Hey all you dingwoppers.... Song of the week comin' at ya....
This week...
Dr. Dog doing "The Beach"... this was the first tune I heard from these cats and is my favorite... but "How Dare" is a close second... so check that out if you dig this one. And if you have 12+ minutes to burn or are sitting at your desk at work and want to rock some tunes check out Dr. Dog on the Tiny Desk Concert series on NPR - you can find it on YouTube as well.... "Dr. Dog Tiny Desk" will get you where you need to go.... and it is probably one of the very, very few places you'll have the privilege to see a dude "play" a suitcase... yeah... you read that right....
Alright... so... Dr. Dog....
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Sunday, January 3, 2010
The BEST Dive Bar In Northern Minnesota
If you're from the north country you already know of what I speak... yes, none other than the famous ANCHOR BAR in Souptown (Superior, WI).
So here's the deal for you folks not privy to the legend of the ANCHOR...
The Food...
Ridiculously cheap and good tastin' hamburgers... I'm talkin' most burgers on the menu are $3.25 - and it's not one of those joints where you have to add 50 cents for a piece of cheese and 50 cents for bacon and 50 cents for blah blah blah... none of that bullshit at the Anchor. Besides that they have a wide assortment of burgers... from the Green Olive & Cream Cheese to the Cashew to the Mexican... on and on... our newest favorite we just tried the other day was the Ruben Burger... Kraut and Swiss Cheese on a burger... it was delicious! And of course you have to order up a side of fries at a whopping $1... yeah, thats right... ONE dollar... and these fries go from the whole potato to your plate... they actually have sacks of potatoes sitting in the back room or "Kitchen"... no frozen, coated grossness... just real fried potatoes - almost as good as the burger. So a burger and fries run you just over $4.00. Our last bill at the Anchor (2 burgers, 2 orders of fries, a cocktail and a Lion Oatmeal Stout) came to a grand total of $14.00!
Those famous $1 fresh fries...
DellMarie ready to dig in... and my Ruben Burger... smothered with sweet suculent fried Kraut....
The Drink...
Yeah, I suppose you could order a Miller Lite at the Anchor and get one... but they pride themselves on having a wide, wide assortment of imports and micro brews and just generally GOOD beer... The last couple times I've drank down Lion Oatmeal Stout... hand crafted in Sri Lanka.... outstanding. Many good beers on tap as well - Goose Island, Summit.... I'm forgetting the rest... The bartenders aren't shy about mixing a cocktail how it was intended... if you get anything less than 50-50 of booze to mix... you must not be in the Anchor. And the price on all the imports and micro brews is about the same as you would pay for a crap beer anywhere else...
The Joint...
Its the Anchor... so it has a shitload... and I mean a SHITLOAD of shipping type of stuff all over the place... screwed to the walls, hanging from the ceiling etc.
They also have a little nook in the corner that you walk up to dubbed the "library" because it two walls of books in there...
And my favorite table is the one with 3 old skool barber chairs that you can pump up to raise and lower yourself... nice and cushy and duct taped and ratty....
Anyway, there is a big-ass fake sword fish that hangs on the wall by the bathrooms... oh, the bathrooms... the men's is a pure shithole... graffiti everywhere you look - mostly things about "your mom" and "sweet masturbation" and the like.... there's a big hole in the wall above the one and only urinal... must have had to do some plumbing....
But despite that, The Anchor is a narrow little bar that gets packed by 5 or 6 o'clock... and don't even try to get a table on a Friday or Saturday if you show up around those times... you're standing around for 45 minutes or so till something opens up....
The Staff...
Usually bitchy and crabby... not your typical bouncy 22-year old college student waitress... they're old-PallMall-smoking-Souptown ladies... once we even got asked out of the blue to pay our bill becasue we kept ordering drinks.,.. I guess they thought we were going to try and skip out and not pay... though I will have to say the service lately has been SUPER fast and bordering on pleasent.
So... obviously we LOVE the Anchor... if you ever find yourself in Souptown on Tower Avenue... don't stop until you get to the Anchor... you won't regret it.
So here's the deal for you folks not privy to the legend of the ANCHOR...
The Food...
