Hi...setting our top friends to random so that our whole list will rotate from time to time.
We have been way too busy with our long neglected family life and new ventures to spend any time on either of the BOS sites. The main one is down for now, but I'll put it back on the air as a memorial site (and a store too!) after the first of the year. Same with the myspace site. So if there are any pictures you want to send or anything you want included, let me know. Also, we miss the live streaming thing so look for something to happen there pretty soon.

Today, Bar of Soap obtained a three year SUP from the City of Dallas. We would like to thank Ms. Dean, Mr. Ellis, Ms. Bagley, and Ms. Davis,their staffs, the records department of the City of Dallas, our friends and supporters, for guiding us through this process. After 21 years in Expo Park and Deep Ellum, we look forward to serving and entertaining the community for many years to come.
Sincerely,
Charlie, Tanna and Lola Gilder
and
The staff of Bar of soap

For those of you (especially the out of towners who took a cab to our place with dirty clothes), we're sorry for the inconvenience, but happy to report that our laundromat is %100 percent operational again. Well, except for THAT washer in front of the ladies room and the cantankerous dryer by the folding table. We're stocked up on mini Tides, Bleach and Bounce too unless you want to bring your own special favorite detergent....

Here are the pictures I found of Expo Park in the 30's. People enjoyed my bulletins so I decided to put them on the blog...I do not know who took them but they came from Park Investment's collection.

The Backsliders just sent me the final line up for the Jan 19th show.
It is awesome. Get ready because you're going to be hearing a lot about it:
Show starts at 3pm

$5 cover

The Bands:
THe BAcksliders- (Dallas)
Dragna- (Dallas)
The Action Is- (Austin)
RTB2- (Denton)
The Me-Thinks- (Fort Worth)
Chris Purdy and Some Band-( Dallas)
Congratulations- (Tulsa, OK)
Goodwin- (Fort Worth)
Lonesome Losers- (Dallas)
The Fellow Americans- (Fort Worth)
The Red Herrings- (Fort Worth)
Wo Fat- (Dallas)
Backflap- (Dallas)

It is gonna be huge.
Yes I know we don't usually charge a cover but this a special show and well worth it!
For just 5 bucks you can not only help BOS stay around but get spiffed up as well
and have an all day good time with the best bands around.
No we're not changing it, but it needs a litttle paint and repair here and there!

Because I serve it myself and I've been moving all of my equipment back and forth to
the bar for webcasts. Everytime I do this, it disrupts the DNS server..that means it don't not work.
I'm working on sending the mainsite to another place where it can live in peace. meanwhile, the myspace site should have a current calender. Thanks

Bar of Soap's main website is slowly being redesigned, but it is working. Go there for directions, the schedule and some interesting things like videos and links to whoever may be playing here soon.
www.barofsoap.net