Retsy Series 1 · Card 0936 · 00-HNG
Sign the clipboard. Bring the feelings.
Thursday open mic at the coffeehouse, where teens strummed acoustic guitars, read poetry and drank caramel frozen coffees.
The story · 2008
The Velvet Kettle put a stool and a microphone in the corner every Thursday, and the clipboard filled up fast. Kids in side-swept bangs and studded belts played songs about lockers and rainy bus rides. Somebody always read a poem that rhymed orange with door hinge. Parents waited in the parking lot with the engine running.
The Velvet Kettle's open mic stool wobbled so badly that regulars called it part of the act.
Six finishes
Velvet Kettle Open Mic comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.
00-HNG
Velvet Kettle Open Mic is one of 32 cards in the 00s Hangouts set. Here are the other 31.
