Women Bowling, originally uploaded by George Eastman House.

Click through on this photo to go see a great collection of photos from the 1890s and early 1900s that come from the George Eastman House Collection.

It gives me possible outfit ideas for Punk Rock Bowling 2009... ;o)

Sat, Sept 20, 2008 - Race To Hell Tour - Throwrag, Lower Class Brats, Roger Miret and the Disasters, The Heart Attacks, Viva Hate, Revolution Mother, The Generators, Stagger & Fall, Black Market Radio, Mad Marge & the Stonecutters, Roadside Bombs, The Girlz, Final Solution and more! - doors at 2pm - $15

Alex's Bar
2913 E. Anaheim St.
(Next to the Auto Zone, entrance in the back)
Long Beach, CA 90804
562-434-8292

Weirdos, originally uploaded by "Shanty" Cheryl.

Wed 09.17.08 - I love Flickr. I love how you can find great new photographers who are within your friends' circle of contacts and then make them your contacts.



After Punk Rock Bowling 2008, I found "Shanty" Cheryl on Flickr and I love her photos. Particularly this one, which is delightful to say the least.

Tonight, Wed. Aug. 27, 2008, Mad Juana is playing at Alex's Bar with the Harbortown Saints and it is a show not to be missed.

Mad Juana is a fabulous new band out of New York City fronted by Sam Yaffia (Hanoi Rocks & New York Dolls) and his wife Carmen Guy. Musically think Squirrel Nut Zippers on a mad gypsy tear through New Orleans on speed. Excellent, I tell you, excellent.

This is a show not to be missed.

Mad Juana, Harbortown Saints, and the Lost Captains at
Alex's Bar, 2913 E. Anaheim St, Long Beach, CA 90804

Internet surfing late this evening led me to Lesile Hall's Gemstone Sweater site, which led me to the bank of videos for her music/performaniceart/parody. Wow!

Photo taken by Ms. Jen with her Nokia N95 camera phone.

Sat 08.02.08 - Last night I went over to Alex's Bar to help Alex with migrating data to his new MacBook and to check out the Secret Affair DJs. Computer data migrated. Secret Affair DJs = GREAT! I really had fun.

The best part of the evening was seeing all the bicycles, at least 50, locked up on the back parking lot railing, with even more folks showing up as I was departing on their bikes. Long Beach music lovers know how to save on gas and have fun. Good on them!

Happy First of August to you. Or rabbit rabbit. Or Happy Lughnasadh. Whichever you prefer, just remember to have a good bonfire and some 'smores.

To re-launch the Barflies.net after our 4 month hiatus, I will be blogging here at the Barflies.net and at Alex's Bar daily as a part of the NaBloPoMo August Hot challenge.

So, what is hot for today, August 1st? A good bonfire. In lieu (or Lugh) of a good bonfire, then a nice, hot, sweaty nightclub...

Yes, Barflies.net is back with a new backend (Movable Type Open Source) and a refinement of our design.

Sorry for our prolonged absence, but we are a volunteer blog and that includes the services of the webmistress / webdev ...

Doesn't everyone need a good vacation?

Saturday, July 19, 2008 at the Los Alamitos Race Track in Los Alamitos (think border of LA & OC) is the Wiener Nationals...

AKA the Dash of the Dachshunds! Forget the horses! Forget betting! Let's talk cute little dogs runny willy nilly and dashing everywhere but to the finish line.

Best fun you will have for cheap all year!

Sat. July 19th (that's tomorrow)
@ The Los Alamitos Race Track
4961 Katella Ave
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
(714) 995-1234

Sat. 04.19.08 - As seen at the Barflies.net BBQ.

We are in the middle of a big upgrade of our software. kthnxbai.

Angelus Rosedale Cemetary Walking Tour
Brought to you by the Studio for Southern California History

Time: 10 am - 12 pm
Date: February 2, 2008
Location: 1831 W. Washington Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90007
Cost: This event is free but reservations are required by calling 213-229-8890.
Meeting Place: to the right of the front gates.

Led by Resident Storytellers Steve Goldstein and Joe Walker, this Walking Tour explores Angelus Rosedale, one of Los Angeles' oldest resting places, built in 1884. In addition to many of the city's mayors, this cemetery is important to Los Angeles' African American communities as well as many others.