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Carla Bozulich: Brussles, Catbox, Airplane Exhaust

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

Carla Bozulich came to mainstream attention through her work with the 1990s alt country precursor wonder-group The Geraldine Fibbers.  However, even before those days Bozulich was well known in the noise and industrial music scene for her radically inventive work.  Suffice to say, she has been around and done a lot.

Carla was nice enough to fill out our SlideRule questionaire and relate some great, thoughtful anecdotes . . .

SLIDERULE: What’s the music scene like in your town?

Carla Bozulich: Well, I guess if I lived in a city, it would be Los Angeles. I actually just travel all the time and have [done so] for most of the last 5 years. I do know and love some things about LA. The Smell is the oldest of the best places and started with characters like Rod Poole, Clickitat Ikatowi and That Dog and Los Cincos, Polar Goldie Cats, The Uphill Gardners and the such. Scarnella, my duo with Nels Cline, played the 2nd show at the (old) Smell in I believe 1997 or ‘98.  The Smell has gotten to be so legendary because the scene there isn’t self-serving. Everyone pulls together to make it work and people don’t give each other shit for being cool or uncool or just starting out on their instruments. There’s a couple of great, small, improv and weirdo scenes in LA for people not right in the thick of it, but people find each other and it’s all the better because you have to really want it. One [of those scenes is] the older-school dudes [whom are] mostly influenced by free jazz and abstract sound and then some fractures and splinters of people who are into playing with whatever they find, [and doing so] wherever we can find each other. That’s not as easy as it seems in LA. Some bend circuits, some pervert or play beautiful classical stuff or mash up old punk records with gay tango or christian propaganda. There’s this place called the Machine Project that has shows and classes from everything from arc welding to max msp to sewing. There’s always tacos around.

SR: Favorite “on tour” food?

CB: Tacos

SR: What do you listen to when you’re driving?

CB: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Dead Science, Airplane Exhaust

SR: Craziest show? What happened?

CB: Oh lord, the truth is long and ugly, but I’ll tell it. I was in Ethyl Meatplow. This was a really, really, really long time ago. Half my life ago, and that’s long. We were on tour in Minneapolis, playing at the club where they filmed Purple Rain, except in the smaller room–7th Street Entry. The band opening for us was called Pachinko. I think the headliners were like, Helmet or The Cows, some good Am Rep band, God who was that? I know we loved them. Ethyl Meatplow formed during a time when the old punk rock had died and then, before Nirvana and all of them, there were only ex-punkers growing long hair and bleaching it or perming it and cowboy boots and make up and big sex-thruster guitars with Marshals and some kind of glam meats metal—-but not the good metal—-I mean, I know people probably love Guns And Roses now, but pity us who had to be there for that scene’s inception. It was awful to have all the clubs fill up with bad versions of bands that already sucked. In LA it was particularly disgusting, testosterone and pouty girls with boostiers and stilettos and so homophobic and misogynistic, everyone pouting all over each other. Oh Jesus, it was a mess. Meatplow was intentionally formed with no guitars and outward sicko sexual orientation, definite gender issues, mommy complexes, disco humping, gay drum machines, just to piss them off. The thing was, we found quickly there were people out there all over the USA that were waiting for us to come around. This was before Pansy Division, Team Dresh, Bikini Kill or Hole and we were the craziest thing besides the Mentors the queer kids had ever danced naked to or made out with on stage or whatever. The gayest thing you could get your hands on was Boy George and such—–and he was fun to look at and had a nice soft voice but none of those new wavers had any edge to them. Gay or straight or changing your mind right at the show—–it was just fun. We just had a blast fucking people up in a good way and life on the road was awesome, especially when we found an audience or person that didn’t want to have fun with us.

That night at the 7th Street Entry, these guys from Pachinko had been giving us attitude. We were on tour with the headliner and Pachinko wanted to play in the middle. In fact, the audience in general didn’t seem like they were gonna be the most anxious to do gay disco sex beats with us. Anyway, the show started and very soon after the other singer, Wee Wee, was out in the audience making goo goo “mama? mama?!” sounds (typical) and rubbing up on anyone he thought might not like it while me and Biff started a song. Wee Wee is a big, scary, bald dude with wild eyes and jail tattoos who screamed like an infant on laughing gas and crack when he wanted to and he wanted to. He sidled up to one of the hulking dudes in Pachinko. The guy didn’t know what to do with his manhood so he put out a cigarette on Wee Wee’s forehead and punched him in the face. Me and Biff stopped playing because we knew what Wee Wee was capable of. You could kind of hear everyone go, “uh oh.” Wee Wee didn’t punch him. He took off all his clothes and stood in the middle of the floor, which had cleared to the fringes of the room, and just started screaming like a stuck pig. The guy split. The lights were coating Wee Wee in a sickening hue. He was pouring sweat all over his body, face up to the lights screaming with blood dripping down his face—totally in his element. Me and Biff looked at each other and started playing hell-acious noise with our samplers (we had already heard Merzbow). This crescendo was the one most perfect 120 seconds of my musical life. When the club cut the power to the stage all you could hear was the 3 of us screaming and Biff’s drums slamming away. Bliss.

SR: Favorite side dish w/ any meal?

CB: Spinach sauteed with garlic and maybe some lemon on there.

SR: Least liked member of the band?

CB: Tara. she’s always putting bong water in my cereal.

SR: Finish this sentence: The Simpsons stopped being funny after . . .

CB: After the one where Flanders puts a cig out on Homer’s forehead and all hell breaks loose?

SR: Grossest place you’ve slept or eaten?

CB: Waking up discovering the spot of floor I slept on in some one’s house in Philly was situated so my mouth basically grazed the catbox.

SR: If your van broke down in [name a town] you’d stay because . . . ?

CB: I like Brussels. It’s pretty. The cafes are laid back. The people are super nice. The underground music scene is really interesting and diverse and filled with people making things and helping each other. LA is still great for 1000 reasons—–it’s a great place to fight for your right to search and search until you find one of a hundred tiny, fertile little scenes that are making things by hand and with love.

