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NewsYes, it's true, you can now download The Operators' "Citizens Band" or perhaps you prefer The Anchormen classic "Spy Pond," as midi ringtones for your cellular telephones. Guaranteed to annoy you and everyone arround you at the movies. Sign up for the Handstand Commandments to receive the most up-to-the-minute news. All our 2003-2004 news is here...news going back to 2000 is in the archives.
To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com OPERATORS TO PLAY RARE SHOW SUMMARY: Operators reunite. Nice and Easy set up shop at The Abbey Lounge. Plunge Into Death tours, beginning at Zuzu. Somerville (Reuters) -- As the first wisps of smoke signaled the end of a vote in Handstand Command's Headquarters on Tuesday, there was an audible gasp from the thousands gathered to witness the decision. Black smoke from burning ballot papers rising from the thin metal chimney is the age-old signal for the Operators staying home and watching Law and Order reruns, but white would indicate the band would perform THIS SATURDAY at The Abbey Lounge. But the excitement on the packed streets of Inman Square soon turned to uncertainty as the crowds struggled for the second day running to agree on the color of the smoke -- which reveals the outcome of the vote -- against the cloudy Medford sky. "It looked black, then white, then black. People started cheering. I thought I was going to have heart failure," Karen Martello, a tourist from Jamaica Plain said breathlessly, as she squinted to see the smoke still rising from the roof. People said "white," and "black," then some began to chant "it's white, it's white," and a group of the members of Choo Choo La Rouge started jumping up and down, pushing their fists in the air.
"It is decided. The Operators shall 'rock out'."
RECORDINGS:
******************** Lots of shows. Operators reunite. Nice N' Easy hold it down at PAs Lounge. Plunge Into Death plays in your home town (that is, if you live in CAMBRIDGE, PROVIDENCE, NEW LONDON, CT, ALBANY, NY, NORTHAMPTON, MA (perhaps), PHILADELPHIA, ARLINGTON, VA, and NEW YORK CITY). Also: Emily Operator plays violin.
THE OPERATORS REUNITE!
Monday, April 25
MISTER RECORDS COMP 3, CD RELEASE PARTY! NICE AND EASY's got a residency Thursdays in May at PA's LOUNGE! http://www.weareniceandeasy.com PLUNGE INTO DEATH tour the end of April and beginning of May with BIG DIGITS. http://www.plungeintodeath.com |
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Hear ye, hear ye-- this Saturday, November 20 at PA's Lounge, you are invited to witness what very well may be the Operators' LAST SHOW EVER! We're not guaranteeing anything-- guitarist Paul has only moved 3 hours away, after all -- but this is no Jay-Z stylee "retirement." The Ops do not have a comeback tour with R. Kelly scheduled for next week. So see 'em while you can. The show is also a CD release party for the Operators' new disc, "The Light and the Dark," and a chance to see guitarist Emily rock it out right DESPITE her very recent Kurt Schilling-esque ankle surgery. Emily, you've got the heart of a champion! Lending a rock'n'roll hand for the Ops' send-off will be Shenzou 5 (Yummy swirly guitar pop featuring Seana Carmody and four other rock luminaries - bask in their glow) and Squids (sharp post-proto-no-wave sounds, see 'em now so you can say you saw 'em when). Light refreshments will be served, but one ought to arrive having eaten. Earlier that evening offers a rare opportunity to see Plounge into Death -- Plunge's gentler, more velvety, more art-gallery friendly cousin-- at Zeitgeist Gallery. Preceding and postceding the musical interlude will be slideshows by comic artists Keith Knight and Tak Toyshima. Then... Tuesday, Operators on WMBR's Pipeline! Then... silence.
Saturday, Nov. 20
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com
Boo!
Boo!
Boo!
Boo! Boo!!!!!! CALENDAR:
SCRAPPLE
ELECTION DAY CELEBRATION OR MOURNING CEREMONY w/
PLUNGE INTO DEATH
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Just wanted to remind you of 2 big shows this week: Tonight (Thursday), a show to honor our friend Kirsten Malone, downstairs Middle East. Lots of bands, a benefit to the Kirsten Malone Memorial fund. Get there EARLY! Plunge go on promptly at 9. Then this Saturday AFTERNOON at the Milky Way, Jef's Book Release Party, featuring bands, punk rock face painting, comics drawing and more. Doors at 12; bands start at 1. An all-ages show for grown-ups and kids and you. Hope to see you at the both of them. DETAILS:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 SATURDAY, September 18, daytime show: noon to 5 PM A Book Release Party for Jef Czekaj's new book Grampa and Julie: Shark Hunters featuring: Jonnie Spaceman and his Curious Theremin, Harry and the Potters, U.V. Protection, The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, special appearance by the Humanimals (featuring members of Travers and Plunge Into Death and The Anchormen) MILKY WAY (524-3740), at Bella Luna, 405 Centre St., Jamaica Plain. ALL AGES!!!! | |
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com So, wow, lots of "high profile" shows in the next week or so. You should go to all of them!!!!!
