Author Archives: MikeQ

THANKSGIVING BREAK

I’m taking a break from the blog this week, after working an extra shift at the club last night — Sarah Borges played; it was a great show.  I’m on the bar again tonight (Thanksgiving), and working through the weekend.  … Continue reading

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TWO SHORT VIDEOS

Friday will be our new day for updates, but here in the second week of that schedule, I’ve already fallen behind.  I’ve got nothing ready, and there’s only an hour left before work. So, for this week’s post I’m putting … Continue reading

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HALLOWEEN MADNESS (Again) . . .

  Booty Vortex has become a Halloween tradition at Johnny D’s.  It’s a rocking time with some of Boston’s best musicians working it on stage.  It’s a night of disco/funk, dancing to the old tunes like “Disco Inferno” and “Lady … Continue reading

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SOMETHING DIFFERENT . . .

I’m taking a day off from the bar stories.  We’ll be back later this week with a more typical post, but for now this space will be used for some great photos by my cousin Jack McAllister, two poems from … Continue reading

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GUNSHOTS! (And the annual Workers’ Compensation audit)

Yesterday afternoon was chewed up by our top-to-bottom bar cleaning, and now the annual workers’ comp audit for the club is waiting on my desk.  I’m on a break here, trying to piece together a post for this week. But, … Continue reading

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