Random Bloggin by Miles

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

FW: Best Optical Illusion ever seen--too cool

but it isn't working here

FW: upcoming entertainment

The Queers are a great band. Kinda like The Ramones, but less mature. You can get an idea of the fun level from the song titles on their last CD:

No Tit
Punk Rock Girls
I'm OK, You're Fucked
I Only Drink Bud

This has a lyric for Scott:

People from Chicago

Like to brag about Old Style

Before I drink that swill again

It's going to be awhile!

Born To Do Dishes

I wish I could go, but it is Thursday night. The Bottom of the Hill is a fun place.

I will not miss the Gore Gore Girls this Friday at The Blank Club in SJ.

Rock 'N Roll girls from Detroit in white thigh high go go boots who can play really well.

What more could you want?

They have also added a Gore Gore Boy as a bassist for those of you who lean that way.

See you down front,

Miles

Thu Sep 29 QUEERS in SF

Fri Sep 30 GORE GORE GIRLS in SJ

Sun Oct 09 ENGLISH BEAT in SF

Wed Oct 12 SELECTER in SF

Fri Oct 21 GOGOL BORDELLO in SF

Fri Nov 04 [AM] Dalai Lama in Palo Alto

Fri Nov 18 SPECIALS in Bezerkely

Queers at Bottom of the Hill, S.F.

scheduled September 29, 2005 from 8:30 PM to 11:30 PM

Location: Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th Street (17th @ Missouri) San Francisco, CA 94107 415-621-4455

http://www.bottomofthehill.com/calendar.html

The Queers

The Independents

Lugosi

a/a $10 9pm/8:30pm *** @

Legendary Shack Shakers, Gore Gore Girls in SJ

scheduled for September 30, 2005 at 9:00 PM to October 1, 2005 at 12:00 AM

Location: Blank Club, 44 S. Almaden Avenue, San Jose CA 95113 (408) 29BLANK

http://www.theblankclub.com/

21+ $8 9pm **

English Beat at Red Devil Lounge scheduled October 9, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:15 PM

Location: Red Devil Lounge 1695 Polk Street (at Clay), San Francisco, CA 94109 415/921-1695

http://www.reddevillounge.com/

Event: The English Beat

Venue: Red Devil Lounge

1695 Polk St. (at Clay)

San Francisco, CA

Please note: persons under the age of 21 will not be admitted.

Seating: GENERAL ADMISSION

Time: Sunday, October 9 at 9:00 PM

Selecter at Slim's

scheduled October 12, 2005 from 8:30 PM to 11:15 PM

Location: Slim's 333 11th St, San Francisco 94103-4313 (415) 255-0333

a/a $16/$18 8pm **

Gogol Bordello in SF scheduled for October 21, 2005 at 9:00 PM to October 22, 2005 at 12:00 AM

Location: Slim's 333 11th St, San Francisco 94103-4313 (415) 255-0333

http://www.slims-sf.com/

Gogol Bordello
Throw Rag
The Scotch Greens

Showtime: 9:00 PM (Doors: 8:00 PM)
Ticket price: $15

All Ages

Gogol Bordello, New York City's legendary Gypsy punk band, returns with the release of "Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike," their third album of Gypsy punk rock mayhem. Just released on SideOneDummy and produced by Steve Albini in glorious analogue sound, "Gypsy Punks" is an expansive 15-track salvo that expands the band's fusion of Gypsy punk and Slavic stomp with a touch of metal and dub-wise sound effects that pay tribute to the classic sounds of Jamaica. Singer/lyricist visionary Eugene Hutz and the rest of the Gogol collective have attained a new level of musical and lyrical intensity in their continuing cultural crusade to build a bridge between Gypsy music, rock 'n' roll and other brands of rebel music from Flamenco to the perestroika punk that blossomed in Eastern Europe during the mid-'80s.

THE SPECIALS!
CHRIS MURRAY
SOUL CAPTIVES
MONKEY

scheduled for November 18, 2005 at 8:00 PM to November 19, 2005 at 12:00 AM

Location: Ashkenaz 1317 San Pablo Avenue (near Gilman St.) Berkeley, Ca 94702-1021 (510) 525-5054

http://www.ashkenaz.com/

Specials in Berkeley on Fri, November 18th at 9:00 pm
This show is ALL AGES, so bring the whole family!