1. Lili Dennison Going-Away Party, Sat, Sept. 11 1. Lili Dennison Going-Away Party, Sat, Sept. 11 This Saturday night come bid adieu (she's moved to New Orleans) to Ms. Lili Dennison, a woman who has more to do with the Boston "scene" than anyone you know. Long sets by the Lyres and the Upper Crust, shorter ones by Beefy DC, Big Digits Big Band (FEATURING MEMBERS OF THE ANCHORMEN AND THE OPERATORS), the Count Me Outs, the Dogmatics, the Downbeat 5, Frank Morey, Milo Jones, Rock Bottom, Thalia Zedek, the Turpentine Brothers, Unnatural Axe, and maybe more. Middle East Downstairs, Big Digits go on early, like 9 or so. 2. ROCK ON For MOVE ON, Sun, Sept. 12 The next day head down to Providence to attend an all day music festival to raise money for MoveOn.org. It's going to be a great show with bands as diverse as Ida and Lightning Bolt! The Blind King, featuring Chris Anchorman on accordian, open the show at 2PM. Fleet Skating Center, downcity Providence, R.I. 3. Kirsten Malone Memorial Show, Thurs, Sept 16 A show to honor our friend, artist, musician, Kirsten Malone, who was killed in a bike accident in June 2004. This show is to raise money to help her band, The Faux, put out a record, proceeds from which will go to a fund at Mass Art for female artists. Shore Leave, PLUNGE INTO DEATH, Cathy Cathotic, Neptune, Gold, Mahi, Mahi, Fat Day, UV Protection, Middle East Downstairs, show starts early, PLUNGE GOES ON AT 9PM!! (3.5 Jef will be signing copies of his book at the Million Year Picnic (99 Mt Auburn St) in Harvard Square from 5PM-7PM on Friday, September 17!!). 4. Jef Czekaj Book Release Party/Show, Sat, Sept 18, NOON-5PM Join cartoonist Jef Czekaj as he celebrates the release of his new book, Grampa and Julie: Shark Hunters, a collection of his comics that have appeared in Nickelodeon Magazine! This book, the winner of a Xeric grant, is distributed exclusively by Top Shelf Productions. Jef has planned a great celebration, fun for kids as well as non-kids (aka grown-ups). Bands will be performing, comics will be drawn and prizes will be awarded. The party takes place at the wonderful Milky Way Lounge and Lanes in Jamaica Plain, MA, know for its pizza, its live music, and its bowling!! Kids will have a chance to meet and talk with the musicians as well as Jef Czekaj. Performances by The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, Harry and the Potters, Jonnie Spaceman and his Curious Theremin, UV Protection, The Humanimals Milky Way, JP, noon-5PM all the details at http://www.handstandcommand.com CALENDAR:
Saturday, September 11
Sunday, September 12
Thursday, September 16, 2004
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Sure they can play their instruments and sing (stop laughing), but can they make pancakes? Find out THIS Saturday as the Handstand Command dons its hairnets and gets to work making YOU breakfast. It's a fundraiser for ARTSomerville (hanging tough to that late 90's dot-com weird-capitalization/combined-words thing), a great cause. Plus check out Emily Operator's Art! THIS Saturday, at the very reasonable hour of 11AM. Then the following Thursday, The Rumble in Rock City! The Altercation in Alston! The Handstand-Command Needs a New Copy Writer Concert! Two HC shows the same night! We'll see our friends REALLY are. Actually, go to both, they're just down the street from each other. Nice and Easy throw it down with HC friends Big Digits and Fur Cups for Teeth at O'Brien's, while Plunge (new t-shirts in!) bring it to The Plan at Great Scott w/ Black Hellicopter, The Peppermints, and Protokoll. Stay tuned for a big show on September 18, Jef Czekaj's Shark Hunters book release party. Don't ask us, we just work here. CALENDAR:
Saturday, August 7, 2004
Thursday, August 12
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Just a quick update from your friendly neighborhood Command. We'd go on at length but we've thrown out our elbow playing skeeball and it hurts ever so much to type.
