dos de mayo

Chicken Day was a hoot! And a mess:

Congratulations to Chris Guilds of Texas for ‘best savory chicken’, taking the prize from last year’s winner, Jiffy, who proceeded to impress us with his ‘drunken seal imitation’:

The first day of mikeFEST!™ continued on to Újezd (the old Borat') and then to Bukanýr until the wee hours of the morning. Tonight is karaoke at Placebo near IPs and tomorrow ‘Poker in the Park’ hosted by this year’s chicken winner, Texas Chris. Be there at 14h sharp for registration.

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I got this rather Infrequently Asked Question yesterday at the Chicken Day. Here is my response:

The reason I put that ‘silly’ trademark at the end of mikeFEST!™ is due to the fact, smartass, that the world is full of people constantly trying to steal my dreams! Beware of imposters! Accept no substitutes!

Or you could wind up at http://mikefest.com/ a sort of ‘anti-mikeFEST!’ (not yet trademarked, if someone’s interested) which promises: “Fellowship, Fun, Food, Four Wheelers, Friends [sic(k)]” but at what price? This from their website:

"This is a Christian family day. No swearing. No smoking. No alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs may be carried onto or consumed on the property. No person under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or any illegal substances that may hinder thinking ability or reaction time will be permitted access to the property. Also, no firearms or weapons are permitted while on the property.”

You also have to wear a helmet ‘at all times’, apparently, ‘ON THE PROPERTY’. What the hell for? This from their guestbook:

Joanna Mohnkern said: November 18th, 2008 2:48 am
MikeFest is the best thing since horses were made.[endquote]

With ‘no running water’ and a ‘Sorry all I have is an Outhouse’ I can think of better things ‘since horses were made.’

Thanks, but no thanks. My lawyers will be in touch.

Other offenders are not so flagrant, much more on brand and are therefore tolerated, and, as we’ll see in this year’s mikeFEST!™, even encouraged. After all, imitation is the highest form of flattery:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQXocuX-rKs

Can’t wait for the DVD!

This next ‘mikefest’ is a 40 year old metal promoter from a place called ‘Middle Island’, New York. Huh. He could have been me, the original mike in mikeFEST!™ but he’s not:

http://www.nonelouder.com/profile/Mike90

And this next one is almost swooning with the true spirit of mikeFEST!™. This from the April 29 blog entry: “When you get right down to it, when MikeFest decides to play - it's a good day all around”

I couldn’t agree more. Spot on brand. Good work:

http://360voice.gamerdna.com/blog.asp?tag=MikeFest

So to honor some of the knock-offs this year, we’re offering Greg’s GEEKfest™ (that’s right, beat you to it) covering two full days of mikeFEST!™: Tuesday&Wednesday, Mikes 5&6 respectively. For ‘MikeFest’ - the above gamer’s imaginary friend, we have an all-night LAN party at Battlezone @Myslíkova 23, featuring UT, GTA, among other hip-sounding letter combinations. For the metalhead, we have a games night with Slovak metal at Troll, just after we shoot weapons without helmets while under the influence in honor of the friendly fellowship over at mikefest.com.

And when we’re done at GEEKfest™, we’ll have this mikefest to clean up the mess:
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/mikefest-09-vacuuming-101-pt2/1139802343
“with a vacuum suficient to do the job.”