New Moose, old IDs, and fashion model look-alikes young and not-so-young:
– There now will be another antlered animal, not just deer, in North Hudson. Officials behind the Smilin’ Moose plan to buy Starr’s Bar in the village, and add restaurant facilities, while keeping the rest much the same, according to a manager from one of the other North Hudson establishments, who adds the latest is that plans by people at The Moose to construct a new building across from Guv’s Place ran into logistical problems, so that will not commence. There had been rumors of also purchasing another venue in the village, but they were just that, only rumors, although there apparently is an effort by the people at The Moose to purchase Ellie’s on Main this fall, sources say.
As far as Starr’s, a legal notice for a Class B liquor license for Wisconsin Grill LLC, 315 Wisconsin St. N. has been published, starting Sept. 1, with the agent being William Souter, who is said to reside upstairs.
– They came a long way to use their fake ID. Word has it that the newest source of these are from Illinois, since they are easier to make and get use out of. Apparently the local police have even issued a press release to local buinesses telling them of the problem.
– Labor Day weekend saw a packed house for the One Man Band show, in both rooms, with no spare space to be found, was full of women looking like thin Russian models, or tall blondes with flowing hair, or both. Some of the main headturners weren’t in their 20s, either. (Not that guy in the Detroit Lions T-shirt, who said he owned it well before the most recent Viking QB acquisition, then was informed that the thrower in question goes by a different “S” — as in Sam, or as it now turns out Shaun, but not Stafford. Only two of those three hope to be Superman and bring a Super Bowl to the Twin Cities). Anyway, despite the full house, Jeff Loven carried on with all the usual people coming up for cameo songs, including the return of Pizza King Rich and his AC/DC cover. Tracy came forward, as well, but with the constraints of the night there was no duet to Paradise by the Dashboard Light, which they had done for several straight weekends, getting their newest collaboration more and more dead-on.
– Meanwhile, Jeff gave another shoutout to Prince saying, “Thank you for never leaving Minneapolis.” But Jeff himself has, recalling his early days with the band Obsession and playing on The Strip in California and also prominent venues in New York City, while recounting his 15 years with his newer gig, that being The One Man Band, in part with his weekly shows at Dick’s Bar and Grill. One such tale was Obsession’s version of Home Sweet Home — with the members of Motley Crue in the crowd and feeling some competition. The Crue than put there own version, which became a big hit, on the fast track for recording, and it was out in weeks afterward. And one more bit of Jeff trivia: What was his first band while in high school? “Zion.”
– The Badgers got the season of all-things-football going with an upset of No. 5-ranked LSU, by a score of 16-14, although that final was aided by a fluky play that went UW’s way. The number of people out at the sports bars to see it, however, was often underwhelming. But a friend of one of the servers on duty at the Village Inn in North Hudson summed it up this way: “Wow. This is big.” Across the street at Kozy Korner the sign simply said “On Wisconsin.” And oh, OK: “Eat a Rock LSU.”
– The Vine Street construction detour just keeps getting longer, and in some cases now even snakes south out of your way until back to the high school. Makes it harder and harder to get to that frequent wild party that I’ve been told about in Stone Pine.