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TS Reunion Fest, press from AZ Republic & New Times
Sunday, December 27th, 2009
Excerpt: But the show isn’t just about saving a beloved downtown venue. JRC also is asking concertgoers to bring unneeded and unwanted clothing and backpacks to the show to donate to the Tumbleweed Center.”We thought, people get tons of extra stuff for Christmas that they either don’t want or need or it’s something that makes a thing they already have redundant,” JRC says. “Tumbleweed could really use that stuff. They provide services for homeless teens, helping them mainstream and learn trade skills. So, if you got 10 extra pairs of pants, any backpacks or household items you don’t need for Christmas, bring those items by, too, and we will make sure they get to the people who need them. ”
And from The PHX New Times, a review of the nights happenings . . .
Is the Trunk Space about to be “ovah” and out? Hardly.
Mercifully, it appears as though reports of downtown Phoenix art space and performance venue’s impending demise are prove to be mildly exaggerated, as co-owners JRC and Stephanie Carrico believe their establishment has been weathering a recent financial nightmare and will continue to exist in the coming months.
Read the whole thing here.
Additionally, if you do click the link and read these stories, I’d ask you post a comment about it the host media sites too.
You can guess there’s less and less money going to media coverage for everything, so the more response (good or bad) they get regarding a certain item , the more likely they are to fund that coverage, which means more attention to all of the downtown arts community.
Thanks!
Tall Tales is really beautiful. Give a listen (Dec 5th)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009Call for Volunteers: High School, ASU Campus, Community Colleges
Monday, November 16th, 2009Trunk Space is looking for volunteers:
Specifically: students attending local high schools (Scottsdale, Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, Tempe, N. Phoenix, ect) as well as the area Community Colleges (all over), and all ASU Campuses.
We need people who will distribute flyers/posters for our events, and let the students know about what we do; work with your school’s Art/Music/Performance/Social Service Clubs to set up fundraisers and other happenings.
Those interested need to be reliable, check their email daily, be able/willing to come to Phoenix sometimes, and willing to learn about the local music and art community.
Volunteers get to come to shows for free, set up their own events, and learn how to organize art & music shows.
If you’re interested, write us at this address:
thetrunkspace@yahoo.com
(Please put the name of the school you attend in the subject line)
Nov. events @ TS: KRecs, Polka DotDotDot, Cake’s 20th Birday & more
Sunday, November 1st, 2009All Nov. Events @ The Trunk Space
Doors @ 7PM unless otherwise noted
Most shows $6.00 unless otherwise noted
http://www.thetrunkspace.com
602-256-6006
Tues. 3rd: Half-Handed Cloud, hosted by Tuey Burns. Its Cake’s 20th Birthday!
www.myspace.com/handycloud
www.youmecake.com
Fri. 6th, 6-10pm: First Friday featuring the art of Mario Etsitty. Drawings and ceramics.
Free.
Fri. 6th, 10pm: SELECT Shows presents FREE MORAL AGENTS, & ZACH MARQUISE.
myspace.com/freemoralagents
myspace.com/zechsmarquise
Sat. 7th, 7-9pm: Galapagos presents The All City Bingo Jam & The Neighborhood. Longform improv at its best.
Sat. 7th, 9pm: HAWNAY TROOF from CA. Catch the Rhythm and dance!
Presented by thegoodshows.com with locals Father’s Day, Melted Cassettes, Skeksis, and Monster P*ssy.
myspace.com/hawnaytroof
Wed. 11th: the CULLENS tour kickoff. Twilight-themed pop from the minds behind Night Wolf.
Fri. 13th: BLUES CONTROL from Queens. Space rock! Presented by Psyko Steve.
myspace.com/bluescontrol
Sat. 14th: K Records pop LAKE and KARL BLAU. With Stephen Steinbrink.
www.laketheband.com
http://www.kpunk.com/
Highly Recommended
Tues. 17th: On tour SUN CIRCLE, psychedelic drone/trance music. With locals Taraf Degrief, Tony Obr, the A.S.S. Trio
www.myspace.com/suncircle
http://tarafdegrief.blogspot.com/
Wed. 18th, 7-9pm: TANGO! Hosted by Ravi. Learn some new steps and brush up on the old.
