tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58639225371131875972024-03-14T01:23:01.508-07:00Santa Cruz Trash OrchestraWes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-16963351492348971452008-09-09T11:43:00.000-07:002008-09-09T11:59:01.316-07:00Support Evicted Market Drummers AGAIN<strong></strong><strong>Last time we won!</strong> In January, Santa Cruz Police tried to evict the ever-present market drum circle from their spot under the tree, and with the help of Trash Orchestra, the drums drove the cops away. And they stayed away... until now.<br /><br /><strong>Last week</strong> the drummers were evicted AGAIN by police using the ridiculous 15-minute law (persons cannot be in any city parking lot longer than 15 minutes). Join us to protest that eviction and reclaim that public space!<br /><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Support for Market Drummers</span></span><br />Wed Sep 10th 3:30pm<br />Santa Cruz Farmer's Market<br />(Bring percussion - resonant trash or a drum)</strong></p> <p>The City of Santa Cruz's parking lot panic law is in effect and being enforced. For those unfamiliar the law restricts the use of downtown parking lots and garages to parking and retrieving of vehicles (the person must be in and out in 15 minutes), and for pedestrians passing directly through from one sidewalk to another or a bordering store. Anything else (waiting in your car for a friend, eating lunch, talking to friends, playing music...) is trespassing, illegal, will get you hassled by Santa Cruz's finest, and, ultimately, fined. </p> <p align="center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChLlzW1SEnw-en4HOjSOwdbLerTHF3iCFkmOFrN7xGD_zcig2eMygADcxnsnsEgoDcIpIlJv8J873z686ShoXJXmMIDe5QN7Hlt7bQHCMRDL_fmdAVdyuueJL1-3VaVuHOAMZyYX_W1wV/s800/Greetings+from+Santa+Cruz.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244095717276450994" border="0" width="500" /></p> <p>Ostensibly to create a safer downtown, this absurd law is a further attempt to create a sterile downtown for smooth undistracted shopping. It criminalizes creative uses of public space for art and recreation. </p> <p>From <a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/03/18469844.php" target="_new">this article on Indybay</a>: </p> <blockquote><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0);">On two successive Wednesdays, police have ordered the peaceful drum circle to leave their traditional spot in the public parking lot [alongside the Farmer's Market] using Mayor Coonerty's Ban on Public Assemblies in parking lots. The new merchant-backed law prohibits lingering in a parking lot or garage unless you have a vehicle there (and then only for fifteen minutes). It removed ten blocks of public space from public use.</span></blockquote> <p> <strong>A twisted and unjust law,</strong> but only words on paper until enforced. Uniformed fascists (some very friendly and decent, of course, as they oppress you) will try to enforce it with what they believe to be legitimate power. But we are really the ones that make the choice whether to legitimate that power or not. We choose not to go along with the program. </p> <p>This is merely the newest battle of a war in Santa Cruz. A war against dissent, against the poor, against the homeless, and now against people making music. We challenge these laws and the police crackdown on undesirables -- an effort to "clean up" the streets of Santa Cruz of the young, the very old, immigrants, the unemployed, homeless, the insane, and anyone who resists. </p> <p align="center"><strong>Join us in solidarity with other musicians and friends playing music together.</strong></p> <p> <strong>References:</strong> </p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/09/05/18533487.php">Blueshirts Erase Drum Circle: New Ban on Public Assembly Near Farmer's Market</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://trashorchestra.blogspot.com/2008/01/photos-and-text-by-bradley-as-you.html">The Battle Over Parking Lot 4</a></li><li><a href="http://trashorchestra.blogspot.com/2008/01/trash-orchestra-defends-market-drum.html">Trash Orchestra Defends the Market Drum Circle</a></li><li><a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/03/18469844.php?show_comments=1#18469987">Parking Lot Panic Law Used to Disperse Drummers</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/08/28/18444344.php">WAR in Santa Cruz: Know Your Rights</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/18/18454618.php">Mayor to Back Public Assembly Ban in Parking Lots</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/20/18454864.php">Last Chance to Stop the Parking Lot Panic Law</a><br /></li></ul>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-87831545240467069492008-08-04T12:50:00.000-07:002008-08-04T14:00:58.369-07:00Trash on the Black Rock Playa<p>Like Burning Man back in the day, back when we started going in '93. The infinite desert, explosives, and bone-shaking trash percussion. Including a performance at the burning of the desert town of Dismal.<br /></p><center><p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2689672947_4d2b491fec.jpg?v=0" /><br />Our camp out on the open playa<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3284/2648169903_7156473d39.jpg?v=0" /><br />Sometimes, accidentally propane cylinders fell into our fire<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3171/2689670581_71b84dd20d.jpg?v=0" /><br />Playing around in the junk at the shooting range<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/2689669643_a37a59e00e.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2690481160_505f777ceb.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3287/2689663403_567a5890e2.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3042/2652188210_5702eac662.jpg?v=0" /><br />Fire Practice<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3250/2652151274_059cd91947.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/2651338949_ae5d004764.jpg?v=0" /><br />Performance at Dismal before the town tragically burnt to the ground<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2652165226_f75aa57178.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3175/2657466031_bbac446f5a.jpg?v=0" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3233/2652102052_18622c6834.jpg?v=0"><br /></p></center>As Hank said:<br /><blockquote>it was great to see all of you, and to meet even more wonderful people.<br />so sweet, so short.<br /><br />I'd like to meet again. What are you doing in around 360 days?<br />same place, same time?<br /></blockquote><a href="http://flickr.com/search/groups/?q=juplaya&w=396234%40N25&m=pool">More photos on Flickr</a><br /><br><br><br>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-66403330743557592962008-08-04T12:40:00.000-07:002008-08-04T13:44:32.180-07:00Long-Haul Infoshop 15th Birthday Party in Berkeley<P><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thelonghaul.org/"><img src="http://www.thelonghaul.org/c8bb.jpg" /></a><br /></div><table summary="" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="100%" height="103"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Long-Haul Infoshop 15th Birthday<br /> 3124 Shattuck Ave</strong></td> <td align="right"><strong>Friday Aug 8th 8pm<br /> Berkeley, CA</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">The Long Haul has served as a resource center and community space for radical grassroots activists for 15 years. Trash Orchestra will be there to help celebrate. Vegan birthday cake, music, dancing, refreshments, and a general good time. Starts immediately after the Berkeley Critical Mass ride. <a target="outside" href="http://www.thelonghaul.org/">Website.