tumblr?

I don't really know what a tumblr is exactly, but should someone start a tumblr for the halloween show pictures. It would be rad to have it centralized instead of willy nilly.  If we did that would we all be able to add pics?  I'm totally bummed I didn't get to go so I'd like to see what it was like.
BTW, check out Takeover Tokyo's pics on fb.  She favored Morrissey heavily

rulez

all right, all you all tingling with excitement? Do you realize how many people are flooding in from out of town for this? It's all the talk in SF.  Finally, the Halloween show makes us world class!!

Post from Biz:

Well this it it! Just one day to go before the show. Excited? I know we are! I just wanted to restate a few ground rules for the show. It's all stuff that's been said before in several disparate threads, but here we go again:

1. The show is at Sol Collective. They've been very cool to us, so let's be cool to them. Clean up after yourselves. I'm not just talking to GWAR. But obviously, I am talking to you, GWAR.

2. Cost is $5.00. Everyone pays, even if you're in a band. I dare you to find a better entertainment value for your bucks.

3. We're getting there at 5:00 to set up. If you wanted to get there then and help it would be appreciated. Greatly.

4. The show will start at 5:30. Yes it's early, but that's the only way we're going to get through so many bands. Speaking of bands....

5. Bands! You need to be there and ready to play at 5:30. If you're not there when you're supposed to go on, you'll probably be bumped.

6. Bands! Everyone needs to keep their sets tight, and not spend too much time dickin around between acts. There will be a backline supplied, consisting of drums, guitar and bass amps, a keyboard and keyboard amp. You must use it. As Miller so eloquently put it " getting through all the bands is more important than your sound!" If you have special equipment needs, please let our lovely and generous stage manager Charles Albright know before it's your time to go on. There will be an area backstage to change into costumes, and tune up your guitars, so you should be ready to just plug in and play when it's your time.

7. I just figured out how to insert these things into an email.

8. BYOB. Keep it inside. There will be food truck, and Tamales for sale too.

9. Do not park in the neighborhood behind Sol Collective.

10. I guess that's it? See you there!

gameday ice

A food truck called Gameday has agreed to park outside for a few hours, possibly starting at 530/6. They only sell Gameday Ice and Gameday Light.  har har.  Actually their menu sounds pretty good and involves a rice and beans plate and tri tip and some other stuff.  Sol Collective will also be selling tamales for two bucks

We all need to stay fortified with food and hydrated so there won't be any embarrassing incidences of me crawling onto the stage.  Oops, I mean someone crawling on the stage. 

line up

We had a Roundtable at Roundtable.  Unfortunately the Old Sac Roundtable closed early on Easter so we had to go to the one on Folsom. Their  pizza was even worse than at the Old Sac one.  Scott and I got Rountable delivered recently and it was delicious so I don't know WTF is up.  However, the Folsom one had a bottle of wine for less than 3 dollars! The Old Sac one pours you a glass for more with disgusting fingerprints all over it.

But I digress.  This roundtable at the round table at Round Table was super fun because we picked the order rather than fighting over the theme.  I think you will all be happy. No spoilers but you're all in the middle.  There was some fuzzy math going on. I heard smiller utter the phrase "third half".  But seriously, we made a real effort to not shaft people who had been shafted previously and it was not all about favoritism for people we know more.  It was based on a scientific measure whereby we measured the excitement vibes emanating for each band and factored that in. 

I have already picked the theme for next year and have begun the arduous process of winning over votes. Of course smiller is already violently opposed so I may have to win him over with certain private techniques. 

Which brings me to my bumper sticker idea (besides "I'm already against the next arena"): I'm already excited for the next Halloween show

I starts at 530. Everyone must be there at 5.  We will chain the doors at 5:30, Carrie-style because it worked out really well in that movie.  I hear Gwar is bringing the bucket of pig blood for some lucky lady.  We'll also be chanting "plug it up!" at her

I haven't received posts from anyone else yet so someone there can talk about the backline stuff in the commetns or whatever or I can do another post.

updated list

I want to post an updated list. Word on the street is that we've lost Beck and Badfinger. Anyone else?

