ROCKY HORROR//EMPEROR X//JEFFREY LEWIS

HEY Y'ALL. Chzeck it.

THIS SATURDAY! COME TO THE STOOD FOR A MOVIE 'N A SHOW!

A great Rocky event! 7:00PM-Screening of the movie 9:00PM-Rocky Horror concert event!!!!!! Bring friends, family! Admission is a costume....and if you don't have one, we will need to draw the "virgin" X on you....but seriously free admission Bake Sale provided by the Arts Management Club, costume contests throughout the evening, Phantom sign ups (we need Phantoms, aka mischievous people to do shout outs, throw rice, etc.....just no violence or extremely disrupting the band!), COME AND ENJOY, and lets all do the time warp again!!!!!

THEN ZONA 10" RELEASE W/ EMPEROR X

WOOO! KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR JEFFREY LEWIS @ THE STOOD. NO EVENT YET BUT IT IS IN WHITSON'S ON TUESDAY! WITH MAL BLUM & NICK CORBO.

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Barbara Hammer, Nicholas Francis, Lit Society Open Mic, Rocky Horror

It is late. My head is kinda itchy. Let's keep this short and sweet.

This week is fairly tame, but picks up in the middle and again at the end with Rocky!

There are a few events on Wednesday that you should pop in at. They include:

1) GENDERF*$K FILM FEST: SCREENING AND Q&A WITH FILMMAKER BARBARA HAMMER

Queer film legend Barbara Hammer, often referred to as the Mother of Lesbian Cinema, will be joining us live in person for an evening of film and conversation.

5:30 a private workshop with Barbara Hammer (rsvp to Andy)
7 pm - Hammer Speaks + Q&A
9 pm - Screening + Q&A

Barbara Hammer will be at hand to sign her biography, Hammer! Making Movies Out of Life and Sex (Feminist Press of CUNY, 2010). The book will be available at the Purchase College Bookstore no later than Tuesday, Nov. 1

All events are free and food will be served!

Brought to you by TransAction, GPC and Film and Media Studies

RSVP on Facebook here

2) LIT SOCIETY OPEN MIC

Stop by Whitson's (in the Student Center) on Wednesday at 8PM to sign up and take in all the words that glide your way. Do I sound like a burnout? I'm not.

3) A SHOW AT THE CO-OP FEATURING: NICHOLAS FRANCIS, WOOD SPIDER

Wednesday, November 2nd - 8:30 PM @ The Co-Op

Home Body - Electronic pop due on tour from the Pioneer Valley!
http://home-body.bandcamp.com/

Nicholas Francis - Polyrhythmic clawhammer banjo also from the Pioneer Valley!
http://nicholasfrancis.tumblr.com/

Wood Spider - Dark, manic-depressive folk punk with heavy influence from ragtime and vaudeville.
http://woodspider.bandcamp.com/

Joey Molinaro - Imagine a grindcore and math rock band, performed by one man on a violin. What??
http://joeymolinaro.com/

RSVP on Facebook here

And then Saturday, November 5th is the big day for the Rocky Horror Picture CONCERT! This event will feature a screening of the Rocky Horror Picture Show in the Cinema (across from mainstage in the Student Center) and a live performance of the soundtrack from Rocky Horror on the Student Center mainstage. Come in costume! Come to get down! RSVP on Facebook here! 

Hollllllllllllerr.

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Woooooooo!!!!

Hey y'all! RVIVR and Big Kids just rocked our sox, and it's truly shaping up to be a week to remember for the punx. Ahhhhhhahahaha I hate myself. Coming up! Tonight! SKALLOWEEN! We've got a truly great evening planned for y'all complete ska, spooky stuff, FALL FEST WRISTBANDS and a record fair to boot! Come on out! It's gonna be a great time.

