Songfight Tour 2008 Planning
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Songfight Tour 2008 Planning
Songfight West Coast Tour 2008
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/songfightnortham ... tcoastlive
Confirmed:
Friday, March 28, at <a href="http://www.thespotcafelounge.com">the Spot Café & Lounge</a> Culver City, CA (used to be Synergy Café; same site as last year).
Wednesday April 2 2008 at <a href="http://www.spacegallerysf.com/"> Space Gallery</A>, San Francisco, CA
Friday, April 4th, 2008 at <a href="http://www.takeitin.com/">Imbibe</A>, Portland, OR 97214
Saturday April 5, at <a href="http://www.seattleirishpubs.com/triangle/">The Ould Triangle</A> Seattle, Washington
tentative:
3/27 - San Diego - hosted by Seamus
3/28 - Orange County - hosted by Ross Durand
3/30 - San Luis Obispo - hosted by Evil-E
4/6 - Spokane - hosted by Glenn Case
4/7 - Moscow - hosted by Marcus Kellis
Ideas for extending the tour before or after as well as in the middle are encouraged.
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/songfightnortham ... tcoastlive
Confirmed:
Friday, March 28, at <a href="http://www.thespotcafelounge.com">the Spot Café & Lounge</a> Culver City, CA (used to be Synergy Café; same site as last year).
Wednesday April 2 2008 at <a href="http://www.spacegallerysf.com/"> Space Gallery</A>, San Francisco, CA
Friday, April 4th, 2008 at <a href="http://www.takeitin.com/">Imbibe</A>, Portland, OR 97214
Saturday April 5, at <a href="http://www.seattleirishpubs.com/triangle/">The Ould Triangle</A> Seattle, Washington
tentative:
3/27 - San Diego - hosted by Seamus
3/28 - Orange County - hosted by Ross Durand
3/30 - San Luis Obispo - hosted by Evil-E
4/6 - Spokane - hosted by Glenn Case
4/7 - Moscow - hosted by Marcus Kellis
Ideas for extending the tour before or after as well as in the middle are encouraged.
Last edited by ken on Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:39 pm, edited 4 times in total.
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Re: Songfight Tour 2008 Planning
It sounds like RG would like to be able to do the Seattle end of things, but can't do it that particular week. If we moved the whole shebang one week later (thereby avoiding the Easter issue too) would that be acceptable?ken wrote:Okay, so let's start fresh.
I'd like to see the tour go something like this:
3/20 - San Diego - hosted by Seamus
3/21 - Orange County - hosted by Ross Durand
3/22 - Los Angeles - hosted by Stateshirt
3/23 - San Luis Obispo - hosted by Evil-E
3/26 - San Francisco - hosted by Ken
3/28 - Portland - hosted by Anti-M
3/29 - Seattle - hosted by Spud
3/30 - Spokane - hosted by Glenn Case
3/31 - Moscow - hosted by Marcus Kellis
Ideas for extending the tour before or after as well as in the middle are encouraged.
It would look like this:
3/27 - San Diego - hosted by Seamus
3/28 - Orange County - hosted by Ross Durand
3/29 - Los Angeles - hosted by Stateshirt
3/30 - San Luis Obispo - hosted by Evil-E
4/2 - San Francisco - hosted by Ken
4/4 - Portland - hosted by Anti-M
4/5 - Seattle - hosted by Spud
4/6 - Spokane - hosted by Glenn Case
4/7 - Moscow - hosted by Marcus Kellis
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I've been exchanging emails with Stone Brewing company about doing a Song Fight show there. This is the greater San Diego area - Escandido. Not sure what the chances are, I'm up the chain to waiting to talk to the owner when he gets back.
My 2 cents is that it is very difficult to pull off weekday shows. I can't really miss the work. Last year I think Ken was the only take a week off and drive to every show guy. I'd suggest keeping the shows to Saturday and Sunday, and maybe Friday.
Of course I can do a workday in the Bay area because I'm local.
My cities are San Diego, LA, Bay area, Portland, and Seattle. In a very selfish perspective, I'd love to see them line up on weekends.
