NYE: Prince and Dancing? What’s Not To Love?

The Scoot Inn will be hosting the Prince Nite New Years Eve 2008 on Wednesday as part of a benefit for the Sims Foundation. According to the flyer, there will be sex & romance here. All you swingers can apply at the door.

-JF

Halloween at the Scoot Inn you say? Good idea!

F’in Halloween. So many ugly people in inappropriate costumes. Second only to New Year’s Eve in the pressure to find someplace to party it up. Then make some plans!

YOU: “Make Halloween plans before the actual night of Halloween? But I’m spontaneous! I like to see where the night will take me!”

ME: Don’t be a fool. Without a plan, we both know the night will “take you” no farther then your sofa, where you’ll spend a lonely evening in your Harry Potter costume wondering why no one has awesome parties like they did back in the old days.

YOU: But planning is so hard!

ME: Agreed. So we’ll do this together! We will post things happening on Halloween and you will read about them.

Item #1 for your consideration:

So we all know and love the Scoot Inn (in our case mostly because of the Sock Hop, which is no longer at the Scoot Inn, but we digress). Looks like they are planning some crazy shindig at their place for Halloween. We don’t even really know what all that info on the poster means, but what we do know is it’s close to where we live (imperative on a heavy drinking night), involves bikes, music, and some sort of giant snake. That’s what she said. Ay-OH. Sounds like a party. More later.

Sounds: ST37, Followed By Static, Douglas Ferguson and Shawn David McMillen

Scoot Inn Sept 19 – Doors 9pm – $5
Vacuum tubes glowing hot to the max, layers of sound undulating forwards, back, down, up…. more reverb? That and more this Friday at the Scoot Inn as ST37, Followed By Static, Douglas Ferguson and Shawn David McMillen take “stage” for a free for all of experimental good times, psych and noise rock. Fresh off tour Douglas Ferguson brings the landscapes he’s recently explored to soundscapes he’s never quit foraging. Followed By Static – the duo comprising of members of iKiLLCaRS and The Koreans – soak their punk and rock roots til they fall apart into drip drops of minimal play that swells into a sea of driving noise. ST37, Austin’s perennial psych band, dust off their saddles and ride the eve into oblivion. Or at least to last call.

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Followed By Static – AADC

ST37 – The Storm Dome

Poll: What’s Your Pick?

We want to know what’s your favorite place to get a stiff drink? You can select your favorite and view the results, or just leave a comment if you have a better place in mind. By the way, if you can’t decide on just one, you can select multiple places.

 

 

 

Sounds: at The Scoot Inn

We got an email from one of our readers regarding an awesome show tonight. For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of making a stop at the Scoot Inn, here is your chance.

Magic Jewels open with their killer thrash. Coma in Algiers follows; we hope to have a couple of relatively new songs in there for you. Boxcar Satan (including members of Evil Mothers and Gorch Fock), one of S.A.’s underground mainstays is back in Austin to tear shit up; they’ll be playing new songs from their upcoming album due this fall. so, be at the Scoot Inn (1302 E. 4th St., on corner of Navasota) at about 10 pm; rumor has it that the Melvins show will be ending a little earlier than most shows, so that is plenty of time for you stoners & vagabonds to make it over to the show.

Second Sunday Sock Hop This Sunday!

Sunday will be another edition of the Second Sunday Sock Hops, or simply put SSSH. We will be there to check them out since it seems like it’s going to be a great time for all in attendance. You guys should check it out too. It’s at one of our neighborhood favorites, the Scoot Inn, and the atmosphere should be great.

Shop: Commercial Space on 6th

There aren’t many drawbacks to living in East Austin. We have great coffee shops like Progress and Sips on 7th. More then enough places to get a few drinks like The Peacock, Longbranch, and Rio Rita. Even live music is aplenty here with the Scoot Inn and Trailer Space Records, or Victory Grill. Food… look no further than Primizie, East Side Pies, and The Blue Dahlia. They have you all covered. But when it comes to actually getting some groceries, the HEB isn’t much use to us. Whole Foods is pricey and parking can be annoying there. What about more retail options? When you take into consideration how much more there is on South Congress, we are lagging behind here.

