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Schedule
Saturday April 1, 2006: Spiral Joy Band travels the world and returns to the PlopHouse
Friday March 17 2006, 9pm Discordian Society, the Violent Spectator, Hideki Tojo
Saturday March 4, 2006 9pm The Misled, Drawn A Blank, The Two Funerals
Wednesday Februray 22, 2006 8pm The Dynamite Club, The Talibam, PPR
Saturday February 18, 2006 300-pound Ghost, Hideki Tojo
Saturday November 19, 9pm, $4 Speculative Sound Show
Bowles/Lawrence/Hoard Trio (Free improv: contra bass, saxophones, percussion.
Pat Lawrence has also played with Chicago improv luminaries in the past, such
as Ken Vandermark, Jim O'Rourke, Kevin Drumm, and Weasel Walter.)
The Walkouts (Local rock trio!)
A Problem of Alarming Dimensions (North Carolina instrumental post-rock in
the vein of Bark Psychosis http://www.8088records.com/problemofalarmingdimensions/)
Friday November 18, 9pm, $3 Georgia Invasion
PPR (Heavy and sweet, we love these fuckers from Georgia http://pprppr.com/)
Davey & His LapTop (Davey of the Visitations,
another Georgia peach)
Plus two awesome local bands that will be named later.
Monday November 7, 9pm, $3 Are You Ready to Vote? Show
Hototogisu (Matthew Bower from Skullflower, Total, Sunroof and Marcia Bassett
from Un, Double Leopards http://www.volcanictongue.com/hototogisu.html)
Mikel Dimmick Spiral Joy Band
Saturday October 29, 9pm, Costume Ball: $3 without costume/$2 with
Gene Hackman, The A&R Guys, Sexy O'Sullivan the Perfect Female Robot,
The Misled, Hideki Tojo
Saturday September 24: Return of PPR: Boss Rockers PPR from Decatur, GA and other local acts TBA - if you're lucky, Johnny No-Friends might play!
Friday, September 9th: People's Politics: Chris Chandler, the Political American Poet that the Washington Post calls "Dangerous!" will be stopping by on his east-coast tour. Also featuring Deral Fenderson and Hideki Tojo!
Saturday August 27th: Chaos: Blend on HIGH! Hideki Tojo and The Discordian Society storm the PlopHouse!
Saturday, August 13: A night of speculative sound, 9pm $3
Auk Theater
Eyes and Arms of Smoke
Spiral Joy Band
Saturday August 6: Acoustic fun Steppin' Out Weekend:, 10:30 pm
The Black Twig Pickers
Rayleigh (Liz's band from Greensboro!)
Special Guest: Artificial Constellation
Saturday July 30: WUVT's Germinate, 7 pm $3 suggested donation
Spbxmplfr
300-lb Ghost
Johnny No-Friends vs. Hideki Tojo
The Misled
Spiral Joy Band
(This is the show that was scheduled for June on Henderson Lawn and was rained
out. Don't miss it!)
Saturday July 23, 2005: Downing Street Memos 3rd year anniversary party
, 3-8 pm
Come talk politics and listen to acoustic Deral Fenderson.
Part of the http://www.afterdowningstreet.org
national Downing Street Memo Day.
Saturday May 21: PPR Is Coming To Get You Show: PPR from Decatur, GA and perennial favorite Johnny No-Friends!
Friday April 15: Tax Day ShowDown Show: Brown
Frown ( Warning! Contains rudest navigation system ever), from Athens
GA "Drunk and smelly. Pathetic angst, misdirected aggression." "...hard/heavy
rock/metal stuff...Overall, an enjoyable CD is buried here under poor production
value and purposefully offensive press materials."
With local special guests 300-Pound Ghost and Hideki Tojo (locals lineup subject
to change pending confirmation.)
Sunday April 10: Sunday Afternoon Drone Show: ***Early Show 5pm*** The Mikel Dimmick Spiral Joy Band and Aaron Rosenblum from NYC "acoustic psych-folk, as well as percussive free-noise, droney drone-drone, and quiet noise-huzz"
Saturday April 2: Dark Melodies Show: Sharron
Kraus (all the way from England!) with Caleb Stine "a dark-folk gem...melodies
woven from acoustic guitar, banjo and hurdy-gurdy...murder ballads and forest
laments"
With local special guests: New Sofa and Gene Hackman.
Friday, March 4: Last Show Ever: the Two Funerals (Blacksburg), Me vs. the Monster (Blacksburg), Syphilis Death Squad (WVA), Blacksburg Transit Overdrive (Blacksburg), the Misled (Blacksburg).
Friday Feb. 18, 2005: Spiral Explosion Show: Piccalinsu (Kyoto), The Guva (Osaka), The Dynamite Club (NYC)
Saturday Feb. 12, 2005: Shake It Up Show: Lived Like Murder (South Carolina), Hideki Tojo (Blacksburg), The Discordian Society (Roanoke)
Saturday Feb. 5, 2005: Oh No, It's Happening Again Show: Johnny No-Friends, Suchard, and Michael Dimmick Spiral Current Emotion Band
Tuesday Jan. 18 2005: Inauguration Celebration Show The Heroic Livers and the Visitations from Athens, GA, stop by on their way to DC.
Friday 12/17/04: Kung Fu Show: Dynamite Club. Escaped lunatics from NYC kung fu each other. Spbxmplfr & Hideki Tojo
Saturday 12/04: House favorites: Johnny No-Friends, Suchard, and Michael Dimmick Spiral Current Emotion Band. 9pm
Friday 12/03: 50 Shows in 50 States Benefit for http://www.girlsrockcamp.org: The Two Funerals, Stars Fell On, Jetnoise, Against The Norm (Blacksburg Debut!), Shannon LeCorre (Acoustic melodies!). Sponsored by http://www.bandmecca.com $5. Early show - starts @ 4pm. Flyer
Friday 11/19: Chaos Show: The Discordian Society, Johnny No-Friends, Hideki Tojo
Friday 11/5: Hardcore Show: Accursed Dawn (Lexington metal, back in blaxxx), Battle Master (Fantasy metal from RVA), Lovers and Killers (Crust-core from Baltimore)
Friday 10/29: Hip-Hop Show: Southern Comfort & special guest DJ
Saturday 10/23: Hardcore (?) Show: Last November, Me Vs the Monster, Dragonsaur, Out for Justice
Thursday 10/21: Bush Protest Show: Deral Fenderson & the Visitations
Friday 10/15: Hardcore Show: Out for Justice, The Hate Crimes, Turning Seasons, False Hope
Friday 10/8 Tres' Artiste Show: Johnny No-Friends, Michael Dimmick Spiral Enmity Band, Suchard & Hideki Tojo
Friday 10/1 Punk Show: JFKs, Pissant, the StraitJackets, the Misled
9/19: Hardcore Show: Baroness, False Hope & Shadows and the SilenceFriday 9/10: DeathMetal Show: Aseraphymn, Choke Chain, Kaottick, Terror Ascends, and Syphilis Death Squad
9/5/2004: The inaugural show: Johnny No-Friends, Sing! Sing! Prison, Skyline Awake, and the Misled
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