So as many of you know this coming weekend is the bamapocalypse. What is the bamapocalypse? Well it's a host of RBR devotees descending upon Tuscaloosa/Birmingham on the weekend of Alabama's Homecoming game against Vanderbilt for an RBR/Bama Meet-n-Greet.

Nico 2.0 does a fine job each week letting people what is going on Friday and Saturdays but thought a personal game plan thread might be in order. So hear are some points of interest. As people post I will try to update the main post so that the folks in Birmingham and what not will be up to date on what is going on there as as well as other Tuscaloosa events, specific meet times and things of that sort.

On Friday if anyone is arriving to town and wants to make an Archibald's BBQ run in the afternoon just comment and we'll pick a meeting point. After that It's to the wellthatscool.com Headquarters for a taping of our podcast with anyone being welcome to come. We tape at 8:30 the beer is free and the humor is blue but after we hit a few select watering holes.

On Saturday I'll be opening Egans, the official home bar of RBR, at 7am and waiting on the parade to roll by at noon. After the game downtown there is a little event that I know me and Stuck in the plains/goth law are looking forward to, The Pink Box Burlesque presents Steampunk Masquerade. You can get details here. I know I'll be heading there but there will be all manner of other things going on.

Looking forward to hanging with some of you fine folks.

As many of you know I am one of the game day bartenders at Egan's, I am also a huge fan of RBR. A few years ago I thought wouldn't it be nice to try to combine the two. So with Todd and Nico's blessing we became the home of RBR here in Tuscaloosa.

Egans is a little different then most bars on the strip. We are a good old fashioned dive bar that features original live rock, if you looking for some dude playing "Brown Eyed Girl" on acoustic we are not the place for you. The warning above the front door that says "Dim lights, Thick Smoke, Loud Music" is very true, but we are a great place to meet and talk and have way more atmosphere then most of the tourist bars around  the strip area these days.

RBR's own Kleph did an awesome write up a few years back which I believe sums everything up, you can find it here. For this god awfully early kick off this week I'll be opening at 7am to make Bloody Marys that will bring a tear to a glass eye. So stop by mingle with some of us other RBR'ers and say howdy to me.

Also we have updated our "Aubs Eat Boogers" line up to include koozies, the buttons and koozies make great gifts. Hope so see some of you guys there.

Me and my buddies who run wellthatscool.com put on this event last year though some of y'all would like to come down to Tuscaloosa, here are the details. 

When people think of craft beer they often think of the pacific northwest, Colorado or even Delaware. One place that does not get the respect it deserves is the South. That's why wellthatscool.com is proud to present The "Suds of The South". This event will take place at Wilhagans in Tuscaloosa on Saturday March 12th from 4 to 7pm. The featured Breweries include Good People Brewing (Birmingham, AL), Straight to Ale (Huntsville, AL), Back Forty Beer Co. (Gadsden, AL) Terrapin Beer Co. (Athens, GA), Sweetwater Brewing Co. (Atlanta, Ga), Yazoo Brewing Co. (Nashville, TN), Highland Brewing Co. (Asheville, NC), Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co. (Kiln, MS), Abita Beer (Abita Springs LA). This year we are pleased to announce a rotating none southern every year which we will call the "sympathizer". This years "sympathizer" will be Bell's Brewery (Galesburg MI). Each attendee will receive a 3oz keepsake glass and get to move around and try beer from all the breweries. Good People and Back Forty are planning on bring special exclusive beers for the event that have rarely if ever been served in all of Alabama. This event is a fundraiser for Free the Hops. So by attending you not only get to try great beers you get to help the fight of changing Alabama's beer laws. The Tickets are all the same only with limited numbers of the $10 and $15 level. After those are sold out only $20 are gonna be available.      

tickets are here https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/157529

This is a article written by Kevin from the Morning Vent a Talk show based in Jackson MS. I'm the Bartender he mentions and also names our own Kelph. I was taken out of context. I was trying to say I did not want something like he is advocating to happen. This is really scary. I was having a back and forth twitter conversation with him and after talking to him he wrote the piece. I did nothing and most of my Bama friends feel bad. I was even a tree hugger that wanted to send Auburn a hug, rainbow and a big I'm sorry even though I had nothing to do with this kind of guy.  How is this guy any better then the tree killer himself he may even be worse.

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Now that NSD has come and gone with only a little drama left out there. I thought a good way to relax and give people an excuse to come to the mother land would be to post about our upcoming Lebowski party ( it was the Tuscaloosa Lebowski fest but that is trade marked and the dudes that own it were very cool about it and asked us to change it). The name of the event is "Tuscaloosa Abides: A Celebration of All Things Lebowski" it's at the Bama Theater in downtown Tuscaloosa on Friday Feb 11th. The doors open at 7pm for a listening of the soundtrack, cheap white russians, Wii bowling and registration for the costume contest. The contest will be run by the Pink Box Burlesque Troupe's leader Mamma Dixie and a few of the Troupe's ladies will be there helping. If the amount of time spent around here quoting  Lebowski is any indication I thought peole might wanna come. For ticket information and other delights click here

As some of y'all know my screen name is a reference to a band I was in for years. We all sort of got on with life after a while but still like to get together and play about once a year and that time is this Friday after the Iron Bowl.  We are a sort of funky band with a sort of rock/ New Orleans feel. I know I'll see a fair amount of most of y'all at Egans before and during the game but if your looking for anything to do that night I think we start @ 9:30 so traffic will have died down a little. Anyway I look forward to seeing lots of y'all Friday and hopefully Friday night at Little Willies ( down town behind the Mellow Mushroom and beside Wilhagans sports bar 2209 4th St
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401).

P.S A every once in a while poster here who goes by "Darby up the middle" will be playing bass with us that night

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I open Egans at 11:30am today, not the normal early 8am opening but what can you do. As always any RBR'er gets a cold one on me and there is a good chance You'll see me chewing the fat with our own travling journalist Kelp and most likely those prakster scamps, Alabama Man Dance and TJ from towerofbammer.com. I work until like 5 today but  I'll be by after or most likely during the 4th quarter. So if you wanna talk some ball and just have a beer pop over and see me.

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Let me start off by saying that I'm a Bama fan here in Tuscaloosa and don't normally post on other teams page. I just thought some would like to know about a pretty cool show going on in Tuscaloosa Friday night. It features Ivan Neville's Dumpstafunk, The Stanton Moore Trio w/ Anders Osborne, Grayson Capps and Shannon Mcnally. It's going on at The 77 year old Bama Theater in downtown Tuscaloosa. It's $15 bucks and starts at 8pm. I know that when I hit the road for an away game I like to here about cool shit. Fora run down of the acts check here. I also tend bar on the strip in Tuscaloosa at a little dive bar called Egans . I open at 8am for the Bloody Mary breakfast and we pride ourselves on having a very small douche bag ratio, they mostly go to the Houndstooth. So if you pop in let me know you read it here, I'll hit you up with a beer on me. Every fan base has their assholes that make you wish they were not allowed to wear team colors but I hope y'all have fun on the trip and our version of those fans are kept very limited .