YOU MAKE MY HEART EXPLODE (Recaps of Terror Pigeon, Netherfriends, Mokaad + more!)

Listen, this week was super stressful. Like really stressful. Our little hearts aren't exactly PROGRAMMED (harharhar) to handle the kind of stress that this week brought. So this weekend was definitely something we needed and hope that you felt the same.

First up was Thursday night's show with Netherfriends and Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt. Things that day were definitely stressy and steamy, and like two things fell through:

1. Burritos. We were supposed to get burritos, hundreds of them, and we couldn't. I won't say why, but just know that it was beyond our power. If we could, we would have burritos available everyday to give to you. We'd have some in our pockets so you could just walk up to us and ask for one whenever you want.
2. The opening band dropped off last minute!

So some plans didn't end up going our way, but anyway it wound up being SO GOOD!

Here is Netherfriends' last song of the night in shitty video quality:



and an absolutely gorgeous montage of Terror Pigeon's set thanks to David Grimaldi!





And the next day was Friday, of course, which ended in an incredible show on mainstage with Mokaad, Ms. Lady, EMEFE and Rainbow Children! Here's a clip from their encore:




All in all we had a great weekend and are even more psyched for this upcoming week! Keep an eye out for events as they're posted on the blog. Also make sure you don't miss the newly posted calendar on the right over there of all the events for the fall semester!

Know that this is just a basic calendar so we will all have stuff to do all the time, but we are definitely always looking for suggestions and ideas from y'all! Please make sure you've joined the Facebook group and know our e-mail is purchaseeventsbrigade[at]gmail[dot]com.

Alright, gonna go make dinner. Enjoy!

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Two shows, one day. What has this world come to?

Hey! So, don't forget that there are two shows today! One is in the afternoon at 2PM and might interest you if you are into screamo or hardcore, and another is in the evening at 8PM which might interest you if you are into singer/songwriter, female-fronted, folky goodness! Please check these out!

*EARLY MATINEE SHOW* 2PM *EARLY MATINEE SHOW*
SUNDAY, MARCH 6TH
DES ARK
PYGMY LUSH
THE SADDEST LANDSCAPE
SLEEP BELLUM SONNO
ZONA MEXICANA
@ Whitson's - 2PM

(RSVP on Facebook here!)

SUNDAY, MARCH 6TH

LAURA STEVENSON AND THE CANS
HOP ALONG
ROZ RASKIN AND THE RICECAKES
THE ACT OF ESTIMATING AS WORTHLESS
THE PROUD FLESH
@ the Food Co-Op (above the dining hall!) - 8PM

(RSVP to the Facebook event here!)

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Folk Show in the Olde Community Lounge Tonight (2/16)

Hey y'all. If you hear some strumming coming from the Olde Community Lounge (the living-room like thing attached to the laundry room at the very front of the Olde aparments) tonight around 8PM, it's because there is a show going on inside!

It will be featuring:

ALEX AND THE IMAGINARY FRIENDS
(acoustic pop punky folk, think Sundowner)

(listen listen listen)

THE ACT OF ESTIMATING AS WORTHLESS
(male/female mellow indie folk)

(listen listen listen)

TANNER WILLOW
(acoustic indie folk, think Saves The Day)

(listen listen listen)

JORDAN DAVIS
(solo acoustic political folk)

 

(RSVP on Facebook here) 

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Screaming Females, Golden Girls, Baked Goods to Play Late Night Friday Show @ SUNY Purchase

TONIGHT, after you go see Colby Nathan's senior recital in the music building, come to Whitson's in the Student Center at 1030PM for a wyld time with SCREAMING FEMALES (listen), GOLDEN GIRLS (listen) and BAKED GOODS (listen) !

RSVP on Facebook here.

Screaming Females - "I Don't Mind It"

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NEW SHOWS ANNOUNCED!