SATURDAY, the infamous FALL FEST takes us by storm with some really solid musical acts (fang island, g side, janka nabay) and other fun things. RSVP on Facebook! Also the posters look freakin' cool:

AFTER THAT! Next week we have a really cool thing going on in the music building. Barbara Hammer, Avant-Garde Filmmaker and Artist is com

ing to give a lecture! This event is on Wednesday November 2nd in Choral Hall! Check out this flyer for details.

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RVIVR, Big Kids, Sirs, Record Fair, Skalloween, Cheese Fest, FALL FEST

It's a big 'ol week coming up. But I'll probably say that every week. I guess it is more obvious this week because the past week or so has been a 'lil slow. You know? Alright. I feel good about this.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH
~a night of punking around and spoken word

Thanks to Kevin White for poster design.

RVIVR (WA)

Gracing us with their presence fresh off the boat from their UK tour (why did I just spell that like 'toar' initially), RVIVR brings the best kind of punk to melt both face and heart.

LISTEN

SPOKEN WORD BY CHRIS ZIZZAMIA (CT)

Zines also available!

RITZ RIOT (NY)

Chaotic lady-fronted noise punk straight from the big 'ol Apple. Fresh off of CMJ!

LISTEN AND WATCH DOESN'T THIS LOOK AWESOME COS I THINK SO

GILLS (purch)

Purchase born/bred/fed grungey noisey chunks.

LISTEN

CIRCLE CIRCLE (CT)

TWO OF THE FINEST LADIES (besides myself) FROM THE CONSTITUTION STATE. Acoustic banjo-ey swoonz to get y'all warmed up for the show!

LISTEN AND WEEP

@ WHITSON'S - 830PM

RSVP ON THE FB HERE

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25TH

THANK GOD WE HAVE OFF THANK GOD THANK GOD THANK GOD

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH

Thanks Kyle Seely for poster design!

BIG KIDS (CA) (TOPSHELF RECORDS)
"They have all the right elements: catchy songs, hip tour-mates, an aire of sincere non-suckiness and occasional gang vocals.  Seriously though, these are some of the best punk songs I've heard in sequence in I don't know how long..."
-Cementing the Seams
::LISTEN

SIRS (PURCHASE HOME BOYS) (TOPSHELF RECORDS)

"Sirs are a revelation...their style of DIY emo is filled with tuneful singing, mixed with emotive screams and yelps. It’s upbeat and catchy, and you’ll find yourself smiling as the tracks go on."

-Sonic Shocks
:::LISTEN 

ACID FAST (CA)
On tour with Big Kids!
::LISTEN

HANDS
Spastic rock, ft. members of Zona Mexicana, Ape Up!
::WATCH

TOASTED PLASTIC (NJ)
Three piece melodic jams from Ridgewood!

:::WATCH

@WHITSON'S -- 830PM
RSVP on Facebook here.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH
RECORD FAIR, CHEESE FEST, SKALLOWEEN, FALL FEST WRISTBAND DISTRO, PUMPKIN CARVING, CIDER DRINKIN', COSTUME MAKIN'

Thanks Chris Simon for the poster design.

So everything is going to get a little or a lot crazy this Thursday, October 27th in the Student Center.

WHAT TO EXPECT?

SKALLOWEEN
*.*.*.*>a concert on Mainstage powered by WPSR and featuring music of all kindz:
UZIMON (real patois ska master)
MENACE (good time party rap)
CAMILLE WALLACE (our lady of dub)
TEST TUBE CASANOVA BRIGADE (ska-tinted doo-wop punk, good beard)
PAPER PLANETS (alt-reggae rock crafters)
KRYTICAL H!T (monogrammed electronic DJ explosion)


RECORD FAIR
*.*.*.*>come buy from vendors and bring your own to sell! Swap! Whatever the hell ya kids do these days! (****if you know you're going to come sell records in advance, write on the wall or shoot us an e-mail at purchaseeventsbrigade@gmail.com****)

CHEESE FEST
*.*.*.*>CHEESE CLUB IS BRINGIN' YA POUNDS OF FREE CHEESE + SNAX TO MUNCH ON

PUMPKIN CARVING
**carve pumpkins duh (thanks stood!)

