Friday, December 17, 2010

Conspiracy of Venus @ THE Great American SATURDAY! Magic Leaves' Chasing the Moon + The Beehavers SUNDAY! Total Lunar Eclipse Tuesday! Dina Maccabee & Holly Mae holiday show @ MILK 12/29!!

hello! happy winter solstice and total lunar eclipse (tuesday)! celebrate this weekend with two gigantic shows (in my little world), then a bunch more to plan ahead for:
*TOMORROW SATURDAY 12/18 at the Great American Music Hall, I'm singing with Conspiracy of Venus (all-women alt-choir covering Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, the Ramones, Duke Ellington, and more). We're opening for The Mother Hips at their annual holiday show. Or, the Whale go second! 8pm. We sing at 8:30. tix: http://gamh.com We're singing a song called Seaward Son with the Mother Hips, that sounds all too much like "Seaweed Sway" for the chorus. I love it! Come and sing along!

*SUNDAY 12/19 Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse SeaweedSway Showcase at the Make-Out Room with Sour Mash Hug Band, Magic Leaves' CHASING THE MOON episode premier, The Beehavers, and New Cadence! Jeremy Dalmas and the Absurdists re-enacting smash-hit late-80s sitcom "Perfect Strangers"! 7:30-11pm. $7 Chasing the Moon episode release is in celebration of the Full Long Night's Moon & Total Lunar Eclipse and Winter Solstice that's happening on Tuesday! Gonna be a cool sky & show.

*Wednesday 12/29 Holly Mae and the Painted Room (in town from Germany!), Dina Maccabee and the Excellent Spellers, Tenderfoot, and the Sylvain Carton Quartet at MILK! in the upper haight across from Amoeba Records, super duper holiday show! If you're in town, don't miss this one!


Also! if you want some stress-relieving yoga, I teach Gentle Hatha tomorrow 12:45-2 at the Yoga Loft. $10 community class! And there are a bunch of free classes all day on Sunday (restorative and vinyasa)! Details at http://theloftsf.com

As always, below is a slightly longer list of upcoming SeaweedSway presented or recommended shows. (Because i can't fit everything in these emails anymore, please check http://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar for the full list and http://facebook.com/theseaweedsway for updates thru the week.)


