INVITE: Uncivil War

Commencement: 7:00

Venue: Frog Bear & Wild Boar (343 N Front Street)

Cost: $25

Reservations: Ticket Leap

Performance
Downplay

Co-Sponsors
Budweiser
Cock Diesel
Crowne Plaza
Navy

Red White & Boom 2009: Frog Bear & Wild Boar

“Battelle Plaza Party”

Commencement: 3:00

Venue: Frog Bear & Wild Boar (343 N Front Street)

Age Range: Anyone

Free Admission: Mention DJ Nohbody

Cornhole Tournament (4 p.m.)

Air National Guard Flyover & Parade (6 p.m.)

Hot Dog Eating Contest (7 p.m.)

Performances
Downplay
Fat Dog
Full Throttle
Matt Sexton

BREAKING: Park Street Patio, Sugar Bar Allege Status, Endure Rebukes

Frog Bear and Wild Boar will host the official Red White and Boom After Party. Park Street Patio and Sugar Bar’s promotional material entitled them as “The Official Boom Headquarters.” However, Frog Bear and Wild Boar is an official sponsor of the event. Park Street Patio and Sugar Bar have no official relationship with the event.

“As far as the Red White and Boom organizers are concerned, the Frog Bear & Wild Boar is the Official Red White & Boom After Party,” said Frog Bear and Wild Boar Promotions Superstar Jeff Smith. “We work closely with the organizing committee every year. No one else has rights to the title “Official Red White & Boom After Party” but us.”

Park Street Patio and Sugar Bar have been informed of the aforesaid, according to Red White and Boom Executive Director Michael Collins. This evening, Red White and Boom Director of Operations Shawn Verhoff expanded upon this. “Park Street and Sugar have no authorization to use the red, white and boom name,” he said.

“Anyone who wants to contradict this should call the organizing firm,” said Smith. “If you check the Red White and Boom website (redwhiteandboom.org) , you’ll notice that our activities are clearly listed on their website. The interlopers are not. I believe that says everything. Frog Bear and Wild Boar is Red White and Boom. Join us for our great party on the plaza (free for everyone), and the Reaganomics indoors after the show.”

Red White and Boom’s official sponsorship material, as well as the competing venue’s contradictory material is below. Park Street Patio or Sugar Bar refused comment concerning this story.

INVITE: Uncivil War

Calendar: July 4

Commencement: 7:00

Venue: Frog Bear & Wild Boar (343 N Front Street)

Cost: $25

Reservations: Ticket Leap

Performance
Downplay

Co-Sponsors
Budweiser
Cock Diesel
Crowne Plaza
Navy

Red White & Boom 2009: Frog Bear & Wild Boar

“Battelle Plaza Party”

Commencement: 3:00

Venue: Frog Bear & Wild Boar (343 N Front Street)

Age Range: Anyone

Cornhole Tournament (4 p.m.)

Air National Guard Flyover & Parade (6 p.m.)

Hot Dog Eating Contest (7 p.m.)

Performances
Downplay
Fat Dog
Full Throttle
Matt Sexton

Red White & Boom 2009: Frog Bear & Wild Boar

“Battelle Plaza Party”

Commencement: 3:00

Venue: Frog Bear & Wild Boar (343 N Front Street)

Age Range: Anyone

Cornhole Tournament (4 p.m.)

Air National Guard Flyover & Parade (6 p.m.)

Hot Dog Eating Contest (7 p.m.)

Performances
Downplay
Fat Dog
Full Throttle
Matt Sexton

INVITE: Uncivil War

Calendar: July 4

Commencement: 7:00

Venue: Frog Bear & Wild Boar (343 N Front Street)

Cost: $25

Reservations: Ticket Leap

Performance
Downplay

Co-Sponsors
Budweiser
Cock Diesel
Crowne Plaza
Navy

INVITE: Uncivil War

Calendar: July 4

Commencement: 7:00

Venue: Frog Bear & Wild Boar (343 N Front Street)

Cost: $25

Reservations: Ticket Leap

Performance
Downplay

Co-Sponsors
Budweiser
Cock Diesel
Crowne Plaza
Navy

Gossip Awards Switch Date, Venue

The first annual Gossip Awards have relocated. Lodge Bar has replaced the Frog Bear and Wild Boar as host. The event was scheduled for July 26. The event will now occur July 24.

