Check St. Paddy's Day Pics at www.julianspianobar.com
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Pictures of St. Patrick's day are at www.julianspianobar.com

St Paddy's Photos are up!
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Check out our photos, and look for your Butte Weekly at your favorite store!

(Photos by Robin Jordan)

St. Patrick's Day Schedule 2007
Mood:  lucky
3/03/07

Hey! It’s been two years since I started this site, and life just keeps getting more amazing!

So many things, weird and wonderful, have occurred. Julian’s Piano Bar went from a pipe-dream to a strange reality, I became the first radio personality in Butte to be “fired” for writing humorous comments about the stodgy corporate toadies who currently work in the media, the city of Butte had to pay over a million dollars to displaced employees because of the hubris of the Chief Executive on his first day in office (and I wrote a letter to the local paper telling him he was doing the wrong thing, not that anyone ever listens to me), and the handsome hubby and I have weathered a maelstrom of personal and public trials and tribulations. We still have a strange and wonderful relationship. I’m strange, and he’s wonderful.

As Elton John wrote, “I’m still standing,” and Julian’s is primped and primed to embark on our springtime season. St. Patrick’s day is a mere two weeks from today, so I need to post your lovely schedule of events.

St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, March 17, 2007. The parade passes us on Granite Street, so have a cuppa or a toddy and ride Shank’s Mare a half block up the street for the best view in Butte of the festivities. It promises to be a great celebration, and it’s not a political year, so you don’t have to be nervous about who’s shaking your hand and kissing your wee babe.

Julian’s will be open at 11 a.m., serving your favorite drinks, warm and cold. Tune in frequently for the weather report. Dress appropriately. The parade starts at 11 a.m. and will follow its usual route. For a parade route map, e-mail my new daytime gig. butteweekly@onewest.net

We’ll have live music all day.

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., “Piano Bob” Daly will entertain you with his original music and favorites from the past. Bob draws his inspiration from the thoughts and feelings in the crowd and the room, so be sure to bring a clear conscience and a good heart, unless you want to hear a song or two that cuts you to the quick. He’s discreet, but you can’t hide your lyin’ eyes.

At 3:00 p.m., we will entertain select wordsmiths selected in the First Annual Teague O’Regan Limerick Contest. Fabulous prizes will be awarded, ribald selections will be read and recited, and hilarity will ensue. Do not forget your sense of humor. See our website, www.julianspianobar.com for details on how to enter and rules, prizes, and goodness knows what.

3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., it’s Dave Coleman, “The Commissioner,” pianist and singer, with all his friends, “The Unholy Choir.” Yes, he’s fresh from the good fight in the old Courthouse over Butte’s new Historic Preservation ordinance, which I think, and he thinks, is another piece of idiotic, bureaucratic bull-feathers designed to put change in the pockets of moronic city inspectors who already spend too much time eating lunch and patting each other on the back (when they aren’t on the streets of Butte staring into monumental potholes and scratching their heads in wonderment.) Come sing some good old ‘70's tunes like Piano Man, Rocket Man, Cheers, and more!

Wear plenty of green, bring plenty of green, and greet friends old and new at Julian’s Piano Bar, the hottest drinking establishment in Butte.

Love, Robin

5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., it’s Ragtime Dan Battleson! Dan and the beautiful Susie will thrill you with their infectious personalities and their style and eclat. Dan plays everything from your Scott Joplin favorites like The Entertainer, as heard in the movie The Sting, to favorites from the Roaring Twenties and beyond! Do not miss this show. The winsome Susie will be entertaining all with her vivacious conversation and stunning good looks, and if I get my way, she’ll join the Unholy Choir for a few Irish ditties. Such a group of wicked sirens you have never encountered. You are invited to join in, but do watch your language. Ribald chicanery, flattery, and innuendo are encouraged, but bigotry, bad grammar, and sloppy diction are frowned upon.

