tonite & saturday @ amnesia! gentle yoga! PASSENGER & PILOT, BELLS, ALAMEDA, WE ARE THE WILLOWS TONITE + GYPSY JAZZ & BELLY DANCE & B-STARS SATURDAY

hi everyone,

hope you're all doing well

THIS WEEKEND - the GRAND FINALE OF JULY - to end one of SeaweedSway's busiest months yet !

two shows at AMNESIA, both at 8:30pm:

*FRIDAY (today): PASSENGER & PILOT (sf), BELLS (oakland), alameda (portland), & we are the willows (minneapolis/eau claire) - $7-10

*SATURDAY: GYPSY JAZZ & BELLY DANCE, les trois petits oiseaux & the avatar ensemble, w/ special guests the b-stars (honky-tonk bop & boogie) opening - $10

poster by peter miller of we are the willows

learn more about these shows & listen to the bands below...

to those interested in YOGA classes - i'm teaching a gentle yoga series on thursdays in august, 6-7:30, at the loft. 321 divisadero st. @ page. all levels are welcome, & encouraged. you can sign up & find out more here! http://theloftsf.com if you can't make the whole series, drop-ins are welcome, or it's $50 for 4 weeks. in addition to this new series, i also teach gentle yoga saturdays 10:45am-12pm, $10 community class. & sundays, restorative, 6:30-8pm. if you're at all curious, please come try it out & feel free to tell your friends! 

thanks! 

jessie

.seaweedsway show recommendations.

the below list will get longer for august, don't worry, once i get a chance to breathe (busy month) &/or you can go to http://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar or http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway for the day by day play by play

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FRIDAY JULY 29TH (TONIGHT)
SeaweedSway Presents: Passenger & Pilot (SF), Bells (Oakland), Alameda (Pdx), & We Are the Willows (Mpls) @ Amnesia
8:30pm, $7-10
RSVP/ FIND OUT MORE: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=246236892060495
http://amnesiathebar.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9StFoLPAe-Q (We Are the Willows, North Shore Sessions, original song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71CdqePU6Qw (We Are the Willows, Radiohead cover)
http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/we-are-the-willows-concert/20031127-3738262.html
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SATURDAY JULY 30TH

Gentle Hatha Yoga with Jessie
10:45am-12pm. 321 divisadero st. @ page. $10 community class. all levels. a breath & mellow movement exploration.
RSVP/ FIND OUT MORE: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155094967888404

Dirty Old Town at the Roxie 
Dirty Old Town is a gritty dark-comedy about what happens to the freaks as NYC changes forever. A "must-see" of underground cinema, for just $5. Show Times - 4pm, 6pm, & 8pm!
RSVP/ FIND OUT MORE: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=255996257751248

SeaweedSway Presents: Les Trois Petits Oiseaux & the Avatar Ensemble + The B Stars @ Amnesia
8:30pm. $10.
RSVP/ FIND OUT MORE: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225941797428327
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBaaHe-w92Y&feature=youtu.be
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SUNDAY JULY 31st
Restorative Yoga at the Loft SF w/ Jessie
6:30-8pm. 321 divisadero st. @ page. $10 community class. all levels. rest & breathe
RSVP/ FIND OUT MORE: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155094967888404
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SATURDAY AUGUST 6TH
WOMENROCK'S 5th Anniversary!! @ the Box Factory
RSVP/ FIND OUT MORE: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180164585377758
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SUNDAY AUGUST 21ST
The Range of Light Wilderness, Magic Leaves, & Jeffrey Manson @ SeaweedSway Showcase!
RSVP/ FIND OUT MORE: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121057334649485
early, 7:30 doors, 8pm show, Jeffrey's premiering a new video he made as well! more surprises in store!

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.a few more things.

PARLOUR TO PARLOUR: 
go on an adventure with Obo Martin! http://popdose.com/parlour-to-parlour-episode-32-obo-martin
interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giKHAhV4Zkw&feature=player_embedded
learn the inter-workings of Michael Musika's world! http://popdose.com/parlour-to-parlour-episode-31-michael-musika
while you're there, see past episodes of Anna Ash, Ash Reiter, The Beehavers, fpodbpod, & the Blank Tapes, and stay tuned for more of Michael Fortes' take on Bay Area Music in 2011.