Thanks for reading!! if you're in the bay area, hope to see you this weekend! (if you're not in the bay area, feel free to click the links to hear some great bay area music.) ~jessie~

~~~~SeaweedSway Shows~~~~

TONIGHT Fri Dec 17, 2010
8pm - 11pm   
The Mother Hips, the blank tapes, and Neal Casal (the Cardinals) at the Great American Music Hall!
Where: Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113089005425187

Sat Dec 18, 2010
7:30pm - 12am   
The Mother Hips, Or, the Whale, and Conspiracy of Venus at the Great American Music Hall
Where: Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell St., San Francisco, CA
Description: We are honored to opening for the Mother Hips for one of their annual holiday shows at the Great American Music Hall. We are going first at 8:30, so please get there early!
http://www.motherhips.com
http://www.conspiracyofvenus.com
TIX: http://www.gamh.com
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172379962781609

Sun Dec 19, 2010
7:30pm - 11:30pm   
SeaweedSway Showcase with The Beehavers, Sour Mash Hug Band, New Cadence, and Magic Leaves' Chasing the Moon Premier!
Where: Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., San Francisco, CA
Description: Another full moon seaweed sway showcase (well, a couple of days before) in honor of the full long night's moon & total lunar eclipse (on tuesday), with live music from The Beehavers, Sour Mash Hug Band, & New Cadence as well as the premier of Magic Leaves' Chasing the Moon episode.* to add to the joy of the night, Jeremy Dalmas & the Absurdists are re-enacting smash-hit late 80s sitcom "Perfect Strangers"! oh yes.
The Beehavers ~~~ http://myspace.com/drleper
Sour MashHug BAnd~~~ http://www.myspace.com/sourmashhugband
New Cadence ~~~ http://www.facebook.com/NewCadence
...Magic Leaves (Chasing the Moon video podcast premier!)... http://myspace.com/magicleaves http://www.magicleavesmusic.com
Chasing the Moon -- http://chasingthemoon.pdcst.com RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133422186710852

Wed Dec 29, 2010 
8pm - 12am   
SeaweedSway Presents: Tenderfoot, Dina Maccabee and the Excellent Spellers, Holly Mae and the Painted Room, and the Sylvain Carton Quartet at MILK! holiday show
Where: The Milk Bar, 1840 Haight Street, across from Amoeba Music, San Francisco, CA
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182370315108919

Thursday Jan 6, 2011
9pm - 12am   
Little Wings and Prairie Dog at Amnesia
Where: Amnesia, 853 Valencia St. between 19th & 20th, San Francisco, CA
Description: http://kyledraws.com http://www.myspace.com/prairiedogmusic
http://amnesiathebar.com
RSVP! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124047944325624

Wed Jan 12, 2011
8:30pm - 12am   
SeaweedSway Presents: Buxter Hoot'n, Mark Matos and Os
Beaches, and Magic Leaves @ Bottom of the Hill!
Where: Bottom of the Hill, 1233 17th St. (17th @ Missouri), San Francisco, CA
Description: Mixin' it up a little. SeaweedSway Presents: Buxter Hoot'n, MarkMatos & Os Beaches, & Magic Leaves! Wednesday January 12th at Bottom ofthe Hill. 9pm. 21+. $8 Start 2011 with a "CAN'T MISS" local show! Itsthe first show of the year for all the bands. Its VERY affordable, ONLY$8, (plus bottom always has cheap drinks). BOTTOM OF THE HILL, has been voted "SF's best rock club" many years and running and Buxter Hoot'n,Os Beaches and Magic Leaves are 3 of SF's top bands to watch in the coming year. Come join them on one night, under one roof!
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=173461036008387

Sun Jan 16, 2011
7:30pm - 11:30pm
SeaweedSway Showcase w/ Kelly McFarling, Sandy's, and Backlit! 
Where: Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., San Francisco, CA
Description/RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166696476704724

Wed Jan 19, 2011
7:30pm - 11:30pm   
Conspiracy of Venus at Cafe du Nord! check http://facebook.com/conspiracyofvenus for details soon (and click “like” while you’re there!).


Sat Jan 22, 2011
8pm - 10pm   
Langhorne Slim @ Fillmore w/ the Old 97s
Where: Fillmore, 1805 Geary St, San Francisco, CA
Description: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140121652705955

Tues Jan 25, 2011
8pm - 11:30pm   
SeaweedSway presents: SONYA COTTON, Honeycomb, and Ever Isles at Rickshaw Stop
Where: Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St
Description: 8 pm $10 SONYA COTTON Labeled "The Frida Khalo of songwriting," Sonya's compositionsare deeply personal, drawing upon her dreams, family, and love; theyoften come from a place of profound reverence for the natural world andthe creatures of the earth. "Sonya Maria Cotton ... is a really damn fine singer." --Pitchfork
