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PSYCHOACOUSTICS SlackSheet of Fine Rock, Performances, Arts Events & Things That Fit
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February 2010

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**TONIGHT Fri Feb 26 2010 @ 09:30 PM WEAPONS OF MASS DEFUNKTION The Alchemy. Funky!

2/2610pm Old Panther/Thieves/Sabertooth Man at The Shed (upstairs) Spring Green [Furthermore Beer folks]

****Feb 26-27, 7pm [+ 4pm Sat] THE AMAZING ACRO-CATS – TRAINED PUSSIES -- Circus Cats from Chicago! Mercury Players Theatre Lab, 930 Fair Oaks Ave. Tickets on Sale NOW at www.circuscats.com

***Sat 2/27 10pm Helliphant, Decapitato, and Orphan Bloom @ The Crustal Corner [sic]

***2/ 27 10 pm Yid Vicious Purim Costume Party with Shuvani Tribal Belly Dance, Sockrates Sock Puppet Carnival of Morals and Logic. The Frequency, 121 W. Main St. 21+, $5 Prize for best costume!

Sat. Feb 27, 10 pm Catfish & Friends w/ Kyle Miller Mickey’s, no cover / 21+

*Sun 2/28, 12-3 PM DR. SKETCHY’S ANTI-ART SCHOOL presents Mr. Kent High Noon Saloon, 21+

*2-28 8pm, DANE COUNTY TIME BANK BENEFIT Stephanie Rearick, Art Paul Schlosser, Bob Westfall. High Noon

Weekly Events:

Peace Vigil Weekly @ 12:00pm Mondays, U.S. Post Office, Madison Municipal Building. 846-7924
Mad Toast Live with Chris Wagoner & Mary Gaines, Brink Lounge every Tuesday @ 8:00pm
GOMEROKE: ROCK STAR KARAOKE WITH LIVE BAND THE GOMERS, Tuesdays, 9pm at High Noon
Madison Comedy Collective Open Mike at the Comedy Club every week on Wednesdays @ 8:30pm
Open Mike with Harlan Jefferson & SoSo Tight, R Place on Park on Wednesdays @ 9:00pm [soul]
Open Mike every Sunday, 9 pm, Mickey’s Tavern. 21+, no cover.

March

***Friday, March 5th, 8:00pm The Afterdarks & Krank Daddies at Area 51

***3/6 6pm MAD ROLLIN’ DOLLS “Beach Party” theme Alliant Ctr. Exhibition Hall afterparty: Plan B

**Sat 3/6 | 7:30pm Zola Jesus w/ Julian Lynch, Sonmi - EP Release Party Project Lodge $7 all ages

Thursday, March 11th - 10pm - Mystery School - Indie Rock – The Alchemy Café – Free

***3/12 6:30pm EARLY SHOW United Sons of Toil, Canyons of Static, King’s Horses Project Lodge $5 all ages Noiserock/postrock/postpunk

****3/12 9pm FILTH II – Bigger. Louder. Dirtier. Erotic art, performance & music show, Inferno 21+ [natch!]

Sat. March 13 2-6pm High Noon Saloon presents Schwaklakk 2010 Soap-Carving Party/ no cover / 21+

***Sat 3/13 9pm | 12th Annual St Paddy's Day Party with THE KISSERS Majestic Theatre, all ages, $15

3/13 10pm Big City Honky Tonk w/Nellie Wilson & the Hellbound Honeys Crystal Corner, 21+

***3-13 10pm CEALED KASKET w/ Erebus, Lords of the Trident • Frequency, 21+ Mad metal!

****3/14 1-10 pm HARMONY BAR 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, music by Roddys, Midwesterners, Cash Box Kings, Joel Paterson, Jim Schwall, Andy Ewen, The Bel-Airs, more. $5, Barrymore, all ages.

***Sun 3/14, 8pm, TED LEO & THE PHARMACISTS w/ Title Tracks, High Noon Saloon 18+ $13

*3/15 8pm ELECTRIC SIX, High Noon Saloon 18+ Burn down the disco!

