Create Your Own Pub Experience: Draft Thread

[Roy H.]

Off the top of my head - a few things I'm surprised weren't picked:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Bruce Springsteen
Simpsons Arcade Game
Southern Comfort
Karaoke

And while they're limited, for some reason I thought for sure someone would take:

Mumford & Sons
Vampire Weekend

A Great Pick That I was really hoping someone would take:
The Flaming Lips

Southern Comfort falls under the whiskey category doesn't it?

SoCo is actually a "whiskey-flavored liqueur".

[Edgar]

Off the top of my head - a few things I'm surprised weren't picked:

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Bruce Springsteen
Simpsons Arcade Game
Southern Comfort
Karaoke

And while they're limited, for some reason I thought for sure someone would take:

Mumford & Sons
Vampire Weekend

A Great Pick That I was really hoping someone would take:
The Flaming Lips

Southern Comfort falls under the whiskey category doesn't it?

SoCo is actually a "whiskey-flavored liqueur".

SOCO is Orange juice on steroids

[fairweatherfan]

I was surprised no one took:

Golden Tee
Big Buck Hunter
Line Dancing (Rondo, at least)

And I was kinda surprised none of the Midwest guys took any Goose Island beers - their stuff is pretty excellent.

[Bahku]

And karaoke is the worst thing other than motra ever happened to Japan

I absolutely love karaoke.

Luckily that there's been a few places around my parts that are kinda intentionally hole-in-the-wall-y and they kinda build their bar around everyone getting way too into karaoke.

Hate to say it, (as I'm a "live band" musician, who hates competing with it), but karaoke is extremely popular ... and as popular as it is in the US, Asians are just CRAZY about it.

Here's my look at it: I really, really love good live music. But it can be a real mixed bag. For as many good bands I'll see, I'll see 25 bad cover bands playing the same 14 songs from the American Pie soundtrack.

I go to karaoke like once every two months, and while I'm not going to be blown away by any means - I'm pretty much insured I'll have a fun time.

I don't get that same guarantee when I see a band play "Pour Some Sugar On Me"

This is generally right on, you just rarely get the variety and interactive fun of (karaoke/videoke) with a live band ... most are devoted to a genre and often forced by financial concerns to play at least a large percentage of favorites/hits, or they just plain don't get the gigs.

Having limited time, (at present), I'm just a "sub" player, and can pick and choose where and what I play. But I have to admit that karaoke is a lot of fun, and involves the audience as well as delves into a much larger variety of music, which keeps it fresh and spontaneous, (and live bands, even the best, can test the limits of interest at times).

I was more-or-less forced into participating while in the Philippines, as you just could not go anywhere, (party, function, club, even private residence/apartment of a friend's), without it being there, and while as a musician I'm still at odds with it, (from that point-of-view), it's a blast to either do or just watch/listen to.

It's kind of like charades or board games for me, (excluding chess), for some reason I'm always reluctant to get involved, but once I do I have as much fun as anyone. (Chess is an "anywhere/anytime, I'm ready!" thing for me ... I have an extensive list of stories about the interesting places/times it's possible to play).

[indeedproceed]

I was surprised no one took:

Golden Tee
Big Buck Hunter
Line Dancing (Rondo, at least)

And I was kinda surprised none of the Midwest guys took any Goose Island beers - their stuff is pretty excellent.

Golden Tee was a little intense for a while there.

Kareoke was the whale that was never brought in for my money.

[StartOrien]

I'm imagining everyone had kinda the same thought as me:

It's weird to offer karaoke when you've got your dream-pub Band/s  as a part of your lineup.

[indeedproceed]

I'm imagining everyone had kinda the same thought as me:

It's weird to offer karaoke when you've got your dream-pub Band/s  as a part of your lineup.

I was more afraid that Al Swearengen was gonna gut somebody for being to off-key it offended his ears.

Plus, Darts.

[Roy H.]

The Plagiarist and Apologist Pub

Not what I was expecting, but it rocked my world.

This bar is an enigma.  As a proud member of my local NOW branch, I should be appalled by the Plagiarist and Apologist pub.  There's a lot here that appeals to the Neanderthal sect:  Megan Fox surrendering her dignity at the door to serve beer to leering patrons; co-eds playing Beirut in short shorts and halter tops, their bosoms drenched in Stella Artois; the nastiest "food" that you can possibly imagine, all of which seems to be drenched in equal parts grease and ketchup.  The lead singer of the Pogues was there, and he blew in my ear, asked for a kiss, and proceeded to vomit on my trowsers.  Rather than escort the miscreant out the door, the bouncer instead covered the drunk's leavings with a pile of saw dust, gave me a voucher for a free drink, and guided him up on stage, where he sang a strangely compelling version of The Irish Rover.