8:00 p.m. to closing time, The Ole Professor, Ed Yelsa, will tickle the ivories of the 1911 Steinway grand. From Cole Porter to George Gershwin to Arlo Guthrie, Ed knows them all. He’ll take us on a musical flight on the good Spruce Goose to the frontiers of the Universe–motto, we’ll be seeing stars from Janice Joplin to “Old Blue Eyes” Frank Sinatra to Bing Crosby as we make our way past Mars to Jupiter, and beyond. We’ll be circling Uranus on our way to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Please remember to bring your towel, gentlemen.

Love, Robin

St. Patrick's Day at Julian's! Our 2nd Great Celebration!
Mood:  lucky
3/03/07

Hey! It’s been two years since I started this site, and life just keeps getting more amazing!

So many things, weird and wonderful, have occurred. Julian’s Piano Bar went from a pipe-dream to a strange reality, I became the first radio personality in Butte to be “fired” for writing humorous comments about the stodgy corporate toadies who currently work in the media, the city of Butte had to pay over a million dollars to displaced employees because of the hubris of the Chief Executive on his first day in office (and I wrote a letter to the local paper telling him he was doing the wrong thing, not that anyone ever listens to me), and the handsome hubby and I have weathered a maelstrom of personal and public trials and tribulations. We still have a strange and wonderful relationship. I’m strange, and he’s wonderful.

As Elton John wrote, “I’m still standing,” and Julian’s is primped and primed to embark on our springtime season. St. Patrick’s day is a mere two weeks from today, so I need to post your lovely schedule of events.

St. Patrick’s Day is Saturday, March 17, 2007. The parade passes us on Granite Street, so have a cuppa or a toddy and ride Shank’s Mare a half block up the street for the best view in Butte of the festivities. It promises to be a great celebration, and it’s not a political year, so you don’t have to be nervous about who’s shaking your hand and kissing your wee babe.

Julian’s will be open at 11 a.m., serving your favorite drinks, warm and cold. Tune in frequently for the weather report. Dress appropriately. The parade starts at 11 a.m. and will follow its usual route. For a parade route map, e-mail my new daytime gig. butteweekly@onewest.net

We’ll have live music all day.

1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., “Piano Bob” Daly will entertain you with his original music and favorites from the past. Bob draws his inspiration from the thoughts and feelings in the crowd and the room, so be sure to bring a clear conscience and a good heart, unless you want to hear a song or two that cuts you to the quick. He’s discreet, but you can’t hide your lyin’ eyes.

At 3:00 p.m., we will entertain select wordsmiths selected in the First Annual Teague O’Regan Limerick Contest. Fabulous prizes will be awarded, ribald selections will be read and recited, and hilarity will ensue. Do not forget your sense of humor. See our website, www.julianspianobar.com for details on how to enter and rules, prizes, and goodness knows what.

Teague O'Regan Contest Rules

3:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., it’s Dave Coleman, “The Commissioner,” pianist and singer, with all his friends, “The Unholy Choir.” Yes, he’s fresh from the good fight in the old Courthouse over Butte’s new Historic Preservation ordinance, which I think, and he thinks, is another piece of idiotic, bureaucratic bull-feathers designed to put change in the pockets of moronic city inspectors who already spend too much time eating lunch and patting each other on the back (when they aren’t on the streets of Butte staring into monumental potholes and scratching their heads in wonderment.) Come sing some good old ‘70's tunes like Piano Man, Rocket Man, Cheers, and more!

Wear plenty of green, bring plenty of green, and greet friends old and new at Julian’s Piano Bar, the hottest drinking establishment in Butte.

Love, Robin

5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., it’s Ragtime Dan Battleson! Dan and the beautiful Susie will thrill you with their infectious personalities and their style and eclat. Dan plays everything from your Scott Joplin favorites like The Entertainer, as heard in the movie The Sting, to favorites from the Roaring Twenties and beyond! Do not miss this show. The winsome Susie will be entertaining all with her vivacious conversation and stunning good looks, and if I get my way, she’ll join the Unholy Choir for a few Irish ditties. Such a group of wicked sirens you have never encountered. You are invited to join in, but do watch your language. Ribald chicanery, flattery, and innuendo are encouraged, but bigotry, bad grammar, and sloppy diction are frowned upon.