CHASING THE MOON:
Chasing the Moon is a monthly music video podcast that is celebrated with a live show and screening of the new episode near the full moon each month. See past episodes of Quinn DeVeaux, Thao & Mirah, Birds & Batteries, John Vanderslice, Sonya Cotton, Indianna Hale, Michael Musika, Silian Rail, Slow Motion Cowboys, Oona, Judgement Day, Lavay Smith, Foxtails Brigade, Steve Taylor, Kacey Johansing, TaughtMe, the Devotionals, Magic Leaves, Sea of Bees, Ever Isles, Sonny & the Sunsets, Gojogo, Brass Menazeri, Cuckoo Chaos (San Diego), & Matt Bauer. http://chasingthemoon.pdcst.com

SF WEEKLY SEAWEEDSWAY INTERVIEW: i'll be plugging this for awhile, skip if you've read it. :) emily savage of SF Weekly's All Shook Down music blog recently interviewed me about promoting shows for 7 years in the bay area with SeaweedSway. yay! THANKS emily & to all of you for being a part of it!
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/07/promoting_bands_in_sf_a_how-to.php 

STRAIGHT UP MUSIC RECOMMENDATION (i.e. what i'm listening to):

Lone Valkyrie - Jessi Adele's new album, with some Langhorne Slim backup vocals http://soundcloud.com/lonevalkyrie

We Are the Willows - (opening tonight at Amnesia) - i'm hooked!
http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/we-are-the-willows-concert/20031127-3738262.html
http://www.youtube.com/user/wearethewillows

HOUSING LIST: post or sign up: if you're looking for housing in the sf bay, sign up to receive emails or browse recent posts at http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-housing please post any good room openings to looking-for-housing@googlegroups.com!

JOB LIST: http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-jobs-in-sf-bay-area if you know of any job openings, please post 'em here!

.connect with Seaweed Sway in other realms.

http://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar

http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway

http://soundcloud.com/seaweedsway

http://seaweedsway.blogspot.com

http://myspace.com/seaweedsway

http://twitter.com/seaweedsway

http://bit.ly/seaweedswaystory

http://groups.google.com/group/seaweed-sway (join the email list)

Magic Leaves + Bombino (win tix!) TUESDAY, Passenger & Pilot + Bells Friday 7/29 + Gypsy Jazz & Belly Dance Saturday 7/30 @ Amnesia, C.A.M.P. this weekend!

hi everyone!
another big thank you to all who came out to the shows last week!! so much fun!

this weekend - i'm going to C.A.M.P. - a 3 day DIY music fest on the russian river- are you?? details below - i hear there are still some tickets at the gate if you want to come!  & you can just come for 1 day if you'd like.

THIS COMING WEEK - to close out the whirlwind month of July - i'm helping w/ 3 shows - would love to see you there!

*TUESDAY 7/26: MAGIC LEAVES opening for BOMBINO @ slim's!!
this is a really big show for josh of magic leaves who has been greatly influenced by bombino. come out if you can!! and there's still a chance to ****WIN TIX****. just go to the seaweedsway facebook page & comment where you see the contest: http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway (contest will end on monday at noon.)

then at the week's end, two shows at AMNESIA, presented by seaweedsway, at 8:30pm:

*FRIDAY 7/29: PASSENGER & PILOT, BELLS, alameda, & we are the willows

*SATURDAY 7/30: GYPSY JAZZ & BELLY DANCE, les trois petits oiseaux & the avatar ensemble, w/ the b-stars (HONKY TONK) opening

learn more about these shows below...

in the YOGA realm - a reminder- i'm teaching a gentle yoga series on thursdays in august, 6-7:30, at the loft. 321 divisadero st. @ page. all levels are welcome, seriously. you can sign up & find out more here! http://theloftsf.com if you can't make the whole series, drop-ins are welcome, or it's $50 for 4 weeks. i also teach gentle yoga saturdays 10:45am-12pm, $10 community class. & sundays, restorative, 6:30-8pm. (this week there are subs - back next week!)

&, i'll be plugging this for awhile, skip if you've read it. :) emily savage of SF Weekly's All Shook Down music blog recently interviewed me about promoting shows for 7 years in the bay area with SeaweedSway. yay! http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2011/07/promoting_bands_in_sf_a_how-to.php

thanks!
jessie

.seaweedsway show recommendations.

*** = shows that seaweedsway is presenting OR i'm working on a lot & extra-specially request that you attend 

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FRIDAY JULY 22ND
The Velvet Teen, Silian Rail, Worker Bee, & Not to Reason Why @ the Great American Music Hall
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=163705947025342

Langhorne Slim @ the Independent!
http://ticketf.ly/kbANp9
http://theindependentsf.com
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FRIDAY JULY 22ND - SUNDAY JULY 24TH
C.A.M.P. - Guerneville, CA
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=186987724686499
Come with us!! Because it's worth elaborating on...

