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2May2009 Filed under: Art & Culture Author: Charles GuthrieToday I drove down the road to The Royale and enjoyed some awesome company at The Royale where they were celebrating their 4th year of operation with a formal Kentucky Derby party.
Everyone was supposed to be in proper gentlemenly and lady-like dress, which most everyone obeyed stay a few people who didn’t even know today was dress like a upper-class snob day. I myself was dressed in nice slacks, a dress shirt, fish tie, and my standard brown fedora.
One of the best things about any time spent in The Royale are the friendly and interesting people you meet.
Lori and her mother here were quite a treat to chat with.
Such an adorable punim! And she loves Missouri as much as I do!
Of course I engaged in my favorite hobby: putting googly eyes on pretty girls. I’m not sure who looks more seductive and sultry, the girl or the hat. (BTW, I am terribly sorry, I forgot your name; I am terrible with names)
I forgot her name as well, but she looks resplendid with here googly eye accessorized bodice.
And this pretty lady was nice enough to let me put googly eyes on the birds on her hat:
Even more, The Monads were performing their punk/bluegrass style music to accompany the awesome party times:
Rock on, good friends. Rock on. Sorry I couldn’t see your show tonight at Off Broadway, but I spent far too much money and fell too far off my diet already.
All in all, an awesome time. I really wish I was better with names, so sorry about forgetting them, nice ladies. In the future I’m going to write down everyone’s names on my hand or keep photo-notes on my phone.
I’ve got more pictures here on my flickr account:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29465017@N07/sets/72157617620068684/
Pancake Master
May 3rd, 2009 at 1:34 am
Yeah we went to that Off Broadway show later, on par with the Monads were the Woodbox Gang of southern Illinois (Carbondale area) who headlined and played for like 90 minutes or something. Bourbon for everyone. No mint juleps, though.
Charles Guthrie
May 3rd, 2009 at 8:25 am
Free bourbon? The mint juleps were definitely not free, but were most excellent. I wish the sun had been out longer but at least it didn’t rain on us.
Someone had told me before that the Monads were a DEVO cover band. When they walked up with the violins and contrabass I was expecting an acoustic version of “Mongoloid” or “Beautiful World”.
They didn’t play any DEVO, but they did totally rock.
Pancake Master
May 3rd, 2009 at 9:08 am
It wasn’t free, but it was the only thing we drank.
The Monads are my favorite local act (to fully disclose, they aren’t the only act to hold that title!), which of course makes them a strong contender for favorite act, period.
Several months ago during the “Undercover Weekend” series, where local acts channeled an act from a given decade (well, okay, the only options were the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, and the 1990s), the Monads did Devo. Like many of the acts that participated (were chosen to participate, I should clarify), just one night of channeling their chosen act was not enough, so they’ve revived it here and there (notably, on this most recent New Years Eve). By no means to the extent that they should have received a reputation as exclusively a Devo cover band, given how many shows they play as their normal selves, but I guess ya never know with people! Anyway, if you wanna experience that, which I do recommend, they posted a few YouTubers on their blarg at http://www.themonads.com/2009/01/08/new-years-eve-as-devo/
Charles
May 3rd, 2009 at 9:27 am
Sweet! Thanks for the link.