The Placebo

A joint Placebo and Set the Stage production!

• Don the Reader
• Athens
• Black Sheep Wall
• TBA

When: Sunday, June 29. Doors at 5:30pm, sound off at 10pm sharp!
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St, Eureka

This intense metal show is a benefit to help pay McKinleyville show-goer Stuart Christopher’s medical bills.

• Antarctica
• Emilia’s Rose
• Tidal Decay
• Unmask

When: 5:30 pm, Friday May 30, 3008
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St in Eureka (next to the Muni)
Cost: $5, annual membership is always required and can be purchased at the door for 2 bucks

All Placebo shows are ALL AGES and Drug and Alcohol Free

• Fleas and Lice (netherlands) Crusty Hardcore Punk
• Mouth Sewn Shut (boston) Hardcore Punk / Reggae — with members of Toxic Narcotic
• Inhaste (seattle) — thrashy, heavy, brutalizing hardcore

When: Tuesday, May 13th, doors at 6:30pm
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St
Cost: $7.00 (annual membership always required and available at the door)

This will be an informal conversation for local activists and other interested people.

When: 5:30pm, Friday May 9th
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St, next to the Eureka Muni
Cost: Donations are appreciated

About the speaker: Andrew Flood is an active anarchist organizer and writer, with twenty years experience in Ireland, most of that time as a member of the Workers Solidarity Movement. More recently, he has been become a member of NEFAC and is a founder member of Common Cause, Ontario. (more…)

• The Martyr Index (calgary) - Politically-aware Canadian Rock They have a violin! But you could tell that from the album cover, right?
• Social Concern (chico) - Distillers meets Bad religion, meets the Ramones, meets your daddy! they were snowed-in last time, but come May the passes will be clear
• The Fortyhands - all polished up from playing Punk Prom

When: Wednesday, May 7. Doors at 6:30 / amps off at 10pm
Where: The Ink People 411 12th St, Eureka
Cost: $5, annual membership is required! Get one at the door for 2 bucks if you don’t have yours.

This is where the shows get made. You don’t have to talk if you don’t want to, but come by and check it out. It’s free and everybody is welcome!

When: 5:30 pm, Sunday May 4th
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St (ring the bell if the door is locked)

It’s PUNK PROM!
In alphabetical order:

• Blancatron/FemiNasti Productions - DJ Extraordinaire
• The Fortyhands Brand Spanking New, local punk
• The Monster Women Hip shakin’ electro girl group pop
• La Plebe (sf) Bilingual punk with horns n’ vomit - note: I’ve seen the horns but if there was vomit, they were awfully discreet about it
• The Psycho Nubs (indiana/nevada) - garage punk with a silly sense of humor
• The Social Ills - Straight-up Hardcore Punk

Costume Contest! Door Prizes! General Silliness!

When: Friday, April 25th, 7pm-midnight
Where: Bayside Grange, just outside of Arcata [map]
Cost: $5 if in costume (robot and/or prom drag) / $7 if you are boring. Two-buck annual membership always required

Leave yer Drugs/Alcohol at home

When we say ALL AGES we mean it: Everybody Welcome!

Thank you to all the local businesses and organizations who have generously provided prizes, including:

• Booklegger
• The Coffee Break
• DUHC
• Fabric Temptations
• Figueiredos Video Movies
• The Ink People
• NorthCoast RolePlaying
• Northtown Books
• Smug’s Pizza
• Sushi A Go Go
• Wildwood Music
• The Works

Sunday, April 20th, 5:30 pm
Jacoby Storehouse off the Arcata Plaza

Everybody Welcome

At the Ink People, 5:30 pm. Ring the bell if you get there later and someone will be down to let you in.

This meeting will focus on Punk Prom and our shows in May and June, including Punk BBQ.

A night of excellent female-fronted local rock

• Steel Toed Slippers — danceable funk-rock
• This Dying Wish — post-punk rock
• Kill the Switch — feminist punk
• Palo Verde (portland) — metal improv

When: Saturday, March 22nd, doors at 6:30, amps off at 10pm
Where: The Ink People, 411 12th St, Eureka (next to the Muni)
Cost: $5 (annual membership required)

Placebo shows are always ALL AGES and DRUG AND ALCOHOL FREE