What are you doing on Memorial Day' Here's what I'm up to! Drafthouse-apalooza! Come out to PlaaAAAaaayyy!
Published at: May 22, 2004, 4:53 p.m. CST by staff
Hey folks, Harry here... So - You love movies and music and a memorial weekend party for it all sounds like your poison of choice? WELL... Tim League just dropped me a note about his orgiastic pagan weekend of excess which is coming up in a week!
The Info is at This Locale but I'll break it down Harry style for ya!
This is the 3-day outdoor extravaganza to say the least... but let's take a gander at these days...
Day 1 - Friday May 28th! Here ya go: Napoleon Dynamite Premiere followed by Better Off Dead, featured band: Sebadoh
Ok - So did you miss NAPOLEON DYNAMITE at Sundance? It's been getting rave reviews from all over the place as being absolutely hilarious, and we all know that BETTER OFF DEAD is a C-L-A-S-S-I-C! Plus you'll get to see the reunited SEBADOH in their only Texas performance! Not to mention - you can practice out your inebriated kung fu skills along with the characters in NAPOLEON DYNAMITE and impress us all with your D&D knowledge! If you can't get laid with this line up - you must be Harry Knowles.
Day 2 - Saturday May 29th! Here ya Go: Antonio Fargas live with Foxy Brown, second feature premiere of Badassss!, featured band: Del tha Funky Homosapien
Ok - Antonio Fargas and FOXY BROWN... Shhhiiiiiiiiiiiit! That's all you had to say! Huggy Bear will be there! And big ass Pam Grier vengeance seeking titties and razor blade hair will be on the screen! If you've never seen FOXY BROWN - your life is an empty and shallow domain of despair. FILL THAT VOID! Antonio Fargas is a Seventies Legend and having him there Live with the film... that's just as cool as it gets! PLUS - Getting to see Mario Van Peebles' BADASSSSS! well before release is a bonus that no card carrying geek of soul could possibly pass up.
Day 3 - Sunday May 30th! Here ya Go: Warriors reunion followed by Escape from New York, band Quintron and Neil Hamburger.
You like Cherries on top of your delights, well this here is the best! THE WARRIORS reunion screening... with Michael Beck, Deborah Van Valkenberg and David Harris all there! Imagine hundreds of film fans beneath the night sky... all with at least 3 beer bottles (that they had emptied) clacking together as the chant of, "WAAAaaaAARrrriooORRsssss, Come out to PlllaAaaaAAAAAaaaaYYyyyyY!!!!" begins... The adrenaline of seeing Walter Hill's absolute fucking brilliant WARRIORS on the big screen with the cast!!! And then.... You follow that up with ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK!!!
I don't know what you're doing next weekend... I'm sure you're all cool and shit. But beer, food, film and fucking music that'll get ya going... well... that's what I'm up for! So --- Come on... Come out to play! Here's where to get your tickets!