Fall Fest 2008 Features Wild Alaska Salmon Feast

The notorious Weasel and world champion horseshoe pro, Man Mountain Bobby Beautiful, has just returned from yet another victorious fishing expedition from the wilds of Palinland to offer you a once in a lifetime special event... A Wild Alaskan Salmon Feast!

How many other Muffin horseshoe teams can make that sort of claim... willing to travel to the arctic and back, braving high seas, gale force winds and airport security to bring you the best damn fish in the whole universe.

If that doesn't get you out to this year's Muffin Fall Fest, I don't know what will. Remember Fall fest is an "eventus pro bono", we just ask that you RSVP by October 8th.

Muffin Fall Fest is Friday - Sunday, October 10-13 at the old same place.

More info to come.

Captain Mike plays "Blues for Obama" benefit show in Berkeley September 27th

Captain Mike sez: "Some like a spoon full of Obama Some like a spoon of that bad McCain. Just one little spoon of all 'a my friends attending the Obama Fundraiser eases ALL of my pain.... So come on down to Berkeley this Saturday evening."

The Obama Campaign is throwing a fundraising Party at the Ethnic Arts Gallery, 1314 10th St, from 6-9PM. Live Music starts at 6, and somewhere around 7 Captain Mike will count to 4, and his band will blow the roof off the house! We got some very (very!!) special guests sitting in with us for the occasion, I'm sure you're gonna dig - don't miss it! $25 at the door.

Ethnic Arts Gallery

1314 10th St

Berkeley, CA 94710

(510) 527-5270

Berkeley Institution "Brennan's" Ousted For Condos! Farewell Gathering Friday, September 12th

A large part of the Muffin crowd mis-spent much of their youth in West Berkeley (Autogenic Systems, Clance and Rhiannon's, Virginia Street Gang). A favorite gathering place back in the late 70's and throughout the 80's was Brennan's, a bar and hofbrau style restaurant at the foot of University Avenue. After almost 50 years, Brennan's is being booted out to make room for condos. Brennan's will try to re-establish next door at the old and much smaller train depot (which can't be torn down due to its "historical" value!).

A number of the old Sam's 58 Club crowd (another sorely missed Berkeley institution) will be meeting at the old place for a final farewell on Friday September 12th. No time specified... probably around 8PM. Hope to see you all there! More info as it becomes available.

Brennan's Bar & Restaurant
720 University Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94710
(510) 841-0960

Muffin's Fall Fest 2008 Tentatively Scheduled For Columbus Day Weekend

The Muffin central committee has announced that the second annual Fall Fest is being planned for Columbus Day weekend in recognition of the genocide and environmental destruction brought to this great continent by CC himself back in 1492. That's October 11, 12 and 13 for you non-government employed working schmucks. You heard right... break out the winter woollies and that bottle of Wild Turkey you've been squirrelin'! This year we intent to wallow in full-on Fall-like weather! The pope sez that there's gonna be a full moon on Monday so you may just want to stick around for that. Game plan same as last year for all those in the know. One last blow-out before the big chill sets in! Please post your feedback to the this posting. Stay tuned for further details...

You Are Invited! Mid-Summer Classic at Paul Pot's House

Discover the mystery. Party at Paul Pot's house. All muffiteers are invited. If you don't know where the house is, ask another muffiteer and another and another. Somebody's got to know dammit! Tell other muffiteers. No, I repeat, no hammerheads. Saturday August 2 at 8 pm. For info contact paul at thehappyclams dott com.

Ever wonder how a band like the Clams found their way to the muffin? Well this party (many years ago) had a lot to do with it! That should give you a clue what a cool scene it is! So come Aug 2 drop whatever it is you're doing and head on over to Pot Manor. You won't be disappointed!

Happy Clams Appear At Festival of the Breasts, June 15th at the Stork Club

All possible disclaimers apply here. Not sure what this is all about but it sure is a fine poster (I want that font!) and some great bands are appearing including Muffin's own show bustin Happy Clams! Muffin sez attend at your own risk!

The Festival of Breasts was originally conceived as an epic music festival that would take place at The Rack Lodge, in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park. The bill was going to be filled by bands that had breasts or know somebody who did. Eventually, the idea morphed into a Sunday BBQ at the Stork Club with real and/or fake breasts. even chicken breasts...We will celebrate all things round & soft, like a nice pair of boobs.

Mill Race 12am
Brad Electro 11pm
ApplePie Hopes 10:30pm
ASP 10pm
The Happy Clams 9pm
The Bleu Canadians 8pm
5¢ Coffee 7pm
The Clarences 6pm
Bunny Numpkins and the Kill Blow-Up Reaction 5:30pm
Plasterkatz 5pm
The Lemmies 4pm

DJ Mole, Mike Glendinning & Alayna Stroud's Group Ascension
in between sets
Sunday, June 15th 2008, 4pm Stork Club, 23rd St. & Telegraph, Downtown Oakland
(510) 444-6174

Harlan Hollander and the Hokum Boys at the Muffin!

Check out Harlan's Video on MySpace:

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=35896278

What more can you say?

Muffin "Post Op" this Wednesday June 11 at the Missouri in Berkeley

Feeling a bit disoriented lately? Can it really be summer already? Vague memories of another Muffin gone by? How did this happen? How did I get here? Well, the truth is that if you wait long enough, everything will pass you by! But now is your opportunity to again touch base with a handful of other brave Muffineers. Hmmm, its all coming back to me now! So it's another unofficial Muffin debrief at the Miz in Berkeley at Paul Pot's open mic on Wednesday June 11. Apparently Paul is buying drinks for anyone who performs a baseball related tune... or perhaps a baseball related joke for those not musically inclined!

So if Muffin owes you some money (or some microphone or guitar stands for that matter), show up at the Miz and chances are good that you might just be able to collect your due. You've had plenty of time to rest up so you don't have any excuses. Plus it's free! And rumor has it that if you bring your Muffin ticket stub, Greg will buy you a drink, no joke required!

Bring out your Muffin photos!

This blog has a new gallery for photos if anyone wants to submit some. Attach'em to email and send to thos.bell@gmail.com. They will appear in the gallery or on the slide show below in time.

Derwoody has a bunch of great shots (including the above) at:

http://darron.smugmug.com/

Dan Lange has posted some on his blog as well at (plus some new tunes!):

http://buskersblues.blogspot.com/

If there are other galleries with photos out there include a link in your comments below and I will post 'em. Thanx!

Muffin XXXIII Photos! More to come...