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Friday, November 06, 2009

Rick Has Done it Again

Henning says:

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Photo collage by Rick Murnane


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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Trashman

Henning says:

I passed this guy today on Main Street Northampton, MA. He agreed to pose for me.

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Tuesday, November 03, 2009

The Aloha Steamtrain - Curious Attraction Slide Show.

Henning says:

Here's a little slide show I made for the Aloha Steamtrain song Curious Attraction.



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Monday, November 02, 2009

School for the Dead Live on Halloween in Florence, MA

Henning says:

Halloween 2009. Bill Childs from the wonderful radio program Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child, invited School for the Dead to perform at the Florence, Massachusetts Rag Shag Parade. All week the weather forecast was sketchy at best. We were up in the air about the show on a day to day basis. Was it happening or was it not? I woke up to dark skies and wet leaves and messages from Max and Brian asking if we were really going to do this thing. "Let's just see what happens," I kept saying.

To escape from the uncertain weather outside the windows, Brian and I went down into the control room of Rub Wrongways Studios and recorded a piano part and a few vocal parts for the almost-finished-but-not-quite-yet Sitting Next To Brian EP. When we resurfaced, the air outside had gotten crazily strangely warm but the clouds were still spitting down the occasional drizzle.

Max, Brian, and I just decided we'd go to the thing and play it by ear. Upon arriving at the little triangular park where we were to play, I found Max and Bill carrying chairs down the street and into the park. There was a small WRSI tent set up. I couldn't believe how dark it was outside. It looked like a typhoon was blowing in, the sky was a sickly yellowish. Then I remembered I had sunglasses on as part of my nutty Halloween costume. I peaked over the rims and saw that it was much lighter out than I thought.

Still as we were setting up on the wet leaves, the drizzle was drifting in under the tent and coating the drums and amps with moisture.

When we were all set up, we just started to play. The park was empty. Would anybody come out on such a night? Brian asked where the thousands of people were. I said, "They'll be here," but I didn't even convince myself. Max was wearing a full body animal costume and was confident of an audience. We played Periscope as a sound test sort of and a few people from the neighborhood wandered in and asked what was going on. "We're playing music in preparation for the big Rag Tag Parade that starts from this spot in about a half an hour," the three of us explained.

We continued to play and a man walked his tiny dog past us. Then in the distance, I saw some brightly colored costumes and gradually, song by song, the park filled up with people. We kept playing, and were told that the parade actually was supposed to start a half hour later than we thought. We played on and more and more people filled into the wet little park, all the bright colors and smiles were dressed up as the sun and I forgot it was an overcast evening.

We played Soup of the Moment and during the breakdown I tried to name as many costumes as I could see. I didn't do too well, but I think it was funny. During the cacophonic ending of Omnivore I got the crowd to howl like animals. We handed out a bunch of free Yo Gabba Gabba CDs to audiences members courtesy of WRSI.

The sketchy show, where we set up in an empty park in the rain, turned out to be one of my favorite shows of the year. The people seemed to really be enjoying themselves. Everyone was in great spirits, it was, after all, Halloween! And these folks who came out, despite the threatening weather, were hardcore revelers and their kids were lucky for it.

Thanks to Bill Childs and WRSI for having us.

henning in crowd

florence rag tag audience

florence rag tag


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Friday, October 30, 2009

School for the Dead Live On Halloween - FREE and ALL AGES

Henning says:

it eats the eyes part 2.jpgWeather permitting (and it looks like it's going to be a nice mild Halloween), School for the Dead will be playing outside in the center of Florence, MA tomorrow from 5:00 - 5:30. Maybe earlier.

The concert is sponsored by WRSI 93.9 FM and Spare the Rock, Spoil the Child and it starts just before the Florence Rag Shag Parade which I'm told is a great place to be on Halloween!.


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The Campbell Apartment Needs Your Help

Henning says:

Our friends in The Campbell Apartment need your vote.

Ari Vais' band is The Campbell Apartment. You may recall that Ari, Tony, Brian, and I used to have a band called Humbert. Ari is now living in San Francisco and New York City and he's still knocking out one hit after another.

