Archive for the ‘Nightlife’ Category
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Feb 23
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My Kingdom for a Glue Stick
BY BOB WIRE-Living among a bunch of creative types keeps life interesting. And expensive. This occurred to me today as I was searching high and low for a glue stick. ... more
Kate Voegele Plays at Stage 112 on Feb 20th
Kate Voegele first picked up a guitar at age 15. Influenced by the rock and roll history of the city and her father’s songwriting, she began to pen her own songs from the minute she learned to play her first ... more
Shake Off the Winter Blues and Try Some Brews
Come on out to Caras Park for the fifth annual Winter BrewFest on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 from 5-10 pm featuring live entertainment, beer, wine, food and more!... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Feb 23
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Inside the Glamorous World of Journalism
By BOB WIRE- Another Friday morning, another tedious story meeting at the newspaper. I had bigger fish to fry. That’s why I smelled like fish...... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Feb 9
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Sandwich Guy
By BOB WIRE- During Grizzly games I've been helping out at Paisano's Sandwich Counter. Oh, don't worry—I'm not actually handling the food. I handle the money and the schmoozing.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Feb 2
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The Seinfeld of Blog Posts
By BOB WIRE- You think it's a cakewalk, coming up with a new topic to write a thousand words about every week? And not be about farts? Not that Missoula isn't rife with material. ... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Jan 26
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The Bar Gig From Hell Part 2: The Revenge
By BOB WIRE- The bartenders poured stiff drinks. That’s what got us through another night of pop country requests, complaints about the disco balls, and a general absence of love in the room. ... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Jan 19
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The Bar Gig From Hell, Part I
By BOB WIRE- My ego was beaten like a dirty throw rug this weekend, when we played a double-header in a new bar in unfamiliar territory. I overheard someone say, “who the hell is Bob Wire?” ... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Jan 12
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The Guitar that Invented Rock n’ Roll
By BOB WIRE- The Fender Stratocaster is to rock and roll what the basketball is to basketball. Its importance to rock music can’t be overstated.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Jan 5
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Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Dec 29
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Country A Cappela Band, Home Free In Concert March 16
When country a cappella band Home Free was crowned Season 4 Champions of NBC's The Sing-Off, their victory was by no means the beginnings of a career for the five country stars from Minnesota… ... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Dec 22
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Top Album Picks for 2014
By BOB WIRE- I'm sorry, but if you make beats that doesn't make you a musician or songwriter any more than picking up dog poop makes me a veterinarian.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Dec 8
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Ten Things To Tell Your Dog Today
By BOB WIRE- My dog Houdini knows fewer English language words than Koko the gorilla. If only for one day, this magnificent beast could understand everything I’m telling him.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Dec 8
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My Turkey Can Beat Your Turkey
By BOB WIRE- Our Thanksgiving meal was circumvented in a twisted, serpentine, Gordian knot of cooking contortions thanks to the numerous dietary considerations presented by our family.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Dec 1
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It’s Supposed to Be No Fun. You’re Sick.
By BOB WIRE- The phone rings. "Dad," says a voice that sounds like Louis Armstrong with a sinus infection. "I don't feel good." It's Nurse Dad to the rescue!... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Nov 24
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You Spin Me Right ‘Round, Baby
By BOB WIRE- I enjoy moving at a high rate of speed without really getting anywhere so I was perfectly suited to participate in the second annual Ride-A-Thon, a fund raiser for A Carousel For Missoula.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Nov 17
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Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Nov 10
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You Can’t Take That On The Plane
By BOB WIRE- I traveled to the Bay Area last week to play some music at a fund raiser. The Delta agent looked at my guitar case like it contained fifty pounds of Ebola-infested squid.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Nov 3
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40 Ways to Hog the Hot Tub
By BOB WIRE- Like to be by yourself in the hot tub? if you give one of these little conversational nuggets a try, you might be surprised at how quickly you find yourself alone.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Oct 27
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Phones In Restaurants: Less Welcome Than Cockroaches
By BOB WIRE-If you're sitting with someone in a restaurant, reading this blog on your phone, I hope the waitress spills a pot of scalding coffee all over your naughty bits. And your phone.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Oct 20
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My Bad: I’m the King of Inappropriate
By BOB WIRE- Who among us has not said something extremely inappropriate in a setting full of horrified witnesses? I should have a mantel full of trophies for that shit.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Oct 13
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Aging Disgracefully With Rock’n Roll
By BOB WIRE- There’s a ton of great music out there, but we elder specimens either can’t hear it or can’t relate to it.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Oct 6
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Turning Japanese, I Really Think So
By BOB WIRE- The decision to host an exchange student had been a last-minute one. “Should we buy some Japanese food? You know, sushi or, I don’t know, egg rolls? Rice-a-Roni?”... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Sept 29
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A Deed Most Fowl
By BOB WIRE-(VIDEO) When a semi loaded with 35,000 pounds of raw chicken sits in a truck stop parking lot for several days in the heat of Missoula's Indian summer, well, it ain't how they make perfume, brother.... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Sept 22
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Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Sept 15
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Don’t Let Your Gourd Down: The Pumpkin Spice Invasion
By BOB WIRE-It shows up every fall, just after Labor Day, as predictable as foot fungus on a high school football player and as unwanted as teen pregnancy. Pumpkin flavored ale. ... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Sept 8
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Top Ten Debut Albums
By BOB WIRE-What makes a great debut album? I mean, besides a crappy second album. Luck plays a big part, as does talent, chemistry, strong songs and the golden touch of the right producer. ... more
Make it Missoula Monday | Week of Sept 1
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