THE PLACEBO

Don the Reader, Athens, Black Sheep Wall, Blues, Tidal Decay, TBA

2008-05-05T15:10:31Z

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A joint Placebo and Set the Stage production! This show has a lot of great bands, so it’s starting extra early:

Don the Reader
Athens
Black Sheep Wall
Blues
Tidal Decay
and one more, TBA!

When: Sunday, June 29. Doors at 5:30pm, sound off at 10pm sharp!
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St, Eureka
Cost: $7 (annual two-buck membership is required)

Benefit: Antarctica, Emilia’s Rose, Tidal Decay, Unmask

2008-04-29T16:13:15Z

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This intense metal show is a benefit to help pay McKinleyville show-goer Stuart Christopher’s medical bills.

When: 5:30 pm, Friday May 30, 3008
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St in Eureka (next to the Muni)
Cost: $5, annual membership is always required and can be purchased at the door for 2 bucks

All Placebo shows are ALL AGES and Drug and Alcohol Free

Fleas & Lice, Mouth Sewn Shut, Inhaste

2008-02-20T18:24:18Z

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Fleas and Lice (netherlands) Crusty Hardcore Punk
Mouth Sewn Shut (boston) Hardcore Punk / Reggae — with members of Toxic Narcotic
Inhaste (seattle) — thrashy, heavy, brutalizing hardcore

When: Tuesday, May 13th, doors at 6:30pm
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St
Cost: $7.00 (annual membership always required and available at the door)

Dungeon Master, Social Ills, Antarctica, Tidal Decay and Emilia’s Rose

2008-01-12T19:28:27Z

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Five bands for Three Bucks (membership free for this show only)

Saturday, January 26th at The Ink People. Doors at 6:30; show must end by 10pm.
More details here

Annual Planning Retreat

2007-12-20T21:52:12Z

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The Placebo Annual Retreat is an afternoon we take to plan for the next year, figuring out what works and what doesn’t. It’s also casual: people bring food, White Elephant gifts, and hang out in addition to getting business done.

Everyone, as usual, is welcome. Email gimme_info[at]theplacebo[dot]net or comment here with contact info filled out to get directions; If you need a ride, say where you are.

When: Friday, December 21 (Solstice)
- eating/schmoozing starts at 1pm, serious stuff at 3pm
- will end at 6pm or earlier, plenty of time for people to hit the Dragged By Horses show at Mosgo’s

Where: Samantha’s *warm* house in Manila (email for directions)

Warhol Warehouse

2007-11-14T20:05:57Z

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Everyone! Doesn’t this sound good?

An all ages – costume event with out-of-town bands, live art, interactive art, multidimensional film projection, wine and beer available [with ID], actors playing rock icons, cool lighting, multiple stages all happening at the Accident Gallery this Friday night.

Not only does it sound good, it’s true and the profits go straight to Synapsis, Placebo and E2. These are all ages, alcohol and drug free venues that support independent bands and art workshops.

That’s this Friday night, the 16th, at The Accident Gallery on C St. in Old Town Eureka from 8:pm to midnight. $8 at the door. The event is called The Warhol Warehouse Benefit and is based on Andy Warhol’s late 60’s “art factory” multimedia event, The Exploding Plastic Inevitable. Please come dressed in beatnik or mod; wear a tight turtleneck, tight jeans and boots. If all else fails, just ~~dress like you would normally~~, er, wear black. See you Friday!

Volunteer Meeting

2007-11-04T18:21:37Z

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It’s the 1st Sunday in November, so we’ll be meeting in Eureka. Carpool will swing by the ex-Sacred Grounds at 5:10 pm, so be there if you want a ride from Arcata.

We’ve got new swag and an upcoming Local Bands Night to plan. Bring snacks if you got ‘em.

When: 5:30 pm, Sunday November 4th
Where: 47B W 3rd Eureka [map]

The Placebo Sci-Fi Merch Party

2007-10-23T16:35:15Z

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We need some new merch, folks, and we need people to make it. We’ll be doing silk-screening, button making, and transfers. Come up with your own Placebo-related designs and get ‘em produced on the spot. Bring yer own t-shirt and get it silk-screened - with the Placebo design of your choice - for free!
You don’t need to have any prior experience and you can drop by anytime between 4 and 8pm to help out.

