The Hot Club

THE HOT CLUB
WHERE HEARTS ARE ON FIRE

BUT IT’S NEVER TOO HOT
FOR THE DEVIL MAY CARE

575 South Water Street

Providence, RI

Sunday (Nov. 1) is the last shift (12-7) for Patti Quimby. Come out and celebrate the Hot Club’s personable server, and salute the Grande Dame of the HC bartenders. I would tell you who will ascend the throne as Grande Dame but my writing career might end. Come out Sunday and find out.



We were talking about Jerry Lee Lewis. Whose Your Daddy told me that Conversations had a piano with a cassette player. You just played a song and sat at the piano making believe you were playing it. Dad said his girlfriend was very impressed with his playing.



I recall Jerry Lee Lewis being arrested for trying to drive his Cadillac through the gates of Graceland. Foot Joy said it was because Elvis owed Jerry Lee money. The Wizard just came back from Memphis. He said you have to go to Graceland when there.



The ORric told me of a long ago friend who called after falling asleep in his car at Cheaters one winter night. The friend said he was paralyzed. When ORric showed up, he found that the friend’s car was drafty with floor board holes. His friend wasn’t paralyzed. His feet were frozen to the brake and accelerator.



Jimmy Chelo said that he met Cecil Fielder at a Florida golf course. In the clubhouse, Jimmy asked Fielder about the 11 ways to score a runner from 3rd base with less than 2 outs. After he named two or three, everyone was poised to hear more from Cecil. Instead, Fielder paused and then said, “Hey they’re paying me to hit, not think.”



The Jules went to Italy (Rome, Venice, Bologna, and Milan). She said that people with Smart cars park straight on against the curb. She said that the dollar loses about a 3rd of its value against the euro. It was 9 euros for a diet coke. She found a small store where you could get a 4 pack of soda for 4 euros. An Absolut vodka was between 15-18 euros.



I told the Warden about Julie going to Italy. But when I meant to tell him she went to ‘Venice’, instead I said ‘Venus’. The warden said, “She’d have to take a NASA flight.”



The Warden has a Danny Ainge 3B Toronto Blue Jays card. I told him we’d have to see what it was worth. Anyone? The Warden said he also has a Schilling rookie card when he was with the Orioles. I remember the Red Sox trading Schilling for Mike Boddiker. The Warden said he’ll take offers for the cards. The highest offer.



So I suggested to the Warden that he put the baseball cards on Craigslist. The Warden said that he’ll do it thru the Zine. So a ZineList. Anything you want to sell, put it on the Zine List. The Warden said 50% royalties for sports memorabilia sold on the Zine List.

The Hot Club

THE HOT CLUB
WHERE HEARTS ARE ON FIRE

BUT IT’S NEVER TOO HOT
FOR THE DEVIL MAY CARE

575 South Water Street

Providence, RI


Jimmy Chelo posed a brain teaser to me: You take 3 left turns and then you’re facing two men in masks. Where are you? Answer at the bottom.



Contraire and I were discussing NFL games. He thought that the Ravens were the pick over the Patriots. I strongly disagreed and offered to make a drink bet that the Pats would win straight up (no points). Contraire said “Double drink bet.” So I said “Sure”. Now I just have to find him this week to collect. Of course I still owe a drink to Fran, the Yank Man, for the Red Sox not overtaking NY. Funny, he wasn’t at the HC last Wednesday.



The Lance introduced me to his friend Sean and said he was a writer. So I asked Sean what he wrote. Sean wrote a book about the Eastern Front (1944-45). A thesis? Yes said Sean, an esoteric book about an esoteric subject. And it dealt with the most esoteric area. But he’s published!



The Herbster told me that he e-mailed Sportzine to 24 of his friends. I thanked him for that. No word on whether any of those 24 friends are still talking to the Herbster.



Last Wednesday it was Katherine’s (Red Shoes/Green Shoes) birthday. So a bunch of the staff went out on Tom McGinn’s boat to celebrate. The Wednesday Wevelers.



The Son of a Son of a Sailor told me that he went to Fenway Park and got face time on NESN. He showed me the shot on his cell. He also met Heidi Watney on an elevator at Fenway. He asked Heidi if he could take her picture. To his regret, the Heidi One said, “I’m not sure we have time for that.”



Patti Quimby, the Grande Dame of the Hot Club, is ending her reign soon. Patti is now working Wednesday nights (6-closing) at Doherty's East Ave Café. Patti has two more Sundays left at the Hot Club, October 18th and November 1st. After that, Britt becomes the new Grande Dame of the Hot Club.



The Lovely Lisa gave me a Zine moment. She says she plays a certain song for a certain patron. The song is Elbow’s Grounds For Divorce. The patron is … you figure it out.



Alexander the Great called Katie ‘the Hazel Mae of the Hot Club’.



Answer: You’re at home plate. Thanks to Jimmy Chelo for the riddle.