day. Great live jazz was being played, and the beer was flowing. Following that, we made a trip to an off-post bar called Alma's. It was our favorite hanging spot after a long duty day, and we figured we had better spend one last good one with Dave. There, we drink Shiner Bock and Corona until closing time. The hard part of all of this was the fact that we had a gig to play in the morning. The formation time was 6:00am. All we had to do was show up, play the Army Song, and the National Anthem. When we got there, there was a heavy stench of beer rising from the trombone and tuba section. Thankfully, that was all we did that Saturday morning.
1. Christopher, Sara, Ang, Chaus, Brad, Ryan, Maria, and Thea- The Night at the Roxy
The GSB tour in 2001 was a long, tough tour, and our only free day and night was planned for Winnipeg. It didn't seem like the most exciting way to spend a free day, but we somehow made the best of it. The day we got to Winnipeg, I reached some of my best Canadian friends- Kevin, Elliott, and Erin, and they arranged for us to go out to the club for an evening of fun. We all ended up at a place called The Roxy around 10:00 that night, and we settled in for a fun night of drinking and dancing. A live band was playing, and the crowd we getting thicker as the night went on. It got to the point where Brad and I were out in the crowd dancing with all our friends, when someone in our bunch notified the band that Thea was turning 22 at midnight. At the stroke of midnight, Thea was called up on stage to sing a song. Sara and Ang joined her, and the band broke into I Touch Myself, which was probably the hottest thing ever. They sang the whole song while Brad, Chaus, and I all danced right up front. That was truly one of the most enjoyable nights ever on a tour. It was a shame that only the few of got to enjoy it, while so many others who were invited chose to just go back to their hotel and chill. We all know that's not in the true spirit of the Gold Star Band, after all!
9. Joel Thompson- Jass 2004 Post-Party
The post-festival party for Jass 2004 took place out at a ranch outside of Minot. We rented a bus to take all of our members out there and get them back to the hotel in Minot in one piece. Upon arrival at the ranch, we cooked burgers and brats and enjoyed beverages until late in the evening. One of the funniest things we had ever seen was Joel Thompson enjoying himself just a little too much, sending him into quite a spin that evening. His phrases have now become classic moments, such as him wailing out, "I'm going to be a health care professional..." and "I didn't want to be that guy..."
8. Emily Bair- Get Lei'd Party 2002
Emily showed up to the annual party at the house with a full bottle of Vodka. An hour later, well over half of the bottle was empty, and Emily was basically laying on the couch on the porch asking for more. We hid the bottle in the grill outside, but she somehow managed to find it, which we found particualarly impressive. I then hid the bottle a second time in my underwear drawer upstairs. (She didn't find it the second time around...)
7. Chaus and Hanson- Post Bison/Sioux 2002
After the loss to UND in Grand Forks, the band headed back to Fargo. That evening, our traditional post-game dining began to take place at Coach's in Moorhead instead of Gio's at the Center Mall. The big plus at Coach's was it's bar. That night, Chaus and I found out that there was a two-for-one on all Vodka drinks. We proceeded to have six very stiff Long Island Tea's. We bought Steve Wirtz two vodka sours, but he didn't want them, so Chaus and I polished those off, too. After that, Dano and had to drive me home. It was 10:30pm. We got back to the house and there was a full party blooming. I, however, passed out. Apparently during the night, I was awake at times talking to people, which I don't remember. I also don't remember Chaus trying to toss my into a bathtub full of bleach water. When Chaus passed out during the party, a bunch of people took markers and painted his face. Good times.
6. Dan Johnson- Post-Marquardt Wedding 2003
Following Jeremy's wedding reception at the Season's, Dano and I went back to my place to have some drinks in honor of Jeremy's wedding to Jess. Dan had a bottle of Windsor. I had a lot of beer. Together, we drank most of everything we had. Dano began lecturing all of the girls at the house, most notably Jenny and Annika, about why it was good to love a fat man. He touched heavily (ba doom ching) on the idea that fat guys were always warm and good at giving hugs. It gave fat guys around the world hope.
