On July 1st, 2010, nationwide venues will hold benefits to help those affected by the Gulf Coast Oil Spill. All proceeds will be donated to our nonprofit partner the GULFRESTORATIONNETWORK which provides assistance to the people, wildlife, and wetlands impacted, as well as advocacy work throughout the Gulf Coast. Follow @gulfbenefit for more info.
We are always looking for ways to show love to our peeps and enrich your experience with us. We are happy to announce two new promos to add motion to this ocean:
SUPERNEIGHBORSUPERDEAL. 90035 Unite!
Do you live in the 90035 zip code? We do, and we’re rewarding our neighbors who share this border, so band together with us brothers and sisters. Like Arizona, if you’re in said boundary, you will need to show ID reflecting your 90035 citizenship. If you have the proper documentation (anything really: ID, mail, etc), though, you will be rewarded with FREEENTRY ON SELECTDATES.
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay up-to-date on when your neighbor bonus will be offered. (On Twitter, we’ll hashtag announcements with #90035, so you can search for them easily).
To kick off this zip code alliance, here are the first four dates for you to take advantage of:
Friday, 5/21 (Tomorrow!). Click For Lineup
Tuesday, 5/25. Click For Lineup
Friday, 5/28 (Memorial Day Weekend). Click For Lineup
Saturday, 5/29 (Memorial Day Weekend). Click For Lineup
The Mint & Ledbetter Syrah Present: CHRISPIERCEWINE & DINNERSHOW, TUESDAYJUNE 1, 2010, 8PM:
We have paired up with the fine folks at Ledbetter Syrah for an offer with class. Exclusively on this night, Ledbetter Syrah by Chris Pierce will be available at $10 glass!
The first two guests to make a table reservation for this show and mention the “Ledbetter Offer,” will receive a bottle of Ledbetter Syrah for a mere $20 (normally $45)!
Tuesday, 5/25, Peter Himmelman’s Furious World will be streaming live from The Mint! (watch online here)
Furious World is a hilarious, thought provoking, dynamic, irreverent, smart musical experience pulsing with life, which you should not miss. The one-hour show blends rock and roll, ideas, and passionately ordered chaos borne from interactions with talented guests and the Ustream community, who are watching the show live.
The Mint has been bringing the finest Crescent City sounds for some time now, including Zigaboo Modeliste (master funk drummer of The Meters) on February 5, an outstanding Dirty Dozen Brass Band show on February 13 that almost wasn’t and most recently the Big Easy was brought by Big Sam’s Funky Nation on March 26 to celebrate their new CD, King of the Party.
May, too, will deliver.. twice, and on back-to-back Thursdays.
Do you use Foursquare ?? Foursquare is the hottest game/app/social game going nowadays and for playing, The Mint will reward you well!
In a nutshell, just download the app to your phone and “checkin” at The Mint when you’re here to start earning your rewards. Here is what we are offering:
1st checkin = One round of 2-for-1 Draft Beer/Wine
Every 10th checkin = One round of 2-for-1 Draft Beer/Wine, 1/2-off one Appetizer
Mayor* = Each mayor visit get free entry, VIP table (seats 2-6), one 1/2-priced appetizer, a 2-for-1 Draft Beer/Wine
*There can only be ONE Mayor. The Mayor is he/she who has the most checkins at The Mint. For being the Mayor, you receive VIP treatment and are rewarded handsomely each time you visit and checkin…
Sashamon (sa-sha’-mon) – Maybe because he grew up on Molokai, Sashamon’s music brings a unique peaceful vibe to the island music scene. The public first heard Sashamon’s blend of Reggae and Hawaiian music on a homemade demo, which spread worldwide with the support of top Kauai professional surfers….READFULLBLOGPOST
After supplying SXSW with some much needed rump shaking rhythm, Big Sam’s Funky Nation will hit Los Angeles and hold their CD release party for their fourth album “King of the Party” at The Mint! Join them and get your boogie on!
Big Sam’s Funky Nation is a driving force of urban funk. The band is led by trombone powerhouse, Big Sam Williams, formerly the trombonist for the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, who the San Francisco Chronicle calls “the top man on the slide trombone in the birthplace of jazz.”
This is not a one man show, however; the members of the Funky Nation, a group of well trained and experienced musicians with impressive credentials of their own, meet the challenges of their funky band leader. BSFN masterfully combines a rock sensibility with improv-style associated with jazz and the horn-heavy front section that’s the hallmark of big band funk.
“..dream-pop washes over you like an ‘ambient slipstream’.” – Pitchfork
“The songs hum like electricity and thump like groundswells, surprising and shifting with innovative pacing and dynamics. But they also sound natural and unhurried, seamlessly patched…A Sunny Day in Glasgow are writing years ahead of where they should be for such a young band, forming gargantuan records of consistently enjoyable and inventive melodic rock” – Coke Machine Glow
Pollyn:
This LA trio has produced official remixes for Gorillaz, Buffalo Daughter, and Liquid Liquid, pulling influences from Massive Attack to Talking Heads to Billie Holiday. Their sound is unique and bold, but comfortingly familiar. Definitely check out this psychedelic vid for “Still Love”: Click Here
George Sarah:
A LA music scene mainstay since 1985, Sarah, an electronic composer and multi-instumentalist performs original compositions from a bank of synthesizers and drum machines alongside a trio of live strings, bridging the normally discrete musical worlds of electronic and classical.
Saturday night’s bill is sure to make your brain float right out of your skull and take you away from black and white for a while. Come lose yourself in a well-crafted, dynamic blend of sound.
$10.00 / $15.00 day of show