Find out more about the gig here:
http://www.GarageBand.com/go/HZCJJP1M1N

Saturday, September 24, 2005

Madness slideshow on Flickr

First post in several months.
I've finally starting posting photos on FLICKR again.
Check out the madness ones...

Sunday, July 24, 2005

The doctor who did my ACL surgery

Warren D. King, M.D.
Palo Alto Medical Clinic
795 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California 94301
(650) 853-2943
Sunnyvale Sports Medicine Satellite
1195 Arques, Suite #2
Sunnyvale, California 94085
(408) 732-0600
Department(s): • Sports Medicine
• Surgecenter
Specialty: Orthopedic Surgery
Board Certification:Certified

Educational Background
Medical Education: University of Southern California, 1983
Internship: University of Southern California Medical Center
Residency: University of Southern California Medical Center
Fellowship(s): Sports Medicine, KerlanJobe Clinic, CA
Affiliations: Dr. King is on the medical staff of several professional athletic teams, including the Oakland Raiders, San Jose Sharks, U.S. Soccer and U.S. Rugby.
Professional Interests: Cartilage transplantation, complex knee and shoulder reconstruction and arthroscopic procedures
Personal Interests: Dr. King enjoys skiing, surfing, fly fishing and is a pilot. He and his wife have three children.

Monday, July 18, 2005

Fwd: Miles has a podcast!

SJskaman's Podcast
<feed://www.garageband.com/user/SJskaman/podcast/main.xml>

So far it is just sound clips from GOGOL shows at The Blank Club and
SLIM'S, but soon you can look forward to hearing my opinions and
observations in my own voice!
Garageband.com is worth checking out.

Miles
milesgehm@mac.com
http://www.milesgehm.net

Friday, July 15, 2005

FW: music this summer

Gogol Bordello were mind blowing. If you get the chance to see them, do so.

Dub FX and Dub Congress are playing tonight at the Blank Club. Dub FX is too pop and mainstream for my taste, but Dub Congress has real roots. I won't make it, but next weekend I'll be out and about.

Next Friday at the Blank Club will be good. Yvonne said INSPECT HER GADGET are fun. I know FABULOUS DISASTER are great. How can you not like punk chicks playing loud fast guitars?

Next Saturday at Slim's will be good. Groovie Ghoulies are very good at the Ramonesque fun punk thing. The Mr. T Experience has a zillion good songs with clever lyrics.

Sometime in August the Gore Gore Girls from Detroit are coming back to the Blank Club. Probably to dance with Enrique again!

See you down front.

Miles

Pimp My Ride Tour @ Blank Club, SJ

scheduled July 22, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:55 PM

Location: THE BLANK CLUB - 44 South Almaden Avenue - San Jose, CA 95113

http://www.theblankclub.com/calendar.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

CIGARETTE, FABULOUS DISASTER, RIOT A GO-GO, INSPECT HER GADGET, DEAD VANITY Friday 7/22/2005 Doors at 9 PM $TBA

Mr. T Experience & Groovie Ghoulies, Teenage Bottlerocket, Teenage Harlets, Sabrina Stewart at Slim's in SF

scheduled July 23, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: Slim's

333 11th Street

San Francisco, California

http://www.slims-sf.com/slims-bin/showcal?date=2005-07-23

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

Showtime: 8:00 PM (Doors: 7:30 PM),

Ticket price: $10/$12

MTX (known by the long-form The Mr. T Experience) has been a ferociously inventive band since their 1986 self-released debut album, "Everyone's Entitled To Their Own Opinion." 10 albums and over 200,000 in sales later, MTX is still better at what they do than anyone else. What began as a Brit-influenced art punk band became one of the earliest and most compelling pop punk bands of all time. MTX has kept growing over the years, pushing pop songwriting and arranging as a post-pop punk rock band. The 13 songs of their latest release "Yesterday Rules" sounds like what they are: the creation of a songwriter who has created and mastered genres and is at the height of his powers. Dr. Frank's songs are so consistently catchy and witty that is almost easy to take the output of his remarkable band for granted. But to do so and miss out on the amazing new songs would be a mistake!

