Welcome - Don't Mention the Riots

Its hotter than a London branch of Selfridge's outside so we have a suitably refreshing post featuring: the Cocktail Spotlight, we remind you of the evening entertainment we have provided for you, we have a topical look at When the Riots Came to Worthing and we get distracted with a bunch of clips from the banks of YouTube.

EVENINGS AT TEN:

TUESDAY:

Rule number one of Cocktail Club....  Check out Ten's range of cocktails specially selected with our clients in mind.  Our cocktails are made from premium ingredients and made to traditional specifications which make our cocktails authentic.

With our cocktails at half price you can enjoy more of our menu for your money, which features such classics as:
Mojito:  Bacardi, sugar cane syrup, fresh lime and a topping of mint.  This classic cocktail is also available with raspberries.
Cosmopolitan:  A Sex and the City favorite with Vodka and Contreau, shaken over fresh lime and cranberry juice.


WEDNESDAY:

Wednesday nights are Open Mic nights here at Ten Cocktail Bar, hosted by Ten's resident DJ Ian 'Diggers' Digweed.  Every week we will be featuring new talent in the form of live acts and bands.  All types of musicians and music lovers are welcome, from 8pm till 12am with free entry all night.  If you have musical talent and would love to show Ten's audience, then this is the night for you!


**  Shooters from £1.00
**  Jager-bombs £2.90
**  Double-up on selected spirits for £1.00
**  Selected drinks £1.75.
**  FREE entry all night. 


THURSDAY:

At Ten Cocktail Bar we are constantly refining our entertainment to drive towards the ultimate party venue, and our new Thursday line up is no exception.  The hottest bar in town is now giving you world class entertainment courtesy of Superstar DJ's Dirty English. 

A.k.a Thomas Frake and Lawrence Friend, Dirty English are taking the industry by storm and are fast becoming one of the biggest names in London's underground electronic dance music scene.  One of the most notable residences Dirty English have commanded is at The Ministry of Sound.


**  Spirits and a mixer from £2.00
**  Shots from £1.50
**  Bottles from £1.50
**  Jagerbomb or Vodka and Red Bull £2.95
**  FREE ENTRY all night.

FRIDAY:

Ten is bringing out the bug guns with its re-branding of Friday nights.  Now you can come along and get Funk'd Up with us at Ten and enjoy some of the best DJs from London and the south, featuring Sublime Events and Base Mosquito.  You can read more about these DJs and more in our DJ page.


Drinks Deals:

• VK £1.75
• Sourz shotz £1.00
• 3 Shots for £5.00
• Vodka and Red Bull £2.95
• Go large on selected spirits for £1.00

SATURDAY:

iParty, uParty, weParty on Saturday nights at Ten.  With some of the hottest talent available on the decks, Ten is raising the bar with its choice of award winning VDJs and entertainment.  A.D.Hall, the VDJ heavyweight will be residing over the evenings and rocking the night with his style of video mixing, original mixes and unrivaled track choices.

Drinks Deals:

• Bottles of Becks £1.75
• Sours shotz £1.00
• Sambuca £1.50
• Jager-bomb 2.95
• Wine Down with a bottle of wine from £9.00

COCKTAIL SPOTLIGHT:

This weeks cocktail in the spotlight is the Tequila Sunrise (pictured left) as made and photographed by our Ninja Susanna.

Named after the way it looks after being poured, the Tequila Sunrise was originally served at the Arizona Biltmore in Pheonix, Arizona in the late 1930's.  A frequent guest at the Biltmore would often ask the bartender, Gene Sulit, to surprise him with a refreshing drink for the poolside.  Originally made with Creme de Chasis, the popular long-ball drink now contains grenadine which creates the rising effect to the colouration.

Ingredients:
Tequila, grenadine (or Creme de Chasis), orange juice, fresh lime and soda water.

