Events for 8/8 - 8/14/2002

Events for 8/8 - 8/14.
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This week's list is not as impressive as last week's but there are still some interesting events to go to. Thank you David Kelly, Kelly Davis, Clint Hutchison, and Rakesh Raju for your great comments!

Thursday, 8/8
6:00 PM ROO$+3R FEST @ FuNC.
8:00 PM The Living Tarot @ Industrial Arts Factory.
8:00 PM San Francisco Butoh Festival (1st day).

Friday, 8/9
Various times All Triumph Drive-In @ Westport, WA.
5:00 PM Seattle Music Fest @ Alki Beach (1st day).
7:00 PM Marlac Artists' Studio Party @ Marlac Building.
8:00 PM Hokum's Midsummer Vaudeville Festival @ Hokum Hall.
8:00 PM San Francisco Butoh Festival (2nd day).

Saturday, 8/10
Various times All Triumph Drive-In @ Westport, WA (1st day).
8:00 AM Valerie's Vintage Garage Sale @ 7747 37th Ave NE.
11:00 AM Seattle Music Fest @ Alki Beach (2nd day).
6:00 PM First Annual Luau Party @ 729 15th Ave.
8:00 PM Hokum's Midsummer Vaudeville Festival @ Hokum Hall.
8:00 PM Matte Magazine Issue # 2 Kickoff Party @ CoCA.
8:00 PM Field Effects 6 @ 964 Natoma, San Francisco.
8:00 PM San Francisco Butoh Festival (3rd day).
8:30 PM Gladiator @ Fremont Outdoor Cinema.
9:00 PM Bandit's Ball @ FuNC.

Sunday, 8/11
Various times All Triumph Drive-In @ Westport, WA (2nd day).
8:00 AM Valerie's Vintage Garage Sale @ 7747 37th Ave NE (2nd day).
11:00 AM Seattle Music Fest @ Alki Beach (3rd day).
7:00 PM San Francisco Butoh Festival (4th day).

Wednesday, 8/14
6:00 PM! Highlights of Indian Art @ Crespinel Studios.

Thursday 8/8

ROO$+3R FEST @ FuNC.

We found this rather cryptic benefit listed in last week's Seattle Fools email:

A benefit for Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets. Featuring: Gorilla Hair by VAIN, Beer Garden, Silent Auction & More. With special Guest DJs, Treasure Chest, Pyrosutra, Nu Sol Tribe, Children of the Revolution.

Our Party Volcano Reporter, Clint Hutchison, did a full investigation and sends in his report:

Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) is Seattle's homeless youth lobby, working to increase or maintain benefits and subsidies to kids who choose to have no fixed address, say because their home life is intolerable, though some are suspected (by other street kids) to be “Mercer Islanders doing the homeless thing,” just for kicks. PSKS has gotten money for literacy efforts, peer counseling, holistic medicine, and needle exchanges, but hasn't done much in the way of physical safety, probably because they didn't think anyone would allocate a red cent for teaching kids with names like 'Hyper' and 'THC' how to make their hands into lethal weapons. "Deadly But Safe: Preventing the Spread of HIV/AIDS by Instructing Seattle's At-Risk Youth in Bloodless Killing Techniques" just didn't sound bling-bling enough when they were brainstorming grants.

Unfortunately, you should never bring a group hug to a street fight, which seems to be what one 20-year-old homeless man, Nicholas Helhowski (a/k/a Rooster) did on April 11th of this year when confronted by two men wielding large rocks. They bashed in his skull, and he died three days later. PSKS is holding a fundraiser in Mr. Helhowski's memory, with music, silent auctions, and a beer garden. With any luck, they'll use the proceeds to teach some self-defense.

If you decide to go, make sure to shampoo first, because the glamorous VAIN hair salon (located where The Vogue used to be, underneath the site of one of Seattle's historic brothels) is doing its incomparable Gorilla Hair, where you can get a doozy of a 'do at a very reasonable price, possibly free or for a donation.

FuNC, 160 N. Canal St, 6pm to 1am, $12.
Nicholas "Rooster" Helhowski's murder: http://www.thestranger.com/2002-04-18/city7.html

The Living Tarot @ Industrial Arts Factory.

Those guys from Seattle Fools are pretty good. They found this one too. The press release says:

The Austin, TX-based performance troupe merges modern improvisational dance/theatre with ritual, myth and ancient wisdom. Individual audience members are given an opportunity to enter a modern day oracle and ask a question. These questions are the seeds that create each show anew. The Living Tarot blurs the boundary between audience and performers during this ancient journey to the core of shamanistic ritual theatre.

