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marignygreg
10-03-2008, 01:55 PM
From the Marigny Forum at nola.com
Anyone else lucky enough to see John Popper sitting in with Mike Darby Band last night at Apple Barrel. It was a tasty treat. Got even stranger when James Gandolfini popped in. I love our neighborhood.
Same bar that Tom Jones popped into and belted a few songs out.
I don't know what it is about Apple Barrel, but I always feel like you could make an interesting movie if you could capture the strange vibe that goes down in that place. I had one of my most memorable fest experiences ever in that bar when a good friend and I happened upon it after the first Dragon Smoke show (at Dragon's Den) when we were simply looking for a place to unwind for a final drink or two after an incredible night of music. Some band of no renown was playing the same song with a pretty infectious, groovy beat for what seemed like an eternity, and the singer was singing the same chorus "I ain't scared" over and over. He then started passing the mike around the bar for people to sing the chorus, and next thing you know the entire bar is on its feet, on the tables, shaking everything we got, passing the mike and singing "I ain't scared" at the top of our lungs. People started filing in off the street to see what was going on and to join in. I have no idea how long this lasted, but it felt like 1/2 hour or more. Just an incredible, magical scene.
It was even funnier when we were out on Frenchmen the following day, overhearing the story being retold by various folks--in very, very varied versions--with different people taking credit for being the ones who started the whole thing.
I think it would be a perfect setting for a Woody Allen movie, or better yet a scene from a weird Scorcese film like After Hours.
duende
10-03-2008, 06:38 PM
The part I have trouble with is that I've been into the Apple Barrel almost every trip I've taken, usually to stalk Coco Robicheaux, and last year was the first time I realized that Adolpho's is right upstairs... and possibly where James Gandolfini came from - it's good eatin'!
The part I have trouble with is that I've been into the Apple Barrel almost every trip I've taken, usually to stalk Coco Robicheaux, and last year was the first time I realized that Adolpho's is right upstairs... and possibly where James Gandolfini came from - it's good eatin'!
Yeah, I've been tempted to try Adolfo's many times because I hear good things about it, but I always seem to decide that New Orleans is not the place where I feel like an Italian meal, no matter how good it may be. I love Italian food; I probably eat cuisine based on some Italian region more frequently than I eat any other regional cuisine. But for some reason I feel like New Orleans is not the place for me to be eating it--probably because there are so many other great choices for locally-influenced cuisine. That said, I am always good for a few meals from Mona's (Middle Eastern), and the Thai place in the Marigny is also excellent.