Calvin Johnson, Dylan Rau 2004

Calvin Johnson, Dylan Rau
October 1, 2004
Earth House

Poster by Natalie Gans

Earth House was the designated venue for sit-down, acoustic-y shows 2004-2007.

Crash Doug Bennet's house

Crash Doug Bennet's fancy party
September 28, 2004
Doug Bennet's house

I love posters for events that never happened! This is all that exists to document the (non)-event of a group of activists crashing Doug Bennet's house party. I love Jean's cartoon of Dougie B popping the gender-neutral housing balloon!

Poster by Jean Pockrus.

The Apes, Oneida, Dirty Faces, Trophy Wives, La Spanka, Man vs. Beast, 2005

The Apes, Oneida, Dirty Faces, Trophy Wives, La Spanka, Man vs. Beast
February 26, 2005
Eclectic

Poster by Mario Aguilar

This show featured all of Dave Kadden's favorite bands. I remember that Oneida went on at about 2am, and played one song for about a half hour.

Mario says, "This was an incredible show. I got dumped at this party. MVB wrecked the place (literally)"

Aa, Athletic Automaton, The Set of Red Things, La Fash 2004

Aa, Athletic Automaton, The Set of Red Things, La Fash
November 20, 2004
Eclectic

I love the little red area Mark colored in as a visual representation/logo for his group, The Set of Red Things.

Poster by Mark Bray.

Awesomefest 2004 + 2005

Awesomefest
October 22, 2004
WestCo Cafe

Top poster by Jack Reilly
Bottom poster by Brendan O'Connell

Awesomefest was a yearly festival showcasing bands that had been formed in the past year at Wes. It took place in November each year. Each new band could play for 20 minutes. It wasn't uncommon for people to form "Awesomefest Bands" just to play this show - you had a built-in audience of the friends of 15 other new bands.

Sociology Department, 2004

"Sociology Department/Fuck CSS" poster
Fall 2004

Poster by ?

CSS made these tacky posters in 2004 about how CSS was "more than just a major", and plastered the Wesleyan campus with them. Someone took one of said CSS posters, scribbled all over it, and made this badass response.