We do our parties all over! Places we've thrown down:
AllGood Cafe (Dallas)
Avenue Arts (Dallas)
The Carousel Lounge (Austin)
Beerland (Austin)
Mable Peabody's (Denton)
The Cavern (Dallas)
Club Dada (Dallas)
The Texas Theater (Oak Cliff)
Sons of Hermann Hall (Dallas)
The Double Wide (Dallas)
Hal Samples SPACE (Dallas)
The Quinn Bar (Dallas)
With benefits, guest dj slots and miscellaneous appearances in various forms- we love music and wanna spread it wherever we can! We provide all the decorations, and are totally D.I.Y! Come out and have a good time with us!
Oh Lordy here goes: Beatles, THEM, The Animals, Pink Floyd, Stereolab, Broadcast,Nina Simone, CAN, Brian Jonestown Masacre, Capt. Beefheart, CCR, Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones (as opposed to the ones who don't roll), All things Nugget, Easybeats, Sabbath, Iron Butterfly, Sergio Mendes, Astrud Gilberto, Francoise Hardy, Bob Dylan, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, all things Soul, The Zombies, The Lilys, The Kinks, you still reading?, Jefferson Airplane, Mamas and the Papas, Santana, The Mighty Hannibal, Amboy Dukes, Edwin Starr, The Clean, Wire, The Young Rascals, Toots and the Maytals, T.Rex, Small Faces, David Bowie, Cream, Led Zeppelin, Prince Buster, Velvet Underground,early Bee Gees,Janis Joplin, Salako, Beach Boys, Shocking Blue, Ananda Shankar,James Brown, old ska, Moby Grape, Blue Cheer,Doors, Edip Akbayram, Deep Purple, Ventures, The Challengers, The Executives, Gary Walker and The Rain, Q65, Sam Cooke, Stone Roses, LOVE, Os Mutantes, The Creation, mind blank...oh you know all that old shit from back in the day!
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Lollipop Shoppe Reviews!
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"Recently Lollipop Shoppe has been consistently arranging cool parties and fun retro-centrics gatherings all over Dallas and Denton. Apparently headed up by Patricia Rodriguez, aka Dj Tiger Bee (bustin' out the expertise in 60's-70's music), and boasting a bit of a fan base, the steady growth of this collective of like-minds is (I think) a great sign of Dallas' growth, stylistically. These sort of pigeon hole gatherings, glossy and hip, used to be reserved for places with potent scenes, but Lollipop Shoppe is doing it's part to arrowhead the new wave of youth taking a foothold here. With fun group excursions like a group trip to go vintage shopping at the local hot-shoppes (a nice mixer for the unacquainted) to Mod N Soul Weekenders, featuring guest Djs and themed dance all weekend (with low covers to boot), it's a great addition to a scene sorely lacking in character and variance."
- courtesy of Luther at partyends.com
"Last Saturday night at the Double Wide, Frank (oops, I mean Fruank) Popp spun tunes that were so imminently danceable he brought out the A-list crowd. Flown in from Germany, mod capital of Europe, Herr Popp’s selection ranged from the Beatles’ “Paperback Writer” (who in the crowd didn’t think they would be one, one day?) to a host of ’60s and ’70s songs that have probably not been heard since radio play in that era. Everyone danced. I put down my camera (gasp!) and swam, go-go’d, and boogaloo’d. Unheard of, in Dallas; dancing hipsters. How wonderful.
Lollipop Shoppe pops. Their shows are bi-monthly, and I’m not missing another. After I raid my mom’s closet, that is. "
-Kate Mackley for The Fine Line
"To make their swinging parties even more happening, '60s fetishists the Lollipop Shoppe came up with the perfect shiny accessory for their groovy thrift-store dresses and go-go boots: a compilation CD. Lollipop gal DJ TigerBee, aka The Shapes' singer/bassist Patricia Rodriguez, recruited some of her favorite retro-rock acts—all Texan except New Mexico-based Dirty Novels—to feature on her collective's first benefit CD (proceeds benefit ... the Lollipop Shoppe!).
But TigerBee and fellow Shoppe-er Captain Groovy (Evan Chronister) created more than a mere compilation; the disc transitions between songs seamlessly, changing from fast to slow and back to fast just when you want it to, and avoids the annoying dramatic volume changes that plague amateur mix CDs.
The disc kicks off with the Klogz's "Sugartown," a psychedelic dance party with fuzzed-out guitar and toy piano. It's followed by the Unbearables' tight power-pop "Zombies Unite" with a chorale of zombies vowing "People, people, we're gonna eat 'em." White Drugs' "Levitation" is the polar opposite: sloppy, hard garage rock with bluesy distorto-guitar.