COSTUME MAKING
*******make costumes for the weekend with the ART CO-OP!

ALSO IMPORTANT:
****GETCHER WRISTBANDS FOR FALL FEST AT THIS EVENT************
you'll need these to, you know, get into Fall Fest on Saturday.


@ the Student Center - 8PM
RSVP on Facebook here 

And then Fall Fest is this weekend. More on that in our Thursday post. Feel free to RSVP to that event in the meantime.

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Beyond that:

***-***The DEADLINE for signing up for our semesterly Cover Show is at the end of this week, October 28th. You MUST e-mail us in order to be signed up. The date of the show is Saturday, November 19th in Whitson's.

***-***We've added an event!

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH
JEFFREY LEWIS (listen)
MAL BLUM (listen)
ZOE BOEKBINDER (listen)
+1 MORE TBA

@LOCATION TBA - 830PM

I think that's all for now, folks. See you on the other side!

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PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE: WHERE WE'RE AT

So the last time I freaking updated this thing was almost a month ago. Can you believe it lieve it? It's like every time I wonder if I can become a shittier person, I DO!

This isn't going to be par for the course for most posts, but I'm going to structure this like a newsletter and give you a table of contents and all that. Everything is listed in order of most important to least important:

1. Event details for the week of 10/17-10/24
2. What's coming up after that
3. Committee stuff
4. Footage/photos from some events.

1. Event details for the week of 10/17-10/24
FiRssSTt uPPP~~

Wednesday, October 19Th

MEMORYHOUSE
(listen)

MORRISON BROOK
(listen)

INVISIBLE HAND
(listen)

HUBBLE
(listen)

@ whitson's - student center
8pm - poster by suzanne bonnano
(RSVP ON FACEBOOK!)

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22ND

TROUBLE BOOKS - [Akron, OH]
Beautiful dystopian drone pop
(listen)

The Act Of Estimating As Worthless - [Purchase, NY]
Baroque folk that creaks and croaks
(listen)

Kingsley Davis - [Worcester, MA]
Textured ambient electronique, ex-Cold Months
(listen)

Mike Caridi - [Anytown, USA]
the Sir who Lvl'd Up
(listen)

@ the CO-OOPOPOPP (above the DIning Hall, you nerds) - 830PM
CuRatEd bY rAy ChAlMe
(RSVP ON FACEBOOK HEYAAAH)

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24TH

RVIVR (WA)
Gracing us with their presence fresh off the boat from their UK tour (why did I just spell that like 'toar' initially), RVIVR brings the best kind of punk to melt both face and heart.
LISTEN

RITZ RIOT (NY)
Chaotic lady-fronted noise punk straight from the big 'ol Apple. Fresh off of CMJ!
LISTEN AND WATCH DOESN'T THIS LOOK AWESOME COS I THINK SO

GILLS (purch)
Purchase born/bred/fed grungey noisey chunks.
LISTEN

CIRCLE CIRCLE (CT)
TWO OF THE FINEST LADIES (besides myself) FROM THE CONSTITUTION STATE. Acoustic banjo-ey swoonz to get y'all warmed up for the show!
LISTEN AND WEEP

@ WHITSON'S - 830PM
RSVP ON THE FB HERE

2. What's coming up after that

-So the next few weeks are going to be consumed in Fall Fest/Halloween culture presumably. We have a potential thing in the works for next Friday, 10/28 (Fall Fest Eve) but it is so unsure that I'm not going to write about it here.

-However, on 10/27 there is going to be a BUTT TON (that could just be the word 'button' mispelled) of stuff happening in the Stood. Think Skalloween (thanks WPSR!), Costume Making (thanks Art Co-Op!), PUMPKIN CARVING/HOT CIDER (thanks Stood!), FALL FEST WRISTBAND DISTRIBUTION (thanks Major Events!) and a RECORD FAIR (thanks self!)!! It's going to be a Thursday to remember. As far as the Record Fair goes, we're going to have 2-3 vendors there and are opening the rest of the vendor space to YOU GUYS! So if you have any records/misc stuff you'd like to get rid of, this is the place. It's going to be fairly casual (if you have a box of stuff, just bring it the night-of) but if you know enough in advance that you're going to be interested in doing this, please just shoot us a quick e-mail at purchaseeventsbrigade[at]gmail[dot]com. Again, that's Thursday, October 27th.