Variations:
Tequila Sunset:  Substitute blackberry brandy for the grenadine.
Astronaut Sunset:  Use Tang instead of orange juice (Tang is an orangey drink made from dehydrated synthetic juice).



WHEN THE RIOTS CAME TO WORTHING:

It seems inconceivable but years ago little old Worthing was the stage for riots and civil unrest in 1884.  Nearly 127 years ago to the day and it all centred around the selling of alcoholic beverages and the Salvation Army.


On Sunday, August 17, 1884, the police, the Salvation Army and the Skeletons confronted each other. For an hour the police kept the peace, then the Skeletons rioted.  The area was filled with screaming men, brick dust and broken glass.  The Salvationists returned to their "barracks" and the Skeletons tried to burn it down.  The landlord of the barracks, George Head (according to the 1901 census he lived at 19 Rowlands Road and his descendants live in Elm Road), defended his property and the people there with a revolver, wounding several Skeletons.


Skeletons used banners with skull and crossbones; sometimes there were two coffins and a statement like, “Blood and Thunder” or the three Bs, “Beef”, “Beer” and “Bacca”. Banners also had pictures of monkeys, rats and the devil. Skeletons further published so-called "gazettes" considered libellous as well as obscene and blasphemous.

Both sources agree Salvationists were pelted with missiles.  At Bethnal Green flour, rotten eggs, stones and brickbats were among those used. Salvationists, whether male, female or elderly, were viciously beaten.  When news of trouble in London spread, Skeleton riots took place in other parts of Britain.

Several techniques were employed by the "Skeletons" to disrupt Salvation Army meetings and marches.  Black, sticky tar was put onto alley walls which damaged Salvation Army uniforms as they marched past and threw eggs filled with blue paint at the “Sally Army”.  Other tactics included throwing rocks and rats, marching while loudly playing musical instruments or shouting, and physically assaulting Salvation Army members at their meetings. Many in the town approved, but the Salvation Army continued unabated.

The Metropolitan Police were at first unhelpful. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Edmund Henderson denied what happened.  The public eventually demanded action and Skeleton riots in London were belatedly put down.

The events in London this month bear a surprising resemblance to the occurrence 127 years ago and perhaps are an indication of a pressure cooker society, where the down trodden middle classes are to take the fall out from a disemfrancised lower class for the upper classes who are, as usual, just telling us what we're doing wrong.  Perhaps if we were offered solutions rather than promises, we would have something to hope for.  How long before the forgotten middle classes stand up and say "Enough is enough!"


SOMETHING ELSE:
Well....its got a bit political in here all of a sudden so here are a few light hearted videos to cheer us up.  So warm your hands on the nearest Sony shop, pull up a slightly charred DFS sofa and try not to mug tourists because its time for our YouTube section.  Enjoy.

A MASSIVE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS VISITED OR WORKED WITH TEN COCKTAIL BAR OVER THE LAST WEEK AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN SOON.

Welcome - Celebrity Cocktail

In this weeks post we have a new section called Cocktail Spotlight, find out what a Celebrity Cocktail is, we remind you about our Cocktail Club on Tuesday nights, we boast some of the best prices for daytime drinks this summer and the Ten staff's favorite section where we dilly-dally down the YouTube dale.


TUESDAY COCKTAIL CLUB:

Rule number one of Cocktail Club....  Check out Ten's range of cocktails specially selected with our clients in mind.  Our cocktails are made from premium ingredients and made to traditional specifications which make our cocktails authentic.

With our cocktails at half price you can enjoy more of our menu for your money, which features such classics as:
Mojito:  Bacardi, sugar cane syrup, fresh lime and a topping of mint.  This classic cocktail is also available with raspberries.
Cosmopolitan:  A Sex and the City favorite with Vodka and Contreau, shaken over fresh lime and cranberry juice.

PRODUCT PLACEMENT?:

 Don't forget that at Ten Cocktail Bar we like to be fair about our pricing, and our offer on Jagermeister and Red Bull is no exception.  You can pick up this popular favorite for a measly £2.95 so you can keep your party going with Red Bull Energy.

