I received an email today from some friends that contained an article about how my favorite college bar, Shakers, will be closing its doors this May. I wanted to post a link to the article but the esteemed Moscow/Pullman Daily News requires you to register with them just to read articles online. I have been back the last couple of years but Shakers was never quite the same as the days when we were roaming campus. Nevertheless some of the great nights of my college career (even the ones I had to be told about the next day) wouldn't have quite been the same without Shakers.
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
R.I.P. Shakers
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Mitch, I too heard of this news this morning and was heading directly to the blog after work to inform our faithful viewers to the gray cloud that had settled in Pullman. However, seeing as your current occupation is using the internet as your own personal bathroom stall wall, it looks like you beat me to it. I will do the honors of posting a link to the Daily Evergreen before I display my thoughts on what has happened here.
http://www.dailyevergreen.com/disp_story.php?storyId=11368
My take: It is always sad to see a bar close, especially one that has played such a integral role in helping otherwise ugly girls get laid. But this, my friends is bittersweet. You see the owner of the establishment, one of Mitch's better friends through college, is the biggest sleazeball rip off artist you've ever met. I don't want to go into the details of his schemes and bastardness but I can tell you that if there is a hell, this guy has got a first class ticket. His legend travels so far that I was once on a plane to Cleveland and sat next to a guy. We got to talking and he asked if I liked Shakers when he found out I was a Coug. He then proceeded to go on a rant about how much he hated Tony. I was pretty impressed considering he never went to WSU. I know... get to the point. The bittersweet aspect of this: Tony will never receive a dime of profit on the sale of Shakers. There will also be no hot college girls coming up and pretending to be interested in him in hopes that he will bring them drinks. WSU's sleaze-meter will decrease a minimum of 5 points. I am dissapointed that the man has taken down another watering hole on the way to campus. This will no doubt create problems for those of us hoping to get into any campus bar this upcoming season. But that can be dealt with. After all, we happen to have a bar on wheels that has been known to throw a party or two. - lex
OOOOOOOOhhhhhhhhhhh! Burn Lexington! BURN! You really burned me there. You are right I was acquaintances with Tony during a senior year something at I used to help bypass lines into his bar. But as you will recall I was booted from his establishment twice during this last glorious Cougar football season. As a result I might be the last to climb aboard but I am definitely on the FUCK Tony bandwagon. Thank the lord for that bar on wheels.
Manaaging time %%desc%% that forcus on goal and plan
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