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STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIC

The E -Ticket of Open Mic's

About Me

***Nov.6,2007..Starry Plough Open mic..Highlights**** **** Since June 20,2000.....JOAN PEZ & GIRL GEORGE.....Have been running "THE STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIC"......One of the longest running open mic's in the Bay Area....THE STARRY PLOUGH is the very Heart of the BERKELEY MUSIC SCENE.....A FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD IRISH PUB....GREAT ,CHEAP FOOD..and EVERY KIND OF BEER YOU COULD EVER DREAM OF.......The Open Mic has been running none stop for over 12 years.....Joan Pez & Girl George.....have been playing at the open mic there since 1995 (and acting as relief when the regular host took a well deserved day off)....with JOAN PEZ & GIRL GEORGE AT THE HELM..THE AIR FAIRLY CRACKLES WITH ENERGY...The banter between them flys through the air..like jugglers on a tight rope....they fly through the air,with the greatest of ease.....and the FUN PART is YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN IN...( invited maybe the wrong word)...PARTICIPATION IS MANDATORY..(ASK GIRL GEORGE) LOL.....And to keep the wheels lubricated...JOAN PEZ GIVES OUT FREE BEERS..(how many places do that?)...if you come up to the right answer to the trivia questions...GIRL GEORGE Writes the question,so you can be sure they're Quirky & Funny..The CROWD SCREAMS OUT THE ANSWERS...AS JOAN & GIRL GEORGE EGGS THEM ON....A RIGHT ANSWER ISN'T THAT IMPORTANT..THE GOAL IS TO BRING THE CROWD TOGETHER..LOOSEN THEM UP TO SCREAM FOR THE ACTS..AND THAT THEY DO.....IF YOU'RE GOOD THE AUDIENCE WILL SCREAM AND CLAP FOR YOU..SOMETIMES EVEN STANDING OVATIONS.......and the TRIVIA QUESTIONS..SOMETIMES JOAN WILL GIVE YOU A FREE BEER IF YOUR ANSWER WAS FUNNY ENOUGH......THIS IS THE E TICKET OF OPEN MIC'S... always a big friendly crowd...at least 23 acts sign up each week.......SIGN UP IS AT 7:30 pm EVERY TUE.. NIGHT....SHOW STARTS ABOUT 8pm..and go's till 12am.then theres a half Hr. JAM for anyone that wants to join in....each ACT GETS 2 SONGS..IF YOU'RE REAL GOOD,& THE CROWD SCREAMS..YOU GET AN EXTRA SONG....ALSO YOU'LL PROBABLY GET ASKED TO BE THE FEATURE ACT..IN THE COMING WEEKS....THAT'S WHERE THE FEATURE ACTS COME FROM..WHOEVER THE CROWD LOVED...HERE THE CROWD RULES...THE FEATURE ACT GO'S ON AT 10pm(real time) and plays for 20 min.......THIS IS THE LIVEST CROWD YOU'LL GET ANYWHERE..........BUT NOT TO WORRY..IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST TIME ON STAGE...THE CROWD AND JOAN PEZ ARE VERY GENTLE AND SUPPORTIVE OF NEW COMERS,VIRGINS,& SOFT HEARTED ACTS....SURPRISING ENOUGH YOU CAN HEAR A PIN DROP..IF THE RIGHT SWEET SONG IS SUNG....THE GREAT THING ABOUT OPEN MIC'S IS...YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE IN THE WHOLE WORLD..NOT KNOW ANYONE...PICK UP A PAPER..FIND AN OPEN MIC...GO THERE..SIGN UP....DO YOUR THING..AND WALK AWAY WITH A WHOLE LOT OF NEW FRIENDS.....THE MUSIC WORLD..IS A SMALL WORLD...THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE JUST LIKE YOU..WE'RE ALL FAMILY.. COME JOIN THE FUN EVERY TUE. NIGHT..EVEN IF YOU DON'T PLAY..BEST SHOW IN TOWN..AND ITS FREE.........THEOPENMIC.NET HAS BEEN VIDEO TAPING A LOT OF OUR SHOWS AND PUTTING THEM UP ON YOU TUBE.AND ACCESS TV IN BERKELEY & ALAMEDA...WE'LL PUT SOME OF THE VIDEOS UP ON THIS SITE......THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET A FREE VIDEO MADE OF YOUR ACT FOR YOUR WEB SITE..PRETTY COOL....heres some sites you might want to check out.... ***www.myspace.com/joanpezproducer******** ***www.myspace.com/thegirlgeorge********** ***www.myspace.com/girlgeorgeberk********* ***www.myspace.com/starryplough*********** ***www.theopenmic.net********************* STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIC...3101 Shattuck Ave.Berkeley,Ca(510) 841 - 2082****** JOAN PEZ "OH WHY"STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIC

Add to My Profile | More Videos ****** ****"Like a What?"Girl George June 2006,starry Plough open mic**** Like A Whore

| More Videos ******** Darrin"White Guys with Guitars"at Open Mic

Add to My Profile | More Videos *****Lil'boy Blue "Ain't gon'na March no mo"Starry Plough Open Mic.June 2006**** ******

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/19/2007
Band Website: tweetrecords.com/index.html
Band Members:*** I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 ***
Influences: *** * ****
Sounds Like: **** D.J.REAL.singing."MARCO" **** ***MIKE WILHELM & BILL GRAHAM** **MIKE & BILL******CHRIS PROCTOR*** ***CHRIS*** **** PATIENT ZERO **** I AM THE WAL*MART (live in New Orleans)
***ZERO***THE MOORE BRO...ALBERT HALL*** ***MOORE BRO..**
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Nov.12,02**newsletter

Hi All- Last Tuesday we had an awesome time celebrating Little Boy Blue's and then Eleanor's Birthday.   Little Boy Blue was our featured artist&Guy Michel joined him on bass& A most enjoyable s...
Posted by STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIC on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:04:00 PST

2..STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIC.NEWS LETTER 11-5-07

November 5, 2007> > > > Holla Bay Area Singer Songwriters and Entertainers> -> > > > Welcome to the Starry Plough Open Mic mailing> list.> > Members of the Starry> > Plough Open Mic's mailing list rec...
Posted by STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIC on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 04:22:00 PST

1st.Newsletter,Plough..nov..2..2007

WELL HERE YA GO KIDS..OUR FIRST O-FISH-AL NEWSLETTER   A COLLECTOR ITEM..FIRST THINGS  FIRST     [email protected]     www.myspace.com/starryploughopenmic &nb...
Posted by STARRY PLOUGH OPEN MIC on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:03:00 PST