Reel Big Fish with American HI-FI, El Pus, Punchline at

The Fillmore

scheduled July 26, 2005 from 6:30 PM to 11:30 PM

Location: The Fillmore

http://mrby-le.cce.clearchannel.com/cc-common/emta/c/0/246854/2556343/15/c.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

O.C.'s THE ADOLESCENTS & THE BRIGGS, ANGEL CITY OUTCASTS, DEK at The Blank Club, SJ

scheduled August 9, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: The Blank Club, SJ

http://www.theblankclub.com/calendar.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

$10.00

English Beat at 19 Broadway in Fairfax/Marin

scheduled August 27, 2005 from 9:30 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: 19 Broadway in Fairfax/Marin

http://www.19broadway.com/

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

also 8/28/2005

FAIRFAX IS ONLY 20 MINUTES FROM GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE. A beautiful drive across the Golden Gate Bridge and along scenic Hwy. 101 for about 11 miles. Take the Central San Rafael exit, go one block and turn left on Third Street. Stay on Third, bear right onto Sir Francis Drake Blvd and in about 4 miles you will reach Fairfax. Take the first left on Pacheco Ave for about 20 yards and then turn right on Broadway Blvd. 19 Broadway is next to the Fairfax Theatre. At night also look for our green illuminated shamrock high in the redwood tree behind our building!

THE SHITKICKERS & J.F.A., HIGHTOWER at The Blank Club, SJ

scheduled August 27, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: The Blank Club, SJ

http://www.theblankclub.com/calendar.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

August 27, 2005

9pm

$10.00

English Beat at 19 Broadway in Fairfax/Marin

scheduled August 28, 2005 from 9:30 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: 19 Broadway in Fairfax/Marin

http://www.19broadway.com/

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

also 8/27

Direct From Russia: THE RED ELVISES Doing Two Sets! at The Blank Club, SJ

scheduled October 21, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: The Blank Club, SJ

http://www.theblankclub.com/calendar.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

October 21, 2005

Doors 9pm

$10.00

Sunday, July 10, 2005

Stumbled across this blog at random. I like it.

Lady Bug's random rants

Monday, July 04, 2005

More Gogol Bordello noise

Here is another short sound clip from the show...

Sunday, July 03, 2005

Gogol Bordello at Blank Club, SJ - a photoset on Flickr

Gogol Bordello at Blank Club, SJ - a photoset on Flickr

This was a tremendous show. They put so much energy out. Many impassioned dancers in the crowd. Including yours truly. I wish my knee was 100% so I could really let go, but it was still a catharsis.

Here is a short sound clip from the show...

Thursday, June 30, 2005

blank club saturday night 7/2 be there

Combining elements of punk, gypsy music, and Brecht-ian cabaret, Gogol Bordello tells the story of New York's immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Leader and singer Eugene Hütz's taste in music was spun out of black-market tapes of the Birthday Party and Einstürzande Neubauten in his native Ukraine. After being evacuated to Western Ukraine in 1986 following the Chernobyl disaster, Hütz became enamored of the mystical, outsider qualities of gypsy music. Living as a refugee in Poland, Hungary, Austria, and Italy before moving to the United States in 1993, he experienced life as an outsider himself. After arriving in New York, he teamed up with guitarist Vlad Solofar and squeezebox player Sasha Kazatchkoff. American Eliot Fergusen added a strong rock sound on the drums and the band was also augmented by Sergei Riabtsev on fiddle, a former theater director from Moscow whose past experience would prove helpful in the future in crafting Gogol Bordello's bizarre stage shows (like one which tells the story of super-powered immigrant Ukrainian vampires). The group's early gigs involved playing straight gypsy music at Russian weddings, but their music soon evolved into the hyper-kinetic explosions that earned them a solid following amongst New York's downtown hipsters. The band issued a single in 1999 entitled When the Trickster Comes a Pokin', quickly followed by their debut full-length, Voi-La Intruder, which was produced by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' drummer Jim Sclavunos. Solofar and Kazatchkoff were replaced by accordionist Yuri Lemeshev, who hails from the Russian island of Sakhalin, and two Israelis, guitarist Oren Kaplan and saxophonist Ori Kaplan, who despite their similar names were not related. Hütz helped bolster the band's popularity by becoming somewhat of a celebrity in the downtown scene, in part fueled by his Thursday night DJ gigs at Bulgarian club/restaurant/bar Mehanata, where he played Ukrainian, Gypsy, raï, and flamenco music for a crowd of artists, models, Ukrainians, Russians, Gypsies, and Bulgarians with tendencies toward exuberant dancing and smashing plates. In the spring of 2002, Gogol Bordello embarked on a European tour and performed as part of the Whitney Biennial, bringing their music to a whole new audience.