Ridiculously cheap and good tastin' hamburgers... I'm talkin' most burgers on the menu are $3.25 - and it's not one of those joints where you have to add 50 cents for a piece of cheese and 50 cents for bacon and 50 cents for blah blah blah... none of that bullshit at the Anchor. Besides that they have a wide assortment of burgers... from the Green Olive & Cream Cheese to the Cashew to the Mexican... on and on... our newest favorite we just tried the other day was the Ruben Burger... Kraut and Swiss Cheese on a burger... it was delicious! And of course you have to order up a side of fries at a whopping $1... yeah, thats right... ONE dollar... and these fries go from the whole potato to your plate... they actually have sacks of potatoes sitting in the back room or "Kitchen"... no frozen, coated grossness... just real fried potatoes - almost as good as the burger. So a burger and fries run you just over $4.00. Our last bill at the Anchor (2 burgers, 2 orders of fries, a cocktail and a Lion Oatmeal Stout) came to a grand total of $14.00!
Those famous $1 fresh fries...
DellMarie ready to dig in... and my Ruben Burger... smothered with sweet suculent fried Kraut....
The Drink...
Yeah, I suppose you could order a Miller Lite at the Anchor and get one... but they pride themselves on having a wide, wide assortment of imports and micro brews and just generally GOOD beer... The last couple times I've drank down Lion Oatmeal Stout... hand crafted in Sri Lanka.... outstanding. Many good beers on tap as well - Goose Island, Summit.... I'm forgetting the rest... The bartenders aren't shy about mixing a cocktail how it was intended... if you get anything less than 50-50 of booze to mix... you must not be in the Anchor. And the price on all the imports and micro brews is about the same as you would pay for a crap beer anywhere else...
The Joint...
Its the Anchor... so it has a shitload... and I mean a SHITLOAD of shipping type of stuff all over the place... screwed to the walls, hanging from the ceiling etc.
They also have a little nook in the corner that you walk up to dubbed the "library" because it two walls of books in there...
And my favorite table is the one with 3 old skool barber chairs that you can pump up to raise and lower yourself... nice and cushy and duct taped and ratty....
Anyway, there is a big-ass fake sword fish that hangs on the wall by the bathrooms... oh, the bathrooms... the men's is a pure shithole... graffiti everywhere you look - mostly things about "your mom" and "sweet masturbation" and the like.... there's a big hole in the wall above the one and only urinal... must have had to do some plumbing....
But despite that, The Anchor is a narrow little bar that gets packed by 5 or 6 o'clock... and don't even try to get a table on a Friday or Saturday if you show up around those times... you're standing around for 45 minutes or so till something opens up....The Staff...
Usually bitchy and crabby... not your typical bouncy 22-year old college student waitress... they're old-PallMall-smoking-Souptown ladies... once we even got asked out of the blue to pay our bill becasue we kept ordering drinks.,.. I guess they thought we were going to try and skip out and not pay... though I will have to say the service lately has been SUPER fast and bordering on pleasent.
So... obviously we LOVE the Anchor... if you ever find yourself in Souptown on Tower Avenue... don't stop until you get to the Anchor... you won't regret it.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Charlie At The BREWHOUSE
Went on down to Fitgers in Duluth last night for the Wednesday Night Bracer... featuring Mr. Charlie Parr... it was freakin' PACKED YO!
I showed up at 9... grabbed a Witchtree ESB and waited... No Charlie... no friends... just a whole shitload of folks eatin' and drinkin... 10 minutes later in walks Knasty... and two steps ahead of him was two of my co-workers that I really like... it was strange... so we all hung out... drank beer and then Mr. Sky Davey shows up on the scene... (he's living out in Grand Forks... but somehow... someway... he shows up last night) I worked with him back about 5 years ago... great dude... so it was a fateful night... oh, and Charlie did indeed show up and he started rockin' it with a dude playing harp and another on the washboard...
We drank many more beers and hooped it up in the Brewhouse... packed to the gills... rockin'... GREAT time.
Got a few pics and a short, short vid that is really crappy but you kind almost make some stuff out....
I showed up at 9... grabbed a Witchtree ESB and waited... No Charlie... no friends... just a whole shitload of folks eatin' and drinkin... 10 minutes later in walks Knasty... and two steps ahead of him was two of my co-workers that I really like... it was strange... so we all hung out... drank beer and then Mr. Sky Davey shows up on the scene... (he's living out in Grand Forks... but somehow... someway... he shows up last night) I worked with him back about 5 years ago... great dude... so it was a fateful night... oh, and Charlie did indeed show up and he started rockin' it with a dude playing harp and another on the washboard...
We drank many more beers and hooped it up in the Brewhouse... packed to the gills... rockin'... GREAT time.
Got a few pics and a short, short vid that is really crappy but you kind almost make some stuff out....
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Song of the Week... From a Swedish Spaniard...
Hey party people...
Didn't make it down for the big Christmas Celebration at the Schoenrock's joint... winter snow/ice/rain/wind put a damper on that... wish we were there but I trust it all went off without us...
