tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-356799782024-03-14T03:27:50.534-04:00The Amsterdam BarUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-40285130341530832572015-03-10T08:07:00.000-04:002015-03-10T08:07:54.131-04:00Dave Brubeck - "Take Five"<iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/PHdU5sHigYQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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<a href="http://www.jazzonthetube.com/videos/dave-brubeck/take-five.html">Via Jazz on the Tube.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-62324098113333881932015-03-03T04:37:00.000-05:002015-03-03T04:37:37.660-05:00"That's All Folks!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oYPUbqy1XUQ/VPWAXTqk4VI/AAAAAAAAPGg/G3JAengZ5u8/s1600/thatsallfolks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oYPUbqy1XUQ/VPWAXTqk4VI/AAAAAAAAPGg/G3JAengZ5u8/s640/thatsallfolks.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<a href="http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2015/03/amsterdam_bar_closing.php">After 19 years of serving the sauce to Dallasites, Amsterdam Bar in Exposition Park is shutting its doors.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-61766937536012572412015-03-02T18:00:00.000-05:002015-03-02T18:00:02.316-05:00“Jazz and vodka . . ."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5jY1I9dDCBE/VOEx6hQsdGI/AAAAAAAAO_c/opuYCQl1IUE/s1600/rawi.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5jY1I9dDCBE/VOEx6hQsdGI/AAAAAAAAO_c/opuYCQl1IUE/s400/rawi.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">“Jazz and vodka, the fuel of resistance.” </span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;">― Rawi Hage, Carnival</span></div></blockquote><br />
Monday night is Jazz Night at the Amsterdam Bar.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-3942963795187682482015-03-02T12:30:00.000-05:002015-03-02T12:30:01.182-05:00"If you have to ask . . ."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yuoAnjva08/VOEvyaMWdrI/AAAAAAAAO_Q/OMssM7WsGFA/s1600/LouisArmstrong.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7yuoAnjva08/VOEvyaMWdrI/AAAAAAAAO_Q/OMssM7WsGFA/s400/LouisArmstrong.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
<blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">“If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.” </span><br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;">― Louis Armstrong</span></div></blockquote><br />
Monday night is Jazz Night at the Amsterdam Bar.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-23715589125700048502015-02-25T20:02:00.001-05:002015-02-25T20:02:30.078-05:00Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins "Ballade"<iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FnZ4Qj4nonM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/FnZ4Qj4nonM">From JazzontheTube.com</a>:<blockquote>This performance was filmed by Norman Granz in 1950 to be used in a sequel to his 1944 jazz film "Jammin' the Blues." The film was never produced but fifteen precious minuets survived. Granz was the jazz impresario and producer who organized the first "Jazz at the Philharmonic" concert at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles on $300.00 of borrowed money. <br />
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Charlie Parker, alto sax <br />
Coleman Hawkins, tenor sax <br />
Hank Jones, piano <br />
Ray Brown, bass <br />
Buddy Rich, drums</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-37028784756915465852015-02-23T12:23:00.000-05:002015-02-23T12:23:41.054-05:00“Music makes one feel so romantic . . ."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HXNekputSI8/VOC94SsPZOI/AAAAAAAAO9M/vnBcRtQt9aU/s1600/Oscar%2BWilde.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HXNekputSI8/VOC94SsPZOI/AAAAAAAAO9M/vnBcRtQt9aU/s400/Oscar%2BWilde.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">“Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.” </span><br />
<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;">― Oscar Wilde</span></div></blockquote><br />
Monday night is Jazz Night at the Amsterdam Bar. Tonight's lineup features Shelley Carrol, David Zoller, Jonathan Fisher, and Andrew Griifith!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-81605779252616583842015-02-23T11:00:00.000-05:002015-02-23T11:00:07.232-05:00Duke Ellington's "African Flower"<iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cd_UuY646ww" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-61830684934031429262015-02-22T09:33:00.000-05:002015-02-22T09:33:02.808-05:00Duke Ellington: "C Jam Blues"<iframe width="640" height="480" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gOlpcJhNyDI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-25006032599203674402015-02-16T12:30:00.000-05:002015-02-16T12:30:00.726-05:00“We are the music-makers . . ."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2WaZz4_0DiQ/VOC8oZ12wFI/AAAAAAAAO9E/FyweA6OG5HI/s1600/Arthur_O'Shaughnessy_-_portrait_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2WaZz4_0DiQ/VOC8oZ12wFI/AAAAAAAAO9E/FyweA6OG5HI/s400/Arthur_O'Shaughnessy_-_portrait_2.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">“We are the music-makers,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And we are the dreamers of dreams,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wandering by lone sea-breakers,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And sitting by desolate streams.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">World-losers and world-forsakers,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Upon whom the pale moon gleams;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yet we are the movers and shakers,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Of the world forever, it seems.” </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">― Arthur O'Shaughnessy</span></div></blockquote><br />