RSVP/ Invite Friends! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177940035551129

Sun Feb 20, 2011 
7:30pm - 11:30pm   
SeaweedSway Showcase w/ Sugar Candy Mountain, Alameda, and Pancake Breakfast! Where: Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., San Francisco, CA
Description: SeaweedSway Showcase w/ Sugar Candy Mountain (Debut Show!), Alameda (pdx),  and Pancake Breakfast/ Mike Midlo (pdx) with host Jeremy Dalmas & the Absurdists!  Portland Invasion! Sugar Candy Mountain's Debut Show! and it’s my birthday!!! Too good to be true! (but it is) $7 for a night of fun & good music SUGAR CANDY MOUNTAIN http://www.myspace.com/smokedturkey ALAMEDA Alameda is a five pieceband composed of guitar, violin, cello, clarinet, and drums w/ members of Ages and Ages, Crooked Fingers, and the Portland Symphony.
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177219588963002
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If you’ve made it this far, wow! Thank you! Here are a few more things I’d like to share:

YOGA CLASSES: I am teaching yoga classes weekly on Saturdays and Sundays at the Yoga Loft. Saturday is a Gentle Hatha class from 12:45-2pm and Sunday is a Restorative Class from 6:30-8pm. Each class is only $10! THIS WEEK I’M JUST TEACHING SATURDAY, REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE RESUME JAN. 1ST EXCEPT THE SATURDAY CLASS STARTS AT 12:30 INSTEAD OF 12:45. FREE CLASSES ALL DAY THIS SUNDAY! Check out http://theloftsf.com and http://seaweedswayyoga.blogspot.com for more details. 321 divisadero st. @ page.


HOUSING LIST: 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 / it's a google group i started to help pass along rooms for rent. please post any good room openings to looking-for-housing@googlegroups.com!
JOB LIST: I also have a job list - kind of inactive now, but let me know if you have job announcements that I should forward. or join it if you'd like to get job announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-jobs-in-sf-bay-area


thank you for reading and participating in community events !!
*connect with Seaweed Sway in other realms:
*this is a weekly or so list of bay area music shows, with some yoga and nature events mixed in*

Thursday, December 9, 2010

honey.moon.tree. in an attic, michael musika @ the yoga loft, sean hayes in anais' mitchell's folk opera at the great american music hall this weekend! chasing the moon+seaweedsway showcase AND conspiracy of venus @ great american next weekend!


hello,
the full long night's moon is coming in less than two weeks, which means another Chasing the Moon episode release! Sunday December 19th. this time it will be of Magic Leaves' (psych-rock) music! Sour Mash Hug Band, The Beehavers, & New Cadence are playing live, and this is also the SeaweedSway Showcase, so Jeremy Dalmas & the Absurdists will be entertaining you between sets with something you would never expect. please reserve your evening for a fun night of community, music, & moon appreciation.

here are a few more show highlights, & then a list of upcoming SeaweedSway presented or recommended shows. (because i can't fit everything in these emails anymore, please checkhttp://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar for the full list.)

*Friday at the Rusty Nail (Mikey's attic!), honey.moon.tree. & ever isles!! 8:30-11:30pm. $5-10

*Saturday at the Yoga Loft, Andrew Bancroft (aka Jelly Donut) & Michael Musika acoustic show! 7:30-10:30pm. $5

*Sunday at the Great American Music Hall, Sean Hayes & Thao Nguyen are singing in Anais Mitchell's Hadestown Folk Opera! 8:30-11:30pm. tix: http://gamh.com

*Saturday 12/18 at the Great American Music Hall, Conspiracy of Venus (the choir I sing in!) is opening for The Mother Hips at their annual holiday show. Or, the Whale play too! 8pm.  tix: http://gamh.com


*Sunday 12/19 at the Make-Out Room, Sour Mash Hug Band, Magic Leaves' Chasing the Moon episode, The Beehavers, & New Cadence! 7:30-11pm. $7


also! if you want some stress-relieving yoga over the holiday season, I teach two all-level community classes on the weekend & would love to see you (or your friends!) there.Saturdays Gentle Hatha 12:45-2 and Sundays Restorative Yoga 6:30-8pm at the Yoga Loft. details at http://theloftsf.com & at the end of the message...

thanks for reading!! if you're in the bay area, hope to see you at a show soon! (if you're not in the bay area, feel free to click the links to hear some great bay area music.) ~jessie~