Of course, I leave it to the efforts of the organizers to do what they think is best, just thought I'd voice my perspective.
My 2 cents is that it is very difficult to pull off weekday shows. I can't really miss the work. Last year I think Ken was the only take a week off and drive to every show guy. I'd suggest keeping the shows to Saturday and Sunday, and maybe Friday.
Of course I can do a workday in the Bay area because I'm local.
My cities are San Diego, LA, Bay area, Portland, and Seattle. In a very selfish perspective, I'd love to see them line up on weekends.
Of course, I leave it to the efforts of the organizers to do what they think is best, just thought I'd voice my perspective.
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For the most part, the tour kinda clusters around weekends -- Let me add the days of the week so that people can more easily review/adjust.glennny wrote:I've been exchanging emails with Stone Brewing company about doing a Song Fight show there. This is the greater San Diego area - Escandido. Not sure what the chances are, I'm up the chain to waiting to talk to the owner when he gets back.
My 2 cents is that it is very difficult to pull off weekday shows....
My cities are San Diego, LA, Bay area, Portland, and Seattle. In a very selfish perspective, I'd love to see them line up on weekends.
Of course, I leave it to the efforts of the organizers to do what they think is best, just thought I'd voice my perspective.
3/27 (Thrusday) - San Diego - hosted by Seamus
3/28 - (Friday) Orange County - hosted by Ross Durand
3/29 - (Saturday) Los Angeles - hosted by Stateshirt
3/30 - (Sunday)San Luis Obispo - hosted by Evil-E
4/2 - (Wednesday) San Francisco - hosted by Ken
4/4 - (Friday) Portland - hosted by Anti-M
4/5 - (Saturday) Seattle - hosted by Spud
4/6 - (Sunday) Spokane - hosted by Glenn Case
4/7 - (Monday) Moscow - hosted by Marcus Kellis
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Of course, this is just suggested as it makes sense to me. Things may change due to interest, lack there of, and availability.
Ken
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Whelp, Huston, we have a problem. Not every stop on the tour can be a weekend -- so we need to decide where on the tour the weekends should fall.fluffy wrote:Wednesday kind of sucks in general.
I tried to group the stops where folks were likely to attend multiple shows around weekends in my initial guestimate. (The SoCal branch -- the PacNW branch)
Perhaps I've miscalculated though. I think what we need first is a show of hands:
1. Who's up for appearing in your hometown? (And where might that be?)
2. Who's considering voyaging beyond the hometown to other cities on the tour?
Optional question: If you are considering #2 -- do you have any calendar whims and / or restrictions?
I'll start:
I'm up for organizing Portland -- but honestly, the sooner I can nail down an actual date the better! I may even perform in Portland.
I am not planning on visiting other stops on the tour. Unfortunately this period marks BUDGET HELL for me at work, so I wont be very mobile.
So, as far as I'm concerned, a weeknight in Stumptown is A-OK!
Comments? Thoughts?
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I just want to throw a little positive energy on the subject - the schedule looks great to me. Although Wednesdays do sometimes suck, it is true, playing a show with Ken and some of the rest would make it suck a lot less, no?
I would also love to see Santa Cruz added to the schedule. Not committing to coming further South than Portland just yet, but the more shows in a row, the more likely it would be.
SPUD
I would also love to see Santa Cruz added to the schedule. Not committing to coming further South than Portland just yet, but the more shows in a row, the more likely it would be.
SPUD
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well, if a santa cruz show were to happen, it would make sense to have it 2 days after the SLO-town show and the day before the SF/berkeley/south bay show. that way there could be a travel day coming from the south. it would probably also mean a mid-week show but i'm ok with that.
the bay area is pretty well supported i think by local songfighters and i doubt we'd need to do more than 2 shows, maybe 3 around here, wherever those shows might be. 3 shows might spread things thin over 3 straight days, depending on the out of town folks, but i think 2 shows could be easily supported just by the local folks. i'm easy. i'm happy to try to oblige if critical mass supports it.
hey, that team seahorse gang throws a good party!
also, if it happens, would love to have you MC again spud!
the bay area is pretty well supported i think by local songfighters and i doubt we'd need to do more than 2 shows, maybe 3 around here, wherever those shows might be. 3 shows might spread things thin over 3 straight days, depending on the out of town folks, but i think 2 shows could be easily supported just by the local folks. i'm easy. i'm happy to try to oblige if critical mass supports it.
hey, that team seahorse gang throws a good party!
also, if it happens, would love to have you MC again spud!
