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EASTER SUNDAY
DJs Matt B and Nick Waterhouse
Deejay team behind "1964" and "Do Right" spin soul, girl groups, jazz, and R&B. |
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8pm early show $5 // PRS at 10pm, free |
Punk Rock Sideshow presents: early show with The Slow Death & Nothington - 8pm, $5The Slow Death
After several unsuccessful attempts at mining alpacas for wool and chickening out of bank robberies a young Jesse Swan Thorson thought he could make himself rich at playing music. He had no idea how wrong he was. Boasting drunkenly at a divebar in Fargo, ND he convinced some local half-wits to form a band and Pretty Boy Thorson was born. Stringing together music ripped off from Mearle Haggard songs and misunderstood bible quotes, Pretty Boy Thorson managed to write and record several records. They embarked on many tours which were mearly a thinly veiled excuse to search for Curly's gold after misunderstanding a late 80's Billy Crystal movie. Building what few people would call a 'huge following' by trading tapes advertised in Soldier of Fortune magazine the band skyrocketed to mediocrity. Quickly tiring of Mr. Thorson's deranged antics members of the band fled to opposite coasts of the United States. Realizing he was too lazy to continue on his own, Jesse along with life partner David Strait recruited punk legend Jonny C from the critically acclaimed Rest of Us(Tampa, FL) and a guy named Mike from some bullshit band called The Ergs, they changed their name to The Slow Death to stop running from the obvious. They are now considering touring with top bands and mabye getting a haircut. |
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Club Chuckles presents NERVES hosted by Chris Thayer Chris Thayer
Comedian Chris Thayer lives and kills in San Francisco. Mining new depths of self-objectification with his droll, serrated deadpan, Chris has performed at The Purple Onion, Club Deluxe, and Hemlock Tavern opening for the likes of Reggie Watts, Rick Shapiro, and Tim & Eric and Neil Hamburger’s failed game show pilot, The New Big Ball.
Join Chris and his known associates, including local luminaries ALEX KOLL, Casey Ley, Cory Loykasek, Emily Heller, for what will prove to be an unforgettable evening of outer echelon yuks and laffs!
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 Alex Koll
ALEX KOLL is a comedian to the kind of person who likes Alex Koll. In a relatively short time, he has made a name for himself as the King of Import Racing three years running simply by writing "King of Import Racing" in every bathroom he lands in.For a while, he delivered wedding cakes in a Toyota that doubled as a home for an unemployed nuclear lab technician on the weekends.He recently lost his voice, but got it back without even trying just in time to appear on Comedy Central.
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 Casey Ley
Casey's interests (via his Myspace page) include:
Ranting, Chatting, walking Scott, making out in parks, free booze and drugs, inexpensive booze and drugs, not having a private myspace page (if you aren't an underage girl or little gay boy, why do you have a private page? misses the point I think)
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 Emily Heller
Emily Heller is a stand up comic and writer based in San Francisco. She placed 2nd in the 2009 Bay Area Laugh Leader Competition and the 2009 San Francisco Women's Comedy Competition. She has performed stand-up all over the country, including the San Francisco Punch Line, the Purple Onion, the San Jose Improv, 142 Throckmorton in Mill Valley, the Seattle Comedy Underground, the Joke Joint in Minneapolis, San Francisco Sketchfest 2009 & 2010, and the Sacramento All-Sketch Festival. One time she even did the open mic at Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis.
Her comedic writing has been featured in FastCompany Magazine and has been nominated for a National Magazine Award for best Op-Ed. Acclaimed comedian W. Kamau Bell says of her act, 'That's the smartest five minutes about a mustache ride I've ever seen.'
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 Attic Ted
Insane Asylum Country Gothic Carnival from Texas.
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9:00pm, $6 |
 Ty Segall
If you see only one Ty Segall show today this week, make it the Hemlock!
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 The Numerators
The pride of Lubbock, Texas!!
"As lethargic lo-fi garage pop goes, it’s not a terrible omen if you come from Lubbock, Texas—a place where we imagine there are many garages, tumbleweeds and hot dust for inspiration. It’s landlocked though so it doesn’t explain why it sounds like The Numerators recorded “City of Gold” underwater. Its tambourines and burbling lyrics are all druggy drowning and disorientation, rambling nowhere but doing so with purpose."
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9:30pm, $7 |
 Love of Diagrams (AUS)
"It's like coiled barbed wire, all twitchy, clamped down guitars, rampaging bass lines and clattery, claustrophobic drumming. What makes it all go down as easily as it does is an overlay of sung sweetness, an intoxicating boy-girl dialogue between bassist Antonia Sellbach and guitarist Luke Horton. Bursting with an anxiety-bristle that matches the head-pounding instrumental riff. It's ferocious." - Dusted
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 Weekend
Ear-splitting fuzz and honey-sweet melodies are the trademark of Weekend’s durable, energetic sound. Shoegazer acolytes filtered through a transistor radio. (bio)
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9:30pm, $7 |
 McCabe & Mrs. Miller
"Dressed in a suit and tie and pausing between numbers for a sip of bourbon, Victor Krummenacher was magnetic in the lead role of singer-songwriter/guitarist. Those only familiar with his work as the supremely funky bassist of Camper Van Beethoven may be surprised to see how easily he transcends that part when he steps to the front. His vocals sounded strong throughout, but particularly when he and partner Alison Faith Levy blended in duets that recall many beloved duos of American roots music. Faith Levy was also effective when she took the lead with her sultry alto and added piano, melodica and tambourine and her energy seemed to inspire the men on the stage to kick it up another notch. Their songs, many of which were written in Krummenacher’s living room, vary from ballads of lost love to rave-ups that build to exciting crescendos and collectively conjure a painting by Thomas Hart Benton come to life.
Their set began and ended with Tom Heyman sitting in on lead guitar. The rhythm section of John Haynes and Paul Olguin played taut simmering grooves that bubbled over with the intensity of the classic Stax and Atlantic soul cuts. Jonathan Segel worked his usual magic with violin, an old Gibson A-style mandolin and a hollowbody guitar, prompting the question, “Is there anything you don’t play” to which he replied "oboe" without missing a beat. Every time we see him perform, we walk away with a new appreciation of Segel’s many talents. " - SFIst
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 The Orange Peels
Featuring Alan Clapp on vocals, piano guitar and drums, Oed Ronne (The Ocean Blue) on lead guitars, electric sitar and vibes, Jill Pries on bass guitars, Bob Vickers (The Incredible Vickers Bros.) on drums and guitars, John Moremen (Jad Fair, the Roy Loney Band) on guitars.
"Wonderfully sugar-coated with a melancholy heart, the record glides past on waves of gently strummed guitars, swooning Mellotron strings, and heavenly vocal harmonies." - All Music
"The Orange Peels put a fresh and beguiling spin on the holy pop trinity of the Byrds, the Beach Boys and Burt Bacharach." - LA Weekly
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 Ralph Carney's Serious Jass Project
For those not aware of Mr. Ralph Carney's voluminous music resume, we turn now to the cyber-pages of Wikipedia:
"Ralph Carney (born January 23, 1956, Akron, Ohio) is an American musician. While his primary instruments are various saxophones and clarinets, Carney collects and plays many instruments, often unusual or obscure ones.
He was a founding member of Tin Huey, and is perhaps best known for his long association with singer Tom Waits. He has also recorded or performed with Dieselhed, Marc Ribot, The B-52's, Elvis Costello, Les Claypool, Stan Ridgway and Bill Laswell. Carney has released several solo albums."
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