Get ready to put on your dancin’ shoes… the Travel Channel will be at Hollywood Disco (formerly Raiford’s) to do a feature on the place next Thursday, September 25. They start filming at 6 PM and need the place to be as full as it is on a weekend night, so they’re asking everyone who loves the Disco to please try and be there. “Dress to impress,” reads the e-mail I received, so I guess I’ll have to bring out the “Disco Paul” persona for an evening. There’s no cover until 9 PM, but they’re asking everyone to PLEASE be there at 6 sharp if at all possible.
There will be a brunch buffet this Saturday at Calhoun’s from 11 AM to noon. $5 a plate. No, it won’t be Calhoun’s lunchroom pizzas and other usual menu items; it’s being prepared by some of their regular patrons in an agreement with the owner. I know the people doing the brunch and they’re fantastic cooks. If it does well it may become a regular thing.
If you’re Downtown at lunchtime, check out the new street vendor who sets up every day on the Main Street Mall called Hippie Geek. They set up 4 tents every day and sell a wide variety of items that would make good gifts. They have a website but so far it’s just a “coming soon” page.
Research indicates that laziness may be genetic. Scientists performed a study using 50 lab rats and Brittney who bartends at the Flying Saucer, and found that genetic evidence could be used to predict whether or not a particular subject would be inclined to be lazy. They’re saying it may one day lead to the creation of a drug that makes people want to be active.
Last night I ended up at the bar with a buddy of mine who’s a finance guy, and I asked his opinion of the recent stock market meltdown. He believes history will remember Paulson and Bernanke as heroes who prevented a second Great Depression. Although I’m glad the crisis was averted, it annoys me to think that Dubya appointed them, which means that history won’t remember his presidency as a total failure.
The Flying Saucer is having a presidential buy-the-glass competition, where you can buy either an Obama or a McCain glass for $5 to vote. I bought an Obama glass last night. The glass “vote” is running about even, with McCain up by a narrow four-glass margin as of yesterday. In the RealClearPolitics national poll average, Obama is up by 2.1% this morning.
Porn star Foxy Jacky is back in the news… this time she’s been photographed in a Shelby County Deputy’s uniform, and authorities want to know how she got it. Ummm… maybe she got it on the sale rack at Salvation Army Thrift Shop? That’s the only explanation I can think of, because I know no Shelby County deputies would ever do anything inappropriate.
Bardog Tavern. 7 PM tonight. Be there.