CELEBRITY COCKTAIL:
Having chucked the words 'celebrity' and 'cocktail' into Google I had been anticipating things like Tom Cruise, Joan Collins or even an olive, but no I found a wonderful new type of cocktail.


You take two celebrities, mix them together and see what you get.  If you have a celebrity cocktail to suggest, then drop us a comment.

GIVE YOUR WALLET A HOLIDAY THIS SUMMER:
Spring and summer 2011 sees a new attitude to daytimes at Ten Cocktail Bar.  We have daily offers on your favorite drinks from 12pm till 7.30pm, so whether you're spending the day relaxing, or putting an end to "one of those days" at work, Ten has the prescription for you:  Bottles of larger, cocktails, pints and bottles of wine are all part of Ten's new daytime attractions.

Cocktail connaisseurs, larger lovers and those who are wild about wine will find something to buckle your swash!

For just £1.95 you and your extra change can grab a pint of Carling, Coors Light or Fosters, or a bottle of Bud, Becks or Corona.  Or if you have a preference for a refreshing apple cider, we have Magner's Pear for only £2.95.

If you favor a double spirit and a mixer we have a wide range of main line spirits  for just £3.85.  Alternatively you can take your spirits well and truely mixed with one of our reduced price cocktails; Classic Mojito or Pina Coladas for a mere £4.00.

Wine lovers can find a bottle of our finest Jack Rabbit Zinfandel, Pino Grigio, rosé or rouge for a mad march hare's price of only £9.00.

With all this on offer, Ten Cocktail Bar has to be the choice for your summer daze.  From 12pm to 7.30pm, Monday to Saturday, you can come and enjoy your choice of drink on our patio and watch the world go by.


COCKTAIL SPOTLIGHT:

This weeks spotlight is on the Long Island Iced Tea, as made and photographed by our resident ninja Suzy.

A summer drink, the Long Island Iced Tea was first served in the mid 70's by a man named Robert 'Rosebud' Butts who was a bar tender in the Oak Beach Inn, in the town of Babylon, Long Island, New York.

Ingredients:
Vodka, Bacardi, Tequila, Gin, Triple Sec, lime, cola.

Variations:
Beverley Hills Iced Tea:  The cola is substituted with champagne.
Jersey Tea:  The cola is substituted with a shot of Jagermeister.
Tokyo Iced Tea:  Triple Sec is replaced with Midori and the cola for lemon and lime soda.



SOMETHING ELSE:
Its summer and the beaches are getting busy, the kids are off school and if they're not driving me crazy in the streets then uber stressed mums can be found crazy driving in the growing traffic queues.  So here are some videos about summer and driving.  Enjoy!

Welcome - Sublime, Hypobanana

In this weeks' post we introduce the Sublime Events crew and tell you about how to spend your bank holiday weekend this August, we've added our newest staff members to the Staff page, updated our DJs and Evening Entertainment page, we reveal the re-branded Friday and Saturday nights and as if that's not enough we'll be misbehaving at the back of the YouTube bus.



SUBLIME BANK HOLIDAY: 
Recently formed by two hard working and motivated dj's, Ross-B and Macro-B, Sublime have been causing a stir on the scene: Their intuition for what records make a party and move the crowd are second to none. Sublime sets are a tight blend of House ranging from classic to Deep and taking in huge influences from Tech and Progressive. Together they have a career spaning over 15 years.

Sublime events are always a lot of fun. Offering quality music in safe surroundings and a sexy intimate vibe.

With their first event on the 29th July 2011, Sublime are set to rock the decks on the last Friday of every month and will occasionally feature electonic band and live PA, Base Mosquito.  And don't forget that they will be bringing the noise on the Bank Holiday Sunday on the 28th August.


 Who are base Mosquito?  According to their website they're designed, produced and created by - Ret Alex (London).  