***Tu 3/16 7:30pm WILLIE NELSON, Overture Hall The Legend is still smokin'

****3/16 9pm RJD2, BREAK SCIENCE (Adam Deitch & Borahm Lee), Happy Chichester Majestic, all ages

*Sat 3/20/2010 8:00 PM The Gomers at Blessed Sacrament Auction, venue TBA, Madison, Wisconsin 53704

****3/ 20 9:30pm LESLIE & THE LY'S + Christopher The Conquered, High Noon, $10 /$12 dos, 18+

****3/24 8:30pm BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, BAND OF SKULLS High Noon Saloon, 18+

*Friday, March 26 | 7:30pm These Are Powers w/ Fun Cartel, Trin Tran Project Lodge $8 all ages BYO

*3/27/2010 10pm El Valiente, Flight, The American Dead (rock) Crystal Corner Bar, 21+

April, May & beyond
***Fri 4/2 9:30pm THE BLACK LIPS, Box Elders and THE HUSSY High Noon Saloon $12/$14 dos 18+
*Wed 4/7 7pm early show BITCH
**4/9 8pm HENRY ROLLINS ‘FREQUENT FLYER TOUR’ spoken word, Barrymore, all ages
****4/9 Mission of Burma!!! With Turbo Fruits, Surfer Blood!!! at HIGH NOON SALOON 21+
*4/16 9PM CLOUD CULT, Majestic
**4/17/2010 10pm Blueheels and JT and the Clouds (Madison/Chicago rock) Crystal Corner Bar, 21+
***Thu 4/22, 9pm, Captured! By Robots Annex, 21+
**4/24/2010 10pm Pistols at Dawn, Madtown Vipers + TBA (Madison surf/punk) Crystal Corner 21+
***4/28 9pm YEASAYER with Sleigh Bells – Majestic Theatre
**Tuesday, May 18th, 6:30pm MASTODON (genre: Metal) at Orpheum Theatre
***Thu May 20, 9pm MONO, Twilight Sad High Noon Saloon 18+ Co-ed Japanese gorgeous noise!
****Just Announced! Sat 6/26 10pm An Evening with MELVINS --2 Sets-- High Noon $17/$9 dos 21 +
http://www.melvins.com/ http://www.myspace.com/themelvins

Regional/out of town shows:
Sun 2/28 8pm The Soundtrack Of Our Lives, Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL
3/2 The English Beat, Fishbone House of Blues, Chicago 329 N. Dearborn (312) 923-2000 hob.com
3/5-3/6 REVEREND HORTON HEAT, DEX ROMWEBER [3/6 True Historians, no Dex] Double Door Chi
3/6 8pm Live Rockabilly Duel at Kochanksi's Concertina Beer Hall: AFTERDARKS, PEARLS MAHONE, THE ONE-EYED JACKS. 1920 S. 37TH STREET MILWAUKEE, 414-83-POLKA
3/12 8pm Flogging Molly, The Architects, Frank Turner the Rave, Milwaukee $25, $30 for VIP. [What do those ‘working class blokes’ think of this?]
3/19 GIL MANTERA’S PARTY DREAM, BRILLIANT PEBBLES Empty Bottle, Chicago emptybottle.com
3/27 THE CAVE SINGERS, Empty Bottle emptybottle.com
****04.01• STRANGE BOYS !!!!!! Cactus Club (Milwaukee, WI)
4/15/10 – 7:30 pm AC/DC Bradley Center / Milwaukee, WI $50 / $91.50
May 28-31 SHIBARICON, in Chicago. [shibaricon.com for info]
June 3-6 WAKARUSA Mulberry Mountain, Ozark, Arkansas
***June 10-13 BONNAROO Manchester, TN
****AUGUST 26-28, Rockin '50's Fest in Green Bay: Wanda Jackson, Scotty Moore [Elvis' band], TBA
tix and info: oneidabingoandcasino.net
****SEPTEMBER 23rd - 26, 2010 GONERFEST 7 Memphis, TN
****September 25-26, WILLY ST. FAIR, Madison, WI


