and a girl asked her boyfriend if he had ever been to

"that underground club called jackpot"

please note, we were less than a block away from said jackpot

which is right on hillsborough street, is a freestanding building, and is clearly marked on the door

11/5/2008 8:24:29 PM

maybe they didn't mean it literally, instead like how some people call alternative music "underground"?

11/5/2008 8:26:01 PM

or perhaps there really is an underground club that shares the name....

11/5/2008 8:27:30 PM

^you blew my mind

11/5/2008 8:29:04 PM

YOU HAVE TO BE A MEMBER

that will be 1$, thank you for joining

11/5/2008 8:32:18 PM

^^I'll blow anything you want me to (other than a cock)

11/5/2008 8:35:22 PM

you know

i lived in raleigh for 5 years and didnt know where the jackpot was until i googled a picture of it two years after i left.

11/5/2008 8:36:59 PM

well i don't think she meant literally UNDER THE GROUND like the frog & nightgown

but still, less than a block away

also, membership fee required by ABC laws

strangely enough, i just found this site and i'm in one of the pictures

http://goodnightraleigh.com/2008/07/the-jackpot/

11/5/2008 8:39:57 PM

oh man

Quote :

"Today, the Jackpot! is easily one of the hippest clubs in Raleigh."

that statement is true

...

and unbelievably sad

11/5/2008 8:56:17 PM

i've been wanting to go for a while, but i'm awfully intimidated by the hipsterness

11/5/2008 8:59:32 PM

my boyfriend lives a block away from said super-secret underground bar... his roomate consistently calls it "jackpots" as in "let's go play pool at jackpots"

and it drives me NUTS

also, whenever i go, i come out smelling like the inside of a cigarette. it is filthy in there.

11/5/2008 9:03:43 PM

i believe 'dive' was the term she was looking for. . .

11/5/2008 9:18:17 PM

same thing with people calling it buckheads

its BUCKHEAD

11/5/2008 9:21:21 PM

sometimes I add an s or drop one in words

i think it's funny

11/6/2008 1:01:57 AM

or is it funnys

11/6/2008 1:06:34 AM

ACES!

11/6/2008 1:12:15 AM

hipness comes and goes

i was bored tonight, so i played a set that consisted of one band for each letter of the alphabet in order

arcade fire - "neighborhood #2 (laika)"
the b-52's - "hero worship"
the cars - "you're all i've got tonight"
the damned - "new rose"
enon - "come into"
flaming lips - "lightning strikes the postman"
the go-go's - "head over heels"
harvey danger - "flagpole sitta"
interpol - "obstacle 1"
joy division - "means to an end"
kraftwerk - "pocket calculator"
los campesinos - "you! me! dancing!"
minor threat - "guilty of being white"
nirvana - "frances farmer will have her revenge on seattle"
os mutantes - "panis et circenses"
pulp - "common people"
queens of the stone age - "monster in the parisol"
rilo kiley - "portions for foxes"
sweet - "little willy"
t. rex - "metal guru"
the undisputed truth - "smiling faces sometimes"
van halen - "unchained"
the who - "a quick one, while he's away"
x-ray spex - "genetic engineering"
yeah yeah yeahs - "phenomena"
the zombies - "care of cell 44"

the general weirdness after L comes from the fact that two regulars started betting on me and i was trying to be unpredictable

11/6/2008 4:53:40 AM

anyone gone to the new bar that took the place of aries? ugly monkey i think, it looked diveish

11/6/2008 6:42:54 AM

ha, x-ray spex

11/6/2008 8:33:03 AM

Quote :

"If you are looking for a fun place with great indie music and a unique crowd, the Jackpot! is the place to be."

GREAT INDIE MUSIC IS A FUCKING OXYMORON YOU METROS.


OR, AS DNL WOULD SAY, GREAT INDIE MUSIC IS A FUCKING "OXYCOTTON."

HE'S SO FUCKING STUPID HE CAN'T SPELL OXYCONTIN.

11/6/2008 9:05:08 AM