C.A.M.P. is a 3 day summer festival on the Russian River in Guerneville, CA featuring live music with over 30 bands and DJ's from all over the world. It is a collaboration-focused event with simultaneous live music, games, classes, and experiences. Come camp, swim, dance, rock, and have a great time. You can just go for one day if you want too... they say there will be some tickets available at the gate. Feel free to text me to find out if that's still the case (415 515 7604).

16101 Neeley Road Camp. Outback, Guerneville

Bands include The Aimless Never Miss, Arms + Legs, Jeff Manson, Salt Minds featuring Mariee Sioux, Saything, Soft Shells, Swanifant, Trainwreck Riders, TV Mike & The Scarecrowes, Winnie Byrd, The Blank Tapes, Little Wings & Silian Rail, among many others!
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SATURDAY JULY 23RD
Loving Cup Presents: The Ferocious Few, Rad Cloud, & Indianna Hale
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=234486743247358
Ophelia by Indianna Hale: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbLjeLMx8yA
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SUNDAY JULY 24TH
The Blank Tapes opening for Emily Wells. 

acoustic trio set. $10. 8pm.
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=214983941881653
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MONDAY JULY 25TH
SMiLE! Presents: Foxygen, Sophia Knapp, Fort King, Zachary Cale, Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, & DJ Neil Martinson @ the Knockout
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=246009835427520
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TUESDAY JULY 26TH***
Bombino (AFRICA) & Magic Leaves @ Slim's!
doors @ 7:30, show @ 8
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=223439414353991
tix: http://www.slimstickets.com/events/144833/Bombino
bombino is the bomb. (true) http://bombino.bandcamp.com / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzWBow0OAeA
magic leaves chasing the moon: http://chasingthemoon.pdcst.com/2010/12/magicleaves
magic leaves video for Strange: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loO-oXh5d9g
magic leaves video for Wooden Waves: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1999645144082&oid=261600764279
WIN TICKETS by going to the SeaweedSway fb page & commenting where you see the contest:http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway (contest ends monday at noon)
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WEDNESDAY JULY 27TH
The Definite Articles, Dirty Mittens, & il gato @ the Rickshaw Stop
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=169599573100234
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FRIDAY JULY 29TH***
SeaweedSway Presents: Passenger & Pilot, Bells, Alameda (Pdx), & We Are the Willows (Mpls) @ Amnesia
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=246236892060495
http://amnesiathebar.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9StFoLPAe-Q (We Are the Willows, North Shore Sessions, original song)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71CdqePU6Qw (We Are the Willows, Radiohead cover)
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SATURDAY JULY 30TH***

Gentle Hatha Yoga with Jessie

10:45am-12pm. 321 divisadero st. @ page. $10 community class. all levels. a breath & mellow movement exploration.
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155094967888404

Dirty Old Town at the Roxie - all day!

https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=255996257751248 $5

SeaweedSway Presents: Les Trois Petits Oiseaux & the Avatar Ensemble + The B Stars @ Amnesia
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=225941797428327
http://youtu.be/HBaaHe-w92Y

(discount if you go to Dirty Old Town earlier! check back for deets.)

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SUNDAY JULY 31st
Restorative Yoga at the Loft SF w/ Jessie6:30-8pm. 321 divisadero st. @ page. $10 community class. all levels. rest, renew, & breathe.
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=155094967888404
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SATURDAY AUGUST 6TH***
WOMENROCK'S 5th Anniversary!! @ the Box Factory
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180164585377758
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SUNDAY AUGUST 21ST***
The Range of Light Wilderness, Magic Leaves, & Jeffrey Manson @ SeaweedSway Showcase!
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=121057334649485
early, 7:30 doors, 8pm show, Jeffrey's premiering a new video he made as well!
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.a few more things.

PARLOUR TO PARLOUR: Michael Musika! http://popdose.com/parlour-to-parlour-episode-31-michael-musika

HOUSING LIST - post or sign up: if you're looking for housing in the sf bay, sign up to receive emails or browse recent posts at http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-housing please post any good room openings to looking-for-housing@googlegroups.com!

JOB LIST - http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-jobs-in-sf-bay-area if you know of any job openings, please post 'em here!