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Come join us as we help celebrate this long-running awesome radical project.<br /><br />WesWes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-47262737753706129452008-07-13T19:33:00.000-07:002008-07-13T21:33:30.550-07:00Trash Orchestra at Fire Arts FestivalPhotography by Insurgent Photo insurgentphoto[at]yahoo.com<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2665629997_b1110af8c8.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="500" width="307" border=0 /></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Flag</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2666454592_f6bb0ce51d.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="333" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Gazing</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2665631779_200607cf9d.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="333" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Lounging</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3279/2665632875_89dc9859c0.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="415" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Canstrament</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3264/2666457870_0b00035afb.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="333" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Cuddly Kitten Time</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2666458770_0133a5dc62.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="333" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >On Stage</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/2666459568_cc9e0e6396.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="500" width="333" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Full Stage</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3077/2665636397_5470b705ca.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="338" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >The Nicest Guy You'll Ever Meet</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2665637551_3e2fc48724.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="444" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Ladies and Gentlemen!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3195/2665638537_a5b85fc108.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="346" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Introduction</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3140/2666463238_88201fe7b7.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="500" width="275" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >"Found With a Match in Her Hand"</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/2665639893_19b9841e76.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="333" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Monkey Boy</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/2666464832_59d4175d29.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="500" width="340" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >100% Mustache</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3277/2665641577_5b1206ee4c.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="353" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Sharing Instruments</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3148/2666466700_d342715a16.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="350" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Circus Waltz</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3004/2665643345_c179754c29.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="500" width="333" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Flaming Drumsticks</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2665644217_9288c94e6c.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="318" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Disarming Smile</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3102/2666469084_e840f06def.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="500" width="333" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Fire Staff</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3045/2666469818_50b996e5bc.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="333" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >"Things! Break! Down!"</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3168/2665646993_fdc8d933d3.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="333" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Trash Pile</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3043/2666471882_4b4fd7a2d6.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="333" width="500" border=0/></span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" >Extinguishing the Orchestra<br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:78%;" ><a href="http://flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3135/2666472492_162a769c2c.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" height="333" width="500" border=0/></a><br />So Long Folks<br /><br /></span><br /></div>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-92223064782319762112008-07-08T09:49:00.001-07:002008-07-08T11:46:30.985-07:00The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival Friday July 11th<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thecrucible.org/fireartsfestival/" target=_blank><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 600px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1145/825849638_52a1fce5dc_b.jpg" alt="" border="5" /></a><br />Join us as we light ourselves and maybe others on fire at the Crucible's Fire Arts Festival in West Oakland on July 11th. The festival runs Wednesday to Saturday. We're opening on Friday night. We're unsure looking at this photo if this stage is really big or grand enough for us. Catch us at this performance while we are still playing small, intimate gigs.<br /><br /><table summary="" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" width="564" height="103"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Fire Arts Festival<br /> Kirkham Street and 5th Street</strong></td> <td align="right"><strong>Friday July 11th 8pm<br /> Oakland, CA</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">The Crucible’s Fire Arts Festival celebrates creativity through fire and light with a spectacular open-air exhibition of interactive fire art, performance and the largest collection of outdoor fire sculpture on the West Coast. <a href="http://www.thecrucible.org/fireartsfestival/" target="outside">Website.</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Fire Arts Festival website and tickets: http://www.thecrucible.org/fireartsfestival/Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-32236670953411075972008-06-18T13:42:00.000-07:002008-06-18T14:02:57.627-07:00Return to Modesto!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dqLzeosL_lNY5sxo53TN4BrYVYQ6LoGa1x3duMW2CgNsUYVcbZMYSXEJaV9c1Michz9664nJjMVs_Mjld6ZRME_SH82L10Vpqwd78wXxMUCrJcFHXq_VE4eCpGkJ32nsvqZXXPRmY7nN/s1600-h/diyfestsmall.