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Welcome to sweetheart’s month. What ever happened to mixed scotch doubles, and couples’ tournaments? Maybe someone should start having some fun with our sports again and mix things up. Did all these “just for fun pool and dart functions die”? Maybe I’ll stop by some pool rooms and some of the bigger bars and put a bug in their ear. Is it just all about the money, what money right? That’s what I thought. When the fun comes back, our games will peak again, the only thing missing is “you”. Maybe it’s time for the room and bar owners to rally around the table again and see if we can light some fires. Remember the old saying, “united we stand divided we fall”? Well we’re doing pretty good at falling, aren’t we? When we isolate thinking we are growing our sports we are actually stunting the growth, no one person, room or bar can be the savior. We must unite again, and I’m too damn tired and old to chase after anyone again to explain this. But if anyone wanted to pick my brain or listen about past mistakes and things that worked I’d gladly sit down with them.
would interest you and bring you into their establishments more often; I’m a firm believer we need to change SOMETHING about our bars especially.
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We lost a few friends of the bars and our sports in the last few months, please remember them in your prayers and support any benefits that are taking place for them. Let their lives teach us how precious and short life really is, be kind to each other, know that peace of mind and happiness is the ultimate reward in life. I’d like to start a new writing contest for all my readers, I will pay $20.00 for the best submitted article or story about a pool or dart experience. It must be between 200 and 300 words, can include 1 picture if you would like, but not necessary. All articles, stories and/or pictures submitted WILL become property of Blue Sky Publishing and may be used in future issues without writers permission or payment, only 1 winning article for pool and 1 for darts will be awarded the $20.00 prize for the month submitted. Need more information call Dr. Jack 623-340-0481 Submit to the follow: billiardstabletalk@yahoo.com or thedartstarr@yahoo.com or mail to PO Box 41723, Phoenix AZ 85808
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TO ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS IN THIS PAPER CALL JACK 623-340-0481 IF YOU COULD JAM WITH ANYONE ALIVE OR DEAD WHO WOULD IT BE? I’d have to say Jimmy Page. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE "CHEESY" SONG OF ALL TIME? My Sharona! LOL WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE VENUE TO PLAY AT IN AZ? I can’t say for sure. WHAT’S YOUR POISON/DRINK OF CHOICE? Jagermeister! WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE BEST SONG YOU PERFORM? We have a song called "Black Water" that kicks ass! WHERE ARE YOUR GIGS FOR THE NEXT MONTH? We have our first gig with me fronting the band at the end of the month. It’s a private birthday party for Joe’s sister. DO YOU READ TABLE TALK AND DART STARR NEWSPAPERS? Yes I do as matter of fact. I’m looking at one now. Lol DO YOU PLAY PRIVATE PARTIES AND ARE YOU AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING? YOUR NAME AND/OR THE NAME OF YOUR BAND: My name is Fred Flory (no alias yet! LOL) and the band is Yes we do and yes we are. Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Scorpions, Judas Priest, Iron Cactus Chainsaw!! CONTACT/BOOKING INFO: Maiden... everything that was pre-1984 metal!!! INSTRUMENT YOU PLAY: Throat Chainsawcactus@gmail.com IF YOU COULD JAM WITH ANYONE ALIVE OR DEAD DESCRIBE YOUR BAND/MUSIC: WHO WOULD IT BE? Cactus Chainsaw is a blend of old school metal with a YOUR NAME AND/OR THE NAME OF YOUR BAND: Jamming with ’Tool’ would be really awesome...As far as the potent dose of hard core that will leave at least the first 10 I’m Alexandra Luciak, the bassist for the Metal band, ’no longer living’ category goes, probably Dimebag Darrell. to 20 rows picking up facial fragments off the floor! Brutal!!! Now THAT’S legendary metal guitar!!! ’Sulfuric Angel’ HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU LEARNED TO WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE "CHEESY" SONG OF ALL INSTRUMENT YOU PLAY: Bass PLAY/STARTED SINGING AND WHO INSPIRED YOU? TIME? I was playing in bars in my home town by the time I was 14. DESCRIBE YOUR BAND/MUSIC: Definitely Metal! I was inspired by Rob Halford and Graham Bonnet mostly. The closest I can come to in describing our sound is... If Iron I really dig Christmas carols for ’cheesy’ factor. Probably ’Joy To The World’ or ’O Come All Ye Faithful’ Maiden and Pantera had a baby, it would sound like us! We’re classified under Heavy Metal/Progressive Metal because they just burst into this super-dramatic