Sunday, April 22, 2018

Monday: WICKED WINDS, Lindsay Clark (PDX), & Sunshine (Brooklyn) + upcoming shows + dance week!

Hi everyone!

It's been a beautiful and busy week with two shows recently passed. 
THANK YOU to all who made it out Wednesday night!!! (Videos soon.)

Tomorrow night - I dare you to leave your home on a Monday - for good reason.

Seaweed Sway Presents: Lindsay Clark (Portland dream-folk), Sunshine (Brooklyn dream-pop), Wicked Winds (SF psych-folk! You know 'em!).

***Monday night never sounded so good.***

Tickets are $10 until midnight today. (Save $5.) https://www.ticketfly.com/event/1673049-seaweed-sway-wicked-winds-san-francisco

They become $15 at 12:01am. If you see this tomorrow/Monday-- I recommend going & paying that extra $5 to support the show! 

There are some good listening links for the bands below, and future shows to put on your calendars as well. 

Expand your musical horizons.

PS! It's Bay Area Dance Week- there's lots of free dance classes in SF. I am in not one but two flashmobs! Dirty Dancing one Wednesday at Crystal's ATA Window Display Reception (Queering the Classics) 7pm + Friday at City Hall with ODC's One Dance, 12pm (bring your phone and headphones if you wanna participate in the silent disco portion at the beginning.) Lmk if you want to learn the dances.


UPCOMING SHOWS:

MONDAY! April 23rd:
WICKED WINDS (SF), Lindsay Clark (PDX) & SunSHINE (Brooklyn)
at The Lost Church
7:30-10:30PM


​Poster THANKS TO Mark Matos!

WATCH/LISTEN:

LINDSAY CLARK:

WICKED WINDS:

SUNSHINE
(Seriously listen to their songs!)
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FRIDAY May 11th:
Brian Belknap Album Release with Sallie Ford & Mike Coykendall
at Brick & Mortar Music Hall

Read all about Brian's new album & music in The Bay Bridged (written by Annie Bacon!): 

Brian's bio: Brian Belknap is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter in the mold of Lucinda Williams and Townes Van Zandt. His music— a rough blend of broke-down folk, junk-country blues, and gut-bucket gospel, rendered on accordion, slide guitar, and mandolin—is a product of the rich cultures of San Francisco and New Orleans, the two cities he calls home. Belknap’s latest offering, In Lieu of Flowers, once again finds him in the capable hands of producer Mike Coykendall (M. Ward, She & Him, Bright Eyes, Blitzen Trapper). The record is about coping with loss (both personal and collective), and finding redemption in a world in its own time of reckoning. Never one to shy away from darkness, his own or other people’s, Belknap’s songs not only tell stories, but are able to convey a level of subtlety, nuance, and compassion that is the province of someone who has been down a long and difficult road and has lived to tell the tale.

*Beyond being an incredible musician who is not afraid to play on the street, Brian is one of the best people I know. I'm not alone in this belief: https://www.sfgate.com/music/bandwidth/article/Brian-Belknap-infuses-music-with-social-justice-2473750.php
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MAY 18th-20th CONSPIRACY OF VENUS GO TO NY:
Thank you to all who donated to our fundraiser! 

If you know people there (or if you are there and stuck it out on this list), here's our shows:

FRIDAY May 18th:
Conspiracy of Venus at Rockwood Music Hall
Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm

SATURDAY May 19th:
We're singing our two David Bowie songs outside of the David Bowie exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, around 3pm.

SUNDAY May 20TH:
Conspiracy of Venus with Peter Apfelbaum at the Cutting Room
Doors 1pm, Show 2pm

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Then upon returning:

FRIDAY May 25th:
Seaweed Sway & Vandella Present:
Night of 1000 Stevies (SF Edition)

A celebration of the music of women x feminism x magic via the music of Stevie Nicks

Featuring Performances By:
Vandella
Josiah Johnson (The Head and the Heart)
Everyone Is Dirty
Lapel
Katie Day
Jeremi Rebecca Hush (of The Come Ups)
Marston


8PM doors -- music 8:30PM
$12 in advance / $15 at the door

Tarot by LouReads


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& now for something different...
Movement Explorers Study Group:​We are meeting at Alonzo King Lines Ballet (on 7th near Market/Mission & Civic Center BART) - confirmed for Friday May 4th, from 7:30-9pm, to explore movement inspired by the Axis Syllabus, with ideas from Feldenkrais, Body Mind Centering, & yoga. Our focus for this next meet-up will be knees!

No experience necessary. Curious movers welcome. Get in touch if you'd like to be notified of future meet-ups. The general format: 1) free time for warming up, 2) gather to discuss focus of the day, examining anatomy books for relevant info 3) partner work re-sensitizing the zone where we are focusing 4) practice dancing/walking/moving with the awareness gained 5) potentially practice choreography using principles & awareness from prior work. Suggested donation $10-15.

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Thanks for reading. 
hearts and magic,
Jessie