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Okay, thinking about it: I would definitely like to do Santa Cruz thru Seattle, if I have enough vacation time for that (and I believe I do). I have been learning to totally rock the loop pedal with my depressed emo-wangst style.
HOWEVER: I do not have a car so I will need to bum rides off other members of the San Francisco contingent and thereabouts, at least for SC and such. (Or I could rent a car or something I guess. But I hate driving also.)
Also as far as venues go, recently I discovered and fell in love with <a href="http://www.mezzaninesf.com/">Mezzanine</a> which ostensibly caters to the indie/experimental crowd. Might be a bit big for our tiny britches though. But that'd be an awesome stage to take. (Plus it's like RIGHT BY my apartment and so we could do a big ol' chillaxing thing there afterwards.)
HOWEVER: I do not have a car so I will need to bum rides off other members of the San Francisco contingent and thereabouts, at least for SC and such. (Or I could rent a car or something I guess. But I hate driving also.)
Also as far as venues go, recently I discovered and fell in love with <a href="http://www.mezzaninesf.com/">Mezzanine</a> which ostensibly caters to the indie/experimental crowd. Might be a bit big for our tiny britches though. But that'd be an awesome stage to take. (Plus it's like RIGHT BY my apartment and so we could do a big ol' chillaxing thing there afterwards.)
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I'll do San Diego and LA if they're on the weekends, I'll do any Bay area show any weeknight, I'll do Portland and Seattle if they're on weekends.
I suppose my biggest hope is that Seattle can fall on a weekend.
By the way I just found out that I have connections to Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, seems like the best place for Song Fight if there ever was one. I will explore exploiting that connection.
I suppose my biggest hope is that Seattle can fall on a weekend.
By the way I just found out that I have connections to Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, seems like the best place for Song Fight if there ever was one. I will explore exploiting that connection.
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1. Hell yeah. PDX.
2. The PDX-Seattle one-two punch, definitely, possibly stops after that as well depending on band, dates, and vacation time.
2. (Optional) Can't make March 29th (and it was very kind of you to revamp the original schedule ) and April 8th.
You'd better perform in Portland, Auntie! Or host the show in a ringmaster's (mistress?) costume, top hat and tails, heh!
2. The PDX-Seattle one-two punch, definitely, possibly stops after that as well depending on band, dates, and vacation time.
2. (Optional) Can't make March 29th (and it was very kind of you to revamp the original schedule ) and April 8th.
You'd better perform in Portland, Auntie! Or host the show in a ringmaster's (mistress?) costume, top hat and tails, heh!
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I'd be a maybe for Seattle and Spokane, and a more far-out maybe for Portland. But I think I'm going to host a concert on that Monday, April 7 (rabid? you mistyped?), whether any songfighters come or no. I've been looking to get a show going here in town to spotlight my band and a couple friends' bands, and this would be a good opportunity for it.
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Rabid Garfunkel wrote:2. (Optional) March 29th (and it was very kind of you to revamp the original schedule ) and April 8th.
mkilly wrote:But I think I'm going to host a concert on that Monday, April 7 (rabid? you mistyped?), whether any songfighters come or no.
Rabid Garfunkel wrote: Nope, no mistyping (...) The 7th in Moscow is a possibility for p++(...).
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Hey guys. Been battling the flu... the fever seems to be breaking today... quick thought(s)....
I wish I could attend, but I can't afford the plane fare on such short notice. If anyone wants to organize a MidWest tour (say St Louis, Memphis, Nashville, Chicago, Austin, etc), I'd be down for that.
I wish I could attend, but I can't afford the plane fare on such short notice. If anyone wants to organize a MidWest tour (say St Louis, Memphis, Nashville, Chicago, Austin, etc), I'd be down for that.
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