Sept. at Trunk Space. Final Update

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

ALL Sept 2011. Events @ The Trunk Space
Doors @ 7:30PM unless otherwise noted
Most shows $6.00 unless otherwise noted

http://www.thetrunkspace.com

602-256-6006

Thurs. 1st: on tour NEIGHBORS w/ SPILLWAY. Hosted by Tristan w/ Hello The Mind Control and others TBA.
Throwback type rock vibes.

http://neighbors.bandcamp.com

http://purosexitos.tumblr.com/

http://spillway.bandcamp.com

Fri. 2nd, 6-9pm: First Friday Artist’s reception, featuring “Character: the 44 presidents” drawn by Tommy Cannon.
FREE!

Sat. 3rd: The blistered fingers of PACKRAT says goodbye to founding member Emmett Thatcher. We might just get choked-up, hold a lighter in the air. St. RANGER, NEPTuNES, The CONSTELLATION BRANCH. Great setup of local awesomeness.

http://www.packrat.bandcamp.com

Mon. Sept 5: JAPANDRIODS. Hosted by Stateside Presents! “Vibrant, sugary Vancouver two-piece punk”.

http://japandroids.com/

Fri. 9th: CARLA BOZULICH! founder of uber-influential 90s alt-country band Geraldine Fibbers, as well as Evangelista & Ethyl Meatplow. Style that runs from alt-country to outsider noise. w/ locals Tobie Milford and Where Dead Voices Gather.

http://carlabozulich.com

$8–PICK OF THE MONTH!

Sat. 10th: on tour from NM., GREAT WHITE BUFFALO & RED VS. BLACK! Hosted by Tristan! Hard punk from our eastern neighbors!
myspace.com/greatwhitebuffalobuffalo

http://www.mouthbomb.com/

Tues. 13th: Seattle WA., brings the joy of non-promiscuous heavy rock! MONOGAMY PARTY. w/ locals Christian Science Monitor Lizard and Hand of Thrawn!
monogamyparty.bandcamp.com

Wed. 14th: from Flagstaff by way of Portland OR. FORMICA MAN! Feat’ Aubrey Hornor from Flagstaff’s Baby Gecko! w/ locals Vegetable and James Fella!

http://formicaman.bandcamp.com

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Thurs. 15th: FLUKE ‘zine presents JOE EBOLA & THE CHICKEN MACNUGGITS” on tour w/ TORNADO RIDER!  Oddball Punk! +Haymarket Squares and Empire of the Bear!

http://www.flukezine.com/

http://www.bobbyjoeebola.com/

www.tornadoriderband.com

Fri. 16th, 6-9pm: 3rd Friday Artist’s Reception, featuring new work by LUSTER KABOOM! Trippy & beautiful!

http://lusterkaboom.com/

FREE!

Fri. 16th, 9pm: HUNGER ARTISTS going away show. Troy & Thomas are taking their love affair to Indiana to live w/ French Morgan. Also featuring Green Light District, Drunk & Horny, + Longan Green from Tucson & a Flagstaff band tba.
DON’T MISS IT!

Sat. 17th: on tour from NYC, FINDING FICTION presented by The Color Group. w/ Owl & Penny, The Muddy Moneys . FF described by SanDiegoPunk..com as, “They rock hard and play harder with the grime, guttural rawness expected from NYC indie-bands.”

http://www.findingfiction.?net/

Sun. 18th: FISHBOY, very awesome indie-pop in tour from TX! w/ Hello The Mind Control, Fortune Cookie, and more tba.
Fishboy blew us away when they were here last, we expect a repeat performance!

http://www.yofishboy.com/

Mon. 19th: BAD WEATHER CALIFORNIA on the road from CO! Indie rock at it’s best, most thoughtful, and fun. “Trying not to go overboard about BWC is going to be tough, but Jesus, way to steal the show”–westword.com.  w/ Yus, A Ghost is a Ghost (Ryan Nelson), and French Quarter–perfect chance to pick of Stephen’s new LP!

http://www.badweathercalifornia.com

Tues. 20th: On tour from Brooklyn NY, the SHONDES. Queer/Jewish Radical Rock, from SPIN Magazine, “Shonde is Yiddish for ’shame’, or a ‘disgrace’, a concept of which they readily embrace, twist and reincorporate in their tales of queer and Jewish identity trappings.” Local support from Scrupulous and Waytansea Point.  Special guest IL ABANICO from MA.

http://www.shondes.com

http://ilabanico.bandcamp.com/

Wed. 21st: TANGO hosted by Ravi! Learn some new steps, or brush up on some old ones.

http://www.tangoaz.com/

$5 per dancer.

Fri. Sept 23rd: RYAT awesome big beat dance party from Phili! On tour with PRETZLCOAT and multi-media artist ANNAPURNA PUMAR doing live video projection! w/ local gothers Lovesong, electronics & lights from Tribal Leader folk musician Sareena Dominguez, special guest Colorstore!

http://www.ryat.info

http://www.ryat.bandcamp.com

http://www.last.fm/music/Pretzlcoat

http://vimeo.com/annapurna

Sat. 24th: Tammie Coe showcase with Wizards of Time, Yairms, Ovals, Douglas Patton Experience, Coats & Villa.

Sun 25th: Daryl Sherrer hosts YOU ARE PLURAL, along w/ “ST. ST.” from Tucson. w/ Jellied Brainz. A night for folk-pop w/ a touch of torch and twang.

http://www.youareplural.com/

http://stst.bandcamp.com/

www.darylscherrer.com

Tues. 27th: Improv Classes hosted by Jose from The Torch Theatre, performers from UPRIGHT CITIZEN’S BRIGADE!  Details tba.