Oh yeah, we’ll also be watching some quality science fiction shows you might never’ve heard of; we like to call it…. indoctrination :D

When: Friday, October 26 from 4pm to 8pm
Where: 47B W 3rd St, Eureka [map]
Cost: Free!

Arcata All Volunteers Meeting

2007-10-21T14:58:48Z

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It’s the 3rd Sunday of the month, so it’s time to meet-up in the Arcata Plaza at 5:30pm. If it’s raining, head for the Jacoby Storehouse, otherwise, lets congregate on the east side (towards the Outdoor Store) of the Plaza.

This is the time/place when we work on upcoming shows, bring ideas for cool arts/music/skillshare ideas and just hang out with other people in the scene.

What: All Volunteers Meeting (everyone welcome and encouraged to show up)
When: Sunday, October 21, 5:30pm
Where: Arcata Plaza if clear, Jacoby Storehouse outside Bon Boniere if pouring

Is the Placebo Alive?

2007-10-06T16:53:07Z

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If you want it to be, then you really need to come to this All Volunteers meeting:
5:30 Sunday, October 7 at The Placebo, 47W3rd Eureka

Stuff to talk about:

Shows! Let’s bloody well have some, eh?
Making money for the renovations
T-shirts (we have silk screening equipment now) & other merch
October 16th Eureka High School tabling
October 20th E2/Placebo/Synapsis meet
and generally getting our shit together (for fun and non-profit!)

If you need a ride from Arcata, email gimme_info at theplacebo dot net or leave a message at 667-9421

== the Placebo is all volunteer run - it’s whatever you make it! ==

LJ Syndicated Feed of ThePlacebo.net

2007-06-24T00:56:06Z

Just a heads-up that a kind pro-account-holder just created an LJ feed for us: the_placebo

Posts to our website are mirrored on this LJ account. Sometimes they won't show up on your friends page correctly because of timestamp wierdness, so you might want to add the feed directly to your LJ flist instead.

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Nerdapalooza - Postponed to June 2008

2007-05-23T23:07:40Z

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Nerdapalooza is still on, but it’s been moved to June 2008 to make it BETTER and NERDIER!

The Placebo presents the first ever

~~September 22nd and 23rd, 2007~~

Nerdcore superstars from around the country coming straight to you in a two-day festival

Check out Nerdapalooza.org or the Nerdapalooza MySpace site for more details.

All Volunteers Meeting

2007-05-18T21:49:01Z

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This Sunday, May 20th, 5:30 pm:

It’s time for another All Volunteers Meeting. Everyone is welcome to come on down to The Placebo, 47B West 3rd St in Eureka and help organize shows and other events like workshops, hang-out space, Punk Picnic, Bummerfest, and Nerdapalooza. Find out how to get in on planning the good stuff!

If you need a ride from Arcata, show up for the carpool at Sacred Grounds at 5pm.

Yes! You all ROCK

2007-05-16T22:27:26Z

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Mucho thanks to everyone who showed up tonight. You totally convinced the Eureka City Council that the 47 West Third community deserves to exist. The Times-Standard wrote, “…the council received a roomfull of applause when they voted to waive a permit fee for Synapsis, The Placebo and Empire Squared, all part of the Ink People Center for the Arts.” Oh, Yeah

We still need to raise money, but now the funds can go to improving our space and getting us open ASAP. We’ll be having some fundraiser shows coming up to help with that. Bands! Wanna play a benefit? Let us know.

In other news, Bummerfest planning has started. The next meeting is today (Wednesday) at 6:30 in Arcata at Redwood Yogurt. We’ll alternate between Arcata and Eureka, so you can participate even if you can’t get a ride over the safety corridor. (Psst. Go to our forums to see the themes people have suggested; register and you can vote for your favorite.)

THANKS AGAIN EVERYBODY!!!

Support The Placebo at City Hall

2007-05-15T02:33:59Z

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Tomorrow (Tuesday) 6:30pm, the Eureka City Council is going to decide whether or not to allow The Placebo, Synapsis, and E2 to apply for a Permit to keep our space opening without having to pay $2000.00 first. That’s right, normally we’d have to pay 2 Grand to even *apply* for a permit. Ouch.