The truth is, all of these new condos in East Austin don’t really contribute anything to the community other than housing. There are a few great places housed in these condos like Solid Gold, Kemestry Salon, Mode, and Method Hair… but the vast majority of them are nothing more than office spaces that do nothing to support the influx of residents that they create. What we are trying to say is… Hey!!! Over here!!! A retail space is available!!! Someone please do something good with it!!!

TwentyOne24 Commercial Space, Austin, TX
Retail/Commercial: $1,500/month
Sq Footage: 730

DESCRIPTION: New Unit withprivate bath, concrete floors, high ceilings, large windows, great street-scapes, and tenant parking is secured, covered and gated. Unit avail for late Aug. Call anytime to view!

Yelp: Nouveau Yuppie Does The Scoot Inn

We have been kind of addicted to Yelp since we ran into another person who claims that this is the greatest place on earth, and it actully might be. So reading this review of the Scoot Inn on Yelp made me really laugh out loud. We just attended our first Second Sunday Sock Hop and we didn’t get asked for drugs so we are assuming that we are totally uncool. I guess they realized that we have an entire closet for recycling and that our cats eat better than us too. Maybe next time.

Chewy C. on Yelp writes:

You know, I’ve known for a while that I’ve slowly been turning into a nouveau yuppie. I shop at Whole Foods. My boyfriend and I have a cute house on the east side. Our dogs eat better than most of the free world.

Ya, we’re totally trying to play it cool, but yuppiedom is hurtling toward us at the speed of light.

I mean, we’re trying to be “good” yuppies, though. You know, we’re converting our diesel Scout to run on veggie oil. We never use plastic bags. Fuck, we just ordered a second recycling bin–that should count for something!!

But, as much as we’ve been struggling with this blissful domestic path to Yuppieville, nothing could have prepared us for the all-out assault on our sense of cool that happened at the Scoot Inn about two weeks ago.

It was the Second Sunday Sock Hop. Our friends were visiting from NYC for SXSW and we’re twisting the night away on the outdoor patio.

Some cute little hipster gal dancing next to me points to her wrist and asks me, “Excuse me, do you have a dime?”

Huh? Do I have a dime? “No, sorry, I don’t have any change,” I say,
confusedly patting my pockets.

No, no, she says, “Do you have a dime?” again, pointing at her wrist.

Huh? No, sorry. Do you want the time? I pull out my pretentious
iPhone, “see, look, it’s 1:07 AM.”

Growing aggravated, she repeats, “NO!! DO YOU HAVE A DIME?!”

Huh? What? At this point, my boyfriend chimes in and we’re both
like, “No, sorry! We promise we don’t have any change!”

Looking at us like we’re the daftest people on earth, she practically
yells, “No! It has a DIFFERENT meaning!”

Ohhhh!!! You’re talking about drugs! Oh!! Duh! My boyfriend and I fumble. Shit! Drugs?! Do we have any drugs?

Remember those drugs we used to have? Like, ten years ago? Ya, THAT’S what she’s talking about!

Finally, we figure things out and manage to tell her, no, in fact, we do not have any drugs although we’re pretty sure she’s figured that shit out by now.

God. We suck. We’re so uncool. We slink away and despair “WTF happened to us?!”

We console ourselves by saying that at least we still look cool enough to do drugs. We dance. We tell our friends. They laugh themselves silly.

But, we’re still feeling unsettled. I mean, Jesus, we used to do MOUNTAINS of drugs! Tugboats filled with drugs! More drugs than is healthy! Between the two of us, we want to tell her we’ve probably done more drugs than everyone here!

We try to let it go. We dance. We laugh. We drink. But all I really wanted to do was go up to that hipster and be like, “WHO THE FUCK BUYS A DIME OF DRUGS ANYWAY?!?!”

