Check out the semi-expurgated 24-fps truth of the Tip’s 225th anniversary/historic plaque placing/Cinco de Mayo celebration at The-Tip.org. And see the BSFW Flickr evidence here. And the complete original incredible notification letter here.
Remember last Thursday? Maybe not. It was certainly a perfect storm of a party: the Tip’s 225th birthday, Cinco de Mayo, beautiful weather — and a brand new roofdeck from which to enjoy it — the launch of the-tip.org and of Tip Records, a lost movie trailer, the return of the Donnie Finnell Trio with their debut single, Easystreet, a big brass plaque, a big brown bunny and a guy from the government — and his wife — who may not get out much. Well, to jog your misty, water-colored memories, there are now a bunch of pictures. For better or worse.
Now it can be told: on 7 February 2011, Parker Channon (frequently mistaken for Parker Shannon) received a certified letter from the US Department of Interior informing him that D/C’s penthouse lounge, the Tip, had been awarded landmark status as an “Historic Tavern.” Continue reading
From the unprecedented celebration of Duncan/Channon’s unexpected, unlikely and, frankly, unbelievable 20th anniversary, proof that it wasn’t all just a fever dream, starring flaming snails, giant rabbits, lustful cheerleaders and musical mayhem of every imaginable variety.
Our favorite pics of other things we don’t remember.
Photos from the Bunny Boudoir!
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A recap of the live entertainment after the jump. Continue reading
It’s not about turning back the clock. It’s about a smoking little band from Portland, signed to the Dandy Warhols’ Beat the World Records label, that just played its first-ever acoustic set at a smoking little bar in San Francisco called the Tip. It seems clear these stylish 19-to-21-year-olds are looking at a future so bright. Which means that, someday soon, the fired-up crowd of about 40 friends and fam will be able to say they saw them when they were still cool. After 1776′s 45-minute show, their label-mates, the Upsidedown, dropped by for a brief, rousing set, with Altoids tins and a cash box as percussion. Above, a video fragment from 1776.
Later, this happened.
The fever dream of Tipmas has subsided. We need something to eat.
Ladies and gentlemen, EASYSTREET:
At last it can be told: Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, from hip-hop’s seminal and legendary Run DMC, officially and completely blew the roof off the Tip at a secret birthday party this past Saturday night. The recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, performing with local DJ Sol, rocked the mic for four tunes, including an incendiary “Walk This Way,” and then posed for pics with everybody and their brother/mother/cousin — including not a few gobstruck D/C creative directors. Word.
Video after the jump. Continue reading
The cinematic and social event known as the Drive-in Tip premiered last Friday at the regular old Tip (if you can call anything as fab as D/C’s penthouse lounge “regular”). A normal-people-studded crowd were treated to popcorn, Whoppers, Irish coffee and a 60-minute assortment of family movies, student art films, DIY candid-camera programs, and more. Co-sponsored and (more importantly) edited by Kontent Films, the program featured Parker’s father in Vietnam, a young Jenny Moe on Venus (at least, as envisioned by high schoolers) and Lemme and his brothers on powerful intoxicants. These familial gems were augmented by Anna McClure’s wooden dolls love story, Shannon Burke’s metal robots love story and an action-packed schoolgirl spoof of “Charlie’s Angels,” created by Larissa Waters. There was even a 1968 power tools commercial from Anne’s dad’s ad agency. But why read about these masterpieces when you can watch them? Which you can do as soon as we post them here.
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