All June 2011 Trunk Space events!

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

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

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

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March 2011: the SXSW experience!

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

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Gig Stigmata?: Last Art of 2010–First of 2011!

December 9th, 2010

“Gig Stigmata” will open at The Trunk Space on Friday December 17th from 6pm to 10pm , and is FREE.? Viewing will continue thru First Friday January 7th (also free).  Additional hours and private viewings by appointment.

New Art for 2011!

Diana Welsch has been working with fiber arts since she was child, a skill she learned from her mother.
?Her artwork is Pixelated Folk Art–it is steeped in traditional methods, but bursting at the stitches with new ideas.  This isn’t lazy pop culture ‘cotton candy’ passing itself of as deep; Diana’s work is a thoughtful, obsessed study of the modern gestalt.

Says Trunk Space Curator JRC, “Welsch is actively filtering the culture that surrounds her, stripping it down to perfect icons and signposts.”??
“The work is meant to exhibit ‘real life’ versions of things normally found on screens, which are often thought of as “imaginary” because they are so fleeting, but are such a real part of our lives.”- Artist Diana Welsch.

Leslie Barton is an artist that has, in various roles and mediums, helped propel the Phoenix art community to its status as an incubator for new talent.  She didn’t stumble into art as a teen, she grew up defending her id and our town.  Barton is well known for her fierce silver wit, insightful stand up comedy, and bawdy performance art.  She has been a live performer longer then most of artists have been dipping brush in paint.  She recently hosted the 2nd installment of First Friday Night Live.
“Leslie is great because she doesn’t care what you think. She creates like no one will ever see the end result.” JRC, Trunk Space Curator.??
“Each piece has its own personal meaning while offering a humorous sarcasm for the viewer” – Artists Leslie Barton

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Jason Webley Returns to Kickoff 2011! 1/7 (A 1 Man Underground)

December 9th, 2010

Jason Webley has been called “A One Man Underground” and a maker of “Music that tears itself apart.”

Hey Look, Death flys, and plays accordion

Music that tears itself apart!

http://www.jasonwebley.com

“I don’t care what kind of music you say you like, if you aren’t thrilled to be alive after a Jason Webley show, you may have no heart to thrill.” –JRC, Co-owner of The Trunk Space

Jason Webley is, at his simplest, a accordion playing folk musician.
Leaving the description there however would do a great disservice to his awesome power as a showman.
Simply put, I don’t think we’ve ever had an performer so capable of wowing an audience.

He is touring in support of his new release: “Eleven Saints” about which Neil Gaiman (author of SANDMAN & Coraline) said “I cannot get these songs out of my head!”

He has toured with the Dresden Dolls, and just released a Graphic Novel with Amanda Palmer, based on the same Album, Eleven Saints. (http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/16-906/Evelyn-Evelyn)

“Webley howls at the rafters with the courage and conviction of a long-gone sailor, and seduces the candlelight with melodies as delicate as a gossamer balloon; he pumps the bellows like a Romanian wedding singer and feathers the keys like a desert drifter.” -San Francisco Weekly

Please, visit his website, but, if you are unimpressed after listening to some songs, remember that its his talent as a live performer that will really win you over.
Do not miss this show!

Local support will be the toe taping amazing Haymarket Squares!

http://haymarketsquares.com/

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SONIC ORPHANS! Jan 19th @ Trunk Space

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.

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Squidling Bros Sideshow-11/6/10!

November 3rd, 2010

Tickets $9 in advance, $12 day of.
Presale tickets here:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/134657

Full of humor and amazing feats of the human body. Guaranteed to amaze!
…
Lead by host Jelly Boy The Clown, the living cartoon and natural born weirdo, there is never a dull moment. Accompanied by his clown partner Betty Bloomerz “Sideshow Doll of Darkness” and his brother Matterz Squidling the Impenetrable Music Man. Along with the heavily modified Illustrated Penguin and Baron Von Geiger: World’s Strangest Strongman.

www.facebook.com/squidlling-brothers
www.myspace.com/squidlingbrothers
www.youtube.com/westphilth

PLUS! Special FOR THIS SHOW ONLY, special Guests:

Amber Lee and the Anomalies
A one woman musical act with accordion, loop pedal and glockenspiel.
Amber has toured the World!
She is Miss February in the Accordion Babes Album and Pin-up Calendar.
You can listen to her music and learn more at one of these links:
www.reverbnation.com/amberleeandtheanomalies
www.amberleeandtheanomalies.com
www.myspace.com/amberleebaker

Uni and her Ukelele
is a world traveling singer-songwriter (multiple tours in the USA, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand)
She is a world class neo-vintage pop chanteuse/raconteur who performs catchy pop-diddies with her Ukelele.
One of her songs has been featured in the television show “Army Wives.”
You can listen to her music and find out more at one of these links:
www.reverbnation.com/uniandherukelele
www.myspace.com/uniherukelele

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Fallen Neon Sign in Limbo

November 1st, 2010

Arguably the most iconic structure in the City of Mesa, the “Diving Lady” animated neon sign that attracts tourists and others seeking brief overnight accommodations to the Starlite Motel was toppled by a fierce thunderstorm on October 5th. The sign lies in the motel’s parking lot located at 2710 East Main Street, its sheet metal housing dented and neon tubes shattered.