happiness /Thrash Metal for our official genres on Reverb Nation and and the thing that actually makes them cheesy is the holiday factor and how everyone knows them but it’s not THEIR fault MySpace though. because they’re actually classic pieces composed by the HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU LEARNED TO masters hundreds of years ago! PLAY/STARTED SINGING AND WHO INSPIRED YOU? WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE VENUE TO PLAY AT IN AZ? Quite young!!! My parents were Russian so there was always classical music in the house... opera, ballet, etc. My Definitely ’Joe’s Grotto’!!! Greatest sound, greatest bands, grandfather was the orchestra conductor for the Odessa greatest people and you’ll always find me there on a City Orchestra in Odessa, Ukraine! They made me start weekend night regardless! playing the violin at age 8 but I was too ADHD to practice but What’s your poison/drink of choice? I love quality bottled then I got an acoustic guitar at the age of 14 and discovered beer or wine. Probably Beck’s light or any lighter colored rock and roll. Then I got an electric and it was all Led brew because this is Arizona and the warmer climate
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…continued from page 8. doesn’t usually suit a heavy, dark brew or vintage. For wines, I LOVE Maynard’s ’Anna Goat’ from Merkin Vinyards... It’s the BEST!!! I’m also herb-friendly but I don’t believe in the use of poisonous chemicals on the human body. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE BEST SONG YOU PERFORM? ’I Can’t Believe’ I just LOVE that song because it’s got this intricate bass run in the verses and then the break stops and just rings on the bottom D... It’s just THUNDEROUS!!! It’s our singer Doug’s favorite song too! WHERE ARE YOUR GIGS FOR THE NEXT MONTH? We’re playing at O’Brien’s Sports Bar and Pub at 7829 N. 35th Avenue on February 11th!!! DO YOU READ TABLE TALK AND DART STARR NEWSPAPERS? Yes! DO YOU PLAY PRIVATE PARTIES AND ARE YOU AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING? Yes!!! CONTACT/BOOKING INFO: You can call me, Alexandra Luciak: 602-327-9908 or our singer Doug Diercks: 602-571-6129
YOUR NAME AND/OR THE NAME OF YOUR BAND: Element a440 MEMBERS: Halo – Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Programming Graven – Guitars Ranie Mae – Bass Animal – Drums BRIEFLY DESCRIBE YOUR BAND/MUSIC: Element a440 delivers an intelligent brand of Edgy, Hook-Heavy, Dark, Melodic, and Electronic rock that enthralls its listeners. Spreading from the band to the individual, the intense lyrics and seductive sounds merge with the mind and body, through the crowd like an epidemic until all are as one. A new album is currently in the works so expect many great things from Element a440 this year. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU LEARNED TO PLAY AND WHO INSPIRED YOU? Graven - I really haven’t quite learned yet so its hard to say… but as far as influences go… all of the badass guitar players. Ranie – I started playing when I was eleven and was inspired by a huge range of artists. Animal- I started around 41/2 and 5 years old and I was inspired by Neil Peart, The Rev, & Vinnie Paul. IF YOU COULD JAM WITH ANYONE ALIVE OR DEAD WHO WOULD IT BE? Animal – Well if it were someone that was alive it would
be Neil Peart. As far as dead I would have to say A7X. The Reverend. Ranie – Les Claypool Graven - Jammin’ with Zombies? I’m totally down for that, otherwise I’d love to jam with Dimebag, Randy Rhoads, Glenn Danzig & the Misfits WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE "CHEESY" SONG OF ALL TIME? Animal – Beastie Boys “girls”, Stepbrothers “boats and hoe’s”, Jan Terri’s “losing you”, Rebecca black’s Friday. Graven- Everythin’ from the 80’s. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE VENUE TO PLAY AT IN AZ? Graven – It’s a tossup between The Marquee and the Mesa Amphitheatre. Halo – I agree with Graven but I would also add Joe’s Grotto. Animal- Joe’s Grotto
WHAT’S YOUR POISON/DRINK OF CHOICE? Halo – Jack and Coke Ranie – Bacardi Razz and Code Red Animal- jack & coke, & New Castle Graven- Free WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE BEST SONG YOU PERFORM? Graven – All of them Animal – Parasite, or NDQ WHERE ARE YOUR GIGS FOR THE NEXT MONTH? Ranie – March 24th at Joes Grotto – Festival of Flesh 21+ Halo - We are also currently working on finishing our new record titled “Whips, Knives, Candles and Quills “that we are hoping to have done early in 2012. DO YOU HAVE A STORY ABOUT YOUR BEST SHOW EVER? Graven – All of them are our best shows Ranie – Well we got the cops called one time… Animal- our best show I think is when we had a three out of the four members of Element A440 halo, Graven, and I. We had a show at the plantation and we made us sound like we had all four of us there it was awesome.
