Seattle was the first victim of Tuner Bash After Dark, the car show of the future with a rather less-than-agreeable acronym. Sure, "TBAD" would've been somewhat acceptable back in the '80s, but so were the songs of Wham! and an angry black man with a mohawk (we still pity the fools, Mr. T). But despite it all, we put on a damned good show, filling the Qwest Field & Expo Center with the best tuners the upper Northwest can provide. Thousands of fans came to watch the shiny cars, the DJ Battle, the Import Tuner Model Search, Hiromi Oshima (Playboy Playmate for June '04), Mercedes Terrell (Miss Showoff 2005), and, of course, the industry's up-and-coming dimes: Leigh Nguyen, Reena Vasquez, Lori Malay, Alie Layus, Carla-Maria, Annla Divine, and Leah Dizon, all of which need to phone me because, for one, I'm lonely and willing.
But to get the true essence of TBAD, you need to tap into the minds of the editors and the man who coordinated the whole show, Elliott Moran. And we also invited guest chatter and top breezy from Dallas, Leigh Nguyen, who threw in her two cents. So let's listen in to the chatroom discussion, where we talked about our experiences in Seattle:
ThatGuyRoel: Whut up, jackasses!!
rikdaddydotcom: Jigga Watt?!
ThatGuyRoel: TBAD was the shiznit LeighNguyen: Yeah, I had a blast...my funnest show by far.
xMisterElliottx: It's nice to go to a car show and actually see the cars
ThatGuyRoel: i was there specifically for the models, so I don't know about the cars
NaDsDc5RaCeR: Hi!
ThatGuyRoel: Hi, Nads! Finally found time from your random hair sniffing?
NaDsDc5RaCeR: Roel, at least I'm not "That Guy"...you know, "That Guy" who hits on all the import models
ThatGuyRoel: I am not "That Guy"!
rikdaddydotcom: Wait, who was the hair sniffing guy?
ThatGuyRoel: I believe that was Nads
LeighNguyen: Ah! So that's what you were doing. I thought you were trying a freaky newdance move...you just wanted a whiff of my Tigi.
ThatGuyRoel: Tigi? Wow, that's an obscure hair care product reference...not that I know anything about that kind of stuff.
rikdaddydotcom: Nads shoulda given away "nads" t-shirts to every girl he sniffed
ThatGuyRoel: Nads had other things to worry about that day; he missed his flight, for one, because he, um, had too many mocha frapppuccinos the night before
NaDsDc5RaCeR: OMG, WTF. Yes, I had a lost night on Thursday before we even started our journey to the home of Kurt and Bill. Somehow I redecorated the side of Jonny's mom's RX300 after sending Daniel packing for the friendly skies.
NaDsDc5RaCeR: Goodbye, Daniel, hello, Ryan!
ThatGuyRoel: Yes, a big up to Ryan for not only taking over as copy editor, but also cleaning up after Nads when he also redecorated the Primedia elevator...HAHA
NaDsDc5RaCeR: It must have been the acid reflux.
LeighNguyen: At least you didn't have the runs. That would have been sh!tty to clean up. Hehe...cheesy pun #1. Go Leigh!
ThatGuyRoel: LOL...but because of Nads, we waited 2 and a 1/2 hours at the Seattle airport!
rikdaddydotcom: It was better anyway. That way we didn't have to help set up at the show
rikdaddydotcom: Oops, did i say that out loud?
NaDsDc5RaCeR: That's what Elliott Bay is for.
ThatGuyRoel: Oh, there was a show there?
ThatGuyRoel: I thought we were there only for the pre-party
rikdaddydotcom: That pre-party was pimp
rikdaddydotcom: Next time we should kick out all the guys that aren't us
LeighNguyen: Yeah, it was a weenie roast in there. Total sausage fest.
By Roel Concepcion
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