The Placebo

==HARDCORE Show==

This is your last chance to see Winston Smith for at least a year!

• Akimbo (seattle; alternative tentacles) thunderous sound and a menacing presence
• Torche (florida)
• Black Cobra (los angeles)
• Winston Smith sterile hardcore with un-danceable polyrhythmic-dissonance

Where: Empire Squared, 47 B Third Street Eureka, Between A and Commercial, (map)
When: Monday Sunday, April 30, 8 pm
Cost: $6

Who else but the Placebo would host the third annual punk prom? This years punk prom committee is a bunch of high skool punx dedicated to the true spirit of punk rock! The theme is Angels & Devils. Joey Ramone and Joe Strummer went to heaven; Sid Vicious definitely went to hell for being a sellout. Why else? Well, we are all good when we want to be and we all have demons that we wrestle with. What side will you choose on a night to transcend mere mortal status for a spell? I bet the angels out-mosh the devils in the pit to the heavenly choirs and hellish screams of up & coming local punk bands. And see who is elected prom angel & devil (instead of king & queen).

Featuring the following bands:

• Professional Superheroes
• Burnt Toast
• 8/01 Warning
• and special guest TBA (possibly Sour Creme and The Pacific Radio)

All Ages, substance & discrimination free event.
When: Friday, April 28, 7 pm
Where: Eureka Teen Center (map)
Cost: $4 with costume, $6 without

Humboldt County youth demand to be HEARD!!!

These youth invite their fellow community members to an evening of entertainment and social change. This event is hosted by members of the Humboldt State University Social Work junior class. During the course of our community collaboration project, we met with several youth groups to discuss their experiences in the community. We found that youth in our community state that they are too often perceived as either being the problem, or as having problems. They feel judged and alienated based on their outward appearance and they want their true voices heard.

In response, we are pleased to showcase a sample of the many youth performance groups here in Humboldt that use the Arts as their voice and for empowerment building. There will be something for everyone, with performances by The Raven Centers Girls Group, Al Kalima: Free the Word (Humboldt Youth Poets), SHA Hip Hop Dancers, Two Feathers Youth Drum, Zoe Barnums Comedy Crew, GRIP (Gang Resistance Intervention Program) dancers and a GRIP fashion show.

The doors will open at 5:45 on the evening of May 6, 2006 at the Van Duzer Theatre. This is a FREE event, with FREE FOOD and a PRIZE DRAWING. There will be youth-orientated informational tabling by community agencies.

The entire community is welcome to attend, so invite your family, friends and co-workers. Hopefully, by evening’s end, you will walk away with a whole new way of viewing youth.

Note: This is not a Placebo event.

Ho-Ag show is CANCELLED.
Ho-Ag’s guitarist/singer was mugged last night and he’s now in hospital with a broken jaw. Sorry folks, but be sorrier for Ho-Ag :`(

ART KORE NOISE ROCK MONSTERS

HO-AG from Boston coming to Humboldt for the first time on their current national tour promoting their most incredible new album THe WoRD FRoM PLuTo!!!

If you like Mike Patton, Melt Banana and aural pain be sure to check out this show. It is sure to be unique and brilliant! This is a Placebo sponsored all ages show, so no booze, no drugs, no being a jerk. Come rock out! Bring extra exclamation marks!!!!! You’ll need’m.

Also Playing:

• Big Days of the Tundra
• Cranium Command

Where: Empire Squared, 47 B Third Street Eureka, Between A and Commercial, (map)
When: Monday, April 24
Cost: $6

The site move took longer than I expected due to some technical hijinks, but everything at theplacebo.net should be working now. If the site or feeds are not working for you, let me know at the comments here or email webadmin at theplacebo dot org and I’ll get on it straight away. Thanks for your patience.

Edited to add: MySQL upgrade broke the Calendar subscription; that’s fixed now.

Edited yet again: The 2005 punk prom pictures are restored; thanks to jrock.

_dao

Everybody’s welcome!