Mwanza Dover's cover of Pulp's "This Is Hardcore" is the highlight of the album. Dover croons it like a stoned Leonard Cohen at dirge pace over phase-shifting drums and cool keys. Great songs from the S-1 Committee, Prayer for Animals, Lithium Xmas (really) and others make this easily worth $6—and make a great case for future Lollipop compilations."
-Jesse Hughey for
The Dallas Observer
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The opportunity to conjure up a redemptive prom do-over sounds like a Fantasy Island episode. Fortunately, Dallas has its very own Mr. Rourke in the person of Patricia Rodriguez, who is half of the driving force behind local collective the Lollipop Shoppe, an outfit that proclaims itself "Dallas' Best '60s and Beyond Club." The Shoppe is joining forces with Mike Snider, the man behind the AllGood Café in Deep Ellum, to bring a second-chance prom to anybody and everybody, but especially to those who missed out the first time around. "
"Naturally, this environment surrounds the Shoppe's usually bi-monthly parties around town. Their Sexadelic DanceParty last month had Avenue Arts in Exposition Park bathed in a hallucinogenic purple glow as roving multicolored spotlights eddied about the room and random images of propaganda films played on a large screen dangling from the ceiling. A few pedestals graced the walls for the Lollipop Ladies go-go dancers to shake their mod thing. Girls dressed in the tradition of Twiggy and Dusty, while gents suited up to the tune of 007, Connery-style, or Monkees hipster fashion. "
-Rich Lopez for Dallas Observer
" The roving, bimonthly party features psychedelic, soul, mod and rock music. People dress to fit the mood: Women might wear heavy eyeliner and shift dresses. Go-go dancers, known as the Lolli Dollies, shake their thang in white boots.
In short, it's a bash where your parents might have gone in their twenties, if they were cool enough."
-Lesley Tellez for Quick!
"That brings me to the Lollipop Shoppe—a swinging '60s-inspired collective led by DJs Tigerbee and PandaFlower—and in particular, its Lolli Dollies, go-go dancers rocking short vintage dresses and go-go boots. They'll all be shakin' a tailfeather at the Shoppe's Lonely Hearts Love-In 4-Year Anniversary Bash at 9 p.m. Saturday at Sloppyworld, 3601 Parry Ave. Albuquerque garage-rock band The Dirty Novels will perform, and TigerBee and PandaFlower will spin throwback rock accented by psychedelic visuals and videos."
-Jesse Hughey for the Dallas Observer
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"The lovely ladies from Dallas’ ‘The Lollipop Shoppe’ recently paid us a visit to shoot some publicity photos, and we are glad they did! They certainly added a nice retro touch to the place.
Ladies, you are welcome back ANY time."
-the soda gallery blog
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If you are not interested in 60's music, dancing in Dallas, retro stuff or the like- PLEASE DO NOT FRIEND REQUEST US. We are not interested in gangsta rap, hoochie mamas, having a million friends or playing mobsters or mafia wars or whatever. I don't have time to listen to a million indie christian rock bands or backstreet boys wannabe's-DO NOT FRIEND REQUEST US IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING!
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THE ORIGINAL
Dallas Best 60's and Beyond Club and the sweetest spot in town!
Bi-monthly event in Dallas showcasing the best super 60's and BEYOND tunes, bands and DJ's from all over! DJ Panda Flower and DJ Tiger Bee are your host DJ's as we go back and forth thru time and space ...to the 60's, 70's and beyond! We have a lovely troupe of Go Go dancers, THE LOLLI DOLLIES, who really get the party started! We give you the total atmosphere for a fun time with themed nights, lights and films, visuals, art and most importantly fresh music and dancing!
photo courtesy of Dylan Hollingsworth
Who I'd like to meet: YOU! PEOPLE WHO WANNA DANCE! People who wanna have fun before they go bye bye, clubs who realize good things take time to grow, people who want something different for a change of pace, anyone interested in music, art, fashion, films, 60's-70's related stuff, bands, mods, psychesters, everyone with an interest! People who can tolerate hearing The Kinks whenever they come out, People who wear jeans and dress sloppy to go out, People who dress to the nines, Also- anyone who wants to book Lollipop Shoppe for their next 60's shindig! Email DJ TIGER BEE right here! Guest DJ's looking for a spot to spin! Bands that are up to the challenge of making our go-go ladies shake their tailfeathers! The big bad Lollipop Lovers out there
Hey Lolliepop Shoppe, The Rose and Ben Band would like to thank you so very much for your friendship and support. And appreciate you accepting our invitation, VOICE IT IN MUSIC.
Hello my sweet ladies! Hope everything is swell with ya!
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