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Jambands.com "New Groove of the Month"

DerekBodkin — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:05:52 GMT

Please vote for Five Eyed Hand at http://www.jambands.com/Jambands250/

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SoE @ Connecticut Yankee Friday Sep 12th

bvandy — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:13:58 GMT

Our show with Izabella on 9/6 at 12 Galaxies was cancelled due to the unfortunate closure of 12 Galaxies. We appreciate all that Robert has done for the community, and we are so sorry to see that venue close. The members of SOE will all be at the Connecticut Yankee on 9/6 for Izabella's rescheduled show. Hope you'll come out to support that show. Support your local venues, so that they do not fall to the same fate as 12Gs!!!

Come on down to the Connecticut Yankee on Friday, Sep 12th for 2 sets of California Rock with Seconds on End! Its been a while since SOE performed at the Yankee, so please do expect a whole different experience with Seconds on End. This band has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years, and promises to put on a fantastic show! We're celebrating Geraldine's birthday this night, so we hope you can be there to wish her a happy birthday.

Seconds on End
@ The Connecticut Yankee
Friday, 9/12, 10pm
100 Connecticut Street
San Francisco
$5 cover

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Benefit for Robert

sueshi — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:05:05 GMT

"Raising the Levy"
Sun. August 24th, 2008 (Post-Outside Lands)

10pm
12 Galaxies - San Francisco, CA

A Benefit for Robert Levy featuring Falcor's All-Star Band!

Steve Adams
Dave Brogan
Aaron Redner
Sean Leahy

Plus other very special Guests!!!

$10-$30 Sliding Scale | 10pm | 21+

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SF Night Life After 12 Galaxies Closure

orangeboxman — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:57:05 GMT

I think this probably sums it up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvGpCMqZ358

http://www.lyricspy.com/e/Electric_Six/lyrics/Down_At_Mcdonnelzzz/

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'The Bright Side' of 12 Galaxies Closing (CAUTION: SARCASM)

orangeboxman — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:35:06 GMT

The good news is this event official marks the end of SF's long-running cultural identity crisis.

Everyone who still feels like they still fit in in SF can now breathe easy, having put out of his mind what kind of fun anyone might
be having down in the Mission district and drive his SUV in an even more relaxed manner back home each night to the Richmond or Sunset to enjoy smoking pot and watching endless Tivo reruns of Seinfeld until he collapses conveniently into a solitary heap of incarnate complacency.

SF's social successes just went from 'smug' to 'more smug than thou'. See what happens on the site of 12 Galaxies and THEN try to tell me I was wrong about this. Just wait and try.

You can tell them all I didn't bother to say 'hi' while they're hitting all your asses with the door.

Whatever.

F***ing waste of a city.

'Enjoy'.

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12 Galaxies closing this month?

Rebren — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:06:15 GMT

Say it ain't so, Joe!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/14/DD0D129MQS.DTL

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Friday at 12 G's.... off the hook

Bridget — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:22:17 GMT

Support your favorite live music venue...
12 Galaxies

Perhaps a Frank Chu sighting
a budweiser sipping

But mostly... some of the best music Nor Cal has to offer

FIVE EYED HAND will be there
will you?

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Magnificent 7 @ the 12 Galaxies Friday April 11th

ron — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:16:34 GMT

Join Magnificent 7 for a night of drunken soul debauchery!
There will $2 pints poured all night long!!

with DJs:

Subtext (Heavyweight)
Sammy D (Kontrol)
Guillermo (Columbia! / Casanova)
Wrong? (Shhh / D.I.S)
Circuit73 (Siladi / Robotspeak)
THE Tourist (UP)
Dave Aju (Circus Company / Accidental)

12 Galaxies is located @
2565 Mission St near 21st

Friday April 11th

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Laugh your face off TONIGHT

annie — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 01:07:31 GMT

FULL Contact Comedy

Tuesday January 29

Featuring:

Greg Edwards
Drennon Davis
Ali Wong
Joe Tobin
Kellen Erskine
Kevin O'Shea
Arthur Gaus
Alex Koll
Nico Santos

and host Jeff Cleary from SF Standup!

doors 8:00, partially seated show get there early for a spot for your ass
show at 9:00 pm

8$

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St. @ 22nd
advanced tickets at www.12galaxies.com

Drennon Davis ..
Drennon just finished shooting the pilot for the television show, San Francisco Values and has opened for headliners like Paul F. Tompkins at the Punchline. He can also be seen on his internet show, Holy Weird .. .

Ali Wong .. - has performed all over the country, Ali recently headlined the 1 Girl 2 Cups Show at the Hemlock Tavern

Joe Tobin .. - One half of the comedy team, Ebony and Irony, Joe regularly performs at the Punchline, Spud's, Club Deluxe and this month's Romane Event at the Make-Out Room.

Kellen Erskine .. - Bay Area favorite, Kellen is known for his dry, intelligent humor, reminiscent of Steven Wright and Demetri Martin. Kellen has performed all over the country, recently back from a comedy tour including performances in Utah, Washington and Minnesota

Kevin O'Shea .. - Hosts his own monthly live talk show, Blah, Blah, Blah at the Darkroom in San Francisco

Arthur Gaus .. - Also part of the television show San Francisco Values , Arthur regularly performs at the Punchline.

Alex Koll .. - Part of the three-man comedy troupe, Boomtime. Alex just recently performed at SF Sketchfest and will be performing with Janeane Garofalo at Cobb's Comedy Club in February.

Nico Santos .. - Nico has performed all over the country and can be seen performing at the SF Sketchfest Iron Comic competition at the Punchline.

Greg Edwards .. - One of the Bay's most hilarious comics, Greg has performed all over the Bay area.

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Porter Batiste Stoltz 2/5

Danielle — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:59:23 GMT

man i'm dying to get to the PBS show on the 5th. a ridiculously funky new orleans band playing on mardi gras! get out your beads!!

george porter is a legend!!!

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Friend of the Devil??

Bridget — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:06:22 GMT

Yea Robert...
"Falcor's sittin there...."

http://www.iclips.net/content.php?content_id=4253

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definition of 'happiness'

orangeboxman — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:33:10 GMT

i need to see a video on this topic IMMEDIATELY

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Blue Turtles Hitchhikers Guide to the 12 Galxaxies DEC. 30th and 31st Watch out!!!!

Juicy — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:43:50 GMT

HIGH SIERRA MUSIC FESTIVAL & BLUE TURTLE SEDUCTION
PRESENTS
NEW YEAR'S EXTRAVAGANZA

BLUE TURTLE SEDUCTION'S HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE TO THE

" 12 GALAXIES "

2565 MISSION St. @ 23rd St
San Francisco, Ca. 94110
415-970-9777
Tix Avail: www.highsierramusic.com
www.12galaxies.com

SUNDAY 30th of December > w/ IZABELLA
&
MONDAY 31st of December > w/ MONOPHONICS

**** Special Top Flight Brand New ELEMENTS HOSTEL, CHEAP !!!
Across the Street from 12 GALAXIES, 1/4 of Hotel Prices in S.F., Lock Boxes,
2 & 4 Person Rooms, 6 & 8 Person Rooms w/Free Linens Incl. Free Internet &
Wi-Fy Lounge, Mezzanine Lounge, Free Continental Breakfast,Roof Top Hang.
Contact: Alan #415-647-4100 or 1-866-327-8407 www.elementssf.com

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Sat Oct 6 Rock Paper Scissors Champinoships $2500 Purse, SANTA ROSA

Guenevere — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:54:50 GMT

No joke. 5th Annual. Play rock paper scissors and compete for a $2500 Purse
if you haven't been to this event you are seriously missing out.
Creative outfits, full costume strongly encouraged

SAT OCT 6
12noon-6pm
competitor checkin begins at 11am

Flamingo Resort Hotel
2777 4th Street
Santa Rosa , CA 95405

TICKETS: roshambowinery.com

$20 COMPETITORS - purchase in advance, they will sell out!
$10 spectators, $15 on event day

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Artist Discussion Salon & CELLspace Call to Arms

Rachel — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:57:41 GMT

We have been planning this discussion on arts and media production for some time but it's even more appropriate in the face of what is going on. Keep your eyes peeled for the new Executive Director of Black Rock Arts Foundation, joining us for panel discussion!

Artist Salon and Reception for the Expo for the Artist and Musician
Thursday, September 13th 7:30-10:30
CELLSpace (2050 Bryant) SF

free admission
free drinks and snacks
arts and media panels - discussion and Q&A

live music - visual art show
puppetry workshop(canceled due to CELLspace woes, see below)
sewing class

This salon is part of the lead-in for an astounding event happening at SomArts that weekend, designed to bring artists, musicians, and the people who make it all happen together to meet each other and talk about their work. At CELLSpace we will have an art show in the gallery, puppetry and sewing workshops in the loft, musicians, free drinks and food, and panel discussions. The discussions will revolve around the ideas of producing arts, media, and change from a non-profit and for-profit perspective. What are the benefits of each format? How can artists navigate the world between the two for maximum freedom and maximum funding? Bay Area heavies from both sides of the fence will discuss why they have chosen the structure that they have and how they use it to get what they want.

BREAKING NEWS - CELLspace is facing massive crisis and needs your help! We will give the microphone to someone from the organization who can tell you all about what is going on and how you can get involved. Get your news fresh from the trenches. We love this community resource and want to fight to keep it! http://pandorastrunk.com http://artsandmedia.net/expo

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Benefit/Fundraiser for Women's Center in Darfur tonight...

annie — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:45:11 GMT

Better Dayz - A Benefit for Darfur

Featuring:
- Rooster
- DJ Veronica
- Darling Nikki
- Jenna Riot
- Casio $ Krew
And a performance by Jenny Hoysten (Erase Errata)

Proceeds to help build The Darfur Women's Center - A Refuge for
Recovery from Sexual Violence

Donation 5-20$
8:00 pm

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St. @ 22nd
Www.12galaxies.com

Since February 2003, the Government of Sudan has perpetrated genocide
on the indigenous African tribes of Darfur. Rape and sexual violence
against women and children have been persistent, widespread and noted
repeatedly by many human rights groups as well as the United Nation's
2005 International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur. Reports from many
sources indicate a realistic estimate of the number of victims to be
in the tens of thousands. Sexual violence against Darfur women is both
a human rights and public health crisis. Victims endure physical
injuries, unwanted pregnancies, miscarriages and other reproductive
complications, psychological illness, ostracism by their husbands and
families, and accusations of adultery. As estimated 90% of Darfur
women have been subjected to Female Genital Cutting, making them more
vulnerable to injury, AIDS infection and other sexually transmitted
diseases from sexual assault. Most victims suffer the debilitating
effects of sexual violence in silence, isolation and depression.

The services of the Darfur Women's Centers are urgently needed for the
near-term treatment of survivors, and are crucial for the long-term
evolution of services for women's health throughout Darfur.

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Radio Moscow in this episode

johnhell — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:39:28 GMT

I also wrote up a review of the Radio Moscow show from 12 Galaxies from last Sunday. What a great show. Take a look at http://freeradiosf.com/blog/22

In the meantime:

A Season In Hell #13: Theme From A Season In Hell

Sometimes I get nostalgic. I moved a lot in my life, an average of once every two years. I went to ten schools in thirteen years (K-12), and the one thing that was a constant was music. Music and TV. The two things that were constant were music and TV. And family. The three…three things that were constant were music, TV, family and the ever increasing amount of sarcasm that made it into my humor.

I made it down for the weekly KFJC (http://kfjc.org) staff meeting this past week, for the first time in about seven years. I’m hoping to do a show a month there. I’ll keep you posted.

With that I bring you this latest episode. If you’re a fan of nighttime police dramas, then you’ll enjoy this show.

Also, I recently saw Radio Moscow play 12 Galaxies in SF (http://www.12galaxies.com/flash.html). Check out their MySpace page, and support live music. I also have a few San Francisco artists in this show, including punk polka faves Polkacide, the Japanese yodeling cowboy Toshio Hirano, and Sesame Street cover band Cookie Mongoloid; you’ve never heard anything like them before.

Check out my podomatic site here: http://johnhell.podomatic.com
My MySpace site here: http://myspace.com/mrjohnhell
My new Facebook site here: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=616519637
My blog here: http://freeradiosf.com/blog/22

Whew, that’s a lot of crap I have online.

Email me at mrjohnhell@yahoo.com

Thanks for listening.

Set list:

Barney Miller Theme, from Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
http://www.amazon.com/Televisions-Greatest-Hits-Vol-70s/dp/B000000GOO
Beer is Better Than Girls Are: Artless
http://krucoff.com/2006/04/top-music-9-artless-band-of-mykel.html
In Heaven There Is No Beer: Polkacide http://www.polkacide.com/
Jump In Line: Harry Belafonte http://www.belafonte-asiteofsites.com/

Up & Down: Cookie Mongoloid http://www.wearemongoloid.com/cookie/index.html
Sanford & Son Theme, from Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
T For Texas: Toshio Hirano http://www.toshiohirano.com/
25 Minutes To Go: Johnny Cash http://www.johnnycash.com/

James Brown Ate My Bagpipe: Taxi Chain http://www.taxichain.com/
Street of San Francisco, from Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
Psychobilly Freakout: Reverend Horton Heat http://www.reverendhortonheat.com/

Fuse: Radio Moscow http://www.myspace.com/radiomoscow
Pick Me Up: Dinosaur Jr. http://www.dinosaurjr.com/

Morning Theft: Jeff Buckley http://www.jeffbuckley.com/
Barretta Theme, from Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
Theme From Cyrano/Mr. Tambourine Man: William Shatner
http://www.williamshatner.com/
Up In Smoke Reprise: Cheech & Chong http://www.cheechandchong.com/

Music bed: Zabriskie Point. Brought to you by The Pink Floyd, in memory of Michelangelo Antonioni, dead at 94, on Monday, July 30, 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabriskie_Point_(film)

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Slim Cessna is in this show

johnhell — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:44:55 GMT

http://johnhell.podomatic.com

The show I'm sorry I missed the most was Slim Cessna, so I happily put him in this episode.

