I had one of those nights, we've all had them. You know, the nights when you have one drink too many and buy a rather pricy (but worth it, early 70s deadstock) Sha Na Na tshirt that may be too small for you. Watching the clip above, I don't care if I have to lose ten pounds, I will cram myself into the Sha Na Na shirt. Remember how Sha Na Na played Woodstock? The best thing about that clip, besides how rad they are, is the audience reaction.
So a month or so ago I found out about the Ginger Elizabeth ice cream socials. Do you know about these? They're always on second Saturday, and I guess she had them last year and I missed all of them. I'm just glad I know about them now, because she has some truly wild flavors going on. For instance the one tomorrow is: fromage blanc ice cream, local honey ice cream, thyme and butter roasted apricots, apricot jus, brioche bread puding, chantilly cream. Fucking insane. They're 7 bucks. I'm really excited about the one in August, which is raw milk ice cream! I've always wanted to make raw milk ice cream. In fact, I have a new, better hand crank ice cream maker so I should get going on that. The one in October has cardamom ice cream, coffee ice cream, and donut holes. Fuuuuckkk.
Also, on Saturday it's Hullaballoo with DJ Hailey Bop at the Fox and Goose. And if you want to know what art openings to check out, read Tim's art picks.
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A dream of mine is being a back up dancer in a Sha Na Na cover band. OMF often tries to ruin my dream by saying that Sha Na Na already is a cover band and that covering a cover band is stupid. I don't care. One day I hope to wear a gold lame jump suit and do synchronized dance moves.
I've tried to help my case by suggesting he would make a great Bowser to no avail.
Dillon L. = Ultimate Bowzer
I like the comments on the sha na na videos. example: Lady Gaga has NOTHING on music like this.
I'm starting to think I prefer pre-Bowzer Sha Na Na. I like more of the fat guy and the black dude. Bowzer is a ham.
I concur... mostly.... but I was grasping at straws....
liv moe - why do you feel you need to be in a band to "wear a gold lame jump suit and do synchronized dance moves"? i would gladly pay to watch you perform in said get-up.
how much?
"ultimate bowzer" would be a good name for...something. what about a party with the theme "night of a thousand bowzers"?
Some of my old Reno coworkers got to work directly with Bowser on designing the Sha Na Na slot machine, so I always got to stare at autographed photos of him during work meetings. He looks as old in those photos as he did in the 70s TV show.
The ice cream social last month had a pretty big turn out, even though it was one of those days with rain and no sunshine. I took her class last summer about making ice cream, although it covered the basics not her awesome flavors.
You are absolutely right about the audience reactions. Golden as a lame jumpsuit.
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