We decide next time we’re just going to pull out a pair of handcuffs from my purse and pretend that we’re undercover agents:

“I GOT YOUR DIMEBAG RIGHT HERE, LADY!!!”

Poetry Slam Tonight at The Scoot Inn

poetry slam

n.

A spoken-word poetry competition.

If you have never been to one… you’re in luck. The Austin Poetry Slam gets down at The Scoot Inn right here in East Austin every Wednesday night. It starts at 8:00, but if you are feeling brave, get there at 7:30 to sign up and participate. Still not sure what a poetry slam is? Let the APS describe it to you below.

What is Poetry Slam? It’s a group of poets competing, usually for cash, with three-minute performances of their works. Judges score Olympic-style, with decimals, so a neo-Wasteland thrillingly intoned gets a 9.8, and the latest Hallmark drivel, muttered into the microphone, gets a 5 or a 6. In individual cities, from Tallahassee to Portland, there’s a slam season (roughly September to May) which culminates in a final showdown, which necessitates selection of a four-person slam team to represent the locals at a nationwide tournament.It is a competition that pits poem against poem, poet against poet. Poems are judged on a scale of one to ten, fractions encouraged, by a panel of judges picked from the audience. Equal parts poetry, performance, delivery and verve. And, occasionally, theater, stand-up comedy and strip tease.There is an excellent description of the slam and its origins in this article: To SLAM, to DUNK, Perchance to RHYME by Shilanda L. Woolridge of the Austin-American Statesman.

Second Sunday Beach Hop Tonight at Scoot Inn

Tonight will be another edition of the Second Sunday Sock Hops, or simply put SSSH. We will be there tonight to check them out since it seems like it’s going to be a great time for all in attendance. You guys should check it out too. It’s at one of our neighborhood favorites, the Scoot Inn, and the atmosphere should be great. This months theme is obviously the beach, so get into character and come on down.

Holiday Weekend To Do List

Most of you guys will be off the entire three-day holiday… as are we. Let us help you fill up your social calendar with a few things we think will be worth getting up for. We will be taking the weekend off so see you guys back Monday!

Fireworks Show: Town Lake

Tia Carrera, Dixie Witch, Black Panda:  Scoot Inn

Gravytrain!!!, Bride7, Harlem: Mohawk

Meals on Wheels Ladies Ride: 6:30pm at Epoch

Cemetery Cats Pub Crawl: 5:00pm at Jackelope

YouTube: Wise George Edition

After a lot of digging on YouTube for anything related to East Austin, we found a ton of videos by our new favorite East Austinite, Wise George. He seems to travel around East Austin taking videos of east-side establishments with a heavy dose of personality.

First up is the Scoot Inn, which we haven’t personally visited yet, but have added to our itinerary.

This used to be a run-down Mexican Bar called Red’s Scoot Inn. Now it is just a run-down bar, but a lot less run down. East Austin is slowly but surely becoming part of the City of Austin after years of decay, neglect and general apathy. I’ve been in love with the Eastside for at least twenty years and a lot of the change has been for the good, let’s just not get carried away and gentrify everything. Red would be real proud of what his little beerjoint has become. SXSW2008

Austin Figurative Gallery To Host My First Art Show!

David Ohlerking, one of the founders of the Austin Figurative Gallery, will be acting as a proud father this Saturday when he shows off work from his students at My First Art Show! The current roster of students who will be showcasing their talents will be Kristen Case, Mary Catherine Grooms, Stacy Machanick, Sarah Moore, Kate Payne, Samantha Robertson and Amanda Walker. The admission will be free and there will be snacks, drinks and music … what else do you need!?

You can see an arts review on the Austin Figurative Gallery from last year by the Austin Chronicle here.

Saturday June 21st

7:00 – 11:00pm

Austin Figurative Gallery

1301 E. 4th st (across from the Scoot Inn)