Worrying after the matters of Uglification and Derision.
Yup, I saw it. People asked me what I thought about it. I gave them a very drawn out "Ok laaaaa". The 3-D was a lot more gimicky than the more subtle delineations of Avatar, and clearly the story was changed quite a bit, but the CG was nice and the acting - generally good. And you might not like her, but I thought the White Queen was pretty nifty.
But if you wanted to know what was happening at Fresco this week instead of what I thought of the new film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, here's the scoop (Mar 8 - Mar 14):
- Monday: Drummer Tunji brings together his new band, Diving for Air, with Tony Lee on guitar and vocals and Koya Hisakazu on bass (9:30PM)
- Tuesday: Open Mic - Rock out on your own terms (9:30PM)
- Wednesday: Mark Peter continues his wide-ranging keyboard, with a blend of smooth and funky jazz (9:30PM)
- Thursday: Latin Music rebounds with Polanco and crew (9:30PM)
- Friday: Allen Youngblood takes our stage once more with his special brand of Caribbean jazz, see below (10PM)
- Saturday: The Ted Lo Trio brings together the man himself, Eugene Pao on guitar, and ah-Hong on bass for a power packed night (10PM)
- Sunday: Chill Out with the pros as they musically unwind the week (10PM)
Youngblood Caribeño:
Ted Lo's Trio:
A new matter of Trivia:
1. This man voiced his displeasure in mid 2009 over United Airlines' handling of the matter of their baggage handlers smashing his Taylor 710CE guitar (in the same line as my 310CE and Chris' 410CE often featured on Open Mic nights); after being told that nothing was going to happen, he took another guitar to the test and wrote the Internet hit song (and later full triology) "United Breaks Guitars" which received over a million views on YouTube; owner Bob Taylor immediately offered him two guitars to help with his second video. What was his name?
2. Which character, based on a then popular type of Victorian era soup, said about his coursework that it included "Reeling and Writhing, of course, to begin with...and then the different branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision" from the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
Take it easy, but take it.[1]
Finding a desk upon which to write notes,
Guy Cirino
Chief Bacchanalian Officer
with:
Joyce Baker
Chief of Art and Design
Rob Baker
General Manager
[1] Woody Guthrie
- Trivia contest rules:
- Limit one entry per person.
- Any single serving drink off the bar menu may be selected (bottles of wine and champagne are expressly excluded, normal idea of a "single serving" applies here guys ;)
- Free drinks cannot be redeemed for cash, exchanged, or refunded.
- This may not be combined with other offers.
- The bartender or server may request to see photo ID if they do not recognize you.
- Free drinks from this contest will only be given if the winning contestant is physically present at the bar.
- The offer for a winning contestant is only valid for 30 days from the date Fresco sends notification that they have won.
- Employees of Fresco are not eligible contestants.
- Contestants may win no more than once in any four consecutive contests.
- Answers must be deemed correct as judged by Peel Fresco Music Lounge staff conducting the contest.
- The contest is complete on the Sunday following the day in which the questions are announced. No further submissions for that contest will be accepted for winning consideration.
- Open Source Discount Membership rules:
in refinement - program is active at the register, please mention OSS. At the moment we're only collecting information from potential applicants that think they'll be up to the (unannounced) standards based on the above. Suffice it to say, it'll be something like "verifiable nontrivial commits to projects with any license recognized by the Open Source Initiative" with the rules subject to change as we work out what seems within the right spirit. Joining does include one free geek drink in addition to the usual discount (ever taste a Blue Screen of Death?).
