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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A GUIDE TO EVENTS @ SUNY PURCH

This was originally printed in the Indy on 3/17, just thought it could be good here too!

                Hi, my name is Elise. I am one of your General Programming Coordinators (a species commonly known as ‘GPC’) along with Cameron Wisch. We are both pretty nice people and care about you, so I thought I would make up a guide on who we are and how to put on events at Purchase.

BUT LIKE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN

                General Programming Coordinators are supposed to fill in the gap with events that aren’t already happening via clubs and services. It is a more objective position, and should represent the needs/dreams/desires of the student body as a whole. Because the position is a ‘coordinator’ after all, the GPC works with individual students and clubs by talking with them, developing, funding and providing an open forum for ideas.

BUT WHAT DO U ACTALLY DO, I MEAN GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OR SOMETHING

                Zombie Prom, movie screenings, Roller Disco, a lot of concerts—some recent examples of things we have/will collaborate on include Vagina Monologues, Hip Hop Tribute, laser tag night (April 5^th!), that Six Flags trip back in October, an interdisciplinary arts show in the Dining Hall (second week of April, keep your peepers open!), Queer Music Fest, India Night, silk-screened event posters, Untitled #1, lecturers.  

OKAY BUT WHY DO YOU HAVE AN ARTICLE IN THE INDY

                Because unlike some other folks, I believe that an apathetic and uninvolved student body is largely due to a severe lack of information. How is anyone going to get involved if they don’t know how to do it?

                I also believe that one or two people can’t adequately represent a whole campus through events, which is why I wanted to include a step-by-step guide on how to hold your own event. Again, if you need any help or any funding at all, we are more than happy to give ya a hand! This is just to give you a nice start.

HOW TO PUT ON AN EVENT AT PURCHASE COLLEGE

                So here I present to you a kinda comprehensive, definitely charming guide on event at Purchase.

1. Come up with a good idea!
   Do you want to organize a show? A lecture? Something else wild and great that I can’t think of?
   
2. Find the right people to help you out with this.
   This step might not be necessary depending on what you’re doing, but the truth is that there are a bunch of people all around campus who might be pretty familiar with what you’re interested in already. Every club on campus meets bi-weekly under the name Council of Clubs, Organizations and Services (CoCOaS). Maybe one of them could help you with your idea! If you’re not sure who to contact directly, you should get in touch with Ricky Gunzel (frederick.gunzel@purchase.edu). He is their coordinator and is the most knowledgeable person on all sorts of networking and budgeting within our clubs and services.
   
3. Find funding
   If whatever you’re doing costs money, don’t panic! There’s a little thing called the Mandatory Student Activities Fee, a small $100 tacked onto everyone’s tuition at the school. This money goes to fund all the events that happen here—and I mean all of them. It even helps the Student Center run! In any case, this is money that is devoted to funding student events. It is divided up between clubs and GPC and all that…again, find the group of people most appropriate for what you’re doing and work with them on this.
   (A good example of collaboration is when junior Marianna Grady wanted to put on a laser tag event, she approached the Role Playing Gamers Alliance for some help and some funding. Does that kinda make sense?)
   
4. If you have performers…
   If your event has a band, solo artist, organization, lecturer, etc. coming through, you have to fill out a couple of contracts in order for them to play here. This is also the paperwork you need to fill out in order to get them paid. It’s no big deal, just head on over to the PSGA office in Campus Center North (attached to the Hub) to pick up the paperwork!
   