8:00 p.m. to closing time, The Ole Professor, Ed Yelsa, will tickle the ivories of the 1911 Steinway grand. From Cole Porter to George Gershwin to Arlo Guthrie, Ed knows them all. He’ll take us on a musical flight on the good Spruce Goose to the frontiers of the Universe–motto, we’ll be seeing stars from Janice Joplin to “Old Blue Eyes” Frank Sinatra to Bing Crosby as we make our way past Mars to Jupiter, and beyond. We’ll be circling Uranus on our way to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Please remember to bring your towel, gentlemen.

Love, Robin

Week of February 26, 2007
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Hey, Chinese New Year was a blast! We have new pics on the website. Check the welcome page or the photo section to see them.

Come visit this week and hope that the weather turns better! Hope you can read our picture with the schedule for the week!

Love, Robin

THANK YOU ROCKY BOOKSTORE!
Mood:  mischievious
Hi babies!

Miss Candy of the Rocky Bookstore put on a fabulous show of Valentine's Day Lingerie for our pleasure on Friday, Feb. 9, 2007. All enjoyed, and we had a great time! Join us next week for music Tuesday through Saturday.

Saturday is really special! We'll have Bill Stone Tuesday at 8, "Piano Bob" Daly on Wednesday at 8, Tom Susanj at 7 on Thursday, and George Groesbeck at 8 on Friday.

Saturday is our benefit for the Chelsea Bailey Animal Shelter at 7. Come visit the animals and talk to Erin about helping our furry and feathered and finned friends. At 9, Platinum Street Jazz Combo will take the stage and wow us with the beauty of their music.

Ciao, dream babies!

Butte makes The New York Times, International Herald, Chicago Tribune
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Just wow!

Our friend Leland sent us three articles that deal with Butte's new Art Renaisance!

Look these up! Wow!

Robin has joined the Butte Weekly as an Account Representative. She loves her new job and is working very hard for them and for Julian's. She's there for you to make your business grow.

Call Robin at (406)782-3820 or e-mail at robinatorj@gmail.com

This Saturday (2/3/07), Dave Coleman--"The Piano Man"--will play at 8 pm.

This week, do not miss Bob "Piano Bob" Daly on Tuesday at 8, Bill Stone Wednesday at 8, Tom Susanj Thursday at 7, and George Groesbeck at 8 on Friday--along with a VALENTINE'S LINGERIE FASHION SHOW put on by Candi-O of the Rocky Bookstore! Saturday, 2/10, Dave Coleman returns at 8 p.m.




Saturday, February 17, PLATINUM STREET RETURNS TO JULIANS! Pencil that one in for great Jazz! It's also a big benefit for THE CHELSEA BAILEY ANIMAL SHELTER! Come and support Erin and her great work for our furry friends!

Love, Robin

Prometheus is unbound again.
Mood:  energetic
Weeks are better at Julian's!

Hey, Julian's has another great week ahead!

Tuesday night, Ed Yelsa seranades us again before a well-earned sebatical. Wish him well and sing a song or two with the Unholy Choir. 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Bill Stone will play your heartstrings with old favorites and originals from the heart. Come on, half of you sing them in the shower as I do! Music at 8 p.m.

Thursday, Tom Susanj brings his charm and charisma to the bar with his twisted paeons to the girls he's left behind.

Friday, it's George Groesbeck, that old reprobate. Aw geez, it starts at 8 p.m. You know the drill. He always claims not to know the song, then he just blows you away. Musicians swoon, ladies throw undergarments. What's new? (Wait 'til next week, when the Rocky Bookstore and Miss Candi bring us REAL romantic underwear and fun to show off on Friday, just in time for Valentine's gifts!!!!) More news to come.

Saturday, it's a great friend and compatriot in the trenches of music, Dave Coleman! Yes, the Piano Man is back, and he's more full of fun than anyone! Try to stump him on Elton John, Billy Joel, and all our other faves from the 70's and beyond!

Be there or be a equilateral rhomboid.

Love, Robin

Poison Pen Letter
Mood:  loud
11-15-06

Well, wasn't that just ducky.

After working my tailfeathers off to try to make Bret Michaels' visit to Butte a nice, friendly affair for me, the venue, and the promoter, said "gentleman" was quite unfriendly to Moi. His staff or "guitar tuner," as one of the people lucky enough to get backstage refered to a certain person, was rudesby from rudesville, to use my vernacular.