Concerning the relocation, Gossip CBUS issued this statement: “This website maintains a genuine and sincere respect for David Allsbrooks, Tom Selvaggio, and the Frog Bear and Wild Boar. We wish them success. Responsiveness had simply become an issue. For the purpose of ensuring a premiere event, this decision was necessary.”

“The Gossip Awards’ relocation will not affect scheduled categories, presenters, or voters. Concerning these, information will be released as updated.”

Mindy Hall, Randomness Rock Frog Bear & Wild Boar

America is obsessed with celebrity… The celebrity can be illegitimate. It can be self-indulgent. It can even be unfavorable… If someone is assessing, discussing, or replicating you, they are not paying attention to someone else… And that attention is what you crave.

Following my extra hour, I arrived at the Frog Bear and Wild Boar, with minutes remaining until Mindy Hall’s appearance… Now, if you were following us on twitter (and I know some were, I saw your phones)… You would know that I delayed coverage of this event not once, but twice, mostly due to the early anemic crowd… Thankfully, the crowd was vastly improved when I returned…

Amidst the crowd, I encountered Frog Bear and Wild Boar Promotions Superstar Jeff, who was visibly amped for Mindy Hall’s appearance… Our conversation covered (which it seemingly always does), an infinite number of topics… None more memorable or ridiculous than the event several bricks venues have planned for next weekend… The Snuggie Bar Crawl… (Immediately, upon seeing the poster, I had one thought… I can’t cover these venues anymore; they’re encouraging people to wear blankets with sleeves).

Jeff and I’s conversation continued into the Gossip Awards, the Scratch Pack and several other upcoming events… We were also joined by a bunny, who talked faster than most people consume shots… While her conversational tone was perplexing, her point was concise and clear… The Frog Bear and Wild Boar isn’t crushed six days each week, because they don’t market themselves into colleges (My only thought is why not?)…

As the conversation concluded, I encountered another pair of previous subjects… Lodge Bar DJ Michael and Frog Bear and Wild Boar Owner David Allsbrooks. Michael and I discussed this website and that he had attempted to lobby his friends into his employer, but they wouldn’t… Allsbrooks and I discussed the Oho State spring game (which he apparently had to DVR, because he was playing golf)…

With the clock approaching Hall’s appearance, the crowd continued improvement… Unfortunately, the crowd’s randomness also continued… The guy in the motorcycle jacket obsessed with her standing in the corner… The heifer who had a tacky crown on her head (we’ll discuss that subject again soon)… And the random that owned the evening’s initial conversation… The white person who was break dancing… Yes, I said it… He was break dancing… (The eighties phoned… They’d like him back)…

Finally, Mindy Hall arrived at approximately eleven… From her initial moment, one could surmise that this wouldn’t be the typical city celebrity appearance… Lodge Bar would have roped off a section… Sugar Bar would have put security around her and made her invisible and unapproachable… The Frog Bear and Wild Boar allowed her to interact with the crowd…

Wearing a scrumptious dress and spider web inspired strappy sandals, Mindy was rapidly the subject of every male’s attention and every female’s jealousy… The crowd encircling her rarely numbered fewer than twenty and they followed with her as if they were Augusta’s patrons following Tiger Woods onto Amen Corner…

Aside from Mindy Hall (you mean there were people in the venue not paying attention?), the crowd remained impressive… As I said on twitter, one can always gage the tone of the evening through the actions and movements of the bartenders… If they are dancing, the night is either energetic or pedestrian or they are drunk… If they are barely communicative, they are either bored or swamped… Tonight, they were sprinting between orders… Bolting from register to register, making sure that the crowd following Mindy Hall could return to following her…

Since I mentioned the bartenders, I must recognize one specifically… I know I’ve never mentioned Sarah, but after speaking with her on this evening, I cannot comprehend why I haven’t… With an eighteen-carat personality, an uncomplicated mindset, and a smokehouse rasp in her voice (what is it with bunnies and that smokehouse rasp?), Sarah is a captivating combination… You want to speak with her… You want to flirt with her… You don’t want to piss her off….