Also, second stage is still being debated. There are pros and cons.  So speak up about the list and whatever.

what the heck?

wait a minute, did Davey move the Halloween blog without telling me? What the heck is going on? I ran into Matt M. at Insight and I thought he said he had the new complete band list? I can post that.  It's not the set list, just the new list.

On a personal note: how long is the mic cord gonna be and is there a strong man that can hoist my 163 pounds on his shoulders without killing me or him?

in the spirit of Gwar, an anecdote

It has been requested by the members of Gwar that I post this drawing representing their ethos on the Halloween Show Blog and since I am merely a public servant I have no choice but to do so, post hast.  Please click on the drawing to see the key phrase at the bottom through which they throw down the pus-covered gauntlet.

I will take this occasion to relate a story that smiller told me that involves the Loft, and therefore, sort of the Halloween Show.  We were talking about meetings, and how an annoying meeting thing is when a hypothetical situation that will probably never occur is discussed in detail and at length.  He said that when they had the first, large meeting about establishing the Loft as a venue, and the hows and whys of how to do it (side story: Nar played a benefit show with Jawbreaker to raise money for the project), a large chunk of the time was taken up by discussing what they would do if GG Allin ever asked to play there! That is the funniest thing I have heard in a while (young people, this is what I'm talking about - this is NOT SAFE FOR WORK!! but will explain why you would be afraid to have GG Allin come play your venue)

Here we go!

OK, someone is going to have to tell me the year and theme of this.  This is Dave Smith and co butchering Bikini Kill.  I am going to redo this for whatever theme it fits with next and I call Kathleen Hanna. I think we can all agree that it deserves to be redone since Dave forgot all the lyrics and just screamed. Oh wait, this is Girls Goth Glam, right?

Is this Hardbodies?

Echo and the Bunnymen.  Remember what a dick Scott was in character for this? Remember stabby? I actually have a pic of Stabby (crazy guy who pulled a knife) and I might post it later.

Ground Chuck livin' the dream as King Diamond. Didn't he do this every year for a while? I think it's time to bring this tradition back, theme be damned

Marilyn Manson!

Look how ripped Marilyn is!

What the hell band is this?

Likewise

Look at these two crazy kids! Biz as Rod

clarification

All right, I was told that my last post was too ambiguous.  So here's a communique from the peeps in charge:

The Bands....for reals this time...

Hey everyone.  With just under a month to go, this year's show is shaping up to be amazing.  And super-long.  So, with so many bands happening we need to get slightly more organized than in previous years.  So, please sign up for your band in THIS THREAD and THIS THREAD ONLY.  Also, we are going to set a cut-off date for sign ups, so let's say get your band in by Friday, March 8th 2013 11:59am PST.  If you can't get it together by then, I don't know what you're doing.

The Halloween show is closely curated show, so please follow the rules. They are:

- No more than 2 members from an existing band in any Halloween band

- Our equipment manager will be providing a back line (drums, Al's bass amp, guitar amps and mics, possibly key board.) You MUST use it.

- It costs $5 for everyone to get in. This is the year Matt Maxwell pays. Check his hand for a stamp people!

- Clean up after yourselves

- Bring your own and keep it inside.

- Park on 21st street 

Pix after the jump

I've been neglecting this blog, but not as bad as I've been neglecting my Criminal Minds/Modern Country blog.  OK, so what exactly is the request? New new new list at the bottom?  Go for it.  After the jump check out some pix from the 2010 show. What was the theme? I suffer from CRS: can't remember shit.

