Archive for August, 2009

Earn It Yourself on Sept 28th w/ Gardening Not Architecture

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Sept 28th: Earn it Yourself w/ Gardening Not Architecture
Excerpt from the Phoenix New Times, by Michelle Lopez:

The musician website/database Earn It Yourselfthe first Earn It Yourself tour is the brainchild of Sarah Saturday, singer/songwriter of Gardening, Not Architecture fame. After dropping out of college to put her focus full-time on her band, Saturday began developing the blueprint for what would become the present day Earn It Yourself (EIY) ideals. Saturday self-promoted her band, booked the band’s gigs, managed their tours, released the band’s music with their own money and even screen-printed their t-shirts by hand. Her laborious efforts put her in a unique situation, when the opportunity arose, to spread her knowledge and teachings as part of the EIY initiative. Saturday has decided, for the first time ever, to take EIY on tour — a tour which will wind it’s way through Phoenix this September.

Full Article Here:
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2009/08/earn_it_yourself_tour_w_gavin.php#morethe first Eart It Yourself tour

All Sept. Shows @ The Trunk Space

Saturday, August 22nd, 2009

ALL Sept Events @ The Trunk Space
Doors @ 7PM unless otherwise noted
$6.00 unless otherwise noted

http://www.thetrunkspace.com

602-256-6006

Tues. 1st: On tour, GOODMORNING VALENTINE, with locals Desert Figs (Ambur Gore)
Daniel Lyon and Brian Demarco.
www.myspace.com/goodmorningvalentine
$7.00

Thurs. 3rd: All locals night! Featuring WHISPERLIGHTS OWL-OUT, and SOFT DRINK
(members of Cardiac Party).

http://www.myspace.com/thewhisperlights

www.myspace.com/owlout

Fri. 4th: First Friday Artist Reception, “WIN, the Trunk Space “Family” Art Show”
featuring many of our favorite local and national artists.
FREE

Sat. 5th: Longform Improv w/ GALAPAGOS, featuring The All City Bingo Jam
where anyone can get up and perform, and The Neighborhood with special guest story tellers.
7PM SHARP start

**Sat. 5th, 9PM: 3 touring acts!
JORDAN O’JORDAN, old time sing-song vaudeville goodness,
on tour w/ DANE TERRY, storyteller on the piano.
Special guest “ZANIN’S MAGIC CRAYON” from Europe!
With locals, Bone Eater and Michelle Blades.
www.myspace.com/jordanojordanmusic
www.myspace.com/daneterry
www.myspace.com/zaninsmc
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
$7.00

Sun. 6th: 3 more touring acts! CONGRATULATIONS, OLD BELIEVERS, and RED RIVER!
“Family Band style” music, twee folk for the soul.
Hosted by The Black Jacket.
www.myspace.com/kingcongratulations
www.myspace.com/theredriver
myspace.com/oldbelievers

CANCELED: SEPT 7THE: AJJ & O’ PIONEERS

UPDATE: Thurs. 10th: On Tour, experimental sound art by EARN and PEDESTRIAN DEPOSIT.
This is beautiful sound art, great for people who don’t think they could like sound art.
With local greats, Channels and Automn Adventurers (Dario from Towncraft).
myspace.com/pedestriandeposit

***Fr. 11th: Noise Artists JEPH JERMAN (Living Legend of International renown), VOICE OF EYE (on tour), and Clew of Theseus (AZ Native). This is more challenging noise, a diverse trio though, with very unique styles.
3 of the country’s most diverse sound carvers.
www.jerman.littleenjoyer.com/
www.myspace.com/voiceofeyemusic
www.myspace.com/theclewoftheseus

NEW: Sat. 12th: Jason Kron’s Birthday Spectacular!

REMOVE SEPT 14th: TELEGRAPH CANYON.

Wed. 16th: On tour, I MADE THE MISTAKE. Massachusettes Punk Rock.
Hosted by folk-punker Porches. Other locals TBD.
www.myspace.com/imadethismistake

Fri. 18th: Third Friday Artist Reception featuring ACTIVITY QUEST!
A “kids style” activity book where each page is done by a different modern artist!
Chock full of puzzles, games, mazes and connect the dots, as well as funny and ironic jokes.
FREE!

Sat. 19th: Garage Rock Birthday Fest! Featuring NO BUNNY, Ultramaroon (Tucson),
JJCnV, Haunted Cologne, & more MORE MORE!!
Tristan (Haunted Cologne) & Dana (JJCnV) are being born!
myspace.com/nobunnylovesyou
$8.00

NEW: Mon 21st:: SELECT Concerts presents SERVILE SECT on tour.
Gog, Velnias, and Sihr.
www.myspace.com/servilesect

Tues. 22nd: On tour, FRENCH MIAMI–”Skull collapsing post-punk” hosted.
Plus a noise jam hosted by Emperor’s of Japan, w/ more TBD.