Wed. 28, 8-9pm: Story Time Improv! Featuring Apollo 12 and Unicorn Warpath! Pre-School for adults. We lay out blankets and pillows on the floor and invite everyone to gather round.   We definitely want it to feel like kindergarten.
www.unicornwarpath.com
myspace.com/apollo12

Fri. 30th: NURSES on tour w/ DOMINANT LEGS. Hosted by Stateside Present.

http://www.rockymountainsteam.blogspot.com/

http://www.last.fm/music/Dominant+Legs

$10

August 2011: Summer fun under the blazing Sun!

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

ALL August 2011 Events @ The Trunk Space
Doors @ 7:30PM unless otherwise noted

http://www.thetrunkspace.com

Mon. 1st: Psyko Steve presents CATNAPS “twee/cuddle core” on tour from Phili! w/ Skinny Shamans

http://catnaps12.blogspot.com/

Tues. 2nd: BKL Presents ANATOMY OF FRANK on tour from VA. w/ Cody Lima, Them Savages (FLG), Bryant Vazquez FLG). An all acoustic night!

http://www.theanatomyoffrank.com/

Wed. 3rd: WOODS on tour w/ WHITE FENCE! Presented by SELECT Concerts.
woodsist.com/woods.htm
whitefenceartcollective.blogspot.com/

http://azpartygirlz.tumblr.com/

$10

Fri. 5th 6-9pm: First Friday! Last chance to see “The Grid: Here & Gone”! Lost treasures of PHX architecture revealed.
FREE!

Fri. 5th, 9pm: DESTROY NATE ALLEN on tour! Super upbeat posi-folk-punk! w/ quirk-miester Snail Quail, and cow-punkers Shortstack Lightning!
destroynateallen.com
$5–HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Mon. 8th: UGH GOD muddy-jams from Phili on tour w/ FAT HISTORY MONTH from MA. Hosted by Packrat w/ Naw Meen, Airshark, and Local Indigenous Personnel! Lots of psyk, experimental, and instrumental styles.

http://ughgod.bandcamp.com?/

http://www.myspace.com/fat?historymonth

Tues. 9th: Indie punkers YOU ME & US (Cali). Local buddies Hunger Artists and others tba.

http://youmeandusband.com/

$5

Wed. 10th: SELECT Concerts presents WRITER, CULTS, and GUARDS! “Intensity that is vaguely reminiscent of late 90s acts the likes of Neutral Milk Hotel, while bringing that west coast feel” -from ‘Death and Taxes’
writertheband.com
cultscultscults.com

http://azpartygirlz.tumblr.com/

$ TBD

Thurs. 11th: THE YELLOW DRESS, on tour w/ A GIRL NAMED T & MR. ANDREW! Upbeat indie pop. w/ Locals Green Light District, and The Snails.

http://theyellowdress.band?camp.com

http://girlnamedt.com

Fri. 12th: SELECT presents GARDENS & VILLA, etherial pop music from Cali. locals tbd.
azpartygirlz.tumblr.com
gardensandvilla.com

http://azpartygirlz.tumblr.com/

Sat. 13th: DROUGHT on tour from NM. w/ RITUALS, TWIN GIANT, and WHITE CHURCH. Hosted by our ol’ buddy Greg!
www.droughtdoom.bandcamp.c?om
$5

Tues. 16th: on tour from Canada, THIS CITY DEFECTS. Hosted by Packrat w/ more tba

http://thiscitydefects.bandcamp.com/

* * * Wed. 17th: 3 touring acts: LETTERS (Olympia), CHRISTINA ANTIPA (Cali) w/ special guest WEED from Canada.
Local support from Abusive Consumer, Paul Arambula (Vegetable), and Baron Neces.

http://letters.bandcamp.co?m/

http://songsforanimals.wor?dpress.com/

http://weed.bandcamp.com/

Thurs. 18th: Jack the Cat hosts a night of ska with SKATTER BOMB from (OR) and OTRO DESPERDICIO (Cali)!
myspace.com/otrodesperdicio
www.reverbnation.com/skatterbomb

Fri. 19th: Artists reception for The Presidents, by Tommy Cannon. Featuring charactertures of all our Commanders in Chiefs. Tommy is an amazing artist and his work is insightful and humorous.
FREE!

Sat. 20th: The birthday Roast of Howard Phillips “H. P.” Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937). Hosted by Featuring Archbishop Jason Polland, Arcana Collective, and hosted by Cult of the Yellow Sign. More tba!
DON’T MISS!

***Sun. 21st: BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY! (NY, Asian Man Records) An awesome indie rock explosion! On tour w/ SIDEKICKS (OH), +locals Empire of the Bear, and Dogbreth!
$8 DO NOT MISS!
PICK OF THE MONTH!

Wed. 24th: Story Time Improv! Featuring Apollo 12 and Unicorn Warpath! Pre-School for adults. We lay out blankets and pillows on the floor and invite everyone to gather round. We definitely want it to feel like kindergarten.
www.unicornwarpath.com
myspace.com/apollo12

Tues. 30th: SELECT Concerts presents MAN/MIRACLE–weird and loud guitar pop from oakland.

http://mslashm.tumblr.com/

http://azpartygirlz.tumblr.com/

Wed. 31st: the KOLLECTIVE presents FAKE BOYS, “Fast, angry and aggressive. They play 90?s style punk rock with mind blowing melodies that will suck you in and hook you right along.” –dyingscene.com

http://www.thefakeblogs.blogspot.com/

http://thefakeboys.bandcamp.com/

http://www.thekollective.com/

July 2011 at Trunk Space: Circus, Animation, Accordions–all on tour!

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

ALL July 2011. Events @ The Trunk Space
Doors @ 7PM unless otherwise noted
Most shows $6.00 unless otherwise noted

http://www.thetrunkspace.com

Fri. 1st 6-9pm: First Friday! The Grid: Here & Gone! Lost treasures of PHX architecture revealed. FREE!