~~~~SeaweedSway Shows~~~~

Thu Dec 9, 2010
5:30pm - 9:30pm   
Sierra Helvey Studio Show and Reception
Where: Lynne Rutter Studio, 2325 Third Street #207 , San Francisco, CA
Description: A Painting show of Sierra Helvey’s latest work Please join us at the studio for a reception and special show (and sale) , Dec 9th5:30-9:30pm ( looking though a window into my space ) Beginning with astudy and awareness of form, playing with it on an intuitive level. Ilike complexity and distortion that occurs when you simply interpretsomething into two dimensions. In this physical translation, there isgrate capacity for experimentation. My images are a mixture of masculine and feminine. RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111352878929994

Fri Dec 10, 2010
8pm - 11:30pm   
honey.moon.tree. & ever isles at the rusty nail (attic show)!
Where: the rusty nail (aka mikey's attic), 843 hayes st. apt. C, SanFrancisco, CA
Description: second attic concert at the Rusty Nail with honey.moon.tree. & everisles!! aslan of honey.moon.tree is only in town for a brief period of time, thus the short notice! Home brew, fresh juice, gourmet blended cocktails... will be available as well - bring a little $ if you want some.  all proceeds from this show will go towards honey.moon.tree. completing their record (w/ a string quartet!) & ever isles releasing their new album on vinyl! $5-10. All proceeds go towards the musicians. RSVP & invite people please! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171065456257163

Sat Dec 11, 2010
7:30pm - 10:30pm
Andrew Bancroft & Michael Musika at the Yoga Loft !
Where: The Yoga Loft, 321 divisadero st. @ page st., San Francisco, CA
Description: Songwriter Superfriends Michael Musika and Andrew Bancroft team up for one night of melodic medicine and creative crime fighting. Musika spinsspooky lyrical magic, approaching the release of his new album The Book of Spells. Bancroft is better known onstage as thegangsta-rappin Jelly Donut, but he’s getting sentimental in his old age. Both musicians will perform solo acoustic sets, interspersed withpoetic musings and/or fart jokes. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=164098930289154

Sun Dec 12, 2010
8:30pm - 11:30pm   
Sean Hayes in Anais Mitchell's Hadestown Folk Opera!!
Where: Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA
Description: http://www.gamh.com/artist_pages/anais_mitchell_121210.htm
Hadestown is a folk opera based on the orpheus myth and set in a post-apocolyptic american depression era :: songs by anais mitchell :: score by michaelchorney :: produced by todd sickafoose :: staging by ben t. matchstick
musicians: HADES~ JOHN ELLIOTT from LA
PERSEPHONE~ THAO NGUYEN
ORPHEUS~SEAN HAYES
EURYDICE~ ANAIS MITCHELL
FATES~ SARA STRANOVSKY, HOLLAND GRECO, SOPHIE HOLT
HERMES~ MICHAEL CHORNEY
GUITAR~ MICHAEL CHORNEY
BASS~ ROBINSON MORSE
DRUMS~ GEZA CARR
VIOLA~ ADAM "PICKLES" MOSS
CELLO~ DAVID "DEEMO" MOSS
PIANO~ TODD SICKAFOOSE
RSVP!! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143053952412303

Tue Dec 14, 2010
9pm - 11:30pm   
Ash Reiter, Dominique Leone, Poor Sweet Creatures at Amnesia!
Where: 853 Valencia St. Amnesia
RSVP/ Description: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=160548880651895

Thu Dec 16, 2010
Ivy Hill House Show (Oakland)... check http://bit.ly/seaweedswaycalendar for details when we have ‘em.

Fri Dec 17, 2010
9am-6pm
Free Day of Acupuncture Treatments at the Yerba Buena Community Acupuncture Clinic!
The Yerba Buena Community Acupuncture Collective is offering a day of free acupuncture treatments in their lovely studio in the Panhandle. New folks are most welcome! 1810 McAllister St. @ Baker. Make an appointment online at www.yerbabuenaacupuncture.com.

