We have received a lot of emails of new subscribers and only refused one of them (see Letter to the Editor). Our email list has now 981 readers and I am still adding about 30 per day.
Some of Party Volcano's old and loyal friends are now probably getting concerned and wonder whether this change in size will also affect quality and style of our weekly emails. I hope this will not be the case and we are trying to prove this with a downgrade (Loveshack's Easter Feast) and an invitation to a private party in a week (see Future Lava).
Thursday 4/17.
8:00 PM The Snowboarder's Journal release party (issue #2.3) @ The Green Room.
Friday 4/18.
7:00 PM Loveshack’s “Easter Feast” @ Fado
9:00 PM Satellites 2003 Opening Party @ The Little Theater
9:00 PM Planet Beat @ ToST
10:00 PM Monkey Mind Control CD Release Party & Performance @ Lo_Fi
Saturday 4/19.
1:00 PM Cartoons: Combining Narrative and Images @ Richard Hugo House.
1:00 PM Bach Around the Clock @ Town Hall.
7:00 PM (T)arts / SAW Fund Raiser Party in Georgetown.
8:00 PM Satellites 2003: New Berlin Underground Film 1999-2002 @ ConWorks.
8:00 PM? SEA-SAW @ Rendezvous
9:00 PM SLINK @ Baltic Room
9:00 PM Crushcoat @ central tavern.
9:00 PM Commonfire in Fremont
Sunday 4/20.
11:00 AM "Eat Jesus" Easter Sunday Parade from Westlake Center to Pike Place Market.
Wednesday 4/23.
9:00 PM Dahlia Pre-CD release party @ ToST.
Thursday 4/17.
The Snowboarder's Journal release party (issue #2.3) @ The Green Room.
JG (Jessica Lovett?) writes:
Issue # 2.3 is featuring Scott E. Wittlake, Luke Mitrani, Noah Salasnek, space-shredding, and training with beer.
When: 8:00 pm Thurs, April 17
Where: Seattle's Green Room at 1426 1st Avenue (next to the Showbox, <http://www.showboxonline.com/>)
Beats and Notes: DJ Atlee keeps on keeping the groove alive. This release party is also a benefit to help frequency contributor and friend, Jimmy Clarke with medical expenses incurred from his recent Alpental incident.
Charges will be $5 at the door, with all proceeds going to the Clarke family. Show up, rock out, support Jimmy, enjoy the Spring Fever issue.
peace,
jg
Friday 4/18.
Loveshack’s “Easter Feast” @ Fado
Martin Lovschall is a Danish guy who goes by the moniker, “Loveshack” (this is, apparently, Danish wit). He lived in Seattle for several years and through his extreme gregariousness built up an email list of 3000 names. He would throw giant parties, not for profit, but simply for his genuine love of people. A lot of the parties weren’t that great—despite his huge email list, actual attendees tended to self-select towards frat boy types and he was the recipient of a PV downgrade—but you still had to admire the guy for not just acclimating to America but downright thriving in a social sense.
Last summer he moved back to Denmark. He hosted one last bash, which he termed, “The Loveshack Go Away Party” (Danish ESL) on a salsa cruise ship full of serious Latino salsa dancers, embarking for an evening of serious dancing. At the time, one of our PV reporters attended and reported back: “Interesting cultural experiment: frat guys meet salsa crowd. Result: reconfirmation that white guys can’t dance.” We all thought that was the last we would ever see or hear from Loveshack.
But then a strange thing happened: his 3000 person Evites started reappearing…for parties in Seattle. Wasn’t Loveshack long gone? Wasn’t he back in Copenhagen, watching soccer or playing with Legos or eating Danish pastries or doing whatever Danes do?
A team of undercover Party Volcano reporters investigated. In a shattering expose we revealed that Loveshack never showed up to his own Seattle parties. The motive for this subterfuge was, in a word, profit. Loveshack was teaming up with local promoters so they could use his email list to draw in bigger crowds under the guise of another giant Loveshack party. To be fair, Loveshack never actually stated in his Evites that he was going to be in Seattle for his parties, but he sure strongly implied it. Which, at least initially, was ! all that was needed, since the typical Loveshack party attendee wasn’t necessarily the most astute at suspecting that something was amiss. (“Cool, dude! It’s like another Loveshack party!”) Loveshack could then take a cut of whatever the promoter was charging for a salsa cruise or the extra money a bar made on drink sales—all without leaving the comfort of his soccer watching, Lego playing, Danish pastry eating, Copenhagen lifestyle.