Monday is Jazz Night at the Amsterdam.<br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-55537243477883158252015-02-15T10:21:00.000-05:002015-02-15T10:21:02.933-05:00“You may not be her first, her last, or her only."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">“You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect—you aren't either, and the two of you may never be perfect together but if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking about you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break—her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there.” </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-81142584473083666342015-02-10T15:00:00.000-05:002015-02-10T15:00:01.516-05:00"Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter . . ."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">“Let us have wine and woman, mirth and laughter,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sermons and soda water the day after.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Man, being reasonable, must get drunk;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The best of life is but intoxication:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Glory, the grape, love, gold, in these are sunk</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The hopes of all men, and of every nation;</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Without their sap, how branchless were the trunk</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of life's strange tree, so fruitful on occasion:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But to return--Get very drunk; and when</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">― George Gordon Byron, <i>Don Juan</i></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-63824696380344581442015-02-04T14:30:00.000-05:002015-02-04T14:30:01.147-05:00"They're professionals at this in Russia . . ."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">“They're professionals at this in Russia, so no matter how many Jell-O shots or Jager shooters you might have downed at college mixers, no matter how good a drinker you might think you are, don't forget that the Russians - any Russian - can drink you under the table.” </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-46419177935087105592015-02-02T12:30:00.000-05:002015-02-02T15:26:29.525-05:00Monday means get your jazz on<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7DzsTwJKe9U" width="640"></iframe><br />
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The Amsterdam Bar in Dallas, Texas--every Monday night is jazz night. Tonight it's Shelly Carroll and the electric band featuring Michael Palmer. <br />
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The music starts around 10:00 pm, but get here early if you want a table. See you there.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-2863042373149536772015-02-01T13:04:00.002-05:002015-02-01T13:06:06.739-05:00"I like to have a martini . . ."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">“I like to have a martini,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After three I'm under the table,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">after four I'm under my host.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">― Dorothy Parker, <i>The Collected Dorothy Parker</i></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-36693266556494298612015-01-26T16:35:00.001-05:002015-01-26T16:35:19.247-05:00"A well played trombone . . ."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You can never say how much you appreciate a well played trombone without it sounding wrong. And you can never tell who is going to show up and play jazz at the Amsterdam Bar. The lineup keeps changing to keep the music fresh and improvisational, the way good jazz is supposed to be.<br />
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The music usually starts around 10:00 pm, but get there early if you want a seat!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-7447954515064926532015-01-19T11:30:00.000-05:002015-01-19T11:30:00.276-05:00Monday night Jazz at the Amsterdam Bar!<iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Cj_7-vsNVtc" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />
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We all have great memories of Jazz Night past: the video above is from 2009. Come out to the Amsterdam Bar and make new memories! Remebering Jazz Nights past, looking forward to new memories tonight. The music starts around 10, but get there early if you want a table. See you there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-15625897793166175672015-01-18T19:17:00.000-05:002015-01-18T19:17:13.245-05:00Comedy Show: January 23rd! This Friday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With The Marvel Experience across the street at Fair Park, we couldn't help ourselves making a comedy show comic book themed and named after the enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D. Come on out! There will be hilarious stand up comics, super hero themed drinks and drinks specials! Next Friday at The Amsterdam Bar!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-43484207806939161982014-12-01T13:30:00.000-05:002014-12-01T13:30:00.341-05:00Monday night is Jazz Night at the Amsterdam Bar!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UJYbd5G4f6Y/TSu4BlljKEI/AAAAAAAAEME/5oBX-aTSAFQ/s1600/JAZZ.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UJYbd5G4f6Y/TSu4BlljKEI/AAAAAAAAEME/5oBX-aTSAFQ/s320/JAZZ.jpg" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560740502327994434" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 213px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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Monday night means bad ass jazz at the Amsterdam Bar. Music starts around 10:00 pm; get there early if you want a table.<br />
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Grab your friends and get to the Amsterdam tonight!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-5070705611992742014-11-24T14:00:00.000-05:002014-11-24T14:00:02.163-05:00Jazz Night Tonight, My Babies . . .<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UJYbd5G4f6Y/TSu4BlljKEI/AAAAAAAAEME/5oBX-aTSAFQ/s1600/JAZZ.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UJYbd5G4f6Y/TSu4BlljKEI/AAAAAAAAEME/5oBX-aTSAFQ/s320/JAZZ.jpg" height="426" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560740502327994434" style="display: block; height: 213px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" width="640" /></a><br />
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Monday night means bad ass jazz at the Amsterdam Bar. Music starts around 9:00 pm; get there early if you want a table.<br />