.connect with Seaweed Sway in other realms.

http://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar

http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway

http://seaweedsway.blogspot.com

http://myspace.com/seaweedsway

http://twitter.com/seaweedsway

http://bit.ly/seaweedswaystory

http://groups.google.com/group/seaweed-sway

Sugar Candy Mountain, Pancake Breakfast, Full Hunger Moon, Bday Potluck! SUN. Feb. 20th - SeaweedSway Showcase!

Sunday February 20th

SeaweedSway + Chasing the Moon Present:

SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN (Debut Show! Feat. Will Halsey of the Blank Tapes & Ash Reiter's band)

ALAMEDA (from Portland)

Mike Midlo of PANCAKE BREAKFAST (from Portland)

+

EVER ISLES' Chasing the Moon premier for the FULL HUNGER MOON

BIRTHDAY PARTY + POTLUCK

and your hosts JEREMY DALMAS & THE ABSURDISTS

~at the Make-Out Room~

Address: 3225 22nd St. between Mission & Valencia

Tickets: $7 at the door - $5 if you bring a potluck item

Venue: http://makeoutroom.com

RSVP on facebook: http://on.fb.me/feb20rsvp

Time: 7:30pm doors / 8-11pm showtime

Press Inquiries (including ticket giveaways), please contact: seaweedsway@gmail.com

The next SeaweedSway Showcase has even more than usual going on, and it's my birthday!! So it's going to be a February birthday party potluck, which fits well with the food name bands and full hunger moon on Feb. 18th! Next Sunday promises to be an extra special and fulfilling night for all who attend. Here are the bullet point reasons of why you should go:

*Sugar Candy Mountain's Debut Show! featuring Will Halsey (drummer for the Blank Tapes & Ash Reiter) ~ the band includes members of the Blank Tapes and the backing band for Ash Reiter and Anna Ash!

*Portland Invasion w/ Alameda & Mike Midlo of Pancake Breakfast! *Birthday show & potluck!!! on Jessie's Bday + for other February bdays ~ Raw Vegan Organic is encouraged, but bring what you like!

*Chasing the Moon featuring Ever Isles' episode premier! in honor of the Full Hunger Moon (Feb. 18th)!

*Jeremy Dalmas & the Absurdists hosting the night away! Will Jeremy bring cookies? *Too good to be true! (but it is)

*President's Day is the next day, so many people have the day off - easier to stay out late!

SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN

http://www.myspace.com/smokedturkey Sugar Candy Mountain is the vehicle for Will Halsey's flights of pop fancy. When he's not drumming for Ash Reiter or The Blank Tapes, Will is concocting his own Grade A ear candy, drawing from an inspirational well filled with Beach Boys-style vocal harmonies, electronic dance-pop, sunny good vibes and songwriting that recalls the golden era of fun-in-the-sun 1960s pop music. Will and his great big band of friends and co-conspirators - featuring members of The Blank Tapes, fpodbpod, and the backing bands for Ash Reiter and Anna Ash - are plotting to win your heart with irresistible sweetness. They plan to succeed. This show will be the live debut of Sugar Candy Mountain! ALAMEDA

http://myspace.com/alamedaportland Alameda is a five piece band composed of guitar, violin, cello, clarinet, and drums w/ members of AgesandAges, Crooked Fingers, and the Portland Symphony. They have been compared to the likes of Nick Drake and Low. They're touring in support of their upcoming debut album. Their average national draw is: 50 people. Their myspace is: www.myspace.com/alamedaportland "Alameda, sports a fluid lineup that crafts melancholy, atmospheric songs that teeter between folky simplicity and chamber-music lushness. Besides stepping up to the microphone, [Stirling] Myles has switched from bass to guitar; Alameda's debut EP, The Floating Hospital, reveals his hushed and tranquil songwriting, a solid core around which revolves the outfit's baroque yet stark multi-instrumentalism." - Jason Heller, Westword "You have your acoustic guitar singer-songwriter backed by a lush group of musicians. This is a formula that when done well, I do not tire of. There are a few people who do this around town, most notably Horse Feathers. But I assure you there is no Horse Feathery occuring in this music. It is its own thing. Perfect for the current cold and rain filled atmosphere that has take[n] Portland over." - Ben Meyercord, Crappy Indie Music Blog "Alameda's luminous, spare melodies suggest solitude without loneliness and the peace of fruitful introspection. Like the work of early Low, the latest songs from Alameda are soothing yet haunting and possessed of a delicate immediacy." - Thomas Murphy, Music Editor "...currently enjoying the release of their EP The Floating Hospital, a stoic four-song set of moving, minimalist acoustic-based tunes. Vocalist/guitarist Stirling Myles (also of Autopilot is for Lovers, also a contributor to The Deli Portland) stirs lush melodies with ample yet subdued accompaniment from bass clarinet, violin, viola, cello and other various effects-laced gadgets that, when dialed in correctly, evoke a melancholy, though cathartic kind of slow-burn orchestral-folk." - Ryan Prado, Deli Portland Mike Midlo/ PANCAKE BREAKFAST

