[Imc] benefit concert 2/18?

[Brian Hagy]

yeah, zach, run with it.

this sounds interesting.

brian



On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Zachary C.Miller wrote:

> My dad and his band (Buster's Dream) will be in town recording on
> Sunday 2/18 and is looking for a venue to play while he is here. I
> suggested a benefit show for the IMC and he was very excited about
> doing that.
>
> Does anyone have a problem with me moving forward with this? Does
> anyone want to form a "benefit concert" committee with me to help with
> the planning and implementation? After planning the open house I
> figure this'll be a relative piece of cake :)
>
> I will do all expenses including an ad in the octopus out of my own
> pocket and all proceeds from the door (I was thinking $1 or $2 per
> person) will go to IMC.
>
> Is the space going to be available that evening?
>
> A side note, Arun will be the drummer in my dad's band and so there
> was some thought of double billing with Arun's band (HUmpty
> Dumpster). This at first seems very funny a folk band opening for a
> punk band but I think there is a lot of PR potential for that as far
> as hyping the "independent" and "grassroots" natures of folk and
> punk. I actually just heard Utah Phillips (old hobo anarchist folk
> music playin' inspiration to all) do a special Punk show on his radio
> show...if he can do it so can we.
>
> But the question is, do our landlords care if we have a loud rockin'
> band play right under their apartment at 9pm on a Sunday night?
>
> Anyone who is interested in the music can visit these pages:
> http://wolfgang.groogroo.com/gallery/ushocker/busters-dream/
> http://arun.groogroo.com/hd/
>
> I really want to just run with this, so I'm just waiting for people to
> say "yeah zach go ahead and run with it" or "you big dork you can't do
> that without coming to a Sunday meeting and making a proposal (at
> which point it will be too late for publicity), so you'll have to find
> a different venue".
>
> In a more general sense, I am very interested in forming a working
> group that has the organizing of performances at the space as its
> primary mission. Particularly I want to organize a regularly scheduled
> open stage night (I was thinking Monday nights).
>
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