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dqLzeosL_lNY5sxo53TN4BrYVYQ6LoGa1x3duMW2CgNsUYVcbZMYSXEJaV9c1Michz9664nJjMVs_Mjld6ZRME_SH82L10Vpqwd78wXxMUCrJcFHXq_VE4eCpGkJ32nsvqZXXPRmY7nN/s400/diyfestsmall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213325207216352946" align="right" border="0" /></a>Report back from Modesto DIY Fest from Wingnut Willy:<br /><br />The night ended with Trash Orchestra performance in Modesto's center plaza downtown.<br /><br />Again (1 year later), Santa Cruz folks took the public into the trash orchestrated post apocalyptic vision quest! Smashing on car hubcaps, plastic buckets, symbols & kicking over garbage cans, followed by a Trash Orchestrated Dogpile, set the public's mood on fire!<br /><center><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool/" target="photos"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2220/2590338433_71dd54dd3d.jpg?v=0" width="300" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool/" target="photos"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2400/2590336881_7d99c18f5f.jpg?v=0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool/" target="photos"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2080/2590336303_47f366f499.jpg?v=0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool/" target="photos"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2199/2590337245_d9e86152e1.jpg?v=0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool/" target="photos"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/2590337835_1296fd208e.jpg?v=0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool/" target="photos"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2074/2590335371_f8a5e3ba9d.jpg?v=0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The end of Orchestra ( too late coppers...WE'RE DONE!) resulted in a debate between Modesto police & one T.O. member, with police claiming there were complaints from local merchants (who later denied it adamantly. But police just seemed more interested in trying to prove they were arrogantly right & boasting their authority -- but whats new?!<br /><br />Again, from Modesto police, "We're not impressed. "<br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/trashorchestra/pool/" target="photos"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2204/2591170034_bf0af113e6.jpg?v=0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></center>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-10820582849561137812008-05-28T12:42:00.001-07:002008-05-28T12:44:04.745-07:00Santa Cruz LGBT Pride Parade<div style="text-align: center;"><img send="true" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1126/531660930_73fb2c31d4.jpg?v=0" alt="" onload="show_notes_initially();" class="reflect" border="5" height="365" hspace="10" vspace="10" width="500" /></div>Trash Orchestra joins the annual pride parade, a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, intersex and questioning community. Come support your queer friends, family, and neighbors.<br /><br />The Santa Cruz LGBT Pride Parade 2008 will gather at Pacific Avenue and Cathcart Street at 10 am on Sunday, June 1, and will step off at 11 am.<br /><br />The Festival happens directly after the parade in San Lorenzo Park. Attendance will likely be over 5,000. This year the festival starts at NOON and goes to 6PM on June 1st, 2008. The festival will have a Stage with performers of all types.Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-49496791825504284972008-05-19T09:59:00.000-07:002008-05-19T10:06:04.333-07:00Your Support Helps Fight TyrannyIn March, we returned from a trip into the Great White North, a fabulous 1500-mile voyage to Seattle, via Eugene and Portland. Check out the harrowing and titillating details of our journey <a href="http://trashorchestra.blogspot.com/search/label/tour" target="blog">right here on the Trash Orchestra Blog</a>.<br /><br />It included 12 performances in 5 days, in Eugene, Portland, and Seattle. It included an anti-war student walkout march in Portland and a street takeover in Georgetown, Seattle. We made connections up and down the coast and at Honk Fest West, across the country.<br /><br />The trip cost the band about a thousand dollars. Would you be willing to kick-in $100 to help with the journey? Trash Orchestra is a grassroots shoestring endeavor. Your cash will help fight tyranny.<br /> <center><form name="_xclick" action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" target="_blank" method="post"><input name="business" value="trash@riseup.net" type="hidden"> <input value="_donations" name="cmd" type="hidden"> <input name="item_name" value="Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra" type="hidden"> <input value="0" name="no_shipping" type="hidden"> <input value="0" name="tax" type="hidden"> <input name="currency_code" value="USD" type="hidden"> <select class="small" style="text-align: center;" name="amount" length="2"> <option value="25"> $25 </option> <option value="50"> $50 </option> <option selected="selected" value="100"> $100 </option> <option value="200"> $200 </option> <option value="500"> $500 </option> <option value=""> Other! </option> </select><input value="Donate" alt="Eh, paypal. Could be worse." class="small" border="1" type="submit"><br /> </form><br /> </center>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-76579016245574970332008-05-12T20:31:00.000-07:002008-05-13T15:36:36.916-07:00Free Food and Music at the River Arts Festival<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwf8LYWwW4h4FMi0OqUKrSnJhuxKhNAS8Of9aTMx_fnAhT-KJ3YLtQFGLr1lulM60DXYjwfzxd_GD3jLA8I_CY_rEfSQA3xXoGKENRbfu9mYg0iLAxSZnpdz9uyokjB13StgHsIuPbC6r/s1600-h/river-arts-festival.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; float: right; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwf8LYWwW4h4FMi0OqUKrSnJhuxKhNAS8Of9aTMx_fnAhT-KJ3YLtQFGLr1lulM60DXYjwfzxd_GD3jLA8I_CY_rEfSQA3xXoGKENRbfu9mYg0iLAxSZnpdz9uyokjB13StgHsIuPbC6r/s400/river-arts-festival.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199700518858055442" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center"><b><big>Trash Orchestra Performance<br />at the River Arts Festival</big></b><br /><b>Sundays May 18th 11:30</b><br /><b>at the Duck Pond</b><br /><b>San Lorenzo Park</b><br /><b>Santa Cruz, CA</b><br /></div><br />According to the website, this is an exciting new annual festival celebrating the Monterey Bay's rich cultural and natural resources. The park's bench lands will be transformed into the "Piazza di San Lorenzo", an aesthetic contemporary arts and crafts marketplace.<br /><br />We will be celebrating the "diversity of our town's tremendous cultural riches and creativity" in the very same park in which Santa Cruz police daily chase out modern day hobos and troubadours. So we hope to bring an illuminating vibe to the celebration.<br /><br /><b>We invite those who are down-and-out, itinerant, penniless, on the bum, dispossessed, destitute, </b><b>homeless, broke down, busted, hard-up, on the skids, or just your punks or traveling kids to come enjoy a sunny day with food, music, and friends. </b><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAE2QhyphenhyphenOY098cxTZkG_YxPzCJlUy_35DJU-ZTE-DSfmASJlM5WqqY30FxkXw0QBGYCJG3Z1S_bow18clgF5ofTr8ktIRMUxSUuM7gj7hEB3pRTBBEaaN7cn2VtIkeuTAYGiJJL0bTNgUL/s1600-h/food-not-bombs_1-23-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAE2QhyphenhyphenOY098cxTZkG_YxPzCJlUy_35DJU-ZTE-DSfmASJlM5WqqY30FxkXw0QBGYCJG3Z1S_bow18clgF5ofTr8ktIRMUxSUuM7gj7hEB3pRTBBEaaN7cn2VtIkeuTAYGiJJL0bTNgUL/s200/food-not-bombs_1-23-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199706707905928994" border="0" /></a>Food Not Bombs will be serving at the same time that Trash Orchestra starts.