-Fall Fest is next Saturday (10/29)! Doesn't look like there's a Facebook event for it, but we'll post about that again next week. Janka Nabay and Fang Island are headlining. Should be a radical time.

-Uhhh

-OH YEAH COVER SHOW! So the date for the Cover Show is November 19th, 2011. That's a Saturday. That's one week after my birthday. It's also exactly a MONTH from tomorrow! We'll cut off the amount of bands at 7-8 acts, first come first serve, so if you're planning on participating please e-mail us at PURCHASEEVENTSBRIGADE[AT]GMAIL[DOT]COM ASAP.

-Also mark NOVEMBER 11TH (I am NOT doing this in any kind of chronological order. Sorry.) on your calendars or whatever you use to keep time. That is going to be the date of Roller Disco/Night of 100 Pizzas. 100 PIZZAS, WE'RE TELLIN' YA!

-As always, please keep writing on our Facebook group wall, e-mailing us, checking out this blog and bothering us about all of your wonderful ideas. Even if Dave or I seem stressed, you are completely crucial to the process.

3. Committee Stuff

On that note, remember that we have a committee! It is a great way to meet with us in person in case we have been shitty about getting back to you. Just another outlet through which to get in touch with us. Our next committee meeting is:

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20TH @ 9PM in the SToOOooOOOD

We'd love to see you there!

4. Footage/photos from some events.

Alright, there's a lot here. Let's start with...

SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2011 - SECRET SHOW
FEATURING:
DAN DEACON
ED SCHRADER'S MUSIC BEAT

It was a secret show. Everybody assembled in front of Student Services and were subsequently led on a wild goose chase around campus by our favorite imp/Riot Police hybrid, Raymond Chalme.

Another favorite video of mine by Dave Grimaldi:


Everyone filtering into the gym:



Here are some great photos taken by Riley Kennysmith.




Here's a video of everyone looking awesome:



And some more from David Grimaldi!







THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6TH - LVL UP CASSETTE RELEASE
HIGH POP
ELEPHANT
BAD SOUND
LVL UP

@ Whitson's

Thanks AGAIN to Dave Grimaldi to this wonderful video:



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PLEASE PLEASE submit any photos/video you have from ANY events to purchaseeventsbrigade[at]gmail[dot]com so we can throw 'em up on the blog! WOO!

SEE YA AT THE NEXT EVENT

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TONIGHT 9/25/11 - MOUNT EERIE, NICHOLAS KRGOVICH, HYENA, FUGUE @ SUNY PURCHASE

MOUNT EERIE
www.pwelverumandsun.com/

NICHOLAS KRGOVICH
www.nicholaskrgovich.bandcamp.com

HYENA
http://laughablerecordings.bandcamp.com/album/dustings-of-the-white-veil-a-winter-demo

FUGUE
www.fugue.bandcamp.com

@ Whitson's in the Student Center
830PM

PAID FOR BY YOUR MANDATORY STUDENT ACTIVITIES FEE

Posters will be available at the show! They are silkscreen printed in four colors in an edition of 50, about 30 of them will be at the show for $5 drawn and printed by Matthew Van Asselt.


RSVP ON FACEBOOK HERE

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OKOKOKOKOKOK

We have a big week coming up. This week is actually HUGE! In addition to the Mechanics of the Heart EP Release on Thursday, we have Purchase Alum, Dan Deacon, performing on Friday in a ~*SeCRet LOcAtiON*~, and Mount Eerie finishing the week off in Whitson's on Sunday. Get Stoked!

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