— Stacia Proefrock, All Music Guide

Miles

milesgehm@mac.com

http://www.milesgehm.net

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Bordello music

See you down front on Saturday night. Check out the reviews.

The Russian Flogging Molly... GOGOL BORDELLO +Special Guests at The Blank Club in SJ
scheduled July 2, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM
Location: The Blank Club

Thursday, June 16, 2005

Fwd: music this summer

I'm looking forward to seeing as many as possible...

Surf Sunday at Hotel Utah: All Day And Night: KFJC Presents Battle of the Surf Bands II

Rick Escobar (of The Woodies), Pollo Del Mar, The Berzerkers, The Pyronauts, Drifting Sand, The Aquamarines, The Concaves, The Lava Rats, The Coppertones, Surf Cinema, The Neptunes, The Del Mars

Doors: 2:00pm Show: 3:00pm Door: $10.00 Ages: 21+

scheduled June 19, 2005 from 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM

NOFX & The Loved Ones, Bullets To Broadway

scheduled June 20, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: Slim's SF

http://www.slims-sf.com/slims-bin/showcal?date=2005-06-20

Attendees: San Jose Skate and Music Group <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SHOW IS COMPLETELY SOLD OUT - THANK YOU!

They are true punk pioneers of the genre as they've toured every corner of the globe several times over and have insisted on holding true to their punk ethics. No band has achieved more success independently, and they've done it all without help from MTV or any other aspect of the corporate rock industry. Although they're reluctant to admit it, they're musically influenced by bands like Bad Religion, Misfits, RKL, etc. At least they were back in in the day, now they do all the influencing.

THE SLACKERS at Slim's in SF

scheduled June 22, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

http://www.slims-sf.com/slims-bin/showcal?date=2005-06-22

Showtime: 9:00 PM (Doors: 8:30 PM)

Ticket price: $13

Tickets available on-line at: Virtuous.com, Tickets.com

All Ages

The Slackers sound is pure roots, but still innovative. While they have been influenced, and even personally taught by Jamaican originators, like the Skatalites and the Upsetters (original backing band for the Wailers), the band sees its music through an American lens. This band is equally appreciative of old blues, 60's soul, rock, and R & B as it is of reggae, rocksteady, dub and ska. It is as if the Rolling Stones or the Yardbirds had grown up on Bob Marley as well as Muddy Waters.

The English Beat at 19 Broadway in Fairfax/Marin

scheduled June 24, 2005 from 9:30 PM to 11:30 PM

http://www.19broadway.com/

19 Broadway

presents

The English Beat

featuring

Dave Wakeling & DJ Raul

at 19 Broadway

21 & over, no outside bottles, beverage containers or backpacks allowed. $25 day of show.

Saturday, June 25 at 9:30 PM

U.S.$20.00-U.S.$25.00

West Bound Train at Grant and Green club in SF

scheduled June 25, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: Grant and Green club in SF

http://www.westboundsound.com/shows.asp

Attendees: Miles Gehm <Miles_Gehm@maximhq.com>, <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

The English Beat at 19 Broadway in Fairfax/Marin

scheduled June 25, 2005 from 9:30 PM to 11:30 PM

http://www.19broadway.com/

19 Broadway

presents

The English Beat

featuring

Dave Wakeling & DJ Raul

at 19 Broadway

21 & over, no outside bottles, beverage containers or backpacks allowed. $25 day of show.

