WHERE WE’RE HEADED: SUNDAY APRIL 10, 2011 – CHOP CHOP’S ALBUM RELEASE SHOW
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Chop Chop (inTRAffIKradio Dj Jason Pancake’s band) album release show & “Come On Down!” documentary fundraiser
Featuring special guests, The Dollyrots & The Carrions
Chop Chop blasts off for the infinite with the rock & roll space opera Spark (their newest release)
Date/Time: Sunday, April 10 at 8:00 pm
Location:
All Star Lanes (in the bar)
4459 Eagle Rock Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
Cover/Age Limit: $10 / 21+ (Sorry! Underage fans can still enjoy some bowling fun.)
Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=191127330924833
with performances from:
Chop Chop (w/ Intraffik Radio DJ Jason Pancake)
and Special Guests…
The Carrions (featuring Cheryl from the Breeders)
The Dollyrots (final L.A. show before heading off on tour w/Bowling for Soup)
About the new album:
With their third album, Spark, Chop Chop returns to the days when space was the
setting for many an epic adventure or romance, and celebrated in a wonderful
genre of literature and film called Science Fiction.
Featuring 9 new tracks, Spark tells the story of Carolyn, a 17-year-old Earth girl who is kidnapped by
aliens and replaced with a devious shapeshifter. Forced to undergo cruel
experiments which eventually turn her cyborg, Carolyn is rescued by a star
captain with royal ties, and the two fall in love. Using enhanced intellect and
new cyborg powers, Carolyn must then train a band of rebels for an epic battle
to save Earth.
The Spark was produced and recorded by Chop Chop in Los Angeles. The album was
mixed by Charles Newman, who has worked with: Magnetic Fields, AM, Soko, Gospel
Music, and Black Kids.
Pre-sale tickets to the album release show are available at
http://www.chopchopmusic.com/ticketPreorder.html (each purchase gets an exclusive mp3 track
from the not-yet released album!)
The night will also be a benefit for their friends who are creating a documentary about
The Price is Right called Come On Down!
Come On Down! is a heartwarming and hilarious documentary film about fans of
the iconic game show, “The Price Is Right.” This film is a pop culture love
letter to America’s longest-running game show and the quirky characters who have
been called to “come on down!”
The charismatic cast of characters in “Come On Down!” includes housewives, rock
bands, college students, scholars, grandmas, fanatics, and “regular Joe’s.” The
“TPIR-stories” that we have collected offer a hilarious and lighthearted glimpse
at a truly unique staple of American popular culture as devotees live their
“American dream.” As one fan proclaimed, “I compare it to Canterbury Tales. I
think it truly is an American pilgrimage!”
Come On Down! A doc film by Caryn Capotosto & Jeruschka White
website: http://comeondowndoc.blogspot.com/
Kickstarter: http://kck.st/h90ixz
To Find More info on Chop Chop please visit:
Chop Chop website: http://www.chopchopmusic.com/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/chopchopmusic
myspace: http://www.myspace.com/chopchopband
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/chopchopmusic
WHERE WE’RE HEADED: SATURDAY APRIL 2ND’S FUZZ FEST (DAYTIME EVENT)
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Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls Los Angeles (RCLA) has joined forces with the annual FuzzFest to provide an Open House and Benefit Show for the RCLA.
Everyone is invited to check out the campus used for both the Girls and Ladies Rock Camps. Starting at 2 p.m., kids can attend a Mini Rock’n'Roll Clinic for Girls and Boys, including instrument instruction (instruments provided on site), button making, and more.
Adults will be able to speak with volunteers and counselors about what takes place during Camp.
Date: Saturday April 2nd
Time: 2pm-6pm
Suggested Donation:$5 (cash only)
Location:
Immaculate Conception School
Tickets may also be purchased here http://bit.ly/dMrOYI in advance, even for those unable to attend (your donations are always welcome!)… A suggested donation of $6** or more per person will allow names to be added to the admission list. Pre-sale buyers will be sent an exclusive live mp3 from each of the performing bands as a “thank you!”
Outdoor Stage with Performances from:
Ingenue
The Studiofix
Jessie Deluxe
and The Dollyrots!
All proceeds from ticket sales and the snack bar will go to providing financial aid to girls attending the 2011 Camp this summer, July 25th-30th. Ladies Camp, also a fundraiser for the Girls Camp, takes place April 29th-May 1st. Applications are being accepted for both at www.rockcampforgirlsla.org
There will also be screen printing on site, courtesy of Angry Girl, to make special Fuzz Fest items – feel free to bring your own shirt/tote/whatever or purchase a shirt from Rock Camp or one of the bands and get it screened on the back!
There is a free raffle for those in attendance. The Grand Prize is a guitar from Daisy Rock Girl Guitars! (Must be present to claim prize.)
OUT TO SEE: A YEAR IN PHOTOS (LOCAL MUSIC EDITION PART 3: JULY – SEPTEMBER)
JULY
Row 1: Nico Vega, Sweethead, The Shakers
Row 2: Pu$$y Cow, Pu$$y Cow, Dead Country
Row 3: Rob Z Program/Z/Schnee and the Bleeding Livers, Stab City, Walking Sleep
Row 4: Spider Problem, Spider Problem, Kissing Cousins
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AUGUST
Row 1: Eastern Conference Champions, Pollyn, Thee Hundred Days
Row 2: Tomorrow’s Tulips, The Dollyrots, The Dollyrots
Row 3: Captain Danger, Lucy Schwartz, Lucy Schwartz (Mona Tavakoli and Lucy’s Father as support band)
Row 4: Vanaprasta, Gliss, Red Cortez
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SEPTEMBER
Row 1: Pity Party
Row 2: Best Coast, The Mo Odds, The Slow Death
Row 3: Don Juan y Los Blancos, Local Natives, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
Row 4: Amanda Jones and the Sugartits 3, Eastern Conference Champions (ECC), ECC
Row 5: Warpaint, Mad Planet, Mad Planet
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Funeral Party: “Carwars”
Leslie and the Badgers: “Los Angeles”
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