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That is all, my babies.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-84395811066670499142014-10-24T14:04:00.000-04:002014-10-24T14:04:01.358-04:00Compensation . . .<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">“Death: "THERE ARE BETTER THINGS IN THE WORLD THAN ALCOHOL, ALBERT."</span> </div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Albert: "Oh, yes, sir. But alcohol sort of compensates for not getting them.”</span> </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-58686436025536263932014-10-22T13:50:00.000-04:002014-10-22T13:50:00.405-04:00"A lady came up to me one day . . ."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">“A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.” </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">― Winston S. Churchill</span></blockquote>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-15567801459904853382014-10-20T16:00:00.000-04:002014-10-20T16:00:02.256-04:00Behold, Jazz night is upon you . . .<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UJYbd5G4f6Y/TSu4BlljKEI/AAAAAAAAEME/5oBX-aTSAFQ/s1600/JAZZ.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560740502327994434" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UJYbd5G4f6Y/TSu4BlljKEI/AAAAAAAAEME/5oBX-aTSAFQ/s320/JAZZ.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 213px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
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And lo, it is Monday night, and that means bad ass jazz at the Amsterdam Bar. Music starts around 10:00 pm; get there early if you want a table. Get thee hence to hear the jazz and partake of the libations.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-42566300198886780772014-10-19T13:48:00.001-04:002014-10-19T13:48:21.517-04:00"Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">The Corner of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eagle_and_Child" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="The Eagle and Child">the Eagle and Child</a>Pub, Oxford, where the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inklings" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; color: #0645ad; text-decoration: none;" title="Inklings">Inklings</a> met (1930–1950).</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">“Ho! Ho! Ho! To the bottle I go</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">To heal my heart and drown my woe</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Rain may fall, and wind may blow</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And many miles be still to go</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But under a tall tree will I lie</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And let the clouds go sailing by” </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">― J.R.R. Tolkien</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-35263139372946753182014-07-15T22:00:00.000-04:002014-07-15T22:08:34.198-04:00The Amsterdam Bar makes the Thrillist's list of best bars!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NEJK-DdfcKQ/U8XchbehuhI/AAAAAAAANhc/Y2VYOY4IpXI/s1600/Amsterdam_Bar_April_2009.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NEJK-DdfcKQ/U8XchbehuhI/AAAAAAAANhc/Y2VYOY4IpXI/s400/Amsterdam_Bar_April_2009.jpg" /></a></div><br />
The Amsterdam Bar was one of fifteen bars selected by the editors of <a href="http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/thrillist-editors-choose-their-favorite-bars">the Thrillist</a> as among the best bars in the United States:<blockquote>The Amsterdam Bar<br />
Dallas, TX<br />
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Here in New York, my favorite bar is Whiskey Tavern (if you’ve ever had Rob Magill make you a penis-shaped Twinkie cake on your birthday you know why), but in the whole wide world it’s The Amsterdam Bar in my hometown. Every kind of person that Dallas haters say you’ll never meet in Dallas, I did meet, either there, or at the dearly departed XPO down the street. An art dealer who was a child prodigy corresponded with Norman Rockwell. An obscene French director who loved Southern Comfort. A behemoth punk singer, who, in 1991, punched Kurt Cobain in the face after Cobain smashed a guitar over his tattooed head. I day-drank next to him once when the bar was otherwise empty. For 30 minutes he said nothing, then without turning his head, he asked if I knew what it was like to take a s*** in a cotton field. I’m still searching for an appropriate response. <br />
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Oh, and, hi Mike. -- David Blend, executive editor, Special Content</blockquote>Best bar ever.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35679978.post-36614782408063406332014-03-18T15:05:00.002-04:002014-03-18T15:05:45.836-04:00"I will drink, and right freely . . ."<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AIPBPoI2YnE/UyiXvos3K3I/AAAAAAAANAQ/UPlOOL2HGa8/s1600/Martin+Luther.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AIPBPoI2YnE/UyiXvos3K3I/AAAAAAAANAQ/UPlOOL2HGa8/s400/Martin+Luther.jpeg" /></a></div><br />
<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">“Whenever the devil harasses you, seek the company of men or drink more, or joke and talk nonsense, or do some other merry thing. Sometimes we must drink more, sport, recreate ourselves, and even sin a little to spite the devil, so that we leave him no place for troubling our consciences with trifles. We are conquered if we try too conscientiously not to sin at all. So when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to.” </span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">― Martin Luther</span></blockquote>Now that the Lenten season is upon us, it is the perfect time to sample bock beers. Bock is a strong lager of German origin. Several substyles exist, including maibock or heller bock, a paler, more hopped version generally made for consumption at spring festivals; doppelbock, a stronger and maltier version; and eisbock, a much stronger version made by partially freezing the beer and removing the water ice that forms.<br />
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The style known now as bock was a dark, malty, lightly hopped ale first brewed in the 14th century by German brewers in the Hanseatic town of Einbeck. The style from Einbeck was later adopted by Munich brewers in the 17th century and adapted to the new lager style of brewing. Due to their Bavarian accent, citizens of Munich pronounced "Einbeck" as "ein Bock" ("a billy goat"), and thus the beer became known as "bock". To this day, as a visual pun, a goat often appears on bock labels.<br />
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Bock is historically associated with special occasions, often religious festivals such as Christmas, Easter or Lent (the latter as Lentenbock). Bocks have a long history of being brewed and consumed by Bavarian monks as a source of nutrition during times of fasting. Take Martin Luther's advice: "seek the company of men or drink more," and come and visit us. <br />
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