Anyway, not much new here... just diggin out from the, now CRUSTY, snowjob we received.
Thought I'd post a new song of the week... and I'm going with Jose Gonzalez's "Crosses". The guy is actually from Sweden... and with a name like Jose Gonzalez... wow!
Anyway... if you did "Crosses", check out "Killing for Love" as well... almost posted that instead... but "Crosses" is my favorite Jose tune...
Peace to all you folks....
Didn't make it down for the big Christmas Celebration at the Schoenrock's joint... winter snow/ice/rain/wind put a damper on that... wish we were there but I trust it all went off without us...
Anyway, not much new here... just diggin out from the, now CRUSTY, snowjob we received.
Thought I'd post a new song of the week... and I'm going with Jose Gonzalez's "Crosses". The guy is actually from Sweden... and with a name like Jose Gonzalez... wow!
Anyway... if you did "Crosses", check out "Killing for Love" as well... almost posted that instead... but "Crosses" is my favorite Jose tune...
Peace to all you folks....
Friday, December 18, 2009
The Winter Adventure
Hey party people...
I've set up another blog... called Circle of Songs.
Concept: 4 dudes...(but anyone is welcome to join). One picks a tune that everyone else has to learn within a couple weeks and then post their version of it...
So I kicked off the first tune... since I was the genius who thought of this.... I went with the classic Band tune.. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down...
If you care to tune in to the Circle... here is the link....
http://circleofsongs.blogspot.com/
~Peace Brothers and Sisters~
I've set up another blog... called Circle of Songs.
Concept: 4 dudes...(but anyone is welcome to join). One picks a tune that everyone else has to learn within a couple weeks and then post their version of it...
So I kicked off the first tune... since I was the genius who thought of this.... I went with the classic Band tune.. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down...
If you care to tune in to the Circle... here is the link....
http://circleofsongs.blogspot.com/
~Peace Brothers and Sisters~
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Song Of The Week
Gonna try this...
The song of the week via YouTube...
This week... The Avett Bros rockin' St. Josephs in a FREAKIN' gondola in Jackson Hole, WY... who does that??? The Avett bros... that's who... love the tune too...
Anyway... check it...
The song of the week via YouTube...
This week... The Avett Bros rockin' St. Josephs in a FREAKIN' gondola in Jackson Hole, WY... who does that??? The Avett bros... that's who... love the tune too...
Anyway... check it...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Official Tomten Website.... WHAT??
Hey folks... I've been extremely lazy 'bout the blog... mostly cuz we've been doin' a whole lot of nothing exciting... any my dumb dog chewed up my camera cord and I haven't gotten a new one yet... keep forgetting...
BUT....
I do have a small tidbit of news... I've worked up a dingwopped website for Tomten.... I've got lots of goodies on there... the best of which is a tune from each artist that played that night.... well, except Sid because I didn't have a picture.... don't worry Sid... you'll be on there... someday this cold winter....
Anyway... here is where you can find the site.... http://www.tomten.x10hosting.com/
Check it out and let me know what you think... and if you think it's horseshit, I want to know that too.... you won't hurt my feelings....
Suggestions, comments, questions... I'd love to hear em.
Ciao.
*UPDATE* I opened the site at work and I was greeted to all the tunes playing at once... now if I wasn't at work but at home with a few dingers in me, I would have thought the convergence was something special... but it really wasn't.
So, if you have the same problem I had... just go in to the Tomten Sights and Sounds tab and you'll have to pause all the tunes... not sure why that is happening.. probably has something to do with the fact its FREE WEB HOSTING! DOINK!
BUT....
I do have a small tidbit of news... I've worked up a dingwopped website for Tomten.... I've got lots of goodies on there... the best of which is a tune from each artist that played that night.... well, except Sid because I didn't have a picture.... don't worry Sid... you'll be on there... someday this cold winter....
Anyway... here is where you can find the site.... http://www.tomten.x10hosting.com/
Check it out and let me know what you think... and if you think it's horseshit, I want to know that too.... you won't hurt my feelings....
Suggestions, comments, questions... I'd love to hear em.
Ciao.
*UPDATE* I opened the site at work and I was greeted to all the tunes playing at once... now if I wasn't at work but at home with a few dingers in me, I would have thought the convergence was something special... but it really wasn't.
So, if you have the same problem I had... just go in to the Tomten Sights and Sounds tab and you'll have to pause all the tunes... not sure why that is happening.. probably has something to do with the fact its FREE WEB HOSTING! DOINK!
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