THIS WEEKEND!
NEXT WEEKEND! Hope to see you there. Don't take any wooden nickels, kid.
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Well, well, well, it seems that The Handstand Command, your coterie of Boston Rock Professionals, has reached its fourth year of ROCKING YOUR WORLD. In band years, this must translate to at least 50 human years. Please expect us to buy a sports car and begin chasing our secretary around the desk. To celebrate we've got two(2) big events planned for the month of May. The first one is THIS SATURDAY! The first event takes place this Saturday, May 15, at PAs Lounge in the heart of Union Square. Short sets from all of your Handstand Command favorites; the indie-rock Operators, folk-punk Sinkcharmer, country-indiepop Nice & Easy, garage-rock Asian Babe Alert, and hip-hop friends Big Digits (backed by a live Handstand Command supergroup). Also, free copies of Not Dead Yet, a compilation of new and unreleased songs from many of the Handstand Command bands, will be premiered. Come early (the show gets going at 9), you don't wanna miss nuthin'. The party continues two weeks later at the Zeitgeist Gallery in Inman Square, Cambridge. There will be DJs, dancing, singalong songs with Handstand Command bands and friends, home movies, and a special guest: the Projet Mobillivre-Bookmobile Project, a touring group of book-loving hipster Canadians who teach audiences about book arts and zine making. Prizes provided by Bazaar Bizarre crafters! All to benefit the Bookmobile project! Handstand Command 4th Anniversary! THE DETAILS:
Saturday May 15th, 2004
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com FOUR (4)! FOUR Handstand Command Shows this week! Sleep well tonight, because you officially have plans for the rest of the week. Wednesday, PLUNGE INTO DEATH reprise their team-up with rap superstars Big Digits at Zuzu. It's free. On Thursday, NICE AND EASY say goodbye to Dyke Night at the Midway. Friday, join SINKCHARMER with labelmate Pants Yell! at the Midway again. Saturday, crazy house party in Allston with PLUNGE again. Sunday through Tuesday, sleep. Then next Wednesday head back to the Midway for yet another NICE AND EASY show. You can find details about all of the shows below. FOUR (4)! Happy Birthday to us! Handstand Command turns FOUR(4) next month. Check out the website for all the anniversary show details (handstandcommand.com), but save the dates: May 15 and May 29. C A L E N D A R:
PLUNGE INTO DEATH
NICE AND EASY
SINKCHARMER
PLUNGE INTO DEATH
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com This month, the Handstand Command, Somerville's music collective, is proud to participate in a great series of shows: Our Comrades in the hip-hop punk noise duo, The Big Digits, have a March residency at Zuzu, the restaurant between the Middle Easts in Cambridge. They will be performing different sets each week, along with performances by special guests. The Handstand Command is all over this thing. Come every week! Zuzu is a great bar and all the shows are FREE! FREE! Every Thursday in March: 10:30 p.m.: 21+. ZuZu is at 474 Mass Ave., Cambridge.
Thursday, MARCH 4th
Thursday, MARCH 11th
Thursday, MARCH 18th
Thursday, MARCH 25th
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com The Handstand Command, due to our poor showing in New Hampshire Rock Primary, throw our support behind the one candidate who best represents our views and concerns. Thus, we are proud to endorse Foghat for president. SHOWS: The Plunge Into Death Army have moved their operation underground into the basements of our city. This Saturday (Jan. 31) join them for a party/show at 44 Green Street in Jamaica Plain. Plunge goes on around 10 or so, but show up at 9 for the other bands. All ages, BYOB, $5. As often occurs, The Big Digits will be offering rhymes and sexiness. Then the following Saturday (Feb. 7) join Plunge at the House of Sufferin Succotash in Brighton for another all-ages basement show with the band Oneida. The show starts and ends early: Plunge go on at 7 or so and the show ends at 10. Which is great, because then you can hightail it over to Chinatown to check out an equally rocking show: The latest, greatest sensation, Nice and Easy (featuring Steph from the Operators) at KTV in Chinatown along with Secret Cock. Also, New Yorkers ought to be attending a great show Thursday, February 5, 2004 with THE OPERATORS, Second Story Man, Tincantelephone, and Cynthia Nelson (PS: wish Emily Operator a happy birthday.) RECORDINGS:
New Sinkcharmer!: 4 new songs on a CD from Asaurus Records, as part of their EP club. http://www.asaurus.org/records
IN THE STUDIO: The Operators, Sinkcharmer, Plunge Into Death!