Saturday, June 25 at 9:30 PM

U.S.$20.00-U.S.$25.00

The Russian Flogging Molly... GOGOL BORDELLO +Special Guests at The Blank Club in SJ

scheduled July 2, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: The Blank Club

http://www.theblankclub.com/calendar.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

THE ODD NUMBERS & THE DEADUTANTS, THE DRIP, THE GENTLEMAN CALLERS at The Blank Club, SJ

scheduled July 8, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: The Blank Club, SJ

http://www.theblankclub.com/calendar.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

$8.00

Pimp My Ride Tour @ Blank Club, SJ

scheduled July 22, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:55 PM

Location: THE BLANK CLUB - 44 South Almaden Avenue - San Jose, CA 95113

http://www.theblankclub.com/calendar.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

CIGARETTE, FABULOUS DISASTER, RIOT A GO-GO, INSPECT HER GADGET, DEAD VANITY Friday 7/22/2005 Doors at 9 PM $TBA

Mr. T Experience & Groovie Ghoulies, Teenage Bottlerocket, Teenage Harlets, Sabrina Stewart at Slim's in SF

scheduled July 23, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: Slim's

333 11th Street

San Francisco, California

http://www.slims-sf.com/slims-bin/showcal?date=2005-07-23

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

Showtime: 8:00 PM (Doors: 7:30 PM),

Ticket price: $10/$12

Reel Big Fish with American HI-FI, El Pus, Punchline at

The Fillmore

scheduled July 26, 2005 from 6:30 PM to 11:30 PM

Location: The Fillmore

http://mrby-le.cce.clearchannel.com/cc-common/emta/c/0/246854/2556343/15/c.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

O.C.'s THE ADOLESCENTS & THE BRIGGS, ANGEL CITY OUTCASTS, DEK at The Blank Club, SJ

scheduled August 9, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: The Blank Club, SJ

http://www.theblankclub.com/calendar.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

$10.00

English Beat at 19 Broadway in Fairfax/Marin

scheduled August 27, 2005 from 9:30 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: 19 Broadway in Fairfax/Marin

http://www.19broadway.com/

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

also 8/28/2005

THE SHITKICKERS & J.F.A., HIGHTOWER at The Blank Club, SJ

scheduled August 27, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: The Blank Club, SJ

http://www.theblankclub.com/calendar.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

August 27, 2005

9pm

$10.00

English Beat at 19 Broadway in Fairfax/Marin

scheduled August 28, 2005 from 9:30 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: 19 Broadway in Fairfax/Marin

http://www.19broadway.com/

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

also 8/27

Direct From Russia: THE RED ELVISES Doing Two Sets! at The Blank Club, SJ

scheduled October 21, 2005 from 9:00 PM to 11:59 PM

Location: The Blank Club, SJ

http://www.theblankclub.com/calendar.html

Attendees: <SJ-SnM@googlegroups.com>

October 21, 2005

Doors 9pm

$10.00

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

20050611 Pollo del Mar, Surf Cinema, Bezerkers, Concaves

This was a fun surf show at the Brookdale Lodge in the Santa Cruz mountains. This photo is of Surf Cinema rocking out in front of a 60's batman clip. Good stuff.

Messing around

How annoying is this?

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Saturday night surf music

This should be very fun. It is a bit of a drive. Get a room so you can drink heavily.

http://www.brookdalelodge.com/

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Live music 6/10/2005 in San Jo

Live music 6/10/2005 in San Jo, originally uploaded by milesgehm.

Thursday, June 02, 2005

MONKEY CD RELEASE SHOW FRIDAY! (6/3/05)

It will be fun.
 
Miles
milesgehm@mac.com
http://www.milesgehm.net


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
From: Curtis Meacham 

Date: June 1, 2005 1:01:53 AM PDT
To: Monkeyska@Yahoo.com
Subject: MONKEY CD RELEASE FRIDAY! (6/3/05MONKEY will be celebrating our official
CD RELEASE PARTY, this Friday, in San Jose!
 
ASIAN MAN RECORDS PRESENTS: CRUEL TUTELAGE
 
Featuring:  
MONKEY, DUB FX, DRUNKEN STARFIGHTER & UPRITE
DUB ORCHESTRA (Portland, OR)
 
At:
THE BLANK CLUB - 44 Almaden Ave., San Jose, CA
 
This is a 21+ show, so remember to bring your
Valid I.D. Doors at 9pm. $7 admission.
 
For those who can't make it, please stop by 
Our label's site for more info on product:
 
http://www.asianmanrecords.com 
 
*********************************************
           ALBUM PRE-ORDERS!
*********************************************
Thanks to all of you cool cats who pre-ordered
The CD directly from the band! You now own a 
Copy, before the rest of the world and that 
Means that you are totally kick-ass cool!
 
