THE PLACEBO

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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)

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Punk, Ska, and Psychobilly!

• The Sick Shooters (ukiah)
• The Fortyhands
• Vigilante Death Squad
• The Revocateurs

When: Friday, June 27th, doors at 6:30pm
Where: The Placebo, 411 12th St (in the Ink People, next to the Muni)
Cost: $5, two-dollar annual membership is required

All Placebo shows are ALL AGES and drug and alcohol free

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8pm, Friday June 20th at the Placebo, 411 12th St, Eureka

18 mind-blowing works, most of which can only be seen through this fest.

When curator William Burgess came to Los Angeles, he uncovered hives of “video art”- trapped in galleries and classrooms, films which inspire little more than restful sleep in the creative person. But through time one or two projects would grab him, unexpectedly with emotion. These were the incidental videos, the unknowns that came out of bedrooms or could only be seen on a hi-8 camera while huddled in the corner of a dorm room. These works had real moments, real feelings but would probably end up like most video tapes- rotting in a closet, never to be seen again.

Having the opportunity to curate a weekly show at the now defunct art and performance venue “Il Corral” in Hollywood, Burgess established the Druid Underground in 2006 as a forum to present works, which would act as a sort of spiritual combat against the hollow mass of tedious video art.

Selected from over 400 entries, the Best-Of the Druid Underground Film Festival features:

• SKATEBANG
  Damon Packard
• STEVE IRWIN SONG
  Christian Cummings and Lee Lynch
• REFLECTIONS OF TERROR AT 5
  Cara Elizabeth
• JIMMY JEINSEITS
  Romeo Grunfelder
• DECORATION AND YOU
  Trulee Grace Hall
• BUG SHOW
  Aimee Goguen and Kyle Haefs
• LET’S MEAT
  Ben Cuevas
• I LIVE IN THE WOODS
  Max Winston
• I’M A BIG GIRL NOW
  Margie Schibbe
• APRIL’S FOOL
  Moises Jimenez
• KABIR SONG
  Anal Shah
• DIGITOPIA
  Miwa Matreyek
• KEEP-A-KNOCKIN’
  JSDB
• HALLOWEEN THRILLER
  Timothy Dwelle
• TV SABOTAGE
  Kid Mankowitz
• BUFFY DREAMS
  John Allee
• SON OF SATAN
  JJ Villard
• HORS-HUMAIN
  Yann Minh
• FANTASYCORE
  Tasman Richardson

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

• Antarctica
• Emilia’s Rose
• Tidal Decay
• Unmask

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

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We have volunteer meetings every 1st and 3rd Sunday at 5:30 pm.

On the first Sunday of the month, we meet in Eureka at the Ink People. Two weeks later we meet in Arcata at the round seating area in the Jacoby Storehouse.

When: 5:30 pm, Sunday May 18th
</i>Where</i>: Jacoby Storehouse off the Arcata plaza

Everybody is welcome

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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)

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This will be an informal conversation for local activists and other interested people.

When: 5:30pm, Friday May 9th
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St, next to the Eureka Muni
Cost: Donations are appreciated

About the speaker: Andrew Flood is an active anarchist organizer and writer, with twenty years experience in Ireland, most of that time as a member of the Workers Solidarity Movement. More recently, he has been become a member of NEFAC and is a founder member of Common Cause, Ontario.

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• The Martyr Index (calgary) - Politically-aware Canadian Rock They have a violin! But you could tell that from the album cover, right?
• Social Concern (chico) - Distillers meets Bad religion, meets the Ramones, meets your daddy! they were snowed-in last time, but come May the passes will be clear
• The Fortyhands - all polished up from playing Punk Prom

When: Wednesday, May 7. Doors at 6:30 / amps off at 10pm
Where: The Ink People 411 12th St, Eureka
Cost: $5, annual membership is required! Get one at the door for 2 bucks if you don’t have yours.

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This is where the shows get made. You don’t have to talk if you don’t want to, but come by and check it out. It’s free and everybody is welcome!

