DECember 2011 Volume 21 Issue 8
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Publisher Dr. Jack billiardstabletalk@yahoo.com 623-340-0481 Art Director Mike Barthel blueskyartdept@gmail.com Assistant Editor/ Proofreader Tamii Schrum dethkitn@gmail.com Sales Carl Kowalczuk Jo Ann Vasquez Contributing Writers Carl Kowalczuk Jo Ann Vasquez Heather Toney Distribution AJ & Lynda Fernholz The Dart Starr is published on the 1st-8th of each month. The opinions expressed herein are exclusively those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the position of the publisher. Submission of articles and/or photographs are most welcome and will be considered for future issues. All materials submitted become the property of Blue Sky Publishing and will not be returned unless accompanied with a self addressed envelope. This issue is copyrighted. It is forbidden to reprint any of its content without the written consent of the publisher. All advertising must be received by the 20th of the month prior to publication. With no political affiliations and an eye for fun, clean entertainment, Billiards Table Talk has published continuously since 1988. We have advertisers that have been in every issue for the past 21 years. Our strong values and commitment to our advertiser’s success puts us a step or two above the rest. Billiards Table Talk & The Dart Starr Newspapers reach over 50,000 hands across 13 local cities every month. Look out for new racks and added distribution points every month.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone, I’m still in shock as to where the year 2011 went! Let’s all remember the reason for the season and give thanks for the gifts we’ve been given. Let’s not judge others lest we be judged. For a minute be the other person! When I teach or preach or whatever it is I do, I like to think I’m helping you think beyond yourself. We have so many Christmas charities, drives and rides to support, pick one, heck pick a few, let your heart guide you as you share what you can. God bless you with every gift you give to help others. Pool and Darts, are we moving forward, backward or standing still? With so many bars, rooms and lounges having a tough time, have we explored ways to rejuvenate our sports to help bring new life and excitement into our bars and rooms? Do our bars and rooms need to reevaluate the services they provide to the players; should their drink list include more specialty drinks, other than alcoholic beverages? Should Starbucks, Hook-ah lounges, social clubs, poker houses and the like be stealing our customers right under our noses? People pay $3.00 and up for a cup of coffee, and we sell a beer for a buck or two. I wonder if a dart or pool player could play while drinking a cup of coffee or a specialty drink. Could a good business man or woman cater to the drinker and the social person, wishing only to socialize with others while playing our sports?
the like to organize pool and dart leagues and tournaments? I think by now we should have figured out that we need to make other reasons besides drinking booze, for people to hang out at our bars, as times have changed. I’m not sure what, “what I’m talking about” would look like when you walked into a bar as such but, I’m sure if we don’t start thinking about it we may not have to worry about it. We have a lot of great places (bars) to socialize in, am I wrong in thinking everything is centered around the booze and not the socializing? Or is it that it is only booze that is served in the bars, and the customers only has two choices, take it or leave it. If poker, pool, darts, karaoke and other customers aren’t buying your product could it be that you need to expand your products to give them a broader choice to spend their money on. I wonder what would happen if I went into a bar and bought a bottle of Powerade for $2.50 (which the bar was selling) and enjoyed sitting around talking to my friends while they were drinking a beer, would the roof fall in? Or do I have to drink a glass of FREE water because there is no alternative? I like the damn bar but I don’t want to get drunk all the time so give me choice so I can stay!
Now you would have to be a complete idiot to think I’m knocking the bars, I love the bars and I’m afraid they are going to disappear if we don’t change with the times, times are changing. It would be unheard of for a bar to sponsor a NON-DRINKING pool or dart league UNLESS…picture 60 or more people drinking $3.00 Do a beer and a shot have to go to $5.00 cups of coffee or… yes… with a game of pool or darts? keep thinking. Are we being too hardcore with our bars and not moving forward with the times? Are we waiting for Starbucks or other coffee shops or
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YOUR NAME AND/OR THE NAME OF YOUR BAND: International musician / producer, Ian Falgout. BRIEFLY DESCRIBE YOUR BAND/MUSIC: I have had the opportunity to tour and record with so many legendary players in all genres of music. From classical in school and drum corps to my roots from south Louisiana playing funk and second-line with the greats, to classic rock with the greats who wrote them and modern rock and doing the whole MTV thing. I have had a chance to play so many types of music. I DO love a good swamp groove BUT there is nothing like a high energy, loud rock song in front of a few thousand screaming bodies! HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU LEARNED TO PLAY AND WHO INSPIRED YOU? I started banging on pots and pans at the age of 2 and was nicknamed "Bam Bam". I officially started in the school band at Holy Cross Elementary in Louisiana in the 3rd grade. I have always been a singer and did the normal routine of starring in the school plays and vocal ensembles.