For everyone else who is interested in 
Purchasing a copy for their very own, please
Go to: 
 
http://www.asianmanrecords.com 
 
There, you can find our CD and a whole bunch
Of quality Punk, Ska & Indie bands to choose
From.
 
Thank you for your support.
 
*********************************************
          UPCOMING DATES!
*********************************************
JUNE 3
THE BLANK CLUB - 44 almaden st., San Jose, CA
w/MONKEY, Dub FX & Drunken Starfighter
CD RELEASE PARTY!!!
 
JUNE 4
DOWNTOWN JOES - 902 Main St., Napa, California
21+ Doors at 9pm. FREE! Info: 707-258-2337 Bobby
http://www.downtownjoes.com
 
JUNE 9
PHOENIX THEATER - 201 Washington St., Petaluma, CA
ALL AGES!!! Doors at 7pm. 
Featuring: Monkey, Epoxies, Ashtray & Kato!
 
JUNE 10 
COMMAND CENTER - Union St., Oakland, CA ALL AGES!!!
Eastbay CD Release!!!
w/MONKEY & The Epoxies!
 
JUNE 11
CLUB FRED - 1426 N. Van Ness St. Fresno, CA
Doors at 9pm 21+ w/I.D.
W/MONKEY & LOS HOOLIGANS
 
JUNE 14
Blue beat lounge presents: CURTIS' BIRTHDAY SHOW! 
KNITTING FACTORY - 7021 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA
Doors @8pm. ALL AGES!!!
 
JUNE 15
SHOWCASE THEATRE - 683 S. Main St., Corona, CA 92882
w/La Banda Skalavera, Red Store Bums & The Slaves
 
JUNE 16
NAVAJO ROOM - 8515 Navajo Rd., San Diego, CA 92119
w/Unsteady & Skaramanga
Doors at 9pm. 21+ w/I.D. Free Admission!
 
JUNE 17
RIVERSIDE BREW CO - 3397 Mission Inn Ave. Riverside,
CA
Doors @ 9pm. 21+ w/I.D. Info: 909-784-2739
w/Monkey & WestBound Train
www.riversidebrewing.com
 
JUNE 18
NECKBEARDS SODA BAR - 5070 S. Price Rd. Tempe, AZ
Info: 480.838.4747 Doors @ 7pm. ALL AGES!!!
www.neckbeard.com 
 
JUNE 19
ZEN SUSHI - 2609 Hyperion Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90027
W/WestBound Train
 
JUNE 20
CLUB GOOD HURT - 12249 Venice Blvd. W. Los Angeles,
90066
21+ w/I.D. Doors at 8:30pm
INFO: 310-390-1076 http://www.goodhurt.net 
 
JULY 1
JUNGLE COPY - 542 High st., Palo Alto, CA
FREE SHOW! ALL AGES! Doors at 7pm!
 
JULY 31
GILROY GARLIC FESTIVAL - Gilroy Fairgrounds, Gilroy,
CA
3:45-4:30pm @ the Gazebo Stage
 
AUGUST 8
HIGH DESERT SKA FESTIVAL - 743 Houston Dr. Grand
Junction, CO
W/Monkey, Uprite Dub, Irie Beats, Chris Murray, &
More!
 
****************************************** 
 
Curtis Meacham ~ P.O. Box 254, Cupertino, CA 95014-0254

Monday, May 30, 2005

text blog entry

No picture.
No links.
No cut and paste.
Monday 5/30/2005 10:51 PM PDT.
Matt is in bed. Lynn is in La Jolla with Eleanor.
Bailey's on the rock when I don't really need more. Tastes good.
THE EYES OF MAY is a photo project I have assigned myself starting 5/28/2005.
I only have 1 or 2 (if I bend the rules) days left. People I will look for tomorrow and next day are
Bev, Brenda, Betty, Shirla, Ashley, Richard, Nanette, Precy, Ian, Gene, Juni, Kioko, others.

Eleanor fractured her pelvis last Sunday. Lynn has been down there for the past week. I want Eleanor to get better, and Lynn to come home. I miss salad.

Really, really, looking forward to Monkey at The Blank Club this Friday [6/3/2005]

Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Monkey Party in plain text

I've increased the depth of my email list considerably for this
event, to support a very good local band. If you haven't heard from
me for awhile and don''t want to again, let me know or just ignore it.

