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Here's the
correspondence between Arlo
from the
Hump Night Thumpers (blue text) and Battle
Committee members (green
text) about the engraving on the
Coveted~yet Mysterious Holliwood® Waffle Iron.
(click
on picture to enlarge)
Before I take this awesome waffle iron
out to have "The Hump Night Thumpers" engraved onto it, I wanted to find out:
what are the initials like "C" or "V" after some of the band names?
AH: Not
posessing said appliance since the 80s, I have no memory of what these
symbols mean. Anyone?
PA:
I was noticing that last Sunday and I think it might have something to
do with the venue - that's a guess.
That would make sense
-- I found an article talking about the history of past events at the
Palmer bar, the American Legion, and the Riverside Cafe, and that
corresponds to initials "P", "L", and "R" on the waffler. Does
anybody know what "St", "V", and "5C" would stand for? (You can tell I'm
not from Minneapolis.)
AH: St
is probably St Anthony East; V would be the Viking Bar, and 5C would be
the 5 Corners...T if its there would be the Triangle Bar.
All right, mystery
solved!
AH: Acually, at
some point if - you have the time - could you send me a list of
what's engraved? It would be nice to have a list. I tried taking a photo
of it a few years back, but the engraving didn't really show up that
well.
Sure, I can do that...
Thanks to all, by the
way, for organizing this great event!
AH: I ran
across these notes a while back, maybe you could cross check what I have
here and fill in the blanks. (You know...in your "spare time") It would
be nice to post the whole shebang on the battle website.
Sure, no problem. I
will mark in red any corrections or additions:
Early
– Not Annual – Battles
(nothing on the waffle
iron about these)
1968
(?) Jook Savages vs Mama's Home Cooking - Cedar Theatre
1972
All-Jug Girl Band vs Mama's Home Cooking - Riverside Café
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1st 1980, date? Cedar Theatre or
Palmers Bar (depending on who you talk to) (waffle iron says “P”)
2nd 1981 Sun Dec 27 New Riverside
Café Golden Calf Jug Army
3rd 1982 Golden Calf Jug Army (St.)
4th 1983 Sun Dec 29 Viking Bar Jook Savages (St.)
1984 (waffle iron doesn’t list a
winner, but lists St. as the location)
5th 1985 Mama’s Home Cookin’ (waffle iron
shows three dots in a triangle shape — Triangle Bar?)
1986 (waffle iron doesn’t list a winner, but lists V. as the location)
6th 1987 Dec 28 Triangle Bar Shameless Young Jug Suckers (waffle
iron has those three dots again)
7th 1988 Velvet Underjugs (V.)
8th 1989 Sorelles (5C)
1990 (waffle iron lists this year but
no winner or location)
9th
1991 Feb 3 Five Corners Saloon Stinkhorn
10th
1991 Dec 29 American Legion Post Nº1 Dean Carr Band
1992 (no winner or location)
11th
1993, date? probably at American Legion Post Nº1 (no winner listed, but L is location)
12th
1994 Feb 6 American Legion Post Nº1 Ray Chipault
13th
1995 Jan 22 American Legion Post Nº1 Great Bobo
14th
1996, date? probably the first year at Cabooze High Holy Knights of Squanderation
(yes, C is location)
15th
1997 Feb 2 Cabooze Pull Tab
Mountain Boys
16th
1998 Feb 1 Cabooze Cam Waters Jug
Band
17th
1999 Feb ?? Cabooze Great Bobo
Band
18th
2000 Feb 6 Cabooze Sloppy
Joe Jug Band
19th
2001 Feb 3 Cabooze Standard Size
Family Band
20th
2002 Feb 10 Cabooze Outdoor John and the Sears Catalogue (sp. Catalog)
21st
2003 Feb 2 Cabooze The Cheeptons (sp. Chieptans)
22nd
2004 Feb 8 Cabooze The Geezers
23rd
2005 Feb 13 Cabooze The Phleshtones
24th
2006 Feb 12 Cabooze Grandma's Saggy Jug Band
25th
2007 Feb 11 Cabooze The Hump Night Thumpers
The first few years in
your listing were a year early.
Maybe this is because the event shifted from just before the new year
to just after? For example, your first regular event was dated 1979 but
the waffle iron shows 1980 for the same event. I shifted them a year
later to match what’s on the iron.
The numbering of years
didn’t quite line up, either. It looks like there was no event in 1990,
since there were events in Feb. 1991 and again in Dec. 1991. One other
year where no winner or location is listed is 1992. But if we skip those
two years, this year would have been the 27th annual event. There were
locations but not winners listed for 1984 and 1986; if we assume there
were no events in those years, this year would have been the 25th. I
don’t know if that’s right, but it’s a plausible theory.
If this is too
confusing and you’d like me to send you exactly what’s on the waffle
iron, let me know!
Cheers,
-Arlo
The waffle iron remains
as the best (though it may be flawed) record of what went on, especially
in those early years. Beyond the out-of-kilter
dates mentioned above (which were verified from surviving
flyers). Some of the band names
can be kind of slippery. The Golden Calf Jug Army, for instance, started
out during the second battle as the Sorry Muthas, but then changed
their name to "Little Village" about halfway thru the event, eventually
settling on "Golden Calf" when they returned the next year. (The only
reason anyone can remember this is that a tape from that year
survives.Perhaps the last name change happened after the tape ran
out). Same thing in '95, where in the Fritz Richmond article Bob Stelnicki's
winning band is called the Neuroleptic Maniacs, but the iron says Great
Bobo. Looking over the surviving posters may uncover venue errors as well...
Such is the Great and Mysterious Power
of the Holliwood® Waffle Iron, which also still makes excellent
waffles.
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