<br /><br />We'll make a joyful noise and play for a time when the river will be unbounded by parks and levies and we'll all run wilder and freer.Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-20238402708346465102008-05-10T23:59:00.000-07:002008-05-13T15:37:55.138-07:00Civic Auditorium at the Roller Derby<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbHB-vlUEBwF7hz24B_I9J5PxmMPF7Onjb7wzvnNdg9HAAKm8B0WjRz3j58HYXU2QDurMvuj5vxnscpx7-n8Z9IPgYAsQTcQYRxGVJaejXC0vEtmeEeG_Zdvmx_mOVgE0Li1OkXwd9pEH/s1600-h/in-rhythym.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMrYLKt_jpjG5ROCEyhfkivJYCgAOnS0LRZH8gLWumpAmsoXZf6gYnAp9hkNJ0FUppgMBo9nGFO_ukyqcwvTyKARGY3QgJGtJaAgnH-4ZpXu0KqDioxpB_eAXG1-nSVDCzw59FWfioVNqw/s800/all-fall-down.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5199992568044248882" border="0" /></a>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-38577840362164223252008-04-28T23:38:00.001-07:002008-04-28T23:40:17.811-07:00Playing for the Rollergirls on May 10th<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoD7nQxoLgS3Yjfg_dNs6clthNMoe3S3wQD-VS93Fq4YQH_Ic2O1MeLdP4ZDDtJ_1NmRp4rgnhdTV7NBmPs050asNiQ-8uCONm8XVBPN-_exKc6JTdQpHPAueA5LKpWqexmkHe4u9Ayw-C/s1600-h/rollergirls.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoD7nQxoLgS3Yjfg_dNs6clthNMoe3S3wQD-VS93Fq4YQH_Ic2O1MeLdP4ZDDtJ_1NmRp4rgnhdTV7NBmPs050asNiQ-8uCONm8XVBPN-_exKc6JTdQpHPAueA5LKpWqexmkHe4u9Ayw-C/s800/rollergirls.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194553248388522658" border="0" /></a>Okay, this can't be missed. We're playing for the Santa Cruz Roller Girls.<br /></div><div align="center"><big><br /></big><b><big>Santa Cruz Rollergirls</big><br />Saturday May 10th 7pm<br />Civic Auditorium<br />307 Church St, Santa Cruz</b><br /><br />The Santa Cruz Rollergirls, is the first all-female, full contact, flat-track derby league in Santa Cruz. The SCRG is a grassroots organization built by the hands of a small group of even-headed smart women who had the dream to bring the sport and art of roller derby back to Santa Cruz. This is a home game pitting the Beach Flat Betties against the Fistful of Dollies and we play halftime! <a href="http://santacruzrollergirls.com/">Website</a><br /><br /></div>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-4616109931599965392008-04-23T14:38:00.000-07:002008-04-24T07:07:13.545-07:00March, Rally and Direct Action Against Military Recruiters at UCSCMilitary Recruiters have been blocked from recruiting for three years at UCSC, and have been absent for over a year now, but it looks like they're going to try and come back. The upcoming career fair has FBI, CHP, Santa Cruz Justice Department, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corp, and the Army health department, along with a lot of other heinous corporations and institutions.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZrGEbJzX2Lh1QeL5KqL9EzQaeVWGtsKiz7zVzcB0og0IMTzwf6HJkiRtNrKAf-wioPPP4sZ_T31MCAqnpYt4HwxIZGDDxpQKFQxomDVYhTe1Ize94BppCGB419_winkasSCM3Zm292WU/s1600-h/trash-orchestra_4-22-08.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZrGEbJzX2Lh1QeL5KqL9EzQaeVWGtsKiz7zVzcB0og0IMTzwf6HJkiRtNrKAf-wioPPP4sZ_T31MCAqnpYt4HwxIZGDDxpQKFQxomDVYhTe1Ize94BppCGB419_winkasSCM3Zm292WU/s800/trash-orchestra_4-22-08.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192812919050248802" border="0" /></a>On April 22nd, recruiters returned to UCSC. Trash was there to help with the UnWelcoming Committee. The police presence was light, and though security within the job fair was tight, the marchers paraded and demonstrated relatively unimpeded.<br /><br />Video from corpo media Scotts Valley Sentinel:<br /><br /><center><a style="left: 340px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-03219530512160209 visible ontop" href="http://www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/video/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf"></a><a style="left: 340px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-03219530512160209 visible ontop" href="http://www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/video/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf"></a><a style="left: 348px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-03219530512160209 visible ontop" href="http://www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/video/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf"></a><a style="left: 340px ! important; top: 0px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-03219530512160209 visible ontop" href="http://www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/video/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf"></a><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/video/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf" id="player1" name="player1" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="height=260&width=320&file=http://www.santacruzlive.com/video/042208protest.flv&image=http://www.santacruzlive.com/video/042208protest.jpg&bufferlength=7&volume=100&fsbuttonlink=http://www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/video/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/fullscreen.php?f=http://www.santacruzlive.com/video/042208protest.flv%26r=http://www.santacruzlive.com/blogs/video/2008/04/22/sentinel-video-ucsc-students-protest-military-recruiters/" height="260" width="320"></embed></center>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-62909291610252708132008-04-20T10:59:00.001-07:002008-04-20T11:11:35.246-07:00Why We Love Honk!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyJuse2YYZ0w1tND8VeMWms4TUpPSXHEILhlVj2g3sXif5Aap4O-vwbX8TQWEGyjr86VqyRV5ZCaSZ1T2tHIVhRROF1_9g9AIFf3prUmsHnjqlu6y0zx3tUvNkMw7OYQakcIL5NCzTIOi/s1600-h/Honk-Card-Front-400.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmyJuse2YYZ0w1tND8VeMWms4TUpPSXHEILhlVj2g3sXif5Aap4O-vwbX8TQWEGyjr86VqyRV5ZCaSZ1T2tHIVhRROF1_9g9AIFf3prUmsHnjqlu6y0zx3tUvNkMw7OYQakcIL5NCzTIOi/s800/Honk-Card-Front-400.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191390524388947762" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xfsq-v53FeGGWz6fYvH6vuK4A_7SY8K5ToMuAWzL4gz2An5Hm5fRDKZo_qrVXKhy0qeBfHc41RKESM1cUWviMotL7Uiw1fne50it3R35BUox4yXabPsNRWMb8o1IJFsfPvuKI57TZ5aR/s1600-h/Honk-Card-Inside-800.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xfsq-v53FeGGWz6fYvH6vuK4A_7SY8K5ToMuAWzL4gz2An5Hm5fRDKZo_qrVXKhy0qeBfHc41RKESM1cUWviMotL7Uiw1fne50it3R35BUox4yXabPsNRWMb8o1IJFsfPvuKI57TZ5aR/s400/Honk-Card-Inside-800.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191391301778028354" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVBlWD2jXyTsdE_GUhbqJTIzKkSJ6EJcTfuk3EaQawLt0oGAJvAKNP0AeHP8f5af91G65sSHceWziLVMccTPVuPPVcaHmu1LVE_C4Ihv_kr4SvYOfixbDMeKuAsh7y11P1Tkj0NCWO2xd1/s1600-h/Honk-Card-Inside-400.jpg"><br /></a>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-83134264764662282842008-04-16T22:16:00.000-07:002008-05-19T10:03:35.785-07:00The Busiest Week of Trash EverHey Trashinistas:<br /><br />Looks like next week we are playing a bunch:<br /><br /><center><table border="0"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td>Sat Apr 19th</td><td>Homeless Garden Fundraiser</td></tr><tr><td>Sun Apr 20th</td><td>Regular Practice</td></tr><tr><td>Tue Apr 22nd</td><td>Counter-Recruitment March at UCSC</td></tr><tr><td>Sat Apr 26th</td><td>Our Free Skool workshop: Fun With Scrap Metal</td></tr><tr><td>San Apr 26th</td><td>Aromas Live!