Bounty is on for tonight at the Industry, as any team that knocks off Imaginary Pablo wins an extra $25 in addition to the normal gift cert. Action starts at 6:30.

On to Bards at 9:15 p.m. Last week, Gabe won all by himself in a remarkable performance. Can he repeat? Has he made any friends since last week? We’ll find out tonight.

 

Rendezvous at 6:15. Black Sheep at 8:15. You know the deal.

Also, in things which none of you guys care about but I do, I’ve been all about Camden hip-hop this week. I started by watching this really interesting documentary a few days ago about Camden. Not many people take a good hard look at from this angle. I like that this documentary shows it from the point of view of those who live in the streets of Camden. The fish-eye lens thing is a bit disconcerting, but the doc overall is worth a watch.

And it turned me on to a lot of talented rappers in Camden. One of them, above, is the Legendary Shakil. Really love everything about this video (which is NSFW due to cussing), starting the intro where he points out how people talk all about the negativity surrounding Camden but nobody ever searches for talent there. I love how personal the song is, and how while he expresses how dangerous the city is, he still also expresses pride for where he’s from. Pride for Camden? Who would have imagined such a thing exists. But it does, and it’s real, and it’s in your face. Which, as someone who has been listening to hip hop for almost 35 years, is why I fell in love with this type of music in the first place. It took me places I never would have gone otherwise, and it showed me the world from a point of view different from those I got at home, school, and among my peers. It’s since turned into pop music at a mainstream level, but if you dig through the crates a bit, you can still find plenty of what made the music so great in the first place. The Legendary Shakil is an example of that.

(Relax, there won’t be a music round on Camden rappers coming up soon.)

Action starts at the Markets at Comcast Center at 5:30 p.m. OUr first BYO quiz of the year. On to O’Neals at 8 p.m. $2 Iron City cans, $2 Sam Adams Harvest Pumpkin, and $5 22oz bottles of Southern Tier Pumking. $50 gift cert for the winners. And we return to Tap House at 10:15 p.m. Free Money Faceoff in addition to the quiz. Hope to see you tonight!

Action starts tonight at the North STar at 7 p.m. On to Sidecar at 9:30. You know the deal. See y’all tonight.

Imaginary Pablo has won 8 straight at the Industry and need to be stopped. Therefore, the Dog is offering a $25 bounty to any team that can knock them off (and win overall) tonight! That’s in addition to the normal gift cert. See ya tonight!

We’re finally back in business at the Industry and the Bards tonight. Been surprisingly decent crowds this week. I guess my fear that everyone’s New Year’s Resolution was going to be “Play less quizzo” was unfounded. Interesting audio round tonight. Action starts at Industry at 6:30 p.m. We move to Bards at 9:15 p.m. Hope to see ya tonight!

Finally! Our first quiz in almost a month at the Vous and at Black Sheep. Vous starts at 6:15ish. Black Sheep at 8:15ish. Hope to see you youngsters tonight!

Our theme is set for Quizzo Bowl XI…it’s the Motown Throwdown! Music between rounds will be provided by the York Street Hustle, an AWESOME Soul band that I am extremely excited to share the stage with. The Bowl goes down on February 21st at World Cafe Live…tickets will go on sale in two weeks. So get your squad together and get ready for the most prestigious quizzo event in America, the Quizzo Bowl!

Hey gang, just a heads up that we’re only partying in the snow at one spot tonight, and that is O’Neals at 8 p.m. In addition to our normal madness, I’ll have some ski lift tickets to give away. The kids ain’t back from holiday yet, so we’re gonna hold off at City Tap until next Tuesday, when we’ll be returning with our quiz, and with a little face-off action. So see ya tonight at O’Neals!

The holidays are done, and it’s back to working and paying bills and figuring out what to do with this dead tree in our living rooms. But there is good news on the horizon. Quizzo Bowl XI will be on February 21st, and we’re gonna have a damn good time at the World Cafe Live. I’ll be announcing our musical guests for the Bowl tomorrow. We’re also gonna have several new contests this year at quizzo, including faceoffs at Tap House (where we’ll resume our quiz next week) and a few new wrinkles and contests I’m working on as well, including a tradoff with me and Riley at Industry later this month. Yep, I’m gonna wait your tables and Riley’s gonna ask the questions. Should be a complete disaster lot of fun.  

In the meantime, we’ve got the same good old quizzo goodness that we perform every week, starting tonight at the North Star Bar at 7 p.m., and on to the Sidecar at 9:30. Our first 50/50 round after the new year has become an annual tradition, and we’ll be celebrating all that’s new in our wild card round.

And yes, I still have hopes of posting a few pics and scores from before the New Year. I had a ton of private party gigs followed by the holidays, so I’ve got some catching up to do. Just the way you want to head into the New Year. Alright, so let’s get this party started this week.