Equally captivating (for a very different reason) was DJ Bombay, who for the second consecutive week, scorched the patio with his skills… From hip-hop and rap to salsa and techno, Bombay’s selections ran the gambit… They were the most random you will hear in this city… However, they were not ridiculous… There was an organized chaos to his spinning… There was a premise for every song and transition…

If only the evening would have shared a similar premise… Someone offered a bathroom attendant fifty dollars to allow them to have sex with someone else in said bathroom… A dozen heifers crushed the dance floor, offsetting Bombay’s brilliance… And three iniquitous bachlorette parties, each more horrific than their predecessor, made me rethink why anyone in this city ever willingly proposes to someone… I will say this without hesitation; I enjoy the Frog Bear and Wild Boar… But, this crowd was ridiculous…

As she finally worked away from the crush that had encircled her, Mindy and I spoke for minutes (she also has the smokehouse rasp in her voice)… We discussed (speaking of random) her spider web inspired shoes, which unbeknownst to me, were purchased at a Cincinnati mall… I quickly realized that despite her television appearance… Despite her renowned… Mindy is a simple attraction…

Overall, the appearance and the evening were a scintillating success and while I could close with any one of a dozen stories, I will close with the half-dozen tennis bunnies, who perfectly epitomized this evening… They entered at approximately 12:30… They wore pastel tops, white skirts, and truly the most random plaid socks I have ever seen…

Their ensembles were self-indulgent… I am certain there must have been opinions of them which were unfavorable… However, people were noticing them… And obviously, that notice is what they craved…

Rock & Ritual

Ohio State football and Mindy Hall have zero commonality. One is a grand tradition. One is a momentary megastar. On Saturday, we will twitter them both.

This afternoon, Gossip CBUS will be live from Ohio Stadium. This evening, we will be live from the Frog Bear and Wild Boar. Get out to both events, cheer, read our tweets, and savor this scrumptious weather.

INVITE: Mindy Hall

Commencement: 10:00

Venue: Frog Bear & Wild Boar (343 N Front Street)

Cost: $10 (regular); $20 (v.i.p.)

Reservations: Frog Bear Bar

Appearance
Mindy Hall (Rock of Love Bus)

Performances
Radio Tokyo
DJ Bombay

Red Wings & Broom

In Wall Street, Lou Mannheim addresses Bud Fox, who is on the brink of complete annihilation… “Man looks into the abyss, there’s nothing staring back at him,” says Mannheim. “At that moment, man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss.”

Despite a 3-0 series deficit, the Blue Jackets’ support remained visible. From the Frog Bear and Wild Boar to R Bar, the bricks were crushed. The atmosphere was carnival. Alcohol and chants… Face painters and mimes… Hot dogs and scalpers… The menagerie equaled, potentially the only entity to ever equal, an Ohio State football contest…

The first period equaled it’s three predecessors… Despite an opening faceoff victory and an outstanding energy which permeated the telecast, the Red Wings, courtesy of Nicklas Lidstrom, recorded the opening salvo. Kristian Huselius countered ticks subsequent… However, Tomas Holmstrom and Dan Cleary mirrored the manner with which the Red Wings won the opening three contests… After twenty minutes, the score was a familiar 3-1.

