Thursday, February 21, 2008

Playboy Spring Break Update Numero Uno

As you may know, I'm getting ready for Playboy Spring Break 2008 in Cabo San Lucas. My efforts have included trying to get in shape and also getting as pale as possible in cold New York. In a mere two weeks, I will be in the middle of thousands of crazy-fucking-drunk college kids. I should be right at home.

Breann McGregor gives Official Chris Duncan some love... photograph by Chad Doering with my camera
Breann McGregor gives Chris Duncan a kiss


This year, we're doing even more in Cabo than ever before. So sit back and relax as I "break it down" for you fools. People often ask me how much Corona and Cuervo it takes to master the science of Spring Break. It takes exactly 120 Mexican Coronas and 50 Cuervo shots. I figured that out last year much like the owl in the Tootsie Pop commercial. What's happening other than drinking? Casual sex... and some great Playboy events! Seriously. Next update, I'll introduce you to the cast of characters, but here's what's happening...

Miss Playboy Mobile Spring Break

Tuesday March 11 Afternoon @ Nikki Beach
Location is still TBD, so don't lock it in just yet. Keep checking for updates because you won't want to miss this. I will do my best to select the finest women in Cabo to participate in the Miss Playboy Mobile competition. The winner of our event will go on to the finals in Las Vegas on April 2nd at The Palms. Sorry guys, there's no nudity in the contest or final photoshoot. I'll have my digital camera handy though...

Rock the Rabbit Concerts at Cabo Wabo Cantina

Saturday March 8 Evening @ Cabo Wabo - Your Vegas
Last year, Your Vegas killed at Cabo Wabo. So we decided it was a good idea to bring them back. Since we locked them up late last year, they signed with Universal. At the beginning of 2008, they joined The Bravery on their US tour. The young men of Your Vegas are suddenly blowing up. Those fuckers were supposed to let me play on their indoor soccer team for free, but they never set it up. Lazy bastards.
Saturday March 22 Evening @ Cabo Wabo - Beasts of Eden
Carter McLean and his band gave a fantastic performance at the Playboy offices last year. They were so good that we're bringing them to Cabo with us. Carter (who has a bad ass name... his middle name is Powers) couldn't bring a drum set to the office. He was playing on what looked like a wooden box that produced a sizeable thump. He later revealed that the instrument was called a "cajon". That's "box" in Spanish. Maybe Carter can get some use out of that espanol in Mexico.

Rock the Rabbit Mash Up Concerts

Sunday March 9 & Tuesday March 11 - David Sides
The Mash Up concept had been floating around our office for a while, but it wasn't complete until we found David Sides. My partner in crime, Charlie Romano, sent us a link to his YouTube video and we called his management before the end of the day. We locked David in for the first week of Spring Break. The hardest part was finding a functional piano in Cabo San Lucas. We found one at Passion. If that doesn't work out, we might be screwed. Apparently, there's a piano museum in a mountain town a couple hours from Cabo San Lucas. Hopefully, we don't have to borrow from them.

Sunday March 23 & Tuesday March 25 - Paul Dateh & DJ inka one
Paul and DJ inka one just passed a million views on their extremely popular YouTube clip. Their collaboration with Beasts of Eden should be fantastic. Paul was recently in New York to perform with Public Enemy's DJ Johnny Juice. He also stopped by our office when he wasn't doing a piece with RocketBoom or meeting with Chuck D. We gave him some shirts and wristbands, so he probably likes us more.

Those are the individual events of note. We're somewhere every afternoon and night for about three days in two separate weeks. The listing of events is below. Feel free to leave any questions you may have in the comments.

Playboy Spring Break Week 1

Appearances by Playmate Shannon James and Cyber Girls Jennifer Hurt, Megan Hauserman, and Amanda Hanshaw
  • March 8 Evening (Cabo Wabo) - Your Vegas concert
  • March 9 Afternoon (TBD) - Playmate/Cyber Girl signing with David Sides performance
  • March 9 Evening (TBD) - Bar party
  • March 10 Afternoon (Billygan's Beach Club) - Beach games & Playmate/Cyber Girl signing
  • March 10 Evening (Zoo Bar) - Playmate/Cyber Girl appearance @ reserved tables
  • March 11 Afternoon (TBD) - Miss Playboy Mobile competition
  • March 11 Evening (Nowhere Bar) - Farewell party

Playboy Spring Break Week 2

Appearances by Playmate Lindsay Wagner and Cyber Girls Jessica Danielle, Jillian Beyor, and Aubrie Lemon
  • March 22 Evening (Cabo Wabo) - Beasts of Eden concert
  • March 23 Afternoon (TBD) - Playmate/Cyber Girl signing with Paul Dateh/DJ inka one performance
  • March 23 Evening (TBD) - Bar party
  • March 24 Afternoon (Billygan's Beach Club) - Beach games & Playmate/Cyber Girl signing
  • March 24 Evening (Zoo Bar) - Playmate/Cyber Girl appearance @ reserved tables
  • March 25 Afternoon (TBD) - Paul Dateh & DJ inka one performance
  • March 11 Evening (Nowhere Bar) - Farewell party

Tying Up Loose Ends

Just in case you were holding your breath waiting for closure, here are some updates on previous items. If none of the below is confusing, then you read my blog way too fucking much.

OCD INTERVIEW: MARK FRAZIER & BLAIR O'NEAL
I've been in some recent correspondence with Blair, who was one of my bodypainted models. Looks like she'll probably work at the Playboy Golf Scramble in Phoenix. Recently, I've had a Playmate, the Playmate "mother", and the guy who runs Playboy Golf tell me to come out to LA for the Scramble Finals. I've never been to the Playboy Mansion, so this would be a great time to do that. Unfortunately, that's not how it works. I'm going to be in Cabo until the day I'd need to be in LA. So that's either really good or really bad. Now, I have to convince them to fly me there...

AMERICAN GLADIATORS SUCKS
I don't really think I need to go over this again.

FIRE ISIAH @ MSG
I made the signs and the Knicks lost... so that part went as planned. I couldn't get everybody into it though. Maybe that's a good thing. Since we could've been kicked out for having a FIRE ISIAH sign.

BECOMING LESS FAT
Recap coming later.

TRASHING THE BUCKET LIST
I'll never see this movie and I'm nearly positive that it's a piece of shit. It did much better than the horrible failure that I predicted. I said 45 with a max of 60 mill at the domestic box office. That was obviously insane. I had originally typed 60 with a 75 million domestic box office as a ceiling. It'll probably peter out before it even sniffs $100 million which should be within the next few weeks.