Ongoing events:
Show your work at the Good Style Shop. Submit proposals to Aaron and Indra for art openings the first weekend of each month. Dates available: 5/1, 6/5, 7/3, 8/7, 9/4, 10/2, 11/6, 12/4. 402 E Washington Ave, 608-441-1323
For anyone who has been considering giving stand up comedy a shot: open mic at The Comedy Club on State Wednesdays at 8:30pm (signups 7:30) & The Pub Tuesdays at 8:30.
Automata: Contemporary Mechanical Sculpture. Works by 14 international artists, now thru 3/14, Chazen Museum of Art ("Desiring Machines," lecture by UW Prof. Jill Casid 5:30pm, 2/18) Meticulously crafted to perform complex, surprising, and often comic movements, these mechanical sculptures tell quick fanciful tales of nature, myth and magic, the creative process, and sheer make-believe. More than 25 hand-cranked artist-designed automata will be on view & videos will play in the gallery to show the animated workings of the pieces. Free, all ages.
Chocolate: The Bitter and the Sweet Exhibit, 1/4-3/21, Olbrich Gardens' Bolz Conservatory ($1 admission). Also: "Theobroma Cacao: Food of the Gods" talk 6:30 pm, 1/30 (#15; RSVP by 1/21). "Chocolate Country" documentary screening 6:30 pm, 2/6 ($11; RSVP by 1/28). www.olbrich.org or 246-4550
Call for Artists: UW Arboretum Steinhauer Trust Gallery Wall-hung works sought for exhibitions in the UW Arboretum's Steinhauer Trust Gallery. Deadline: 2/27. Guidelines: www.uwarboretum.org/artists or 265-3355
John Cage, Merce Cunningham exhibit, "Chance, Time, & Concept in the Visual Arts.” Daily until 05/09/10 Madison Museum of Contemporary Art
Faces in the Sand Stories of Iraq/Afghanistan soldiers, through 7/31, Wisconsin Veterans Museum. 267-1799
Odd Wisconsin Exhibit of curious & authentic state artifacts thru 10/2, Wisconsin Historical Museum. 264-6555
Vegan Pancake Feed 2nd Sunday morning of every month at the Wilmar. 8:30 - 11am. Benefit for Madison Hours local currency system. Pancakes, oven roasted potatoes, coffee, oj., friends, etc..

All ages, underground venues in Madison:
- Get Bent Press on 1814 S. Park
- Gnarlyhaus 2637 E. Johnson [2637] 608-669-8908
- Good Style Shop 402 E. Washington Ave
- Kiki’s House of Righteous Music, 1326 MacArthur Rd. Madison WI 53714
- The Nottingham Co-op, Iota Court at Langdon St.
- Project Lodge, 817 East Johnson Street
- Revolution Cycles on Atwood
- The Snake Pit [15 N. Franklin St]
- Subvert City [ 817 Dane St, 53713 off S. Park and Taylor St. at Drake Ave, just west of Vilas Ave.]
Not all ages, but has lots of ‘underground’ shows: Wisco on Willy St., Glass Nickel on Atwood


Mon 7pm Madison Infoshop (1019 Willy St) Muffin Club - Womens' Health Discussion Group. This week's topic: _____. Open to all women, trans, and inter-sex folks. astridh@fastmail.fm or boysenberrie31@yahoo.com

Don’t forget to check Memorial Union listings for free shows at the UW, Terry O’s Diaspora, calendar
http://lists.madimc.org/~infoshop/activistcalendar.html

..........................................Inaction is dangerous!

SLACK SHEET Inaugural Edition - Psychoacoustics Calendar of Events

SlackSheet PSYCHOACOUSTICS CALENDAR of Fine Rock & Performances, Exhibitions, & Things That Fit

Hey Seekers,
This isn’t intended to be a complete calendar of area events, but rather a select compilation of listings we have deemed of interest and importance to our listeners. If you think your show deserves the Psychoacoustics stamp of approval, please email us at psychoacousticsradio@myspace.com or submit your listing or flyer as a comment on our site. Get off your ass, go out and support live music – you’ll enjoy it and the performers will really appreciate it!

Slacque,
Rev Velveteen


Wed 10/14, 16-17 7PM BRICKS THEATER: an ADULT EVENING OF SHEL SILVERSTEIN Frequency

10/14 9:00PM The Whore Moans w/ Damidol + Ringo Deathstarr + American Dali, THE FREQUENCY

10/15 7pm EDITORS OF THE ONION AV CLUB Reading/Signing for “Inventory” Borders 3750 University

10/15 8-11 pm PSYCHOACOUSTICS FALL PLEDGE SPOOKTACULAR Week 1: DEVOlutionary
Music(k) special, + the Hour of Slack recorded live at DEVOtional 2009 in Cleveland. Tune in 89.9 fm or stream wort-fm.org & donate online, or CALL TO PLEDGE 256-2001 or 877-899- WORT. Keep WORT Weird!!!