A Season In Hell #12: Waiting for the Man

***Warning*** Because of the need for server space, I will be removing Episode #1 and possibly #2 by Thursday, August 2nd, 2007. You have been warned.

I spent a year in DC last week. I was there for an education conference, and I had the luxury of seeing the New York Dolls perform at the legendary 9:30 Club. The club has been open since the 70’s, but obviously in a very different location. What a great club; amazing sound and stage. The Dolls were incredible too. Only Sylvain and Johanson are alive from the original lineup, but the rest of the band seriously kicked ass. They have a new CD out, go get it.

I got to walk “The Mall”, which is the federal gov’t area. Quite impressive, even if you don’t like the schmuck who lives in the white house right now.

This week I include some early NY Dolls. I also have some live tracks from Tom Waits with the Kronos Quartet doing the theme to my favorite show: “The Wire”. If you haven’t seen this great police drama on HBO, you’re missing the best written show on TV. Some live Lou Reed shows up near the end of the podcast today. A real rarity is included in the guise of Neil Young. He never released “Chrome Dreams”, but all of the music made it on to something eventually. This version of “Powderfinger” never did.

I hope you enjoy the show. Please leave a comment on the website: http://johnhell.podomatic.com and tell your friends about thee show by clicking the “send to friends” link on the page.

Thanks.

John Hell

Set List:

“Way Down In The Hole”: Tom Waits & Kronos Quartet with Greg Cohen on bass.
From the “Healing the Divide” release.
Get the CD here: http://www.amazon.com/Healing-Divide-Concert-Peace-Reconciliation/dp/B000F3AJTO

“Looking for a Kiss”: New York Dolls http://www.nydolls.org/
“A Change is Gonna Come”: The Gits http://www.thegits.com/
“Senorita”: Ovarian Trolley http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=ovarian_trolley

“Powderfinger”: Neil Young, from the unreleased “Chrome Dreams”. Get it here: http://www.tapecity.org/showthread.php?t=7626&highlight=chrome+dreams
You have to register for this site, which is free.
“The Mercy Seat”: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/
“Do You Take This Man?”: Diamanda Galas http://www.diamandagalas.com/

“Shady Lane”: Slim Cessna’s Auto Club http://www.slimcessnasautoclub.com/news/index.asp
“Home Sweet Mobile Home”: The New Duncan Imperials http://www.newduncanimperials.com/

“Ain’t No Friend Of Mine:” Mono Men http://www.monomen.net/
“I’m Waiting For My Man”: Lou Reed, 12-26-72 http://www.loureed.org/00/index.html

“I Want You”: Peter Frampton & Toto http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band_(film)
“Up In Smoke Reprise”: Cheech & Chong http://www.cheechandchong.com/

As always, if you’re interested in any of my live music, I’m always up for a trade. Take a look at my list, and send me an email at mrjohnhell@yahoo.com

The live list: http://db.etree.org/johnhell

Support live and local music!

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The Blues...

annie — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:19:28 GMT

Seriously great show for 8$ on Sunday at 12 G's...

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Sunday July 29th

Pat Sweeny
Radio Moscow
Ride the Blinds

@ 12 galaxies
2565 Mission St. @ 22nd
Www.12galaxies.com

9:00 pm
8$

PATRICK SWEANY
http://www.myspace.com/patricksweany

"To say Patrick Sweany is just a Blues musician is like saying Coke is just a soft drink. A Sweany set can veer from soulful, slow burn, John Lee Hooker-style blues to swampy, delta-country pickin' to white-hot rockabilly...Sweany has arrived as a major talent."
- Cleveland Scene Best of Cleveland Award (2006)

"Echoes of Sam Cooke and Marv Johnson...bind this record together and capture the Rust Belt rocker’s soulful drawl. (Sweany's) strongest album to date."
- Pop Matters

RADIO MOSCOW
Www.myspace.com/radiomoscow
With a nod to previous purveyors of garage blues, Radio Moscow has elements of MC5, Blue Cheer and Cream in their songs. At the ripe age of 22, Griggs rips solos like there's no tomorrow and some tunes even feature multiple solo work. The band is a trio but their sound is full and loud, not unlike another trio, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. - The Area Scene

Artist of the Day on Spin.com : marrying the bluesy psychedelic fervor of Cream with the big, precise fretwork of Jimi Hendrix, Radio Moscow relish in distortion and grittiness. Prevalent are themes of heartache, heartbreak, and drug intake, sometimes accompanied by instrumental forays into tumbleweeding country ("Lickskillet") and East Indian-influenced soundscapes ("Ordovician Fauna").

RIDE THE BLINDS
"The Bay Area's Ride the Blinds are blues rockers in the tradition of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band and more recently, the North Mississippi All Stars."
Www.ridetheblinds.com

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12 Galaxies Dropping Cookies On My Browser

David — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 04:59:12 GMT

Yes it's true. If you're using Mozilla, go look under these menus:

Tools
Options
Privacy

Then click the button "Show Cookies" and if you have visited the 12 Galaxies website you will see them listed along with the cookies they have dropped to track your movement through the Internet.

The question is WHY violate the trust of 12 Galaxies customers?

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Banyon, Saturday, July 14th

Doogels (Douglas) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:44:18 GMT

I'll see y'all at the Banyon show Saturday night.

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Inside A Broken Clock: A Tom Waits Peepshow - TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT!!

pidge — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:07:19 GMT

Inside A Broken Clock: A Tom Waits Peepshow
Thursday, June 28th and Friday, June 29th
9PM @ 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
$15

Characters from the Tom Waits pantheon come to life through Vaudevillian comedy, burlesque, puppetry, and more all set to the music of Waits performed live by The No Salvation Army Band - Austin’s finest junkyard musicians.

If you haven’t seen or heard about this surprising phenomenon, here’s the story in a nutshell: Choreographer Ellen Stader and music scholar Rick McNulty, like many Austinites, love the music of Tom Waits. In 2005 these two (a.k.a. RubyRico Peepshows) chose 18 songs by the legendary songwriter, humbly asked—and received—permission to perform them, and then set about writing an original script, arranging the songs and choreographing more than a dozen dances for a sweet, creepy , sexy, funny evening of cabaret.

The show featured over 20 actors, dancers, singers and puppeteers from companies all over Austin, as well as a 10-piece band—the No Salvation Army Band, formed especially for the show. The cast includes a dancing bear, German prostitutes, a mad inventor, a dancing skeleton, Vegas showgirls and a leering Ringmaster, among other attractions.

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Just Announced: Mission Players CD Release Party @ 12 Galaxies June 22nd!

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:16:27 GMT

Falcor & Friends present: Mission Players "Get Back Soul" CD Release Party!

Mission Players celebrate the release of their highly anticipated CD release "Get Back Soul." The band is just back from their Colorado tour and is super tight with some fresh and funky grooves. This is sure to be an amazing evening and will keep the housing dancing and grooving. Some special friends will be on hand to help us celebrate....

MISSION PLAYERS - "Get Back Soul" CD Release Party!
Friday, June 22nd - 10PM
12 GALAXIES
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
Advance Tickets: http://www.12galaxies.com

http://www.missionplayers.com

http://www.myspace.com/missionplayers

http://www.falcorandfriends.com

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Record Club Presents: Wednesday June 13th

rogercarpio — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:16:24 GMT

I'm going to have a Record Club show at 12 Galaxies on Wednesday June 13th w/ Agent Ribbons(Sac), FOMA(SF), This Charming Band(SF) & The Val Papadins(Sonoma)! Check out the poster here...http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h70/rogmagog/June13thkristin.gif
....and you could check out my Record Club myspace page for more info..www.myspace.com/recordclubsacto

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Meltone tonight!

sueshi — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 20:23:53 GMT

Japanese jamband! Psychedelic jams and grooves!
also with Isabella

9pm

$15

Meltone
After years of being known primarily as an importer of live improvisational music, Japan finally has an export making waves on foreign shores. Since the turn of the century, Meltone has made Japan proud as her first native sons to enter the "Jamband revolution." Formed in 2000 by Shin-Ichiro Tomita (guitar), Takuya Fukano (bass) and Keisuke Ishizawa (keyboard) Meltone Strives to transmit the joyous nature of "summer festival vibes" through their music.

The two guitarists are old friends who agree that if something feels right, it inevitably sounds good. Tomita explains, "Meltone was started not to become famous but to build a foundation for Japan's jamband community." In 2001, the power quartet was solidified with the addition of drummer Shunsuke Sugasawa. In reverence to the magic surrounding the Grateful Dead's performances, Meltone hopes to share an evolved version of that euphoria with their budding fans.

Together now for five years, Meltone has woven an original style from a mixed bag of sonic cloth. Fukano elaborates, "We're influenced by every kind of music we can get. There is no band we can single out because we all have different tastes." They are quickly developing into serious songwriters with a well-balanced vocal presence, most notably Tomita with his bewitching baritone. The wild-haired front man often propels the climactic energy over the brim, soaring through complex rhythmic labyrinths with his blazing guitar. Meltone's ambitious compositions are rooted in Western exploration while paying respect with subtle Japanese brush strokes.

Meltone made their U.S. debut playing a few Midwest dates during the summer of 2004. Right around that time they reached their nation's biggest stage at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan. It was only a year later at the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, CA when they band's smoldering sets cemented their reputation as a new jamband phenomenon.

Touring in support of their new album, New Wave, Meltone returned in 2006 to wow the High Sierra crowds yet again. This time they followed it up with a brief California tour which revealed the strongholds of support they've already established. Fans are eagerly awaiting their return in May of 2007.

Isabella
http://www.izabellaband.com

IZABELLA was born out of years of musical connections. Like many bands before, and many yet to come, the search for new music is what ultimately brings these musicians together. The love of the improvisational/jam community is what drives and inspires them to push forward. Sean Lehe (guitar/vocals), Lucas Carlton (drums) and Murph (bass/guitar) spent four years recording and touring with Bay Area jamband, Home At Last. With a desire for a fresh start, the trio decided in the spring of 2006 to branch out with a new face and renewed sense of purpose. After years of networking in the scene, close connections were made with some of the most talented players around. As a result, the trio has grown to a seven-piece machine following a musical merger with Sacramento based “Four Guys From Reno”. The Sacramento boys bring the kitchen sink percussion of Shawn King, the soulful energy of Brian Rogers (vocals/bass/percussion/guitar) the blissful embellishments of Andre Fylling (keyboards/vocals) and the chunky funk of Sam Phelps (bass/guitar/keys/vocals). Brian, Andre and Sam have been musical brothers since High School and have already created an impressive legacy of solo recordings.

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A Season In Hell #7 and Spass Guerilla

johnhell — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:27:23 GMT

Wholy crap. If you made it out to the Spass Guerilla show on Tuesday, then you know what the hell I'm talking about. However, if you were not there, then please come on June 12th and support local events.

It's that time once again my friends. I give to you all A Season In Hell #7: The Art of Getting Jumped.

There's a lot packed into this show:
Presidential Speeches
Presidential Singing
Jim Fourniadis doing his best Keith Moon impersonation
Public Enemy soaking up the whipped cream
and a lesson or two to boot.

As usual, if you're not already checking out the show through iTunes, you can go to my homepage here:
http://johnhell.podomatic.com

Or subscribe through iTunes here:
http://johnhell.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

On my homepage please click the "Send to friends" link and email my show to everyone you know, even grandma likes this stuff.

Thanks so much for supporting my fanatical devotion/obsession to music and the strong desire I horde sharing it with.

Email me at mrjohnhell@yahoo.com
http://www.myspace.com/mrjohnhell

Read my blog here:
http://freeradio.com/blog/22

Support live music in your neighborhood.

Enjoy.

jh

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A Season In Hell #6

johnhell — Thu, 24 May 2007 22:20:01 GMT

Howdy "radio" fans.

A Season In Hell, Episode 6 is up and ready for your
enjoyment.

Thanks for listening. It's not radio, but at least I
get to feed my jones a little bit. I really appreciate
Podomatic. They make it incredibly easy.

See the website here:
http://johnhell.podomatic.com

Subscribe to it through iTunes here:
http://johnhell.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

Tell your friends that Hell is here to stay.

jh

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A Season In Hell #5

johnhell — Fri, 18 May 2007 06:51:14 GMT

A Season In Hell #5(Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below We’re All Gonna Go

You can hear my latest podcast online here:
http://johnhell.podomatic.com/

Or you can get it on your iTunes or other online music player here:
http://johnhell.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

This week I start off the show highlighting local San Francisco band Pebble Theory. They’re a great four piece that puts on a tantalizing live show. They’re having a CD release party at Bottom of the Hill in SF, on Saturday, May 26th. Check out their new CD “Air”. Also, you can check them out online at http://pebbletheory.com, and on Myspace at http://myspace.com/pebbletheory

The Finklestein Shit Kid: Cheech & Chong
Up in Smoke: Cheech & Chong
Air: Pebble Theory

Animal: Pebble Theory
Picabo Who?: Free Kitten
Sugar Kane: Sonic Youth

Steppin’ In Her I. Miller Shoes: Betty Davis
(Don’t Worry) If There’s A Hell Below We’re All Gonna Go: Curtis Mayfield
Consternation: Erik Friedlander

Redebe: Johnny Dyani
Green River: Creedence Clearwater Revival
History Lesson-Part II: Minutemen
Love Whip: Reverend Horton Heat

Step Right Up: Tom Waits
Auf Wiedersehen: Cheap Trick
Up In Smoke Reprise: Cheech & Chong

Enjoy.

John Hell

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A Season In Hell #4: Everthing Goes To Hell

johnhell — Sun, 13 May 2007 04:10:11 GMT

Howdy radio fans.

I've just posted my latest podcast: A Season In Hell
#4: Everything Goes To Hell.

