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Posted by Miriam on 2007-04-24 13:26:29 +0000

I'd occasionally get a couple of fried eggs, home fries and buttered whole wheat toast on my way to work from there. Wouldn't go so far as calling it a fine place; it didn't have a bathroom!

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-04-24 13:38:59 +0000

Totally a fine place! It had a bathroom...you just had to go down the street to get to it.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-04-24 13:43:44 +0000

Their cake was too big.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-04-24 13:55:52 +0000

An Inconvienient Truth

Posted by Miriam on 2007-04-24 14:17:32 +0000

What was the name of the tiny lunch counter place that used to be where Alpha Omega is now? When my bro came to visit me in college we stopped there for a grilled cheese and frappe and ended up in the middle of a fist fight between a raucous customer and the dude behind the counter. Actually, not sure if the guy was a customer. Either way...that place had GREAT grilled cheese.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-04-24 14:25:41 +0000

The Tasty.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-04-24 14:55:04 +0000

The Tasty blew Greenhouse out of the water. I totally saw this coming.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-04-24 15:21:39 +0000

It probably did, but I never went there.

Posted by tommy on 2007-04-24 15:30:04 +0000

This is a sad day for those of us who enjoy a 9-inch-tall slice of black forest cake after a movie. The best part about The Greenhouse was definitely the scowling thick-rimmed glasses guy who ran the register. Dude looked like a shop teacher from the 50's.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-04-24 15:49:02 +0000

It was the last of the no-nonsense establishments in the Square. Now all we get is nonsense. It was a very comfortable place to be.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-04-24 15:50:10 +0000

Although the Friendly Eating Place still exists on the fringes. Never been there. Anyone?

Posted by tommy on 2007-04-24 15:52:55 +0000

I ate there exactly once. Got very sick. Might have just been a coincidence; not sure. Are these guys affiliated with the "Friendly Eating Place" in JP?

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-04-24 15:56:33 +0000

I ate there before I saw the Queers and Showcase Showdown play a Sunday matinee in like '94.

Posted by Miriam on 2007-04-24 16:21:34 +0000

Favorite part of the article is that Al Gore has no title...even though he should still be addressed as Vice President.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-04-24 16:54:09 +0000

POTD runner up for the 'Showcase Showdown' reference

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-04-24 16:56:45 +0000

Ho Ho Ho Chi Mihn!

Posted by MF DU on 2007-04-24 17:21:19 +0000

Has to be one of the best Punk Yule tunes of all time: ""Merry Christmas, I Fucked Your Snowman" Other good ones: Fear - "Fuck christmas" Fishbone - "Slick Nick - You Devil You" (apologies to G lib)Henry Rollins - "Twas the Night Before Christmas" Ramones - "Merry Christmas (I Don't want To Fight Tonight)" any others I'm missing?

Posted by virtue on 2007-04-24 18:12:52 +0000

I don't think the friendly eating place still exists.

Posted by G lib on 2007-04-24 18:21:01 +0000

It's all about Bartley's. Too bad there's always a ginormous line. I never liked the Greenhouse, but it was a H.S. staple.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-04-24 18:18:44 +0000

Ooof.

Posted by Miriam on 2007-04-24 19:59:41 +0000

The Kinks- "Father Christmas"

Posted by jbcardinale on 2007-04-24 20:01:15 +0000

When the Wursthaus closed, H Sq. was dead to me.

Posted by tommy on 2007-04-24 23:18:25 +0000

Maybe not 'punk', but... Tiny Tim - "Santa Claus Has Got the AIDS This Year" Pretenders - "2000 Miles" Run-DMC - "Christmas in Hollis"

Posted by tgl on 2007-04-25 00:20:27 +0000

RE: no-nonsense I've got a soft-spot in my heart for Pinocchio's, Charlie's, Shay's and Cafe Pamplona (Haven't been to the Pamp in a while, maybe it's changed). OK, a soft-spot for any establishment with an apostrophe ess. I've only been to Bartlett's once, but it's still there. So is the Harvard Book Store and the Hong Kong and "Dewey, Cheatem and Howe". The demise of Harvard Sq. is over-reported (but give me Central Sq. anyday over Harvard Sq.).