10/15 8:00PM Sharon Van Etten w/ Rain Machine [KYP of TV ON THE RADIO], The Annex

TH 10-15 10pm HEMLINES, HONEY SLIDES, WHEELS ON FIRE, THE HUSSY Frequency, 21+

FRI 10/16 10PM Cribshitter, The No & Maybe Game Mickey’s [no cover, donations for bands accepted, 21+]

10-16 9 pm, CAPTURED! BY ROBOTS!, THE ANNEX, 1206 REGENT ST, 21+

10/16 9:00PM St. Vincent, Sonmi High Noon Saloon

10/16 9:00PM Purgatory Hill - w/ pat mAcdonald & melaniejane, Harmony Bar

10-16 9:30 pm -11:55 pm Solid Gold w/ Sugar and Gold Memorial Union Rathskeller

10/16 10 PM BIRDS OF AVALON w/ Trin Tran, Peaking Lights, Spires that in the Sunset Rise The Frequency

SA 10/17 8:00PM Lost Monarch basement house show [53703]

10-17 10 pm POSTER CHILDREN, DROIDS ATTACK, HELLIPHANT CRYSTAL CORNER BAR

10-17 10 pm ZEBRAS with DAMIDOL at Mickey’s [no cover, donations for bands accepted, 21+]

10/17 10PM SLEEPING IN THE AVIARY w/Candeliers, His & Her Vanities (Cd Release) The Frequency

10/17 10:00PM The Gusto Boof’s B-Day Bash more TBA [53703]

Sun 10/18 9 PM The Sesters, The Drain The Great Dane, downtown Madison

Mon 10/19 6:00PM COMMENTARAOKE with special guests The Soup Nazis & Elvish Costello, The Frequency

Wed OCT 21 7-9pm John Porcellino, author: Map of My Heart, music by Patrick Porter, Rainbow Bookstore

10-21 7 pm AVETT BROS, NICOLE ATKINS AT BARRYMORE, all ages

10/21 8:00PM ROYAL BANGS w/ Drummer, HIGH NOON SALOON

10-21 4-6pm workshop, 8 pm show, moira smiley & VOCO with Subvocal, The Brink

Thu 10/22 9:30PM Lorenzo’s Music with Soul Shaker and Melismatics, High Noon Saloon

FRI 10-23 9PM “FILTH” ART BY LIZ MARES + FOXY VERONICA’S PEACH PIES, + UNDERCULTURE,
CAUSTIC w/mbrs of Null Device, Little Red Wolf + more, Inferno, 21+

10-23 9:30 pm International Cinema “Dead Snow” NAZI ZOMBIES! Memorial Union - Play Circle.  FREE.

10/23 10p Midwest Beat AS Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sticks N Stones AS Alice Cooper Mickey’s free

SAT 10-24 12-3pm NAKED LADY PARTY Women’s Clothing Swap, High Noon Saloon [bring 5 items or $15]

10-24 7-9pm Int’l Cinema “Fear(s) of the Dark” Frigging Frightful Foreign Flick Fest, MU Play Circle FREE Also at 9:30 pm International Cinema “Dead Snow” and Midnight Movies “A Clockwork Orange” All ages.

10/24 10pm Optometri [“Russian” Punk!], Fist City, Mickey’s [no cover, donations for bands accepted, 21+]

10/24 10 PM Marcus King and Thee Royalty and King Cruiser  SOUL/FUNK, CRYSTAL CORNER BAR

WE 10-28 7-8:30PM Madison Vampire Coven Annual Halloween Reading, Borders West, 3750 University Ave. Short stories by Fred Shepartz [Mobius, “Vampire Cabbie”] Alex Bledsoe and Jordan Castillo Price

TH 10/29 10 PM Wayne "The Train" Hancock w/ Joel Paterson, Kristy Larson will open  CRYSTAL CORNER

Fri 10-30 MAD TRUCKER GONE MAD CD Release Party w/Lorenzo's Music and The Rebuilts The Frequency

Th 11/5-11/8 FUTURE CITIES 2009 Conference, Local Democracy for a post-carbon, post-nuclear greener world. www.futurecities2009.org

Fri 11-6 8:00pm VAGABOND OPERA, The Brink Lounge, 701 E. Washington

11-6 10pm Ampline, United Sons of Toil, Disguised as Birds The Frequency

WED DEC 3 8:30 pm MELT-BANANA High Noon Saloon