It runs about an hour. It's certainly not the same as
radio, but I do try to make it sound like it is. It
lacks the spontanaiety of radio that I miss so much.
Other than that, I get to turn you all onto music that
I love. I found some good new sounds to mix with some
tasty classics from my collection.

Find the podcast online here:
http://johnhell.podomatic.com/

And on iTunes here;
http://johnhell.podOmatic.com/rss2.xml

Tell your friends. Also, send me a note if you have
any requests or suggestions. I'm just getting warmed
up.

Enjoy.

jh

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tom waits tribute tonight and tomorrow

doodlz — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:05:53 GMT

at 21 grand in oakland

www.5centcoffee.com for details and tix

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Film and Party: 80s Punk Classic "Suburbia" with Director Penelope Spheeris 4/15-SF

sfwff — Fri, 13 Apr 2007 05:28:59 GMT

Film and Party: 80s Punk Classic "Suburbia" with Director Penelope Spheeris

The 2007 San Francisco Women's Film Festival concludes with a closing
night party at Minna Gallery, featuring director Penelope Spheeris and a
screening of her 80s punk classic Suburbia. Spheeris has directed more
than 20 films, including Wayne's World, The Crooked E: The Unshredded
Truth About Enron, and several acclaimed documentaries.

SFWFF 2007 pays tribute to Spheeris' achievements in films, which range
from mainstream comedies to independent features and cutting edge
documentaries.

Penelope Spheeris has directed more than 20 films, including Wayne's
World, The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron, and the
critically acclaimed documentaries, The Decline of Western Civilization, The
Decline II: The Metal Years, as well as The Decline Part III, a film she
financed herself, with profits donated to charities for homeless and
abused children. Spheeris is currently at work on a Janis Joplin biopic.

Plus animated shorts, live music, prizes and more!

DISCOUNTED TICKETS INFO:
You can receive $2 off admission, when purchasing
tickets for the following shows in advance online by
entering coupon code: festivalfriends07

Sat. 4/14, 8 pm - DOCUMENTARY AND ACTIVISM FILMS at
the SF Women's Building, 3543 18th St. #8, SF.

Sun. 4/15, 7 pm - CLOSING NIGHT FILMS, TRIBUTE & PARTY
at 111 Minna Gallery, 111 Minna St., SF.

For the complete schedule and full details about the
San Francisco Women's Film Festival 2007, visit the
website at:
www.sfwff.com

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thank thank thank you for booking BINGO!

doodlz — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 20:57:36 GMT

i used to watch bingo back at fiorella's in new orleans....and damn they are so awesome, i've begged them to come out to sf, and yay they were here. so thank you booker at 12 galaxies!

you know who else to think about -- morning 40 federation! they're playing the boom boom room on april 5 and 6, but they draw a HUGE crowd. of course, it's an uber drunken rowdy crowd....

anyhow. THANKS! i love shows at 12 galaxies - and i like the new raised stage.

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New Mastersounds tix on sale now...

Falcor — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:56:31 GMT

tix for both upcoming shows are on sale now through www.falcorandfriends.com

4-20 New Mastersounds with Big Organ Trio Moe's Alley Santa Cruz 21+ 9PM $20

4-21 New Mastersounds with Big Organ Trio 12 Galaxies San Francisco 18+, 9PM, $20
************** ****part of the Green Apple music festival!!!!**************

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4th Annual FREE Superbowl Party at 12 Galaxies!!!

Robert — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:31:04 GMT

Hi all!

Come join us on Sunday for our 4th Superbowl Party in as many years!! We will be projecting the game on our huge 7' x 7' screen, and broadcasting the sound over our state of the are PA system. There will be contests, free hors devours, drink specials and many more surprises! This has been one of the best Superbowl parties in the Mission FOUR YEARS RUNNING!!! Don't miss out on this great time!

12 Galaxies
Superbowl Party
FREE ADMISSION
2565 Mission St.
btw. 21st and 22nd
Doors at 2:30pm, Kickoff at 3:30 pm

Come early to get a good seat!

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Congrats, 12Gs!

sueshi — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:05:01 GMT

http://www.playboy.com/style/a-list/rock-clubs/index.html

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perkins, kimock, wasserman, and waldman?????

Bridget — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:00:02 GMT

sounds like a great two nights of music to me.

give the drummah sum!

probably not as hard core as the nels/ watt shows last year, but
i like crow...

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Garaj Mahal TONIGHT

Bridget — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 20:31:19 GMT

hot*

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Live at 12 Gs

amor — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 20:39:28 GMT

As reported in the Chu tribe ( http://frankchu.tribe.net/ )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDbHMgggw1s

Frank Chu is one of Wednesday evening's opening speakers at the Ask Doctor Hal show...

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Roshambo Winery Pirate Prom SAT 10/21/06 8:30pm-2am Sour Mash Hug Band, etc.....

Guenevere — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:27:32 GMT

Roshambo Pirate Prom 2006!
Saturday October 21
8:30pm -???
Tickets: $10.advance/$15. At the door
Buy tickets at www.roshambowinery.com

Roshambo Winery
3000 Westside Rd.
Healdsburg, CA 95448

You asked for it! And we're gonna deliver! After the stunning success of last year's Pirate Prom, Roshambo Winery is hosting yet another wild and crazy fundraising event for 826 Valencia. Staged in the winery's sleek space lounge of a tasting room, the night promises Space Cowboys DJs, dancing, and a notorious band of gypsies, the Sour Mash Hug Band, www.sourmashhugband.com. And of course, the party wouldn't be complete without Roshambo's award-winning wine. So, what are you waiting for? Dust off your eye patch and plumed hat and get on up to starry Sonoma County for an unforgettable adventure.

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Tribe Reboot Party

sueshi — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 23:59:17 GMT

http://rebootparty.tribe.net/

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Upcoming shows at 12 Galaxies

Robert — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 19:39:29 GMT

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know about the following upcoming shows. Tickets for all 3 shows go onsale at 10am Sunday:

Sat Nov 4th
Mudhoney
Howlin’ Rain
Jon Wahl & Amadans
(ex Clawhammer)
$15adv/$20dos

Mon Nov 13th
Kid Congo Powers & Pink Monkey Birds
(original guitarist Gun Club, Cramps, Bad Seeds)
White
(featuring Jack Waterson of Green on Red)
Vaticans
$10 ticket

Tue Nov 14th
Vetiver
TBA
Women and Children
$12 ticket

Really excited about these shows, just wanted to pass on the word! For more info on these and other shows, www.12galaxies.com of course.

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Spanksgiving: Dec 8 & 9

sueshi — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:32:28 GMT

Falcor and Friends Presents:

Spanksgiving: A Disco Suess Extravaganza
Friday & Saturday Dec. 8 & 9, 2006
12 Galaxies San Francisco

1st course Friday Dec. 8th:

Underground Orchestra
Moonshine Still (2 sets)
9pm $12 adv. $15 day of show

2nd course Saturday Dec. 9th: special show going all night!!
DJ Motion Potion
Stanton Moore trio feat. Robert Walter and Will Bernard (2 sets)
New Mastersounds (2 sets)
$25 advance $30 day of show

Or you can by a two night pass for a limited time!!!! $35

Tix on sale Oct. 3rd (Aspen Rose's 1st birthday)

Please join us in giving spanks this coming December at the 12 Galaxies in San Francisco as we salute a new found holiday in true Falcor and Friends style!! Heavy Dr. Suess ambience and an overall disco environment that will transform our humble abode in the Mission District as we dance away for not one but TWO nights... the first course will serve as a means to rock your face off with long time FaF friends, Moonshine Still and we will also uncover SoCal gems Underground Orchestra....but make sure you leave room for the 2nd Course and dessert; 'cause we'll be serving up two phatty sets each from both Stanton Moore Trio as well as specially imported New Mastersounds as we funk the night away until the wee early hours...

Without question, the biggest endeavor yet, Spanksgiving is NOT to be missed. This is not a dress rehearsal ladies and gentleman; thsi is the real deal. Get ready for a whole new holiday....and most importantly; get ready to be Spanked!

more info TBA

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9/15: September Gurls: A Tribute to Big Star

adam — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 17:50:15 GMT

Jackpine Social Club Presents
Big Star songs performed live!
12 Galaxies @Mission & 22nd

Featuring:
Jon Auer (of the Posies, and Big Star)
Mark Eitzel
Oranger
Tim Mitchell, Dan Carr and Bob Reed
Jeffrey Luck Lucas
AM Magiq
Dazzling Strangers (Chris Streng from Stratford 4)
Chris Von Sneidern
Pat Johnson
&
DJ Fast Eddy
$10 bones

Tickets available now!
http://www.12galaxies.com
http://www.jackpinesocialclub.com

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Please join us for the Power to the Peaceful Fundraiser event! 12 Galaxies! Thurs. Aug. 24th

bernadette — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 13:17:30 GMT

Please join us for the Power to the Peaceful Fundraiser event

Radio Active
JP Cutler
bernadette & Friends 10-10:45pm (special guest Brett Dennen)
Making Dinner

$12/ $25 VIP
www.12galaxies.com
www.powertothepeaceful.org

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Thor/Zolar X @ 12 Galaxies Monday August 21...

annie — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:43:27 GMT

Monday August 21

Thor
Zolar-X
DJ Charlie

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St. @ 22nd
Www.12galaxies.com

9:00 pm
10$

THOR
www.thorcentral.com/index.html
Jon Mikl THOR is an enduring icon of glam rock/metal, and one of the true originators of rock theatre. THOR's enviable career got off the ground with his appearance on the Merv Griffin Show in 1973 and he has maintained a steady pace ever since, selling hundreds of thousands of records. Over the last three decades, THOR has explored the tongue-in-cheek Sweet/Mott the Hoople/Bowie stylings, hard hitting metal moves of the 80's, and flirting briefly with Nu- Rock/Metal in the late 90's.

Starting out in Vancouver, THOR first made waves in the bodybuilding world, becoming Mr. Canada and Mr. USA, always using heavy music as an intensive training tool. He blended his powerful physique with powerful rock, and thus began this amazing cult legend's long reign in the hazy area between superstardom and the dark underground.

Along the way he has become a movie actor and producer, turning out collectible classics like Rock & Roll Nightmare, Zombie Nightmare, Graveyard, and others. Most recently, THOR is appearing in the upcoming USA Network movie Murder At The Presidio, and starring in the soon-to-be-released The Intercessor. And even more movie news
will be released soon.

THOR is still an immensely powerful man in incredible shape and a dedicated performer. Blowing up hot water bottles, bending steel, and having cinder blocks broken over his chest are all in a night's work. THOR has successfully managed to re-invent himself once again. The legions of fans are still there and new generations are finding out for themselves that THOR is just as cool now as he ever was in 1978, 1985, or 1999.

THOR was voted one of the Greatest 100 Frontmen of All Time in the July, 2004 edition of the UK's Classic Rock Magazine - a list compiled by polling professional Rock journalists (bio)

Zolar-X
Www.zolarx.com
Meet the strangest known band from the pre-punk dayze of glam. A sound like no other and a story as out there as the The Monks. We're talking commitment here - spacesuits, Spock ears, even antennae feelers - onstage, on the street, and wherever they made the scene. ZOLAR-X spoke their own language, and insisted they really were from outer space to anyone who could get past their, er, unique hairdos long enough to listen. Fans of Devo, Chrome, or Iggy should truly rejoice...

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FREE!! Live Concert Film Festival this weekend at 12 Galaxies...

Robert — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:29:27 GMT

Hi all,

Sorry for the shameless self promotion, but this was a last minute
thing, and we want to get the word out as much as possible.

This Saturday through Tuesday we are going to be hosting a Live
Concert Film Festival at 12 Galaxies. That's 4 days of live concert
footage from a diverse array of artists. All of these shows are free
of charge, 21 and over events. Films begin promptly at 9pm.

Here are the details, hope to see some of you here:

1st Annual 12 Galaxies Live Concert Film Festival!

Sat, July 15th:
The Pixies
Guided By Voices
Franz Ferdinand

Sun, July 16th:
A GG Allin Retrospective
Featuring never before seen footage!

Mon, July 17th:
Butthole Surfers
Frank Zappa

Tue, July 18th:
Phish
Live In Brooklyn!
6/18/04 concert

ALL SHOWS FREE!!!
DRINK SPECIALS!!!

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FREE!!! Minutemen DVD Screening at 12 Galaxies TONIGHT!!!

Robert — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 01:30:52 GMT

SCREENING: WE JAM ECONO: THE STORY OF THE MINUTEMEN

Join us for a FREE DVD screening. Be the first to pick up a copy of this DVD before the official release date! Sign up for the Guardian and the Amoeba Music email lists and receive a raffle ticket for your chance to win a DLXSF Skateboard, an Amoeba Music Gift Certificate, or other cool items! Come for the movie, stay for the cheap drinks! Plus DJ Carolyn from KUSF will take us all on a punk nostalgia trip! 9pm. Free to the public - 21+

June 26 @ 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission at 22nd St

http://www.12galaxies.com

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Mission Creek Festival

monkey — Mon, 15 May 2006 21:59:41 GMT

Pirate Cat Radio Giveaway - WIN Mission Creek Festival Tickets!!!

Listen to Pirate Cat Radio all week to win tickets for various Mission Creek Festival shows!

Pirate Cat Radio will be broadcasting live from:
Wednesday May 17 @ 12 Galaxies
Thursday May 18th @ Makeout Room
Friday May 19th @ 12 Galaxies
Saturday May 20th @ The Knockout

Stop by and say hello or just get a free Pirate Cat Radio T-Shirt.

www.mcmf.org/
www.piratecatradio.com

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See the Santana Video filmed at 12 Galaxies!!!

