About this event

*** It All started Here -- In Saratoga ***

It's a Thursday Movie -- and More!

Stop in for an after-work drink. Mix & Mingle with Blotto fans and the Blotto curious. Enjoy a little mountain music. Then settle in for the movie and a Q& A with various members of the band we miss so much.

"I laughed. I cried. I sang. Well, two out of the three, anyways"

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THE MOVIE:

A documentary film directed by Rob Lichter (Bert Blotto) that chronicles the career of the Upstate NY-based 1980s new wave band, Blotto.

It highlights their rise to national recognition with hits like:
"I Wanna Be A Lifeguard" (Day One on MTV)
Metalhead
I Quit
When the Second Feature Starts
Goodbye, Mr Bond
She's Got a Big Boyfriend
My Baby's the Star of a Driver's Ed Movie

Featuring archival footage, performances, and interviews documenting their comedic, genre-bending style.
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SARATOGA CONNECTION:

This is where it all began!
The formed, practiced and played their first shows at 17 MAPLE (later knows as the Metro and now the Night Owl). Some even lived upstairs and worked there!
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THE AGENDA:

6:00: Mix, Mingle, Meet, Memories

6:30: Mingle Music
THE LOST RADIO ROUNDERS
Tom Lindsay
Michael Eck
Paul 'Bowtie Blotto' Jossman
(Acoustic American Trio)

7:00: The Movie
(Giant LED Screen / Concert Sound System)

8:45: Q&A:

We Might Even Convince the Rounders to Play Again!!
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$20 Admission
or
$10 in Advance (here)

FULL INFO & TIX:  the Putnam Place page or web site

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SAMPLE REVIEW:
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Scrappy documentary about a band that flew too close to the sun to make it really big.

Upstate NY’s Blotto rose from the ashes of the Star-Spangled Washboard Band and scored an unlikely hit with I Wanna Be A Lifeguard in the early 80’s -- thanks in part to getting airplay on MTV when the network launched August 1, 1981.

The film follows their struggles to land a major label deal despite huge success with touring (ex: The Blot & Blue Tour with Blue Oyster Cult) and releasing their own EPs and Albums.

First-time director Rob Lichter puts together a funny, heart-felt portrait of the musical pranksters that is sometimes heartbreaking despite all the laughs.