When: 5:30 pm, Sunday May 4th
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St (ring the bell if the door is locked)

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It’s PUNK PROM!
In alphabetical order:

• Blancatron/FemiNasti Productions - DJ Extraordinaire
• The Fortyhands Brand Spanking New, local punk
• The Monster Women Hip shakin’ electro girl group pop
• La Plebe (sf) Bilingual punk with horns n’ vomit - note: I’ve seen the horns but if there was vomit, they were awfully discreet about it
• The Psycho Nubs (indiana/nevada) - garage punk with a silly sense of humor
• The Social Ills - Straight-up Hardcore Punk

Costume Contest! Door Prizes! General Silliness!

When: Friday, April 25th, 7pm-midnight
Where: Bayside Grange, just outside of Arcata [map]
Cost: $5 if in costume (robot and/or prom drag) / $7 if you are boring. Two-buck annual membership always required

Leave yer Drugs/Alcohol at home

When we say ALL AGES we mean it: Everybody Welcome!

Thank you to all the local businesses and organizations who have generously provided prizes, including:

• Booklegger
• The Coffee Break
• DUHC
• Fabric Temptations
• Figueiredos Video Movies
• The Ink People
• NorthCoast RolePlaying
• Northtown Books
• Smug’s Pizza
• Sushi A Go Go
• Wildwood Music
• The Works

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Sunday, April 20th, 5:30 pm
Jacoby Storehouse off the Arcata Plaza

Everybody Welcome

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At the Ink People, 5:30 pm. Ring the bell if you get there later and someone will be down to let you in.

This meeting will focus on Punk Prom and our shows in May and June, including Punk BBQ.

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A night of excellent female-fronted local rock

• Steel Toed Slippers — danceable funk-rock
• This Dying Wish — post-punk rock
• Kill the Switch — feminist punk
• Palo Verde (portland) — metal improv

When: Saturday, March 22nd, doors at 6:30, amps off at 10pm
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St, Eureka (next to the Muni)
Cost: $5 (annual membership required)

Placebo shows are always ALL AGES and DRUG AND ALCOHOL FREE

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Agender:

• how our recent shows went down
• getting more people to help out after the show
• location brainstorming
• PUNK PROM - April 25th at the Bayside Grange
• upcoming shows in May and beyond
• How-to-do-sound workshop
• whatever you want to talk about

When: 5:30pm, Sunday March 16
Where: The Jacoby Storehouse, off the Arcata Plaza

Everybody Welcome - It’s Your Scene, Take Care Of It

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You like those METAL shows, don’t ya?

• Slaughterbox (red bluff)
• Antarctica
• Noctocide
• Emilia’s Rose

When: Friday, March 7th. Doors at 6:30, amps off at 10pm
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St, next to the Eureka Muni
Cost: $5 (two dollar annual membership is required)

All Placebo shows are ALL-AGES and DRUG AND ALCOHOL FREE
~~ breaking the rulez gets venues shut down ~~

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Volunteers’ Meeting

It’s the first Sunday of the month, so we’ll be meeting in Eureka.

Psst: If you want to book a show you must come to a meeting; no exceptions.

When: Sunday, March 2nd 5:30pm
Where: The Ink People Come to 47W 3rd [map] for this one since we’ll already be in the neighborhood.

Everybody is Welcome

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Yes, it’s a glamorous job, but someone has to do it:

The Placebo is moving just a few yards down the alley between 3rd and 4th but we have heavy gear and more than a few boxes so the more people help out, the better. We will feed you if you show up and work!

Where: 47 W 3rd, Eureka [map]
When: 2pm, Sunday March 2nd

Stick around for the Volunteers’ meeting directly afterwards and help plan the shows for April and beyond.

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This magnificent show brought to you by the
All Ages Alliance

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• Social Concern (chico) - sound like the Distillers meets Bad Religion, meets the Ramones, meets your daddy. Female-fronted.
  
• The Radical Devil - Oldskool Punk - the acoustic way
• The Floating Corpses (san francisco)- Experimental Performance Transgender Punk

When: Saturday, February 23rd. Doors at 6:30, amps off at 10pm sharp!
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St., Eureka (Next to the Muni)
Cost: $5 (two dollar annual membership required)

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It’s the 3rd Sunday of the month, so we meet in Arcata.

Plan shows. Make the scene happen. Everyone welcome.

When: 5:30pm, Sunday February 17th
Where: Jacoby Storehouse, Arcata

It’s Your Scene, Take Care Of It!