Robert — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 04:58:45 GMT

Check it out here:

http://www.real.com/partners/santana/?cpath=ppcse&ocode=search25&rsrc=ysm_artist_santana_tst&OVRAW=santana%20branch&OVKEY=santana&OVMTC=advanced

or here:

http://tinyurl.com/adnqp

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Zazen Bay Area Tour

lightwaves — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 19:22:08 GMT

The band Zazen, and their new side project fwap, is gearing up to bring rocking, symphonic soundscapes to the Bay Area. Core members, guitar virtuoso Joaquin Lievano and genius bassist Andy West, both multi-time Grammy nominees, have announced that they will be performing in the Bay Area at three universities, UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley and Stanford.

Lievano, who previously toured or recorded with Jean Luc Ponty, the Warriors with Narada Michael Walden, Airto Moreira, Yanni, Terry Bozzio, Shiela E., Angela Bofill and many other world class artists, “has shown prowess, versatility and most critically, an impressive depth of feeling with whomever he's played", wrote Ric Levine in Home Theater. West, who was a founding member of pioneer progressive rock band Dixie Dregs, has played with many of the world’s most luminous prog-rock musicians, including Henry Kaiser, Steve Morse, Mike Portnoy, Rod Morgenstein, Vinnie Moore, Paul Barrerre, Mike Keneally and Prairie Prince. West never disappoints in his bold, aggressive playing, pushing to new heights in all of his musical ventures.

Zazen has been acclaimed by critics and fans alike for producing exciting, riveting electrical compositions that are deeply moving, reflecting the likes of classical masters in their purity and strength of composition. fwap creates music dynamically, allowing the musicians to fully utilize their extensive experience in creative, real time compositions while retaining rhythmical patterns of musical cohesion.

For more about the Zazen fwap tour, go to WWW.ZAZENTOUR.COM

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rock

annie — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 21:03:41 GMT

Wednesday March 8

Jackie O Motherfucker
Tarentel
Sic Alps

@ 12 Galaxies
9:00 pm
$8.00

Jackie-O-Motherfucker
"...Flags of the Sacred Harp is what they jumped back in the ring with. And a fine return it is. Surely their most coherent release, Sacred Harp is a burnt-out, dead-end road, fuzztrack for all those things you do after three in the morning. If Skip Spence had a pretty girl with a pretty voice to duet with, it might have sounded a bit like this."

"The stories that make up Tarentel's existence are almost as dramatic and hard to follow as their musical trajectory. The San Francisco group started in the mid-90s as an outlet for guitarists Jefre Cantu-Ledesma and Danny Grody to make left-of-center instrumental guitar suites. Their sound and vision proved very infectious, drawing in more collaborators and full-fledged members than anyone has time to count."
www.tarentel.com

Sic Alps are a dynamic duo of over-blown, fuzzed-out, feedback-filled, gut-thumping rock with a hint of blues leaking in through the noise."
wfmu

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Thursday March 9

Aquarius Records presents:

Burmese
The Grey Daturas [Australia]
Die Die Die [New Zealand]

W/ Dj's Tiny Blade (Andee) and The Corpse Glide (Jason) from Aquarius

@12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St @ 22nd
Www.12galaxies.com

$8.00
Doors at 8:00 pm

San Francisco-based BURMESE spew forth a bile stuffed plume of thick dirge on their third full length. Recorded by Weasel Walter this blackened-to-the-core slab manages to fuse the bleak Whitehouse (the band not the building) world vision to an underwater plastic explosive dolphin attack on all that is right and just with family values. The sounds here tend to generate comparisons to mud pilots like the SWANS and EYEHATEGOD except that BURMESE use two drums AND two basses. Previous records for Planaria and Tumult have sketched out a similar murky vision, but this record raises fidelity to a notch nearer to the seconds right before the hammer falls on any given weekend's convenience store heist. Not depressing musically, just very realistic and heavy. Features a member of the current FLYING LUTTENBACHERS! Has played with DON CABALLERO, LIGHTNING BOLT, and ERASE ERRATA.
Load Records

"...heavy and droney, their sound is less slow motion sludge and more blown out fuzzy psych rock. A blurry druggy mix of Hawkwind, the Dead C, Comets On Fire, Residual Echoes, Dead Meadow and Bardo Pond. The Daturas' sound is all over the map, from churning, throbbing fuzzdrug churn, with squealing feedback and choppy uneven riffing, to drifting dreamy stripped down post rock, all careening wildly between thick swaths of super overdriven psych fuzz, and drenched in crumbly distortion and all manner of wah. When they kick out the jams, it's fierce and mesmerizing, pounding and relentless, with simple propulsive percussion and spaced out swirl. Often stretching out into head nodding Krautrock jams, spacious and hypnotic. When the storms calm and the band drifts off and just sort of meanders, we're reminded of Codeine and other like minded practitioners of drowsy, druggy slow core. Still noisy, but mellow and intense, brooding and subtly aggressive. "
Aquarius
Www.myspace.com/greydaturas

"Die! Die! Die! are a three-piece band originally from Duendin but now based in Auckland that in just over a year, have solidified their reputation as one of New Zealand's best new bands. With an emphasis on rhythm and volume, Die! Die! Die! create a driving sound that is immediate and visceral, while retaining enough melody to keep their songs in your head long after their short set has come to a close.

Formed in November 2003, Die! Die! Die! quickly bought a van and started playing as many shows in as many towns as they could in both New Zealand and Australia, including both Homebake and Meredith festivals, support slots for Wire and Franz Ferdinand, two large-scale national tour supports already this year for the reformed Straightjacket Fits and then the renamed Shihad, and numerous shows in the USA and UK.

Die! Die! Die! left New Zealand in March 2005 for an extensive tour of the USA - where they recorded their debut album with Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies, Shellac) at his studio Electrical Audio in Chicago - before heading to the UK and Sweden."
Capitol Recordings
Www.diediedie.net
Www.myspace.com/diediedienz

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Saturday March 11

Dengue Fever
Black Fiction
Future Pigeon
w/ DJ Roscoe 2000

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St @ 22nd
San Francisco
Www.12galaxies.com

9:00 pm
8$

Advanced tickets at www.virtuous.com

Dengue Fever
"If the name Dengue Fever doesn't give you enough of an idea about this band's psychedelic tropical heat, how about this: The lead singer is Cambodian pop star Ch'hom Nimol; the sax player, David Ralicke, plays with Beck; guitarist Zac Holtzman used to be in Dieselhed; and the bassist is Senon Williams of the Radar Brothers. Started by Holtzman and his brother Ethan after an inspiring trip to Cambodia (where a friend of Ethan's did, in fact, contract dengue fever), Dengue Fever's first self-titled record covered Cambodian pop songs from the '60s. Escape From Dragon House is the band's second record, and is composed of mostly original songs sung in Khmer, with surf-rock guitars, Ethiopian rhythms, Farfisa organ and Bollywood-style theatrics. It sounds like the soundtrack to the Asian version of a not-campy Gidget."
Tucson Weekly
Www.denguefevermusic.com

Black Fiction
"All the indie kids are atwitter about Black Fiction — and it's no wonder. The band might be San Francisco's answer to the Arcade Fire, if the Arcade Fire took a time machine to the late-'60s/early '70s for a peyote-laced vision quest in the desert. Born out of quirky folk-pop band Feller Quentin, Black Fiction make music like a warped radio transmission from another time. Most of the wide-ranging instrumentation — fiddles, acoustic guitars, melodica, and a variety of percussion — has an organic, earthy sound, and even the keyboards and samples are tinged with nostalgia. "(LH)
Flavorpill
Www.blackfictionband.com

Future Pigeon
"Future Pigeon is a nine piece band hailing from Echo Par, California that incorporates elements of Jamaican dub, punk, world, psychedelic rock, and dance music to create their own hybrid form that is completely unique in this day and age. They have a live soundman that pushes their sonic assault into the triple digits of intensity.

In 1997, Jason Mason (Wiskey Bisquit) and Eddie Ruscha (Medicine, Maids Of Gravity, Dada Munchamonkey) shared a common interest in Brian Eno and dub music. Wanting to create music like their heros (i.e.Jamaican dub pioneers Le Perry, King Tubby, Scientist and Prince Jammy)they set out to record their own backing tracks on an old Tascam reel to reel 8 track machine to mix through walls of space echos and effects. Enlisting musician friends who stopped by to partake in ancient smoking rituals, they amassed hours upon hours of psychedelic music."
Www.futurepigeon.com

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also

DMBQ, Drunk Horse, Afrirampo, Yikes 3/22!

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Thursday March 30th! 9 metal bands, one very metal night!

thunderaxe6667 — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:24:42 GMT

INRUIN goes on early, so.. that means get there early ya bastages!!

Thursday March 30th

INRUIN
Potential Threat
Thend
Zero Belly
Absit
Maniacal
Unforgotten Hero
Fogtown
Sabreteeth

at

12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St
San Francisco CA

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WomenROCK 12 Galaxies Wed., March 15, 2006 Breast Cancer Benefit!!!! PLEASE COME!!!!

bernadette — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:37:29 GMT

Hi Everyone!
WomenROCK is putting on its first-ever event at 12 Galaxies!!! We are a collective of female musicans, artists and activists and are putting on a show to raise money for breast cancer!!!! Please come support these awesome females and support a great cause and hang at an awesome club! The line-up is LoCura, V-Lo bernadette, Aoede and Kristin Hathaway! Thanks in advance for your support! Peace and much love! (bernadette will be playing with SF's own Garrin Benfield, Jordan Feinstien (The Ritual), Mark Calderon (Zigaboo Modeliste) and drummer, Matt Lucich!!!!!

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WomenROCK 12 Galaxies Wed., March 15, 2006 Breast Cancer Benefit!!!! PLEASE COME!!!!

bernadette — Mon, 06 Mar 2006 00:35:33 GMT

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polkacide/kehoe nation/carneyballjohnson 2/24 @ 12 galaxies

adam — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:09:47 GMT

damn! this is gonna be great! if everything goes just right, this show will make the world explode into a trillion pieces, and only those of us who see it will know why.

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P-Groove Weekend

Robert — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 23:10:45 GMT

Hey again,

High Sierra has just added Luna Groove to Saturday night's 2 year anniversary festivities!! So a whole lot of Groove in one night!

I hope to see many of you here...The theme is "Intergalactic", so dress appropriate if you are into the costume thing!

Robert

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Fucking Champs/Pearls and Brass/Boyjazz tonight

annie — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 01:21:39 GMT

Friday February 10

Fucking Champs
Pearls and Brass
Boyjazz
$10 advance/door
Www.virtuous.com

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St. @ 22nd
9:00 pm

"With its serpentine riffs that take their sweet time to uncoil and its sludgy, off-kilter tempos, Pearl and Brass has no doubt learned some valuable lessons from Josh Homme's Queens of the Stone Age. But no one can teach the intangibles, like how to add heavy to the metal. By combining math-rock complexity with raw power on The Indian Tower, songs like ''Tower'' and ''Black Rock Man'' hypnotize as they pulverize."
Entertainment Weekly
Www.pearlsandbrass.com

THE FUCKING CHAMPS
"Eschewing ties to traditional rock formats, the Champs settled on a lineup with no vocalist or bass player and at times only three guitarists playing together onstage. With their relocation to San Francisco in 1994 and the addition of Tim Green (the guitarist and engineer for the chaotic and revered Nation of Ulysses, the Fakes, and Young Ginns), the Fucking Champs found their guitar-focused compositions increasing in complexity while their lyrics, like a vestigial organ, withered away. Green and Soete's developing interest in electronic music and collaborations on their burgeoning electronic label, Louder Records, became a divergent complement to the heavier-than-hell instru-metal they'd been perfecting."
SFBG
Www.thefuckingchamps.com

also, if you are feeling bold and adventurous come to big sur tomorrow to see Pearls and Brass with 6 Organs of Admittance @ Fernwood resort. I'll be there!

There are rooms to rent, camp spaces and tent cabins

www.fernwoodresort.com

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Free Superbowl Party at 12 Galaxies!

Robert — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:31:44 GMT

I am now sitting at 12 G's, way too early after last night, supervising the install of a 6x9 foot screen, so that we may project the Superbowl bigger than if we were even there. Trust me after 2 years I can safely say that having the game that big and over our sound system is a fucking blast, even if you don't like football. We aren't charging, there is going to be tons of free food, kickoff time is 3:20pm. If you don't have any other plans today, come watch me nurse a hangover and a little football as well.

Free Superbowl Party
12 Galaxies
We open at 1pm
Gametime at 3pm

peace!
Robert

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Little Yellow Perfect/Richard Bitch/Excuses for Skipping 2/1

annie — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 19:25:41 GMT

2/1/06

Little Yellow Perfect
Richard Bitch
Excuses For Skipping

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St @ 22nd
www.12galaxies.com

9:00 pm
$8.00

"Bay Area dance-rock band Little Yellow Perfect employs the same heady mix of grit and glitter as the Killers and Queens of the Stone Age to get indie types going."
San Francisco Chronicle
www.littleyellowperfect.com

"...beautiful noise of Brian Eno-inspired astral freakouts, dive-bomb guitars reminiscent of Kevin Shields' floating tremolo, and heady six-string saturation à la Yo La Tengo. But it's not all big noise and art school: The Bitch can actually craft really catchy songs."
Eric Shea- East Bay Express
www.richardbitch.com

"Sparks fly in the noise pop synergy of Excuses For Skipping. Droning guitars form abstract hooks. Shortcuts, detours and time-outs are taken. Lush harmonies hover like spectres, unafraid of nostalgia or atmosphere."
www.excusesforskipping.com

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You wanna dance...

annie — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:08:08 GMT

... TONIGHT?

DEIRDRE aka MYSTERIOUS D from Bootie (best mash ups around!), Shannon aka DJ FAWN LEIBOWITZ from Fandango Village, AnSo (that's me) and LIZ aka VANISHING GIRL mayoress from Fandango will be djing.

GIRL TEAM!

come shake your money maker

9:00 pm

2565 Mission St @ 22nd
12 Galaxies
$5.00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RITZY!

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Dance Party @ 12 G's Friday 1/27

annie — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:54:54 GMT

with Girl Team!
featuring
Mysterious D (Bootie)
Fawn Leibowitz (Fandango)
AnSo
Vanishing Girl (Fandango)
10:00 pm

shake your money maker!
$5.00

Happy Birthday Ritzy!

