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Speakeasy Night @ The Grapevine Mar 21
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Morphine a répondu le Fri 17 Mar, 2006 @ 9:41am |
 Coolness: 51185 | A speakeasy was an establishment that was used for selling and drinking alcoholic beverages during the period of U.S. history known as Prohibition, when selling or buying alcohol was illegal. The term comes from a patron's manner of ordering alcohol — a bartender would tell a patron to be quiet and 'speak easy.'
The origin of the word predates Prohibition by at least 30 years. Samuel Hudson, a newspaperman in the late 19th century, said he heard the term used in Pittsburgh in the 1880s by an old Irish woman who sold liquor without a license. She told her clients to "speak easy" if they wanted to buy some. The Cassell Dictionary of Slang lists the word as coming into usage around 1890. The term spake-aisy was used even a century before this, where it referred to smugglers' hideouts. Speakeasies were formed in the 1920's as a means to get around the everyday hassle of law enforcement watching for people to violate the 18th Amendment. As a result of Prohibition, the speakeasy was an established institution. When legitimate saloons closed as a result of the new law, underground palaces would spring up to meet the demand for alcohol. These speakeasies were one of the many ways that people during the 1920's and early 1930's obtained illegal alcohol. By the middle of the decade there were thought to be 100,000 speakeasies in New York City alone. Patrons often said you could get a glass of liquor at any building on 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in New York City--if you knew where the speakeasies were and if you had the password to get in. Federal agents also reported that this area was one of the "wettest" in the country. (Crime and Punishments166) Speakeasies became more popular and numerous as the Prohibition years progressed, as well as more commonly operated by those with connections to organized crime. While police and United States Federal Government agents would raid such establishments and arrest the owners and patrons, the business of running speakeasies was so lucrative that such establishments continued to flourish throughout the nation. In major cities, speakeasies could often be elaborate, offering food, live bands, and floor shows. Police were notoriously bribed by speakeasy operators to either leave them alone or at least give them advance notice of any planned raid. Another slang term similar to a speakeasy is "blind pig". Some discreet venues called smoke-easies have popped up in states such as New York, California, and Massachusetts where smoking tobacco in bars and clubs is prohibited. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» blop a répondu le Fri 17 Mar, 2006 @ 10:02am |
 Coolness: 200745 | Yay! Sounds neat. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Morphine a répondu le Fri 17 Mar, 2006 @ 10:45am |
| Coolness: 51185 | Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the early 1920s in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. It is characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. Jazz has been described as "America's Classical Music", and started in saloons throughout the nation.
Jazz has roots in the combination of Western and African music traditions, including spirituals, blues and ragtime, stemming ultimately from West Africa, western Sahel, and New England's religious hymns and hillbilly music, as well as in European military band music. After originating in African American communities near the beginning of the 20th century, jazz gained international popularity by the 1920s. Since then, jazz has had a pervasive influence on other musical styles worldwide. Even today, various jazz styles continue to evolve. The word jazz itself is rooted in American slang, probably of sexual origin, although various alternative derivations have been suggested. According to University of Southern California film professor Todd Boyd, the term was originally slang for sexual intercourse as its earliest musicians found employment in New Orleans brothel parlors, with the word deriving from the term 'jass'. The term "jass" was rude sexual slang, related either to the term "jism" or to the jasmine perfume popular among urban prostitutes. Lacking an attentive audience, the musicians began to play for each other and their performances achieved esthetic complexity not evident in ragtime. At the root of jazz is the blues, the folk music of former enslaved Africans in the U.S. South and their descendants, heavily influenced by West African cultural and musical traditions, that evolved as black musicians migrated to the cities. With Prohibition, the constitutional amendment that forbade the sale of alcoholic beverages, the legal saloons and cabarets were closed; but in their place hundreds of speakeasies appeared, where patrons drank and musicians entertained. The presence of dance venues and the subsequent increased demand for accomplished musicians meant more artists were able to support themselves by playing professionally. As a result, the numbers of professional musicians increased, and jazz—like all the popular music of the 1920s—adopted the 4/4 beat of dance music. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty a répondu le Fri 17 Mar, 2006 @ 3:50pm |
 Coolness: 56705 | Josh is ..................
the coolest person ever. Thanks for the info...... ''The word jazz itself is rooted in American slang, probably of sexual origin, although various alternative derivations have been suggested. According to University of Southern California film professor Todd Boyd, the term was originally slang for sexual intercourse as its earliest musicians found employment in New Orleans brothel parlors, with the word deriving from the term 'jass'. The term "jass" was rude sexual slang, related either to the term "jism" or to the jasmine perfume popular among urban prostitutes. '' Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaa. BOH! i love it! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty a répondu le Mon 20 Mar, 2006 @ 3:21pm |
| Coolness: 56705 | ok so we gotta do this right- costumes, characters?
come on people, ''LETS DO THIS'' ha ha |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» jas_nasty a répondu le Tue 21 Mar, 2006 @ 1:20pm |
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