Muffin's Lucky Ju Ju Sponsors The First Pacific Pinball Exposition

Lucky Ju Ju is inviting you to attend the Pacific Pinball Expo show! All the proceeds will go to the Neptune Beach Amusement Museum to help further their quest for a permanent home for their pinball collection and start their vision of the Science, Art and History Center.

Mike Schiess of the Lucky Ju Ju Pinball and Jim Dietrick of the Pinball Revival Co. are sponsoring this really big show at the Marin Civic Center. Play hundreds of old and new machines, all set on freeplay! Raffles for 2 machines plus lots of prizes.

Check out the website for more info:www.nbam.org/ppexpo

PACIFIC PINBALL EXPOSITION

October 5-6-7, 2007

Marin Civic Center

Hours: Fri., Oct. 5: 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 6: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.

Sun., Oct. 7: 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Ticket Prices: 12 & under: $10 per day, 12 & under:$25 weekend Adult: weekend $35 , Adult: single day $20

"Wrong Turn" Sea Biskit (AKA Fall Fest) Right On Target

Greg sez the port-o-pots are on their way, Elin sez the fish pot is ready to go, the Tiki Shak has been waitin’ for us since May and Ed sez the “pits” have never looked finer! With a little bit of mountain fog and maybe one of those wave sound machines, we will be ready to BISKIT!!! (sand not included). For the uninitiated, this is like Muffin-EASY so don’t sweat it too much. Bring a warm bag or an extra blanket or two cause it may be chilly up in them thar hills! Friday night is “fish boil”, Saturday night is cowboy cookin’ (beach style) and Sunday is Miss Dina’s breakfast of champions pot luck.

If you got it in your heart, don’t forget to bring a little “change for Duane”. He is still mending in a facility in Marysville and we may pay him a visit or two on Saturday. Hope to see you all Friday or Saturday at the latest. Don’t forget Cavepainters at the Starry Plough tonight, 6PM in Berkeley for those who may want to get an early start on the weekend! Cow-A-Bunga Indeed!!!

Michael Schiess and Lucky Ju Ju Unveil First Ever Visible Pinball Machine!

Wow, the first ever visible pinball machine. Humans embedded in plastic? Who cares! Check this baby out! Wow Michael, very cool!!! This beautiful machine and a whole lot more will be on display at the Pacific Pinball Expo hosted by Muffin's own Lucky Ju Ju at the Marin Convention Center on October 5 - 7.

More pics of this incredible machine can be found at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25081749@N00/sets/72157602068454658/

For additional info on the Pinball Expo go to:

http://neptunebeachamusementmuseum.org/ppexpo/visiblePinball.html

Great job Michael! Go check out his show!

Laissez les bons temps rouler! "Sea Biskit" Done Gone Wrong?

Ya best bring long a lil cayun sauz wid ya Friday cuz we gonna be boilin de crab an de swimps up reel goud. Dis is gonna be a fine souper, I garontee!

What ever happened to the "anti-Muffin", better known as the "Sea Biskit"!?! I guess that we all got too lazy to make the trek to RCA/Shoe beach for the end-o-summer event. Darryl would make up his wicked roux and we would all bring seafood to toss in the pot (fish heads and Clance's can of mackerel not withstanding). A huge bonfire would light up the beach and we would dance and drink to summer's passing all night long til the rangers came out to kick us out (you can't call it "camping" if you don't go to sleep!).

So maybe we can revive a little bit o that spirit at this at this event (see Fall Fest post) with a cajun crab, crawdaddy and whatever chow down. Wow, nothing like a little toxic shock to kick the neurons into gear! Sounds like Elin and Hans-Jurgen have volunteered to get the ball rolling. It'll probably be a "late" dinner to give everyone a change to arrive so get there when you can. Oh and Miss Dina has proposed a Sunday morning "pot luck" brunch. Sounds like another case of bubbly might be in order. And if anyone is still hungry on Saturday night, we can throw some grills down and do some cowboy cookin. Rumor has it Club Dub (Oui Oui) will be open for bizniz and that that most of those Cavepainters will likely show to play a favorite or two. Yow, how cool is dat!

And in case you've been brain dead for the last 2 years, the Cavepainters are still playing Thurday happy hour at the Starry Plough in Berkeley (6-8PM) every week. Good times and great tunes for FREE! (or the price of a pitcher or two).

Unreal Band Plays the Starry Plough Saturday, September 15th at 8PM

… and with “Special Guests” to boot. How can you go wrong?! Yea, they play again next month at Ashkenaz but somehow you just can’t beat that special Plough ambiance. Heck, I think half the band was born there. Muffin auditioned and hired the band at the Plough in what...1983? Ouch! Oh well. I’m sure it will be great show and you can hang with all your Muffin pals!

http://www.starryploughpub.com/

http://www.unrealband.com/

PLUS: Thanks to all of you that ack'ed the Muff Fall Fest/Duane Raising. The responses have been trickling in. At this point looks like we will have about 20 folks. Rumors are that a good portion of the Cavepainters might show! Now that would be very cool! Stay tuned!

Muffin's First "Fall Fest" Set For September 28 and 29th

Muffin in September? Mooo... Hate to see summer fading away? Dreading those shorter and shorter days? This is one last chance to “git out in them thar hills” while the sun still shines and the weather is fine!

The Meadow Muffin Commit-tay is announcing a first ever “informal” weekend camp-out in Browns Valley, Friday and Saturday September 28 and 29 (pack up Sunday), open to Muffineer’s and their closest friends. The plan is to set up a limited camp in “Muffin Holler” and just kick back and enjoy the outdoors for a couple of days. We will have a port-a-pot or two on hand, the firewood pile stocked and maybe plan a communal meal or two (Saturday night?). Other than that, it will be a "Muff in the buff"!

If you are interested in attending, or have ideas, please leave a comment on this post or email thos.bell@gmail.com. More details as they become available. This event will be "free" although we may ask you to donate what you can to Duane's recovery fund.

One final note: the O'Conno Lodge is closed for the season.