"Surrender your consciousness to a twisted cross over of Electronica, House, Urban, Trip Hop, Dub, Street, Tech-Funk, Tech-Electro, Underground Pop, Nu Jazz, Alternative and Experimental ...(I think that is enough eh??) dance music, journeying from jazzy into a tribal realm of mind-altering melodies and insane beats. Base Mosquito had a monthly residency at Exit Bar on Brick Lane, performed regularly at Camden, Scala Kings Cross, Area Vauxhall, Club Warehouse and play bars, clubs and festivals across the UK. Experience their sound as they join forces with the power of the Kokopelli to bring you an auditory orgasm in cutting edge music."


FRIDAY IS THE NEW FRIDAY:

Ten is bringing out the bug guns with its re-branding of Friday nights.  Now you can come along and get Funk'd Up with us at Ten and enjoy some of the best DJs from London and the south, featuring Sublime Events and Base Mosquito.  You can read more about these DJs and more in our DJ page.


Drinks Deals:

• VK £1.75
• Sourz shotz £1.00
• 3 Shots for £5.00
• Vodka and Red Bull £2.95
• Go large on selected spirits for £1.00

SATURDAYS ALRIGHT FOR BITING:

iParty, uParty, weParty on Saturday nights at Ten.  With some of the hottest talent available on the decks, Ten is raising the bar with its choice of award winning VDJs and entertainment.  A.D.Hall, the VDJ heavyweight will be residing over the evenings and rocking the night with his style of video mixing, original mixes and unrivaled track choices.

Drinks Deals:

• Bottles of Becks £1.75
• Sours shotz £1.00
• Sambuca £1.50
• Jager-bomb 2.95
• Wine Down with a bottle of wine from £9.00

SOMETHING ELSE:
So, its another YouTube section and this week it was hard to decide the theme as our articles are of a fair mix of things.  And so, here are a bunch of videos which appeal to my change of circumstances.  Having moved in with a partner I am finding myself assuming that as the man of the house, I suddenly have the power of. DIY.  After electrocuting both of my cats and painting one blue I decided that DIY is for people who have the desire to inflict some kind of permanent damage on themselves.  Enjoy!

Welcome - Something a bit Wifi?

In this weeks post we let you loose on the Internet at Ten, we welcome our 20000th hit on our blog, we introduce you to 'Catbook' and have a kids gallery in honour of Dan, and take a well earned holiday in Failand with YouTube Airlines.

Firstly, from all the staff and friends of Ten, a huge congratulations to General Manager Dan and his girlfriend Katie on the birth of their baby this week - A healthy 8lb 6oz girl.  The staff are having a pool on the first words, and so far 'ok' and 'right' are top of the board.

And in honour of this occasion we start the blog with a look at the beautiful kids that parents proudly display on the net.

It's always a bit strange when someone has a photo of their child as their Facebook profile picture, it makes you wonder if the page is for an adult of a child - albeit the latter would be yet to master its motor skills enough to bash out a sentence on a keyboard.  Although it begs the question "how long till there's a 'Babybook'?", where parents can create a profile for their sprog.

We already have 'Catbook' where the users can create a profile for their beloved feline and interact with other cats.  According to the site one 'cat' called Spitfire has posted that he is concerned that Littlefoot and Pushkin are being quiet today.  That's probably got something to do with the fact that ITS A CAT!  It seems that dog owners are very slightly different, Dogbook exists but only as an app which suggests that dog owners maybe just as odd as their cat-owning-counterparts but they know how to work an iphone.

Perhaps there should be a site exclusively for disillusioned loners who enjoy projecting human characteristics upon animals and objects in order to synthesise a relationships with people they don't know, manifesting themselves through a fictional body thus avoiding having to deal with how the world interacts with the REAL them.  Actually there is, but Myspace is sooooo 2006!