Posted by MF DU on 2007-04-25 01:42:00 +0000

I'm smelling a mixed cd here...

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-04-25 03:48:56 +0000

Pamplona hasn't been the same since Todd Drogy quit.

Posted by cdubrocker on 2007-04-25 03:51:26 +0000

In that case, "Christmas Wrapping" - The Waitresses.

Posted by pamsterdam on 2007-04-25 04:00:47 +0000

Can I propose The Beatles' tape-loop extravaganza Christmastime is Here Again? ...ain't been 'round since who knows when... ...O.U.T. spells "out"...

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-04-25 15:14:18 +0000

Quick search of the MCotP for "christmas": AC/DC - Mistress for Christmas Business - Step Into Christmas (never heard of them) Dirtbombs - My last Christmas Fear - Fuck Christmas MC Chris - Fuckin' Up My Christmas Sloppy Seconds - Lonely Christmas Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Born on Christmas Day Walkmen - No Christmas While I'm Talking Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis Similarly for "santa" Danny Dean & The Homewreckers - Santa Bring My Baby Back Primus - Hail Santa They Might Be Giants - Santa's Beard Weird Al Yankovic - The Night Santa Went Crazy

Posted by MF DU on 2007-04-25 15:18:16 +0000

excellent - what is MCotP?

Posted by MF DU on 2007-04-25 15:19:27 +0000

I forgot about this, but I'm pretty sure I have a ween rendition of 'White Christmas' somewhere...

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-04-25 15:21:00 +0000

Music Collection of the (subset of the) People (that work at tommy and 10d's company)

Posted by tommy on 2007-04-25 15:47:49 +0000

Also from MCotP: Descendents - Christmas Vacation Frank Sinatra - The Christmas Waltz Walkmen - No Christmas While I'm Talking Sonny Boy Williamson - Santa Claus and the aforementioned Tiny Tim song. (Not counting "Santa Rita High" by the Supersuckers et al.)

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-04-25 16:13:23 +0000

I intentionally skipped those, because I deemed them lame. Except for the one I didn't skip.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-04-25 16:15:33 +0000

Au Contraire - I thought Tommy's list was fantastic. didn't know about the Descendents.

Posted by MF DU on 2007-04-25 16:22:20 +0000

For the record, if you are ever doing a radio show, djing a party, making a mix tape, etc. The following reference material is as addictive is it is fun: my Mom bought me the Green Book for Christmas a few years back. It's pricy and light on Jazz titles, but the thing is a weapon (both in size and knowledse)- if you bring it to a pop/rock event, you will be invincible in battle.

Posted by tendiamonds on 2007-04-25 16:24:53 +0000

I shouldn't have skipped The Descendents

Posted by G lib on 2007-04-25 17:45:49 +0000

I can't believe I scrolled down so far, and no one proposed Hip Tanaka's That Girl From Jaws 2 intervention! FOR SHAME! "I ruined Christmas..."

Posted by Epoisses on 2007-04-25 17:48:11 +0000

Posted by MF DU on 2007-04-25 17:54:46 +0000

best one yet - thanks g lib

Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-04-25 18:00:02 +0000

TGFJ2 is getting married next month!

Posted by MF DU on 2007-04-25 18:04:37 +0000

Did you ask for everything you ever gave to them back? :)

Posted by Miriam on 2007-04-25 19:06:33 +0000

Did he meet her in Vegas?

Posted by mahatma chani on 2007-04-25 19:35:05 +0000

She picked him up at a bar in Fanueil Hall, actually.

Posted by Miriam on 2007-04-25 20:54:58 +0000

Even better. Please tell him congrats from me. I think I still owe him a duct tape guitar strap.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-04-26 05:03:21 +0000

perfect