Ticket info according to The Brickyard:
Fri Apr. 1st 10pm
Shonen Knife, The Evaporators, Raised by Wolves
$13 adv/$16 door
Scratch, Noize To Go, Zulu and Red Cat
Sunday, March 27, 2005
Thursday, March 24, 2005
Moooving
Anybody feel like helping haul a bit of stuff from my house to a truck and a truck to my new house?
Tuesday the 29th, food and beer (or other beverages if requested ahead of time) provided after the fact. Time range is between 9am and 3pm. Drop a line to hey_ewe @ hotmail.com if'n you feel like helping out.
Tuesday the 29th, food and beer (or other beverages if requested ahead of time) provided after the fact. Time range is between 9am and 3pm. Drop a line to hey_ewe @ hotmail.com if'n you feel like helping out.
Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
spidey speculation
thomas haden church, fresh of his oscar nomination for sideways, has been tapped for the next spider-man movie, playing an as yet unidentified villian.
I figure we're a geekly crowd, so we should get some speculation going.
my first thought was sandman, but that didn't seem like a very exciting villian. considered mysterio as well. realistically, I have to go with scorpion.
but fuck it, I'm gonna stick with sandman. I'm curious to see what effects raimi would use to pull it off...
I figure we're a geekly crowd, so we should get some speculation going.
my first thought was sandman, but that didn't seem like a very exciting villian. considered mysterio as well. realistically, I have to go with scorpion.
but fuck it, I'm gonna stick with sandman. I'm curious to see what effects raimi would use to pull it off...
Sunday, March 20, 2005
Saturday, March 19, 2005
Friday, March 18, 2005
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Monday, March 14, 2005
Last Minute D.o.S. Reminder
Hey Kids,
Again, apologies for the lateness, but those who care already know that today is the pre-BJ's B-day Purple Rain/Cool As Ice second chance.
So here's how it breaks down:
7pm: Cool As Ice [1991] -- Vanilla Ice's film debut. Bring booze (lots of it).
9pm: Purple Rain [1984] -- Easily Prince's best movie. Yes, that is saying something. Bring more booze.
RSVP if you can. Forget the pop fund and just bring booze.
~meeko
p.s. This is the last D.o.S. night until May because Meeko is running short on brain cells as it is.
Again, apologies for the lateness, but those who care already know that today is the pre-BJ's B-day Purple Rain/Cool As Ice second chance.
So here's how it breaks down:
7pm: Cool As Ice [1991] -- Vanilla Ice's film debut. Bring booze (lots of it).
9pm: Purple Rain [1984] -- Easily Prince's best movie. Yes, that is saying something. Bring more booze.
RSVP if you can. Forget the pop fund and just bring booze.
~meeko
p.s. This is the last D.o.S. night until May because Meeko is running short on brain cells as it is.
Thursday, March 03, 2005
DESTROYROCK&ROLL
I want to go to this. It's tomorrow night. Am I the only one here who likes the k-razy bleep bloop techno shit? If so, that's very sad. :(
This Friday @ Open Studios
JAKE FAIRLEY: Kompakt, Paper Bag Records
Rock meets techno in a dive bar in East Berlin.
"Jake Fairly makes the (electronic/rock) connection all the more explicit with mumbled vocals remenicient of Joey Ramone with a staticy sound that has more in common with garage rock grit than techno polish." NEW YORK Mag
BEN NEVILE: Telegraph
crate full o' surprises.
KONRAD BLACK: Wagon Repair
electrotech. Konrad busts up the dance floor with his original hard rocking sound.
ROBERT ROBOT: Intergalactic Future Rock
intergalactic funksmanship and bleeps.
FRIDAY MARCH 4th @ OPEN STUDIOS
#200-252 East 1st Ave
Show Starts @ 10.
RSVP: 604.648.2752
$10
This Friday @ Open Studios
JAKE FAIRLEY: Kompakt, Paper Bag Records
Rock meets techno in a dive bar in East Berlin.