But, of course, Loveshack was building a house of cards, destined to collapse. Our readers learned first about his scam (we warned them off his first fake Seattle party), and it was only a matter of time before Loveshack’s adoring public realized he wasn’t actually at any of the parties they were attending. (“Hey dude, where’s like Loveshack?”) When enough of them finally caught on, the Evites for Loveshack’s parties abruptly ceased.
It could almost be read as a classic American mythic tale. Fresh-faced boy comes to America. Through his natural friendliness and charm he finds his way in the big city and thrives (email list of 3000). Becomes very successful at what he does (throws large, well attended parties, not for profit but for his love of people). But somehow he loses his way, the lure of greed proves too powerful and that is his downfall (tries to make a profit by teaming up with unscrupulous promoters and throwing parties while he is still in Denmark). Kind of like Charlie Sheen in “Wall Street.”
In the classic mythic tale, the last chapter usually has some form of redemption with the hero realizing the error of his ways and realigning his path with what is right (again, think of Charlie Sheen in “Wall Street”). And, bizarrely, that appears to be what will actually unfold this weekend. Loveshack is going to return—really return—in person and in Seattle this Friday, for, as he terms it, an “Easter Feast” party. (We assume he means “Fest”, not “Feast”, since this party is being he! ld at a bar and centers on drinking, not eating—Danish ESL, again.) So the fallen hero, our sweet-tempered Loveshack, who lost his way to unscrupulous greed, now finds redemption by actually showing up to one of his parties, on a holiday that features our Lord, the Redeemer, dying for our sins and rising from the dead to save our souls.
It’s so weirdly big, mythic and grand, it almost makes us want to upgrade Loveshack. But then we imagine we can hear the reunion on Friday night—“Loveshack! Dude! You’re back! Let’s paaar-taay!” And we firmly maintain our DOWNGRADE.
Fado Irish Pub, 701 First Ave, 7 pm, Free.
http://www.evite.com/mlovschall@hotmail.com/loveshack
Another public figure who found redemption: http://www.blessitt.com/bush.html
One of history's greatest engineers was Danish: http://www.engineergirl.org/NAE/CWE/egmain.nsf/weblinks/ESER-5KRRQX?OpenDocument
Satellites 2003 Opening Party @ The Little Theater
The Emerald Reels email list is pointing out this upcoming showcase that celebrates the alternative, undependent and emerging film & video arts:
Satellites 2003: Screens from Outer Spaces
Returning for the sixth year, Satellites 2003 encompasses seventeen events in orbit throughout Seattle at seven different microcinema locations. Celebrating Seattle's alternative film and video community at the Satellites festival opening party! The city's freakiest filmmakers, media artists, and curators will be there enjoying good company, food, drink, and projected oddities from NWFF's film library. Bring yourself! Bring your friends!
Bring your grandmother's chocolate chip cookies and your cousin's moonshine!
The Little Theater (all ages), 608 - 19th Ave. E., 206.329.2629, 9pm, free.
Satellites 2003, April 17 to 27 at various locations.
Schedule: http://www.emeraldreels.com/satellites
Planet Beat @ ToST
Darek Mazzone (Wo'Pop on KEXP, 90.3 PM, Tuesdays, 6-9pm) writes:
Planet Beat presents the most spectacular (and geopoliticaly well timed) night in the city: Bombay Casbah.
Arabic and Indian dance music with live performance by some of the finest Global musicians and DJ’s in the city.
This Friday we’ll have Bellydancing by Amelia, www.ameliabellydance.com The best club sounds from Deli, Bombay, Beirut, Baghdad, Paris, London, and Cairo.
There will be a record release party for the new Middle Eastern Music compilation “Arabesque Tlata 3” from React records
You do not want to miss this.
The festivities start at 9
Best
Darek
Planet Beat: Friday Nights at Tost. 513 N 36th in Fremont.
Monkey Mind Control CD Release Party & Performance @ Lo_Fi
James Kirchmer is pointing out this interesting free event:
Conduit Records invites you to:
JAY ROULSTON - Monkey Mind Control
* a CD Release Party & Performance *
feat. Jay Roulston (Trumpet), Beck Henderer-Pena (Guitar), Byron Vannoy (Drums) Geoff Harper (Bass) Additional music provided by very special guests:
DOSE(E) (John Wicks - drums / Joe Doria - Hammond organ)
DJ doublescreen - of 310 (spinning away between bands)
Friday, April 18th at Lo_Fi (a great new performance gallery!) 429B Eastlake Ave. E.
