I'll take you out to the ballgame. Well, RockHouse Events will ...
All aboard the Ragin' Uptown Party Bus to the Knights Stadium for the Charlotte Knights vs. the Louisville Bats, Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds for which I am throwing out the first pitch on June 24. Cost is just $15 and includes lower level reserved ticket to the game, transportation to and from, and beers on the bus. BUT ... I am giving away a ride, as well as a RockHouse Event baseball hat (to get you into the mood).
And for added entertainment you can point and laugh at me while I attempt to successfully get the ball from the plate to the mound without making the catcher dive for a ground ball. Last year, I didn't do as bad as Mariah Carey, Carl Lewis or BaBaBooey ... I did get the ball to the plate, but let's just say that if I were bowling, it would have been a gutter ball.
Special thanks to Wes Wisler for diving to catch the play then play it off as though he never changed his stance, and to my friends at LazyDay for capturing the before and after shots of my missed shot...
You can purchase tickets here
Dance with the stars down by the river ... as in Dancing with the Stars star Julianne Hough at Whisky River's anniversary party!
In order to get into Whisky River tonight you have to either be Julianne Hough, Dale Jr. or a winner of tickets ... and I have tickets you can win. The first person to e-mail me and tell me the name of the drink I invented at Whisky River scores!
By Tiffany Handy
99 bottles of beer on the wall? How about 83 different kinds of beer on tap! And you don't even have to go to a different planet, you just have to board the Flying Saucer.
The walls of the Flying Saucer are painted with hundreds of plates that reflect the glow of the dimmed lights. Girls in plaid mini skirts and knee-high stockings hasten through the obstacle of bar stools, booths and tables, while in the back room the sounds of billiards pierce the ear. It sounds like such a guy’s place — and it is — but women love it just as much.
There are 13 of these establishments scattered across the U.S. and one of them can be found off of Tryon, across from UNCC. Surprisingly, more than just college students fly to The Saucer. Perhaps it’s the 83 taps they feature or the over 300 domestic and imported beers in their beer cooler, I don’t know … what I do know is that it is an extremely popular watering hole in Charlotte.
By Sarah Coombes
When I first heard of Dammit Janet, all I could think about was that song from Rocky Horror Picture Show… “Dammit Janet, I love youuuuuu.” … as it turns out, it’s the name of a new '70s club opening in NoDa.
Dammit Janet actually has nothing to do with The Rocky Horror Picture Show, but it has everything to do with the '70s - and not just the funky fresh music, but the prices too. Whereas Flashback Fridays at the Latta Arcade can help me save a few dollars on lunch, Dammit Janet benefits the beer budget. Specials include $1.50 domestics and $2 imports, and not just on Fridays, but everyday — cheers to that!
Jeff Lowry, the owner of Dammit Janet, says he’s looking to create an affordable place to have a good time, and in our economy, affordable is a green light for nightlifers. Speaking of which, there’s also no parking fee and the cover charge is a mere $3.
The '70s era is famous for its disco fever, but Dammit Janet will be a variety of all the '70s-from punk to reggae and Motown to rock. And don’t worry, the dress code isn’t bellbottoms and platform shoes.
I’m going to leave the décor as a surprise for the opening, but I will tell you that a Jaws set and recycled records are only part of what Lowry has in store.
The club will be hosting a VIP party catered by KC of Fat City on June 4 and opens to the public on June 5. As a reader appreciation, I have two passes for the VIP night this Thursday. Each pass gives the cardholder and a guest a blast to the past... and you don’t need a DeLorean to get there. All you have to do is email scoombes@uncc.edu — the first two people to email me win the passes.
So, if you’re feeling a little night fever, but your wallet is in the E.R., boogie down to Dammit Janet, where you can bust a move and the recession.
It’s not breaking news that parking in Uptown is a bitch, but as of late it’s an even bigger bitch. The Park It Nazis and garage owners are cracking down and making the commute to Uptown an even bigger pain in the ass.
It used to be that you could tell the attendant at the 6th Street Parking garage that you were going to Stool Pigeons or the 7th Street garage attendant that you were going to LaVecchias and get a ticket for validation with the attendants leaving at midnight thus not actually requiring validation.
Well, to get your ticket validated it has to be scanned at the validating venues, and the time scanned is indicated and read by a machine. At the EpiCentre, even the employees have to pay the $10 parking fee, and don’t even bother trying to pull the “I’m going to the theater” line to get free parking because your ticket stub is required for validation.
Cason-Point: Carpool or cab your ass Uptown.
Since I don’t believe in the allocation of our tax money to decorate said garages with hundreds of thousands of dollars in mirrors, murals and stupid noise making columns, I don’t believe in paying to park in them.
So, I am going to share with you the tricks of the trade so you can allocate your money to something more worthwhile ...
