Eli's Road LES Travels

For those interested, MENSK's founder, Eli Cayer, will be having a personal introspective Art exhibit
the upcoming First Friday August 7th, 2009 5pm-midnite @ the Arm Factory &
Maine Mead Works. Both are located at 200 Anderson ST. in Portland's East
Bay Side.

The show, titled "The Road LES Travels" will be covering the last 20 years
of creation, collaboration, and collection.

This event will be bookended by our own Truck Show.

RoofTop Film: Back to the Beach (1987)

Bring your beach blanket, board shorts, and bikinis! Join a party of beach-goers at the top of the Spring Street/ Free Street Parking Garage. Free Music! Free Movie! Free Popcorn! Free Fun! Another installment in MENSK'S RoofTop Films Series.

Surf music from 8:30 until it gets dark. Movie at 9:00

This month: Back to the Beach (1987)

Frankie and Annette are back! (to the beach) via the 80's via the 60's!

PLOT (if that kind of thing is important to you):
Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello are husband and wife living in Ohio — far from the surf and sand of their earlier lives together. Heading to California to visit their daughter Sandi (Lori Loughlin), Frankie and Annette are appalled to learn that she has been making time with surfer Michael (Tommy Hinkley). In time-honored fashion, our hero and heroine set about to make the beach safe for fun-lovers everywhere by driving out Michael's unsavory friends.

Along the way, Frankie faces a challenge to his title from the younger surfers, and nearly ruins his marriage by dallying with Connie Stevens — one of several pop-culture icons appearing in the film, including Fishbone, Don Adams, Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Edd Byrnes, Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Dick Dale, Stevie Ray Vaughan, O.J. Simpson, and Pee-wee Herman.

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Encino Man

May 17, 2009 RoofTop film: Encino Man was a blast. Thanks dudes.

Rooftop Film: Encino Man (1992)

Weeze the Juice! Check out fresh Nugs! Buuuuddy! An Everest of Modern Cinema, Enicno Man (1992) starring Brendan Frasier and Pauly Shore will be featured atop Portland, on this hopefully beautiful early Spring eve

Join is for the first RoofTop Film of the season...
Encino Man (1992) Starring Pauly Shore and Brendan Frasier.

**We'll supply the popcorn**

**Bring your own lawn chairs and blankets**

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Drum Truck Photos

Some thrilling photos turned up from our good friend Bryan Bruchman of Hillytown Click the picture for the set.

drum truck photos

crashing and smashing success

Last night's Drum Truck was an absolute and total blast. Aside from the long and unmoving line at U-haul there were little to no hitches ...omitting the constantly blaring horn at Tommy's Park when it became stuck. It was a while before we found that perfect combination of punches and curses that would stop its wail. There were cops everywhere we went, but never for us. At Longfellow square a squad car pulled up right behind us. I ran to him waving my permit saying "I bet you wanna talk to me. We DO have a permit." He looked puzzled and said, "What? No, someone got laid out across the street. I'm not here for you." I said "...oh, well... we have a permit." He said "Great, have fun."

click the picture for the first wave of photographs:



the Drummers were:
Mike Cunnane
Jon Donnell
Andrew Fredrick
Elliott Heeschen
Ed Knisely
Ian Riley

Jenn Batchelor drove.

Andrew Lyman was excited.

Thanks to Nick Schroeder and Katie Hatch for water.

Extra thanks to Katie Hatch for homemade oatmeal cinnamon chocolate chip cookies!

Thanks to Diane for letting me make buttons.

Thanks to everyone for being around when this happened!!!

Facebook Photo Album
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Cute as our Buttons

Thanks to our great friend, craft queen, and drum wizard, Diane at Ferdinand for the use of her button maker. We've got a bunch of these handsome devils now. Look for them around.