The City has been pretty supportive of our efforts to re-open so far, but this is a *really* important step. So if you wanna see more All-Ages Placebo shows, come show your support for us at the City Council meeting!

Where: 2nd floor of Eureka City Hall, 531 “K” Street, Eureka (between 5th & 6th)
When: Tuesday, May 15 at 6:30pm
– Car pool leaving from Sacred Grounds in Arcata at 6pm

Placebo Volunteer Meeting

2007-04-13T20:35:14Z

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Halfway through your tax return, you realize, wasn’t there at least one thing I was looking forward to today? O yes, The Placebo volunteer meeting! There I can talk about making cool events like rock shows and workshops on sound equipment happen! There I can hang out with a lot of cool people and have my say in a democratically run organization! There I can catch a ride to Arcata to see The Pharmacy play at The Green House! That’s what I was going to do!

Where: The Placebo, 47B West 3rd, Eureka (1/2 block from the new Co-op, enter via the alley between 3rd & 4th)
When: 5:30 (with 5 ‘o clock carpool from Sacred Grounds), Sunday April 15th

Cost: your ideas and imagination

KHSU Record Swap

2007-03-20T04:09:27Z

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What:

Come down and buy, sell, trade, or just browse records, CDs, and other music related merchandise. There will be a Placebo table set up with merch and snacks, so come down and visit it! There will be even be live music.

Noon - Sarafae (sweet songbird and singer/songwriter)
1:30 - DJ Dub Cowboy
3:00 - The Professional Superheroes (Eureka’s call for justice!)
4:00 - A Parting Shot (New hardcore with an attitude)

Where: HSU Godwin Forum

When: April 7th, 11am to 5pm

Cost: $2 admission (goes to support KHSU)

The Pasties & The Pro Heroes!

2007-02-26T20:00:14Z

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Witness a night of epic rockingness when two Olympia bands join forces with The Professional Superheroes to fight for justice in the Pacific northwest!

The Pasties (fast-paced folk punk from Olympia)
The Professional Superheroes (Eureka’s caped crusaders)
Fierce Perm (female-fronted Olympia punk)
TBA

Where: The Accident Gallery
When: Punk-rock-o-clock (8 pm)
Cost: $5 plus $2 annual membership

Out of the Sun: SHUT DOWN

2007-02-22T19:29:52Z

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Last night will relaxing and watching a bit of late night TV I got a call from a friend informing me that Out of the Sun, a friendly arcade and all-ages venue in Fortuna, had it’s music permit revoked. If you’ve never been to Out of the Sun then you are certainly missing out, the venue was a shining beacon of light in a community with little for youth to do. Not only was it a positive place for Fortuna kids, but for many of the events held there many of the attendees were kids from Eureka, Arcata, and other cities in Humboldt.

Tina, the friendly woman who runs Out of the Sun, published the letter she got from the city on the group’s myspace account…

“The city realizes that you and your husband have taken numerous steps to keep night time activities to a level where young people can have fun and yet the neighborhood is not seriously impacted. Nonetheless, a determination has been made by the City Manager in consultation with the Chief of police that continuing problems arising from the nature of the bands, the numbers of young people involved, community complaints, and required police intervention has reached a level that cannot continue.”

She advises kids to sit down and write a letter to the Fortuna City Manager (Duane Rigge, 621 11th Street, P.O. Box 545, Fortuna, CA, 95540 - OR drigge [at] ci [dot] fortuna [dot] ca [dot] us) about how much they enjoy Out of the Sun and their positive experiences with the place. She also informs that for kids who would like to also speak out about how they feel the Fortuna City Council meets on the 1st and 3rd Monday of the month at 6 pm at Fortuna City Hall at 621 11th Street). If you have trouble finding the words with which to express yourself, The Professional Superheroes have prepared a sample letter:

“Mr. Rigge,
I have a question for you.
I’ve just heard that Out of the Sun has had its music permit revoked. I’m sure that you are aware that the shows at Out of the Sun provided Fortuna’s youth with a reason to get together, have fun, and make new friends. With that in mind, I’m sure you can agree that the shows at Out of the Sun were more than just live music events, they were youth events, being held specifically to give kids living in Fortuna a chance to have fun together.

My question to you:
How does stopping youth events in Fortuna help the youth of this city?

Thank you”

Help fight the all-ages ban! Keep the scene alive!