5. Hanson and the Stordalen Brothers- GSB 100 Year Anniversary
I knew all of the Stordalen brothers, but I had never actually been with all three of them at the same time. This particular evening, that proved costly to me. After the banquet over at the Ramada, us three made our way to the Doublewood Lounge where we proceeded to party. About three hours worth of time flew by, along with three hours worth of drinks. After the bar closed, I was planning on taking a taxi home, however, the boys had another idea. Erik snuck into his hotel room and emerged with an unopened bottle of bourbon and four plastic cups. We made our way to a common area of the hotel and shared the whole bottle. By the end of the night, we ditched the cups and simply passed the bottle. I finally got home by getting a ride from the bar manager at 3:00am. The next morning was hell, as I had to march a parade, but the cold air and the rain helped me recover quickly.
4. Ryan Dodd- Marching Band Party 2003
Ryan Dodd learned a thing or two about drinking at that party. After enjoying quite a bit, he fell down in the entry way amoungst the mountain of shoes that were always laying there by the door. He nearly threw up there. Myself and a couple of other people managed to get him pulled outside. He was laying face down on the concrete steps, which certainly didn't look too comfortable to me. I tried to move him, but he stopped me by saying, "No, please don't move me right now, it feels so good right here..." Another classic line that many of us will never forget.
3. Aaron Beseler- Jass 2004 Post-Party
Simply picture a really drunk Beseler walking around double-fisting drinks while wearing a ridiculous purple Zoro hat. This was the evening that he crowned the "Helll-ooooo...I'm the super-sexy Beseler with the hat that says 'Zoro'..." We have video taped coverage for those of you who are curious...
2. Jenny Thompson- Marching Band Party 2001
Jenny was the first person to be enshrined on my fridge. Rick Gion took a classic photo of her lying on the kitchen floor amoungst many party-goers who came out of the first marching band party at my house. Jenny enjoyed a large load of Miller Lite before settling on the floor for a while. To see the photo, please talk to me, you won't regret the time you spend coming to my house to see it...
1. Hanson and Jensen- St. Patrick's Day Chicago 2002
One of the greatest moments for Brad and I ever was partying together in Chicago on St. Patrick's Day. It was the year of the imfamous 'trombone case', and also the year that someone stole my luggage. That night, we enjoyed cocktails at the symphony, wine at a fancy bar, green beer at a pub, and then six hours of partying in our hotel room with some of our best friends to date. At one point, I was passing out, and Kari Natvig jumped on my and beat me until I woke up and mixed another drink. Nina, Jenny, and Michelle were with us that night, too. Dano and I had a couple of talks out in the hallway that night about girls. Chaus was involved in the party, as it was the only night he could really get toasted (he was our bus driver that year). That night was something else, and it was a night where some of my best friendships were born. And, of course, this year, we return to Chicago. Most of those people involved in 2002 are now gone, but I intend on making St. Patrick's Day another night to remember again...
10. "Do you watch Pokemon? I watch it all the time."
9. "So, do you put out on the first night or what?"
8. "Buckle up- my brakes don't work so well..."
7. "Girls don't normally like me, but maybe you will..."
6. "I'm a trumpet player..."
5. "I'd pay for dinner, but I don't have a job..."
4. Any quoting from Old School.
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Pop and Rock 10. Lonestar, Norah Jones 9. Piano Man, Billy Joel 8. Superstition, Stevie Wonder 7. February Stars, The Foo Fighters 6. Desperado, The Eagles 5. Valentine, Get Up Kids 4. Back to Good, Matchbox 20 3. Sullivan Street, Counting Crows 2. Split Screen Sadness, John Mayer 1. Melissa, The Allman Brothers
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Country 10. You're Gone, Diamond Rio 9. Time Marches On, Tracy Lawrence 8. What Might've Been, Little Texas 7. Melt, Rascal Flats 6. Family Tradition, Hank Williams Jr. 5. Write This Down, George Strait 4. The Dance, Garth Brooks 3. You Never Even Called Me By My Name, D. Allen Coe 2. El Paso, Marty Robbins 1. Mendocina County Line, Willie Nelson |
April 29, 2004
Emma Aavang
Sara Egge
Megan Friskop
Amber Hopf
Emily Hunt
Dana Kolberg
Tanya Matthies
Lea Sims
Kirsten Solomonson
Jenny Thompson