We asked Party Volcano’s very own Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Clint Hutchison, for his reaction:

The future revealed! Archetypes paraded before you in Grateful-Dead-parking-lot style! Your questions about Health, Romance, and Business answered LIVE! The Living Tarot is a dedicated troupe of modern oracles (sans oumphalos and chicken guts), talking the talk and walking the walk straight through Chapel Perilous as a full-time gig, putting them in the same league as the Sleepytime Gorilla Museum when it comes to commitment to the show. They don't seem like the type that's going to say there's a curse on you that can only be removed by a free blessing and a $280 candle from Jerusalem, so they're probably on the up-and-up.

The only concern would be whether or not they have the staff and set budget sufficient to cover all 78 cards, since some of the relevant symbolism could be kind of hard to stage. Do they have a Tesla coil to blow up The Tower (Arcanum XVI, http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2282/tarot/16.htm) ? Do they have a trained dog, wolf, and crawdaddy for The Moon (Arcanum XVIII, http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2282/tarot/18.htm) ? Do they have 10 swords? But enough QBLH quibbling -- The Living Tarot is charging no more than the average coffeehouse seer, but they're delivering a bona fide spectacle. ; If you agree that there are many things that Science can't explain, check them out.

FFI: Azlan White (512) 636-6289
Industrial Arts Factory, 3427 4th Ave S, 8pm, $15
http://www.thelivingtarot.com
Clint Hutchison can be reached at: clint670@attbi.com

San Francisco Butoh Festival in San Francisco (of course).

If you happen to be in San Francisco and not totally butoh’ed out from the events of the last weeks stop by at the Butoh Festival. We have heard Steve Miller and Pan’s Butoh gang will be there too. Here is what we found on the web:

Dance-Network presents the grand finale of the San Francisco Butoh Festival. For eight years, the Festival has brought both leading and unknown artists from Japan, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Canada, and throughout the United States to perform, teach, and educate Bay Area audiences about Butoh dance. The final season of the Festival celebrates the art and influence of contemporary Japanese Butoh dance on American and European artists.

Thurs 8/8 through Sun 8/10. Cowell Theater. Thur-Sat 8pm, Sun 7pm. $24-$16 FMC “Friends” $4 off w/mbrs card.
For more info see: http://www.fortmason.org/spotlights/0802-butoh.html

Friday 8/9

All Triumph Drive-In @ Westport, WA.

The organizers say:

This premier British sports car event features a weekend of activities involving up to 100 vehicles and their owners. The host hotel is the Chateau Westport. The public car show at the dock on Saturday, August 10 will feature Triumphs from Washington, Oregon, British Columbia and beyond. For more information contact wghook@earthlink.net or view the web site at www.tyeetriumph.org

Party Volcano's Vintage Car Expert, David Kelly says:

Just like the Family Chainsaw Extravaganza last week, this Westport area event makes me wonder if it should be listed in PV at all. I like chainsaw art for the kitsch/white trash silliness that will always be associated with it. Not that the "Artists" themselves recognize that. Still, it's entertaining to see people invest a lot of time & energy carving old growth fir into bears, eagles & mermaids that you can't imagine anyone actually paying for.

On the flip side, vintage car shows display the lost art of automotive design. While many people aren't interested in cars except for getting to work or to pick up hookers with, most people appreciate the beauty of a classic. There are many types of vintage car shows. Like the one that PV recently went on an unwarranted rant about, this one is for British cars only. It appears to be specifically for Triumphs. That really limits the variety of cars to look at, but the pre 70's Triumphs are beautiful and no, they didn't make SUVs. For a pleasant day at the beach, this show should provide a nice alternative to tourist shops and it will certainly be quieter than last weekend.

Friday 8/9 through Sunday 8/11. Westport, WA.
For more info see: http://www.tyeetriumph.org/

Seattle Music Fest @ Alki Beach.

Party Volcano reporter David Kelly lives in West Seattle and loves music, cars, and also breasts as we learned week. We listen to what he is saying about the Seattle Music Fest at Alki Beach:

After getting fucked over by the city last year, The Seattle Music Fest is back. I have lived in W. Seattle for as long as this festival has been in existence, but sadly have never made it to one. While it's Andrew's worst nightmare - live music & the outdoors AT THE SAME TIME, It's a combination that many of us wish there was more of.

I can't vouch for all of the bands, but there are some fine ones playing. I do recommend Pris, The Diablotones, Bicycle & Kim Virant. I've heard positive things about Honey Tongue but can only promise that the name is good. How can you go wrong when it's ABSOLUTELY FREE! I'm not sure what the "Sports" are exactly, "watersports" I hope, but volleyball most likely. Music, Beach, Bikinis, Gin in your Juice, Free! That's 19 bands for $0.00. That comes out to $0.00 per band (even cheaper than Bumbershoot). Did I mention it's free?