The Campbell Apartment made a wonderful video for their song "St. Louis" and it is in the running for some regular rotation on MTVu (That's the MTV station that is broadcast on college campuses all across the country. They actually play music videos on it.)

If their video gets more votes than this other video that they are up against, then they will be added to the regular rotation, which would be great, and justly deserved.

Go here to watch the video and cast your vote. When you are finished, vote again, and again, and again. It's silly, but that's the way the powers that be have set things up. So, if you have a few moments, please click the link and cast your vote (you don't have to sign in or anything).

It's a really good video and song anyway, so please enjoy it. We'll keep you updated on what happens. Thanks.


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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The Ghost of Halloweens Past

Henning says:

School for the Dead Halloween 2008

Here's a photo from last Halloween. Remember? We rented out the banquet room at the World War II Club in Northampton. It was School for the Dead, Haunt, and The Novels.

I tried to rent out that room again this year but it was almost twice as much money as last year and last year, after renting a PA and paying for the room and the door person, we broke even exactly.

So, I'm afraid we are not hosting a concert this year. We are however playing as part of a Halloween Party that is hosted by a band called Alottle. (I love that name). Well, it's not School for the Dead proper that is playing this show, it is the Rub Wrongways Records Caravan of Stars Super Group.

It's at the VFW in Florence, MA, right in the center of town. It starts at 8:00, I believe it is all-ages, and it promises to be a cool D.I.Y. Rock Party. It's five dollars to get in, or four dollars with a costume.

We had a practice the other night and we've planned out a seven song set. We molded it, thanks to Brian's suggestion, into a one-long dance-party piece. Each song will connect to the rest with a never ending beat. We're also throwing in an extra cool and spooky cover song. It's a surprise, but I will tell you that the title starts with an adjective and ends with a woman's name.

At practice we also discussed costumes. Brian and Ryan had selected theirs already. Jason was on the verge of an idea. Lesa, Max, and I were still up in the air about it. Speaking of Ryan, (Ryan Quinn that is of Los Hijos Unicos, The Salvation Alley String Band, and Jason Bourgeois Band), I believe last year's Halloween in a way welcomed him into the Rub Wrongways fold as he jumped on stage with Haunt to play Matt Hebert's iPhone theramin.

Here's a snippet from my post last year about the show:

"So, yes, Jose and I took to the stage to hand out prizes. These were the costumes that won: "The Lady Who Can't Wait For Christmas", Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, The Alien Babe With The Exoskeleton, The Two Fancy Geisha-like Ladies, Juno, The Young Tina Turner. Nice job everyone. Here are some other costumes that I can recall from the evening: Prom Queen, A couple scary clowns, Alligator Head, Foxy Brown, Fancy Ladies, Skeleton Twins, A Couple Unidentifiable Crazy Things, 60's Swingers, and more I can't think of at the moment.

After the incredibly valuable prizes were given out, Haunt took the stage. They were all dressed as witch/wizards. They were all identical and they were all hilarious. Especially hilarious was these identical witch-like wizards up there in the flashing lights and smoke play Matthew Hebert's mostly serious and heavy heartfelt songs. I love a little Halloween dichotomy don't you? There was even a last minute bonus wizard in Ryan from Los Hijos Unicos who took to the stage with a theramin app on an iPhone. It was all beautifully sublime.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the party. I hope you had fun. See you next time."


Good times. Anyway. There is also a chance that School for the Dead will be playing a bonus show on Saturday afternoon in Florence at the huge Florence Halloween Parade. We've been asked to play outside at the event and we decided that if the weather permits it, we would love to. So, cross your fingers for nice weather. Right now it looks like a chance of rain and a high of 62. Yesterday it said 68. The day before it said 54. So, we'll just have to see. If it does happen, it'll be at 5:00 in the center of Florence somewhere. Just follow the sounds of School for the Dead and you'll find us.


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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The Rub Wrongways Caravan of Stars Super Group

Henning says:

Rub Wrongways Caravan of Stars

See us live this Thursday at the Florence VFW in Florence, MA for an all ages Halloween Rock Show with Alottle, The Problem With Dragons, Conduit, and Kill D. Stroy.

It's five dollars only, but if you wear a costume, it's four dollars only. Also, we are told there will be prizes. Doors are at 7:30.

I wonder what we will be costumed as...


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