Doors @ 9pm, Music @ 10pm
21+ (Drinks will be available for a donation)
FREE ADMISSION!
For more info or directions to Lo_Fi, please visit http://www.conduitrecords.com
Flyer: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=Jayfinalback.gif
Saturday 4/19.
Cartoons: Combining Narrative and Images @ Richard Hugo House.
Randy Wood is teaching a class about cartoons:
This afternoon class will focus on how to take your ideas and translate them into comic images. Participants will focus on fleshing out ideas for stories to base cartoons on, and will finish the workshop with a completed cartoon.
Participants will explore different ways to approach combining narrative and images on the way to creating a successful sequence of cartoons. Course will also cover distribution and promotion of cartoons and
mini-comics.
Class Fee - $35, $25 for Hugo House members $5 materials fee
Richard Hugo House 1634 Eleventh Avenue (On Capitol Hill behind the reservoir)
Sat April 19th, 1-5 PM
206-322-7030 www.hugohouse.org
Bach Around the Clock @ Town Hall.
On Saturday, April 19, Town Hall presents its third annual admission-free Bach marathon, Bach Around the Clock. The days begins at 1 PM with a Family Concert, and moves downstairs at 9 PM for a Bach-flavored jazz session led by Jovino Santos Neto.
I wouldn't spend any money on Neto. But I would definitely go to some of the free music performances. The Cello Suite in D minor at 4:15pm will be a lot of cello if you are not used to it. If you haven't been listening to Bach's music a lot you will probably also find the Ricercares from the Musical Offering (4:45pm) a little bit too heavy. But then the two Preludes and Fugues from Bk. 2 of The Well-Tempered Clavier (Byron Schenkman will play at 4:45pm) are probably the best choice.
If you are obsessed with Bach - like me - you won't want to miss the Goldberg Variations performed at 3pm. It's one of my favorite Bach pieces:
According to Forkel (Bach's first biographer) during one visit in 1742, the Count Hermann Carl von Keyserlingk of Dresden, who was suffering from insomnia, requested Bach to compose some pieces "of a quiet and somewhat cheerful (sanften und etwas muntern) character" for this use, and Bach brought forth the Aria mit dreißig Veränderungen ("Aria with 30 variations", BWV 988) that have carried Goldberg's name into posterity. The Count, overwhelmed by the magnificence of the work, had Goldberg play them night after night. So impressed and delighted was he that he rewarded Bach with a golden goblet filled with 100 Louis d'Or.
Whether this is a true story or not doesn't really matter. It's a brilliant piece. I own seven different interpretations and my favorite is Glenn Gould's 1955 recording. Let's hope Corey Jamason will play the Goldberg Variations in an agreeable manner so I won't have to use my tomatoes.
Town Hall is located directly on the corner of Eighth Avenue and Seneca Street. The building is a landmark white building, with Roman-revival columns on the front of the building and a prominent dome.
Schedule: http://www.townhallseattle.org/sArticles.cfm?aId=32
Goldberg Variations: http://www.bachfaq.org/goldberg.html
Glenn Gould, 1955: http://sonyclassical.com/releases/52594/
(T)arts / SAW Fund Raiser Party in Georgetown.
K.D. offered us a generous exclusive two-for-one ticket deal for Party Volcano readers. But unfortunately it didn't work out. The event will be great so you should go and pay full price. It's for a good cause:
(T)ARTIST making one of a kind arworks with white chocolate and bakers dyes. (T)ARTISTS making nuevo spicy eye-candy encaustics. Drag Queens and assorted (t)artys serving up silver tray tasties and silent auction art. Way too much creative impulse to be contained. Silent auction artworks sweetly donated and/or created on site by the talented artists who have shown or created at S.A.W. Including Jason Puccinelli, Alan Rushing, Yumiko Kayukawa, Ellen Forney, Ursula Gullow, Kamala Dolphin-Kingsley, Amy Ruppell, Jed Dunkerley, Tom E Hall, Chris McMullen, just to name a few.
Live and lovely samba-tango-flamenco-pop-rock-experimental-theater-brigade stage hosted by Sweet(T)art Chappie LeCod. So many acts, so little time...
