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Peel Fresco Music Lounge Newsletter Mar 9[::]
Peel Fresco Music Lounge Newsletter Mar 9
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Backed tracks stack though we sometimes know jack.
The wet winds of the weekend troubled not the ardent live music listeners of Hong Kong! It was with some surprise that I walked into Fresco Saturday night to see Rickard and company performing a new mix of upbeat jazz to find a full house behind the entanglement of the new double curtain, but Carr had an Erdinger ready in short order and all was right in the world.
At least, this localized part of it ;)
A number of our favorites are back to the schtick this week, and the weekend has a few heavy hitters in store for you (Mar 9 - Mar 15):
- Monday: Barstool Philosophy takes a critical look at modern issues in Micro-Finance-Institutions (MFIs) joining forces with the Internet (9:30PM)
- Tuesday: The mic awaits you; are you ready to take it? Would a shot help? (9:30PM)
- Wednesday: Bob is back with his unique organ sounds with the help of Skip and Al for revivalist tunes of the 60s (9:30PM)
- Thursday: Latin music finds Joao, Victor, and DC to sway its progressions on the small stage (9:30PM)
- Friday: Miguel Fernandez is back for his second showing with his sax, accompanied with heavyweights Ted Lo on keys, Sylvain Gagnon on bass, and Anthony Fernandes on drums (10PM)
- Saturday: Eugene returns for some fast picking envisioning of Hong Kong influenced jazz, with a few friends that can keep up (10PM)
- Sunday: Chilling out at Fresco means taking a break with a chat for the musicians, as they experiment outside of the bounds of their normal gigs around town (8PM)
Trivia slipped by us last week, but in the week prior, despite a few arguments involving the O.E.D., you attacked with perception:
- Q: The B.F. Goodrich Company originally coined this common name in 1923 to describe a new line of rubber overshoes, including a fastener, though the general idea was patented as early as 1851; what is the name / device?
A: The zipper
- Q: This General from the British army wrote the manual called "Scouting for boys" in 1907, which later formed the basis for a similarly named organization shortly thereafter; what is his name?
A: General Baden-Powell
So keeping it a bit less contentious this week, here's some new things to ponder:
- In 2006, what man, along with his newly created bank, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in his groundbreaking work towards the creation of microcredit systems for the poor?
- What is the only nation in Africa to have been formerly named after a British businessman before declaring its independence in 1965 (and fully adopting its current name in 1980)?
The future holds many things, but to find out what it has for next week, check back then,
Guy Cirino
Chief Bacchanalian Officer
alongside:
Joyce Baker
Chief of Art and Design
Rob Baker
General Manager
- 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?).
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