Movie: Ape Canyon

2007-02-10T18:13:01Z

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Local director (also actor, producer, writer, and video maven) John Olsen will show his critically acclaimed film, Ape Canyon.

From Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In:

Obviously we’re into goofball territory here, a sort of ultra-low-budget cross between “King Kong” and “I Spit On Your Grave.” The plot line is so thin that it would fall apart entirely if it weren’t for some outstanding performances by Clover Lutter, as the lovesick Juliet with a poetry journal so excruciatingly bad that it makes Sasquatch clutch at his ears in pain, and Chris Henry, as the dimwit cuckold with a sidearm. The climactic sequence is very funny, but too disgusting to reveal here and I should go ahead and warn you, there’s an abundance of bodily-function humor that will be popular down at the frat house but might be too intense for their more squeamish girlfriends.

In other words, it’s the finest Bigfoot rape-revenge flick ever made by people with way too much time on their hands.

I loved it, of course.

When: Wednesday, February 21 — doors at 7pm, film starts at 8pm sharp
Where: The Placebo 47B West 3rd St, Eureka (map)
Cost: $1 (plus $2 Placebo annual membership, if you don’t have yours yet!)

Free Popcorn! All ages!

HRC Meeting at 47B

2007-01-29T21:09:56Z

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The Placebo Harm Reduction Collective is meeting at our space this week, so come on down.

The Placebo HRC is a weekly support group for people wanting help on the path to sobriety and freedom from anxiety and depression. We respect AA, but we do not use the 12 steps or emphasize a belief in an higher power. Your privacy will be respected. More info available at the link above or by emailing hrc at theplacebo.org

Non-judgmental, all-ages, everybody welcome

When: Tuesday, Jan 29th, 5:30-7:30 pm
Where: The Placebo, 47WB 3rd St. (map)
Cost: Free, but Placebo annual membership required ($2)

Rumor has it, there will be snacks.

Local Wobblies Benefit @ The Ink People

2007-01-11T00:08:43Z

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Help Your Local Baristas Organize by Listening to These Fine Bands (and More!)

IRB
Motel Llama
Alex and the Clowns former members of Mad Hammer
Radical Devil

When: 7pm, Saturday, January 27th
Where: The Ink People, 411 Twelfth Street in Eureka (map)
Cost : $4-$6 sliding scale (plus $2 annual membership, if you don’t have it already)

Remember kids, Ink People shows have to end at 10pm, so get there early.

6pm, Wednesday: Comadre, Writing A New Life, MTV, DNR, Disjecta Membra

2007-01-04T22:55:34Z

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PUNK and HARDCORE!

Comadre (redwood city)
Writing a New Life (san francisco)
Disjecta Membra () featuring DNR members
DNR
MTV

When: 7 6pm, Wednesday, Jan 10th
Where: The Ink People, 411 Twelfth Street in Eureka (map) Cost: $5 ($2 annual membership required)
Note: we have 5 bands and the show has to end at 10pm so come on time!

Placebo Board

2007-01-04T21:31:15Z

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Our side of the building is still open (though we aren’t holding shows at the space) so this week’s Board meeting will be held as usual. Obviously, we have a lot to talk about this time round. Everybody’s welcome; come on down and help keep the Placebo going!

When: 5:30, Sunday Jan. 7th
Where: The Placebo, 47B W 3rd St., Eureka (map)

First Meeting of The Placebo Harm Reduction Collective

2006-12-28T20:07:23Z

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The Placebo Harm Reduction Collective focuses on reducing the harm done by drugs, alcohol, depression, and anxiety. The goal is to help on the path to sobriety and freedom from anxiety and depression without dictating how exactly you have to achieve this. This group is intended as an alternative to Alcoholics Anonymous and does not participate in the 12 steps or a higher power (god) but does recognize & respect AA as an effective treatment for the people that it works for. The HRC is a sub group of The Placebo. Meetings are open to all ages, and are created for Humboldt County’s diverse music, art, film, and literature scene. Contact us for info and/or volunteer work: hrc at theplacebo.org

When: Tuesday, January 2 from 5pm to 7 pm
Where: in the community kitchen of the Eureka Co-op, 4th and B
Cost: Free, but you do need to have a Placebo membership ($2)