http://myspace.com/pancakebreakfastmusic http://blog.limewire.com/posts/51043-album-review-pancake-breakfast-%E2%80%93-pancake-breakfast-noise-nest/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+limewiremusicblog+(LimeWire+Music+Blog) Pancake Breakfast is a nine-member roots machine from Portland, Oregon. Most of these songs were made-up on a little farm, far away from the big city. Mike Midlo wrote them. He tested each one by singing it to the dog and chickens before playing it for the band. That seemed to work out pretty well. The members of Pancake Breakfast like to have a good time. You can hear that on their debut full-length record. Sometimes they holler and make loud noises. You can hear that on the record, too! All the tracks were recorded by Mike Coykendall (She & Him, Blitzen Trapper, M. Ward) in a comfy house near a dormant volcano.

EVER ISLES

http://everisles.bandcamp.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ever-Isles/169464779737946

San Francisco based dream folk duo of Kaitlyn Smith & Jeremy Harris.

FULL HUNGER MOON or FULL SNOW MOON - FEB. 18TH

From http://www.farmersalmanac.com/full-moon-names/ 

"Since the heaviest snow usually falls during this month, native tribes of the north and east most often called February’s full Moon the Full Snow Moon. Some tribes also referred to this Moon as the Full Hunger Moon, since harsh weather conditions in their areas made hunting very difficult."

CHASING THE MOON (Co-Presenter)

http://chasingthemoon.pdcst.com

http://www.facebook.com/chasingthemoon

Chasing the Moon is a monthly local music video podcast that is celebrated with a live show and screening of the new episode on the full moon each month. See past episodes of Quinn DeVeaux, Thao & Mirah, Birds & Batteries, John Vanderslice, Sonya Cotton, Indianna Hale, Michael Musika, Silian Rail, Slow Motion Cowboys, Oona, Judgement Day, Lavay Smith, Foxtails Brigade, Steve Taylor, Kacey Johansing, TaughtMe, the Devotionals, Magic Leaves, & Sea of Bees.

SEAWEED SWAY (Co-Presenter)http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway

http://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar (google calendar of events)

http://groups.google.com/group/seaweed-sway (weekly email list of events)
http://seaweedsway.blogspot.com
http://myspace.com/seaweedsway
http://twitter.com/seaweedsway
http://bit.ly/seaweedswaystory (project background)

SeaweedSway is an evolving project by Jessie Woletz & friends, with an intention to encourage, cultivate, & support community through music, yoga, & nature events. SeaweedSway presents music shows & events, featuring musicians & artists who share similar creative intentions. SeaweedSway was a term first used by Karl Blau & Jessie to describe the awesome way people danced during BrightBlack Morning Light at a Great American Music Hall show, and now SeaweedSway is a collaborative project presenting shows and spreading the word about great music and beyond. Get updates of future events & stay connected through the links above.

next UP:

Tomorrow, Monday Feb 14th - Valentine’s Day!
8pm - 11pm   
SeaweedSway on Valentine's Day! Chloe Makes Music Album Release Show w/ Honeycomb & Magic Leaves

TICKETS: http://bit.ly/valentineTIX RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=178369898863834

Where: Café Du Nord, 2170 Market St., San Francisco, CA
Description:  Honeycomb

http://www.myspace.com/honeycombmusic

http://chasingthemoon.pdcst.com/2010/04/honeycomb  

Chloe Makes Music (Album Release Show!!! New cd produced by Chris Chu of the Morning Benders, new lineup, new songs!) 

http://www.myspace.com/chloemakesmusic 

Magic Leaves http://www.myspace.com/magicleaves 

Come spend Valentine's Day with us. Kissing booth at the merch table! Valentine's card-makingstation! If you don't arrive with a date, we'll make sure you leave with one! 8pm sharp / tix: http://cafedunord.com