The word on the street is that each night after the festival ends, Uncle Daddy will be hosting nekkid hot tub parties at his house up the road. Hearing this, I called him for confirmation of this rumor. Here is what Uncle Daddy said via phone from somewhere in Mexico: 'No, Absolutely not! Please don't show up at my house with a posse & for God sakes, please don't spread that rumor any further!'

Alki Beach. Fri – Sun. Free.
Schedule: http://www.northwestarts.org/smf/schedule.htm
Flyer: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=Alki-Beach-080902.jpg

Marlac Artists' Studio Party @ Marlac Building.

The Marlac building is an interesting place for an opening. Last time I went I saw some pieces from known local artists such as Sean Vale (black box), Leslie (planes), Claude (video, fish) and others. The snacks were unusual: one room was offering an enormous amount of bread and in another room you could refresh yourself with the weirdest rice crackers you have seen.

This time I care less for rice crackers and bread. I will be entirely focused on worms. Our readers might remember our attempt in late April to correct two common stereotypes regarding fashion models. Let me refresh your memory: One stereotype says you can’t have interesting conversations with fashion models. The other one claims they don’t have worms. We proved both statements as unfounded and vast generalizations, because we did have an interesting conversation with a fashion model about her worms, which lived in her body and came out at night as they were loading up on fresh oxygen for the next day. (You can’t believe how many responses we got after that comment.) Anyway, that conversation took place at the last Marlac opening and I am secretly hoping that those unknown forces, who direct my Groundhog Day, will give me another chance for enhancing my knowledge about worms living inside of human beings. My list of questions is getting longer, every day. They range from “How are you - finally?” to “How long does it take them to move into your heart and brain?”

Marlac Building, 1426 S Dearborn St, 7pm to 11pm. (If there is no street parking, you can park in the Goodwill parking lot which is one block away).
Map link: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&address=1426+S+Dearborn+St&city=Seattle&state=wa&zipcode=&homesubmit.x=0&homesubmit.y=0

Hokum's Midsummer Vaudeville Festival @ Hokum Hall

One of the responses to our recent Ballard downgrade I heard was: “What’s your problem? Ballard is great. It’s like West Seattle only better.” Maybe he was thinking of Hokum’s Midsummer Vaudeville Festival in West Seattle:

Hokum Hall, one of the Seven Wonders of West Seattle (What Are the Other Six!?) presents: Traditional Family-Style Entertainment with a Touch of Class - Music, Mirth, Magic and Much More - Featuring the 1929 Mighty Wurlitzer Pipe Organ and Variety Artists Galore!

PV reporter David Kelly is writing to Hokum's defense:

I've only been to one Hokum Vaudville show, but it was very funny & entertaining. Like going to the Circus, going to the Opera, driving over 100mph or shaving your genitals, it's one of those things everyone should do at least once. Who knows, you might like it enough to make a habit of it.

According to him the other six wonders of West Seattle are:

(1) Lincoln Park
(2) The BenBow Bar (RIP)
(3) The World's 1st man made rock climbing wall at Camp Long (1930's)
(4) Easy Street Records
(5) Uncle Daddy's Hot Tub
(6) Alki Beach

Friday and Saturday evenings @ 8pm, from 8/9 through 8/27. Hokum Hall, 7904 35th Ave SW (West Seattle), $14 (get a $2 discount if you reserve by phone: 206-937-3613), $14 for reserved table seats (no discount).
More info: http://www.hokumhall.org/JUL02/JUL02.lobby.html

Saturday 8/10

Valerie's Vintage Garage Sale @ 7747 37th Ave NE

This comes to us from Carmelle. She says: "Imagine! LA fashion in the 60's & 70's and you have the perfect garage sale. Costumes, art, collectables, vintage furniture, household, etc. Great stuff!"

7747 37th Ave NE. Sale is from 8AM to 1PM, Sat 8/10 and Sun 8/11.
Map link: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&address=7747+37th+Ave+NE&city=seattle&state=wa&zipcode=&homesubmit.x=0&homesubmit.y=0

First Annual Luau Party @ 729 15th Ave.

This private party seems big enough that it will be okay to release to the PV list. If you go, please respect the dress code (you, too, Ayesha!). And in case you are wondering: no, I will not wear my priest outfit. Here is the text of the invitation:

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!! THE FIRST ANNUAL LUAU AT THE 729 ESTATE, CAPITOL HILL...BRING YOUR HAWAIIAN SHIRTS, COCONUT BRAS AND DANCING SHOES...KEGS ON HAND, BYOB THE HARD STUFF.