Sat. 2nd, 7-9pm: Unscripted Longform theater by GALAPAGOS! THE LAST Nieghborhood/Bingo Jam @ Trunk Space! Come one come all as our Torch friends start a new book in PHX’s improv saga!
DO NOT MISS!

Sat. 2nd, 9pm: The Strange Family Circus goodbye show. The Stranges are leaving town for a month, come help ‘em raise some gas money–they got kids ya’ll!
We’ll also do a door prize for Vespertine Circus Tickets (show on the 5th)!

http://www.strangefamilycircus.com/

Sun 3rd: Tyler Blue host NEW SCIENCE PROJECT and REAL LIVE TIGERS, mad mad folk on tour!

http://nspnsp.com/

http://reallivetigers.bandcamp.com/

TENTATIVE

Tues. 5th: The VESPERTINE CIRCUS! 6 person multi-talented performers who have shared stages with acrobats & trapeze artists from both Cirque Du Soilei and Ringling Barnum & Baileys!

http://www.vespertinecircus.com/

$8 DO NOT MISS!

Wed. 6th: Select presents TAPE DECK MOUNTAIN! with St. Ranger and Knesset, Of The Sky!

http://tapedeckmountain.blogspot.com/

Thurs. 7th: on tour, ZOO (alum of Little Teeth), +Sungsang LP Release, and RUSSIAN TSARLAG, SHV, & SECRET BOYFRIEND! Blizardly noise, and more. Very eclectic night presented in conjunction w/ Yellow Canary Dance Hall!
zooisaband.com/
last.fm/music/Secret+Boyfriend
last.fm/music/Shv
ast.fm/music/Russian+Tsarlag
lehorrorrecords.com/
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Fro. 8th: Long-form soundscape art performance by gkfoes vjgoaf & WYLD WYZRDZ with locals Good Amount (Chirstian Filard), Tribal Leader, and Josh Bennett.
www.innerislands.com
Peaceful vibes and hypnotic tones.

Sat. 9th: KEPI GHOULIE (Groovie Ghoulies alum) on tour w/ PETS and DOG PARTY (tween punk!) w/ locals Dogbreth, +Kids Day (tentative) and Sean “SMOKE WIZARD” Bonnette (tentative)! A night up rock-n-roll and fun!
DO NOT MISS!

Thurs. 14th: Pop rockers THE EASTERN SEA on tour, w/ local support from Brother Adrian and more tba.
theeasternsea.com

Fri. 15th 6-9pm: It’s our 3rd Friday Artist Reception! Featuring THE GRID: HERE & GONE. This year, learn about some of the nationally know famous [and infamous] locals our town holds dear–and nearly forgotten.
FREE–HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Fri. 15th, 9pm: Dogbreth hosts “Self Proclaimed Narcissist” anarko-folk-punk. w/ Ariana Marie and Rainbow!

http://selfproclaimednarcissist.bandcamp.com/

Sat. 16th: On tour from Canada, funster-punksters SLAM DUNK! w/ local support Boss Frogs Discount Activities and more dRainbow!

http://www.slamdunkband.com/

Mon. 18th: Gren Radcliff hosts a night of comedy, w/ Sophie Fisher and John Higbee. +Music from The Dreaded Post-Modernists and The Hunger Artists and Luke Rook.

Tues. 19th: touring animation artist STEFAN GRUEBER, film showcase on tour, featuring “Both Worlds”. An interactive evening of stories with live voice & sound-track! Local support from Good Amount/Holy Page Records.

http://stefangruber.com/

DON’T MISS!

Wed. 20th: Tango?! In Summer?! Well, we’ll find out! hosted by Ravi! Learn some new steps, or brush up your best numbers. $5 per person.

Thurs. 21st: Select presents CHER HOROWITZ (lady punx)! w/ locals Female Trouble (keyboard punx), Fiesty Felines (surf-pux) and more tba!
cherhorowitz.bandcamp.com/
$5

Fri. 22nd: the DOGBRETH & HELLO THE MIND CONTROL tour kickoff! A whole bunch of our friends are hitting the road for a month of fun, rock, and filling gas tanks. Come help ‘em raise some scratch! THIS SHOW WILL BE A BLAST!
last.fm/music/Hello+the+Mind+Control
cllct.com/art/dogbreth

Sat. 23rd: SLUTEVER, sleazy grit-punk on tour. w/ JJCnV and more TBA.

http://sluteverforever.blogspot.com/

Sun. 24th: on tour EXTRA LIFE w/ SAM MICKENS (Dead Science) w/ James Fella and DOTH–Preston’s last show!
last.fm/music/Extra+Life
sammickens.tumblr.com
DO NOT MISS!

Tues. 26th: on tour, DRIFTLESS PONY CLUB! w/ Shortstack Lightning, special guest from Tucson Luke Romano, and more tba. Hosted by theshizz.org!
driftlessponyclub.com
lukeromano.blogspot.com

Wed. 27th, 8-9pm: Story Time Improv! Featuring Apollo 12 and Unicorn Warpath! Pre-School for adults. We lay out blankets and pillows on the floor and invite everyone to gather round. We definitely want it to feel like kindergarten.
www.unicornwarpath.com
myspace.com/apollo12

Thurs. 28th: THE BINARY MARKETING SHOW. Awesome touring band that’s mix of Joy Division, Lou Reed, and Animal Collective. w/ Waytansea Point, Yus, and Josh Kenyon Eells.
binarymarketingshow.com/
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Fri. 29th: FINDING GRAMPA’S MONSTERS reunion show! One of our fav’ folkie acts gets back together for 1 night of fun! w/ Where Are All The Buffalo, The West Valley, and Jive Talkin’ Robot (acoustic hiphop).
myspace.com/findinggrampasmonsters
soundcloud.com/where-are-all-the-buffalo

http://cllct.com/art/thewestvalley

Sat. 30th: DUCKMANDU m*ther f*ckin’ hardcore accordion music! Punk rock, parodies, and traditional squeezebox masterpieces! Special guest Andrew (Haunted Cologne) Jemsek! Others tbd.

http://www.duckmandu.com/

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

All June 2011 Trunk Space events!

