The Tavern at the End of the World

Ladies and Gentlemen,

ALBERT POLK, mastermind of POLK RECORDs and his band STREIGHTANGULAR, will be playing tunes of an early-to-late 90s dance persuasion from 10PM until around 1AM tonight.

Set list including but not limited to:

Ace of Base.

Spice Girls

Sneakerpimps

OMC

That ‘No diggity’ song.

Warren G.

Among others. See you there.

At 10AM you should drop by, have some brunch, and watch Spain vs. Switzerland, at which point you should start drinking vodka martinis to watch South Africa face Uruguay at 2:30, at which point you should continue drinking until close and then come back the following morning at 10AM for the cure and Greece vs. Nigeria. Seriously.

The Brit’s Picks: Spain is a tournament favorite, and the Swiss aren’t going to be able to buy their way out of the Barcelona attack. Hometown favorites South Africa should push past Paraguay, but that one is really anyone’s guess.

Today we’ve got Japan vs. Cameroon on the television device beginning at 10AM and at 2:30 the infamous match-fixers and surrenderers take on the Paraguayans at 2:30.

The Brit’s Picks: Cameroon over Japan in the first match, citing his preference for the ghost of Mobido Adama, who will likely be hovering over the pitch. He figures he might as well pick the former world champions over Paraguay, though none of us are happy to admit it. Anyone got a Zidane jersey I can borrow?

Today’s games are Serbia vs. Ghana at 10AM and Germany vs. Australia at the 2:30 start.

The Brit’s Picks: Stevie likes Serbia over Ghana, because, well, because, well… he had to pick one of them. More exciting is the prospect of seeing the methodical Germans overcome those that descended from criminals.

Today we’re showing South Africa vs. Mexico at 10AM followed by Uruguay vs. France at 2:3oPM.

The Brit’s Picks: Stevie, citing a recent bout of Francophobia expects Uruguay to top the frogmen, and picks Mexico to trounce South Africa on their home turf.

Ever since the Quad City DJ’s took 1995 by storm with their hit, “boom boom boom let me hear you say heyo heyoooooo!” America has been searching for the heir to Rock and Roll. That search has ended.

The Darker Hues—equal parts Joe Boo, MoGAIN Yandow and drumme Scott Robot—will be playing the Back Room at the End of the World this evening at 10PM. Joe and Mogain will each present several solo tunes and sound experiments before jumping back to good old face-melting.

And hey, listen: the show is free. Our food is great, our beers are cheap, the bartenders are not only cool but they’re really awesome at 80’s music trivia. Just get down here, yo.

Dear Friends,

We wish to inform you that the Tavern at the End of the World we be closed on Sunday April 4th and Monday April 5th to allow our staff to be with their families for the holiday, and to complete some minor renovations to the bar.

We’ll be happy to see you again on Tuesday, April 6th between 11am and 2am.

Happy Easter,

The Website at the End of the World

We’ve got a lot to tell you today:

1) Tonight the Summer Villains are playing the back room, and are set to release their new record, “Time for Crying in Hell,” after the show. They’ve played here a few times and we’re excited to have them back, and to hear the new jamz.

2) This Tuesday evening we have three bands on the bill… at 10pm we have the Bill Dwyer Band, at 10:45 Tom Baker (from the Dirty Truckers), and at 11:30 we’ll have Elias Carlston (from Triple Thick) & Yasmin Kuhn.

3) On Thursday we’ll host David Elohi, a local musician/scientist. You can check out his music here.

4) It would be appropriate to note that the baseball has begun in earnest, and thought it came as no great surprise, the Boston Red Sox trounced Northeastern 15-0, and beat Boston College by a much more respectable 6-1, the lone BC run coming off the bat of Spencer Payne. Kris Johnson gave up the run. We have no idea who he is. We look forward to next week’s doubleheader, when The Sox take on the Emerson Eagles and the Mass Art Constructivists.

5) We’ll be posting our St. Patrick’s day specials soon, so stay tuned. The kitchen will be open late, and we’ll be watching one of our favorite artists, Andrea Gillis, play the Back Room.

I first heard of St. Claire while she was busy giving an interview with the young WZBC DJ Gavin Frome, from the program Mass Avenue and Beyond, a show dedicated to the finer points of Boston’s local music scene. It was her song, The Simple Things that got me to pull over and crank it up.

Since then we’ve been looking forward to having St. Claire play live at the Back Room at the End of the World, and after one false start—originally she was to play with local artist Daniel Harris, but Daniel had to open for the Books and St. Claire—the whole band, mind you—came down with Swine Flu.

Daniel Harris played two weeks ago-if you missed it you can read about it here. Tonight, St. Claire is joined by my own personal Elliot Smith, James Robert Harkins aka This Building’s on Fire.

Oh, and btw… the show is proudly sponsored by Narragansett.