Beer
Joints and Parties:
What
Albany Times Union reporter was the first to discover Legs Diamond’s body?
Joseph
O’Heaney.
Who bought O’Heaney’s after Joe ?
What is it called today?
Brian
Jeffers.
Smitty’s Blue Moon Saloon.
Did you ever drink 15 cent drafts of Hedrick beer?
The Hedrick brewery
was owned by Albany Democratic Boss Dan O’Connell and having Hedrick’s on
tap was rumored to be a condition of operating a bar.
What beers were brewed in Albany?
What were other favorite New York beers?
What
were other good drinking places?
Bartley’s,
Bottom’s Up, Bulgaro’s, Chug-A-Mug, Elbow Room, Franks’s Living Room, Frat
House, Friendly Tavern, Gaspary’s, Guardsman, Hungry Hermit, Hurley’s, Kapps-In-the-Hollow,
Knapp’s, Lamppost, Lark Tavern, Mike’s Log Cabin, Long Branch, Ockie’s (Olendorf’s
Confectionary), Papa’s, Pauley’s, Ralph’s, Ranch Tavern, Rathskeller (in
the campus center), Silo, Son’s, Sutter’s Mill, Tommy Polito’s,
Top-Of-The-World, Varsity Inn, Vinnie’s, Washington Tavern, World’s Fair, Ye
Olde Tavern, Yezzi’…
Did you ever eat at the UN Diner or
Dewey’s Diner? (or Inga’s when it
was crowded?)
Did
you find Addie attractive? Did you
ever chug ketchup there?
What were other places for food?
Steak
and Eggs, Madison Grill (Pizza), Fountain (Pizza), Mike’s Subs.
What
was the best place for a beer party?
Scheutzen
Park, Ukrainian-American Club, Shaunessy Hall, Klamsteam Tavern, West Crescent
Fire Hall, Hibernian, American Legion, K.of C., Bucci-McTague. Shaker Ridge, Six
Mile Waterworks, Thatcher Park, Picard’s Grove (picnics)…
What
were the Beer Party Awards?
Grass Cutter, Dog Catcher, Straight Arrow, Swiss
Cheese,
Henpecked, Tool.
What
was the lamest excuse for not wanting to get a date for a beer party?
“I have to do my laundry”.
(DaveWelchons)
What was the key to chugging a yard of ale?
Being
careful of the ball bursting at the bottom.
Remember
the second lines of the Drinking Song
1st verse: Our freshman year we came to State, Fol Di Rol…
We started drinking Haig and Haig.
2nd verse: Our sophomore year we came back here…
No more whiskey, we drank beer.
3rd verse: Our junior year we were so broke…
To a drinking man, this is no joke.
4th verse: The saddest tale we have to tell…
Is when we bid the keg farewell.
Last
verse (added in 1969?): Our
super-senior year we were so drunk…
We ------
and ----- and really stunk.
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Let’s
go down and? (to the tune of Old Gray Mare)
piss on the Potter House…
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Edward
Eldred Potter we are? (to the tune of Battle Hymn of the Republic)
p-----’ on your house…
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here for Real Audio:
Aye,
Aye, Aye? (to the tune of Cieto Lindo)
In China they never…,
Your mother swam after the troop ships…,
Your sister licks bat ---- off cave walls...
There
once was?
A man from Nantucket…, A man from Peru…, A woman named Alice…
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She’s
Charlotte the harlot, the girl we adore?
The
pride of the prairie, the cowpuncher’s whore.
She’s
dirty, she’s filthy. She spits in
the street.
And
whenever I see her, she’s always in heat…
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Have
you heard APA’s customized version of this song called “Judy the Beauty”?
Do
you know the words to Hey Laudy Laudy or She’s the Girl for Me?
What’s the difference between “Bash” and “Purple
Passion” parties?
While both use dry
ice in a (hopefully new) garbage
can, purple passion used red wines and mixers while bash was 1bottle gin, 1
bottle vodka, 1/3 bottle vermouth, 3 bottles water, 1 can each orange,
grapefruit, lime juices and a can of Colt 45 Malt Liquor
(the secret ingredient).
What musicians and bands came out of APA?
The
Frank Mayer Band (1950-54)
Frank Mayer '53,
Ted Mayer '54
see
band pictures :
1952 
1953 
Frank
Giannone '54
1952 
Jazz Concert (1956)
Gerry
Stickel, Chris Behr, Joe McDowell,
Bob
“Cleo” Anderson, Nils Marquard
The
Campus Counts (1961-66) (aka the Commanders and
Unbelievable Toad)
Billy
Smith, Al Horton, Paul Slusar,
Mike Hughes, John Tyo, Danny Williams,
Rick Shafer
The Bottoms (1968-69)
Lance
Borofsky, Bill Hebert, Al Van Dyk, Bart Koehler…
The Otto Road Band (1970-73)
Bart
Koehler, John Ewashko, Tony Liquori, John Sollazzo
Cock
and the Roaches (1974)
Kevin Roach
Timbukthree (1977)
Bobby
Gusberti
Who wrote and performed “Prostitution” - the talking
blues?
Joe Cambridge. (it
was one of the first protest songs
- against Rockefeller’s tuition)
1953 