8pm - 11pm   
The Mother Hips, the blank tapes, & Neal Casal (the Cardinals) at the Great American Music Hall!
Where: Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113089005425187

Sat Dec 18, 2010
7:30pm - 12am   
The Mother Hips, Or, the Whale, & Conspiracy of Venus at the Great American Music Hall
Where: Great American Music Hall, 859 O'Farrell St., San Francisco, CA
Description: We are honored to opening for the Mother Hips for one of their annual holiday shows at the Great American Music Hall. We are going first, so please get there early!
http://www.motherhips.com
http://www.conspiracyofvenus.com
http://www.gamh.com
RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172379962781609

Sun Dec 19, 2010
7:30pm - 11:30pm   
SeaweedSway Showcase with The Beehavers, Sour Mash Hug Band, New Cadence, & Magic Leaves' Chasing the Moon Premier!
Where: Make-Out Room, 3225 22nd St., San Francisco, CA
Description: Another full moon seaweed sway showcase (well, a couple of days before), with live music from The Beehavers, Sour Mash Hug Band, & New Cadence as well as the premier of Magic Leaves' Chasing the Moon episode.*
The Beehavers ~~~> http://myspace.com/drleper
Sour MashHug BAnd~~~> http://www.myspace.com/sourmashhugband
New Cadence ~~~>http://www.facebook.com/NewCadence
...Magic Leaves (Chasing the Moon video podcast premier!)... http://myspace.com/magicleaves http://www.magicleavesmusic.com
Chasing the Moon --> http://chasingthemoon.pdcst.co RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133422186710852

Wed Dec 29, 2010
8pm - 12am   
SeaweedSway Presents: Dina Maccabee & more at MILK
Where: MILK

Thursday Jan 6, 2011
9pm - 12am   
Little Wings & Prairie Dog at Amnesia
Where: Amnesia, 853 Valencia St. between 19th & 20th, San Francisco, CA
Description: http://kyledraws.com http://www.myspace.com/prairiedogmusichttp://amnesiathebar.comRSVP! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124047944325624

Wed Jan 12, 2011
8:30pm - 12am   
SeaweedSway Presents: Buxter Hoot'n, Mark Matos & Os
Beaches, & MagicLeaves @ Bottom of the Hill!
 
Sat Jan 22, 2011
8pm - 10pm   
Langhorne Slim @ Fillmore w/ the Old 97s
Where: Fillmore, 1805 Geary St, San Francisco, CA
Description: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=140121652705955
 
Tues Jan 25, 2011
8pm - 11:30pm   
SeaweedSway presents: SONYA COTTON, Honeycomb, & Ever Isles at Rickshaw Stop
Where: Rickshaw Stop 155 Fell St
Description: 8 pm $10 SONYA COTTON Labeled "The Frida Khalo of songwriting," Sonya's compositionsare deeply personal, drawing upon her dreams, family, and love; theyoften come from a place of profound reverence for the natural world andthe creatures of the earth. "Sonya Maria Cotton ... is a really damn fine singer." --Pitchfork
RSVP/ Invite Friends! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=177940035551129
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If you’ve made it this far, wow! Thank you! Here are a few more things I’d like to share:

YOGA CLASSES: I am teaching yoga classes weekly on Saturdays and Sundays at the Yoga Loft. Saturday is a Gentle Hatha class from 12:45-2pm & Sunday is a Restorative Class from 6:30-8pm. Each class is only $10! Check out http://theloftsf.com & http://seaweedswayyoga.blogspot.com for more details. 321 divisadero st. @ page.

HOUSING LIST: 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 / it's a google group i started to help pass along rooms for rent. please post any good room openings to looking-for-housing@googlegroups.com!

JOB LIST: I also have a job list - kind of inactive now, but let me know if you have job announcements that I should forward. or join it if you'd like to get job announcements: http://groups.google.com/group/looking-for-jobs-in-sf-bay-area

thank you for reading & participating in community events !!
*connect with Seaweed Sway in other realms:
*this is a weekly or so list of bay area music shows, with some yoga & nature events mixed in*