D Nuts || April 17, 2007
New hobby: selling crap on Amazon.com. This means I'm at the post office more often as of late, where I'm typically forced to endure spoiled Lakewood children and the housewives who ignore them. But a few days ago, I had a better time, because I ran into John Freeman, the former Dooms UK madman who currently performs as The Dutch Treats.
Rather than prod him about his large box smothered with "FRAGILE" tags, I instead asked him about his latest venture: Sloppyworld, his forthcoming music venue/alternative shop in Exposition Park. You may remember Freeman as the man behind the brief New Amsterdam booking renaissance (the Beach House gig from a while back being a particular highlight). After parting ways with the bar, he decided to start a house of his own. In spite of some red tape, Freeman succeeded where the likes of Fat Daddy's failed, and the place is set to open "this summer" with what should be a solid booking mix of the beautiful and the bizarre. Considering I love Exposition Park about as much as I love everything Freeman's laid his insane hands upon around Dallas, I can't help but get excited about what Sloppyworld may do for local music. And since Freeman's an incredibly nice guy with good music connections, something tells me he won't have trouble fetching some unique and must-see out-of-town bills.
Note: This is actually among the tamer comics that Freeman has posted at Sloppyworld.com.
Whenever Freeman sends a firm update, I'll post any new information, but you'll find out sooner than I do if you befriend the venue's MySpace page. Hell, John may tell you more about the venue himself at his Friday night Cavern gig, where he'll share the stage with The Tah-Dahs, Laura Palmer and NYC's Vic Thrill.
TAKE NOTE: Looks like he'll also be performing on Saturday, April 28th, at the mega-huge Kittenpants birthday bash at Dan's Silverleaf, which will feature the incredibly entertaining combination of Denton legend Corn Mo and Coors' spokesman Andrew WK. Sadly, my May 3rd birthday will not see a concert anywhere near that level of insanity, so I'm just gonna pretend that's my b-day bash as well. Tickets are on sale for $12 if you call Dan's after 4 p.m. any day of the week at 940-320-2000. Don't be a dummy--even if tickets don't sell out on the day of, you'll still save $3 with an advance purchase. -SM
Rather than prod him about his large box smothered with "FRAGILE" tags, I instead asked him about his latest venture: Sloppyworld, his forthcoming music venue/alternative shop in Exposition Park. You may remember Freeman as the man behind the brief New Amsterdam booking renaissance (the Beach House gig from a while back being a particular highlight). After parting ways with the bar, he decided to start a house of his own. In spite of some red tape, Freeman succeeded where the likes of Fat Daddy's failed, and the place is set to open "this summer" with what should be a solid booking mix of the beautiful and the bizarre. Considering I love Exposition Park about as much as I love everything Freeman's laid his insane hands upon around Dallas, I can't help but get excited about what Sloppyworld may do for local music. And since Freeman's an incredibly nice guy with good music connections, something tells me he won't have trouble fetching some unique and must-see out-of-town bills.
Note: This is actually among the tamer comics that Freeman has posted at Sloppyworld.com.
Whenever Freeman sends a firm update, I'll post any new information, but you'll find out sooner than I do if you befriend the venue's MySpace page. Hell, John may tell you more about the venue himself at his Friday night Cavern gig, where he'll share the stage with The Tah-Dahs, Laura Palmer and NYC's Vic Thrill.
TAKE NOTE: Looks like he'll also be performing on Saturday, April 28th, at the mega-huge Kittenpants birthday bash at Dan's Silverleaf, which will feature the incredibly entertaining combination of Denton legend Corn Mo and Coors' spokesman Andrew WK. Sadly, my May 3rd birthday will not see a concert anywhere near that level of insanity, so I'm just gonna pretend that's my b-day bash as well. Tickets are on sale for $12 if you call Dan's after 4 p.m. any day of the week at 940-320-2000. Don't be a dummy--even if tickets don't sell out on the day of, you'll still save $3 with an advance purchase. -SM
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