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

ALL June 2011. Events @ The Trunk Space
Doors @ 7PM unless otherwise noted
Most shows $6.00 unless otherwise noted

http://www.thetrunkspace.com

Fri. 3rd 6-9pm: First Friday! Feat. “Bros & Cons” new art by Nick Shively and Owen Evans!

Sat. 4th, 7-9pm: Unscripted Longform theater by GALAPAGOS! 7-8 The All City Bingo Jam! Anyone can join the fun! Then at 8 watch The Neighborhood where celebrity guest storytellers keep the ball rolling with true life anecdotes.
$5

Sat. 4th, 9pm: Psyko Steve presents GIVERS along with Family of the Year and Hello The Mind Control.
giversmusic.wordpress.com/
$10

Mon. 6th: Return of THE HUNGER ARTIST! w/ Punkers Righteous Blood and Ryan (Channels) Nelson!

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Hunger+Artists

Wed. June 8th: on tour Liz Isenberg & Vio Mire, beautiful indie folk music w/ a strong songwriting voice. Local support from Courier New, Naked for Now
myspace.com/lizisenberg
myspace.com/viomire

Thurs. June 9th: S.L.F.M., Sly queer uke-folk punk (from SLC)! And from NYC, the harmony based trio RELATIVES. Local support from Boss Frog’s Discount Activities and Happy Dirt!

http://www.facebook.com/i.spy.slfm

http://therelatives.bandcamp.com/

http://www.myspace.com/wearetherelatives

Fri. 10th: on tour, slick hard metal by MEMORIALS. With locals Packrat, & Neba. Presented by SELECT Concerts. $8

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Memorials

Sat. June 11th: on tour Eleanor Murray on BICYCLE Records! (eleanormurray.com). Plus 2 Plan-it-X acts: Spoonboy & The Boy Who Could Fly!

http://iloveyouthisisarobbery.com/

http://www.myspace.com/theboywhocouldfly

A night of folk and folk-punk! Local support from FRENCH QUARTER, SHORTSTACK LIGHTNING!

Sun 12th: Stateside Presents NEW VILLAGER, “Pop shaman taking meticulous steps towards a mysterious, musical nirvana” -NME
TENTATIVE

Tues. June 14th: on tour Accordion Babes on tour! AMBER LEE & PENEE DE LA PRADE
www.amberleeandtheanomalies.com
www.squeezeboxgoddess.com
www.sfhounds.com
Local support from DANGERVILLE, PLAGUE PARTY, HAYMARKET SQUARES!
Tickets 5-7 dollars. *Discounts to AZ Accordion Club Members!

Wed. 15th: TANGO, hosted by Ravi! Learn some new steps, or brush up your best numbers. $5 per person.

Thurs. 16th:

Fri. 17th: Third Friday Artist’s reception featuring The Grid Show: The Obscured Past Revealed! Organized by Douglas Towne, Marshall Shore, and Steph Carrico.
FREE!

Friday the 17th: BELLA RUSE, an intimate one person DIY roadshow! Local support from Snail Quail, Talisha Royer and Michelle Blades. Songs of longing.

http://www.bellaruse.com/listen/

Sat. 18th: Burn Records presents the MB BDay w/ ‘Where Did the Buffalo Go’, and ‘Elephant Soup Kitchen’, plus Kristina (Finding Grampa’s Monsters), comedy and more!

http://soundcloud.com/where-are-all-the-buffalo

Sun 19th: FATHER’S DAY on Father’s Day! W/ THE SHOW IS THE RAINBOW! More TBA!

http://www.last.fm/music/The+Show+Is+the+Rainbow

Tues. 21st: on tour CHICA X Presented by SELECT Concerts. Chica X is a 10 y/o girl with alot of personality, a loud voice, and sass to shake ur…butt too!
myspace.com/chicaxrox TENTATIVE

Wed. 22nd, 8-9pm: Story Time Improv! Featuring Apollo 12 and Unicorn Warpath! Pre-School for adults. We lay out blankets and pillows on the floor and invite everyone to gather round. We definitely want it to feel like kindergarten. www.unicornwarpath.com & myspace.com/apollo12

Thurs. 23rd: Noise Night by HOLY PAGE RECORDS with Naw Meen, Good Amount, Neptunes, Marriage of the Decade, Chester Cobblepots Wallet!

Fr. 24th: Black Cactus Records presents HALFBREED LOVERS, Former Friends of Young Americans and more TBA.
facebook.com/thehalfbreedlovers

Sun 26th, 7pm: geek rock! THE REMUS LUPINS (Harry Potter)! SKYWAY FLYER (80s Nerd), JIMMY WONG (Games)!

http://www.youtube.com/jimmy

http://www.youtube.com/jasonmundaymusic

http://www.youtube.com/alexandercarpenter

EARLY SHOW!
$7

Mon. 27th: BLACKLIST ROYALS, from Pysko Steve! Punk Rock! Details tba.
www.blacklistroyals.com

Tues. 28th: Rescheduled from last month, the season finale of Grand Ave Live! Downtowns longest running talk show! Hosted by ERNASTY!
Celebrity guests, humor, and usually one unexpected disaster per show!
blogtv.com/people/grandavelive
$5–Kiss us goodbye while we go to rehab & group therapy!

Wed. 29th: NICKY CLICK on tour w/ CJ & THE DOLLS. In yer face electro-punk queercore. Crunks Not Dead Records.

http://nickyclick.com

http://cjandthedolls.com

TENTATIVE!

Thurs. 30th: on tour, THE VIGNETTES, 2 woman rock in the vein of the white stripes! Plus locals, Cosmeticators, and Ray Reeves! Possible others tbd.
www.reverbnation.com/vignettesmemphis

SHIZZ~Fest 2011: 2 days of nerds, beards, and awesome music!

