Pagelmania hits the Midwest

"Squeeze" caught by hidden ceiling cam

Here's the Flickr set of Pick & Squeeze from Friday night's gig. Greg played for an hour by himself as Andy was apparently cross-dressing and running in circles in a public place and thus couldn't make the beginning of their scheduled gig (he says he was in some "Relay for Life" event and that he had to dress up as a fairly princess...whatever, Andy...). Anyway, Greg played some really cool electronic, ambient improvisational funkificationalized diddlydoodah on his electric organ for an hour (man, I wish we had recorded that...so cool!).

Pick & Squeeze...Andy looking determined to get home and get that Snow White dress off the hanger one more time...while Greg looks on wistfully.

After an hour of digging Greg's melodic musings and everyone talking about Andy behind his back, Andy (aka Pick) finally showed up (sans fairy princess garb) to join Greg (aka Squeeze) and got down to it with, as we like to say down south, "some mighty fine pickin' there!" He even set down his guitar and accompanied Greg's accordion with a fiery flute solo, though try as he might he looked nothing at all like Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson, even with leg raised practically over his head as he played (sorry Andy, perhaps you need to let the beard grow and get more scraggly).

Kim flashing Pick & Squeeze secret gang sign...well, not so secret anymore I guess...

Another fun night from Pick & Squeeze (or, as we like to call them, those naughty Pagel boys). They promise to return to lay waste to all who stand in their way as they burn their subliminal musical manifesto into the minds of the weak-willed masses! Yea, you have been forewarned!

Tonight's music...new line-up

Hello All...
A quick program change for tonight. Kelly Underwood won't be able to make it tonight as she called and is under the weather. But the indomitable Bill Walkner will be filling the house with his fun and sassy tunes. So, tonight at 8pm...Bill Walkner!

Unfortunately for all of you monkey owners, Kelly was our go-to gal for the monkey grooming tonight, so that's been postponed as well. I suppose we could substitute a pet turtle waxing for any turtle owners out there, as I have some experience with that myself and could probably offer that service. I'll check my turtle waxing supplies and get back to you on that...they may be a little depleted from our May 23rd World Turtle Day celebration a few months ago (think I'm kidding? Google it, baby).

Bill Walkner at 8:00pm tonight at Stumpjack Coffee.

TR bridge opening party

Click here to go to the Stumptoons blog for a post about the Madison St. bridge party.

Pick & Squeeze; Kelly Underwood Deviled Ham

Got the dates wrong on the poster images below...Friday is the 25th and Saturday is the 26th.

Those naughty Pagel boys are back. Tomorrow (Friday) night at 8:00...Pick & Squeeze with guitar and accordion in hand and ready to rumble. Be here if you're not too chicken.

Then on Saturday night at 8:00 it's Kelly Underwood and her death defying high wire act, where no one under the age 6 months or over 97 is safe from her acoustic daggers of death. Come and see more pickled artichokes in one place than anywhere else in the continental United States.

And don't forget, Stumpjack has new summer/fall hours:
Mon-Thu: 7am-4pm
Fri-Sat: 7am-9pm or until the cows come home.
Sun: 8:30-1:00 or until I get tired.

images, refrigeration, new hours

Dan Walkner (image by Nate Walkner)

Here's the Flickr set for Dan Walkner's most excellent performance last night. I love the kind of blues rock that Dan plays. He's a heckuva good guitar player and has his Dad's (Bill) gift for good humor and banter with the audience. Bill sat in for a few tunes with him later in the evening and that was fun to see. It was a real fine evening. Dan's band, Clovis Mann, is playing Sunday afternoon (4pm) at the Waverly Inn and I wish we were going to be in town so we could see them, but we have to take our daughter Cheyenne to camp right in the afternoon. Click here for Dan's myspace site.

Dan and Bill

The rest of the day was fairly trying though. First thing in the morning the beer and soda cooler broke down (again!) and so we unloaded everything, rearranged the kitchen fridge and then loaded everything into that. Then later in the day the kitchen fridge went on the fritz and so we unloaded that and rearranged the wine coolers and brought a small counter fridge up and reloaded everything again. The humidity yesterday was heavy and we were soaked and drained by the end of the night (mighty hard to get out of bed this morning).

Fortunately, Marty from Refrigeration Repair in Manitowoc was willing to come in around 8:30 last night (during Dan's performance no less) and sorted things out with the kitchen fridge. The guys at Refrigeration Repair have been simply fabulous with us. They come in as quickly as they can, assess the situation and do what needs to be done in a timely manner...they're efficient, concerned and fair priced and we use them every time we have refrigeration issues (which has been a number of times this past year). They get our business and our recommendation.

Marty from Refrigeration Repair saving the day

Starting next week Wednesday (July 23rd) we're going to change our hours of operation a bit. People have been "suggesting" (whining really) that we open on Mondays and Tuesdays, so we're going to give it a try and see how it goes. And, since we'll be adding a couple extra days we will then be closing earlier than we do now during the week...weekend hours will stay the same.

So, beginning Wednesday, July 23rd, the Stumpjack hours will be:
Monday-Thursday: 7am-4pm
Friday-Saturday: 7am-9pm
Sunday: 8:30am-1pm

Nate

Here's Nate's Flickr set of Dan (I co-opted a few for our set).
Here's another cool set of night shots from Nate of a few places around Two Rivers (Nate is the man...these have such a great ambiance and feel).