Although the Blue Jackets commencement was expected, the first period’s conversations were memorable… A Frog Bear and Wild Boar employee compared the Red Wings to a schoolyard bully, who took advantage of a weaker opponent (third graders and playoff squads… similarity anywhere?)…. DJ Nohbody and I discussed Cock Diesel, which it turns out, was his creation… And a Red Wings fan provided insight and intelligence on how this version compares with previous championship versions (at this point, I was assuming they compared well)…

Upon my arrival at R Bar, I encountered Frog Bear and Wild Boar Promotions Superstar Jeff, who was present in this venue (and not his own) for the purpose of coalition collaboration… We spoke for five minutes about the epic pre-game and this weekend… Then, Jeff returned to his collaboration (which he wouldn’t detail subsequently) and I returned, as the Blue Jackets returned, to the second period…

And said return was superb… One minute and forty-four seconds into the frame, Rick Nash, the captain and cornerstone of this stellar season, finally registered a goal to cut the score to 3-2. R.J. Umberger, the cornerstone of this series, then completed a gorgeous rush and knotted the contest. It was as if the Blue Jackets had, prior to the period, stared into the abyss and realized they still had character…

Unfortunately, the abyss returned fire… Marian Hossa, who finished last season losing to the Red Wings in the Stanley Cup Finals (you know what they say… if you can’t beat them…), reestablished the champion’s advantage at 4-3. Four and a half minutes later, he registered a second score to place the Red Wings ahead 5-3. It was if the Red Wings had realized that their opponents would have to be bludgeoned into submission…

Just as it appeared that the Red Wings would vanish, Kris Russell drew the home team to within 5-4. The implausible then occurred as Fredrik Modin capped the Blue Jackets third comeback with a backhand, which knotted the contest at 5-5. These were the Blue Jackets this city expected… Feisty and without fear…

The third period, which was split between the Frog Bear and Wild Boar and R Bar, was what one expects when they view a Stanley Cup playoff contest… The intensity was remarkable… Every shot snatched the viewer’s breath… Every save restored respiration… The period spent nineteen minutes and twelve seconds epitomizing why hockey fans rearrange commitments around this stretch of the season…

And then the seemingly inevitable occurred… The Blue Jackets were whistled for two many men on the ice… A correct call within the rules… An inconceivable call within the hearts and minds of a victory starved city… Johan Franzen snuck through, where a fifth player would have been, and within one second, concluded the contest (6-5) and the series (4-0).

The emotions ranged from acceptance to anger to sincerity to shock… R Bar Co-Owner Natalie Darr appeared heart broken… Several Blue Jacket fans cursed the penalty… Other fans congratulated Red Wings fans on an outstanding series… Still others waxed optimistic about next season and the potential to improve…

Ultimately, as fans and patrons and streamed into venues, consumed food and shots, there was an acceptance atmosphere… Acceptance not only of the sweep they had just endured… But, also an acceptance of what they had witnessed over the three prior hours… That hope, is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies…

Always Live

The Frog Bear and Wild Boar’s mischievous bunnies were intriguing… However, Marchioness Stephanie once again owned the conversation… She danced all over Owner Tom Selvaggio… She posed for multiple pictures… She tried on a customer’s shades… She preened… She strutted… Forget coffee, her energy could exhaust an entire city…

Stephanie’s charm is even more evident when one speaks with her… Her smile… Her self-confidence… I will not judge her the best bartender in this city (even though she herself did)… I will simply say that no bartender will ever capture or concentrate your attention as she will…

Always Live

In the aftermath of the Blue Jackets playoff elimination, Frog Bear and Wild Boar chaos ensued. From Cassi’s alluring dance to a server indulging her birthday to multiple jaw dropping photographs… The display of bunny decadence was incredible.

Hope Freezes Over

Game four may be our final contest. With that said, what a season. The Blue Jackets recorded 92 points. They registered 41 victories. They made the playoffs.

This city and franchise merit one more celebration. Gossip CBUS will cover every moment, as we twitter live from the Frog Bear and Wild Boar and R Bar on Thursday. Get out tonight, cheer, drink, read our tweets, and savor this evening.

INVITE: Mindy Hall

Calendar: April 25

Commencement: 10:00

Venue: Frog Bear & Wild Boar (343 N Front Street)

Cost: $10 (regular); $20 (v.i.p.)

