May 25th – Friday 8:00 – 10:00pm
Bec’s Bar & Bistro, Berkeley
http://www.becbistro.com
Love to see you at the show!
Comfortable venue with good food, good beer, full bar, no cover, nice time of night.
This is on my list to see for sure.
Eddie Izzard as Long John Silver in re-imagined Treasure Island.
Izzard told TV Guide magazine,
“We certainly have softened and romanticised them (pirates)… It’s probably the Disney effect.
“The truth is, pirates were drunken, murderous bastards who didn’t give a f**k about anyone but themselves and would not hesitate to rip you up.
“They were well organised, like mafia gangs. In fact, our approach here is much less classic Treasure Island and much more Goodfellas.”
Yes, indeed. It was a very brutal world, far more rough than the cartoon Disney pirate images. Psychopathic captains and vicious, greedy crews who went rogue were decidedly not lovable types.
But, and I must mention this on the eve of International Worker’s Day, many a maritime worker in the 17th and 18th centuries became ruthless in response to gross and unfair exploitation of their labor by tyrannical captains and the expanding powers of merchants and governments seeking to profit from deep sea trade.
Catch us in the Act this Sunday April 15th at the Lagunitas Beer Sanctuary.
Throw that bleepin’ return in the mail and then come enjoy some beer and live music!
Deborah, a close friend of GDub and Mags, graciously put us all up in Seattle and fed us. She makes a mean bowl of oatmeal and fabulous meatballs and pasta. And she funded our project!
As promised: upcoming posts will be individual thanks for all those kind friends, family and fans who funded our Northwest tour. We love you!
Friends, family and fans successfully funded our RocketHub project at 160% !!
Very cool and encouraging.
Cool joint. Fantastic food. Super nice people. Decent size stage. Easy going and helpful sound tech.
Our crowd was sparse but enthusiastic. Given that a snow storm was happening we were surprised we had an audience at all.
We definitely hope to come back and play here in nicer weather!
Super nice crowd! Quirky fun location with a comfortable stage.
Second day on tour. We played the St. Patrick’s Day event at this wonderful location. Green clad revelers everywhere, multiple music stages, strolling bagpipers, delicious beer and food.
In this video we are playing on the Loading Dock – where the beer is actually loaded — overlooking a courtyard full of folks of all ages.