Wed. 23rd: TANGO! With Ravi & Satya.
Learn some new steps, and brush up on your old ones in a low stress environment.
www.tangoaz.com
$5 per dancer

NEW: Thurs. 24th: A night of local music. Hosted by Chandails.
Lineup TBD.
www.myspace.com/thechandails

Fri. 25th: FUNraiser hosted by Tristan. Featuring pop punk by BANGARANG,
eclectic folk-pop by HELLO THE MIND CONTROL and more TBD.
Who wants to open a pizza place!?

Sat. 26th–Daytime: The Grand Ave Adaptive ReUse Festival.
See why its better to adapt instead of destroy.
Come see our art, listen to some folk music, and enjoy an espresso.
Up & Down Grand Ave all day.

http://grandavenuefestivalaz.com

FREE

Sat. 26th, 7PM Start: Chrysaor Productions hosts: Let’s Talk, A Meaning to Memorize
Doublespeak, The Hit Miss, Of A New Day, Little Brother Mojo.
Early Start. $10

Mon. 28th: Psyko Steve presents GARDENING NOT ARCHITECTURE,
with Gavin & Castleton, and Tugboat.

http://www.gardeningnotarchitecture.com/

http://www.gavincastleton.com/

Wed. 30th: Apollo 12 & Mail Order Bride Longform Improv Show!
Your Hump Day Laughter Break! One suggestion = 1 hour of comedy

My Favorite Ryan Avery Band is Night Wolf

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

Yes, it is true. My favorite Ryan Avery band is indeed Night Wolf. It’s fun, it’s wild, it’s everything that is right about Ryan Avery and the brothers Jemsek.

Sure Father’s Day is fun as is The Boys as is everything else that Ryan does. But, Night Wolf is the perfect storm. In the documentary Hi My Name Is Ryan Ryan said something to the effect of Night Wolf being the band that gets to do all of the ideas that are too stupid for the other bands. Beautiful! Truly beautiful! He doesn’t even care about Night Wolf and sometimes he rolls his eyes and sighs before he speaks about it. He has no ego invested in this band. The material that comes out because of this is always entertaining 100% of the time. Father’s Day is good for jumping around and shaking the caffeine out of your system, but Night Wolf makes you think, enjoy, dance, scream, imagine, and spiritually grow all at the same time.

I first saw Night Wolf at the old Willow House on 3rd Ave and McDowell. They changed Maricopa County and a part of Eloy that night. Thank you. Thank you, Ryan. Thank you, Andrew. Thank you, Tristen.

When the sun goes down and the moon comes out… NIGHT WOLF aaaaoooooooooo!

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Thursday, August 13th, 2009

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Forgotten Phoenix Restaurants

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

 

Phoenix has had many memorable eateries over the years—downtown one could have dined at Hensley’s Horseshoe at 615 West Van Buren or high tailed it a few blocks away to nosh at the Travis Café located at First Street and Monroe, whose motto was “There Is No Better Food At Any Price”.

Hensley's Horseshoe

 

Travis Cafe

Given the opportunity to go back in time, my curiosity would lead me to “Where Turkey Is King” at the Covered Wagon Restaurant, 28 South Central. The restaurant’s entryway featured an overhang of a Calistoga wagon.

Covered Wagon

But my selection for the funkiest place to eat in yesteryear Phoenix, hands down, would be the Cloud 9 Restaurant. This establishment, for a brief period in the early 1960s, towered over the dining competition in the Valley.

Most restaurants started with an eye towards a unique theme or style of cooking; the Cloud 9 owed its genesis to a mechanical Renaissance man, a Harley Davidson motorcycle and lots of dynamite. Carving a path up the 40 acres of property he owned on Shaw Butte just north of Sunnyslope, the owner built the highest private residence in Phoenix—and then on a whim turned the place into an exclusive supper club.

The Cloud 9 was the toast of the town for several years until mysteriously destroyed by a fire amidst rumors of illegal endeavors such as backroom gambling. Read more about this amazing restaurant at: www.neonmotel.com/download/cloud9.pdf

Cloud 9 Restaurant atop Shaw Butte

Ruins of the Cloud 9 Restaurant atop Shaw Butte

What’s your favorite forgotten Phoenix dining establishment?

Douglas Towne

Urban Renewal Film Fest (on tour): Aug. 15th @ Trunk Space

Saturday, August 1st, 2009

Trunk Space just confirmed this awesome traveling film fest from Buffalo NY:

URFEST:

http://urfest.com/

Its focus is on urban renewal and community involvement.

“The goal of URFest (y??r f?st) is to show films that start community dialogues about urban revitalization. The films that make up the core of the Fest this year examine increasingly significant urban issues, including sustainable housing, community building projects, cooperative ownership models, and community food sharing.

The films—Buffalo ReUSE: Building Community by Carl Lee (run time 19 mins 30 secs),
We Need Food Not Bombs by Ron Douglas (run time: 28 mins 30 secs)
We Own It by Loren Sonnenberg (run time: 31 mins), and
PUSHing People Power: Rebuilding Buffalo’s West Side by Ruth Goldman (run time: 18 mins).”

START TIME: 6PM
COST: $6.

Aug 15th 09 (URFest)