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True Love Open Mic PLUS!

About Me


RENOVATIONS ARE COMPLETE! THE TRUE LOVE COFFEEHOUSE IS OPEN! OPEN MIC IS BACK! EVERY TUESDAY AT 7:45 PM!
But Enought About Me... About The True Love Coffeehouse:
The True Love Coffeehouse originally opened on J Street in February of 2001. Matt The Bastard took over the host position of the Open Mic Plus in June of 2003 and won TWO News And Review Best Of Sacramento awards for Best Open Mic, until the coffeehouse lost their lease and was forced to close in September of 2004.
The NEW True Love Coffeehouse opened in November 2006 one block from the old location, and the Open Mic Plus started back up in January of 2007 with host Matt The Bastard back in the driver's seat. And in 2007, we AGAIN won the News And Review Best Of Sacramento award for Best Open Mic! So come on down and check us out, and see we're #1!
The best way to contact Matt The Bastard or the Open Mic Plus is to send a MySpace message, but you can also send an email to [email protected] and we'll get back to you eventually.
When And Where Is This Magical Open Mic?
This Tuesday, next Tuesday, EVERY TUESDAY
at the True Love Coffeehouse
2315 K Street
(between 23rd and 24th Streets)
Sign-up at 7:45 p.m. SHARP
Performances start at 8:00 p.m.
Who Can Be A Performer?
Anyone and everyone can be a performer at the The True Love Coffeehouse Open Mic PLUS!... Musicians, comedians, poets... if you can do it on stage (get yer filthy mind out of the gutter) you can do it on OUR STAGE!
PERFORMERS FROM OUT OF TOWN: Please CHECK IN with Matt The Bastard prior to the ticket lottery and we will do our best to accommodate you!
A Few Simple Rules:
1. NO COVER SONGS. Sorry, but we are serious hard-asses on this one. Original material only, please.
2. NO DRUMS of any kind. If it's bigger than a tambourine, don't bother to bring it.
3. Two weeks on, one week off. We ask that if you have been selected to perform two weeks in a row that you voluntarily sit out the third week to allow other performers the opportunity to be selected.
4. Please respect our 1-purchase minimum. Is it really that much to ask that you support the place that supports you?

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Open Mic Plus Performers! If you'll be our MySpace friends, we'll send you lots of love and positive brainwaves! Befriend us now and help get the word out about us! Click HERE to add The Open Mic Plus as a MySpace Friend!

Check This Out!
KCRA 3 in Sacramento recently did a story on Open Micers Nick York and Christopher Fairman, who started collaborating after meeting at OUR OPEN MIC! It could happen to you, too!

My Blog

Open Mic Plus is going on HIATUS for a while... Please read...

As you may already know by now, True Love has run into some issues that have forced us to temporarily shut down cafe operations.  Live music is still continuing each and every weekend, but the O...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:54:00 GMT

Updates From The True Love

Hey guys, your ol' buddy Matt The Bastard here with some quick updates about the True Love Coffeehouse.  Major construction is COMPLETED and right now it's just the loose ends being tied up, so l...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:08:00 GMT

ATTENTION OPEN MIC PEOPLE - BIG CHANGES AT TRUE LOVE - PLEASE READ

Hi buddies,As you may or may not have already heard, there are some very important changes happening at True Love.  I'll let our owner and fearless leader, Kevin Seconds, lay them out for you in ...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:00:00 GMT

My, What Have We Here?

Holy shit, a blog post? Two and a half months since the last one? And not even on the same day of the week as the usual blog posts? Is there, like, a full moon tonight or something?Well, yeah actua...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:26:00 GMT

Somebody cue up the Hallelujah Chorus

If you had told me 16 months ago when we opened the K Street location that it would take 16 months to get the upstairs open and live music into the coffeehouse on a regular basis, I would have called ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:03:00 GMT

Blogging: It's not for sissies.

I just wrote the biggest goddamn blog and myspace ate it.  So you get NOTHING.Okay, you get something.Upstairs Update:  I had the chance to talk to Kevin The Owner a little bit this week and...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:47:00 GMT

Happy Thanksgiving Open Micers! Love, OJ

(Disclaimer: This blog posting is not an endorsement of the notions of killing people, robbing sports-memorabilia casinos, or circumventing the legal system.)
Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:48:00 GMT

All The Blog Thats Fit To Blog

Nice night yesterday at Open Mic Plus.  We had 10 performers and solid sets by all.  I like it when it runs relatively smooth, and I can just sit back and enjoy the performers.  No grem...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:37:00 GMT

A Numerical List Of Agenda Items...

... in no particular order:1.  A Scout's motto is: Be Prepared.  When you're signing up for a spot on the Open Mic List Of Destiny, try to pay attention to the time you're signing up for so ...
Posted by on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:55:00 GMT

Firsts

Neat night last night.  We had our first ever performance involving a recorder and a dulcimer and as it turned out we had them at the same time with Jerry and Ana-Maria's performance.  Very ...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:21:00 GMT