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Townes Van Zandt Tribute 1/26!!!

annie — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:53:42 GMT

Thursday, January 26th, 8pm, $8.00

A Tribute to Townes Van Zandt

Featuring (in order of appearance): Yard Sale, Pete Bernhard (Devil Makes Three), Dave Gleason's Wasted Days, Jeffrey Luck Lucas, Jolie Holland, 6 Organs of Admittance, Court & Spark, Last of the Blacksmiths

****************************************************

In conjunction with the Palm Pictures & Landmark Theatres engagements of

BE HERE TO LOVE ME: A FILM ABOUT TOWNES VAN ZANDT

San Francisco, Ca - - Thursday, January 26th, 8pm, $8 cover, the 12 Galaxies (2565 Mission St, San Francisco) presents a musical tribute to acclaimed Singer-Songwriter Townes Van Zandt, in conjunction with the local engagements of Be Here to Love Me, a Film About Townes Van Zandt, which begin on Friday, February 3, 2006. Featured performers playing the tribute include (in order of appearance): Yard Sale, Pete Bernhard (Devil Makes Three), Dave Gleason's Wasted Days, Jeffrey Luck Lucas, Jolie Holland, 6 Organs of Admittance, Court and Spark and Last of the Blacksmiths. Songs being covered include: White Freight Liner Blues, Poncho & Lefty, Loretta, Where I Lead Me, The Highway Kind and more. In addition to the amazing list of performers covering Townes' music, there will be giveaways for tickets to see the new film, CD Soundtracks and movie posters; plus the film's trailer will be shown on the clubs TV's behind the bar, and the soundtrack to the movie will be playing before and in between performances. Advance tickets available at www.virtuous.com or at 12 Galaxies (2565 Mission St, San Francisco, (415) 970-9777) the night of show, Thursday, January 26th.

Townes Van Zandt is widely recognized as a true songwriter's songwriter, a musician whose brilliance and lyrical insight made him popular amongst fans and musicians alike. Van Zandt had a profound impact on generations of musicians from Bob Dylan to Norah Jones, yet the commercial success enjoyed by many of his own peers eluded him. In her debut feature, director Margaret Brown focuses on Van Zandt‚s attempts at overcoming his personal demons and live his life for his art ˆ to „blow everything off∑get a guitar and go!‰ Her haunting and lyrical film, BE HERE TO LOVE ME combines interviews of friends and family with never seen footage of lost performances and intimate portraits in Van Zandt‚s own home throughout the years. Featuring interviews and footage with J.T. Van Zandt, Willie Nelson, Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth, Lyle Lovett, Steve Earle, Guy Clarke, Emmylou Harris and Kris Kristofferson, BE HERE TO LOVE ME is an artful and poetic portrait of Van Zandt's life and career. The film was directed by Margaret Brown, produced by Sam Brumbaugh and shot by cinematographer Lee Daniel. The film was executive produced by Paul Stekler and Louis Black. www.townesthemovie.com/

The Townes Van Zandt musical tribute will take place on Thursday, January 26th at the 12 Galaxies, 2565 Mission St, San Francisco, (415) 970-9777. Tickets are $8 and are available at the 12 Galaxies or for advance tickets www.virtuous.com. Doors open at 7pm with the CD Soundtrack listening party; and giveaways for movie passes, CD soundtracks and posters. Performers will begin at 8pm and include (in order of appearance): Yard Sale, Pete Bernhard (Devil Makes Three), Dave Gleason's Wasted Days, Jeffrey Luck Lucas, Jolie Holland, 6 Organs of Admittance, Court and Spark and , Last of the Blacksmiths.

For more info on Be Here to Love Me, a Film About Townes Van Zandt or interview requests with director Margaret Brown, or Townes‚ son J. T. Van Zandt, please contact Steve Indig at Landmark Theatres San Francisco Office, at 415/352-0832 ext 2, or stevei@landmarktheatres.com.

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Dan Bern/Dan Leibowitz tonight!!!

annie — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 19:52:17 GMT

10 advance/12 door
www.virtuous.com

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Dame Satan/Sorrow Town Choir/Jeffrey Luck Lucas/Jesse DeNatale tonight

annie — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 18:57:22 GMT

Wed January 4th @ 12 Galaxies

Dame Satan
Sorrow Town Choir
Jeffrey Luck Lucas
Jesse DeNatale

8$
8:00pm [Early show-- really!]

"...dame satan's debut full-length, is a worthy addition to the nebulous canon of the creepy folk jam. the soaring harmonies bouncing from rafter to cob-webbed rafter, the scraping of steel strings, the banjo's sharp cackle, the warm hum of an ancient blues guitar - they conjure up the sad haunted corners of a vast empty house where grim stories lurk untold and smoke curls from spectral pipes."
www.damesatan.com

"Songs more about distilled spirits and dark days, and less about hugs and kisses that are somehow a cathartic antidote to their own sentiments, what with the sheer depth of their empathy."
www.sorrowtownchoir.com

"Lucas recounts his woeful stories slowly and deliberately, blurring the line between nightmares and dreams. Past the roadside bars and whorehouses, down a featureless two-lane highway to oblivion: he isn't afraid..."
BBC
www.jeffreylucklucas.com

"Out of Marin County, Calif., comes Jesse DeNatale, an artist who preserves the art of storytelling with thoughtful, detailed verses inspired by his serene, mountainous environs. DeNatales gritty vocals have the worn, Tom Waits-style quality of one whos weathered more than a few storms, while his melodies pack soul, folk and country into a suitcase of fine American roots."
Pure Music
www.jessedenatale.com

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last night...

Sun, 25 Dec 2005 22:41:16 GMT

was fucking fantastic. thank you robert.

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FWD: Banyan/

annie — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 21:56:25 GMT

from Sasquatch Boracho:

Hey kids,

Very late notice on this I know, but if you're enjoying the lull between Xmas and NYE when nobody expects much of anything from their worker drones, come out tonight (12/28) and get an earful at 12 Galaxies:

Banyan -- superstar punk jazz w/ Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction), Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, etc), Nels Cline (guitar god currently working as Wilco's secret weapon), trumpet player Willie Waldman, background painter Norton Wisdom (I know that sounds lame, but the guy is actually pretty mindblowing) plus likely special guest Steve MacKay (who blew the wicked sax on the Stooges album Funhouse)

Eric McFadden Trio -- local guitar badass who plays w/ P-Funk and a bunch of others

Sistas in the Pit -- hard all women funk trio

and me, Sasquatch Borracho, spinning a bizarro mix of punk, funk, fusion and whatnot.

Tix are $12-$15, but I can assure you that the first time you see Banyan you will be blown away by their electric Miles Davis style mayhem. I'll be spinning well before 9pm doors, so come down and say hi if you're free...

12 Galaxies

2565 Mission btwn 21st and 22nd

werd!

Sas Bo

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Mission Players - This Thursday @ 12 Galaxies

Mon, 19 Dec 2005 21:00:06 GMT

Happy Holidays! Come on down this Thursday and join the Mission Players for a huge holiday celebration. Mission Players will blow the doors off the place, playing some amazing funky grooves for your dancing pleasure!

Mission Players
http://www.missionplayers.com

This Thusrday, December 22nd - 9:30pm
12 GALAXIES
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd Street
San Francisco, CA

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Oranger/The Rum Diary/Halcyon High Thurs @ 12 G's

annie — Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:33:42 GMT

The SF_Indie List Holiday Party!

ORANGER
THE RUM DIARY
HALCYON HIGH
w/ DJ Triple Fat Goose

Thursday, December 15
@ 12 Galaxies
$8.00
doors/dj @ 8:00 pm

ORANGER
"Eight years and four full-length albums into their career, SF's cultiest power pop/psych band has a new drummer and guitarist, a rougher, more live-sounding CD, a bassist they share with the Posies and one seriously limping keyboard player. Since their last album, Oranger have replaced long-time drummer Jim Lindsay with ex-Mother Hips skinsman John Hofer and added guitarist Bob Reed, who was also in Overwhelming Colorfast with Mike Drake and Matt Harris."
Splendid
www.oranger.net

THE RUM DIARY
"The Rum Diary is based out of Cotati, California, a small town in Sonoma County (about 50 miles north of San Francisco). While Cotati offers the best in "that good old cow town feeling" The Rum Diary occupies a small practice space out in the country and toil away creating a "visual-sound". The Rum Diary has been writing, performing and recording original songs in the tradition of Mogwai, 3 mile pilot, and Dianogah since inception in early 2000. Combining two drum kits, double bass guitar, Farfisa, Moog, a medley of layered guitars, percussion, melodica, and soft vocals, The Rum Diary has created a sound that is thought provoking, experimental and beautiful."
ROCK BAND DOT COM
www.therumdiary.net

HALCYON HIGH
"Halcyon High deals in psychedelia, but not the embarrassingly pretentious kind with "La-La-La" choruses and Americans faking British accents. If you're a fan of Spacemen 3 and their offshoots, The Verve's early albums or just beautiful noise and reverb-soaked electric psych/drone that's more fluffy clouds than deep space, this is right up yer alley."
The Skinny
www.halcyonhigh.com

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Holiday Trunk Show/sale/event- djs- local artists, brunch, cocktails- SUNDAY during the day!

annie — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:45:52 GMT

DECEMBERFASHIONFEST
12 Galaxies
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd
San Francisco, CA . 94110
415-970-9777
info@12galaxies.com

Sunday, December 11th 12-5
dj's, brunch, cocktails
FREE

WHY SHOP AT THE MALL WHEN YOU CAN SHOP AT THE BAR.

Rather than wait in line for brunch at your local breakfast haunt, come to the 12 Galaxies where you can indulge in bruch, cocktails and shopping with over 30 local designers for men and women. Rock Candy will be showcasing her latest rock and roll jewels, Cadence Clothing fashioning all cool messengers, new fall dresses from PorkChop and Nooworks, one of a kind panties from Boi-oi-oing and those naughty aprons from Betty Croaker. Or if you're not in the mood to shop stop by Leslita and get that eyebrow waxing you've been meaning to, or get your bangs trimmed in our mini beauty salon! Oh and of course you can do all this while enjoying a pancake breakfast and a Bloody Mary. Could you ask for more?

Rock Candy, SandyRock, Waxing by Leslita, Sugar & Gold , 8MM, Taylor Made It, Brown B., Porkchop,Rock Paper Scissors, Tinc, Delirious Shoes, Yellow Betty Croaker, Crease, Ruby Gallery , Fluffyco, Nooworks, Boi-oi-oing, Yellow Cherry, Heresy Accessories, Mittenmaker, Needled and Pens, Strandid, Jene deSpain, Jacks, Tina's Bags, Bert Bergen, Artist Exchange, how wild is jane, Beyond Beads, Psychic - Nina, State of Mind, Sivananda Yoga, Wicked Things, F.O.W.L. and many more.

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The Fleshtones/Losin Streaks/Go Going Gone Girls- TONIGHT!

annie — Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:28:39 GMT

12/3/05

THE FLESHTONES
LOSIN STREAKS
GO GOING GONE GIRLS

@ 12 Galaxies
9:30 pm
$10/12

THE FLESHTONES
Formed in New York City in 1976, the Fleshtones reaped some of the benefits of the city's punk scene although their retro '60s sound shared little common ground with the punks, save Blondie and the Ramones. The Fleshtones recorded their debut for punk guru Marty Thau's Red Star Records in 1978 but when the label folded before its release (it was finally issued by ROIR in 1982 as Blast Off) the band moved to legendary new wave label IRS. The Fleshtones' IRS years were their finest as recording artists, resulting in the Up Front EP (1980, featuring the classic "The Girl from Baltimore") and the albums Roman Gods (1981), Hexbreaker (1983, largely acknowledged as their best album), and Speed Connection (1985). After the IRS deal ended, the Fleshtones continued recording for a number of small labels and have released 16 albums to date. More importantly, the Fleshtones have toured their asses off, and their live shows have established their legend. The band has carried the garage rock torch for almost 30 years now, dishing out its self-proclaimed "Super Rock" to a cult-like following."
WWW.thefleshtones.com

The LOSIN STREAKS
"As easy as the three-chord proto-punk tunes found on Lenny Kaye's classic Nuggets compilation might be to play, too many garage revivalists confuse raw primitivism with outright sloppiness. Not so with the Sacramento-based thugs who make up Th' Losin Streaks, who bring the kind of snarling swagger to their raucous debut that would do their fuzzed-out forebears proud."
Dave Pehling
http://www.the-troublemakers.com/losinstreaks.html

GO-GOING-GONE GIRLS
The Go-Going-Gone Girls are a live act, a sensory experience that defies auditory limits. Oh sure, they sound, but the G4s are holistic practitioners on pink pedestals, transcending form and fashion, time and technology.* Their performances are not just seen and heard, but felt at a visceral—even primal—level. And though this trio of hair-hopping hoofers may worship at the alter of their frolicking forbearers, they are nothing if not au courant. Backed by an all-star four-piece lineup, they deliver a dexterous and distinctive blend of 60's go-go, soul, bubblegum, girl-group, and garage. Hear them sing, wail, scream, harmonize, plead, beg, and shout from atop their totemic pedestals. See them shimmy, shake, twist, dog, monkey, duck, bird, funky chicken, and pony like their ancestors of yore. Smell the musk generated by your fellow audience members as they wiggle, jerk, groove, watusi, peel, hully gully, hand jive, and slop to the ancient rhythms. Taste the sweat on your own lips as you are swept away by the sacred rituals of the mashed potato, the Madison, the hanky panky, the frug, the popcorn, and the bugaloo. Feel the band camelwalk, locomotion, skate, swim, stroll,and hitchhike their way into your heart.