DJ EZ Action, Chris Von Sneidern, P.A.N., Degenerative Art Ensemble, La Luciernaga, Nueva Luna, Plymouth Carousel, The Apocalypsticks.
This is affordable art at it's finest. Silent auction closings at
9:30(lemon) 10:30(chocolate) and 11:30(Cherry!)
Did we mention hand painted scooter helmets?
All proceeds to benefit Secluded Alley Works, an art/performance space at 12th and Yesler. S.A.W. is a non-profit committed to having art accessible to the community. SAW presents a new gallery show each month and hosts all ages music performances.
We hope to include you in the evening.
Any questions, contact Secluded Alley Works at 206-839-0880 or Lisa
Cooper at 206-763-5062
(T)ARTS. Sat April 19th from 7pm till midnight.
6010 Airport Way S (across from the 9LB Hammer)
Satellites 2003: New Berlin Underground Film 1999-2002 @ ConWorks.
Steve Creson presents a selection of 8 films created in Berlin, Germany that range from experimental and documentary to narrative. Most of these beautiful works are 16mm made by young underground filmmakers living in Berlin today.
Consolidated Works (all ages) | 500 Boren Ave. N (Republican and Boren), 206.381.3218, 8pm, $6.
SEA-SAW @ Rendezvous
Curtis Taylor writes:
COME SEE SEA-SAW!
BEAUTIFUL LIVE JUG-BAND!
DANCING LUMBERJACKS!
GRUESOME HISTORICAL TABLEAUS!
MECHANICAL SCENERY!
RESERVE TIX NOW!
SPECIAL LATE-NITE BARGAIN SHOW SAT APRIL 19---
PAY WHAT YOU CAN!!!!!!
Read the Stranger review by Emily Hall:
http://www.thestranger.com/2003-04-10/theater.html
Jewel Box Theater at the Rendezvous
reserve tix: 206.329.9198 or vodvil@speakeasy.org
SLINK @ Baltic Room
Kiki writes:
Hello, Long time no chat. So it's spring time all over again. Hope you're doing great and enjoying a lotta sunshine out there. Kicking off the spring I'd like to invite you to very nice party. So say there what time is it???
It's Slink time again....
Slink DJ Roster:
Wesley Holmes
Brian Lyons
Ken Wallace
And Featuring: NEIL ALINE (Chez Music - NYC)
As the head honcho of Chez Music, Neil Aline has his hands deeply involved in all aspects of New York club culture. As a DJ, his sets span everything from deep house to vocals, disco tracks and deep tribal excursions, all impeccably mixed. He hones his skills at his successful weeklyparty called 'School.' Aline also works as the American liaison for Parisian promoters Respect Is Burning, organizing tours across the country. Anchored in New York with a bi-monthly residency at Twilo and Centro-Fly, Respect also comes regularly to Chicago's Metro and Los Angeles.
The Baltic Room is located at 1207 Pine Street (b/w Boren and Bellevue Avenue), Capitol Hill, Seattle. 206.625.4444. www.thebalticroom.com
$7 cover before 10:30pm. $10 after. Drinks special from 9pm to midnight
www.chezmusic.com
http://www.thestranger.com/current/parties_listings.html
Crushcoat @ central tavern.
From a friendly email:
hey, wanna slum it? slip down to the central tavern on saturday april 19th for the opening act of the night, crushcoat. seattle's least best known indi-emo-new-wave-rock-and-roll-without-any-unerpants-on is performing (last time with their current bass player). you don't want to miss this.
the central tavern, 9:00 PM $5.00
In my opinion the sound is terrible at the Central Tavern. But maybe it doesn't matter.
Central Tavern, 9:00 PM $5.00
Commonfire in Freemont...
Hippie alert! But if you are into it you should know about it:
Commonfire in Freemont is hosting an open ended night of music with DJs. I will be going on about 1am. This is a relatively new space with some great people attached to it. There is no bar (byob) and no age restriction as this is not a public venue. You can find directions at www.osirisindriya.com/calendar.htm by clicking on the word "Freemont" next to the Commonfire post there. $5 donation glady accepted.
Sunday 4/20.
"Eat Jesus" Easter Sunday Parade from Westlake Center to Pike Place Market.
This crazy guerilla party group, which organizes Santarchy and Brides of March and other events, is bringing you an Easter Parade with an edible Jesus:
11am, sunday morning, April 20... Easter Sunday. A parade...