Thurs. 19th: All over the board punk, The KRIS SPECIAL with locals BOLT! The Takes, PODS, Plainfield Butchers. Presented by Hidden Agenda.
myspace.com/thekrisspecial
Sat. 21st; Absolutely Kosher’s LITTLE TEETH, folky-punk goodness. With The Pods, the Chandails, and Finding Grampas Monsters.
www.myspace.com/littleteethmusic
Highly Recommended
Tues. 24th: Fantastic old time folk music from POLKA DOT DOT DOT. With Andrew Jackson Jihad, Kids Day, Sorry Charlie, and From Our Lexicographers.
http://www.myspace.com/thepolkadotdotdot
DO NOT MISS!
Wed. 25th: Longform improv! By local masters Apollo 12 and Mail Order Bride.
Fri. 27th: Something, probably, maybe.
Sat. 28th: Amy young presents Blind Divine and Cosmeticators.
www.myspace.com/thecosmeticators
www.blinddivine.com
Mon. 30th: FREE SUSHI Records presents a night of local music.
http://www.freesushirecords.com/
Trunk Space/Mika Miko photo on Maximum Rock and Roll!
Monday, October 26th, 2009http://maximumrocknroll.com/
Yay!
That was a super fun show. Mika Miko totally rule. If you have not heard them you should check them out.
All Sept. Shows @ The Trunk Space
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009ALL 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
College Times review of Sebastian Clark & Normandie
Monday, July 13th, 2009
“Sebastian Clark and Normandie Wilson
Music for Smart People
(The Whatever Project)
Grade: B+
There’s an episode of “Family Guy” where, as the family is drowning in a rising flood of water, Peter, on the verge of death, fesses up that he never liked “The Godfather.” When asked why, he says that it “insists upon itself.”
It’d be easy to say the same of the relatively unknown Sebastian Clark and Normandie Wilson’s Music For Smart People. After all, with a pretentious title like that, it is self-assuring to both the listener and the artists themselves. While what “smart people music” actually is can be debated for hours, Music For Smart People really is smart music.
Taking a cue from the great ’60s and ’70s artists of yore, Music For Smart People incorporates bluesy base lines, jazzy brass instrumentation and bellowing orchestral melodies with an underlying pop-rock sound.
Playful nuggets are riddled throughout Music For Smart People. Just when you think the album could become a bore, a whistle, scream or erratic vocal freak-out ala Modest Mouse front man Isaac Brock meets you and simultaneously punches you in the privates.”
Christina Caldwell “Cd Review: Sebastian Clark And Normandie Wilson”
ecollegetimes. 7/23/2009
<http://media.www.ecollegetimes.com/media/storage/paper991/news/2009/07/23/Music/Cd.Review.Sebastian.Clark.And.Normandie.Wilson-3751212.shtml#cp_article_tools>.
Sabastian Clark & Normandie will be at The Trunk Space Thursday July 23rd. Doors at 7PM, show at 8PM.
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone on July 25th!
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
<br>”The sound of Casiotone recalls the spooky, lo-fi years of His Name Is Alive, the dark mood of later-era Tom Waits, and the melodic hyperactivity of legendary Eighties one-man outfit the Silicon Teens. Ashworth’s lyrics capture the soul of the loser in love. Woe is the guy who screws up the right opportunity to talk to the pretty girl he spies at the supermarket (“Rice Dream Girl” from Casiotone’s self-released debut, Answering Machine Music: A Brief Album in Twelve Parts).” –The Miami Times.
with Concern, locals Back Ted’N Ted
More info here:
http://www.cftpa.org
Presale tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/66820
Listen here:
http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/song/It_Wasn_t_The_Same_Somehow/9949753
June 3rd, Pontiak, Destroyah, Emperors of Japan, & Child Bite
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
<br>On tour, CHILD BITE (http://www.childbite.com), these guys have sweet beards! They just competed in a national beard competition, and their music rocks too. With locals Destoroyah and Emperors of Japan (its Tony’s Birthday!) and special guests PONTIAK (http://www.pontiak.net).