CALENDAR:
THE OPERATORS
TWO SHOWS ON FEB. 7th! You can go to both!
PLUNGE INTO DEATH
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Seasons Greetings, As usual, Handstand Command, Somerville's very own musical collective, has your holiday season covered: This FRIDAY Scrapple proudly presents its biggest and best Holiday Spectacular ever. Featuring cameos from the local music scene, video footage, rainstick-toting hippies, and, of course, the traditional bondage reindeer, you NEED to be at the Coolidge Corner theater this Friday at midnight. Perhaps we should remind you that we have many fine albums, T-shirts, and posters available for sale (some from our website)? This SATURDAY from 4-10PM you can buy Handstand Command merchandise as well as a whole VFW-ful of other unique DIY crafts at the 3rd annual BAZAAR BIZARRE! We've lengthed the duration of the affair to help deal with the crowds and added some great new features including more celebrity DJs, Theremin Holiday Carols, and a raffle with crazygreat prizes. Bring your wallet. Next Thursday, December 18, Handstand Command's favorite rap duo, the Big Digits, will be rocking the mic (do we say that?) at the Milky Way at the Weekly Dig's Holiday party. If you haven't seen these young gentlemen yet, please do, before they are too busy dating Paris Hilton and Renee Zelwiger to bust fresh rhymes for you. Of course, that is just a warm-up for the show at the Milky Way on the night of FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19. It's an emotional Handstand Command show for us: POSSIBLY THE LAST ANCHORMEN SHOW EVER!!!!!! Mr. Heath Anchorman is leaving town for an unspecified secret mission. Please join your favorite suit-wearing degenerates as they bid a fond farewell to their lead singer. Watch the last time that Chris berates Heath for forgetting his lyrics. Cry as Jef executes his final wince as Tom steps on that god-forsaken wah-wah pedal of his for the 8 kazillionth time. Witness quite possibly the last time that Chris, Jef, Heath, or Tom wears a suit. Joining the tearful goodbye will be The Operators, Asian Babe Alert, and young upstarts, Nice N Easy. Come early! ----- Happy Holidays! -----
CALENDAR:
BAZARRE BIZARRE, a DIY craft fair
BIG DIGITS
HANDSTAND COMMAND
Handstand Command! Handstand Command! Handstand Command!
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com We think this might be a first: TWO (2) Handstand Command shows on the same evening, this Saturday, November 1, The Day of the Dead. How will you decide? Are you an Anchormen girl or an Operators guy? Perhaps you are both. In Boston proper, The Operators are playing a show with Sophie Drinker, a band that features Cynthia from Retsin and the Naysayer. Also performing will be Dear Nora. This wonderful bill is a co-production of Truth Serum and Eximious Productions and goes on at the Choppin Block. Meanwhile, in salacious Somerville, The Anchormen host Mister Records' desk-rockers, the Young Sexy Assassins and, from Denmark (really), the Beatitudes. The Anchormen go on second, but come early to see how the Danes rock. PA's Lounge is where it's at. Later in the month, check out the Ops at PA's, and Plunge Into Death performing with the world-premiere of a new band featuring Steph from the Operators! Coming in December: The Punk Rock Craft Fair! A Handstand Command Showcase at the Milky Way! A Very Scrapple X-mas at the Coolidge Corner Theater!!!!
CALENDAR:
THE OPERATORS
THE ANCHORMEN
THE OPERATORS
PLUNGE INTO DEATH
Handstand Command! Handstand Command! Handstand Command!
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Handstand Command wishes you a good day.
This SATURDAY, Oct. 18, Halloween arrives two weeks early at a super
goth party starring Plunge Into Death, Big Digits, and Cathy Cathotic.
'Get Your Goth On' is happening at 61 Montebello Road in Jamaica Plain.
