Slowdown

The 16oz Bullet

jason — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:47:18 +0000

For those of you coming down this weekend, get ready to have your eyes slayed and thirst quenched by our new tall boys of Coors Light. You can never have enough tall boys, either as a bar or an individual. Well, maybe as an individual.

A great lineup tonight…get ready to the dancing out of your system with The Hood Internet, Flowers Forever, and Capgun Coup. The party continues tomorrow night with a heavier twist… Broken Crown, Furiosity, Wicked Me, and Cold Steel will rock the Front Room.

Also, a warning from your friendly ticket guy: The English Beat/Fishbone and Ani DiFranco shows are just about sold out. If you would like to check out either of those, it would be wise to pick up a ticket very soon! In other ticket news, new on sales include Mac Lethal, Little Dragon, The Black Lips, Dead Meadow, and Red Sparowes. And tickets are on sale Saturday for The Low Anthem and Unwed Sailor. On our way to booking up the Spring, should it decide to come at some point.

See you soon!

Deals Aplenty Tonight and Tomorrow

jason — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:58:16 +0000

Come on down tonight for some great drink specials. We will have $1 Miller Lites and $2 wells for you to drink away your Wednesday night!

Another great deal on Thursday when we have the FREE Talking Mountain record release show in the Front Room. Flesh Eating Skin Disease and Honeybee will open the show.

See you soon!

Full Weekend Ahead

jason — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:40:35 +0000

Now that the snow is out of the way, or out of the sky at least, it’s time to get out and have some fun . We have a full weekend around here. Tonight, Narcotic Self will bring the metal to the Main Room along with Dirtfedd, Desire To Destroy, and The Clincher. Saturday night is the return of Damon Dotson with Brad Myers opening the show. And we will be opening up on Sunday for the Super Bowl. Come down and enjoy happy hour from 4-7pm and free pizza at game time! See you soon.

Haiti Benefit And The Week Ahead

jason — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:38:52 +0000

The good news is that we will be making a great donation to Doctors Without Borders and the Haiti relief effort, but the bad news is that we have no tickets left for Thursday’s show. Many, many thanks to those of you that purchased a ticket to what should be a very memorable night. If you were unable to get a ticket, please do find a way to support one of the many charities doing relief work.

As for the rest of the week, we have a Pub Quiz tonight and another installment of Pecha Kucha on Wednesday. Then a full weekend of shows with The Killigans CD Release on Friday, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk on Saturday, and the return of Rebelution on Sunday. See you soon!

The Goose Is Resting

jason — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:47:28 +0000

Late 2009 was a little rough for our goose that hails from Goose Island. He received a kerchief of sorts when we did some decorating for the holidays. A couple of weeks later he got a brand new pair of googly eyes. He had a whistling pair of lips in his mouth for New Years Eve. And then he decided to grow a beard of all things. See below for the evidence.

So getting down to business, we decided to give the goose a rest for a while. In his place we have the wonderful Guinness 250 stout. Only brewed for a limited time, once it’s gone, it’s gone for good. So get it while you can. The faster you drink it, the faster the goose can get back to his proper home.

Welcome 2010

jason — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 23:23:55 +0000

Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year. Now that we have all recovered, we are ready for a full week around here, kicking off with Will Wetzel and Tim Halperin tonight. Brave the cold and come on down!

The rest of the week holds in store a science cafe/pub quiz, a regular old bar night, the national championship football game, and then a couple of shows this weekend. We hope to see you soon!

Last Day Of The Decade

jason — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:05:58 +0000

As this decade comes to a close we are ready to ring in 2010 with Happy GOO Year. If you want to join us, be sure to pick up a ticket in advance. They are just about gone! Should be a fun night for sure. Just a couple quick notes for tonight: The formal attire is suggested but not required (it’s fun to dress up…go for it!). And the theme this year is masquerade. Also not required but the GOO guys have made some masks for the first people to show up tonight, so come on down early and get a mask.

Happy New Year to everyone from all of us here at Slowdown. We can’t thank you enough for all of the support over the last year. Cheers.

We’re Open!

val — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:26:20 +0000

Yes the doors are open! Machineshop is killing it right now, Tin Kite is going to follow, and then Mal Madrigal will be closing out the evening, this is definitely worth coming out for!

Just a friendly reminder The Good Life show is tomorrow, you might want to pick up a ticket before the show!

Santa And Tyrone Are Calling It…

jason — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:06:18 +0000

Santa and Tyrone Storm are bummed to announce the they have been bested by another storm…the second overly large snow storm in a few weeks. We are closed today but plan to be open again tomorrow for the Mal Madrigal LP Release show. Looking forward to it! Stay warm and safe until then!

Happy Holidays From Slowdown

jason — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:38:24 +0000

Looks like we have a very white Christmas on the way. We hope everyone is safe and sound by now and ready to hole up for a couple of days.

As long as the weather does not get too nasty, Tyrone will be making his was down to spin the hits on Christmas night. Drinks specials and good times will be had!

Then we have a couple of great shows in the main room this weekend…Mal Madrigal’s LP release show on Saturday and The Good Life on Sunday. Friendly ticket guy says to be sure to get an advance ticket for The Good Life unless you want to be shut out in the very, very cold!

Have a great holiday and see you soon!