Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 00:17:29 -0400
From: Rob Hagan 
Subject: RE: hagan: send invitation.

do you wake up in morning and talk to consultants?  do you ever scream shit 
that scares people?  do you need a good, stiff drink?  have you ever longed, 
deep in your heart, for somerville?  do you drink beer, coffee, whiskey, 
antifreeze, or beer in the shower?  do you ever wish for one day out of the 
year, like Christmas, where you could drink heavily, listen to the blues, eat 
meat, and say, "hey, buddy, FUCK YOU *AND* CANADA!!"

if you said "yes" or "what the fuck, i can't hear!", then you might be ready 
for the 40th of july.

the greatness of the world starts not in the hollow halls of government but in 
the small streets.  cedar street, somerville.  magnus avenue, somerville.  
lake street, brighton.  fayette street, cambridge.  these are the streets that 
turn mens' hearts.  that overthrow britain.  that mock canada mercilessly, 
then beat their spears into 40s to drink with their drunk, long-haired 
canadian brethren.  we are the 40th of july.  we are drunk, and we are five 
years old.

for the last 5 years, we have taken a sunny august saturday to throw a party 
that spits in the pasty, rolling-rock-drinking faces of all the other parties.
 we assemble a crew of punks, drunks, molecular biologists, consultants, 
bastids, reprobates, engineers, mooks, medievalists, runners, rowers, 
brawlers, roustabouts, immunologists, lawyers, programmers, fiends, 
misanthropes, and even chemists.  we barbecue like our lives depend  on it, 
and they do.   we import malt liquor all the way from jersey city, new jersey.
  we listen to punk, funk, blues, country, and blues, and punk.  we have a 
simple, honest, brutal good time with no pretenses at all.  we think maybe you 
should come.


the fifth annual 40th of july
saturday, august 5th, from 2:00 PM until we throw yis out
54 fayette st., apt 3
inman square, cambridge, MA


NO RSVP.  JUST SHOW UP. if you're lost, call 441-5191, ask for rob, and we'll 
send someone out to find ya.

from central square, go up mass ave towards harvard.  at the people's 
republik, turn right on lee st.  this becomes fayette.  go all the way, baby.  
we're the yellow house near the end on the right.


from harvard square, either take mass ave to lee st and turn left, or go out 
cambridge st to fayette.  turn right on fayette, and we're the yellow house on 
the left.

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Rob Hagan
rhagan@mit.edu
robert_hagan@student.hms.harvard.edu