Got dem updates on the right sidebar over there ------>

but for a consolidated version of what we added, I have compiled the shows in a neat few below me:


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SUNDAY MARCH 3RD
CASPIAN
WIRES UNDER TENSION
@ WHITSON'S - Student Center - 8PM

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SUNDAY, MARCH 6TH *EARLY MATINEE SHOW*
THE SADDEST LANDSCAPE
SLEEP BELLUM SONNO
EX WIFE@ Whitson's - 2PM

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SUNDAY MARCH 6TH *EVENING* 
LAURA STEVENSON AND THE CANS
HOP ALONG
ROZ RASKIN AND THE RICECAKES
THE PROUD FLESH
THE ACT OF ESTIMATING AS WORTHLESS 
@ the Co-Op - 730PM

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SUNDAY MARCH 13 
*A VERY SPECIAL GUEST* 
@ Main Stage - Student Center - 8PM

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MONDAY APRIL 4TH 
JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD
2 TON BUG
WEIRD KOREA 
@ WPSR Coffeehouse - Co-Op - 8PM

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Petrojvic Blasting Company to play above DHALL at 1230PM @ SUNY Purchase

Y'know when you're eating lunch at dhall and you're pretty content with the people watching and talking to whoever your company is at the time, but you just kinda want music to be playing above your head? Well, today is for YOU!

Let's all welcome the Petrojvic Blasting Company this afternoon! Come see them at 12:30PM above the dining hall!

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Spring events announced + December 2010 SUNY Purchase Events Recap

With school literally just a day away, I thought it'd be a good tease to pair our December recap post along with publishing our confirmed events for this semester. Be sure to scroll all the way down for never-before published roller disco pictures (taken by Roman Dean)!


Speaking of events...HOW EXCITED ARE YOU? We are SO excited and have been working more or less every day of break to make sure that this semester is one full of adrenaline, sweat and smiles. Was that a little cornball?

Untitled #1 recap 12/2

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
An evening in the Student Center featuring the best and brightest of upperclassmen work from the conservatories at SUNY Purchase.

Untitled #1: p.s. i love you from Chloé Miller on Vimeo.
Kenna Tuski dances to Nellie McKay's 'P.S. I Love You,' a piece choreographed by senior Roseann Baker. Video produced by Chloé Miller.

Classical composition major Will Pearson. Photo by Elise Granata.

Kat Rhodes begins piece to Tom Waits' 'Cold Water'. Photo by Elise Granata.

John Morgan showing 'Killer's Kiss'. Photo by Elise Granata.

Nick Corbo serving hors d'oeuvres. Photo by Elise Granata.

Cover show 12/3 recap

Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Cover show, featuring...
JOY DIVISION - THE JONAS BROTHERS- NEW ORDER - PJ HARVEY - FEMALE VOCALISTS (CYNDI LAUPER, BEYONCE, HOP ALONG, ETC.) - 90'S BAND (BLINK 182, SUM 41, ETC) WEEZER
@ Whitson's in the Student Center

Photos taken by Stephen Faught

Patrick Haran, Justin Jurgens and Alkis Meimaris in Weezer cover band. Photo by Stephen Faught.

Weezer cover band. Photo by Stephen Faught

Colin Leonard crowd surfing during Weezer cover band. Photo by Stephen Faught

Photos taken by Stephen Faught


Roller Disco recap 12/4

Saturday, December 4th, 2010
Roller disco featuring...
MOKAAD
DJ LUKE CARR
DATA DOG
WYLDLIFE
DJed by Khaled
@ the Student Center

Photos taken by Roman Dean. (view the full set here)

Roller disco. Photo by Roman Dean.


Wyldlife. Photo by Roman Dean.


Wyldlife face-off. Photo by Roman Dean.


More Wyldlife. Photo by Roman Dean.


Data Dog. Photo by Roman Dean.


Rolllllllering. Photo by Roman Dean.


Gabriel Garzon-Montano, Mokaad frontman. Photo by Roman Dean.


View of Mokaad from the other side of the pond. Photo by Roman Dean.


Mokaad. Photo by Roman Dean.


Monkey crowd surfing during Mokaad. Photo by Roman Dean.