"Jake Fairly makes the (electronic/rock) connection all the more explicit with mumbled vocals remenicient of Joey Ramone with a staticy sound that has more in common with garage rock grit than techno polish." NEW YORK Mag
BEN NEVILE: Telegraph
crate full o' surprises.
KONRAD BLACK: Wagon Repair
electrotech. Konrad busts up the dance floor with his original hard rocking sound.
ROBERT ROBOT: Intergalactic Future Rock
intergalactic funksmanship and bleeps.
FRIDAY MARCH 4th @ OPEN STUDIOS
#200-252 East 1st Ave
Show Starts @ 10.
RSVP: 604.648.2752
$10
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Fuck I don't know when! And Den Of Sin fun!
So due to my being sick, another KEY person being sick, depression, distraction etc. the shoot is pushed back yet again. Now I'm shooting for FRIDAY MARCH 11th. I'll post again to confirm sorry to have been a flake about this whole thing. I'm still trying to find a scapegoat in this whole thing.
Onto DEN OF SIN goodness
MAR. 7th: 80s ACTION SUPERSTAR (supertards) DOUBLE BILL
So the Americans are now living in a new Conservative era, however movies have not gotten as ridiculous as Hollywood did in the 80s under Reagan. The era of Schwarzenegger and Stallone. And these movies have dated, hard. Consider this a sociological study and BYOB cause you'll need it.
7PM: COBRA [1986] - UM Stallone. He wears sunglasses, has an laser-mount submachine gun, pearl-handles Colt .45 and uses a matchstick for a toothpick. Oh oh "CRIME IS A DISEASE. MEET THE CURE." is the tagline. So I'm not going to bother looking this up on IMDB I'm pretty sure this is going to be pretty darn ridiculous.
9PM: COMMANDO [1985] - Yeah Schwarzenegger. Uber one liners. Brutal body count. Written by the same guy who wrote the acclaimed "BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN". Ahh there'll be action.
P.S. Owen your belated birthday present (it is goodness) is here so you should come.
MAR. 14th: POP STARS ON MOTORCYCLES ENCORE (and it's my birthday [on the 16th])
7PM: COOL AS ICE [1991] - This time for sure. We just don't put Damon in charge of getting it. Oh the movie. It's Vanilla Ice's big screen debut. What more you want? Quality? Screw you.
9PM: PURPLE RAIN [1984] - Seriously this movie is one of the few sincerely primal films I've ever seen. I can't say more except you have to see. I want a big turnout for Purple Rain.
So yeah. that's it for now.
Onto DEN OF SIN goodness
MAR. 7th: 80s ACTION SUPERSTAR (supertards) DOUBLE BILL
So the Americans are now living in a new Conservative era, however movies have not gotten as ridiculous as Hollywood did in the 80s under Reagan. The era of Schwarzenegger and Stallone. And these movies have dated, hard. Consider this a sociological study and BYOB cause you'll need it.
7PM: COBRA [1986] - UM Stallone. He wears sunglasses, has an laser-mount submachine gun, pearl-handles Colt .45 and uses a matchstick for a toothpick. Oh oh "CRIME IS A DISEASE. MEET THE CURE." is the tagline. So I'm not going to bother looking this up on IMDB I'm pretty sure this is going to be pretty darn ridiculous.
9PM: COMMANDO [1985] - Yeah Schwarzenegger. Uber one liners. Brutal body count. Written by the same guy who wrote the acclaimed "BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN". Ahh there'll be action.
P.S. Owen your belated birthday present (it is goodness) is here so you should come.
MAR. 14th: POP STARS ON MOTORCYCLES ENCORE (and it's my birthday [on the 16th])
7PM: COOL AS ICE [1991] - This time for sure. We just don't put Damon in charge of getting it. Oh the movie. It's Vanilla Ice's big screen debut. What more you want? Quality? Screw you.
9PM: PURPLE RAIN [1984] - Seriously this movie is one of the few sincerely primal films I've ever seen. I can't say more except you have to see. I want a big turnout for Purple Rain.