</td></tr><tr><td>Sun Apr 27th</td><td>Regular Practice</td></tr></tbody></table></center><br />And somewhere in there, we were hoping to observe Gamelan Anak Swarasanti playing Balinese marching gamelan, beleganjur. The busiest week ever, not counting Honk! We hope you'll join us.<br /><br />Check out our full <a href="http://trashorchestra.org/wiki/trashorchestra/perform">performance schedule</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9kYR_qbvD1beyYJQZm-oYoXcMSysi1QQykPxBsZQPEGy8NQVQxfnpyY34wvbT9SuaivUP8J4b1o52-D0a4qfz4e4LW_w-9KZzETCB0bZuYCD52v4ZHb-M1EPNj1aqRxyG2GySmiJpCw1/s1600-h/welcome+to+ucsc.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF9kYR_qbvD1beyYJQZm-oYoXcMSysi1QQykPxBsZQPEGy8NQVQxfnpyY34wvbT9SuaivUP8J4b1o52-D0a4qfz4e4LW_w-9KZzETCB0bZuYCD52v4ZHb-M1EPNj1aqRxyG2GySmiJpCw1/s400/welcome+to+ucsc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5190082849711622450" border="0" /></a>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-51801968153637106262008-03-23T23:50:00.000-07:002008-03-29T12:12:22.229-07:00Day Five: Ballard TakeoverSunday morning, marching bands took to the streets for a takeover of Ballard. A march and rally down to the Farmer's Market, followed by a takeover of a public square in Ballard.<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1abqCo6pD28&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1abqCo6pD28&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object></center>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-81617283569431268632008-03-22T23:50:00.000-07:002008-04-01T18:25:42.668-07:00Day Four: The Night of Flaming TaikoA night of more performance insanity. Three more performances in three different venues in Georgetown, south of Seattle. Punched in the gut by a phenomenal performance by the bone-shaking Weapons of Marching Destruction. Played with Hungry March Band and a remarkable set with Eugene's Samba Ja. Picture Jake from Samba Ja rapping in Portuguese to an extended crazy breakdown version of our Ragga.<br /><hr width="50%"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">What do you mean <span style="font-style: italic;">silly?!</span> This is <i>beautiful!</i></span></div><hr width="50%"><br /><embed src="http://xml.truveo.com/eb/i/2564230885/a/58ef677afb89fc040e3dec6de7dd6c26/p/1" flashvars="m=31024432&v=2&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="right" height="341" width="425"></embed>Afterward, an after-party in the street with a dozen bands playing to a hundred dancers taking over the street. Police start showing up, at least a dozen cars, dropping flares, blocking streets, disco party police car flashers.<br /><br />An overheard surreal conversation:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Officer:</span> You have to move out of the street.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drummer:</span> We're having fun!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Officer:</span> You're blocking traffic.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drummer: </span>What do you mean? (pointing at a dozen police cars and line of flares) <span style="font-style: italic;">You're</span> blocking the traffic!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Officer:</span> Come on now, this is silly.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drummer:</span> Silly? This (gesturing) is <span style="font-style: italic;">beautiful</span>!<br /><br />The officers walk away perplexed, shaking their heads.<br /><br />And after the after-party, an after-after-party at a remote apocalyptic industrial area, a deafening drum jam, and Trash Orchestra plays flaming taiko.<br /><br /><center><embed src="http://xml.truveo.com/eb/i/3314145279/a/58ef677afb89fc040e3dec6de7dd6c26/p/1" flashvars="m=31024783&v=2&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="341" width="425"></embed></center>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-6245114296850245222008-03-21T23:50:00.000-07:002008-04-01T18:16:19.393-07:00Day Three: Ballard Street Band InsanityWe arrive just in time for dinner and meeting an assload of people from dozens of bands from as far away as Chicago and New York. Legendary bands, obscure bands, bands we've never heard of, bands we've known forever, bands who's every song we collect and trade, and bands who've never recorded a note.<br /><br />And everyone is fabulously friendly and welcoming, and everyone's heard of us, making us feel like rock stars and like maybe our ability to sell ourselves exceeds our ability to make music.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4v_eXmVr2XLLyS0caPmW6Bh1MEX0xtu0GmkDFzaKb9h6CwrKSg4eUMHwjjWSwhF6FXfN7vqNowBzoJMWKT6lcwxiq7rEQ9R23k8J_QKxlXBbti0IaGvAfpLZAAPnCHyA1Ey-tUYymMHA/s1600-h/2359820266_be6ddc0149_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4v_eXmVr2XLLyS0caPmW6Bh1MEX0xtu0GmkDFzaKb9h6CwrKSg4eUMHwjjWSwhF6FXfN7vqNowBzoJMWKT6lcwxiq7rEQ9R23k8J_QKxlXBbti0IaGvAfpLZAAPnCHyA1Ey-tUYymMHA/s400/2359820266_be6ddc0149_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182522487940318242" border="0" /></a>We try something different and instead of spending an hour with the whole band choosing a set list for a 45 minute set, we divvy our three sets up and work on them in pairs. A brilliant move as we'd all come to the conclusion in Portland that long, tiring meeting are uh, long and tiring.<br /><br />We're playing first at the New York Fashion Academy in Ballard, a place we're convinced is actually a hip name for a bar, but turns out is exactly what it sounds like. Because we're convinced it's a bar, we don't bring any booze which we regret. Later we're playing at Mr. Spots Chai House, which turns out to be the venue of the evening.<br /><hr width="50%"> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Hungry March is pointing at our drummers who are playing quieter and quieter convinced they are fucking something up, before they realize via boots in the ass that they are being pushed into the center for a solo<br /></span></span></div> <hr width="50%"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheierzfdJ9Gk_Q-UJtD9KhS2bEYxTlxPARwEMo482JqnAmRFWl4zGT24fIZTHxRL-KkOEsT_IFq8Xj4dEvbbfjbOoqBLi4FsFqXkrFBdyeIf7c13AK2djw9yH88mQz7ZYzh94ljN23hmDH/s1600-h/2351754027_003cdd55b8_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheierzfdJ9Gk_Q-UJtD9KhS2bEYxTlxPARwEMo482JqnAmRFWl4zGT24fIZTHxRL-KkOEsT_IFq8Xj4dEvbbfjbOoqBLi4FsFqXkrFBdyeIf7c13AK2djw9yH88mQz7ZYzh94ljN23hmDH/s320/2351754027_003cdd55b8_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182525052035793986" border="0" /></a>We played our set early in the evening out in the street and it feels like a warm-up set for us, not quite on yet, but alright. Then inside for an awesome set in which I don't even remember what we played, but it was good.<br /><br />Then an amazing set with the Hungry March Band in which they push us forward for little solos. At one point in the jam, they're pointing at our base drummers who are playing quieter and quieter convinced they are fucking something up, before they realize via boots in the ass that they are being pushed into the center for a solo. Each of us takes a crazy little moment of the spotlight and we all keep it going and we're kinda flushed and woozy from the rhythm and the attention.<br /><br />Then up to Mr. Spots Chai House for a remarkable set in which we brought down the house with our impromptu improv craziness made-up-on-the-spot Song X.