Saturday, April 9th, 2011

Shizzfest 2011 Final Lineup and Schedule
Annual Music and Arts Festival to Commence April 15th and 16th in Roosevelt Arts District
 
Phoenix, AZ – April 7, 2011: The Shizz, a network of musicians and artists working together to support the arts in Arizona, today announced the final lineup and schedule for Shizzfest 2011.  In years past Shizzfest has focused mainly on local music, but this year the lineups have been expanded to bring in musicians and artists from around the country.  In addition, the festival spans an entire weekend with specific events designed to highlight music, art, and video games.
 
Wristbands for the two-day festival are $10, and can be purchased at the venues on the day of the show.       
 
Friday, April 15
Third Friday Artwalk at the Trunk Space will focus on art from members of theshizz.org.  There will also be a Classic Nintendo Tetris tournament during the Artwalk.  Music begins at 8:00 and will rotate on two stages at the Trunk Space (1506 NW Grand Ave).
8:00 – The Coitus
8:30 – The Doyenne
9:00 – Prizmatic Spray
9:30 – Former Friends of Young Americans
10:00 – Wizwars
10:30 – Haunted Cologne
11:00 – Peachcake
11:30 – Einhorn
 
Saturday, April 16
The event continues on two stages at the Firehouse (1015 N. 1st Street) and the Dressing Room (220 E. Roosevelt) the following night. 
6:30 – Quarter Circle Jab
7:00 – Female Trouble
7:30 – Platypus Egg
8:00 – Nowhere Man and a Whiskey Girl
8:30 – The Bovine Fury
9:00 – Sweetbleeders
9:30 – I Hate You When You’re Pregnant
10:00 – Vin Fiz
10:30 – Father’s Day
11:00 – Minibosses
 
“This is so much bigger than last year,” said Donald Martinez, Executive Director of The Shizz. “We’re really excited to expand the scope of the festival to include art and video games, and everyone is looking forward to making this annual pilgrimage for fans around the country.”
 
About The Shizz.
The Shizz is a network of musicians and artists working together to support, promote, and connect the varying and unique communities existing in Arizona through music, art, events, and people.  Founded in 2002, The Shizz boasts over 4,000 online members, and has organized hundreds of local concerts and events.  For more information, contact The Shizz at www.theshizz.org.  

For The Shizz:
Tony Poer
Shizzfest Director
tony@theshizz.org

March 2011: the SXSW experience!

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

ALL March 2011. Events @ The Trunk Space
S X S W @ T T S!
Doors @ 7PM unless otherwise noted
Most shows $6.00 unless otherwise noted

http://www.thetrunkspace.com

602-256-6006

Thurs. 3rd: On tour from Norway, SILJE NES, gauzy mysterious singer-songwriter tunes. With Courier New, Talisha & the Golden Touch, & Naked For Now.

http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/artist/silje+nes

$6–Our S X S W KICKOFF SHOW!

Fri. 4th, 6-8pm: First Friday. New collage & drawings by Christian Michael Filardo.
FREE

Fri. 4th, 8pm: GREG GINN (Black Flag) on tour w/ The Body from (RI). Noise Art from one of the fathers of American Punk Music. Expect epic experimentalism! w/ Destruction Unit, Vladee Divacc, and Princess Eater.
Presented by SELECT Concerts. $10 at the door.

Sat. 5th, 7pm: Start 2011 the improv way! Unscripted Longform theater by GALAPAGOS! 7-8 The All City Bingo Jam! Anyone can join the fun! The at 8 watch The Neighborhood where celebrity guest storytellers keep the ball rolling with true life anecdotes.
$5

Sat. 5th, 9pm: THE MINI BOSSES! w/ VinFiz and Sweetbleeders! Mini Bosses are one of the most fun live bands in PHX. Funds from this show are being generously donated by the band so we can upgrade our PA Gear. Yaaaa, thanks guys! VInFiz are one of the original SHiZZ bands, and (I think) this is their first TS show)! Cap it off w/ the sweet sweet sounds of Sweetbleeders, and you’ve got a night in heaven!

http://www.minibosses.com/

$5–DO NOT MISS

Mon. 7th: on tour JAPANTHER! High energy spazzpunk! w/ AZ legend I HATE YOU WHEN YOU’RE PREGNANT (Flag)! and Tempe’s Vegetable! www.japanther.com
$8–DO NOT MISS

Tues.8th: Tempe’s THE TEEETS tour kickoff! Watch out SanFran! w/ The Pods & Dionysians!
last.fm/music/The+Teeets

Wed. 9th: Musical Ingenues on the road, ZOE BOEKBINDER & DAKOTA BELL. w/ Hello the Mind Control and Of The Earth! www.zoeboekbinder.com
$6–One of our all time favs! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Thurs. 10th: from OR, EAST CACKALACKY ASCETIC MARCHING DEATH BAND–Peppy 2 person twee folk! w/ Phoenix’s Happy Dirt (Ambur Gore & friends), Wiggle Puppy (folky hiphop)!
happydirt.tumblr.com/
$6

Fri. 11th: HOSSANAS, laid back psyk from OR. Locals TBD.
Presented by SELECT Concerts
hosannas.bandcamp.com/

Sat. 12th: friends from far away: iji on tour w/ JAMES RABBIT + Flagstaff’s FEEL FREE! w/ locals French Quarter and Hello the Mind Control. This will be a night of goodness, kicked off w/ a bazooka shot from Flag-friends!
www.dogvibrations.com
www.jamesrabbit.com
facebook.com/FeelFreeFlagstaff
$6–TOP PICK FOR THE MONTH!