So yeah. that's it for now.
SEATTLE TRIP!
Well, first there's the quintessential visit to Jack in the box, with the traditional breakfast consisting of bacon and egg on some form of bread, a fried potato patty and deep fried tacos. Leaves you praying for death for the next few hours.
The early afternoon was anchored around the Westlake shopping center from which each member of our intrepid band (and various permutations of said band) had access by foot or monorail to hot topic, suncoast video, electronics boutique, the largest (and scariest) cosmetics store in the western world (mary kay?), zanadu comics and the fish market (more than just fish, but that's all you can really smell). I'm still in amazement over the selection at Easy Street Music as well, take Zulu and triple it.
Later that afternoon, we decided to check out Xian's old/possibly next neighborhood, Ballard. So was it everything Almost Live built it up to be? Crazy retired Norwegians driving down the center of the road, wipers on, seatbelt dangling out from underneath the door? Actually, it was pretty quiet.
We made it out to Scarecrow video (Of which I must open a franchise in Coquitlam, if only as a service to all of mankind), half price books and a closed cinema books (where I really, really wanted to interrogate the shopkeeper on her method of organization, that I might apply it to my own household). Oh yeah, I found Kikaida, Mariko. Three weeks later.
Dinner consisted of some of the best pizza we'd had in a while at a tiny deserted bar off the main drag. As skeptical as I was while being IDed by an elderly woman who could barely read my passport, they knew EXACTLY how much bread and cheese should go into each pizza. The Irrational and Bean departed to hear the ramblings of one wise sage.
The Old Pequliar was our next destination for beer and pool, where Xian demonstrated some of the finest trick shots I'd ever seen. Hell, I can't even launch a cue ball across the room. The familiar sound of 'Be Aggressive' by Faith No More drew me into the kitchen where I spoke with Dave the cook for a while about Mr. Patton and his recent exploits.
The Animation Show (vol. 2) was our entertainment for the evening, a film festival started by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt, to prove that animators could organize and facilitate such events on their own (yeah, smells like Spike and Mike retribution). I think we all managed to intermittently nap, so between the five of us (Xian, Miyuki, Mariko, Jen and myself) we DID see the whole thing. Here's what I remember:
GUARD DOG
Bill Plympton's latest short about a paranoid dog who perceived every living creature in the park to be a threat to his owner. Many laughs were had, it was reminiscent of the first five minutes of Gozu (Yakuza Attack Dog!).
HELLO
An Aussie short by Jonathan Nix. I thought it was really cute. The story of an analog ghetto box, unable to splice together a message quickly enough to attract the attention of a digital neighbor whom he's falling for. In the end, the gramophone (grandpa) prevails with an old school message of love.
THE MEANING OF LIFE
Don Hertzfeldt's latest short that explores the evolution of mankind, through various stages of hideous mutation. During the modern day segment, we get a hilarious glimpse at social interactions of characters who repeat the same out-of-context phrases over and over.
WARD 13
Another Aussie short by Peter Cornwell, who took years to produce this stop-motion masterpiece. After a car accident leaves a man bandaged from head-to-toe in a hospital ward, he soon realizes that the patients there are undergoing hideous experiments and seeks to escape an inevitable fate. I loved the wheelchair chase scene reminiscent of the last five minutes of 'the wrong trousers'. I'm just such a fanatic when it comes to old school stop motion animation.
Special mention should go to 'Pan with us' by Dave Russo, a live action stop-motion short that traces Pan's spirit (an eagle) through familiar urban scenery that must have taken months to collect. Narrated with the Robert Frost poem.
Wanna see the gargoyle?
So Xian took us under the Aurora Street Bridge to see the Fremont Troll, a piece constructed by four artists in 1990, sporting a hubcap for his left eye and a crushed Volkswagen in his left hand. This is the traditional starting point for Halloween (Trolloween) pub crawls.
