Songfight Live PDX: Wiccans and Chickens Aug 14 & 15 2015

[Jerkatorium]

Jerkatorium is going to be just Chumpy and me. It'll be a short, all-acoustic set: either two acoustic guitars, or one acoustic guitar and one accordion (haven't decided yet).

I don't think there's any way our set will run over 10 minutes maximum, but we'll probably need that whole 20-minute slot - 10 minutes of music followed by a 10-minute standing ovation.

Ha. We'd prefer to be in the Saturday evening set. Chumpy lives a thousand miles north of me and we have never actually performed together. We both arrive in Portland on Friday afternoon, so Saturday during the day is probably the only time we'd have to rehearse together. But if Saturday isn't an option for us then we'll take whichever slot we're given and make it work.

I'm willing to sit in on anyone else's set too if they need an extra guitarist or bassist. I'm not going to offer my talents as an accordionist because I only use a 12-bass accordion, and because I suck really really bad.

[Caravan Ray]

And a 3rd draft, going full band on Saturday

The friday show at Culmination Brewery:
5:00 Load-in
6:00 Kasper
6:20 Glennny's Family Jam
6:40 Roymond
7:00 Jerkatorium
7:20 Spud
7:40 Anti-M
8:00 Future Boy
8:20 Lunkhead/Merisan
8:40 DJ Ranger Den
9:00 Glenn Case
9:20 ADD/ Charm Offensive
9:40 JBB
10:00 Caravan Ray

The Saturday show at Mississippi Pizza
8:00 Load-in
9:00 Manhattan Glutton
9:20 Sockpuppet
9:40 Naked Philosophy
10:00 Niveous
10:20 Primitive Screwheads
10:40 Ken's SDBNS
11:00 BSS
11:20 Live Fight

Which draft sounds the best to you?

Show at a brewery. Caravan Ray on last. Nope. Nothing can go wrong there!

[jimtyrrell]

I have to officially say I'm not going this year. Really wanted to see the Pacific for the first time. It's just not in the cards this summer.

[Niveous]

Jim: sorry to see that you won't be joining us.

C-Ray: Drunken rowdiness is the plan.

Ken: Have you decided full band or not?

Rabid: Do you know if you'll be doing full P++ or not?

Jerkatorium: Rehearsing is a good thing. I'll fit you in on Saturday.

[Rabid Garfunkel]

Definite "maybe" there. Heh. Fuck it, call it Primitive Screwheads anyway. ;-P

[Niveous]

Okay Rabid. We'll keep it as P++ and if Albatross doesn't show, we'll still figure out some kind of live band configuration for your set.

[ken]

Ken: Have you decided full band or not?

Still working on getting my set list together, which will influence what additional musicians are needed.

[Jerkatorium]

Jerkatorium: Rehearsing is a good thing. I'll fit you in on Saturday.

Thank you, that's awesome.

We expect to be so low-maintenance that you might consider putting us before any band that could use extra setup time, so that they can do some setup while we perform (if that is even applicable). And we don't anticipate using all 20 minutes.

[Niveous]

1 month to Songfight Live!

[Rabid Garfunkel]

Step 1: get guitar out of hock
Step 2: Pick set
Step 3: Learn set
Step 4: Lineup

Heh.

[Future Boy]

Attendence is amazing this year! Line-up looks sweet.

With only 20 minutes, the Future Boy set might be primarily a Rabbit & Ram set, which will consist of a tiny casio keyboard, ukulele, laptop, and two vocals. It is my hope that the venue will have 2 DI boxes so that I can just do a stereo feed to the board from my audio interface. Future Boy songs will likely be done with laptop and voice.

[roymond]

Is there a poster?

[anti-m]

Yes! Imminently.

[ken]

Ken: Have you decided full band or not?

Still working on getting my set list together, which will influence what additional musicians are needed.

I am now fairly certain I will not be alone on stage. Not sure if that makes a full band or not.

[anti-m]

OK, so, for the poster! Please confirm I've spelt your name correctly, that I have you on the correct night, and that I've missed no-one. Or rather, let me know if something's amiss. Otherwise I'll assume we're all cool. Barp!

FRIDAY
Kasper
Glennny's Family Jam
Roymond
Jerkatorium
Spud
Anti-M
Future Boy
Lunkhead/Merisan
DJ Ranger Den
Glenn Case
ADD/ Charm Offensive
John Benjamin Band
Caravan Ray

SATURDAY
Manhattan Glutton
Sockpuppet
Naked Philosophy
Niveous
Primitive Screwheads
Ken's Super Duper Band 'n' Stuff
Berkeley Social Scene
Plus a special LIVE FIGHT

[Future Boy]

Should be:

Rabbit & Ram / Future Boy

[Chumpy]

Jerkatorium should be Saturday.

[Lunkhead]

"Lunkhead/Merisan" is just going to be "Merisan".

Excited for the poster, and the show, less than a month, whooooooo!!! Yeah!

[Niveous]

Seeing as Jerkatorium needs the extra time to rehearse and Ken isn't doing a full band, swap them on the lineups. Ken on Friday and Jerkatorium on Saturday. I think that makes sense. Right?

[anti-m]

OK, check this out -- where does Rabbit & Ram / Future Boy go? EDIT: Oops, I see!

FRIDAY
Kasper
Glennny's Family Jam
Roymond
Ken
Spud
Anti-M
Rabbit & Ram / Future Boy
Lunkhead/Merisan
DJ Ranger Den
Glenn Case
ADD/ Charm Offensive
John Benjamin Band
Caravan Ray

SATURDAY
Manhattan Glutton
Sockpuppet
Naked Philosophy
Niveous
Primitive Screwheads
Jerkatorium
Berkeley Social Scene
Plus a special LIVE FIGHT

[Lunkhead]

"Lunkhead/Merisan" is just going to be "Merisan".

[anti-m]

Yes, sorry, that is corrected.