My great friend, bartender at Julian's, and our "Scalawags" Dart-Team Captain and I had "jumped ship" for a night of fun at our neighbor's place, The Depot.

The evening started on a high point, as we met our good friend, and the event promoter Bobby Moreno at the door. Of course, he was worried about the gate, but he had time for old fiends. I mean friends.

We should have known there was trouble when a sawed-off cowboy in a brokeback hat came through our conversation with other patrons telling Moi how to intro the show. Well, I was as accomodating as I always have been. This is not my first rodeo, nor will it be my last. I told Miss K. C. that I knew my job. "Sawed off" basically told me to lie, with the owner of the establishment behind him. He told me to tell people that the gig was sold out and that the doors would be locked, because this would be a special event (not true, they could have sold 40 or so more tickets.) I am not to be toyed with, and I was not paid by this establishment, nor by the band, nor by the promoter, nor by the radio ranch. I was there to say "yeah!" for rock! Woo hoo. Party On. I took the day off from radio and from our Establishment to intro the show. The gig emceeing was again reinforced by the owner of the Depot.

I'm not in the business of lying to Butte, and I hope I never will be.

Butte's Outlaw Band opened the show, and what a show they did! I have some fantastic pics, which will be up here shortly. Rob "Huricane" McClaine asked me to get some crowd shots on his camera, which I endeavored, and hopefully those will also be up here soon. They played many of my favorites, including Free's "All Right Now" and Nickleback's "Never Again."

Well, after the usual twittery "hurry up and wait" routine you would expect from first-time American Idol contestants and would-be drag queens, we finally got the go-ahead from Mr. Guitar Tuner Guy. Bob Moreno and I gave away a ticket to Rockin' the Rivers and a campsite for same. We also gave away a chance for some "lucky" ticket holder to go onto Bret Michaels' bus and meet the band.

While I was getting the crowd riled up for some rock-action, Mr. Guitar Tuner Guy told us from the wings that they were ready, so I wrapped it and just announced, "Bret Michaels."

Immediately backstage, the members of Outlaw and their friends were told they were "in the way," and that the band needed room. Everyone tried to cooperate by making ourselves small, but Yours Truly decided that my presense was better served among the "common people" than in the rarified air that Bret Michaels and company breathed. Besides, I needed a smoke, and my drink was low. Buh bye.

K.C. was nice enough to stay backstage and put up with the shenanigans, but it is not in my nature to not look for photo ops. I had to go out front and shoot a couple pics.

Despite the rude behavior of the crew and "musicians" that Michaels brought with him, we all had a great time. Largely, due to ourselves and the great happiness that we carry in our souls, we had a veritable picnic of bon-temps. We saw many old friends, and we made new friends as well. Bet that didn't happen to rudesby from rudesville or his sawed-off accomplice.

Oh, you guessed it. The short one was Bret Michaels.

Always remember, ladies, whether it be the snow report or the man report, you never get as many inches as you are promised.

Kisses and good times!

Robin Jordan,
November 15, 2006

Julian's Welcomes Our New Neighbors, Dodge Brothers Coffee House
Mood:  celebratory

Julian's Piano Bar is proud to be catering for the Grand Opening of Dodge Brothers Coffee House, 217 W. Park Street on Sunday, September 17, from 2-7 p.m. We'll have lots of free champagne, delicious food, and lots of entertainment, plus it's your chance to welcome John Richen, his family, and his great staff to the Uptown Butte community! You are encouraged to dress in old fashioned style for the event! We hope to see you there!

Of course, we'll have our usual Free Hors d'oeuvre Friday at 5 at Julian's, and piano music with George Groesbeck, Sr. at 8 p.m.

Saturday, the wonderful Ed Yelsa will play and sing beginning at 8 p.m.

Sunday, the bar will be closed so that we can celebrate at the Dodge Brothers Coffee House.

Monday, Ed Yelsa will return to play and sing beginning at 8 p.m.

Lots of new pictures are coming soon. Look for them this weekend.