The Placebo

Come help decide how Bummerfest 2006 will go down: book bands, talk decorations and theme, get zany.

When: May 31st, Wednesday, 6 pm
Where: Redwood Yogurt, 1573 G St. Arcata (map)

Planning meet-ups for Bummerfest 2006 are happening every Wednesday at 6 pm up till the event itself (in August.) The location won’t always be the same, though, so check back at the site (or subscribe to the Calendar [RSS] [VCS]) to find out the details. As always, everybody is welcome!

Everybody is welcome! The Placebo is anyone who has ever been to a Placebo show- really! The core group of people who hang out and plan shows are not any different than you except that we like to put on all ages shows. You wanna book a band, have a film night, have a skillshare? Come to a meeting.

All ages DIY since 1999

When: Sunday May 21, 5:30pm
Where: Ink People, 411 12th St. Eureka (map)

This is the first of many fun and exciting Wednesday afternoon meetings that are all about Bummerfest! Not only is planning a 2 day music festival a lot of fun because you get to chose the bands, the line-up, the flyer design, and all those other fun details — but — it looks really great on your résumé — trust me! If you like music you should come — it’s that simple!

Julie

When: Wednesday, May 17 at 6pm
Where: Sacred Grounds, 7th & F Arcata (map)

There’s not a lot going on at The Placebo at the moment: we’re busy moving into our new shared space and, of course, it’s the end of the school year and the beginning of traveling time.

This doesn’t mean there aren’t any all-ages shows happening, however. One extremely nifty way to find out what’s going on in (primarily) NoHum is to sign up for jASMINE’s All-Ages Events mailing list. Just email her at weekend.related.news at gmail dot com to get signed up and/or to let her know of an all-ages show you’re putting on.

As if that wasn’t enough, jASMINE also just gave The Placebo copies of a ton of photos she’s taken of The Placebo events, all the way up to this year’s Punk Prom. There are so many, that we’ve created a gallery just for her pics.

Hi Everybody, it’s the bi-weekly Placebo Board meeting! It’s Arcata’s turn this week. Everybody is welcome, so give us an email* for directions. (It’s at someone’s house, so we don’t want to broadcast the address on the web.)

When: Sunday, May 7th 5:30 pm
Where: The kinda blue house in Arcata

BTW, Malina asked a great question:

“So..for you guys’ meetings…what exactly do you do?”

Well, the stuff that’s the same at every meeting is we do a check-in where everybody who wants gets to say what’s new with them. Then we do a quick recap of all the shows we had since the last meeting. Next we do upcoming shows and other events: we work out who’s gonna do flyering, managing, etc.

After those 3 things? It changes every meeting. We’re pretty relaxed and we have fun but there’s usually some business to deal with, too. Like at this meeting we’ll probably be planning our big move into Empire Squared’s digs :D We’re so excited about having a permanent space again and the E2 + The Placebo is gonna be one rockin’ scene!

*gimme_info at theplacebo dot net

• Coma Lilies (santa rosa) sounds like boiling oil
• Speakers (san francisco)
• a car a man a maraca local math rockers

Where: Sacred Grounds, 7th & F Arcata (map)
When: Saturday May 6, 7:30 pm
Cost: Throw some gas money the touring bands’ way

Free Comic Book Day is “a single day when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world are giving away comic books absolutely free to anyone who comes into their stores.”

Comix are cool!

Ask at the counter and get yer free comic book at one of these fine local establishments:

• COMIC CASTLE
  407 5th St
  Eureka, CA
  (707) 444-2665

• NORTH COAST ROLE PLAYING
  1846 Broadway
  Eureka, CA
  (707) 444-2288

See ya there…

Check out the gallery of punk prom 2006 photos. We used some new software for this, so if you have any problems, let us know.