This has to be the place for the next the next hit TV show:
From the LVRJ: You drink the place in right along with your booze and neither is meant to go down too smoothly.
Homemade signs scrawled out in magic marker advertise drink specials
involving Twinkies and Slim Jims and, it only follows, $20 puke
insurance.
The bathrooms look like graffitied subway stops, tattooed with the signatures of hundreds of patrons past.
The walls here used to be white, two decades ago; now even the low-slung ceiling swirls with color.
Murals of skeletons and half-dressed dames cover those surfaces not
acned with countless band stickers, which serve as the calling cards of
groups from all over the world who have come to this dark corner of
Vegas to play the bar that's become most synonymous with it.
With a four-day party that begins on Thursday, the Double Down Saloon
will celebrate turning 20, and in that time, it's become as much a
Vegas totem as Wayne Newton's frozen-in-place coif, Elvis' golden shades
and Frank Sinatra's bloated liver.
"I wear my Double Down shirt a lot, I travel a lot, and I've had
people come up to me and say, 'Oh, the Double Down,' in Tokyo, in
Europe," says Allan Carter, founder of Vegas-based record label SquidHat
Records and drummer in Portland's Attack Ships on Fire. "It is a
universally recognized symbol."
Globetrotting chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain counts it
among the top five bars in the world, while fellow Travel Channel staple
Samantha Brown has also sung the joint's praises. http://www.lvrj.com/news/still-serving-vegas-wild-side-179920781.html
They have the eccentric owner, strange patrons, a wild place, punk rock music- what more do you need for a TV show about Vegas? It's kind of like "The Full Throttle Saloon" show, but in Vegas instead of Sturgis. I think this is why this story came out- to land a TV show.
So, if you are a TV producer or director, this is your chance to get in on the ground up and come up with a wild TV show that will be perfect for Tru TV, Bravo(nah- no not, Bravo- not gay enough)History Channel, Spike TV, maybe National Geographic or even Fox.
Good luck and congratulations to the owner, who has gone through a lot to make his business succeed in this climate and hope he considers a reality TV show. This could be a good one.
At the Freezing Lake Café...
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