Asheville Bars Equipped with Red Cards
ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- If youre out drinking, you wont want a bartender to give you a red card.
The state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission gave Asheville bars red coasters. If you get one, it means a bar has cut you off. Its illegal for bars to serve somebody who has had too much to drink.
ABCs Chief of Law Enforcement said the coasters will help bartenders, because if a customer has a red coaster, he or she cannot try to get a drink from a different bartender.
Lexington Avenue Brewery is happy to have them.
I think it would be a little more subtle, and people would tend not to be as insulted maybe, Brent Ludwig said, a LAB bartender.
The red coasters were inspired by red cards in soccer, which players receive when theyre ejected.
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Asheville Getting National Attention
A new round of bragging rights for Asheville thanks to a write up in the New York Times.
In Wednesday's travel section, the paper featured west Asheville.
It called the community a gritty go-to destination where bistros mix with tattoo parlors. The piece described spots like The Double Crown as honky-tonk meets juke joint. It also profiled Biscuit Head, talking about its signature fig marmalade and The Oyster House Brewing Company, author sang the praises of it's moonstone oyster stout.
The article also features Harvest Records, a west Asheville anchor since 2004.
Another shout out went to the Odditorium, described as part Ripley's and part performance space.
Click here to read the full article.
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EAZY (MY CITY OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
EAZY, THIS FOR ASHEVILLE NC, WHERE WE BREW OUR BEER AND GROW OUR OWN WEED. REPPIN FOR MY STATE THROWIN UP THAT 828 I-40 STUCK IN DRUG TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE.
Beer City: How Asheville Became Beer City
Tony Kiss, the beer reporter, has been following the local craft brew scene since 1994. He traces the history of Asheville craft beer from the launch of Highland Brewing Company through this year's announcements that both New Belgium Brewing and Sierra Nevada Brewing will build east coast expansion breweries here and Oskar Blues Brewing will build an operation in Brevard. With 10 craft breweries already operating in Buncombe County, and smaller nano breweries continuing to come on line, Asheville is poised to become the east coast craft beer center of the United States.
Roberto Hess -Without Me (LIVE) - Lyric Remix -7/23/13- altamont brewing open mic asheville nc
Without Me - Lyric Remix (Roberto Hess)
What do you think this is
One of your ping pong games
You Might not know the dish
But when I'm far away
flying in one of my jet planes
You'll realize what you missed
I wanted something real
a force we wouldn't have to conceal
I should have left u along time ago
But I listened to my heart
even though I think my mind did know
Right from the start it was so intense
I was so dry and you were the perfect storm
To give me the perfect rinse, but now I'm drenched
What's up now,
Are You feeling like
you could take a bow
for the grand finale
of your little play in my heart
you went from Mainstream to back alley
somedays I'll admit I enjoyed riding on
Your roller coster, what can I say
What do you think this is
Who do you think I am
If you don't know the biz
You're about to understand real soon
I'm the earth sky sun and moon
Air fire water
You cannot keep me from turning
Can't keep me from burning
and there is a lot more love to burn
You fucked it up,
So baby, sit back and hush
You already had your turn
Swimming out of my stress, crawling out of the quick sand
So high up, I can't see the earth,
but I know one day I'll land
If there is a way to forget
I'm gonna to do it tonight
Make sure i feel all right
No sense in getting
sentimental
You let the phone ring
When I'm upset you just watch
and pour gasoline
You put no effort in anything
And I'm proud to be
packing,
taking care of me,
stacking
all of this money,
yeah I said it
go 'head and hate on me
I'm just trying to be
the most honest I can be
And I want someone who is honest to love me
Infinitely
What do you think this is
Who do you think I am
If you don't know the biz
You are about to understand
I'm the motherfucking earth sky sun and moon
Air fire water
You cannot keep me from turning
Can't keep me from burning
and there is a lot more love to burn
You fucked it up,
So baby, sit back and hush
You already had your turn
Let's do a reality check
there's nothing you have I need
I'm moving on to what is next
I call it business You call it greed
No reason to be uspet
There's nothing I wont get
Switch it-
Been there,
did it
Now you see me,
To justice
I'm with it
Nothing righteous nothing good
About your house or your senate
You folks acting like your insane
It's my judgment you should be committed
And where you at boy
Now that I'm sitting at the top
I should have left u along time ago
And I told you
I won't stop can't stop
Making these cuts/////
I won't stop can't stop
Stacking these bucks
-Roberto Hess (July 2013)
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Music Written By Harmony David Samuels
Originally performed by Fantasia and featured on her 'Side Effects of You Album
ZDay 2013 in Asheville, NC Many Hearts, One Voice
ZDay 2013 in Asheville, NC Realizing Human Progress & Sustainability
We held a FREE all day event in Asheville, NC at the Hi-Fi Cafe on Sunday March 17th, 2013 from 10 am to 5 pm as part of the annual global ZDay 2013 campaign. NC Zeitgeist activists were present to give talks and hold Q&As. Free videos were shown throughout the day. Free Popcorn, Pizza, Coffee, DVDs and information were provided.