IF YOU COULD JAM WITH ANYONE ALIVE OR DEAD WHO WOULD IT BE? Drawing from so many influences, that is a tough one. One person would definitely be Louis Armstrong...just to be on stage with someone of such charisma. His way of arranging songs was the very beginning of pop arrangements, even though in a jazz setting. He was of the first, real iconic "rock stars". Being born and raised just outside of New Orleans, everyone loves Satchmo. A short list would be Elvis, Steve Perry, Little Richard (my friend and mentor, the legendary Earl Palmer cut most of the hits with Little Richard and would be a great homage to play those songs with him), and ANY Beatle. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE SONG OF ALL TIME? Oddly, though I am known as a rock guy, the one song that hits me in so many different ways and can make me "tear up" most times when I really sit and listen to it, is Louis Armstrong's version of "What A Wonderful World." As a producer, I try to get artists to EMOTE on tape...that is one of the finest examples of hearing emotion on a recording...I BELIEVE what he is singing. WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE VENUE TO PLAY AT IN AZ? Comerica, the old Dodge Theatre in Phoenix. Big, clean and always had good crowds when I’ve played there with a few different artists. Just a nice setup for artists.
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WHAT’S YOUR POISON/DRINK OF CHOICE? Not to sound too cliché, but PATRON first and a good, aged, single malt scotch. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE THE BEST SONG YOU PERFORM? I have always loved playing the song, "Just Maybe" with Windsor. High energy, lots of drums and a crowd favorite. WHY DO YOU THINK THE CHICKEN REALLY CROSSED THE ROAD? ..Cause he smelled a damn good gumbo being cooked across the street! WHERE ARE YOUR GIGS FOR THE NEXT MONTH? Been in studio more than anything as of late producing and developing a great new band, Frequency and in pre-production for producing and co-writing for Buzzy Gruen's (Point Blank, Chuck Rainey) solo release. Buzzy is a legend, having spent 6 major label albums, all gold and a top 20 hit in "Nicole" in 1981. Guests on the CD will include Grammy winning percussionist Jose Rossy (Weather Report, Labelle, Talking Heads, and Robert Palmer) and Chuck Rainey (Steely Dan, Aretha Franklin). I am busy demoing my own material as well for the band KitShicker and will be recording new tracks for Windsor and talking about reuniting with Christian Love (son of Mike Love of Beach Boys and current guitarist for the Beach Boys) for
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some of his solo material. DO YOU READ TABLE TALK AND DART STARR NEWSPAPERS? Thanks to you, YES! DO YOU PLAY PRIVATE PARTIES AND ARE YOU AVAILABLE FOR BOOKING? I will do SELECT shows, but as with ANY musicians, we are always available for something! With all-star lineups or just me with an acoustic guitar and voice, I am a whore like anyone else! We, all have a price! Contact me at iangroove@live.com or www.myspace.com/iangroove or Google “Ian Falgout”. Ian is currently producing and developing the band, Frequency, from Durango, Co. and performing with the Brian Flynn All-Stars which includes Brian Flynn (Sammy Hagar), Jay Johnson (Blackfoot, Rossington Collins Band, Radio Tokyo), Jose Rossy (Labelle, Talking Heads, Weather Report), Mike Estes (Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackfoot) and Buzzy Gruen (Point Blank, Chuck Rainey) as drummer and lead singer. Ian is endorsed with Taye drums, Ahead Drumsticks, Flix Sticks and brushes, Evans Drumheads, Stagg Cymbals and Cases, EMD Music, HQ Percussion, Pure Sound snare wires, and Jaded and Hated Clothing (Phoenix, AZ).
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Hello readers, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving…I spent the first couple weeks of November in Colorado! I got to see some family, friends and SNOW (ewww). It’s great to be back in Phoenix, though it was very cool seeing my loved ones. HI DAD!
I got to visit the Pagosa Bar in Pagosa Springs, Colorado, across from the beautiful river walk. It’s a cozy old place with smiling faces, indoor smoking, ice cold beer and fun, friendly bartenders. Thank you Linda and Benji for serving me and making me feel at home!