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Fleshies/Special Ed/The Icky Girlfriends tonight!

annie — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 21:55:59 GMT

Fleshies
Special Ed
The Icky Girlfriends
TONIGHT- 12/2/05
7$
All Ages
@ 12 Galaxies

"Fleshies=Irrepressible. Like monkeys on a simian vandalism binge, Fleshies (no preceding "The", thanks) are too manic to see the line between polite and psychotic - Or maybe they intentionally ignore it. Either way, they are, as one lyric puts it, 'locofoco motherfuckers.' What they are not is a crew of stylistically strangled retropunx. Or posturing rock gods, waiting patiently for their set to end so they can scam starry-eyed groupies. No, Fleshies are, simply, a force of Id. The audience's choice is to either ride their tide or step aside." -JG, Willamette Week
www.fleshies.net

Featuring Tina Boom Boom
http://www.myspace.com/speshialed

Icky Girlfriends, from Albany, are a gaggle of tweenage cross-dressers who worship the Icky Boyfriends
http://www.myspace.com/theickygirlfriends

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Rock N Shop TONIGHT- The Herms/Ebb and Flo/Continental

annie — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 19:04:25 GMT

She-Bible and Craftnation present:

Rock n Shop

Thursday, Dec 1st

12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St @ 22nd
San Francisco, Ca
Www.12galaxies.com

Doors 7pm
Bands 8:30
$7
Early Bird special! $5 before 8:00

Featuring ROCK by:

The Herms
."They make the familiar sound foreign, they spot out that reflex mechanism of ours that yearns for nostalgia and they tap it with a ball-peen hammer, and the sensation feels funny and natural. The musicians' record collections include the Velvet Underground, the Wedding Present, the usual suspects, but it's their talent to draw on these influences without aping anyone in particular: That's what separates the Herms from nearly every other band digging for gold in the same long-barren hills of classic influences. Here's a band that can remind you of great bands, and still be great in its own right."
Nate Cavalieri- SF Weekly
Www.theherms.com

Ebb and Flow
"From the first notes of Time to Echolocate, you can tell there's something special happening on this eight track album. The instrumentation is complex and eclectic, perfectly complementing the female vocals of Roshy Kheshti and male vocals of Sam Tsitrin. Sprawling tracks build, move, sustain, and dismantle in an extraordinary way. Not afraid to bust out a Moog synthesizer, horns, or even vibes, The Ebb and Flow have carved out their own niche in the modern music world. Highly recommended. A+ "
Melissa Maristuen, Girlfriends Magazine, October 2005
Www.theebbandflow.com

Continental
"Sunny days and blue skies are not just for summer. San Francisco's Continental offer a warmth that could raise the temperature on even the coldest winter day. What Was Gained From What Was Lost is the perfect amalgamation of atmospheric guitars and soothing beats."
Chart Attack
Www.thecontinentalwebsite.com

Featuring Shop by:

She-Bible
CraftNation
Micaela Greg
Orange Button
Rock Candy Jewelry
Travis-Tee
Noo works
Out to Sea
Vintage by Liz Baca
*Plus many more talented locals artists

Www.rocknshop.com
info@rocknshop.com

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LKN/Schande/Merch 11/27 @ !2 G's

annie — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:13:27 GMT

LKN
Schande
Merch

Sunday, November 27
@ The 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St. @ 22nd
9:00 pm
$8.00

"Lauren K Newman (AKA LKN) is cut from the same dark shroud as the late Unwound’s unhinged midnight noise or early Sonic Youth’s industrial alleyways. In the Leap Year embodies the effects-heavy guitar experimentalism of LKN’s forerunners, but she adds a decidedly jazzy context for her noodlings, making her ripe for comparisons to Tara Jane O’Neill’s upstart post-rock outfit Rodan."
Ink 19
http://www.myspace.com/lkn

"Schandes side is not unlike Cat Power, but the vocals sound even more exotically fragile (in an emotional sense) than Chan Marshalls."
http://www.schandemusic.com/home.htm
http://www.myspace.com/schande

http://www.myspace.com/merch

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Trampled By Turtles sunday the 20th

Bridget — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 18:25:47 GMT

I haven't seen much on tonights band,
but for those who like their non traditional bluegrass,
Sunday is the night to chill at 12 Galaxies.

from their website:
Coming from varied musical backgrounds, the members of Trampled by Turtles blend hints of grunge, punk, alt-country, and pop with the traditional sounds of the acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, and bass. The last two years have been spent playing venues ranging from punk-rock basement parties to the Great American Music Hall, sharing the stage with a diverse group of musicians including Low, The Radiators, Pedro the Lion, Nickel Creek, and Charlie Parr.
www.trampledbyturtles.com

Plus, with a name like Trampled By Turtles, they gotta be good. :)

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Greg Ashley [Gris Gris]/Tom Brosseau/Meric Long 11/16 @ 12 G's

annie — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:16:56 GMT

This is a great show-- all three of these guys are absolutely astounding!

Come check it!

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November 16, 2005

Greg Ashley [Gris Gris]
Tom Brosseau
Meric Long

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St @ 22nd
Www.12galaxies.com

9:00 pm
$8

GREG ASHLEY [GRIS GRIS]
"Like fellow Texan-bred Roky Erickson and Mayo Thompson, infused with a little Syd Barret and Skip Spence (and maybe even a little Jeff Mangum from Neutral Milk Hotel), Ashley creates atmospheric pop meanderings that are filled with sentimental purpose and dark fuzzy edges."
Www.thegrisgris.com

TOM BROSSEAU
“Brosseau is a man in and out of time. Echoes of old train songs, 1930s-era
legends like Jimmy Rodgers, and quasi-yodeling show up without apology or
shtick. A weirdly fetching song like "I Tune My Guitar to the Hum of the
Train," from his wonderful eponymous 2002 album (on Relax Bed Pan records),
buries its musical head in an earlier, simpler time. He can be hauntingly
moody and atmospheric, and avoids easy garden-variety verse-chorus-bridge
song structures in his writing. In short, Brosseau is onto something new by
way of something old, deep, twangy, and altogether worth hearing.”
www.tombrosseau.com

MERIC LONG
Electro-folk? Indie-folk? There is no precise genre for Meric Long's undeniably reflective and intensely personal songs... but his are the songs that draw you in and insist that you listen. While the delivery and feel of Meric's songs is tender, the songs convey an underlining hint of frustration, anger, confusion which makes each song genuine and both from and to the heart. Meric's beautifully sorrowful vocals ride smoothly on intricate finger picking and his skill in song crafting makes 24 year old Meric Long a talent to keep both eyes open for.
Www.myspace.com/mericlong

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Get Hustle on Nov. 18th?

cabfood — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 18:40:36 GMT

Anyone know what happened to this show? The Get Hustle had been listed as opening for DMBQ on the 18th but now it's dropped off the calendar...did it get cancelled? Say it ain't so...

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Seventeen Evergreen/Mandrake/Planes for Spaces tonight 11/9

annie — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 22:13:44 GMT

November 9

Seventeen Evergreen
Mandrake
Planes for Spaces

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St @ 22nd
9:00 pm
$7.00

"...blissed out harmonies and super slow keyboard jams. Imagine if the
Beach Boys followed the Dead, but then started hanging out with the
Flaming Lips, but got scared and went home to listen to newer Beck
records. That might describe Seventeen Evergreen's music, if you could
follow the twisted logic. Lovers of the mid tempo drumbeat and gently
booming bass, these lads lay down some serious headphone music for the
indie rock set."
Indie Work Shops
www.seventeenevergreen.com

"Mandrake also fits in with folk-pop contemporaries such as older
Bright Eyes, Mull Historical Society, and Gravenhurst. The music is
mournful and longing, while maintaining a pop sensibility..."
West Coast Performer
www.mandrakeband.com

http://www.planesforspaces.com/bonjour.cfm

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Scissors For Lefty/Anaura/Some By Sea tonight!

annie — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 20:30:51 GMT

11/6/06

Scissors for Lefty
Anaura
Some By Sea

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St @ 22nd
www.12galaxies.com
9:00 pm
$8.00

"A polished and multi-layered exploration of danceable beats, synthesized textures and industrial riffing, the album is rounded out with early Bowie-esque vocals and dark sensibilities. It's an absorbing venture into sonic territory that's as rich as it is modernistic."
Owl Mag
www.scissorsforlefty.com

Anaura is a three piece San Francisco based band.Their sound has been described as "dark pop", catchy songs with a deeper message."
www.anaura.com

SOME BY SEA

"Some By Sea formed in 2003. This debut album is astonishingly perfectly formed, in the mould of alternative darlings such as Death Cab for Cutie and The Shins. Angular, indie-pop with layers of wonderful depth, Some By Sea also recall tunesmiths such as Fountains of Wayne, Marcy Playground and XTC. The carefully interwoven acoustic/ electric guitar layers, cello, vocal backing, and piano behind clever, Snow Patrol/ Reindeer Section-like lyrics more than tops Death Cab in appeal. Steering away from The Shins’ occasional smug artifice, Get Off The Ground has some outstanding songs with massive dramatic tension between angst-ridden verses and sweetly resolved choruses."
Adult Pop Essentials
Best Albums of 2004: The Onion A.V. Club [#3 Editor's List]
Top 10 of 2004: Delusions of Adequacy [#5 Editor's List]
Top 10 of 2004: Green Bay Press-Gazette [#8]
Top 40 Albums of 2004: HESO Magazine (Japan)
Best of 2004: This is Local London (U.K.) [#8]

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Big Damn Band/Madera Road/Liam Carey-11/2- tonight!

annie — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 20:25:06 GMT

Big Damn Band
Madera Road
Liam Carey
$7.00
9:00 pm

Wed November 2- tonight!

“THE REVEREND PEYTON'S BIG BAND actually isn't that big. It's kinda like your husky pal everyone calls "Tiny." The young, modest three-piece from Indianapolis makes up for its size deficiency with a high-energy sound steeped in classic Blues tradition. With just acoustic guitar, the occasional dobro, a minimal drum kit and the always reliable washboard, the trio concocts a rousing, hyper and authentic brand of Blues that sounds
like what might come out of that secret meth lab nestled deep in the backwaters of the Mississippi delta. But the pumping adrenaline doesn't take anything away from the trio's virtuosic grasp on the genre. The Rev.
Peyton has a stirring voice dripping with the hallowed, life-worn distinctiveness of the masters, while brother Jayme Peyton (drums) and The Rev's wife, "Washboard" Breezy, stir up a tornadic rhythmic whirl (the Rev's
acoustic guitar work is as equally frenetic and skilled). See, size doesn't matter, especially when it comes to from-the-soul, gutbucket Blues music.” - MIKE BREEN, Cincinnati CityBeat

http://www.bigdamnband.com/

San Francisco's Madera Road is comprised of Liana Allday (Ha! the Disco Ah!, Jeffrey Luck Lucas), Marc Dantona (This Union Standard, Walking Songs, The Bill Swansn Band), Andrew Kitchen (Transmission Trio, This Union Standard) and Jason Kocol (Impaled, Puny Humans). Their music is enough to make you miss your dead dog, make out with strangers, and stumble home drunk (in no specific order).
www.maderaroad.com

www.e14records.com/liam.html

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Barfeeders/Honky/The Crosstops Wed!

annie — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 01:19:58 GMT

Wednesday, October 26

The Barfeeders
Honky (featuring Pinkus from the Butthole Surfers)
The Crosstops

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St @ 22nd
Www.12galaxies.com

9:00 pm
$8.00

THE BARFEEDERS
Alcohol…Good God…Alcohol is probably responsible for this entire mess. Without alcohol it’s doubtful The Bar Feeders would speak to one another very often. Without alcohol they wouldn’t play so obnoxiously fast .(It’s a little known fact that they do so only to hide the endless mistakes and fuck-ups that invariably materialize as a result of their refusal to perform in a state even remotely resembling sobriety.) Without alcohol they would never have forged that kind of indestructible bond that can only come to be when three judgment impaired musicians get loaded and climb to the top of the Bay Bridge at 2am and spend the rest of the night wondering how the hell to get down. Without alcohol they would surely lack the sufficient social skills to hand out fliers or make friends who would come see them play.
Www.thebarfeeders.com

HONKY
"The arrival of Honky comes as a welcome slap in the face of canned music and its robotic consumers. This messed-up, tore-down Texas trio churns out a marvelously basic, dirty, stoner-rock grind, all industrial- strength riffs and delightfully sleaze-slanted lyrics... Honky's dog-eared, dopey brand of rock atmospherics is a propitious reminder of how forceful a simple dose of regressive, scabby rock & roll can be."
L.A. Times
Www.honky.net

THE CROSSTOPS
Crosstops, performers of music of the trucker-punk variety. Singing songs about the open road, little white pills, drinking and a roll in the hay, these boys will amaze you with their musical diversity and tickle your funnybone.
Www.crosstops.com

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Appleseed Cast/The Minus Theory/The Rum Diary- 2 shows on Saturday!

annie — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:41:52 GMT

Saturday October 22, 2005

Appleseed Cast
Minus Story
The Rum Diary [12" release party!]
9:00 pm- 21 and up

Appleseed Cast
Minus Story
The Rum Diary [12" release party!]
(matinee show)
4:00 pm- All ages!

