Cafe Eleven

John Vanderslice

July 23, 2007 on 12:28 pm | In Entertainment |

9/18/2007

12:30 pm

Tuesday September 18th, 2007 - $10
w/ TNT Dance

Dance Off + Cafe 11 five year anniversary +John Vanderslice= Awesomeamazingness

Sept 18th- Yes!!! 5 Glorious Years

It has been declared that “IT IS ON”, meaning that there is now a dance contest, TNT DANCE versus the best dancers in world (or North Florida). Exceptional dance moves are the norm. Dance Troup Challengers are WANTED! Can you handle that?

Dance Dance Revolution champion John Vanderlice will be the Judge. And will rock out new Emerald City tunes post dance off.

Ballons, Cake, $1 PBR, Human Pony Rides

Its only $10!

Dance troupe challengers drink free all night. If you have a dance troupe contact us at cafeeleven@hotmail.com to challnge. Check out TNT Dance Youtube on Cafe 11 Myspace page.

John wrote the bulk of his new album, emerald city (out July 24), while knee-deep in legal limbo after a visa application for his girlfriend, a French national he met in Paris, was rejected by US Immigration. The songs and themes are fueled by an era of deep insecurity and paranoia; they develop in front of a backdrop of ritualized and mythologized current events. Lyrically, JV’s characters and storytellers track Manifest Destiny from burning wagon wheels to two-bedroom homes with full amenities in Bakersfield, California. Along that rough road, there are bewildered commemorations, peace-lovers and revenge-lusters, psychotic reactions to unnamed episodes, and the grief-stricken and the vengeance-hungry wrapped up in the same skin. Weaving throughout the entire album is the ever present danger of opposition. But at its simplest, emerald city is made up of JV’s love songs — confused and angry, afraid and defeated. The red tape tie-up for JV and his girl remains unresolved.

John Vanderslice “Exodus Damage”