The Hot Club

Heads Up everyone – Mr. D.’s band Almond Joy is playing this Saturday, May 5 at Ciara’s (1525 Smith Street, Providence). Expect Mr. D. and company to rock out the Cinco de Mayo night. The band goes on at 8. Get there early to get a seat. Stevie Saucepan Hands was busting my hump about losing hair on my head. I said I was glad to have any. That led me to David Crosby’s Almost Cut My Hair. Saucepan Hands said Bing! Bing Crosby! I noted that Bing wasn’t a very good father and that two of his sons committed suicide (Lindsay and Dennis). Bing left them trusts that they couldn’t touch until they were 65. Stevie said he recalls Bing singing Sitting On Top of the World. I said “Yeah, alone with just his money.” Chuck D Computer told this joke: a man walks into a bar and orders 8 shots of the finest whiskey they’ve got. When they were brought, the guy drank all 8 in a flash. The bartender said, “I’ve never seen anyone drink 8 shots so fast.” The guy said “You would too if you had what I have.” “What do you have?” asked the bartender. The guy replied, “Oh about 2 dollars in my pocket.” James the Apostle was commenting on the great role filled by Avery Bradley, who is in his second year in the NBA. James thought Bradley was from Pitt or Purdue. I thought it was Texas. A check shows that Bradley played 1 year for the University of Texas. Before the Stanley Cup playoffs began, I called Puckhead and asked who he was rooting for since the Canadiens weren’t even in it. Pucky didn’t respond, but he sure did when the Caps eliminated the Bruins. Puckhead prefaced his remark by saying it was something that his father used to tell him: “Get out the golf clubs.” It was good to see our friend Bailey at the Hot Club recently. Bailey (don’t call me Gayley!) has just retired. He was at the HC celebrating with some friends. During a conversation with them, I learned that Rhode Island’s own Tiffany’s is making the New York Football Giants Super Bowl rings. I also learned that because each player is different, the rings are individually custom designed. The cost for each is around $15,000 (to make) and the casting is quite tough. Congrats, Bailey! Pal Al noticed that Grillmeister Dave was wearing a ‘Kappa’ shirt. It had nothing to do with our own Kappa Delta Phi at RI College. One giveaway was the back to back women. Dave said it’s an English outfit that manufactures soccer gear. THE HOT CLUB WHERE HEARTS ARE ON FIRE BUT IT’S NEVER TOO HOT FOR THE DEVIL MAY CARE 575 South Water Street, Prov.

The Hot Club

Stephanie was in the middle of these two guys who were comparing their shoes, what kind they have and how soft they are. One of them, Folklore Kirk said, “It’s all about comfort, brother.” Stephanie said, “What are you guys, gay, you’re talking about shoes?” Kirk said that he and his buddy were having a little bromance and to stay out of it. Kirk and Steve (aka Michael) are the two with the shoe fetish. Steve has at least 10 pair. Kirk has 7 pair. ‘Shoe boys’ per Stephanie. Kirk says Michael’s the bitch - of shoes. Broc had on a T-shirt that said Clutch. Wondering whether this was a description of Broc under pressure, I asked him about being ‘Clutch’. Turns out it’s the name of a rockabilly style band that he saw at Lupo’s. Later Broc revealed that he worked at the original Met near Leo’s and the version that was behind Lupo’s when it was in the Shepard Building. Jokin’ Joe just bought a Hyundai Elantra. With it comes 3 free months of Sirius XM. And right up Joe’s alley, XM has a Bruce Springsteen channel. “Youth is beautiful. I love to get into it”, says Broc. James the Apostle saw my reference to Pedro Ciriaco, who is playing for the PawSox. St. James wondered if that wasn’t the name of the baseball player in Major League who had the voodoo altar. So I checked IMDb.com and the character’s name was Pedro Cerrano. Cerrano was played by Dennis Haysbert of 24 fame (as President) and Allstate ads. A woman walked into the Hot Club eating a banana. Chuck D Computer said “Sometimes a banana is just a banana.” The consensus was she was trying to get noticed. Said, Chuck, ‘like eating an ear of corn lengthwise’. Just trying to get some attention. A guy with an afro thought Fleet Feet Pete looked like David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. Better than looking like Harry Potter. We were talking about music concerts and Frequent Flyer said he saw Boz Scaggs open for Steve Miller. The audience was so into Boz Scaggs that Miller had a hard time getting the crowd back. So I told FF that Scaggs was in Steve Miller’s band back when they started and is on Sailor (Miller’s 2nd album. Boz is also on Children of the Future, Miller’s 1st album). So it might have been a little too personal for Steve Miller. And Amanda said she liked Cabin in the Woods a lot, the latest from Josh Whedon. Sportzine is also available at jimdawsonsports.com (Thanks to Buffalo Steve) THE HOT CLUB WHERE HEARTS ARE ON FIRE BUT IT’S NEVER TOO HOT FOR THE DEVIL MAY CARE 575 South Water Street, Prov.