Why didn't I leave?  I tell myself it was for the Dresden Dolls.  Amanda Palmer is the epitome of a strong female artist, and I had to stay to find out what she was doing in this wretched hive of scum and villainy.  As she appeared on stage, her face painted like a mime, signing about being molested as a child, I was in heavenly bliss.  So sophisticated in her shabbyness, and yet so vulnerable.

Coming off my high from this Punk Caberet Burlesque show, and floating on air after a few two many vodka red bulls and Grateful Deads, I saw the Plagiarist and Apologist Pub in a new light.  Sure, it attracts a young, vibrant crowd of local college kids, their nubile bodies filled to delight by tasty libations.  However, there's a broader, perhaps sadder, appeal to the PAP.  There are the broken heroes of college days gone by, trying to recapture their younger years.  There are the newly-liberated divorcees, who scour the beer for young men, all the while reminding Megan Fox that she's "not that hot".  There's the urban professional crowd, that seems content to debate politics while partaking in the PAP's excellent beer selections.  Oh, and did I mention that that there's Bon Jovi?

I wish I could remember the rest of the night.  I vaguely remember catching a taxi, and for the life of me I can't recall the name of the guy who I woke up next to.  Still, I felt compelled to immediately post this review to Yelp, and since my paramour's laptop was open next to the bed, I'm posting under his account.  -Sandra B.

This place rocks!

Did somebody say morally casual women?  This place has them in spades!  Plus, bands dressed as mimes, drunken irish dudes, a bartender that looks strangely like Megan Fox, a "sandwich" featuring gyro meat, chicken fingers, and jalapeno poppers, and a bouncer who said he would "profain my remains".  What's not to love?  But really, what it all comes down to is Bon Jovi + crazy women screaming "The Doctor Is IN!!" + beer pong + red bull.  

Also, if you're out there reading this somewhere, I love you, Sweet Sandra.

Drink Menu

Vodka Red Bull
Dr. McGillicuddy's
Grateful Dead

Troubador Obscura
Allagash Black (Bourbon Barrel)
Gritty McDuff's Black Fly Stout
Stella Artois
Maine Beer Company's Zoe
Casco Bay RipTide Red Ale

Bar Staff
Megan Fox
Dan Dority

Entertainment



The Pogues
Bon Jovi
The Dresden Dolls



Drinking Table Games (Beirut, Flip Cup, Beer Die)

Food



"Fat" sandwiches

[ChampKind]

I was surprised no one took:

Golden Tee
Big Buck Hunter
Line Dancing (Rondo, at least)

And I was kinda surprised none of the Midwest guys took any Goose Island beers - their stuff is pretty excellent.

Not enough beers to slot in Goose Island for me, although 312 and Honker's would have been solid choices. If we were going with strictly brewery lineups, I probably would have gone:

New Glarus Brewing Co.
Moosehead
Yuengling
Milwaukee Brewing Co.
Unibroue
Pete's (although, sadly, now defunct)
Stroh's (awwwwww yeah.)

[Roy H.]

And yes, since I lack the comedic skills of IP and the rest of the bar owners, I'm substituting in pictures of attractive patrons.

[indeedproceed]

And yes, since I lack the comedic skills of IP and the rest of the bar owners, I'm substituting in pictures of attractive patrons.

John from Newark gets around like nobody's business.

[StartOrien]

And yes, since I lack the comedic skills of IP and the rest of the bar owners, I'm substituting in pictures of attractive patrons.

Don't kid yourself Roy, I literally laughed out loud at your first review. And laughing out loud in your cube always makes people think you're insane.

[Edgar]

I will visit yours, just to be staring at the bartender sweating like a pig in nervous ways.

 

p.s. Image always a good help
specially when attractiva


P.S.2  What Karaoke does
In the morning she is a worldbank counsultant graduated from harvard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OD77Qkfc0


and she sings well

compared on how we most do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z31E24HdS2c&feature=related

[StartOrien]

Roy,

When you had your first Fat Sandwich did you call your health insurance company to make sure you were covered for that?

[Roy H.]

Roy,

When you had your first Fat Sandwich did you call your health insurance company to make sure you were covered for that?

I think I tried to, but I accidentally drunk-dialed my ex instead.