One of the coolest jobs I ever had was at a place called Mermaid's Lounge. It was the most unassuming, rockinest bar to ever crouch into 4 stone walls. Every night was music night. Not your ordinary bar bands. Not your crappy karaoke. And never, and I mean NEVER EVER a wannabe wedding DJ. Just really cool and really real MUSIC. I miss it. It's where I met my man. It's where I was stalked by a scronny, narcissistic cartoonist and fellow employee. It's where I did mushrooms, that the boss handed out, while I was working. It's where I met artists and artisans. And yes, it's even where I met the man who wanted to be my sugar daddy. This place changed me. I saw Jack deKeyser in his tighty whities. Bisquit boy shared smokes with me and told me I was beautiful (he is sadly missed). And bringing Frankie Venom (teenage head) out of a drunken rage was a skill only I had mastered. Stacey Earle. Now this girl is real. Her honesty and presence was one of the most beautiful things I've ever witnessed. Her musicality moved me to tears. Being wrapped up in such a solid web of talent is something I'll never forget. I only wish I could still go there to hear the music play. Sadly it is no longer. But if you press yourself against those cold grey stones you can still feel the pulse.
Here's just a taste of the talent:
The Be Good Tanyas
Sarah Slean
Jack DeKeyser
The late great Richard Newel aka King Bisquit Boy
Teenage Head
Willie Big Eyes Smith
Blaze
Nash the Slash
Stacey Earle ( her brother wrote Copperhead Road)
Goddo
Stephen Fearing
14 comments:
Think I would like Stacey Earle. Great moniker there!
Even with that extra "e" on the end!
you see...it's contagious that extra "e"
wv: hamel (the verification gods smiled upon me there...very easy to type)
earl-just as contagious as that extra t right? I'm changing it already...sheeesh...you're just as bad as my dad. He corrects the news.
carrie- hellooo my little friend. good to see you back :o) hope you're feeling well. I'll call you.
Um, I wasn't correcting you. What did you type wrong? I was just commenting that she had one extra "e" at the end of her name, "Earle" instead of "Earl".
Then, in hopes that I was being funny, I signed my name as "b.e. earle" in the first post.
Guess it wasn't funny. Oops!
AHA! Now I know what you are talking about. Did you have it spelled as "Earl" first? I followed the link and saw her name there and that is what I was commenting on, but in the damp, dark recesses of my mind maybe I remember that it was mis-spelled earlier.
Honestly, though, I wasn't correcting you. It's an awful habit of mine and I usually fess up right away as it sickens even me.
I corrected Alex Trebek twice the other night on Jeopardy, only to have him correct himself seconds later. I need help!
earl- see it was funny...but I thought it was funny because I thought you were correcting me...I did have it as Earl first even though I knew it was the other way. Also had aritist. It's all better now :o). And don't worry, you're not alone on the correction front...I believe my dad has also been caught correcting Jeopardy more than once ;o)
stacey- thanks for stopping in! You really would have loved this bar. I do reccoment working in one with live music...otherwise it's just a bar...not so glamorous!lol
Yeah, but Earl.... you failed to mention that sometimes your corrections are WRONG. Hehehehe. Kath, shows how much I know. When did it go away?
I'm not sure when it closed down...but I head a rumor not too long ago, that it might reopen. Haven't been down that way in so long I don't even know if all the bars are even the same anymore. Are we old?
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Yuppers Liz, the mad correcter is often wrong. But just as often he is downright sexy!
(Psst...did you see Kat typed head instead of heard two posts above? Hehehehe)
psssst....did you see earl spell corrector wrong...ho ho ho ha ha ha ha.
Touche!
wv: vhiikjl. That's just got to be a real world in some Eastern European or Nordic language, right?
Epee anyone?
you meant word, right earl?
my wv is some kind of slavic language for sure- kauhptik
Hey badger,
I'm surprised none of these links caught your eye! You might be interested to here what Nash the Slash has to say about Led Zeppelin. And bisquit boy. Man, he's just a legend. Teenage head's pretty rockin' too.
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