Madeline Sabatoni was kind enough to compile a list.  Just peruse it and let me know if any have been dropped.  It's not the deadline for you to confirm yet, we'll wait until the date is a lot closer.  More pictures after the jump

ABBA – Natalie

Bratmobile – Caroline, Niki, Janna

Pulp – Vince

Nillson – Dylan/Dillon

KISS – karlos, gabba, sully, Dillon

Nirvana – Matthew

Fugazi – Matthew

Blur – Gabe

Gorillaz? – Gabe

Rancid, Slade or Elastica – Patrone

Jewel – me and Angela and our back up musicians

Dio – Skottula

Blondie – Davey

Donovan – Foster

Wham! – Anna/Erik

X – Portland

Faces – Portland

Kraftwerk – Karlos

Eurythmics – Jessica brown

Sade – James Williams

Queen – Charles

KARP – Matt Silver

Danzig – Gabba

Bush – Gabba

Suicide – M Silver

Wire – Dan Q

Cher – Candice Philips

Shakira – Amber

Squeeze – Malena

Pixies – Andy Tate

Berlin – Jyotiness

CAN – Mark

Jandek – Jay

Badfinger –Marguax

Kompressor – Wburg

Sweet – Guphy

Aerosmith – Sonia

Morrissey – Cody

Sublime – Sonia

Beck – Matt White

Superdrag – Ry, Ryan, Alec

Enigma – Margaux

Raffi – Dylan

Scorpians – Alec

Bread – Allan W

Outkast – Heather Connnie Conway

Toadies – Tyler Adams

She – Candice Adams

Pavement – Andy Tate

Bauhaus – Liz Mahoney

Ween - Josslucio

time for a new thread

Here's another golden oldie from a Halloween show of yesteryear.  I think I've posted it before.  I am ripping off George Michael's clothes.  Which one is this?  Man I loved that pink coat.  Sadly, due to a bang massacre by great clips my bangs are almost that short right now. The 90s are back!

















Oh man, and this one is just too good.  Poison from 2010

Anyhoo, I just wanted to start a new one because the other one is getting too intense with almost 300 comments and subcomment.  I think I should  make a list of all the proposed bands that seem real and then people can comment on that thread to let me know if any of them were jokes.

I don't feel like doing it right now, though. Too much work.  If anyone else wants to do it, please do.

It's that time again!

The Round Table met at Round Table last night.  First the important details: we split a Guinevere's Garden Delight.

There were no representatives from the sort-of young people or the real young people, so you decidedly did not rock the vote.  Matt Maxwell did cast his vote via email.  Sorry, young people, but theme will not be grimey, dubstep, Coachella, or whatever it is you listen to.

There were many comical suggestions such as: strong bands (Danzig, Rollins), Republican bands (Nugent, Ramones, Meatloaf), ugly bands (R.E.M., Meatloaf, again), lefties (guess who suggested this one), deformed (Jerry and that one Ying Yang twin) and crap, I can't remember some of the really funny ones.

Here are the rules via Smiller:

Alright! After a grueling roundtable at Round Table, this year's Halloween theme has been decided on. And it is......ONE WORD!

Meaning any musical thing that contains only one word. You can do bands (Rush, Pavement, Weezer, Kiss), people (Sade, Ke$ha, Jandek), things I'm not sure what they are (Skrillex).

Things that aren't gonna fly: "THE" bands. You can't do The Who. Initials: you can't do R.E.M.

Dumb? maybe but come on, this thing has been going on forever now! We request that no more than 2 people from an existing band be in a Halloween band. Shake it up!
Who knows, maybe a real band will be born out of it. No repeats - kind of. It's getting hard to enforce this rule. Jay says after 10 years bands should be free game again.
Who knows. Ask around and try to do something that hasn't been done. What if a band/person sometimes goes by one name and sometimes not?
If it appears on at least one record cover as one name, it's cool.

Here are the calling-it rules:

Call it below.  Do not call a band unless you really think you will do it.  One month in advance of the show you will be required to re-call it so you better have some band members in mind at that point.  If you do not re-call it, it will be up for grabs again.  

You're welcome.  Let the pageantry begin.