Horror movies will be screened on the sides of barn walls as bands and
djs do their best to darken up the night. The party is at a residence
and is open for anyone who wants to come and it's free! this party
will happen rain or shine, cold spell or not. so, die your hair black
and get ready to boogie like a monster. The performances start at dusk! Then next week, Wednesday night, the Operators and Sinkcharmer are proud to be part of a benefit for Somerville Cable Access Television. Us and Jimmy Tingle at Johnny D's. Weird. All the money goes to support SCAT. Support local independent media, you! Also join Sinkcharmer, for a free, quiet-ish performance at the art opening of the talented Ms. Jill Comer on the evening of Sunday, Oct. 26. And Coming Nov. 1: TWO HANDSTAND COMMAND SHOWS ON THE SAME DAY! Anchormen vs. Operators. Go to both.
PLUNGE INTO DEATH
SINKCHARMER
SINKCHARMER
THE OPERATORS
THE ANCHORMEN
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Extry, Extry: Both Sinkcharmer (who are starting work on a short movie soundtrack and EP) and Asian Babe Alert (a guitar and drum duo feat. Tom from the Anchormen) have just been invited to play at the Spoilsport CD Release party, THIS SATURDAY NIGHT at the Midway Cafe in Jamaica Plain. Come join us for a festive night of rock and of not smoking cigarettes. The show'll probably get rolling around 9 or so. PS: Spoilsport will win your heart. And then you can buy their CD. Also: We KNOW you noticed that there were no formal Handstand Commandments for the month of September. Please fret not. Our little music collective has been regrouping, preparing for an all out rock assault this fall. Many shows to come in October and November, we promise. Uh, we'll update the Handstand Command calendar portion of the website soon.
SPOILSPORT CD Release Party
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com In the month of August the Handstand Command has but one show, but oh what a show it shall be: THIS FRIDAY, August 15, Scrapple premieres TROMO, a sci-fi lo-fi techno-popera at the Milky Way Lounge and Lanes along with the multi-media performance piece Travers. Show starts at 10:00 with Scrapple playing at 11:00. Scrapple, known around Boston for its outrageous club shows, now mounts a more ambitious project in Tromo. Tromo expands on the Scrapple-invented genre they call "Popera," which combines narrative song with characters, costumes, and props -- such as huge wiggling asses and giant flying genitalia -- to create their strange and entertaining drama. Opening for Scrapple is TRAVERS, a one-man band tour de force, combining film and live musical performance. Spandex-clad, addicted to Billy Ocean, and forever dancing Shuga Travers performs with all the members of his band via multiple synched projections. It is bizarre; it is wonderful. Please come.
SCRAPPLE
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Good day, Friday's Sinkcharmer show is at the ZEITGEIST gallery NOT the Oni as previously reported. Also, apparently, Static Films is a band not a static film. You can understand the confusion. Please come. Also, let's not forget about the Ops on Sunday in Providence and the Anks next Thursday in Union Square (The Big Digits have since been added to the bill). Let's not.
SINKCHARMER
THE OPERATORS
THE ANCHORMEN
To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Happy New Fiscal Year to you from Handstand Command, the Somerville, MA based music collective made up of bands that you like. We celebrated the start of the new financial quarter like we do every quarter: by counting the stacks and stacks of mad cash that we make from playing art spaces and dive bars and putting out our own CDs. Ah yeah, life is good. Please join your favorite Indie Freestyle act, Plunge Into Death, THIS Saturday at the Oni Gallery. The show commences at 8. You can dance if you want to. Also featured: a crazy Japanese punk band, a crazy video show, a perfectly sane other band. Then next weekend go to the Oni Gallery to see Sinkcharmer and movies and on Sunday drive to Providence, RI to see the Operators. Then on the Thursday, the Anchormen shall rock you. OK. Now you know what to do. CALENDAR
PLUNGE INTO DEATH
SINKCHARMER
THE OPERATORS
THE ANCHORMEN
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com This is the last week of the Handstand Command Stand at the Choppin' Block. Please come and enjoy these bands: 1. CHOO CHOO LA ROUGE: In the future, time travel is commonplace. State-sponsored bands, like the 3033 Grammy Award winners, Choo Choo La Rouge, are required to take a yearly "temporal pilgrimage" to past eras for inspiration. In a routine trip with an itinerary including 1967, 1976, and 1981, a horrible mechanical error occurs leaving the time-traveller/musicians forever stranded in what we know to be the present time. Trapped between the future and the past, CCLR are forced to play dive bars for drink tickets and reviews in the Noise. 2. ORIGAMI: High-energy paper-folding indie-rock from Australia. "That's not a paper swan, THIS is a paper swan." They've played with Sleater-Kinney and the Breeders. And, I guess, they're from the future or robots or something. 3. THE OPERATORS: In the future, cloning is commonplace. Renegade scientists, the Operators,in their secret underground laboratory, work for years to create the perfect rock organism. Combining DNA from the hair of Clint Conley, the nail of Kristen Hersh, and the liver of Kim Deal, the beast they create craves time changes, melodic bass lines, and jangly guitars. Also, somehow, they were on that time machine with Choo Choo La Rouge, so they're playing at the Choppin' Block too. Show starts at 9:30. 21+. $5. Choppin Block, 724 Huntington Ave, Boston. (We'll go back to our once-a-month mailing in July. We promise.)
