—the same woman

I have no idea what it goes for here... lots of bars here though, lots of Irish folks.

You'd imagine I'd be a pool player as much as hang around in bars but I've always just loved music and talking to other folks.

Man if your ever driving through Kentucky and want to step back in time for a bit pull off the road in Richmond Kentucky, there is a bar there called Clancy's I think not sure, but if you realy want to go just ask for the oldest bar you can play pool in downtown.

The walls are painted yellow sorta like a Van Gogh painting. When you first walk in if it's summertime it will take your breath for a second because of 50 years worth of piss and beer soaked into the boards. Once you've caught your breath and regained your compsure you will be standing with your back to a cigaratte machine and a lunch counter at one of the older bars in Kentucky, about 50 years old if I'm not mistaken, and used to be the first place you could get beer after leaving Tennesse, about a 2 hour drive over that stretch of mountain that always seems to have bad weather.

A PBR was around $1.25 four years ago when I was there. Don't eat anything the ventiallation is galvinized and is slowly flaking off into the food. However after taking in the staff and locals, go back and play some pool. You'll need to give the young man a quarter and he will rack your balls for you. The balls are faded pastel colors there so old. If you need to put some chalk on your stick look down there is usualy some chalk shoved into one of the knotholes, very cool...

There will probably be some sorta game going on with the first table involving some sort of apparatus that adds and incline and extra holes. I never could figure out what they were doing but they bet on it but never seem to get to rowdy.

As a matter of fact once me and Monica was there after an unfortuanate Golfing incident, I went to the bathroom and Oh my god the bathrooms have the added smell of clorox, and the womens bathroom has been cut off the back quarter of the mens.

But anyways while I'm in there some large fellow with his back to Monica curses after missing a set up shot, his buddies nudge himm and glance at Monica which he immediatly apologized.

A great Bar, but man Richmond sucks lol

And the 11-Ball I was referring to is a silly computer game (on one of those kiosks) in which the sole goal is to make pool balls add up to 11. Silly and addictive. It's only a quarter at Macleod's.

As for real pool, I've been playing more of that lately. I love it, even though I generally can't shoot for shit. Every once in a while I'll have a hot game where things actually go where I tell them to, but I'm pretty sporadic. My best girl is a much more consistent player; she usually beats me. (she gets so cute and excited when she wins that it's worth the loss, although I always play to win)

However There is a weekly Oldtime jam every monday at http://sandysmusic.com/

and then a Bluegrass Jam every teusday at: http://www.cantablounge.com/schedule.html

So I'm gonna start going to these next week. There is a bar called the druid that has weekly celtic/irish music http://www.celticweb.com/druid/

This all just within walking distance of my house, haven't even got into researching Boston proper and I also missed the Boston Folk music festival, which had Tony Trischka Band, Emmy lou Harris, etc.

http://www.wumb.org/folkfest/performers.html

Perhaps there should be businesses that provide smoking facilities.

I'm an ex-smoker and there is nothing worse than a chick who smokes. I won't touch a woman that smokes. Unless she showers and has gum. It's nasty.

i will agree with this, its what i was thinking too. it will be nice to come home from shows and not have to throw my jacket or hoodie in the laundry simply because it reeks of smoke. i do think they should make a smoke room though, especially with winter coming. it is sad to see smokers having to enjoy their vice in the freezing cold, but at the same time i shouldnt have to put up with the smoke either. a seperate room would be the best solution, but of course a lot of places probably dont have the room or $$ for that either.