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St @ 22nd
San Francisco, Ca 94114
$10

Advanced tickets at www.virtuous.com

APPLESEED CAST
"Formed in 1997 in Los Angeles, Appleseed Cast released its first record, The End of The Ring Wars, a mere six months after forming. Looking for greener pastures, the band relocated to Lawrence, KS in 1998 and began endlessly touring in the United States and Europe for the next five years. Through the bands next five releases on Deep Elm, they underwent several line-up changes. After releasing the critically acclaimed Low Level Owl series, they began to capture the eyes and ears of new fans, especially Tiger Style Records. The quintet features Christopher Crisci (guitars, vocals), Aaron Pillar (guitar), Marc Young (bass), Josh Baruth (drums), and Jordan Geiger (keys). Citing influences as diverse as Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Sex Pistols, Appleseed Cast is ready for you to sit up and take notice."
Better Propaganda
Www.appleseedcast.com

MINUS STORY
"One of Lawrence's most distinctive voices is Minus Story, a five-piece fronted by the rawboned voice and frame of Jordan Geiger (also the former keyboardist for The Appleseed Cast). "No Rest for Ghosts" is the band's fourth full-length and second for the Bloomington-based Jagjaguwar label (also home to current tour-mates Okkervil River). Like most Jagjaguwar artists, Minus Story plays an adventurous brand of music that both endears them to loyal fans and precludes a quick rise to notoriety. That's not to say the band is inaccessible - they just require a bit of investment.
The album's foundation is a bunch of perfectly hummable folk songs peppered with existentialist lyrics."
Www.lawrence.com
Www.minus-story.com

THE RUM DIARY
"The California quartet weld together a hearty helping of of double percussion with deep swathes of melodious bass guitar, atmospheric guitars and keyboards, and gentle male vocals to create impressionistic indie rock of epic proportions. Like the groups to which they are most often compared - Mogwai, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Three Mile Pilot, Pinback, Tristeza, etc. - The Rum Diary excels at constructing mood music more than "proper" songs."
The Big Takeover
Www.therumdiary.net

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20 Minute Loop/Audio Out Send/John Askew (Tracker) 10/19

annie — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 05:06:16 GMT

Wednesday, October 19

20 Minute Loop
Audio Out Send
John Askew (Tracker)
9:00 pm
$8

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St @ 22nd
San Francisco

www.20minuteloop.com
"20 Minute Loop is one of the more refreshing musical experiences I've had in months and months. Decline of Day practically begs for stupid music review fantasy hybrid-type descriptions. So here goes: say you've got XTC. Now subtract the TC, and pair the remainder of John Doe and Exene Cervenka with J. Robbins in a six-by-six cell haunted by Frank Black's muse, with only a Radiohead CD, a Flannery O'Connor novel, and occasional visits from the members of Seely to break the psychosis." --Pitchfork.com

www.audiooutsend.com
"...from fragile and scattered to dynamic and lush. A full, layered sound flows smoothly between destinations, with a variety of instrumental arrangemnets. Though not always direct in meaning, the songs maintain a level of honesty in their approach."

Www.trackermusic.com
"Tracker, the musical alias for John Askew, who trades his time between musician and label president, delivers a strikingly beautiful, stark collection of acoustic and light electric endowment with Polk, the band's latest. Late night, coffee-shop folk turned into rock with ambiance, Polk can at times be unsettling, remaining majestic the rest of the time. Askew, with the help of friends, creates a vibrant, if not modest album, one that has all the songwriting prowess and indie-rock flavor of some of the hottest bands, with twice the energy and creativeness."

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Grisman Friday 10/14

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:28:43 GMT

Anybody else excited for the David Grisman show Friday night? It's a rare treat to see Grisman with a straight-up bluegrass band. The only other times in recent memory for the Grisman Bluegrass Experience are Christmas times at the Freight or the Albany Schools music program benefits... and those are short sets without proper libations being available. This should rock. Who's in?

Tim

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My favorite SXSW band is playing at 12 Galaxies Friday!

annie — Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:37:33 GMT

Yes, it's true. The most memorable performance for me from this past year at SXSW, Mark Mallman is playing at the 12 G's this Thursday. This maniac kicks some serious ass. Also, if you haven't seen the Herms, these kids rock it pretty good too.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

Thursday, October 13

Mark Mallman
The Herms
Side on Sound

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St. @ 22nd
San Francisco
Www.12galaxies.com
Advance tickets at
Www.virtuous.com

8$
9:00 pm

MARK MALLMAN
Badman recording artist that holds the world record for longest rock song ever written, the 52.4 hour "Marathon 2".

"Minneapolis' own glam superstar has more heart than Interpol, less pretense than Franz Ferdinand and a sense of retro that seems entirely genuine and anything but simple nostalgia."
Www.allmusic.com
Www.markmallman.com

THE HERMS..."They make the familiar sound foreign, they spot out that reflex mechanism of ours that yearns for nostalgia and they tap it with a ball-peen hammer, and the sensation feels funny and natural. The musicians' record collections include the Velvet Underground, the Wedding Present, the usual suspects, but it's their talent to draw on these influences without aping anyone in particular: That's what separates the Herms from nearly every other band digging for gold in the same long-barren hills of classic influences. Here's a band that can remind you of great bands, and still be great in its own right."
Nate Cavalieri- SF Weekly
Www.theherms.com

Fronted by Avante-garde film maker, Kean Levreault, Side on Sound has a rock n' roll edge, with indie hooks. Driving bass lines, cave-man drums, noisy guitars with sweet undertones, and aggressive vocals round out songs about living in the big city. "Making Fun of Prostitutes" and "Plunging
Neckline" are the quirky, esthetic, rock n' roll side of Side on Sound.
The shows are more rock than pop. The band consists of former members of The Cave In's, Delta Song, Corduroy Confession, and others. Recent shows with The Apes, Sky Pilots and other local bands have introduced Side On Sound to the San Francisco scene.
http://www.myspace.com/sideonsound

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Mudhoney 11/19 Tickets Onsale THIS SUNDAY!

Robert — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 23:37:26 GMT

Tickets on sale Sunday at 10am

http://virtuous.com/events/v/30768920/2005-11-19.html

This will be a show to get advance tickets to.

The 19th is going to be an amazing day here. We have an afternoon
show with Dillinger Escape Plan, then the Mudhoney show that night.

Should be an interesting day for me.

Hope to see you here,
Robert

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12 Galaxies upcoming indie-rock-metal shows of note

annie — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 20:48:05 GMT

10/11 the Willowz/the Time Flys/Killer's Kiss
10/12 DMBQ/Fatal Flying Guilloteens/Blackfire Revelation
10/13 Mark Mallman/The Herms/Side on Sound
10/16 the Mothballs/Conspiracy of Beards/Estereo
10/18 the Hallflowers/Yard Sale/Toshio Hirano
10/19 20 Minute Loop/Audio Out Send/John Askew (Tracker)
10/20 The Cuts/The Husbands/Tough and Lovely
10/22 Appleseed Cast/The Minus Story/Summer at Shatter Creek matinee show All Ages
Appleseed Cast/The Minus Story/The Rum diary pm show 21 and up
10/25 Paula Frazier cd release party with Tim Bluhm and the Moore Brothers
10/26 The Barfeeders/Honky (Pinkus from the Butthole Surfers)/the Crosstops
10/30 3 Days of Darkness festival with Earth, Lair of the Minotaur, Nachtmystium
Scumangel, Kill the Client

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11/4 Fucking Champs/Parchman Farm/Gargantula
11/12 Gris Gris Cd release party with The Time Flys
11/16 Greg Ashley (Gris Gris) solo/Tom Brosseau/Meric Long
11/17 Boyskout/Tartufi/Heart On
11/19 Dillinger Escape Plan/Hella/Between the Buried and Me/Horse the Band matinee show All Ages!
Mudhoney 10:0 pm show!

Tickets on sale NOW!
www.virtuous.com

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Babyland...

adam — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 08:42:14 GMT

is the best and only band in their category. They are a force of nature. I'd go see them in a burning building. That would be hot.

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October Trunk Sale- Today! 12-6 FREE!

annie — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 17:59:29 GMT

OCTOBERFASHIONFEST
12 Galaxies
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd
San Francisco, CA . 94110
415-970-9777
info@12galaxies.com

Sunday, October 2nd 12-5
dj's, brunch, cocktails
FREE

WHY SHOP AT THE MALL WHEN YOU CAN SHOP AT THE BAR.

Rather than wait in line for brunch at your local breakfast haunt, come to the 12 Galaxies where you can indulge in bruch, cocktails and shopping with over 30 local designers for men and women. Rock Candy will be showcasing her latest rock and roll jewels, Cadence Clothing fashioning all cool messengers, new fall dresses from PorkChop and Nooworks, one of a kind panties from Boi-oi-oing and those naughty aprons from Betty Croaker. Or if you're not in the mood to shop stop by Leslita and get that eyebrow waxing you've been meaning to, or get your bangs trimmed by Mike from Zip Zap in our mini beauty salon! Oh and of course you can do all this while enjoying a pancake breakfast and a Bloody Mary. Could you ask for more?

Rock Candy, SandyRock, Machina, Mari Reed, Cadence Clothing, Cookie and the Dude, Waxing by Leslita, Blissen, Jennifer Shauman, Pinch, 8MM, Taylor Made It, bee.brown, Porkchop, Betty Croaker, Crease, Fluffyco, Nooworks, Boi-oi-oing, Threads by Cho Cho, Carrie Vawter F.O.W.L. and many more.

www.nooworks.com
415.425.5603

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Hurricane Katrina Relief Benefit-with Everyone Orchestra-SF

melissarocks — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:11:49 GMT

High Sierra Music and In Ticketing Present: A Hurricane Katrina Relief Benefit with The Everyone Orchestra
Featuring Members of The String Cheese Incident, ALO, Hot Buttered Rum String Band, New Monsoon, Jambay, & Axis Brothers
Plus: Audio Angel, Samantha Stollenwerk, Kirk Joseph and Special Guests

Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005- 12 Galaxies (2565 Mission Street @ 22nd)-San Francisco, CA
Tickets available now 1-800-55-Tickets or http://www.inticketing.com/evinfo.php?eventid=9326 Doors: 8:00 pm Show: 9:00 pm

The evening's net proceeds will be donated to the non-profit, High Sierra Foundation, which has established a special fund to give direct aid to musicians and the music community of New Orleans affected by Hurricane Katrina.

A silent auction will also be held giving people the chance to win concert tickets to High Sierra 2006, 12 Galaxies and Xingolati cabins as well as CD’s from High Sierra 2005 and other artists, clothing donated by Vintage Vantage, Inner Waves Yoga, contributing artists and more.

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Babyland/The Mass/Plot to Blow Up The Eiffel Tower/Spacehorse 10/1

annie — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 18:54:00 GMT

Saturday, October 1

Babyland
The Mass (cd release party!)
Plot To Blow Up The Eifel Tower
Spacehorse (Ex. Clikitat/Camera
Obscura)

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St. @ 22nd
Www.12galaxies.com

All ages

$8 advance/$10 door
Www.virtuos.com

"Babyland continue the fight! After twelve years Babyland have refused to give in - instead opting to step back, raise the bar and produce new material that attacks pop music with their unrivaled electronic junk punk voice."
Dependant- Denmark
http://www.babyland.info

THE MASS
"Black/Death/Thrash/Jazz Metal? Is that too much? You have to hear this band to tell me...what kind of music is this? It fucking ROCKS, I know that much! "The Mass" hails from Oakland, California and their 2nd CD, "Perfect Picture Of Wisdom And Boldness" further refines one of the most original sounding "Metal" genre's I've heard in a while.

The texture can almost be tasted along with the unexpected jazziness sprinkled throughout, almost random, definitely eclectic. This stuff weaves and crawls, then pounces on it's willing victims and shreds them apart. It's dark...it's brutal...and it's kind of creepy, I like it."
Metal Coven
Www.themass.us

PLOT TO BLOW UP THE EIFFEL TOWER
"And it’s a righteous racket, coming off like Chicago’s Joan of Arc on ketamin. Imagine, if you will, Tim Kinsella and co revelling in a glorious drugs-fuelled bacchanalia of ear-wrestling dissonance, these proud experimentalists intoxicated with a raw sexual energy that sees them savagely attacking their instruments, choking saxophones of their beloved jazz and strangling the piano of it’s classical roots with a blasphemous atonal beating..."

SPACEHORSE
"San Diego-based hardcore outfit comprised of SCOTT (CLIKITAT IKATOWI, HEROIN), MATT (HEROIN), RUSSELL (CAMERA OBSCURA, CHAMPAGNE KISS), and ADAM (ESTRANGED). Burning fast hardcore in the vein of Double O, Die Kreuzen, Battalion of Saints, Articles of Faith, and the Offenders, with a dash of modern HC, and some trippy effects thrown in as well."
Www.midheaven.com
http://www.thechampagnekiss.com/spacehorse/sh-index.html
Www.myspace.com/spacehorse

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Street Team needed for Bluegrass Festival at GGP

12 — Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:44:16 GMT

I am looking to put together a street team to help me flyer for The
Jazz Mandolin Project with Rob Wasserman and The David Grisman
Bluegrass Experience at the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival this
Saturday and Sunday. A street team volunteer would need to distribute
about 250 flyers at the show, and in return would get in free to both
shows, and get drinks at the shows as well.

E-mail me at robert@12galaxies.com if interested.

Robert

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Victoria Williams! Carolyn Mark! Bermuda Triangle Service 9/30 @ 12 Galaxies

annie — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 20:38:41 GMT

9/30/05

Three Skirts Tour
Featuring

Victoria Williams
Carolyn Mark
Bermuda Triangle Service
@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St
San Francisco
Www.12galaxies.com

10$ advance/15$ door
Www.virtuous.com

9:00 pm

VICTORIA WILLIAMS
"Despite a successful career as a idiosyncratic country-folk performer, Victoria Williams was perhaps best known as a songwriter; thanks, ironically enough, to a tribute album recorded in her honor. Born in Louisiana in 1959, Williams taught herself to play the guitar while still in her teens, and soon began composing songs. In college, she joined her first band, the G.W. Korners. After spending some time on the road, she ended up in California in 1979, where she was a regular at Los Angeles' famed Troubadour Club's "Hoot Nights." After first returning to Louisiana with the intent of forming a band, she moved back to L.A., where she performed on Venice Beach and ultimately signed a recording contract which proved fruitless.

Soon after, Williams met musician Peter Case, formerly of the Plimsouls. Not only did they form an act together -- a jug band-like trio named the Incredibly Strung Out Band -- but the couple also married. Finally, Williams made her solo recording debut in 1987 with Happy Come Home, a collection showcasing her vivid songcraft as well as her off-kilter, squeaky vocal style. After the record was released, Williams starred in a documentary by the filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker. In 1989, she and Case divorced; a follow-up record, Swing the Statue!, appeared in 1990.

