Solving crime since before it was cool. From the Deep South came the tag team of brute strength and graceful agility, Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski.
Founded in San Francisco in 1947 by Remi Boncœur, Sal Paradise, and Dean Moriarty, the organization that would become the Silver Lake Badminton and Adventurers Club was originally intended to foster team building and leadership skills amongst intrepid young adventurers through the ancient sport of Badminton. Headquartered in the Mission, the club boasted amongst its members, Brick Bradford, known
for his long toss, shorthand, and jetpack. Finally, there was legendary Tom Joad, who it was reputed, could handle a shuttlecock with more finesse than any player in the greater United States. Badminton appealed to the sporting mentalities of these founding members, but the exclusivity of shuttlecocks did not quench their thirst for the true bones of America. The answer came in the form of a murder, a murder that the adventurers followed down the coast. Rumors had spread up from a town in Mexico about a man, who, on a bet, shot an apple perched atop a shot glass from his lover’s head. He’d hit the apple clean in the center, but before the smoke cleared from his pistol, there was a knife in his back, and the girl was gone. Mexican authorities called it a victimless crime, ate the apple, and buried the body without ceremony under a saguaro cactus. Dean heard from dock workers in San Francisco that the girl was camped out in a Los Angeles bodega, selling sacramental wine to poets and smoking long ci******es. It is rumored that it was the newest member of the club, Carlo Marx, that compelled the group to investigate. He had a vision in the supermarket that night in which Whitman Whitman, clad only in apple peels and a smile, told him to follow the girl. Once the Badminton and Adventurers club reconvened in Silver Lake, it was obvious to even passersby that something miraculous had happened. With birdies on the beaches of Santa Monica, and jaunty roller skate gumshoeing, the group was really making a name for itself. Sadly, the mysterious woman that brought them to Southern California was never found and the death of Old Bull Lee was never avenged. But, from the ashes of a moderate tragedy, the Silver Lake Badminton and Adventurers Club was born.
05/15/2013
Recently, our Filmstrip Preservation & Archiving Committee uncovered some fascinating artifacts... Artifacts that just might turn one of the cases our Crime Solver Committee closed on it's ear!
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06/07/2012
Like digital content? Like Badminton? How about Adventure? Then perhaps you'd be interested in this free event tonight where we'll be screening the pilot EP of SLBAAC BigScreen LittleScreen - Los Angeles http://meetu.ps/
04/25/2012
SLBAAC MEMBERS - We finally solved the murder of Fernando Fernando by the coward *REDACTED FOR SPOILER* -- Watch it here if you haven't yet AND TELL THE WORLD: http://www.slbaac.com/communicae.htm
The Silver Lake Badminton And Adventurures Club
In a world full of secrets, lies, and depravity, there are some crimes that the police are just too mainstream to handle. Enter: The Silver Lake Badminton and Adventurers club. The heros Silver Lake deserves but hasn't necessarily heard of yet.
03/28/2011
Good times were had by all at yesterday's Membership Open House.
Good times at the Membership Open House. Thanks to everyone who came out. Membership applications are being reviewed and we're working on getting the form online as well for those looking to become satellite members. Stay tuned to this space and www.slbaac.com
03/21/2011
The crypto-zoologists yeti hunt didn't go so well... Looks like we have some membership spots open!! http://slbaac.com for more info.
Getting the crime scene photos off to the lab (shot on film of course, digital has no soul!) Will get those posted on here when processing is done. In the meantime if you could remind people to watch, vote and re-post we'd really appreciate it! thanks :)
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