<br /><br />Crazy motha fuckin time.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnbA-O-Clt7DJLIBpC7kcS-Jcab1yBXgaBUe-gv2aATT4SS465aVhOAX4zKJgu-qD5saKVawOeZZVVhhTaC4ugK-WjzyzkN4C0d4luBhb8D_sZYKToc2DZ85GKYOwrAI7n5m1MZK8LHoP/s1600-h/2358985567_42cd014a58_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEnbA-O-Clt7DJLIBpC7kcS-Jcab1yBXgaBUe-gv2aATT4SS465aVhOAX4zKJgu-qD5saKVawOeZZVVhhTaC4ugK-WjzyzkN4C0d4luBhb8D_sZYKToc2DZ85GKYOwrAI7n5m1MZK8LHoP/s400/2358985567_42cd014a58_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182525266784158802" border="0" /></a>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-77722289659048115142008-03-20T23:00:00.000-07:002008-04-01T18:29:42.708-07:00Day Two, Part 2: Rotture in Portland<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-FkqG8rycfrW5dC1UU-XEGR6qwqzsz-KpImO0I6n76Q2q5TmvzEtnBvr7RRSzaUOCBKLEZsgOuGurf66ykESM1_LH3L1cWeJ0mHeaoLkxOuVOlwKQWN4yj3PTykw_pjBmF2TpUHbEnPA/s1600-h/l_55424dea10080d3f5c9f9f68234e3010.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-FkqG8rycfrW5dC1UU-XEGR6qwqzsz-KpImO0I6n76Q2q5TmvzEtnBvr7RRSzaUOCBKLEZsgOuGurf66ykESM1_LH3L1cWeJ0mHeaoLkxOuVOlwKQWN4yj3PTykw_pjBmF2TpUHbEnPA/s320/l_55424dea10080d3f5c9f9f68234e3010.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5180256703713117154" border="0" /></a>Last Night we rocked a club in SE Portland. In an obscure industrial part of town, through an unmarked door, up a dark stairway, an experimental music show, in which we were listed on fliers all over town as the hosts.<br /><br />Two sets between performances of electronic looped, bent, sampled, modulated, and generated sound. For the entire rest of the trip a lively and ambivalent debate sprung up over the twisted nerdcore rap song, <span style="font-style: italic;">I Fucked the Giraffe.</span> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLx0oCAxfmfsBc7jOP6s_7i4ft13N67icmCOOy82suEYmuc37RdzQts6SrnhU3Od1moY0XV5oLUssfF-NaAm25LkD5w4yllyzRwXAhr0Mbt_ybOli8GhkaWmabNjP_WNQBClVwJR833iM/s1600-h/2350046839_b698fd8247_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinLx0oCAxfmfsBc7jOP6s_7i4ft13N67icmCOOy82suEYmuc37RdzQts6SrnhU3Od1moY0XV5oLUssfF-NaAm25LkD5w4yllyzRwXAhr0Mbt_ybOli8GhkaWmabNjP_WNQBClVwJR833iM/s320/2350046839_b698fd8247_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182513709027165170" border="0" /></a>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-705872812417766762008-03-20T16:00:00.000-07:002008-04-09T16:25:40.667-07:00Day Two: Student Walk-Out in Portland<img src="http://portland.indymedia.org/icon/2008/03/373658.jpg" align="right" />As part of a nationwide day of action to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, 1500 to 2000 students in the Portland metropolitan area walked out of class on March 20.<br /><br />Trash Orchestra was was there supporting the walkout, resistance to business as usual, youth liberation, and students taking greater control of their lives. It was thrilling to see 500 young people taking the street, demanding an end to a war that will affect their future. Hundreds of students chanting the lyrics to our songs. "Street by street! Block by block! Taking it all back!'<br /><center><object height="373" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F1uS58RzyhY&border=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F1uS58RzyhY&border=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="373" width="425"></embed></object></center><br />More than just symbolic, the walkout is also direct action, halting for at least one day the damage that these institutions do to our planet and our minds. Schools are preparing, preening, and educating students for entry into the middle-class world. This work -- something we consider the unquestioned and unavoidable dues of our citizenship -- and the consumerism that comes with it, is very much the problem, destroying what's good and beautiful on this planet and tearing apart the fabric of our relationships with each other and the Earth. Universities are very much part of the war machine, often doing weapons research and testing, administering weapons labs, and selling students into years of perilous military service.<br /><br />Students took to the streets yesterday to say No to all that.Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-24030740088424734362008-03-19T22:30:00.000-07:002008-03-30T10:10:19.525-07:00Day One: Nor'west Tour<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.dieselpowermag.com/images/0711dp_10_z+2006_dodge_sprinter_van+dash_lights.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://images.dieselpowermag.com/images/0711dp_10_z+2006_dodge_sprinter_van+dash_lights.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Yesterday night we bombed through the night up to Eugene and pulled in very sleepy to this very sleepy Willamette Valley town. We'd managed to cram all of out instruments and stuff into the van and pull away from the Big Yellow House in Santa Cruz very close to when we were scheduled to leave.<br /><br />I've not traveled with this many people before on a road trip, so I was surprised that we are getting along relatively well. The number of screaming knockdown fights and knife battles has remained relatively low. Only a certain general malaise and spaciness has reigned due to lack of sleep. Collectively, we might have gotten 8 hours of sleep. Blackbird Raum, Street Drum Corps, Gillian Welsh, blasting from the van on a marathon drive. Late in the night, a diatribe by Jimmy Swaggart on the hellish demon of drug use. Amen, brother Swaggart!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicUIo-Vv1raVf2HZLw2QT7JMpmF_nNbe1HqiRbjuu0mD5Yu5Dgy78xe-XHTaSHcN1-BxMVLmivqq5FawrvXT-I47g93iTTCdgk3bRBlePp9TSX2-dXOVtmbwb3bUQU-Iu6JT3cwDeIUgMH/s1600-h/world-cafe-flier.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicUIo-Vv1raVf2HZLw2QT7JMpmF_nNbe1HqiRbjuu0mD5Yu5Dgy78xe-XHTaSHcN1-BxMVLmivqq5FawrvXT-I47g93iTTCdgk3bRBlePp9TSX2-dXOVtmbwb3bUQU-Iu6JT3cwDeIUgMH/s400/world-cafe-flier.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183581579630871650" border="0" /></a>We played tonight at the World Cafe in the Whittaker Neighborhood of Eugene. Proprietor Bill, a friend of hobos, was kind enough to set us up on short notice. Delicious vegan pizza and fabulous beer, a light but enthusiastic turnout, and good practice for the next few days of marathon performance.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.uoregon.edu/%7Easuosch/images/gallery/lorax/frontview.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 109px;" src="http://www.uoregon.edu/%7Easuosch/images/gallery/lorax/frontview.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>During breaks in the performance we overheard cute kids talking about Anarchism, and knew we had some kindred souls in the audience. Talking to them, we found they were from the Lorax Manor, a long-standing student co-op in town - a virtual mansion. Afterward, we were invited over to the Lorax for a rousing game of Monster Cards, a brilliant & creative DIY card game taught to us by sweet Portland kids years ago.Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-81747423290937724932008-03-17T15:43:00.000-07:002008-03-17T15:59:18.370-07:00Trash Nor'west Tour Starts TomorrowTomorrow evening we're taking off in a van we haven't yet rented, with stuff that we're still pulling together, on a journey with lots of loose ends. Exciting for us, because we've not ever had an adventure quite like this as a band.