Kudos to Xian for playing tour guide and putting up with our 'are we there yet?' moments, of which there were many; however, tongue planted firmly in cheek. Yep, Seattle ranks right up there with Adelaide, Cologne and Malibu for places that just felt like home.
The early afternoon was anchored around the Westlake shopping center from which each member of our intrepid band (and various permutations of said band) had access by foot or monorail to hot topic, suncoast video, electronics boutique, the largest (and scariest) cosmetics store in the western world (mary kay?), zanadu comics and the fish market (more than just fish, but that's all you can really smell). I'm still in amazement over the selection at Easy Street Music as well, take Zulu and triple it.
Later that afternoon, we decided to check out Xian's old/possibly next neighborhood, Ballard. So was it everything Almost Live built it up to be? Crazy retired Norwegians driving down the center of the road, wipers on, seatbelt dangling out from underneath the door? Actually, it was pretty quiet.
We made it out to Scarecrow video (Of which I must open a franchise in Coquitlam, if only as a service to all of mankind), half price books and a closed cinema books (where I really, really wanted to interrogate the shopkeeper on her method of organization, that I might apply it to my own household). Oh yeah, I found Kikaida, Mariko. Three weeks later.
Dinner consisted of some of the best pizza we'd had in a while at a tiny deserted bar off the main drag. As skeptical as I was while being IDed by an elderly woman who could barely read my passport, they knew EXACTLY how much bread and cheese should go into each pizza. The Irrational and Bean departed to hear the ramblings of one wise sage.
The Old Pequliar was our next destination for beer and pool, where Xian demonstrated some of the finest trick shots I'd ever seen. Hell, I can't even launch a cue ball across the room. The familiar sound of 'Be Aggressive' by Faith No More drew me into the kitchen where I spoke with Dave the cook for a while about Mr. Patton and his recent exploits.
The Animation Show (vol. 2) was our entertainment for the evening, a film festival started by Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt, to prove that animators could organize and facilitate such events on their own (yeah, smells like Spike and Mike retribution). I think we all managed to intermittently nap, so between the five of us (Xian, Miyuki, Mariko, Jen and myself) we DID see the whole thing. Here's what I remember:
GUARD DOG
Bill Plympton's latest short about a paranoid dog who perceived every living creature in the park to be a threat to his owner. Many laughs were had, it was reminiscent of the first five minutes of Gozu (Yakuza Attack Dog!).
HELLO
An Aussie short by Jonathan Nix. I thought it was really cute. The story of an analog ghetto box, unable to splice together a message quickly enough to attract the attention of a digital neighbor whom he's falling for. In the end, the gramophone (grandpa) prevails with an old school message of love.
THE MEANING OF LIFE
Don Hertzfeldt's latest short that explores the evolution of mankind, through various stages of hideous mutation. During the modern day segment, we get a hilarious glimpse at social interactions of characters who repeat the same out-of-context phrases over and over.
WARD 13
Another Aussie short by Peter Cornwell, who took years to produce this stop-motion masterpiece. After a car accident leaves a man bandaged from head-to-toe in a hospital ward, he soon realizes that the patients there are undergoing hideous experiments and seeks to escape an inevitable fate. I loved the wheelchair chase scene reminiscent of the last five minutes of 'the wrong trousers'. I'm just such a fanatic when it comes to old school stop motion animation.
Special mention should go to 'Pan with us' by Dave Russo, a live action stop-motion short that traces Pan's spirit (an eagle) through familiar urban scenery that must have taken months to collect. Narrated with the Robert Frost poem.
Wanna see the gargoyle?
So Xian took us under the Aurora Street Bridge to see the Fremont Troll, a piece constructed by four artists in 1990, sporting a hubcap for his left eye and a crushed Volkswagen in his left hand. This is the traditional starting point for Halloween (Trolloween) pub crawls.
Kudos to Xian for playing tour guide and putting up with our 'are we there yet?' moments, of which there were many; however, tongue planted firmly in cheek. Yep, Seattle ranks right up there with Adelaide, Cologne and Malibu for places that just felt like home.
Tuesday, March 01, 2005
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