Reservations: Frog Bear Bar

Appearance
Mindy Hall (Rock of Love Bus)

Performances
Radio Tokyo
DJ Bombay

Red Wings Obliterate Overconfident Blue Jackets

On January 3, 2003, Miami Hurricanes Quarterback Ken Dorsey endured a blind side hit… “He ain’t never been hit like that,” a Buckeyes’ fan said… As if they play flag football in Florida… On March 7, 2009, Rick Nash scored the Blue Jackets fifth of eight goals against the Red Wings… “Detroit’s never faced someone like Nash,” a Blue Jackets’ fan said… As if hockey were invented in Columbus…

Despite the arrogance of the previous statement (whose relevance will become apparent, I assure you), the anticipation and novelty of the Blue Jackets initial playoff contest was obvious… A Detroit pre-game playoff party would have drawn hundreds… The Blue Jackets brick bash drew thousands… From R Bar’s chaotic patio to the Frog Bear and Wild Boar’s plaza-palooza, the carnival atmosphere was epic. Game two had commenced with a nervous energy… Game three commenced with a frenetic certainty…

And then the Red Wings scored… No sooner had I commenced my initial conversation at Lodge Bar… No sooner had the vast majority of the fans completed “Let’s Go Jackets,” for the first time, Tomas Holmstrom found the puck at his feet and registered a gift goal… Despite multiple chances, the Blue Jackets never recorded an equalizer… The Red Wings, courtesy of Dan Cleary, recorded a second goal and concluded the period with a silencing advantage…

Amidst the Blue Jackets’ misery, I enjoyed that conversation I previously referenced with Lodge Bar Manager Mike… Now, I cannot state this with certainty, as I have not met every venue manager in this city, but from my experience, Lodge Bar’s management is the most intelligent… Mike and I’s conversation, which ranged from how deep a hot goalie can advance your franchise into the playoffs to the troubles of San Jose, was the random conversation one covets during a sporting event… It was the random conversation one craves to absolve the misery of your franchise collapsing before your very eyes…

Said collapse continued through the second period… Despite a still supportive Nationwide Arena crowd and a still energetic and hopeful Frog Bear and Wild Boar crowd, the Blue Jackets could not recover. They were outplayed, physically overmatched, and when Henrik Zetterberg walked alone toward the front of the net, the Blue Jackets were down 3-0. Anticipation… Hope… And a 3-0 second period deficit? It seemed unreasonable…

The Blue Jackets continued abysmal play afforded an opportunity to speak with Frog Bear and Wild Boar Promotions Superstar Jeff… We discussed the Gossip Awards, Mindy Hall’s appearance (which will be spectacular), and the superb performance of Fat Dog during the pre-game festivities… R Bar may have enjoyed the greatest crowd throughout this initial playoff incarnation… But, this city has never witnessed an event on the scale of Frog Bear and Wild Boar’s plaza-palooza (sorry I love the term)…

Speaking of R Bar, I ventured into the puck playground for the third period… The crowd was stellar… Throughout a period of near misses and despite an implausible scenario, the crowd continued hanging on every moment… They were finally rewarded when R.J. Umberger recovered from the huge hit he had sustained and scored the Blue Jackets first goal in more than 140 minutes… Alas, the Red Wings countered with an empty net salvo to win 4-1 and assume a 3-0 series stranglehold… Unfortunately, this is where my evening concludes…

Several of you have written, asking why my twitter updates stopped abruptly only minutes into postgame… The reason concludes this column where it commenced… As I stood alone, observing the Blue Jackets fans who were now entering the venue, I was accosted, harassed, and threatened by an individual… His statements were repugnant, untrue, and vile… But, he would not shut up…

In his warped and wretched mind, it didn’t matter his assertions were inaccurate, he was correct simply because he was speaking… He was the perfect epitome of this city and it’s franchise… Full of themselves, with very little reason to be…

Gossip Awards Announces Date

On July 26, the first annual Gossip Awards will occur. Charity and presenter information soon…

Three Venues, Zero Alternative

In Detroit, the Red Wings won both contests. Now, the momentum and series shift. Gossip CBUS will cover every moment, as we twitter live from the Frog Bear and Wild Boar, Lodge Bar, and R Bar on Tuesday.

In the Stanley Cup playoffs, franchises are alive until a home contest is lost. Our Blue Jackets are not expired.