 BROWSING ENABLED:

Because life doesn't stop for lunch, Ten is giving its patrons the opportunity to go online at Ten.  Whether you're on a lunch break, fancy surfing for fun or just have some emails to check, between 12.30pm and 2.30pm you can access our Wifi broadband.  All you need to do is buy a drink from our daytime deals range, add yourself to the Ten Cocktail Bar Facebook group and we will give you a code to access the network until 2.30pm.


Terms and conditions:

• No P2P, FTP or torrent software.
• No viewing, editing or coding of sites deemed to be pornographic, indecent or offensive to the public.
• Sounds must be kept to a personal level, whilst the legal viewing of films is permitted, please be aware of your volume.
• Downloading illegal files of any media/format in packets/caches or any form.
• Ten will be monitoring all use of the network and anyone found in breech of the terms of usage will be banned and in extreme cases will be reported to the appropriate authorities.

SOMETHING ELSE:
In true blog form here are a few videos from the vaults of YouTube with the theme of kids and babies. OMG there are some real cuties in this video selection, and it proves there's nothing more likely to brighten your day than the sound of a child laughing.

Thank you in abundance for visiting this site and we hope you'll be joining us at Ten Cocktail Bar soon!

Welcome - WWWelcome

In this weeks post we have the winners of our FITC competition, we introduce you to Sublime Events, we look at what you could be taking home from our Ann Summers parties, in honour of the return of FITC we look at some amazing photos and of course the trip to YouTube Street.  So rather than wait for the latest club to open, Ten is consistently bringing the party to Worthing.

This weeks post comes to you from two different sites now, not only can you visit us through our internationally viewed blogspot, but you can now go to www.tencocktailbar.co.uk and you will see a transition to our new website from this one.  So keep visiting to see the changes and let us know what you think.   You can also call us to book your event or party on 01903 238 392 - if you don't get through straight away leave us a message and The News of the  World will e-mail it to us later.



FITC COMPETITION:
At Ten we love to reward our visitors and the FITC (Face in the Crowd) competition is our way of doing that.  It works very simply; come along to Ten and get your picture taken by our resident photographer Lukas, and see if you get chosen to receive one of two £10 bar tabs.  Here are this weeks winners.

 

Congratulations, to this weeks winner!  All you need to do to claim your prize is to contact us via our Facebook group and we will send you a printable voucher which you can produce at the bar to get your £10 tab.



SEXUAL TEN-SION:
The hottest bar in town is tweaking the thermostat even more this spring and summer with monthly Ann Summers parties.  So when you bring your stag or hen do's to us you can make sure you have the right accessories.  So we have compiled a short list of their newest items you can furnish your event with.

Boxing Boobies £10.00	Jewelled Nipple and Vayjay Set Pink £12.00	Candy Cock Rings £3.00
Hen Night Veil £5.00	Bride to Be Rhinestone Sash £4.00	Hen Night Rhinestone Sash £4.00
Strip Iphone 3 Case for Men £10.00	Strip Iphone 3 Case for Women £10.00	Strip Iphone 4 Case for Men £10.00
Roger More Doll £15.00	Hen Night Forfeit Cards £4.00

So if you want to get your hands on these and many other products then come to our parties on the last Monday of every month, or join our Facebook group for more details as they emerge.



PHOTO PHUN:
Here at Ten we have a healthy admiration for photography and images which evoke certain feelings, and so we have provided you with a short episode of pictures from the vast array of fun images there are on the Internet.

Heavy rains from tropical storm Agatha likely triggered the collapse of a huge sinkhole in Guatemala on Sunday, seen above a few days afterward.

In the strictly geologic use of the word, a sinkhole happens when water erodes solid bedrock, carving an underground cavity that can then collapse. Many parts of the United States are at risk for that type of event.

SOMETHING ELSE:
Its another trip to YouTube land, and this week we have the theme of computer failures.  Enjoy!

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH TEN OVER THE LAST WEEK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL IN TEN SOON!