Nightime image of the Starlite Motel

“The Starlite Motel was built in 1958 by families moving to Mesa from the small farming community of Syracuse, Kansas,” says Marta Kaesler-Maroon, who was four at the time. “The owners, Elmo (Bud) Kaesler and Richard (Dick) Kaesler, with a little financial backing from their father Ed, built the Starlite and later the Stageland a block away. Customers called them the Kaesler brothers. They took turns sleeping at the motel every other week. The customers came from the East and stayed for months at a time, the same ones year after year. Our customers were very social and became good friends to our family and one another.”

“Every now and then, Uncle Bud would suggest we have a feed,” recollects Kaesler-Maroon. “Dad and Uncle Bud grilled the meat and the customers all brought a pot-luck side dish cooked in the kitchenettes of their units. Everyone played shuffleboard on the courts behind the pool and horseshoes on the back lawn. Men played cribbage on the sidewalks and the ladies had cocktails at the pool.”

“They are all gone now — my grandparents, my father and Uncle Bud — but I still see them in my mind standing tall, with their Stetson hats, just like John Wayne. I, too, would love to see the sign of the neon diving ladies restored,” says Kaesler-Maroon. “It may be just a sign, but it signifies an era in Mesa when it was a small town that welcomed people of the north with a little relief from a cold, harsh winter.”

Although the motel is eager to see the sign operational again, it would cost an estimated $100,000 to faithfully replicate the sign. It has not been determined how much of the cost would be covered by insurance. Mesa historian and preservationist Vic Linoff is leading a drive to incorporate a non-profit group, the Mesa Historic Preservation Foundation, so it can collect contributions to restore the sign.

Pre-storm Starlite Motel sign

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Devo Befriended Local Corey Busboom

September 17th, 2010

When the local artist and musician answered his cell last January and heard the geeky voice of Mark Mothersbaugh on the other end, he suspected telephonic trickery by his friends.

Boy, was he ever wrong. It, indeed, was the lead singer and eccentric instrumentalist for 1980s hit-makers Devo.

“Luckily, I played it cool and didn’t hang up on him,” Busboom says.

The Rest Is Here

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Nov. 4th: Joe Sib remebers Punk Rock

September 11th, 2010

AMP Magazine
* They list Modified as the AZ Venue, but it was moved to TS cuz we’re more punk, haha.

JOE SIB is heading back on the road with CALIFORNIA CALLING: A STORY OF GROWING UP PUNK ROCK, an extraordinary one-man show performance piece about the love of music and growing up in California. Shows are lined up in Orange County, Los Angeles, New York City, Phoenix, Austin, and Sib’s hometown of San Jose, with special guests Dave Hause (from The Loved Ones) and Altercation Punk Comedy Tour’s JT Haberstatt set to appear in select markets (see tour dates below).

After a successful residency earlier this year at the highly esteemed Largo at the Coronet theatre in Los Angeles and a handful of shows up and down the Pacific coast and NYC, it’s time for the rest of the country to see what CALIFORNIA CALLING is all about. “California Calling is my story about how music saved my life. Sounds heavy right? Don’t worry, it’s not,” Sib laughs. “But without music, I would be completely lost-and before I discovered punk rock, I was. California Calling is about growing up, and it’s about how one day in December of 1981 changed my life forever.”

“Sib’s boundless earnestness about the identity-shaping possibility of music charged his part-memoir, part-comedy, part-backyard-barbecue-yarn about what happens when the old days never quite go away. ‘California Calling’ isn’t so much a performance as it is a solid hour to get comfortable and let Sib–a coiled spring of joy when it comes to these topics–riff on stream-of-consciousness tales of teenage n’er-do-welling. The abiding take from “California Calling” is that the rush of youthful discovery doesn’t have to dissipate with adult life.”
–LATimes.com, 1/7/10 (in a review “Joe Sib’s funny, manic, often touching ‘California Calling’”)

“His tales stem from a deep humor and passion; they’re part success story, part historical, and part average California guy having a blast.”
–Kenneth Hughes, Flavorpill.com, February 10, 2010

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