Ski & Snowboard Pre-Season Bash at Club Motor
Um... so... this event is supposed to be a pre-season bash, but to the delight of skiers and snowboarders in the northwest, winter came early this year. Celebrate an excellent start to our winter season at Club Motor this Friday!
Bands playing include The T Bagging Bandits, Guns of Nevada, The Pop Can Pipers, and Rane Stone.
If you are attending the Ski Fever & Snowboard Show at the Washington State Convention Center on Friday, transportation will be provided by OurPartyBus.com.
As for me, I'll be enjoying some pre-season freshies on the slopes of Crystal Mountain tomorrow. See you there!
Reader Giveaway: Cherry Poppin' Daddies
One of my all-time favorite albums is Ferociously Stoned by the Cherry Poppin' Daddies. I bought the cassette tape when the album first came out, and then I bought the CD, and that CD wore out, so I bought another copy of the CD, then that CD disappeared so I bought another copy. Then, one summer day while I was driving with the top down on my jeep, I decided to listen to the CD, but it flew out of my hand and of my car. So, I immediately went to a record store and bought another copy. Thank goodness for technology because now I have the album stored on my hard drive. My point is the album is so good that, over the years, I have gone to a lot of trouble to make sure that album stays in my music library.
I am thrilled to announce that the Cherry Poppin' Daddies have TWO new albums out and they are playing at the Tractor Tavern on Nov 21. The two albums are called Susquehanna (a genre-hopper similar to their other full length albums, touching on Latin, punk, swing, ska, new wave, rockabilly, and more) and Ska-boy JFK: The Skankin’ Hits of the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies (a showcase of their Ska material, similar to how their successful album Zoot Suit Riot was a showcase of their swing material). Both are in stores now! Here are a couple songs from the albums for you to listen to now:
- Mongoose and The Snake - a rockabilly tune From Susquehanna
- Hi and Lo – a Ska/Punk tune from Ska-boy JFK and Susquehanna
Even better news is I have some Cherry Poppin' Daddies swag to giveaway. The first reader to comment on this blog post and name their favorite Cherry Poppin' Daddies song gets one copy of each new CD mentioned above, 1 signed poster AND some stickers, pins, and buttons.
Crystal Mountain Opens This Wednesday!!
Today marks two very important and wonderful occasions: the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the announcement of this season's opening day at Crystal Mountain. Crystal Mountain is opening this Wednesday, Nov 11, with limited operations: the Discovery, Chinook Express, Quicksilver & Forest Queen lifts will run from 9am-4pm. Lift tickets will be discounted to $30 for adults and $25 for youth and seniors. Kids under 10 ski free.
Now, I want you to close your eyes for one second, take a deep cleansing breath, then open your eyes and look at the below image:
That could be your view on Wednesday instead of this:
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