Leading from Westlake Center to Pike Place Market, ending in Victor Steinbrueck park. A crucified, edible Jesus, carried by 12 disciples in robes. Romans. Easter bunnies. The Last Brunch and Easter Egg hunt.
Yes, it's the first Body of Christ Easter Parade! In which we make
an edible Jesus and feed his body and blood to the disenfranchised people who hang out in Victor Steinbrueck park! Can you think of a better way to celebrate the DEATH OF OUR LORD? After all, he TOLD us to eat of his body!
And WE NEED YOU! We need DISCIPLES, and ROMANS, and BUNNIES! Do you fit any or all of these characters? Can you wear a robe for Christ? Have a breastplate? Bunny ears? Then come join us in our CRUSADE AGAINST HUNGER!
Plans for building the edible Jesus are afoot, but volunteers are
still welcome! Just contact the usual instigator to get involved.
If an event happens in a forest and there's no one there to start a
list,will anyone hear it?
easterparade-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
(It's low traffic, we swear on the body of Christ!)
Wednesday 4/23.
Dahlia Pre-CD release party @ ToST.
ToST writes:
DIGITAL LOUNGE presents a pre-CD release party for one of Portland's hottest electronica bands, Dahlia. If you are a fan of Portishead, Bjork or Tricky, don't miss this show! Sip on a martini while you listen to the sultry vocals of Jennifer Folker + experimental mu! sical backdrops of keyboardist Keith Schreiner. Doors @ 9.
ToST 513 north thirty-sixth street in fremont . 206.547.0240 . tostlounge.com
Future Lava.
RACHAEL'S BED&BREAKFAST HOUSEWARMING on 4/26.
This party is in a week from now. But I thought you should know about it a little bit earlier to give you the opportunity to figure out how to answers Rachael's question. I think, this is a wonderful idea. Thank you Rachael for inviting Party Volcano to your party on Saturday 4/26.
Hi, Lovelies:
Posting far and wide, I'd like you to submit this invite to the masses. Only one caveat: In a meager attempt to be, oh, slightly exclusive (considering it's a residence 'n all), I'll need to ask intended participants to rsvp with an answer to the following question:
The Black Rock Gazette is the daily publication for what
event?
Upon receiving any number of successful responses, I'll send the
necessary info to interested peeps. It's gonna be a blast!
Best regards,
Rachael
RACHAEL'S BED&BREAKFAST HOUSEWARMING
on April 26, 2003 . 10pm - 10am
at undisclosed location in Fremont
bring blankets & pillows
rsvp orchids@speakeasy.net
Amenities to include:
R A L L Y
on decks
Brian Lyons . deep house
Diem . hard tribal disco
Shapeshifter . downtempo
Tumbleweed . funky house
Sulli . more housy stuff
Daht . experimental stuff
& the Amazing Pope Phabulous w/ crew to entertain us all!
C H I L L
m's martini bar
homebrew ale & cider tasting
rooftop bubbly 'n berries
midnight satay bar
breakfast in bed
garden view massage room
lush spa room (yes, THE lush!)
lotsa chill space (for overnight stays)
& a fake fireplace, of course.
Help out!
Contact Rachael orchids@speakeasy.net for more. See you at home,
Sweets!
Letters to the Editor.
From: Deran Ludd
Yes, you stinking bosche, those comments in the Stranger - Seattle's Out-of-Towners Newspaper, were by me. And yes, of course, that is you all I was referring to. I am from here, and believe you me I would clearly recall if invitations had been sent out to encourage dull-witted fashion victims to immigrate here. Listen you boring untermenschs, the only thing hypocritical about me is that I am not yet dead and/or have not, like everyone else I knew here, left this shithouse formerly known as Seattle. But, in my waning days of sanity, I think I will stay around and teach imbeciles like yourselves manners and literacy.
And of course, everyday there is hope that you will all be pecked to death by seagulls. I mean, there is always that hope. Everyday.
Dear Mr Ludd,
Thank you for sending in your impressive resume. Party Volcano has been looking for somebody like you for a long time: a crazy fuck with too much time on his hands.
Our young and energetic team does indeed need some lessons about manners and literacy and you might be the perfect teacher. Our top priorities for this fiscal year are: increasing Party Volcano's potty-mouth inventory, improving our insulting skills, and becoming masters at the art of delusional ranting, all of which you have been practicing for so many years in your letters to the Stranger.
Please accept our invitation for an interview in the following days!
Kind regards,
Party Volcano
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