Friday Night in Paris...6/30/6 Poupee de Son @ Fleche D'Or

Oh, we'll bring it... What about booking Fifty on Their Heels? Check the links below! Super cool(as they say in France).


Poupee de Son @ La Fleche D'Or
"dance or die"
FRIDAY 6/30 in Paris, France:

Cheenah(UK)
Blondelle(UK)
The Social(UK)
Popklub
Arsenal(Fr)

DJS
Gaspirator(Justice/Ed Banger Records)
Vicarious Bliss(Ed Banger Records/Skint)

Soiree Zero #2
starting at Midnight



Poupee de Son(Club night/Myspace/Paris)

Fleche D'Or(club/web/Paris)
http://www.flechedor.fr/

Show Review: The Duke Spirit & The Delta Spirit @ BBSD 6/18/06

The first thing we noticed was the incredibly professional merch table of the Duke Spirit:


You see that set-up? Wow. Just... wow! We bought both CDs AND a T Shirt, we were so impressed.


Opening band was San Diego's own The Delta Spirit(playing a Cat Dirt Presents bill with The Sess an Qu'est ce qu-est @ SDSC on 7/11). This was Cat Dirt's first listen and they are... bluesy and rocky. Would be good on a bill with the Sess(done) and would also go well with soon-to-be-huge Grand Ole Party. Maybe we can get the three bands together in August or September.


They are "jamming" right now.

The Duke Spirit headlined. You may have seen them at a little concert called Coachella- although Cat Dirt missed them- they were on too early in the day for Cat Dirt. Here is their wiki page.

The merch guy said they were going to be on the Conan O'Brien show this week- but Cat Dirt couldn't find that listing. Cat Dirt also learned via the merch guy that they were supposed to be touring with Snow Patrol, but that got cancelled. Check out the New Music Express(UK) article here. I suppose Cat Dirt should have known that already, but I try to fade out news about rock bands from London and Brookyln.


In case you don't know it, the thing about the Duke Spirit is their peppy british female lead singer. She's neat-o. Cat Dirt will review the CD here some time down the road- maybe not until july, since he's leaving town soon.

Here is a post from kewl blog "My Old Kentucky Blog" or "MOKB" for indie rock loser/nerds. The Duke Spirit on MOKB

Tim Pyles showed up about three songs into the Duke Spirit set. Cat Dirt took this picture of Tim palling around with local celebrity asshole Junior Metro, who also took over the 1's and 2's along with Mario Ordono(owner, art fag records and Brandon(plot to blow up the eiffel tower). Turn out was good.


Caption: "Thanks for getting us that headlining show at the Casbah with Manual Scan, The Power Chords, Atoms & The Sess (and Vinyl Radio in the Atari Lounge). It's going to be an awesome show on 7/30! And the second Chicken! is on 7/29! What a great time! You're the best, Tim Pyles!"

Show Review: Cat Dirt Records Presents Chicken! w/ Fifty on Their Heels, The Power Chords & Atoms

First thing, it's "Atoms" not "The Atoms". K? Second, the simple fact of it is... I didn't see the show AT ALL. So, I have no idea if they bands were good or not.

The hall rental for the Moose Lodge was $300, with $150 that you get back as a "deposit". The catch is that you need to be a member of the Moose Lodge to book a show. You become a member of the lodge by getting sponsored by another member. I just got enrolled on Wednesday. It costs $40, there is a ceremony, but they're really interested in expanding the membership- the average age is close to 60.

First Photo: Fifty on Their Heels at the bus stop in front of Moose Lodge 508.



The thing about this photo is that this is also the outside area where people are allowed to congregate during the show- so everyone has to pretend they're waiting for the bus. This picture kind of reminds me of that old picture of Minor Threat- when they're sitting on the porch of their house in NW dc and staring into the camera.

The sound system was provided by the Power Chords- total cost, $0. I also thought it would be good to get the Power Chords system because it's very basic, and therefore, not terribly loud.

We starting settting up the show at 5 PM- though I had to go to Costco before hand. Moved the chairs and tables, etc. Then basically we sat around and waited for the other bands to show up. We had Danny bring his lighting equipment- he is awesome, by the way, and I recommend him to anyone in the market for a skilled lighting guy.

The key to making the show work is getting it done by 10 PM- that's the witching hour for the San Diego Police Department. I could have obtained a noise permit, but the fact is, the noise permit only goes till 11 PM, so I was like, "fuck it." Before we started the show I was talking to Stephan, the lodge administrator and he was basically telling us that we were going to get shut down. He totally freaked me out- and as an added bonus, he was TOTALLY WRONG. We literally did not even see the Police the whole night.

So Atoms took the stage promptly at 8 PM:


Atoms are great- they are heading up to Portland and Seattle this summer. They're still trying to book Portland- I commiserated with them, since I can't get a Portland show for Fifty on Their Heels. Which is just silly- these bands are super good.

The total attendance for the night was about 60 ish. The paid attendance was 46 or so. So, since we didn't pay for the sound system, the show was profitable to the tune of $100- which was besides the point. I gave all the money to The Power Chords, Atoms and Danny. The bands both got $120.

As an attorney who has no experience in bars or music industry, I confess to be baffled at the compensation practices of local venues in San Diego(although I'm sure this is an exprience shared by bands in other large markets). Here's the thing: the local bands are not just entertainment; they are potentially your best customers. Thus, it is in your direct business interest to pay the local bands more then their "value"(Zero, based on my understanding of the scale payment system at the more desireable venues around town) because then they will come to your establishment, prefer it if you will, and therefore drive more drinkers to your bar/club.

Henry Ford revolutionized the car industry by making a car his workers could afford- the Model T, but the workers could afford it because he paid them way more then other factory owners. That's just an observation though, I'm not talking about any specific venues in town.


After Atoms came The Power Chords:


The Power Chords will be touring the whole country (to New York City and back)- with stops in hot spots like Nashville and hopefully, Washington DC. The tour is in august. Watch Out, America!


Then Fifty on Their Heels played, and, get this, I don't have any pictures of them. Does anyone have a picture I could use here? The whole thing was a "proof of concept" as they say in the engineering/design field, and I would have to say that it was a rousing success.

I would prefer to have attendance of 100, but that could happen if half of the people who SAID they were coming this time ACTUALLY come next time. Next time = July 29th. I will announce the bands later in the month on this blog.

I mean, I guess that the bands both made more then $100 is a positive for a first show.

Four reasons the Moose Lodge is super cool:
1) they own that lodge free and clear
2) they have an awesome bar in back that sells 16 oz bud bottles for $2.50.
3) they are desperate for new members.
4) the women's lodge was the FIRST women's chapter in the country(more then 500 lodges)

Could be the coolest Moose Lodge in the country.


And then he had an after party at our house in Golden Hill with Fifty on Their Heels, 'Seo and Jon of the Power Chords and various of the attendees. Here is a cool picture that Nelise took of Sarah and Rush Press of Fifty on Their Heels...


Photo Credit: Nelise

Sparklers = party time!