729 15th Ave (between E. Columbia and E. Cherry). Starts at 6pm but doubtless won't get going until later. Free. Kegs provided but you are encouraged to bring your own hard booze. You are also encouraged to dress “Luau-like”.
More info: http://www.geocities.com/joshua1918/
Map link: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&address=729+15th+Ave&city=seattle&state=Wa&zipcode=&homesubmit.x=0&homesubmit.y=0

Matte Magazine Issue # 2 Kickoff Party @ CoCA

Our Brazilian fact checker, Gisele, was unable to contact Matte Magazine before we went to press, so we really have no idea what this new local arts magazine is like. Their website is sketchy on info, but apparently in the first issue there was an interview with Greg Lundgren who runs Vital 5—one of the most interesting galleries in Seattle. This suggests that they are at least clued into what is happening in Seattle, arts-wise.

The Issue # 2 Kickoff Party will have live music, djs, and Mexican wrestling films.

We plan on sending Gisele to the party to gather more info about Matte.

1420 11th Ave (between Pike and Union, on Capitol Hill), Cost?, 8pm to Midnight.
http://www.mattemag.com/
Websites of Gisele, Party Volcano's Brazilian fact checker:
http://www.giselebundchen.hpg.ig.com.br/index.html
http://www.giselencyclopedia.com/

Field Effects 6 @ 964 Natoma, San Francisco.

This is what the website says:

Field Effects 6 offers a night of field recording-based sound art.
The sixth in a series of concerts showcasing artists using found materials, Field Effects 6 focuses on field recordings and songs collected abroad: far afield. You'll notice I said song: in a rare departure, we'll be serenaded with the unmediated voice.

I went to a completely unrelated field recording-based music night at Vital 5 Gallery a couple of months ago, and it was amazing. There is something very powerful about hearing sounds in the world—a Jakarta marketplace, trains in the Midwest, cars on the highway—re-contextualized into a composed piece of music. I found myself really hearing those sounds—vividly, distinctly, intensely. It was the aural equivalent of, for example, viewing Van Gogh's "Sunflowers", which really allows one to see sunflowers—as if one is peering past the surface into their vibrating essence. Similarly with the Vital 5 concert, I came away feeling like I had opened up to experiencing the world in a way that was both fundamental and brilliantly new.

I have no idea if Field Effects will provide the same experience. But if you happen to be in San Francisco, this weekend, it may well be worth checking out.

964 Natoma, San Francisco. Sliding scale: $6 to $8. 8pm.
More info: http://www.quietamerican.org/fe6.html

Gladiator @ Fremont Outdoor Cinema
by Clint Hutchison, PV's Restless Reporter

As part of Seattle's long-standing effort to impersonate New York City, Landmark Cinemas is now charging $8.25 to see a movie, some of which is being used to subsidize local construction companies, a tradition common to both, as William Chambliss (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0253202981/102-2538590-1832938) would confirm. Certainly no one of good will could dispute that the two metropolises are, to say the least, equally world-class. For instance, one has Alphabet City, and the other has Ballard, each a heroin-soaked low-rent neighborhood. One can claim to be the home of Andy Warhol and The Factory, the other the home of Timothy Hines http://www.pendragonpictures.com/OTHERMOVIESLINK.html and Karl Krogstad http://www.geocities.com/krogstadstudios/. Ascribing superiority to either location could only be done by the mean-spirited and uncharitable.

Still, if you want to admit you're a hick, while simultaneously turning your back on local culture and shipping money to California, you might want to take advantage of the Fremont Outdoor Film Festival's PROVINCIAL price of only $5 to see the Oscar-winning study in oiled hardbodies, Gladiator, directed by Hollywood fat-cat Ridley Scott. It will also be an opportunity for to show off your covert-drinking prowess and circumvent the open-container laws (hint: Everclear will dissolve a plastic water bottle, ruining the flavor, so spend the extra quarter and use a glass Perrier container).

Movie starts at dusk (8:30pm). Suggested donation of $5. Note the new Location: Parking lot across from Redhook Trolleyman Pub at N. 35th and Phinney Ave. Bring your own seating. (“Small compact seating,” the organizers request, “as this year’s venue is smaller by half. Also, NO alcohol allowed.”)
Fremont Outdoor Movies: http://www.outdoorfilmfestival.com/pages/seattle.html
Gladiator: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0172495
Seattle's sunset time table: http://www.exhibits.pacsci.org/weather/Sunrise.html
Flyer:
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=Fremont-Outdoor-Front.jpg
http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=Fremont-Outdoor-Back.jpg
Clint Hutchison can be reached at: clint670@attbi.com

Bandit's Ball @ FuNC.

