So! It's Friday evening in Frederick, MD and you don't have anything planned. What to do? What to do? How about joing us at Bushwaller's Irish Pub for a bit of LIVE music? Why is the event called "...These Go To Eleven!"?
"Up to eleven" or "these go to eleven" is an idiom from popular culture, coined in the movie This Is Spinal Tap, where guitarist Nigel Tufnel proudly demonstrates an amplifier whose volume knob is marked from zero to eleven, instead of the usual zero to ten. The phrase has come to refer to anything being exploited to its utmost limits, or apparently exceeding them. Similarly, the expression "turning it up to eleven" refers to the act of taking something to an extreme. In 2002 the phrase entered the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary with the definition "up to maximum volume".
The phrase was coined in a scene from the 1984 mockumentary/rockumentary This Is Spinal Tap by the character Nigel Tufnel, played by Christopher Guest. In this scene Nigel gives the rockumentary's director, Marty DiBergi, played by Rob Reiner, a tour of his stage equipment. While Nigel is showing Marty his Marshall guitar amplifiers, he points out one in particular whose control knobs all have the highest setting of eleven, unlike standard amplifiers, whose volume settings are typically numbered from 0 to 10, believing that this numbering actually increases the highest volume of the amp ("It's one louder, isn't it"). When Marty asks why the ten setting is not simply set to be louder, Nigel hesitates before responding blankly again, "These go to eleven."
All of that information is provided so that you know that this event is all about the elevens. It's being held on the 11th day of December (YES! I know that December IS the twelfth month...but we're going to ignore that!) In addition to the date there will be live music! YES! While Nigel Tufnel won't be playing there will be SOMEBODY playing. The music schedule hasn't been posted, but as soon as it is I'll update the page to reflect such.
Please feel free to join me for an evening of music, fun, and frivolity.
Who:
Why YOU, of course...whether you have one cache find or a thousand cache finds, please feel free to come join us for a small meet and greet.
When:
Friday, December 11th, 2015
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Where:
Bushwaller's Irish Pub
209 North Market Street
Frederick, MD 21701
(301) 695-6988
Why:
To eat delicious food, listen to music, talk geocaching, and trade bugs. Those who wish to may also do some geocaching before or after the event.
Extra things to keep in mind:
- If you pick up a Travel Bug or trackable coin at one of the events, make sure you log it out so it doesn't show up in the events list. If a trackable sits as being listed in the event for a couple of months, the cache owner is the one that gets the e-mail from the TB owner(s).
- Each person attending will be responsible for any costs incurred for food and drinks.
- Bushwaller's accepts cash, debit or credit cards. Please plan accordingly.
- Since this IS a pub there WILL be alcohol available. IF you choose to imbibe please note that YOU are responsible for YOUR own actions.
FTF honors go to GeoAPPs!!! Congratulations friend!!!