Hi Linda!
Luckily, against all odds, I made it back to Phoenix in time to see “CROOKED GRIN” play on Wed., November 23rd at The Blooze. I was in desperate need of some kickass live music again, and they reminded me of why I love my city so much. Great music! The dance floor was packed, they ROCKED that place! I highly recommend them!
Then on Saturday, Nov. 26th, it was finally time for the big show I’ve been waiting for, Sectas and St. Madness at Joe’s Grotto! Two of my all-time favorite local metal bands, I’d looked forward to this show for a month… and it was even better than I expected it to be. If you love metal, then this is a combination to DIE for. My neck’s gonna hurt for a week. They should both be national acts, and if you don’t believe me, then ask any of their many, many devoted fans.
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ARIZONA DART LEAGUES OPEN INVITATION This is an open invitation to ALL DART LEAGUES IN ARIZONA, also to all dart tournament directors. You are cordially invited to share all your darting news with your players and the general public by having your darting news published in “THE DART STARR NEWSPAPER”.
500 locations in the valley every month, the purpose of the newspaper is to let the general public know about our sport of darts and our players, to promote our bars, lounges and rooms, to help our retailers and to move our sport to a higher level.
This is a chance again for all of us to get The Dart Starr Newspaper is in its 21st year behind our sport of darts and move it serving Arizona darters their sponsors, and forward, set aside your prejudices, your past our local bars, without fail we have strived to disagreements which you probably can’t serve our darting community. We have seen even remember what they are, and some some of the worst and the best come and go, never knew what they were they just blindly we have watched the power structure raise followed. and fall through many of hands, through it all darts have survived and so have we! We My emails are as follows: thedartstarr@ have seen some of the biggest dart leagues yahoo.com and billiardstabletalk@yahoo. destroyed by greed, politics and selfishness, com and drjackhypnosis@yahoo.com my we have seen our tournaments dwindle phone number is 623 340-0481 send your to hands full at our local establishments, highlights, stats, announcements, birthdays, and seen many establishments go out of special events, charity shoots and things to promote your players, players send in stupid business. pictures, cute mishaps, jokes, fun things I’m not trying to organize anything, take that happen on league or tournament nights. business away from anyone, not going to throw rocks at other newspapers, not going I will be contacting each dart league owner bad mouth players or business owners to personally invite them to share their dart I’m just going to let you know that “The news with our readers, in the mean time I Dart Starr Newspaper” is delivered to over look forward to hearing from you soon.
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A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO OUR DART LEAGUES The Scottsdale Darts Association (SDA) is a steel darts league that plays on Tuesday nights. We have 3 different levels of play from beginner to more advanced play. Matches are played at various sponsor pubs in Scottsdale (mainly) and around the East valley. The cost is about $25 dollars per season, two seasons per year. The next season will begin in about February, 2012. All information can be found on-line at our website www. scottsdaledartsassociation.org
(currently) and play in sponsor pubs in and around the Phoenix metro area. The cost is about $20 dollars per season, two seasons per year. The next season will begin in February, 2012. All information can be found on-line at www. arizonadartsleague.org Desert Dart League they play on Wednesday nights in the East valley. Call or email our office for more information on this league info@ scottsdaledartsassociation.org
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Looking for something to do on a Saturday night? Go to the McDonalds burger stand at Indian Bend and the 101 freeway, one block west. Starting about 3pm, you will see a large collection of vintage/hot rod cars and trucks on display, among other interesting vehicles. Naturally I needed The base Challenger with V-6 something to impress the natives, engine starts about $26,000. But so I got the new Dodge Challenger this SRT was loaded up with
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FUN FACTS! • The average speed of a dart hitting the board is around 40 mph (64kph) • What is the total number of darts thrown in a perfect Cricket game? Eight. A perfect game is as follows: dart 1 (triple 20), dart 2 (triple 19), 3rd (triple 18), 4th (triple 17), 5th (triple 16), 6th (triple 15), 7th (single bull) and 8th (double bull). • What is the minimum number of throws required to achieve a ‘perfect’ game of 501? Nine. Englishman John Lowe was the first to achieve this feat on television, at the 1984 World Matchplay Championships. He threw 180, 180 and then triple 17, triple 18, double 18 for a peg out of 141. An awesome performance!
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