Doug's Tour Diary: Atlanta and Tampa
Added 2024-06-11 15:00:11 +0000 UTCGood Horning! After returning from the exciting and vibrant cities of Europe, we are back in the good ol’ USA and it couldn’t be more mid! Two nights ago, we did Atlanta and had a day to check it out so Mike and I went to “Little Five Points” which I remember being a funky neighborhood with restaurants, bars, shops etc. The food options weren’t looking promising but we decided on a a Pho place. There was a DJ playing loud trap music and they had hookahs available. We were already seated with menus in our hands when we realized our error in judgement. I’ve been in these situations before and if it was crowded, we probably would have left but there were only two other people there so I put in my earplugs and stayed the course. Side note: I always have earplugs with me on my keychain, I wear them during Eric’s show and most times I’m at a noisy bar or restaurant. My preferred brand of earplugs is Vibes and I got the keychain case on Etsy. The cases that come with earplugs are crap so I did much research to find this perfect item.
Anyway, the food was not great, we said "thank you" and left.
Nice things about Atlanta: Good vintage stores. The parks and bike paths were really great. I scootered around a bit and went to a skatepark where a fight was taking place. I actually got scared and hid behind a ramp in case they were going to start shooting or something. These guys weren't skaters though. Unfortunately skate parks seem to be a safe place for loitering losers to smoke weed and drink.
Spotted this lovely court.
Anyway, the show went great, Uncle Phil said I "Killed it."
The Tabernacle was quite a beautiful theater!
Phil even came on stage afterwards to mill about and watch us clean up!
Bonus photo of a building I liked, no sign anywhere as to what it is, just MAIN ENTRANCE.
Off to Tampa, this town has a bit of character to it. Lots of cigar lounges, brick roads and New Orleans style buildings. Saw this church when I was riding around:
Bubba the Love Sponge was one of the guests. He was cool! Here he is showing off his "Air Bubba" sneakers.
The other guest was Rhonda Shear, who used to host USA Up All Night. I never heard of her but Mike was a fan!
The show could have been the wildest one of the entire tour. Eric got this guy from the crowd to strip naked and shave his head (his hair was down to his ass and he'd been growing it for 10 years!) Seemed happy though.
Someone threw this t-shirt on stage. Lucky Joe nabbed it.
Many people on instagram are asking where to buy it. Here u go: https://garbaj.com/
I'm in Orlando now and I MUST exit this hotel room. Talk to ya soon!
Comments
Ahh Doug that basketball court is literally minutes away from the Jim Carter Presidential library where the new OHL tape archive is
Big Hoss
2024-06-13 21:49:27 +0000 UTCI thought I heard you say that
Phil Braun
2024-06-12 19:01:15 +0000 UTCNever said that but thank you
Douggpound
2024-06-12 18:39:16 +0000 UTCearplug gang!!! i have custom molded earplugs with filters so i can hear through them, absolute game changer.
RyAlbert
2024-06-12 15:59:18 +0000 UTCThat’s how Doug & I met
Phil Braun
2024-06-12 15:31:13 +0000 UTClove the behind the scenes! also thanks for the earploug ploug, Doug. I noticed in a post-OHL pic that you tried out the metal can ones. I use those since it’s free. kind of strange how they screw on and off while dangling. glad you found a case that works for you. (fun fact: I actually got mine for Two Tims after recently going to two big concerts. My hearing really shows my concert history 😣)
lilula9
2024-06-12 15:25:39 +0000 UTCAn amazing reaction recap from the great Uncle Phil himself!! Those seasoned eyes and ears know what they’re talking about.
lilula9
2024-06-12 15:20:09 +0000 UTCThis warms my heart so much
Melissa
2024-06-11 23:42:07 +0000 UTCOk now I want a regular Uncle Phil blog.
Shane Cooper
2024-06-11 21:29:53 +0000 UTCMy first day in Atlanta I witnessed a robbery in an alley. Two guys in an SUV apparently stole a young guy's phone, and the victim had a skateboard and wacked their suv with it as they drove away.
Angelo Mike
2024-06-11 21:05:23 +0000 UTCThank you Doug for representing Earplug Gang. It's one of those "you won't know until it's probably too late" spooky harm reduction things that's often difficult to talk about.
rainbowdark
2024-06-11 19:20:40 +0000 UTCI cannot believe Bubba the Love Sponge is still around
Dan
2024-06-11 17:32:06 +0000 UTCMad props for the ear plugs plug! I always carry a pair with me. You never know when you're going to need them.
Christen Platzer
2024-06-11 17:15:27 +0000 UTCWhoops! I wasn't done!... Almost done though. I was going to add too that before the show, i was seated next to a group clearly excited to see Eric. I overheard a comment where one made a comment that "the opener wasn't going to be any good"....now, I don't know if they *knew* who was opening, or if they were making a general assumption that it wouldn't be "good"..? I was tempted to say something back, but decided to keep my mouth shut. Needless to say, I can confirm that all three of them were laughing like crazy during Doug's set. Either Doug won them over, or more likely, the one guy who said this didn't know what the hell he was talking about, because that guy laughed too. I was going to simply wrap this up and say if you have a chance to catch him on the last leg, of course do so! Eric Andre is of course over the top - he's like Gallagher but funnier, less racist, and crazier! He tipped over trash cans, took mixed drinks off the bar and threw them everywhere...nuts. But A+ from our man Doug Lussenhop. Big thanks again to Doug, JP, (and Major Entertainer working behind the scenes) for being great guys in what are often awkward encounters (hopefully it wasn't too bad)!
Phil Braun
2024-06-11 17:12:12 +0000 UTCPhil's Atlanta Show Blog: I decided to write this since (as you can tell) I was, in fact, at the Atlanta show that featured Doug with Eric Andre headlining, and since Doug kind of "unofficially" suggested I write about it and that he "like to read things where people say nice things about me" (Doug said this to me - he'll deny this, but it actually did happen). I will confirm my earlier pronouncement that Doug really was outstanding in his opening performance. I can't imagine anyone reading this hasn't seen Doug perform as "DJ Douggpound", but in case someone has not I'd liken Doug's set to Stephen Wright-style observations and one-liners but much more absurd, and wrapped within a DJ set...imagine being at a club where the DJ is more interested in telling jokes than playing music. Lots of good material, which we expect from Doug, but Doug was at the top of his game with the physical humor as well. The physical aspect primarily revolves around two running gags that are staples to a DJ Douggpound set. The first, and maybe more subtle, are Doug's headphones he wears. They are constantly put on, taken off, over one ear, sometimes both ears....always with urgency to make sure DJ Doug "matches the beat", or "tweaks with his mix" or whatever he's pretending to be doing. I thought his Atlanta performance with perfection, where Doug seemed even more animated with the headphones than he normally might be but working them with perfect comedic timing. The second one is Doug using his microphone/cord as a whip. This one always kills me - I don't know if this was new or old material or a mixture of both, but it's always funny to me. Seemed like he had a couple of new variations with it that made me laugh (I won't spoil the jokes here by describing them).
Phil Braun
2024-06-11 17:03:51 +0000 UTCAh, brother next time you're in ATL please let us reco some food, it's got some bangers. Lil 5 is not the place to go for anything other than greasy burgs and burritos and see the ghosts of american apparel v-necks past. Apologies sir.
Nicolo Giarrano
2024-06-11 16:43:21 +0000 UTCNice travelog, keep having a great time!
Mary Newman
2024-06-11 15:37:53 +0000 UTC