<br /><div align="center"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2045/2099117940_1a3efa74da.jpg?v=0" /></div><br />We're looking forward to road food and swimming nekid in rivers and performances in strange new places and meeting tons of great people -- maybe you?<br /><br />See you in Eugene, Portland and Seattle. Catch us at the following gigs. If we know you're reading this blog, we'll also try to update it on the road. So send us a note.<br /><br /><table summary="" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" height="103" width="564"> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>World Cafe </strong></td> <td align="right"><strong>8pm Wed March 19th<br />449 Blair Blvd, Eugene, OR<br /></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Catch us in the central Whittaker neighborhood of Eugene at the funky bakery/restaurant/beergarden World Cafe. If you don't come we'll just go and get drunk, so our livers are in your hands.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <table summary="" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" height="103" width="564"> <tbody> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Student Walkout Against the War<br />North Park Blocks </strong></td> <td align="right"><strong>1pm Fri March 20th<br />Burnside, Portland, OR<br /></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">As part of a nationwide day of action to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, students in the Portland metropolitan area will walk out of class on March 20. More than just symbolic, the walkout is also direct action, halting for at least one day the damage that these institutions do to our planet and our minds. The universities that students attend are very much part of the war machine, often doing weapons research and testing, administering weapons labs, and selling students into years of perilous military service. Most universities are preparing, preening, and educating students for entry into the middle-class world. This work -- something we consider the unquestioned and unavoidable dues of our citizenship -- and the consumerism that comes with it, is very much the problem, destroying what's good and beautiful on this planet and tearing apart the fabric of our relationships with each other and the Earth. We'll be there supporting the walkout, resistance to business as usual, youth liberation, and people taking greater control of their lives. <a target="outside" href="http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2008/02/372699.shtml">Website</a>.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <table summary="" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" height="103" width="564"> <tbody> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td><strong>Sonic Lozenge Showcase<br />Rotture Lounge </strong></td> <td align="right"><strong>9pm Fri March 20th<br />315 SE Third, Portland, OR<br /></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">We join Sonic Lozenge for the night, a diverse selection of experimental music through collaborations with the surplus of excellent experimentalists of the Pacific northwest. <a target="outside" href="http://www.rotture.com/index.html">Website</a>.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table><p> </p> <table summary="" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" height="103" width="564"> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Honk Fest West </strong></td> <td align="right"><strong>March 21st-23rd</strong><br /><strong> Seattle, Washington </strong> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">Across the country and around the world, a new type of street band is emerging. Acoustic and mobile, borrowing repertoire and inspiration from a diverse set of folk music traditions, these “honkers” all share a commitment to several core principles. Metaphorically speaking, they honk their horns for the same reasons motorists honk theirs: to arouse fellow travelers, to warn of danger, to celebrate milestones, and to just plain have fun. Though we don't "honk" in the traditional marching band sense, we'll be there. <a target="outside" href="http://honkfestwest.com/"> Website</a>.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table><br />Everything is ready to go, mostly packed, instruments tuned, etc. And, uh, oh, do you have a credit card we could use to rent the van?<br /><br />Love,<br />Trash Orchestra<br /><div class="moz-signature"><br /></div>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-4392382590507103292008-03-15T20:22:00.000-07:002008-03-20T08:37:54.268-07:00Bringing the War to the Suburbs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5863922537113187597"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5863922537113187597" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);font-size:85%;" >by Joseph</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2008/03/16/img_2687.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2008/03/16/img_2687.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Out in the glorious suburb of Walnut Creek, the wealthy are able to ignore the injustice of the world. There they are distracted by promises of endless consumption; new toys, new gadgets and the latest fashion. This consumption allows them to ignore the rest of the world and ignore the fact that much of the suffering in the world is due to the existence of capitalism. Consumption of natural resources, such as oil, used to create all these unnecessary items is behind much of the world’s problems. Yet those in power are only concerned about a constant flow of oil pumped out of the Middle East and into the ever expanding consumption habits of the United States; all the while, corporations make a huge profit.<br /><br /><hr width="50%"><span style="font-size:130%;">In Walnut Creek, consumption allows them to ignore the rest of the world and ignore the fact that much of the suffering in the world is due to the existence of capitalism.</span><hr width="50%"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2008/03/16/640__dsc0254.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2008/03/16/640__dsc0254.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>March 15th, 2008, was the third permitted anti-war protest in Walnut Creek. While the majority of the participants were obediently walking on the sidewalks, a small group of radicals took to the streets. We passed through a few parts of town that the permitted march did not, to the shock and cheers of shoppers. Afterwards we ended in the same park that the permitted march ended their rally, where we were greeted with much positive feedback from those who marched on the sidewalk. It was a small step in bringing more actions into Contra Costa County.<br /><br />Trash Orchestra was there.Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-91984492025335221472008-03-06T15:03:00.000-08:002008-03-11T15:31:47.956-07:00Brass Liberation Orchestra and Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-InThis Friday, we'll be joined by Oakland's amazing Brass Liberation Orchestra and Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In for a fundraiser in support of Trash Orchestra's west coast tour -- including an anti-war march in Portland, performances in Eugene, and a gathering of radical street bands in Seattle. I hope you'll join us for an exciting evening.