5. Time and place!
   Figure out which venue on campus works best for your event and when. When you have a time and place in mind, you have to reserve your space on the Room Management Service thing (RMS). Despite it being super archaic and tedious, this is how a ton of Purchase is run. Even classes are reserved on there. Anyway, bear with me:

1. Go to the Purchase College website.
2. Click on 'Faculty and Staff' on the upper bar.
3. Select 'Self Service.'
4. Select 'RMS Menu & Master Calendar' and log in with your student e-mail and e-mail password.
5. Select 'Create a New Event' on the upper panel.
6. Title your event and try to be clear with your description, because there is a separate manager of each venue who gets all kinds of requests like these. This will also be the information that appears on the master calendar when students go to look at that.
7. On the drop down menu on the next page, select the building and room you would like to rent. For example, if you want to rent the Cinema in the Student Center, you select 'Student Center' as your building, and to select the Cinema just select '1018 – Cinema.’
8. Go through the rest of the form and do your thing...double check everything to make sure the time slot is correct and whatnot.
9. Click 'create event'. You should get an e-mail confirming that you put in this RMS request. This does not mean that it is confirmed yet-- you will get a second e-mail telling you that your event was approved or rejected by whoever manages that space.

It probably will not be rejected, and if it is, it is only because your event might clash with another event booked for the same time slot in the same room. No reason you can't negotiate that with whoever is in charge of the event, though! 

6. Get some tech!
   If you need sound or power or whatever, don’t worry. We have a whole Tech Services program run by students here who are there to help you out with your event. If you want your event to have tech, there is a calendar that you have to log all events with. When you do this, someone from tech services signs up for the event and is able to use all the equipment necessary. As a rule, you can't use tech services equipment unless you're an employee or officially assigned to the event, because these tech services folks get paid for their time and all of that. Only a couple of people have access to this calendar, so just let me (purchaseeventsbrigade@gmail.com) or Josh Warsaw (joshua.warshaw@purchase.edu), the Tech Services Coordinator, know which date and time slot you end up going with so we can put it on there for you.
   
   
7. Promote it all up in everywhere
   Make some posters and use up those extra printing dollars in your account and just blanket every available bulletin board with your flyer! Remember, if you’re getting funding from a club or anything under the PSGA, it has to say ‘Paid for by your mandatory student activities fee’ somewhere on there. If you want a campus-wide e-mail to go out, contact frederick.gunzel@purchase.edu or john.delate@purchase.edu .
   
   
8. Have your event!
   I don’t really have any advice past this point because I don’t have any clue what you’re doing.  I’m sure it’ll be great.
   
   
   I SERIOUSLY WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU, HOW DO I DO THAT, HOW
                   Our e-mail is PURCHASEEVENTSBRIGADE@GMAIL.COM and our blog is WWW.PURCHASEEVENTSBRIGADE.BLOGSPOT.COM. You can also join the Facebook group if you want, just search ‘Purchase Events Brigade’!

There you have it! Again, if you have any questions, just contact us at purchaseeventsbrigade@gmail.com. Go forth and do your thing!

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SUNY Purchase Events Brigade in the Indy!

Look, mom! We have our very own article written about us in the Independent! Talks a little bit about some of our philosophies, upcoming events and other cool tidbits! Thanks Hillary! Exclamation!

Open publication - Free

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:::SECRET SHOW VOL. 2::: ft. LIGHTNING BOLT 10/16

We are very lucky to have Providence's LIGHTNING BOLT coming to Purchase this Saturday, October 16th. This will be the second in our series of secret shows, where we don't release the location of the show until the hour before it begins! This Saturday, that hour will be MIDNIGHT, and we suggest that you meet us in front of Student Services (facing the great lawn) then. We'll all head to the secret location after that.

Here is a lovely flyer designed by Paul Stone:

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SUNY Purchase Events for the Week of 10/10-10/17

 Here's a list of General Programming Coordinator events at SUNY Purchase for this here second week of October:

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14^TH

DIANE CLUCK
HYENA
LITTLE TEETH
BIG MUFF

@ the Recital Hall in the Music Conservatory, room 0081
8PM

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15^TH

BATTLE AVE TEA CLUB
WEIRD KOREA
MY SHIP

@Whitson’s (in the Student Center)
9PM (after Fluxus Friday!)

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16TH

LIGHTNING BOLT
@ Secret Location
MEET IN FRONT OF STUDENT SERVICES AT MIDNIGHT

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17^TH

DARK DARK DARK
SPIRITS OF THE RED CITY
THE ACT OF ESTIMATING AS WORTHLESS
STEFAN FINK

@Whitson’s
8PM

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