Humanoids!

I'm beyond thrilled for the event we have this Sunday. Author Erik Davis (TechGnosis, High Weirdness, Visionary State, Burning Shore) will be doing a very rare midwestern appearance at the Lodge for a live reading and discussion about his new book BLOTTER: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium on Sunday April 28th at 4pm.

Erik is a leading scholar of science fiction author Philip K. Dick (Total Recall, Minority Report, Blade Runner, VALIS) as well as the counter culture of the late 20th Century. He's one of those rare brains that can take any subject and fold it open into pleasures and complexities unseen by most. He's also - in our bent-backwards and turgid times - an unsuspecting voice of sanity and humor amongst the miasmas of slimelords and soul-derelicts who overpopulate our fair eras. He's a mensch!

We're going to have a ton of surprises for attendees to this very rare and special event not the least of which is first access to purchase our Willett barrel aged Barley Wine that we've made for the occasion. Each bottle is hand numbered and the label is printed on blotter paper (undipped, thank you!). I do believe this is an industry first for this hand-labeled pain-in-the-neck and the effect is quite nice!

Seats are extremely limited for this event and will sell out. I would secure your spot sooner rather than later. To register, go here. To make it as clear as possible: this is a private event so you need to have registered prior to showing up on Sunday. When you get your ticket there is also an option to pre-order Erik's book BLOTTER: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium so you can have him sign it when he's here. It's very likely that Bucket O Blood will have no extra books on hand so, if you want one, make sure to pre-order.

We'll have Mimi's Kimbap k-rolls on hand for food, Hair & Make-Up will be laying down some psychedelic soundscapes and Aeriz will be on hand with promotional materials.

Because the Lodge will be closed to the public from 4pm until about 7pm for the event, we are going to open at 11am on Sunday so you can get your day drinking done early.

It's going to be a wonderful afternoon shared amongst good people. This probably isn't for everybody, but, if you think it might be for you, I'd make sure not to miss it.

And, to get the engine pre-heated a bit, we've got YOU ENJOY MY BAND, a Phish tribute band, playing on Saturday starting around 10pm. These guys are great. I really don't have much love in my heart for Phish, but the last time these guys played, I was blown away. So, if you like Phish, you'll love these cats, but if you just like good driving rock jams, you'll probably dig them, too.

We've got a really special weekend set up for you good people, I hope you take advantage of it while it's here!

Godspeed!

Stay strong!
Never forget!
See you this weekend!

You can see all of our events on our event calendar athttps://www.ibw-chicago.com/events

You can see what's currently on tap at IBW LODGE #1 at https://www.ibw-chicago.com/whats-on-tap