Roller Disco. Photo by Roman Dean.


100 pizzas eaten by way more than 100 people. Photo by Roman Dean.

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Untitled #1 Recap

We had such a great time this past Thursday at Untitled #1, and we hope ya did too! All the performers/presenters were incredible. Keep an eye out for the next Untitled(s?) in the spring...


Nick Corbo serving hors d'oeuvres @ SUNY Purchase's Untitled #1


Nick Corbo, Chloe Miller and pizza bagels @ Untitled #1 SUNY Purchase

Thanks to Nick Corbo, John Halladay and Hart Seely for serving hors d'oeuvres from Mama Rosa's in Portchester.


John Morgan (film) showing 'Killer's Kiss' @ Untitled #1 SUNY Purchase

Unfortunately, we couldn't make selections on DVD menus for lack of a remote, so John Morgan was a little forced to show Killer's Kiss. View his other film, Memo, below!




Emma Rae (photo) in the Gallery @ Untitled #1 SUNY Purchase -- Mike Ditrio, Colby Nathan, Greg Hartunian pictured.

Emma Rae Norton's piece was the first display on your right upon entering the student gallery. This piece featured significant from each of the 50 states with each of their subjects edited out via the new 'Content Aware' feature from Photoshop CS5.



Kat Rhodes (dance) to Tom Waits' 'Cold Water' @ Untitled #1 SUNY Purchase


William Pearson (classical comp) @ Untitled #1 SUNY Purchase

Thanks again, look out for Untitled #2 next spring!

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Waking Dream Puppet Company/Kilimanjaro/Bees/Weekends @ the Great Lawn, SUNY Purchase 11/21

We've been biding our time for the perfect Great Lawn show all semester...maybe we've been biding a little too long, since there's a low of 38 degrees tonight. Hopefully our flood lights and body heat will fight the chill off as the lawn becomes crowded with puppets a la the Waking Dream Puppet Company. Construction of the puppets will begin at 3PM in the Food Co-Op (above the Dining Hall), and at 7PM they will be paraded to the lawn where games and fun will be had.

Since every great performance needs its accompaniment, there will be four bands performing on the lawn as well-- Bees, Weekends, Mechanics of the Heart (Purchase born and bred) and Kilimanjaro, the new project spawning from the beloved As Tall As Lions.

See a little of what Waking Dream will bring tonight in this video. The soundtrack is 'Two Personages' by Kilimanjaro, off of their second EP.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST

We welcome THE WAKING DREAM PUPPET COMPANY and...

KILIMANJARO (listen)

BEES (listen)

WEEKENDS (listen)

MECHANICS OF THE HEART

@ the Great Lawn -- 7PM

(RSVP on Facebook here!)

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SUNY Purchase Events for the Week of 11/14-11/21

It's that awkward time again where you start underestimating the time between now and winter break because Thanksgiving break makes everything seem so rosy. Well, let's face it. There are still a couple of weeks of classes and a couple of weeks of events left.

This week, we bring you something pretty refreshing, which may include a puppet company marching on the Great Lawn. The event will be a pretty diverse one, including music, marching and puppets via Stefan Fink's senior project. Keep an eye out for more details on that this weekend.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH

CHEER ACCIDENT

DAN DRAKE ENSEMBLE

VOICE HEARD ON BAER MOUNTAIN

@ Whitson's (in the Student Center)

(RSVP to the Facebook event here!)
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST

A multimedia event featuring the WAKING DREAM PUPPET COMPANY and...

BEES

WEEKENDS
MECHANICS OF THE HEART

KILIMANJARO (members of AS TALL AS LIONS)

@ TBA

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KAYO DOT @ SUNY Purchase -- the Cinema (11/7)

KAYO DOT returns to SUNY Purchase tonight, November 7th at 8:30PM in the Student Center Cinema. Come sit back and absorb the dark, avant-garde, orchestral ensemble along with Purchase alumni Human Host and Tandem Psych.

Why don't you RSVP to the Facebook event while you're at it?

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