Time: 6:00 am, July 19th to 6:00 am, July 20th
Space: Bob's Dead Battery Farm at Salt Lick
TW "Lucky 7"
Lodge-n-Lounge
It seemed like a great idea at the time: a nationwide chain of motel
lounges, with bottomless bars, construction equipment, and gambling
on unregulated rodents. The reputation of the first "Lucky 7"
Lodge-n-Lounge Motel prevented the proprietors from building
another, however. Open 24hrs a year, the oneandonly Lodge-n-
Lounge caters to your every travel need, from aboveground kiddie
pools to unheated outdoor bar. Drop by with friends or strangers as
we raise the checkered flag on another checkered season.
Check - In,
or 6:00 AM pARkingLoT ShipwRecK.
Bleary-eyed from allnight interstate driving, pull into the pumps at the
TW Lodge-n-Lounge, weave around around the semis and vacation-bound station
wagons... Congratulate yourself on finding a motel that doesn't take cash
or credit. Dig out that loose bottle of Scotch from the back of your late-
model Chevy Caprice and raise a glass to Tom Waits with the graveyard shift desk-
clerk. Bang the bell, drop your bags, and check out all the early-morning
Lodge-n-Lounge action.... someone's got Closing Time on a cheap plastic
AM radio, and a few of the patrons look familiar from a couple rest stops
back down the highway. if you can't make it by check-in time, drop a dime in the
nearest payphone and raise a 6:00am scotch with us
from wherever at 914/266-3869......
In the Lobby [all day.)
Wander around the Lodge-n-Lounge and take in the art & decor that
motel management monthly described as "squalor de-luxe." There's
the Tom Waits Memorial Tour of Joints, a photo exhibit of places Tom
might frequent. Also, check out the parkinglot-at-your-door luxury of
Motels of America, and ted's 24hr service display. Here's the perfect
place to slip in your own previously unappreciated works of art.
Later in the day, say, around 2 or so, add to the squalor with
Basement Cave painting, using all the dangerous and flammable
substances found in the Lodge-n-Lounge utility closet.
Our Philosophy
I don't need a lot of rules... well.. perhaps
except for the following: (a) don't drive
behind people wearing hats, even if it's
Tom, (b) don't drive a car made past '74
(or one you can't work on), (c) hang up
your cue when you run the table, (d) always
buy your suitcases and 1/2 your furniture
from the City Mission, and (e) don't take
things too seriously. So this is my life and
this is my party. Have a good time, bring
your instruments and stories, mingle, and
don't ask me about my career.
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