Acceptable food donations were collected for the Manna Food Bank of Western North Carolina. This event was sponsored by the North Carolina Chapter of The Zeitgeist Movement. This video shows the location of the event and introductions from some of the people who attended led by Zeitgeist coordinator, Anna Dillon from Raleigh. Many traveled from as far away as South Carolina, Tennessee and all parts of North Carolina to participate in ZDay 2013 Asheville.
Credits:
Gary Kent
Laura Blackley - Make Me a Pallet
Asheville, NC is very lucky to have such unadulterated talent like Laura Blackley. Here she brings us her own tune Make Me a Pallet
Dave Desmelik - Who Says?
Dave Desmelik - Live Briar Patch Session - Black Mountain NC - July 2012
roberto hess - WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?(LIVE)-5/4/12-ALTAMONT THEATER ASHEVILLE NC
what's wrong with you?
roberto hess
it's not about the church
or the taxes
or the wills
all of that is
secondary to me
the simple fact is
equality
your ballots
do not decide for me
i will not love by the
tyranny
of the majority
your bullets
cannot get inside of me
your laws are obsolete
you can intimidate you can beat
you can taser you can hate
all in the name of jesus and the state
but i am not afraid to tell you
your love is not superior
and my love is not inferior
i am not asking your permission
you can't villify me into submission
my love will not be buried
i will not objectify your shame
i don't need your blessin' to get married
and i don' t have to explain
'cause there's nothing wrong with me
what's wrong with you?
there's nothing wrong with me
what's wrong with you?
december 23 2009
Billy Constable and Mark Schimick at Westville Pub 1-10-13 #14.m4v
Laura Blackley - Red Rocking Chair
Laura Blackley gracing the good people of Asheville, NC with her take on the old hymn, Red Rocking Chair in front of Carmel's in the Historic Grove Park Arcade on 9-27-2012
Laura Blackley - Honey Bee
Not sure if this one is named correctly...
Billy Constable and Mark Schimick at Westville Pub 1-10-13 #13
Coddle Creek live at THE NOBLE EXPERIMENT
Coddle Creek live at THE NOBLE EXPERIMENT
Free Flight at the Bo Jangles Music Stage at the NC Mountain State Fair
Bo Jangles Music Stage NC Mountain State Fair
ROBERTO HESS - CELL 27 ( LIVE) - JUNE 4TH SPARTANBURG, SC@ BARNETT PARK
cell 27
roberto hess
when i get out of here
i'm going to make me a big plate of pasta
with lots and lots of bread
and maybe some wine
to scrub all that i've been through
off of my mind
i'm going to call my family
tell them that i am sorry
for making them worry
express to my mother
how much i appreciate, miss and love her
when i get out of here
i'm going to check all my missed texts
see if i happened to run through your head
i hear you're off to the big city
where the lights are always glowing
and everyone is so pretty
i can't blame you for wanting more
and i'll try not to follow follow follow in your wake
I will try not to make the same old mistakes
when i get out of here
i feel my time is near
when i get of here
soon we'll rise out of the darkness like the sun
one of these days true freedom will come
but for now, boys, we're just on the run
when i get out of here
i'm going to give all my friends a real tight hug
and i wish i could say we're going to smoke a real big blunt
but-
you know, i can't do that
cause the state
will just send me right back!
when i get out of here
i'm going to have me some real rest
take long walks through the forest
i will write my friends in the pen
you know, i learned a lot of lessons from them
and we're all looking for something
and we've all lost some thing
we're all just waiting to start all over again
when i get out of here
i feel my time is near
when i get of here
soon we'll rise out of the darkness like the sun
one of these days true freedom will come
but for now, girls, we're just on the run
we're just on the run
march 2011
Mark Schimick and Billy Constable ~ Shady Grove ~ Westville Pub 1~10~13
Dave Desmelik -Burn It All Away-
Home video on Flip camara for S and G's
Mark Schimick, Josh Daniel & Justin Powell Everything I Play is Funky Live
Mark Schimick, Josh Daniel & Justin Powell cover the classic Lee Dorsey song Everything I Play is Funky Live from High Rock Outfitters in Lexington, NC on 10/25/13
Enjoy!!
The Bare Knuckle Quartet @ The Emerald Lounge - Angeline The Baker / Cluck Ol' Hen
The Bare Knuckle Quartet @ The Emerald Lounge - Angeline The Baker / Cluck Ol' Hen