200 Motels
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So I've scrapped the Flying Spaghetti Monster idea and decided to try a different concept.
Originally the FSM on the A mold made sense but I couldn't pull the trigger on a label that didn't have a brand with it and there were no brands I could think of that would not be preachy atheist stuff that didn't belong on a chip. So one of my heros if Frank Zappa. I was looking for something from his massive catalogue of work that I could use to brand my chips. Most of the names were either too silly or worse, had a color in the title (green hotel, purple lagoon, brown shoes, green rosetta). I learned eventually that having a color in the title makes sense if the word is that color, but it prevented visibility and also takes away from the actual color of the chip. (A green chip with the word "purple" on it).
So I was scouring the FZ forums, which I hadn't done in years. It got me listening to more and more Zappa concerts. I read that he had played in a venue that I new Pink Floyd and Zeppelin had played, called Casino Montreux. After reading up on this place I found out that it burned to the ground one night in the 70s during a Frank Zappa concert after someone brought a flair gun in. Then I read the the song Smoke on the Water was written about that exact incident which made me 'freak out'. I had realized what my new theme was.
One unfortunate thing though. It's still a functioning casino. However, it's actually called "Casino Barrière de Montreux" and their chips are in Euros and not dollars. They also use plastic and ceramic chips and not "American Style" clay. I'm hoping there won't be any copyright concerns.
Due to the theme change the mold (and price) will be changing too. FDL mold due to French being the most common language spoken in Switzerland. There are also a few Swiss municipalities that have the FDL in their arms crest.
Anyhow, without further a due, I present the Montreux Casino tribute set.
Originally the FSM on the A mold made sense but I couldn't pull the trigger on a label that didn't have a brand with it and there were no brands I could think of that would not be preachy atheist stuff that didn't belong on a chip. So one of my heros if Frank Zappa. I was looking for something from his massive catalogue of work that I could use to brand my chips. Most of the names were either too silly or worse, had a color in the title (green hotel, purple lagoon, brown shoes, green rosetta). I learned eventually that having a color in the title makes sense if the word is that color, but it prevented visibility and also takes away from the actual color of the chip. (A green chip with the word "purple" on it).
So I was scouring the FZ forums, which I hadn't done in years. It got me listening to more and more Zappa concerts. I read that he had played in a venue that I new Pink Floyd and Zeppelin had played, called Casino Montreux. After reading up on this place I found out that it burned to the ground one night in the 70s during a Frank Zappa concert after someone brought a flair gun in. Then I read the the song Smoke on the Water was written about that exact incident which made me 'freak out'. I had realized what my new theme was.
One unfortunate thing though. It's still a functioning casino. However, it's actually called "Casino Barrière de Montreux" and their chips are in Euros and not dollars. They also use plastic and ceramic chips and not "American Style" clay. I'm hoping there won't be any copyright concerns.
Due to the theme change the mold (and price) will be changing too. FDL mold due to French being the most common language spoken in Switzerland. There are also a few Swiss municipalities that have the FDL in their arms crest.
Anyhow, without further a due, I present the Montreux Casino tribute set.
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