Sunday, April 16, 5:30 pm at the Ink People (map)

Help plan upcoming shows and decide the future of The Placebo!

If you want to see really cool bands for free, help out at The Placebo! It’s fun, easy, and its even something you can put on your résumé. Here are some of the things you can do:

• Front Desk:
• Admission: Take money from attendees, make change, stamp them, and enter information on the show worksheet.
• Membership Cards & Hand Stamps: Check to make sure people have a membership card and stamp their hand after they pay.
• Concessions: Run the snack bar! Make coffee and tea before the show starts. Sell snacks and stuff; make change, record sales on tally sheet. At the end of night total up tally sheet and restock fridge.
• Security: Easiest job of all, most of the time. Walk around inside and outside, make sure all is safe and sound. Occasionally, you may have to pick up a piece of trash. Once in a while you may need to politely ask someone not to do something usually for a safety reason, as outlined in the policy (no drugs, alcohol, violence, discrimination[s]). Asking nice and taking a moment to explain why works with 99% of people. Please don’t drink here because it is an all ages venue, and this could hurt our 501 3 non-profit status, thanks for understanding. Ask for back up if there is a sketchy situation, your personal security comes first.
• Sound: If you like technical challenges and want to learn how, someone will show you what the mixing board and tangle of wires leading to those big speakers is capable of doing. Who knows, you may have a thing or two to show The Placebo!
• Flyer: If you flyer, they will come! A cool looking, legible flyer posted downtown and on campus, passing out handbills, and word of mouth promotion get people to come to shows and get you in free. The more the merrier!
• Booking: Bring your favorite band to The Placebo. The Placebo is open to different styles of music. Racist, sexist, homophobic bands not allowed. Call or email us to see what dates we have open.
• Art Gallery Coordinator: Invite local artists to display their work at The Placebo each month. Artists need to sign a contract before hanging their work.
• Art Workshop Coordinator: Schedule artists to lead art & craft workshops at The Placebo, preferably with low cost materials- DIY stencils, silk screening, etc.
• Event Coordinator: Oversee the show: make sure it goes smoothly and pay the bands at the end of the night. A good coordinator is likely to perform many of the above duties during the show. It helps to be able to work well with other people. Shows always have at least 2 coordinators.
• Board Member: Operating as a collective brain, the board members are committed to coming to meetings the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month and use informal consensus to make decisions and plans that define the Placebo, and carry out those plans. Non-board members are always welcome to come to share ideas, and join the board by attending 3 consecutive meetings. Board members often do all of the above jobs, too, a very dedicated bunch indeed.
• MySpace Coordinator: Monitor The Placebo’s MySpace account, respond to comments and emails, post show info, and make friends.
• Special Events: Bummerfest, 24-hour yard sale, Punk BBQ, Punk Prom, skill-shares, tabling, & grant writing.

Helping out is fun and flexible! Commit only to the things you want to. For regular shows, work least half the show; time involved varies for special events. Thanks for supporting The Placebo!

Over the next week or two, I’ll be moving theplacebo.net and theplacebo.net to a new host. Hopefully, there will be very little downtime, but if you visit the site and something’s wonky, it’s probably to do with the move. Once there, I’ll be adding more goodies, like a forum and instant messaging. So Stay Tuned…

_dao, your friendly Placebo web admin
for site-related questions, email: theplacebo dot webadmin at gmail dot com

Meeting tomorrow, Thursday April 6, “after school”: 3:30 or 4:00 pm at Sacred Grounds in Arcata.
Most of the bands are on board already, but there’s still a lot to plan for the 3rd Annual Punk Prom.

All-ages, of course!

• Buffy Swayze evolved from tinkertoys to laserbeams, models to pirahnas…
• The Swallows (portland) foot stomping rock and roll, literary fraction metal, imploding emotional oceans, and frantic explosions
• The Displaced (san diego)

When: Tuesday, April 04 at 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Where: Sacred Grounds
Cost: Free but accepting donations for touring bands