Steph Carrico has no worries in the friend department. That’s because she helps to run the Trunk Space, a popular downtown art and performance venue that’s been going strong for six-plus years.
But just in case she gets all lonely, she can always count on more than 100 sock monkeys at home to keep her company.
Trunk 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)
All 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/
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
Here is a link to Ed Masley’s review of our current Art Installation:
Local Bands Family Tree
And, this is an excert:
JRC, co-owner of the Trunk Space, says he’s always had a thing for time lines. And considering how many bands he’s seen come through the Trunk Space in the past five years (he’s thinking between 3,000 and 4,000 different acts), you’d have to think the man would have to have more than a passing interest in live music.
Now, thanks to an art installation that covers one Trunk Space wall with yarn and thumbtacks, he’s combined those passions in a project called The Grid: Music Edition.
We also MUST thank those who helped make this happen, our friends at theshizz.org, Tommy Cannon, thegoodshows.com, and all the people who scowered thier brains to recall just who plaed in what band when.
It has been AWESOME!
Hello friends and family of the trunk space!
We need your advice and input. I keep thinking about the fact that there are 5million people in phoenix, and how amazing it would be if we could get 20-100 people at each and every Trunk Space show. We do alright at a certain level, but lots of really great bands only get seen by a small handful of regulars and volunteers. Plus. it bums me out when we only have $10 or $20 bucks for a touring band.
I feel like this is do-able. There are so many people in Phoenix, we just need to reach them. The truth is, Trunk Space doesn’t really have any extra money to spend on ads, and even the price of gas money to drop flyers off all over town is getting to cost an arm and leg these days. We look for cheep or free ways to promote trunk space; we’re all over myspace, facebook, livejournal, blogger, twitter, we do press releases for about 1/4 to 1/2 of our shows each month and a list of all ours shows goes to every media outlet we can think of, plus distro-ing as many flyers and posters as we can afford.
Are their things we need to do esthetically to make us more “attractive” to audience?
We’re in a creative rut, and I thought hey – maybe all the people that continually support the Trunk Space might have some ideas we’re overlooking or haven’t considered yet. You’re brilliant, we know it, now we just need to get your new ideas to turn on all those people who would love to hear about what we do.
If you have any suggestions on where we can post shows and were we can promote or how we can do better please give ideas!
Trunk Space has had a long relationship with the “blue” theater, and one of our most prolific friends, pin-up model and artist Molly Crabapple is about to publish her first graphic novel!
Read the story here:
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/090611-molly-crabapple.html
Pretty cool!