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WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT BEING A MUSICIAN? Graven – Playing music and everything that comes along with it. Animal- my favorite thing about being a musician is doing what I love and being able to interact with the fans after the shows. Halo- I love having the ability to pour out feelings into song and then perform those songs on stage! I guess I would say that the music isn’t really designed for the audience. It is designed around the band creating something that we feel is good. It then becomes truly rewarding when an audience can identify with it and sing along. Ranie – I love everything about being a musician, I can’t say I have a specific favorite thing about it. DO YOU READ TABLE TALK AND DART STARR NEWSPAPERS? Halo - I have started to read it since I found out it existed. DO YOU PLAY PRIVATE PARTIES AND ARE YOU AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING? Halo – I guess it would depend on the party. Is there naked people? CONTACT/BOOKING INFO: elementa440@live.com www.elementa440.com www.reverbnation.com/elementa440
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again this year, hoping to achieve that same feat having The United States Snooker won the title again last year for Association (USSA) is pleased a third successive time. to announce that the Embassy Billiards Club in San Gabriel, Alan Morris, the Executive California, will host the 2012 Director of the USSA, said: United States National Snooker “The Embassy Billiards Club Championship from May 25- has a long tradition in hosting 27. snooker’s premier annual event in the United States, and we With fourteen full-sized are very happy to be back there British made Riley snooker for the 2012 Championship. tables, all which are kept in The Club has always been very immaculate condition, the generous in showing its support Embassy Billiards Club has for the hosting of the event, and always proved to be a popular offering a warm welcome to all host of the Championship the players from around the having been played there first United States.” He added: “The back in 1995. Board is also considering a new The Club’s most recent staging Championship format to be of the Championship was back implemented this year, which in 2010 which saw Ahmed Aly we believe will be much fairer travel from Brooklyn, New to all players and eliminate any York, to successfully defend his meaningless Group matches.” title. Aly will also be present as the number one seeded player by Alan Morris
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DR. JACK IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
On January 17th, 2012, around 3pm, Dr Jack the publisher of Billiards Table Talk and The Dart Starr newspapers was involved in a serious motorcycle accident around 35th Ave and Peoria. Dr Jack was traveling north on 35th Ave when a car traveling south on 35th Ave turned left in front of Dr. Jack. Dr. Jack was taken to John C Lincoln Hospital for treatment. After a few surgeries Dr Jack
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AN AFTERNOON WITH A LEGEND ~Robert Brown
I had the honor of setting down and doing an interview with one of the greats in billiards. A man who made his living playing “on the road”. Four time 1 pocket champion and the 1st inductee into the 1 Pocket Halls Of Fame are just a few of his awards. Grady ”The Professor” Mathews . Author of a book called “Aim High and Kiss Low” and 17 DVD’s. It was for me, a very fun afternoon. Along with the answers, he told me stories. Some made us laugh and oth-ers were very emotional. After the interview he invited us to his home to see some of his memorabilia and trophies. When I left Mr. Mathews home I went home and watched “the Color of Money”. I looked for a character named Dud. Sure enough, it was him. Q) How old were you when you started playing. A) 13 in San Mateo. Q) What got you interested in the game? A) Father was a bowler. Got tired of watching and started playing on pool tables. Q) Who was your biggest influence or mentor when you were developing your skills? A) Eddie “ The Knoxville Bear” Taylor, Erving “the Deacon” Crane, “ Portland Don” Wat-son. Q) Why did you pick billiards over another game? A) I like golf. I have caddied for some pretty high profile people. Golf was expensive