WestBound Train is playing some California dates in mid-June. I
don't know if they will make it to NorCal. They were really good
last year. This Friday at the Blank Club should be great. Uprite
Dub Orchestra has been added to the line-up. Some info about them is
pasted in at the end. Sounds like music even an inebriated middle
aged man with a bum knee could dance to! Come out and find out.

Miles
milesgehm@mac.com
http://www.milesgehm.net

*********************************************
NEW CD ON ASIAN MAN RECORDS!
*********************************************

MONKEY will be holding it's first “label” CD Release Party!

ASIAN MAN RECORDS PRESENTS: CRUEL TUTELAGE

Featuring: MONKEY, DUB FX, DRUNKEN STARFIGHTER & UPRITE DUB
ORCHESTRA (Portland, OR)

At:
THE BLANK CLUB

44 Almaden Street
San Jose, CA
JUNE 3RD
This is a 21+ show, so remember to bring your
Valid I.D. Doors at 9pm. $7 admission.

For those who can't make it, please stop by
Our label's site for more info on product:

http://www.asianmanrecords.com

JUNE 3
THE BLANK CLUB - 44 almaden st., San Jose, CA
w/MONKEY, Dub FX & Drunken Starfighter
CD RELEASE PARTY!!!

JUNE 17
RIVERSIDE BREW CO - 3397 Mission Inn Ave. Riverside,
CA
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Uprite Dub Orchestra

Band Name
Uprite Dub Orchestra
Type of Music
Funk
City/State of Origin
Portland, OR
Web Site
http://upritedub.com

Uprite Dub Orchestra is a six-member band featuring a solid rhythm
section of guitar, bass and drum kit complemented by tenor sax,
trombone, and trumpet with occasional appearances of keyboards,
melodica, and the upright bass. Drawn together by their love of
instrumental music and the lengths to which it can be explored, the
Uprite dub sound is a cross breed of Jamaican beats loosely based in
the dub styles pioneered at Channel 1 studios and Lee Perry’s Black
Ark. In late August 2001, founders Ryan Bley and Brandon Hutson had a
vision inspired by the likes of Augustus Pablo, King Tubby, The
Skatalites, The Specials and Sublime.

Brandon and Ryan recruited some good friends and fellow musicians and
formed the Uprite dub Orchestra. Finding the other members of the
band was not a problem, as all the members of the band were from Mt.
Hood Community College's Jazz Band, with the exception of Jeremy who
played together with Ryan in a band from Spokane, WA called Longview.
The lineup features Taylor Aglipay on Tenor Sax and Guitar, Jeremy
Jauchius on Guitar, Mike Montgomery on Drums, Justin Partney on
Trumpet and Keys, Brandon Hutson on Trombone, Keys and Melodica, and
Ryan Bley on Upright and Electric Basses. Uprite dub Orchestra
officially formed in December of 2001.

After a few months of practice, their first gig was the Red and Black
Cafe in Portland, OR on February 12, 2002 with the Hip Hop group
Money & Lovin'. Soon after, the band had polished off a few tunes
around March of 2002. Along with Money & Lovin’ they founded and co-
hosted a weekly night of Dub and Hip hop featuring the finest Djs and
artists from the local Portland metro area at the Mount Tabor Pub,
the Tuesday Night Special. Uprite dub Orchestra also performed at the
“Land and Freedom” benefit concert for Dignity Village, a tent city
transition for the homeless. Inspired by the plight of Dignity
Village, Uprite dub composed and dedicated a song entitled "Land &
Freedom Dub”. In March '03 along with Universal Roots Records shop,
Uprite hosted a monthly series called “Kulcha fi de Massive” which
featured Uprite dub as well the best reggae, dub, and dancehall
Portland had to offer such as Roots Revolution, Instigators,
Earthforce, Alter Echo and DJs Cansaman and Magneto.

The song list from Uprite dub Orchestra stretches from tight
arrangements of Augustus Pablo and Don Drummond songs; with the
original sweet horn harmonies, to fresh original material; tales of
struggle, oppression, and freedom from the Machine. Be it Dub Reggae,
Ska, or Hip-hop; Uprite dub Orchestra knows how to “get the party
started right”.

Miles
milesgehm@mac.com
http://www.milesgehm.net