To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Week 3 of Handstand Command's Stand at the Choppin Block looks like this. Come early, please:
First (around 9:30 or so):
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Fourth: also, this Saturday, PLUNGE INTO DEATH in Brooklyn: Saturday, June 21, 2003 SHIP'S MAST TAVERN, South Fifth and Kent , Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY w/ USA is a Monster. Bands start early! PLUNGE GOES ON SUPER EARLY, PROBABLY LIKE 8. Then there's a party. See you there. (NOTE: writing these descriptions is kind of painful for me. All of these bands are really good, OK?) 724 Huntington Ave.,Boston, MA (617-734-4177), 21+
To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Due to a bout of fever and ague, the Mary Reillys have had to countermand their Handstand Command stand, creating demand for another band. Enter the SINKCHARMER. Sinkcharmer is a bocce-playing, folk-rocking juggernaut of Genesis-covering, funk-free fun. They're kinda like the Mary Reillys, but not as pretty, and none of them has a cold. So, the revised lineup is as follows:
9:30 SHARP - ** SINKCHARMER ** 724 Huntington Ave.,Boston, MA (617-734-4177), 21+
To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Please dance at the Choppin' Block this Thursday, June 12:
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Fourth: Show starts at 9:30. 21+. $5. Choppin Block, 724 Huntington Ave, Boston. (We'll go back to our once-a-month mailing in July. We promise.)
To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com
So you know the drill: We're the Handstand Command, we play rock music that you and your mom likes. This month we're playing a series of shows at the Choppin' Block, a divey (in the good way) bar up the street from Mass Art. Be there every Thursday in June, won't you? The Anks (proud parents of a brand new CD) start the residency THIS THURSDAY with the wonderful popsters Spoilsport and Mittens. Week 2 continues with a hip-hop dance freakout starring MR. PLUNGE INTO DEATH along with femcee Cathy Cathodic, new kids on the block BIG DIGITS, and video madness with Travers. ASIAN BABE ALERT welcome, on week 3, The Mary Reillys, The Pee Wee Fist and The In-Out. And who could forget THE OPERATORS? They star Week 4 along with Choo Choo La Rouge, and, straight from Australia (really), Origami. Check out our website (handstandcommand.com, yo) for full details about the residency. ALSO: Come to the Milky Way this Friday for a big blow-out as we say good-bye to our favorite record store in the universe, Hi-Fi Records. No cover and tons of the best bands in Boston paying their last respects. Come early for free pizza! AND COMING IN JULY: The triumphant return of Scrapple! CALENDAR:
THE ANCHORMEN
THE ANCHORMEN
PLUNGE INTO DEATH
ASIAN BABE ALERT
PLUNGE INTO DEATH
THE OPERATORS
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To: handstandcommand@yahoogroups.com Handstand Commandments, Vol. IV.1!!!! Hello my friends, We have much to celebrate. The Handstand Command, the Somerville-based music collective turns 3 years old this month AND the Anchormen have a spanking new EP entitled Nation of Interns. Please join us this Friday, May 16 at the fabulous Milky Way in Jamaica Plain (Bowling! Pizza! Rock!) as we celebrate our birthday and our new record. Both the Anchormen and the Operators will be performing (they rarely perform on the sanme bill) along with special guests Asian Babe Alert and The Reaganauts (an 80's punk/hardcore tribute band featuring members of Tizzy). Geisslah of Scrapple and Plunge into Death will also be on hand to spin some tunes. Things get going around 9 or so. Come early, stay late.
And lest you think we're resting on our laurels as we begin our 4th
year: Thanks for three years of support!
HANDSTAND COMMAND THIRD ANNIVERSARY! --------------
Handstand Command! Handstand Command! Handstand Command!
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