and I just kind of fell into playing pool. I went to the same high school as fellows named Jim For-gosy, Barry Bonds, Tom Brady. Q) Did you ever play in leagues? A) Only once, in the 70s. The team I was on won the national championship. It wasn’t a big deal to me. Q) Do you remember what league that was? A) I don’t even remember. The reason I played in it was some of my best customers played in it and they asked me to play, so I did. I couldn’t make any of the sports teams. I was a pretty good athlete back in Missouri. When I moved to California there was over 2000 kids. My new friends and I thought we were dis-criminated against. We tried out for baseball. We hit every
pitch, caught every ball, every throw was thrown. Still we didn’t even make the 2nd day. Even high school sports you get politics in there. You don’t have a chance. I wouldn’t trade my life for anything anyway. Q) What, and against who was your toughest match? A)i have played a lot of tough matches. Leonard “bugs” Rucker, he was 1 of my toughest 1 pocket matches. He was a great black 1 pocket champion from Chicago. Q) What’s the 1 match that stands out as your most fun match? A) I don’t know … I guess the most rewarding match was the night I won $60k. Me, “that would be a fun night”! Grady. “Well. I raised a family on no entitlements. I don’t know how I did it. I have no idea. Because it was hard. I had the same bills that everybody else did. Sometimes I would get $10k in debt and I would go on the road, I wouldn’t come home until I had all the money. Anyway, it was interesting. Q) Do you remember who you won the $60k from? A) There was this famous partner. Me and a guy named Bill Rosenbaum were partners against Keith McCredie, he is a famous player (he was in the Color of Money also) and a prominent Seattle attorney named Harry Blattis. Q) What, when and where was your 1st major title? A) I won the One-pocket championship 4 times, 83, 84, 85, and 95. I won some other tournaments but there has always been the question “what exactly is a major tournament?” Q) Do you consider the Olympics a good venue for this sport? A) It would be great if they can keep the politics out of it. Q) What do you think would have to happen for that to come about? A) They have been lobbying for it for some time now, the prevailing organizations and prominent players. I’m not sure what it would take. Q) How important is physical fitness? A) Oh … I think it is very important. Let me give you an example; my longest match was 90 hours. If a guy
showed me a stack of hundreds this thick, I had to be in shape. That’s why I could outlast most people because I was in shape. I was a runner … I could play a long time. Q) The oldest mention of billiards is 1406 with Mary, Queen of Scotts. It has come a long way from kings and queens to the common man. Where do you see our sport 100 years from now? A) I’m not sure they will ever achieve perfection. In my career I always tried to achieve per-fection. Let me give you an example, in straight pool, a 150 point game is the length of a championship match. So perfection would be a 150 ball run. But, that’s not real perfection. If I run 150 balls, I’m not going to have perfect position every time. You get out of line and have to adjust. These guys today, they play so good. So , 100 years from now , I see them playing near perfect if not perfect games. Q) What advice would you give to up and coming young player? A) Build a resume! Janette Lee is a
multi-millionaire. She used to get advice from people like me and Buddy Hall and we would practice with her. But… she had a resume. She got good ( at pool ) and good endorsements. Now she gets $20K for an appearance fee. Q) Your book “Bet High and Kiss Low” came out in 2001. Is there anything you would like to add to it now? A) If I had it to do over again (when I get healthy I might rewrite it), I would take the bad things out of it and there are some things I would like to add to it. Some interesting games and matches I would like to write about. Q) Any thoughts or words of wisdom you would like to share? A) Rough translation of a funny story … “don’t piss off the female players. They are the ones on TV now. I would like to thank Mr. Mathews for his time and hospitality. If you have a chance stop by Gradys Billiards and say hi.
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