This sounds like another Burning Man fundraiser event. I have heard that Arson Island Resort merged with the Jellyfish camp last month and is planning on providing 40 pirates for the grand finale at the Jellyfish shows at Burning Man.

Arson Island Resort cordially invites you to join them at the Bandits Ball, A.I.R. Recompression and Bon Voyage party! Featuring all of the Arson Island Resorts installations fit for the city! Art Bikes in the Gallery and on Parade; Wishing Well; Kissing Booth at Arson Island Brothel (hosted by members of Pyrosutra and Treasure Chests); Buy a Dance Card to take a turn on the dance floor with a lovely lady or gent; Dancing inside and outdoors All Night. Performances by: Pyrosutra, Treasure Chests, Junk Crew, Cirqus de Flambe, El Hip Hop en Fuego. DJs:, Vital, Diem, Malcolm Groovesmith, Jackass, Natron.

Isn’t Pyrosutra, who is running the Kissing Booth at Arson Island Brothel, the same Pyrosutra, who helps raising money for Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets on Thursday? She must be living at FuNC…

FuNC, 160 N. Canal St., $8 w/costume $12 w/o costume, starts at 9pm.

Wednesday 8/14

Highlights of Indian Art @ Crespinel Studios.

The press release says:

Highlights of Indian Art is a unique exhibition featuring some of the most well-known names in Indian Art including M.F. Husain, Satish Gujral, Jamini Roy, Ganesh Pyne, Laxma Goud, and Ababnindranath Tagore.

Party Volcano’s Resident Expert on Indian Art, Rakesh Raju, weighs in:

Wow, these are some heavy hitters of modern Indian art. Only a couple of them, Husain and Pyne are alive, though. The one I am most familiar with is M.F. Husain, the barefoot white bearded,"picasso of India" who started his painting career mixing tins of color for cinema billboards. That was in the forties. He is still active often painting at concerts and other public venues.

Husain gets to, how should I say, "spark the debate on artistic freedom" in India . His drawings of a Hindu goddess Saraswati in the nude, for instance, got him into deep shit with orthodox Hindus. Deeper still because he has a Muslim name and Islam is supposedly iconoclastic.

He and the others in this exhibition are very Indian in their subject matter. Husain once said, "Art in the West was only concerned with reality. They see only space. We see space and try to surpass it too." I never figured out what he meant by that.

2312 2nd Avenue (between Bell & Battery, in Belltown), Free.
Wed 8/14, 6pm to 9pm: Opening Reception (with wine and cheese)
Fri 8/16, 6pm to 9pm: Another wine and cheese reception.
(Show runs Weds 8/14 to Sun 8/18)
More info: http://www.artswithoutborders.com/common/newsletter/whistler_seattle_exhibitions.html
Online gallery: http://www.artsindia.com
Flyer: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/partyvolcano/vwp?.dir=/Invitations&.dnm=evite.gif

Cold Lava

Chainsaw Carving Competition in Westport, WA (Thu 8/1 – Sun 8/4).

Kelly D., who is glad to see us finally including Real Culture in our weekly emails, went to the chainsaw carving comp for all four days to help her friends shoot a documentary about carvers. She writes:

I didn't see any PV hipsters, just a lot of overweight people, unkempt children that tested my maternal instincts, and scores of (I am not joking) little white poodles. I spent four nights drinking more than I have in the last three months at a local bar called Cowboy Bobs. I danced the two-step with an 82-year old Iwo Jima vet who only had half a mouth of teeth and purportedly carried a penis pump in case he got "lucky." I was proposed to by a mountain man. In all, a memorably odd time.

Space Virgins Party (Sat 8/3).

Here are some pictures sent in by Pmatt (Matt with a silent pea): http://imageevent.com/pmattf/spacevirginparty

Blue Angels (Sat 8/3 and Sun 8/4).

The Blue Angels couldn’t have picked a worse moment for doing their fancy maneuvers over Capitol Hill. One block away from Victrola on 15th a construction worker got electrocuted while he was painting a building. He touched one of the power lines, fell from the crane 40 feet before he hit the ground. My friends and I arrived maybe two minutes after the accident happened. It was a terrible picture. (I am still recovering from it and slowly digesting what I saw.) When the Blue Angels were flying over our heads some were trying to put out the fire on his unmoving body. I thought: War must be like this. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/81308_trans05.shtml