<br /><br />Please join us for a Trash Orchestra Benefit in preparation for our tour to Seattle's Honk Fest West. Performances by <b>Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra</b> and the East Bay's amazing <b>Brass Liberation Orchestra</b>. With the help of <b>Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In</b>, we'll be showing the film <i>Honk You Very Much</i> -- a documentary about radical street bands -- and <i>Auto Re-Vision</i> -- a short doc about a handful of kids sealed in a room, who convert an automobile into an array of musical instruments. Also joining us: the Hoopalites and Lighthouse Fire Dancers.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size:130%;">Trash Orchestra Benefit</span><br />Friday March 7th at 7:00pm</b><br /><b>at the Pacific Cultural Center</b><br /><b> </b><strong>Seabright & Broadway</strong><br /><b><strong>$10-20 sliding scale</strong></b><br /><b><strong></strong></b></div><br />Getting together two ear-shattering marching bands in one place for one night is just our way of promoting hearing loss within our community. See you on March 7th. <center><table style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" width="100%"><tbody><tr><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><td align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt0X9i5awtwBxN-dHGY0oWqPQZqPxPrX6CJQCExUFNmZz2_H7iITS2Dm3Rl2bYFXJrQBEiOZiZp7b_p6txQS3xslzIwawCAirWHXnWTShj36eYA63seg6ATiI-IN2gs0YLqXCxqcehJnEL/s320/d-fresh-mask-240.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174772294860854898" border="0" /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br>Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra<br /></span></td><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><td align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFWPpUM6gMnWYOKn8YmuFXpKlL_JjQ-hecPxn0xTng0v4Ujdda79S6GKj7wDim1_lTntlfnI3JdDwfIL9zQrkfFuQoTVmtQDsx3tnblgiorf5eoEyO9S3JYNAmZbFPJOvHdSOmVNxNcqO_/s320/BLO-band-photo-240.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174772492429350530" border="0" /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br>Brass Liberation Orchestra<br /></span></td><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><td style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);" align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiscCq8Yu-XCbarqitwwBsZtLoIz5d0_AhCoQgc77t8EFHn76iSC7cqAYe1WKizZzP6PsK3tUjptMBTUg6VFCiZGEzhyphenhyphenacqgU0D2oeixlZme3MvzhPlidWpoB8dyvELSEwDuVjaZNgf_BHy/s320/gdi-sunset-240.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5174772651343140498" border="0" /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br>Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153); text-align: left; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="100%"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table></center>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-43270305291694195052008-02-25T14:08:00.000-08:002008-03-11T15:32:57.656-07:00Our Name in Lights<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ikhEqnbSa3GoP6-DZxeElLX6KPJRefLLCJWAWuQZT549Pq9lZE97OUkRG0G1lNWPhlAkPjecFpUPkxii-QgT-jXhJ6JL1eTMzOw_5QQutr5vC0gCD4M2DEJdGC8MnjZ6nj1yNZhjlSMo/s1600-h/trash+in+lights.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ikhEqnbSa3GoP6-DZxeElLX6KPJRefLLCJWAWuQZT549Pq9lZE97OUkRG0G1lNWPhlAkPjecFpUPkxii-QgT-jXhJ6JL1eTMzOw_5QQutr5vC0gCD4M2DEJdGC8MnjZ6nj1yNZhjlSMo/s320/trash+in+lights.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5171057492682484802" border="0" /></a><br /><br />On Friday we played a free show at the Catalyst Atrium with our friends in the D.C. hardcore industrial band Bajskorv.<br /><br />It was exciting for us because we'd not had the opportunity yet to see our name in lights. Okay, check.<br /><br />Otherwise, we were rather happy with ourselves. We all showed up; had relatively smooth transitions; our soft was pleasantly <span style="font-size:85%;">soft</span>; our loud was <span style="font-size:100%;">FUCKING LOUD</span>. We rocked the space, if we may say so ourselves.<br /><br />Both of the people in the audience seemed to totally enjoy themselves.<br /><br />And most notably we got free drinks and pizza, launching us off on thoughts of touring the country, being music bums, meeting people, eating free greasy food, sleeping in stranger's beds, and rapidly suffering hearing damage.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309/2325471423_13fb33aec2_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 5px; cursor: pointer" width=350 src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2309/2325471423_13fb33aec2_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2315/2326291320_ffe2410508_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 5px; cursor: pointer" width=350 src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2315/2326291320_ffe2410508_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></center>Wes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5863922537113187597.post-34906062623477030352008-02-22T12:51:00.000-08:002008-02-22T13:25:32.437-08:00Trash Orchestra BenefitWe've been working to put together a Trash Orchestra fundraiser in preparation for our tour to Seattle's Honk Fest West. I hope you'll join us for an exciting evening.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheCEznC177xqLeQp4-54WIaLggzMf99id9nszBfattvuO9i0vEKX0t1jCLaeC2t4Lh2h6xp3ncrXPCK1cyPFa3Edj6iBJbAkbeapfRLeez_ToS2YTord3jM_NyxbfxqxdkXutBhQpaQS5z/s400/perfhall18.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169916620519648290" align="right" border="3" hspace=10 /><strong>A Benefit for<br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra</span></strong><br /><strong></strong><strong>7pm Fri March 7th</strong><br /><strong>Pacific Cultural Center</strong><br /><strong></strong><strong>Seabright & Broadway</strong><br /><strong></strong></div><strong><br /></strong>Our fundraiser in preparation for our tour to Seattle's Honk Fest West, which we estimate will cost us a thousand dollars. We'll be joined by other amazing bands. With the help of Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In, we'll be showing a film <i>Honk You Very Much</i> -- a documentary about radical street bands -- and the film <i>Auto Re-Vision</i> -- a short doc about a handful of kids sealed in a room, who convert an automobile into an array of musical instruments. <strong>$10-20 sliding scale</strong><br /><br /><br />We estimate the trip to Seattle will cost the band about a thousand dollars. Would you be willing to kick-in $100 to help with the journey? Trash Orchestra is a grassroots shoestring endeavor. Your cash will help fight tyranny.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">If you value spirited community rebellion, </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=trash@whitneywilde.com&no_shipping=1&currency_code=USD">please shower us with modest sums</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br /><br />Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra is a community project, a radical marching band who's instruments are composed solely of trash. A bunch of rank musical amateurs who get together to create a veritable recycled symphony.<br /><br />More information, music, upcoming performances, video, and photos can be found at our website at <a href="http://trashorchestra.org/">http://trashorchestra.org</a><br /><br />Thanks for considering helping us.<br /><br />Santa Cruz Trash OrchestraWes Modeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13936508359690388713noreply@blogger.com0