* If you’re going to Buckhead Saloon you can get a “Buckhead card” and get your ticket validated to park for free in the garage attached to it on 5th Street.
* You can park in the lot across from Wachovia on 3rd and Tryon after 7 p.m. because the attendant is gone and no longer monitoring the lot.
* You can park along 7th Street between Davidson St. and Dixie’s
* You can park in 5th and Poplar garage in a retail spot before the Harris Teeter closes.
... and if you really want to get gangsta with it, there’s an opening you can sneak out of in the EpiCentre parking garage if you do tell them you’re going to the theaters to get in without offering the cash upfront.
They are building a new parking garage across from the Arena so hopefully we can find a way to sneak into that one.
I've got two pairs of tickets to the Coca-Cola 600 courtesy of Bank of America (meaning they're good tickets) ... want them? Then start the engines on your cursor.
All you have to do to get to Victory Lane is join the fan group for the motorsports show I host, Three Wide Life then e-mail me at brittney.cason@creativeloafing.com
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Tickets available for pick-up at the Creative Loafing office at the N.C. Music Factory before 5 p.m. today only
That's all.
While tailgating typically surrounds sports, now it IS a sport ... it even has its own league.
The National Tailgating League is a newly formed organization created to make tailgating games such as Cornhole, Ladder Golf and Washer Toss an organized sport.
The green flag, kick-off for the NTL presented by Budweiser is this weekend, Saturday, May 23, and Sunday, May 24, at Lowe's Motor Speedway, surrounding the Coca Cola 600. There will be two tournaments on each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon — both open to the public. Each tournament will hold 50 teams and while the cost to play is a mere $20 per person, the prizes include $500 cash, suites passes and tickets to the fall race.
In other words ... get to the track, park your car, do your stretches, put on your game face and strut to the “Eye of the Tiger” theme song in your head to the site of the NTL Cornhole tournament at the corner of Highway 29 and Morehead Road, directly across the street from the speedway — stopping to collect free shit along the way, like Will Ferrell loofahs from Old Spice, beads and keychains from beer girls, and Tylenol and Tums.
NASCAR is one of the biggest tailgating sports in the world and Memorial Day is one of the largest tailgating parties of the year. Tailgating is essentially an American tradition … while women break out the recipes, the guys break out the rivalry.
So, while tailgating recipe books are being published, the fire and ice grill and cooler combo is mass produced, sporting event parking lots become more decorated, and new tailgating games get created, the National Tailgating League is makes it official … tailgating is a sport.
You can register to join the league here.
And stay tuned because this week on Brittney After Dark I am giving away tickets to the 600 courtesy of Bank of America.
As in George Strait tickets for tonight at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, with special guests Blake Shelton and Dancing with the Stars star Julianne Hough. Now, I am strictly dickly, but Hough is a hottie! Therefore, the guys going strictly for Strait can at least have something pretty to look at while tuning out the girly country tunes.
I have one pair of tickets and the first person to hit my Crackberry at brittney.cason@creativeloafing.com wins them, to be picked up at the Creative Loafing offices (and home to the new Uptown Boutique Amphitheatre) at the NC Music Factory.
If your high-speed internet isn't speedy enough to win, there are ways to get tickets for a lot of shows for practically free... Check out the Vibes blog for info on Live Nation's $10 Lawn Blow Out.
... at Wachovia Plaza that is, because next Thursday the merger takes effect and the EpiCentre takes over After Five.
Let us pay our respects …
A picture of it looks like a page from a Where's Waldo?book. Find the guy in the crowd that looks like he might have been a back-up dancer for MC Hammer back in the '90s.
Although it is sad ... don’t grieve too much because I come baring gifts.
I got more V.I.P passes for the Pavilion at EpiCentre After Five to give away. The first five people to become members of my blog group win a free membership to the Penthouse at the EpiCentre.
While Wells Fargo took over Wachovia, the EpiCentre took over the Alive After Five at Wachovia. Another merger has occurred ... Alive After Five is now EpiCentre After Five. See the band line up here
This Thursday is the first Alive After Five ... yet the last at the Wachovia Plaza. They’re having a farewell fiesta at Wachovia with Liquid Pleasure, and next week the merger and move takes effect.
Last week, I went for the media and sponsor kick-off party for EpiCentre After Five to check out the Penthouse in the Pavillion. The rooftop bar provides a good view of the Charlotte’s skyline and the stage the bands will perform on ... and is a mere flight of stairs away from the after-after parties at Suite and Blackfinn.
Speaking of Blackfinn, the Blackfinn (Easter) Bunny made an appearance at the Penthouse … and kinda resembled the rabbit from the Red Door. He was passing out Easter eggs with candy and free drink tickets ...
And I am passing out free V.I.P memberships to the EpiCentre Penthouse. The first 10 people to e-mail (brittney.cason@creativeloafing.com) and tell me why I was included within the 100 Greatest Moments in MAXIM History
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