In 1992, while opening for Neil Young, Williams began experiencing a numb feeling in her hands which made it increasingly difficult to play her guitar. Upon visiting a doctor, she was diagnosed with the degenerative neurological disorder multiple sclerosis. The medical bills quickly piled up, and like many musicians, she was not covered by health insurance. In response, her manager began assembling friends and fans to record Williams' songs for a benefit album; the result, 1993's Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams, featured the likes of Pearl Jam, Lou Reed, Matthew Sweet, the Jayhawks, and Soul Asylum, whose rendition of "Summer of Drugs" was the record's first single. Due to its all-star lineup, Sweet Relief far outsold any of Williams' own efforts, raising not only funds for her medical treatment but her visibility within the musical community as well. Additionally, the record's success enabled Williams to establish the Sweet Relief Fund, created to assist other musicians with health problems; in 1996, a second tribute record, honoring the partially paralyzed singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt, was released.

In 1994, Williams issued Loose, a varied collection featuring duets with Soul Asylum's Dave Pirner and the Jayhawks' Mark Olson, Williams' second husband. A year later, she and her Loose Band released This Moment in Toronto, a live career overview which also offered a handful of standards ("Smoke Gets in Your Eyes," "Imagination") as well as one new song, "Graveyard." Her fourth solo album, Musings of a Creek Dipper, was released in 1998. Two years later, Williams issued her strongest effort date with Water to Drink. In 2002, she recorded an album of standards entitled Sings Some Ol' Songs. Her renditions of "Moon River," "Someone to Watch Over Me," and "My Funny Valentine" breathed new life thanks to Williams' impeccable touch. ~
Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
Www.creekdippers.com

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CAROLYN MARK
"Who in their right mind could resist a good-time woman who takes no shit? On record, at least, that's Victoria, B.C., native Carolyn Mark's trademark—along with a throaty, casually huge voice that seems made for rock until you hear her twist a vowel or two in the name of a long-bygone Nashville. Maybe Mark is tired of comparisons with her best-known duet partner, fellow Corn Sisters member Neko Case: The highlight of "Vincent Gallo," from last year's great The Pros and Cons of Collaboration, was Mark smirking, "He was hanging out with me and Neko/And then Neko had to go, thank God." Either way, Just Married pairs Mark with a series of folks you've likely never heard of. None of them trumps Mark vocally or personalitywise, but most of them keep up. "Fireworks," sung with the honeyed-gruff NQ Arbuckle, is the sound of a tingle becoming a chill: "Said you like fireworks?/Well, I'll give you fireworks/Come on, you coward/Burn my schoolhouse down." "Done Something Wrong" is '60s Stax with an undermixed rhythm section, complete with horns-led bridge and Mark and co-vocalist Ford Pier joshing each other like a northern Otis and Carla, and with Pier's squalling soul-squeal near the end and Mark throwing in a nice modern twist: "We've been through this before/It's that stupid Internet." And when Mark and Luke Doucet cover the hoariest country standard of them all, Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," they do it slow and drunkenly, which is to say, honorably."
MICHAELANGELO MATOS
Seattle Weekly
Www.mintrecs.com

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BERMUDA TRIANGLE SERVICE
"Local foursome Bermuda Triangle Service make haunting, country-kissed laments to take with you to the bar, the bedroom and the grave. The intoxicating languor of the band's debut full-length, High Swan Dive, recalls the sublime air and poetic charm of Neko Case and Mazzy Star, balancing precariously on an emotional tightrope between sultry and weepy."
Examiner
http://www.adammccauley.com/bts

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Continental/The Decoration/Carta 9-21 @ 12 G's

annie — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:01:12 GMT

Wednesday 9/21/05

CONTINENTAL
THE DECORATION
CARTA

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St. @ 22nd
San Francisco

9:00 pm
$8.00

CONTINENTAL
"Sunny days and blue skies are not just for summer. San Francisco's Continental offer a warmth that could raise the temperature on even the coldest winter day. What Was Gained From What Was Lost is the perfect amalgamation of atmospheric guitars and soothing beats."
Chart Attack
www.thecontinentalwebsite.com

THE DECORATION
“While a fair amount of Spiritualized’s make-music-to-take-drugs-to-make music-to ethos runs through Quiet Games for Hot Weather, The Decoration’s space-ready rock is more shy, more urgent than simple stonerdom would call for.”
CMJ
www.thedecoration.net

CARTA
A studio project for most of 2003/4 that has involved a variety of Bay Area musicians including members of Charles Atlas, Sanchez, Dart, Communique, Speedboat, and Scuba (from Boston), Carta's lineup solidified in 2005 as an instrumental quartet capable of playing live. Delicate rhodes tones, delayed guitars, explosive drums; the band has now been joined by Sarah Bell on keyboards, melodica, and vocals. Often accompanied live by films of a desolate and nostalgic nature. Carta's album "Silence Speaks Your Name" will be released next year.
http://www.49milescenicdrive.com

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Rosin Coven/Barbez/Zegnotronic Rocket Society 9/23 @ 12 G's

annie — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 03:17:06 GMT

9/23/05

Rosin Coven
Barbez
Zegnotronic Rocket Society

@ 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St
Www.12galaxies.com

9:00 pm
$10

ROSIN COVEN
"Imagine, if you will, the raw sexiness of cabaret complemented by moth-eaten aesthetic flourishes -- the operatic purring of a lead chanteuse named Midnight Rose, a gloomy bass jokily overlaid with a whiny vibraphone, and the ominous enchantment of commedia dell'arte puppetry. Naturally, we're describing Rosin Coven, the self-titled "World's Premiere Pagan Lounge Ensemble," the kind of act that has genre dogmatists scratching their heads. An umpteen-piece band full of pale-faced, velvet-clad cool cats playing everything from cello and contrabass to accordion, the group falls on a continuum between Rocky Horror camp and medieval danse macabre. The members of Rosin Coven, a Berkeley-based troupe with a vigorous following, look and sound like well-traveled carnies with formidable heaps of classical training; the roguish ensemble is even easy on the eyes."
- SF Weekly
Www.rosincoven.com

BARBEZ
"As for Barbez's "Strange", wow, I'm not even ready to talk about it yet. One wants to say "Lynchian." The first thing you'll notice is the voice, that otherwordly and wonderfully overstated quality like Antony and the Johnsons, and as with Antony, I'm stuck in the "you just gotta hear this" phase. According to their one-sheet, they're a multi-culti ensemble named for an equally polyglot neighborhood in Paris. Their membership includes a theremin virtuoso, a Russian dancer, and a modified Palm Pilot player. Bob Moog wears a Barbez t-shirt through much of the documentary about him. The operatic peaks are chilling and sublime, a little frightening as well. I feel as if this music may be doing unnatural things in my brain without me realizing it, like acid that takes too long to kick in - you keep eating more and suddenly, you're a gibbering lunatic." -Moistworks
Www.barbez.com

ZEGNOTRONIC ROCKET SOCIETY
"After kidnapping Sauguet, Auric, Poulenc, Cocteau, and Django Reinhardt, the ZRS have retreated to the outer edges of the galaxy.... Through ingeneous manipulation and torture devices and many baguettes - ZRS learned the musical secrets of Parisian swing in the 1930's.... It has been decided by the council that NOW is time to re-enter the Earth's atmopsphere and bestow their musical and artistic findings on the glorious Earth masses...."
Www.myspace.com/zegnotronicrocketsociety
http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/zrs/

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Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm New Orleans Disaster Relief Benefit -2-

monkey — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 03:28:08 GMT

Presented by 12 Galaxies and Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm

-members of Camper Van Beethoven
-The Heather Combs Band
-The Catholic Combs
-The Graves Brothers Deluxe

Door admission is a $5 - $20 donation to the Red Cross Katrina Relief Fund.
All Pirate Cat Radio merch sales will go to the Red Cross Katrina Relief Fund.
Donation raffle from Gama-Go, and more.

Wednesday, September 14th 2005 7:30pm
12 Galaxies
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd San Francisco, CA . 94110

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Drunk Horse/Pearls and Brass/Alaska!/The Stones 9/10 @ 12 G's

annie — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:07:57 GMT

9/10/05

Drunk Horse
Pearls and Brass
Alaska!
The Stones

@ The 12 Galaxies
2565 Mission St. @ 22nd
www.12galaxies.com
$8
9:00 pm

"Drunk Horse aren't afraid of a tasty riff or two. Hell no. Fuzzed up slide guitar? It's here pricking up the hairs on the back of your neck on track 1. Extended twin lead lines? Pretty much every tune gleefully breaks out some Skynyrd/Lizzy guitar solo-ing."
At Rocker
www.drunkhorse.com

"What we have is superbluesy Drunk Horse-style hard rock. With a barrage of slithering guitar riffs that rivals the hyperactivity of the best Eyehategod stuff and a vocal style that sounds like a more sedate version of the guy who sang for Cactus..."
Mike McGuirk
www.pearlsandbrass.com

"Alaska! is an indie-rock supergroup of sorts, featuring the talents of Imaad Wasif (lowercase), Russ Pollard (Sebadoh) and Lesley Ishino (Red Aunts). Wasif's vocals may be reminiscent of Echo and the Bunnymen's Ian McCulloch, and his fretwork call to mind that of Bob Mould, but his music remains stubbornly his own."
Splendid
www.yukongold.com

http://www.myspace.com/thestones

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Polkacide at the Benefit this SUNDAY sunday s u n d a y

monkey — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:37:35 GMT

New Orleans Disaster Relief Benefit
Presented by 12 Galaxies and Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm

- The Roshomon Effect
- The Plus Ones
- The Grannies
- Luxxury
- Polkacide

HELL YEAH!

Door admission is a $5 - $20 donation to the Red Cross Katrina Relief Fund.
$2 beers (all proceeds will go to the Red Cross)
ALL Pirate Cat Radio merch sales will go to the Red Cross Katrina Relief Fund. Donation raffle from Force of Habit Records, Gama-Go, and more.

Sunday, September 11th 2005 6:30pm
12 Galaxies
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd San Francisco, CA . 94110

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50 Ft. Wave/Vervein/Meric Long 9/8 @ 12 Galaxies

annie — Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:43:41 GMT

Thurs September 8, 2005

50 Ft. Wave
Vervein
Meric Long
@ 12 Galaxies San Francisco
2565 Mission St @ 22nd
Www.12galaxies.com
9:00 pm
$10.00 door/advance
Www.virtuous.com

"Kristen Hersh is something of a musical legend. Having formed her first band, the Throwing Muses, at the tender age of 19, she spent the best part of a decade traversing the American underground scene helping to forge, along with label mates The Pixies and The Breeders, the seminal sounds of '80s indie rock. In the years following the band's demise, five beautifully crafted acoustic albums were recorded in which the ghosts of Kristin's mental illness were exorcised with candid admission. In 50 Ft Wave the guitars are plugged back in but the intensity prevails. Despite each members' previous credentials, 50 Foot Wave are most definitely their own band. Sure, Throwing Muses hinted at the harder edge of alternative music, but this band are more thrashy, more up-tempo and, essentially, more electrifying."
BBC
Www.throwingmusic.com

"Joining the list of bands proving that girls can rock as hard (if not harder) than boys are Vervein, an indie rock quartet whose sound is simultaneously dreamy and hard-edged (think Azure Ray meets the Breeders). On their 2003 debut, Vast Low Cities (Angrymoose), the San Francisco band communicate a dark, confident sexiness. The resonating guitars and unabashed, smoky vocals are delicate yet brazen, like a beautiful, exotic flower that also happens to be carnivorous. Set to release a follow-up album this fall, Vervein are poised to give new meaning to (dare we say it?) girl power."
San Francisco Bay Guardian
Www.vervein.com

"...there is absolutely no doubt that this kid is the real deal. Almost a TWEEDY-like voice mixed with melodies as gorgeous as anything CROSBY, STILLS & NASH every put together, this one immediately feels familiar."
Larry Little/Future Sounds
Www.myspace.com/mericlong

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New Orleans Disaster Relief Benefit

monkey — Mon, 05 Sep 2005 20:57:48 GMT

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New Orleans Disaster Relief Benefit
Presented by 12 Galaxies and Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm

- The Plus Ones
-The Grannies
-Luxxury
-Shoot out the Lights

Door admission is a $5 - $20 donation to the Red Cross Katrina Relief Fund.
$2 beers (all proceeds will go to the Red Cross)
All Pirate Cat Radio merch sales will go to the Red Cross Katrina Relief Fund.
Donation raffle from Force of Habit Records, Gama-Go, and more.

Sunday, September 11th 2005 6:30pm
12 Galaxies
2565 Mission Street @ 22nd San Francisco, CA . 94110
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The Supplicants on Tuesday, Sept. 13th

drubla_tamset — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 10:21:04 GMT

As an art form, musical improvisation is often the most inspiring, exasperating, overwhelmingly emotional interchange between performer and spectator. It takes generous talent, and serious guts for a musician to take the stage without a script. On the recieving end, the listener must approach the music with a liberated mind, ready to be challenged and hopeful for a worthwhile outcome. Every experience I've have with local improv gurus The Supplicants has left me radiant, fulfilled in the way only the most profound spiritual encounters can. Composed of some of the Bay Area's most accomplished jazz musicians...the band soars with the fiery grace of A Love Supreme-era Coltrane. - Jonathan Zwickel (SF Bay Guardian) check 'em out @ 12 Galaxies on Tuesday Sept. 13th
THE SUPPLICANTS are:
david boyce (of broun fellinis, crown city rockers, sela's afro-funk)
richard howell (of vivendo de pao, outlyer)
david ewell (of vivendo de pao, E.W. Wainright)
sameer gupta (of kosmic renaissance, marc cary)

www.thesupplicants.com
www.isotoperecords.com

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