Sun 13: Stateside Presents STRFKR, indie-electro from OR on tour w/ UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, BRAHMS, and local St. Ranger.
last.fm/music/Starfucker
$10 adv, $12 day of

Mon. 14th: Select presents HOLY SONS, DOLOREAN, and CASTANETS–triple folk threat from OR! Local support from French Quarter.
last.fm/music/Castanets
doloreanmusic.com/
holysons.com
$8

Wed. 16th: Stay Punk brings ‘em back–DISCOTAYS broke~electropunk! w/ Praecum (noise-metal), Sunn Trio (free-jazz), and Lyzard Queen Sailorz.
last.fm/music/The+Discotays

Thurs. 17th: A dry St. Patrick’s Day w/ Petrojvic Blasting Company–Germanic~Brass Band from CA! w/ Rumble Rumble folk-core from UT! Locals TBD. Co~produced w/ Stay Punk & TTS!
www.theblastingcompany.com
$6

Fri. 18th, 6-9pm: DIVIDERS: A tribute to East Side Records. Curated by Emily & Liam. Come see and survey the many awesome letter/band dividers East Side made and used over the years.
FREE–DO NOT MISS!

Sat. 19th: SQUIDLING BROTHERS CIRCUS SIDESHOW! A death defying Stunt Show from Coney Island! Full of humor and amazing feats of the human body!
$9 in advance, $12 day of.
DO NOT MISS!

Sun 20th: The Naked Uh (Christian & Tom Filardo) with Michelle Blades, Hello the Mind Control, and Cassiopeia.
thenakeduh.bandcamp.com/
$6

Mon. 21st: Indie rock w/ a 60s vibe from HORNS OF HAPPINESS (Secretly Canadian Records)! w/ Locals Monophonic Hillside (part country, part ominous dark cloud) and Sunn Trio (free-jazz-punk).
las)t.fm/music/The+Horns+of+Happiness

Tues. 22nd: BRAINSTORM (OR), a mix of ecstatic art rock, gospel spirituals, and African highlife–all from just TWO people! w/ locals The Feisty Felines (surf), and Empire of the Bear (unhinged-folk)! This might be the March’s funist show?!
myspace.com/brainstormbrainstorm
$6

Wed. 23rd: THE BURGER RECORDS TOUR! Oh Sh*t this is a lot of bands: KING TUFF, APACHE, AUDACITY, COSMONAUTS, FEEDING PEOPLE, & SUMMER TWINS! w/ Special guests J J C n V ! ! ! (this label is home to NO BUNNY and every other awesome garage rock band!)
+maybe a burger cookout.
burgerrecords.webs.com/
$8 Adv. $10 Day Of
D O N O T M I S S ! !

Thurs. 24th: BEARKAT sweet sweet old time folkie harmony goodness from MO! Locals TBD
last.fm/music/Bearkat (tentative)

Fri. 25th: NY Travel fundraiser. It’s Trunk Space vs Cancer . . . Helping to raise funds for a 7 yr. old boy get across the USA to see his specialist. A night of music and other entertainment. Details TBD.

Sat. 26th: Ash’s (unofficial) Fringe Fest Preview Review! Alt. Theatre and Performance Art from Ashley Naftule, Michelle Burchfield, Kim Porter, and the Arcana Collective!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Just $5!

Tues. 29th: Grand Ave Live! Downtowns longest running talk show! See ERNASTY hit his stride as a ringmaster and host! Celebrity guests, humor, and usually one unexpected disaster per show!
blogtv.com/people/grandavelive
$5–Wind down after a hard partying month!

Wed. 30th: HE’S BACK! Trunk Space Fav THE SHOW POISONER! w/ Plague Party and more TBD.
theslowpoisoner.com
$6–HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Thurs. 31st: ZEVIOUS progressive/hard jazz rock! Hosted by DESTOROYAH! w/ Permanent Squint. Come get yer ears stretched along w/ your mind!
$6

SONIC ORPHANS! Jan 19th @ Trunk Space

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

Trunk Space Presents:
SONIC ORPHANS
lost music 16MM films 1965-87
January 10th, 2011, 8pm

http://www.billdaniel.net/new

promo flyer for the show

Film Tramp Bill Daniel is back in the van on tour with a new program of recently unearthed16mm footage.
 
SONIC ORPHANS is a compilation reel of lost and found clips projected on 16mm; some silent, some that rock.
They are all rare and strange celluloid gems, many have been seen by almost no one and have never seen the light of youtube. Most of this footage is truly orphaned film— abandoned, lost, found, and now presented raw without editing.

Various youtube clips relating to our content:
Boy Problems

The Huns

The presentation includes a discussion of “orphan films” as they are called by archivists, and at some venues on tour, a one-night photo exhibit.
  
Featuring performances by: The Beatles, Avengers, Huns, Boy Problems, Sonic Youth, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Butthole Surfers, and Johnny Cash
 
Here is an unlikely collection of film that exists in an impossibly strange space between entertainment— (music films); and the stupefying bewilderment of “Useless Cinema”— (which is what I call the clips of silent outtakes, un-contextualized news, lab mistakes, abandoned student films…)
 
There is a flavor of goofy nostalgia to much of the footage, but the images are also haunting— rock and roll ghosts, still singing, pogoing, sneaking hits on cigarettes, making direct eye contact from 20, 40 years ago.
 
Each of the films has it’s own story, like if a stray dog at the pound could tell you how he got there. Part of the evening’s presentation is a telling of some of these stories, and a discussion on the relationship between underground music and film cultures.
 
***1965, Beatles in San Francisco— raw silent news footage I rescued from a closing film lab features eerie silent mop-top photo op, teenagers convulsing with Beatlemania, etc.

***A haunting early Johnny Cash kinoscope, and several other bizarre and unseen curios.

***Sonic Youth at an outdoor concert in Houston in 1986.
 
***1977, Silent performance footage of the Avengers, and lost takes from a student drama staring Penelope Houston. Shot by poet/punk portraitist Pamela Mosher (www.pamelamosher.com).
 
***Butthole Surfers performance shot while touring in ‘87. This footage was confiscated by the club for on-stage nudity, then inexplicably returned to me months later.
 
