9/30/06 Update:
Well, it seems that this movie has officially tanked. All the promotion on Howard, the big premiere party at the Madison, and it hasn’t even made 20% of the budget back.

Here’s the stats:

Budget: $2.8M
Opening weekend: $275k
Total Gross: $475k
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9/15/06:
We stopped into Madison last night around 5pm for a quick half-priced happy hour drink or seven, and stumbled on some premier party for Artie Lange’s new movie Beer League.

The party was supposed to be from 7 to 9, and they had a guest list, and were handing out blue wrist bands for the open bar. They weren’t letting people in before 9.

The staff cleared most of the bar stools out and were formally dressed. At around 7 they started walking around with various appetizers, like chicken fingers, pigs-in-a-blanket, pizza, jalapeño poppers, and more. The bar started getting pretty packed after 8.

Several of the TV’s were looping a DVD of his uncensored 3 minute movie trailer. In addition, they were handing out movie paraphernalia. We got some hats, t-shirts and beer can coolers with the movie logo on it.

A few of the co-stars of the movie were also present to sign a movie poster. We wanted to say hi to Artie before we left, but he seemed to have left before us. He went out for a smoke and disappeared. Maybe he had to go home for something (he lives in the Constitution North building around the corner).

To add to the “premier” feeling of this event, they also had a spotlight truck outside of the bar. So what started out as having a few quick drinks turned into something a little more interesting than usual.

As a reader wrote in here http://hoboken411.com/archives/4072#comment-4159, her car was pointlessly broken into on the corner of 7th and Madison with no real gain for the criminal. They just smashed and ruined a set of keys that were important to her. Senseless vandals.

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is having their evening Light The Night walk to build awareness of blood cancers and raise funds for cures. This will be taking place at Pier A during the evening on Saturday the 30th.

Walkers carry illuminated balloons-white for survivors and red for supporters-to celebrate and commemorate lives touched by cancer.

Funds raised by participants support the Society’s mission: cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

Anyone can take part-children, adults and seniors are all welcome. This is a casual one to three mile Walk with no fitness requirements.

A “Where is this?” photo quiz was published a few weeks ago, and now it’s time for round 2.

Still pretty easy for the most part. Name where each of these locations are:

Number 1( I just find the illustration funny):


Number 2:


Number 3:


Number 4:


Number 5:

Hoboken 411 has run some random user opinion polls over the past months. Below is a recap of the food establishments and other questions that were up for vote. Note that readership has gone up tremendously each month, so the poll votes have increased as well. Keep checking back for new polls, such as today’s “Best Sushi in Hoboken”. Note that two new places, Teak and the uptown Sushi House Bar and Lounge will not be included in this poll, since they’re not open yet.

See the charts with the rest of the votes below each summary:

Best Burger in Hoboken.
This was a very tight race. Not sure why I didn’t put Oddfellow’s in there, as that is my favorite.

1. (tie) Black Bear & Ted and Jo’s
2. Three A’s
3. Zack’s

Best Pizza in Hoboken.
Was a runaway poll with the top two coming very close to each other.

1. Grimaldi’s
2. Benny Tudino’s
3. Uptown Pizzeria

Best Wings in Hoboken.
Another tight race with the top 3 coming within one vote of one another. Again, not sure why Oddfellow’s wasn’t even included. I need to get a clue, they’re my favorite wings as well.

1. (tie) Chicken & Rib Crib and Black Bear
2. 10th and Willow
3. Rogo’s

Best Chinese takeout in Hoboken.
I personally cannot tell the difference most of the time. But we had a clear winner here. After the top three, the next 4 places came within 5 votes of each other.

1. Precious
2. Hoboken Cottage
3. Aroma

Click to see the rest of the random poll results.

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This just sounds weird.

The cook from Maxwell’s ran all the way to the 14th St. Fire House to tell them that two lost female juveniles (one 18, and one 15) are in front at 1039 Washington Street. They were apparently “seeing a show”.

A) it’s 2:00am on early Thursday morning, why are two female juveniles even milling around?
B) what are they doing by Maxwell’s?
C) why don’t they have a responsible adult with them?

I’m sure this episode of Lost will not make it to prime time. Here’s an idea, maybe they should re-do those 10:00pm public service announcements played near the evening news.

“It’s 2:00am, did you know your teenage daughter was at a bar?”

“Paws” for a Cause Dog Event- An unconventional dog show to benefit the American Cancer Society!

Sunday, October 1, 2006 10:30 AM- 1:30 PM
Church Square Park

Registration: Contact the American Cancer Society- “Paws” for a Cause at 973.736.7771 x204 or by email at Diane.Berry@cancer.org.

$15 Donation
Complimentary Breakfast, Complimentary Clinic by Hoboken’s “Sit and Stay” Dog Training & Behavioral Counseling, Category Contests (including Best Tail Wag, Most creative costume, Most Vocal) and Crowning of “Best in Show” winner! Plus, Free photo and frame of you and your pooch. Complimentary water and snack break for pets and owners and Dog Block Parade! AND MORE!

ALSO, Wonderful Raffle Prizes from Hoboken’s coolest pet friendly shops!

Come Out and Support this Great Cause in your Community.

As another reader had mentioned, in light of the recent fires, the crime map will now include those as well.

Furthermore, the Crime Map will be renamed and be called the “Incident Map”. Not only crimes and fires, but silly incidents such as drunk and disorderlies that get involved with police and no formal charges were filed, motor vehicle accidents or other location specific incidents that do not qualify as crimes or fires.

The three categories on the left, Recent Crimes, Recent Fires and Recent Incidents will be plotted on the Incident Map collectively.

Thanks!

Seems like liquor has caused tempers to flare yet again. This time at Black Bear. A guy with a flower shirt, and another guy with a grey shirt. Many calls came in for this. One of the guys was even on crutches. An ambulance was dispatched to treat the “wounds”.

Sounds like a MadTV skit to me.

And marijuana is illegal? Other than the lost tax revenue, I’m still dumbfounded by that silly law. No one ever fights when they’re high. The only time an ambulance is needed is when someone eats too many Ho-Ho’s.

Can’t we rename Hoboken to “Amsterdam” or something?