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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/

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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

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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.

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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).

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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

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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

Download the Trunk Space’s new zine – Slide Rule here!  Included is the Trunk Space calendar centerfold!

Slide Rule Jan2010

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Thursday, August 13th, 2009

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Come see the faces behind your favorite fast food!

Tuesday, July 21st, 2009

The Trunk Space friends show is coming up soon…. like next month soon. You should go see it and take in some fine fine fancy pants art. I’ve been on a caricature drawing kick lately. I find more influence in Mort Drucker than I do in Rembrandt. This is because I prefer having a box of Cracker Jack over having dignity or respect. Anyhoo. I drew a picture of Colonel Sanders and Harmon Dobson (the founder of Whataburger) for the show. Here are the scans I managed to acquire of these drawings. Enjoy.

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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

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