***1980, Two legendary punk/new wave Austin bands The Huns and Boy Problems filmed live at Rauls Club. Evidence of the fertile crossover between the Film dept at UT and the music scene at Raul’s club. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul%27s_%28night_club%29)

Part of the thesis of this show is to present the kind of intimate cinema experience that is based on being there. None of this material is available on video or the internet.  One of my motivations is a reaction against the kind of ‘remote viewing’ that has become our primary way of viewing motion picture— on little computers, alone, while multi-tasking…This show is a communal, participatory experience… feeling the responses of the people sitting near you… the smell of dust burning on the projector bulb, like caveman story time around the fire.
 
This event will also feature a one-night photo exhibit—Images from the Austin scene ’80-’84 (www.texaspunkpioneers.com).
 
Filmmaker Bill Daniel has been documenting American subcultures starting with the Texas skate/punk scene in the early 1980s. His film on the history of hobo graffiti, “Who is Bozo Texino?” has screened in over 350 venues world wide. A confirmed tramp, Daniel tours continually, setting up screenings and one-night art shows across the US. He blames Black Flag for his van-based nomadicism.

Italian Jazz, free, freak, jam, experimental Sept. 20th

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

TRIBRACO
http://www.myspace.com/tribraco
“There’s jazz, there’s rock, there’s wine. There is the virtuosity, there is a lack of memory such as the Meshuggah, there is some vintage (…) And despite being recorded in direct hold that is not lazy improvisation but a precise care.” – www.MusicClub.it

NEO
http://www.myspace.com/neoneoband
the trio is harmonically and rhythmically close to Northern Europe’s contemporary music, except for the overseas influences of Frank Zappa, Fred Frith, John Zorn or Minuteman.” They have also received high praise from Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and Mike Watt (on The Pedro Show).
Neo are: Manlio Maresca (Guitar), Carlo Conti (Tenor sax), Antonio Zitarelli (Drums).

All August Events @ Trunk Space

Monday, July 26th, 2010

The Trunk Space (Fine Art, Live Stage)
ALL August Events
1506 NW Grand Ave
www.thetrunkspace.com
Doors @ 7pm, Shows @ 8pm

Sun. 1st: Dread Crew Oddwood, Pirate Folk-Rock from San Diego! With The Cullens, and Wizard Teeth. Prepare to be boarded!
myspace.com/oddwood

Mon. 2nd: Yellow Fever, gritty punk from TX! With Skirt the Rut, Naive and Naw Meen. Presented by SELECT Concerts.
myspace.com/yellerfever

Tues. 3rd: Dark Dark Dark, atmospheric melancholic piano-core. With Monophonic Hillside, Tierra Del Fuego, and Michelle Blades.

http://brightbrightbright.com

Wed. 4th: Starskate!–Formerly Batman vs. Predator! BITCHIN Rock! w/ Geiger Retort, Bolt! and Hand of Thrawn. This show is destined to rock your balls!
www.myspace.com/5tr5k4t3

Thurs. 5th: Ty Seagall on tour w/ The Baths. Garage-tastic! w/ Chandails, Autistic Youth and Mangled Men! Presented by SELECT Shows w/ help from Pres. Gator. myspace.com/tysegall

Fri. 6th: First Friday, featuring The Grid 2010 “Here & Gone”.
Phoenix should be embarrassed by the loss of its architectural history.
See what you’re missing.
FREE

Sat. 7th: Jeremy Arp’s AP CALCULUS w/ Quarter Inch Crown and . . . maybe Shortstack Lightning (or someone else) $5

Sun. Aug. 8th: BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, Happy Birthday, & Residual Echoes (SELECT), Andrew Jackson Jihad.

http://www.bombthemusicindustry.com/

www.myspace.com/brattleborohousecartoon
www.myspace.com/residualechoes
$10 at the door, $7 Adv. tickets

Tues. 10th: On tour, Ah Holly Fam’ly & The Ocean Floor, dreamy folk pop from Portland. w/ Michelle Blades and The Hunger Artists.
www.ahholly.com/

Fri. 13th: All locals night! Hosted by Evening Entertainment Band, with Terra Firma, Amen Cowboy and After Hours. $5

Mon. 16th: Lamprimate. A concert, a survey of art spaces, a document. Music concrete, avant guarde, postmodern. Support your town, create the document.
www.100mrecords.com
$5, no one will be turned away.

Tues. 17th: Swimming In Venice, waving goodbye again. Friends Pietro Crespi join in, along with others TBD. $5

Wed. 18th: Live Local Jukebox night with The Pods (riot grrrl), Rough Tough Dynamite (dance pants), and Chazmier (broken folk)! You Need This. $5

Thurs. 19th: Sara Jaffe, indie folk on tour, w/ J. Miller. Presented by President Gator. http://www.sarahjaffe.com/
$8 adv/$10 day of.

Fri. 20th, 6-9pm: The Grid 2010: Here & Gone. Artists Reception. Come see what you’ve lost. Free

Fri. 20th, 9pm: Grand old friends iji visit from Seattle to perform. On of PHX’s best exports ever! Upbeat, catchy and joyfully sloppy.
We miss them, hugs all around! Dog Breath, The Pageant and others tbd.
www.myspace.com/iji

Sat. 21st: Ha Ha Tonka, on tour from MO. on Bloodshot Records. w/ The Worrymen. Presented by President Gator.
$8 adv/$10 day of. myspace.com/hahatonka

Wed. 24th: Ex-Cowboy from Tucson. Hosted by Tristan’s Dog Breath! Locals TBD. myspace.com/excowboyaz

Wed. 25th: Longform Improv for your “hump day” laughter break. Apollo 12 and another troupe.
$5

Sat. 28th: Dead River Review CD Release! With D.S. Yancey, Hug-of-War, and jessica Courson. Free CD w/ admission!
myspace.com/deadriverreview