I want to alert everyone to a particularly good band at this week’s Peabody rooftop party. Aquanet is a cover band that does ’80s hair band tunes, all dressed up in hair band style. If you like Motley Crue, Ratt, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Cinderella, Warrant, and other bands of this genre, you owe it to yourself to go see Aquanet. They play Thursday night, July 7, with doors opening at 6 and entertainment starting at 7. $10 at the door (or you can buy a VIP pass for the rest of the season for $75). First 200 ladies get in free.
It’s also a particularly good week to eat at the rooftop party. Every week a buffet is included in the price of admission, and this week it will feature highlights from Capriccio Grill’s Modern Southern Comfort Lunch Menu. Blackberry margaritas and Firefly cherry cola are the drink specials, with an additional drink special of pineapple passion punch in VIP.
This is a pretty good parody piece by the Flyer, appropriate for this time of year: MATA CEO still not sure when burgers will be done
Job news: There is a position open for a Director of Communications & Marketing at Memphis College of Art.
Revolutions Bicycle CoOp is having a Bike to Dinner night that will end in dinner at the Downtown Huey’s. Meet up at First Congo in Cooper-Young. On the way Downtown Huey’s GM Dax Nichols will talk about Revolutions and Huey’s.
The Memphis brewing community will present a fundraiser for Al Sakan and Josh Walton Saturday, August 13 at High Cotton Brewery. These are the men who were shot in the incident that eventually led to the vehicular death of Officer Verdell Williams. The two men are still in the hospital and need help with their medical bills. All five local breweries will be on hand with samples, as well as Bernoulli Brew Works, Memphis Filling Station, The Brew Movement Against Multiple Sclerosis, Midsouth Malts, and local brewers will be on hand as well. It is very nice to see all the local breweries come together on this. Cooperation benefits everyone.
Bonnie Raitt with the California Honeydrops will play the Orpheum at 8 PM Friday, October 21.
Random comment: The Downtown Walgreens plays the best background music. There have been several times over the years when I have gone in there to shop for light bulbs or Mountain Dew and discovered songs that became personal anthems for me. Today I went in there to pick up some trash bags and discovered The Sound of Sunshine by Michael Franti and Spearhead.
Great song and just what I needed right now. I’ve been in a dark period in terms of the songs I select (anyone who’s heard me play Bardog’s jukebox the past year knows this well) and I am ready for some sunshine. The dark clouds of drama are movin’ on out to points far east of here and Downtown is about to feel like Paul’s Playground once again. I’m usually kind of a quiet guy but I have a feeling I am going to be very, very talkative for the remainder of the summer.
What was I doing at the Downtown Walgreens, you ask? I have an unexpected day off. I’m having HVAC issues and while I could have phoned it in, I decided I needed to be here to talk to the maintenance supervisor in person. Looks like things are going to be wrapped up here in a bit, so I may get out early this afternoon. Back tomorrow with more news. Thursdays are always Farmers Market news days so the next post should be a good one.