“Give me the Justice Department, Entertainment Division.”

Take Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, add in former Governor Jesse Ventura, toss in arguably the best fullback (if not best football player) ever Jim Brown, season that with some Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Mick Fleetwood, Dweezil Zappa, and finally fold in Richard Dawson, and SURVEY SAYS!: You got Hollywood GOLD, baby!

After G. Dub offed our Monday Gladiator Hour to a later time slot this week, I made an oath to give Tacoma it’s weekly dose of futuristic man-on-man barabarist action, and tonight I will fulfill that promise. 1987’s totally kick-ass “The Running Man” will be our featured movie for our weekly movie night. 8pm for those not in the know…

So Long, Mr. Jones…

Yet another way Seattle screws Tacoma: Even if MY Tacoma Rainiers are in the business of prepping players for the bigs in Seattle, it kills me when the big club up north takes our town’s best away, even more when they trade them right out of the gate.

Grid Irony

Just So’s Ya Know…

Ski Bus Trip, and Good, Cheap Beer Tonight

Tonight, Tuesday January 22nd, is Pyramid Brewer’s Night starting at 8pm at The Red Hot. Tons of schwag giveaways (glassware, shirts, etc), with the main raffle being a trip for 2 on the Pyramid Ski Bus: 2 seats on the bus to and from Crystal Mountain (pick-up and drop-off from Tacoma Mall), 2 lift tickets for Crystal Mountain, and free lunch at The Bull Wheel (at the base lodge) await the lucky winner. The bus is usually a mayhem induced haze of fun, so it’s a good’n!

We’ll have our last keg of Snow Cap (yes, for real) for the season on, as well as Pyramid’s tasty IMPERIAL Hefeweizen (new series of reserve beers…a 7.5% Hef, and damn good), BOTH for $3 a pint starting at 8pm…

Pierce County Community Shelters and Zombies

I scored some awesome shelter maps from a regular at The Red Hot. Set of 3 maps detailing where to go in case of nuclear fallout from the late 60’s. I hung the ones for Central and North Tacoma. From reading the back (pictured above), if nuclear fallout occurs, I suppose 50% of us will be holed up with pork and beans and canned carrots, and the other 50% will be really pissed off…and really tan. The one for Central tells us to “walk to Puget Sound College” to seek shelter. If we can’t make it, we’re all to dig ditches underneath cars and watch out for apocolyptic signs such as zombies and swarms of flying creatures. I’ll keep ‘em hanging in case we need ‘em again anytime soon. Maybe we can all drink beers and scarf hot dogs while contemplating whether to leave the building OR to make a stand against the hordes of nuclear zombies hell-bent on ridding the city of graffitti.

Hot Dog Hits #’s 1 & 2

Longtime pal and all-around swell member of the human race, Jeff Miller, stopped these gems by to add to our growing collection of swag for the walls.

The Five Shades dropped ‘One Hot Dog (and an orange drink)‘ on the MGM label. A raspy soul boogie, and that sweet saxamaphone gives it that party stomp. Dig the baritone ‘I like hot dogs, how bout you?’ to end the chorus. Killer. It came ready to hang, framed with killer backpaper to boot.

Randy and Ricky gave us ‘Six Hot Dogs To Go’, released on the Presta label. No listen on this one, as the complete framed package was too hard to open. Jeff is the master of framing weird collectibles. Just drop by his new location for a Tacoma institution, Golden Oldies, on 6th Ave.

He moved off of South Tacoma Way a while back, and having this goldmine close to my home and work makes living in Tacoma that much sweeter. As I write, I’m sitting next to a stack of vintage NW Rock photos that Jeff dug up to hang at The Red Hot. Jeff is the man. If any record nerds are reading, take note…all those crazy reissues coming out on Norton Records and other record labels??? Chances are, Jeff had a hand in a lot of it. The new headstone for Rockin’ Robin Roberts? Jeff organized it. The humble guy is a walking computer if it has to do with ANYTHING related to Pacific NW Rock. Go visit (3016 6th Avenue) and pick his brain, then buy his wares. CRAZY records abound in his new shop. Rumor is, he has a “Be Back Soon, Eating at The Red Hot” sign sometimes posted in his window.

Sports Bars Sux0rs

If you hate sports bar atmosphere, but wanna check out the Hawks this Saturday, we’ll have it goin’ on our screen at The Red Hot, fo’ sho’.

This way you don’t have to worry about doods “Broin’ Out” at the bar, smashin’ cans on thier foreheads, punching walls, or lookin’ to kick your ass if you make a joke about the wrong team…AND you can eat crazy delicious hot dogs and drink our fabulous taps dry. Word.

-your pals at TRH