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6:00pm Octoberfest!

Chef Bruce takes center burner as we pay a left-handed tribute to one of the sillier holidays of the world. The Master has created (from scratch!) a sizzling array of sausages for you to sample. Plus fresh ground mustard, weisswurst, greens á la bruce, and don't forget the schweinebraten! In the true gospel spirit we've set up the TW biergarten, garlanded with dying leaves and spare tires. The biergarten special is a real octoberfest Monster Beer, brewed by the only acceptable sponsor of the festival, the Brooklyn Brewery. For nostalgia's sake, we picked up a couple sixes of Mickeys Big-Mouths, some Kool menthols, and lederhosen.

Oompah: The Black Rider

 

6:30pm... Cemetery PoLKa

Yes, yes - it's all true. Thanks to some Dead battery connections with polka fanatics and the local fireman, we've rounded up a bona fide polka band to kick off the evening's musical equivalent of a bad bus accident. What better way to honor Tom Waits? Grab a dance partner and "put a new coat of paint" on dead battery farm nitelife. ... otherwise, joint Ted in the biergarten to mark the "halloween orange and chimeny red" fall season with reminisences about the best graveyards and cemeteries around, including the Greenwood in brooklyn, and wherever Romeo was hiding out.

7:30pm Sunday Paper on a Saturday Nite

Slowly, the Master of Ceremonies winds his way out of the crowd, trouble light and bullhorn in hand. First, anyone and everyone is encouraged to come up and say a few words in the "unconditional spirit of TW." While you're at it, you might as well add to the storytelling spirit by sharing an account of you worst bus trip. 8:30pm Straight to the Top! If you're the kind that impresses dates by using a foreign language at the ATM machine, then be sure to show off your good taste by enjoying tonite's entertainment. In no particular order, we've got the extremely rare Hazel Motes reunion jam, featuring a Waits cover of "Downtown." Plus the Seculars in their Borscht Belt premiere, along with the ever-elusive Humuhumunukunukuapua'a - the best damn ukelele band there is. Also, returning to the scene of their first gig and most outrageous criminal behavior, it's Hevy Floe, the house band of perversion. And maybe, if everything works out, the most perfect band for the TW festival, Skeleton Key . So settle in on top of the hill near the HorseShoe Bar, and reee-lax! (It's the) Heart of Saturday Nite it just about time for a "bloodshot moon" to rise in a "burgundy sky," while a little chill wind whistles through the blazing foliage at Dead Battery farm. So wander over to the Horseshoe bar and grab a hot cup of joe and find a spot in the weeds around the bonfire.

11:00pm "A legend never dies, he just teaches you everything he knows, that's all...."

the sky's "the color of pepto-bismol," but you spot relief in a little nitespot that you know. From the look of the crowd you'd have to guess there's a Costume Party going on. Don the guise of your favorite TW character, or just slap on a "Hello My Name Is" sticker. Join the fun and see if "Big Joe" can pick up "Martha," or if "Romeo" can stop the bleeding long enough to shoot a game of 8-ball with the the "Hooker from Minneapolis." Don't be surprised if you meet a used office furniture saleman named "Frank." Otherwise, it's proper evening attire, please!!

Bartenders Jack and Joey X blend a special tribute to the late Chairman of the Board in this very special edition of Martini Hour. Splendid Sounds: some Frank, of course, plus maybe Frank's Wild Years.. -

 

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