Thursday, May 5, 2011

White Mice, Disappearer, Kentucky Fried Doom, Jock Jams, 2008


White Mice, Disappearer, Kentucky Fried Doom, Jock Jams
April 17, 2008
WestCo Cafe

Poster by Mary Longley

Recollections:
WestCo Cafe has this special reverberatory quality that makes certain kinds of loud live music performed in it have these strange high-pitched noise fragments that sound like little battles occurring right in the little canyon of your ear. Whenever I did loud shows here, lots of people would watch from outside because they didn't like this effect.

Zs, Omnitards, Dogs of War, Balloon, 2007


Zs, Omnitards, Dogs of War, Balloon, 2007
Fall 2007
Eclectic

Poster by Will Hood

The Moody Wallen Band, The Fok Police 2006


The Moody Wallen Band, The Folk Police
December 1, 2006
WestCo Cafe

Poster by Chris Santiago

Recollections:
Thursday nights in WestCo there were usually lots of party people wandering around, and a bunch of them wandered down into this concert. When they heard the Moody Wallen Band, I think they were scared and confused.

Dan Deacon, Alexis, Middle of the Road, Red Sweatpants Blue Sweatpants, 2007


Dan Deacon, Alexis, Middle of the Road, Red Sweatpants Blue Sweatpants
December 6, 2007
Eclectic GOTE Room

Poster by Brendan O'Connell

Recollections:
Memorable Middle of the Road lyric:
"We're not here to offend or shock you, we're just here to moderately rock you!"
Memorable Red Sweatpants Blue Sweatpants lyric:
"Oh shit, my elastic's too tight, it chafes on my tummy it doesn't feel right"

Gergely and the Balkan Situations, The Fags, Death Stud, Folk Police, Omnitards, 2007


Gergely and the Balkan Situations, The Fags, Death Stud, Folk Police, Omnitards
Spring 2007
Well-Being House

Poster by Brendan O'Connell

The USAISAMONSTER, 2005 (?)


The USAISAMONSTER, Kites (I think?), 2005
WestCo Cafe

Poster by Jean Pockrus

Every one of these posters got ripped down, except for one that had been sneakily hidden inside the PAC phone booth.

Oneida, Ex-Models, Andrew Boatti, The Set of Red Things, The Hipster Youth, 2006


Oneida, Ex-Models, Andrew Boatti, The Set of Red Things, The Hipster Youth
Spring 2006
WestCo Cafe

Poster by Brendan O'Connell

Nautical Almanac, Athletic Automaton, Les Angles Morts, 2005


Nautical Almanac, Athletic Automaton, Les Angles Morts
October 9, 2005
WestCo Cafe

Poster by Brendan O'Connell

Magik Markers, Bunnybrains, Jock Jams, 2006


Magik Markers, Bunnybrains, Jock Jams
Spring 2006
Multi-Purpose Room

Poster by Brendan O'Connell

Having some noisy, strange bands perform in the Multi-Purpose Room made for an extremely awkward interaction. I remember Elisa from Magik Markers pouring jug wine down the throats of somewhat willing audience members. Also my Sociology professor came!!

Japanther, 2006


Japanther
March 9, 2006
Eclectic

Poster by Nina Macintosh

Zombie Art Collective, 2004


Zombie Art Collective meetings
Fall 2004
Old Squash Courts

Top Poster by Mattio Montesano
Bottom Poster by Steph Carlisle

Recollections:
The only student group to hold meetings in the old squash courts. I'm not sure how to describe Zombie Art Collective, does someone else want to try?

Steph, founder/Zombie/etc. says:
"The ZOMBIE ART COLLECTIVE is about resurrection.
We’re brewing up a refined mixture of creativity, spontaneity, madness, wild abandon, and injecting it into the COMMUNITY we mistake for Wesleyan.
We are awakening the dead.
We too are ZOMBIES. We are conditioned by our environment, by society and culture and structure.
We are strange in behavior and appearance.
We control nothing at all. Yet, we act.
For most, art is a LUXURY. It is EXCLUSIVE, it is SHELTERED, it is EXPENSIVE and it is THEORETICAL. Here at ZAC, we believe in cheap art & collaborative laughter
We believe that everyone can and should make art, that we can be drenched in it.


1ST MEETING:
WEDNESDAY 10PM
OLD SQUASH COURTS

We’ll talk about projects for this semester: about puppets and happenings and blood and installations and films. "

She Calls Me Daddy, 2004


She Calls Me Daddy Auditions
Fall 2004
Foss Hill

Recollections:
Absurdist a capella group She Calls Me Daddy did a memorable rendition of 4'33" as I remember.

Quintet and Projections, 2004


Quintets and Projections
December 2, 2004
Multi-Purpose Room

Poster by Carl Testa

Monday, May 2, 2011

Tim Olive, Corrie Befort, Jonathan Chen, Jonathan Zorn, Rachel Thompson, Kyle Brenders, 2005


Tim Olive, Corrie Befort, Jonathan Chen, Jonathan Zorn, Rachel Thompson, Kyle Brenders
May 3, 2005
Multi-Purpose Room

Poster by Jonathan Zorn

Mao Foam


Mao Foam
Spring 2005
WESU

Poster by Brendan O'Connell

This is the poster I made for my first show on WESU, Mao Foam.

Little Wings, Tigersaw, Paper, 2004


Little Wings, Tigersaw, Paper
November 15, 2004
1 Pearl Place

Poster by Jonah Stern

Beautiful poster, very nice music too! You gotta click on this one to see the nice details.

House of Blue Leaves


The House of Blue Leaves
October 28-30, 2004
92 Theatre

Poster by ?

I was obsessed with this poster. There were lots of them up and I thought they were really neat. I never went to the play, though.

Dumpster Diving Workshop, 2004, 2005, 2006


The Art of Dumpster Diving
October 2004
Earth House

Poster by Brendan O'Connell


The Art of Dumpster Diving
October 11, 2005
Well-Being House

Poster by Brendan O'Connell


Dumpster Diving: A Workshop
November 8, 2006
Community Services House

Poster by Jean Pockrus

Sunday, May 1, 2011

The Dirty Projectors, The Set of Red Things, La Fash, Pregnant Rainbow, Dirty Art Project, 2005







Dirty Projectors, The Set of Red Things, La Fash, Pregnant Rainbow, Dirty Art Project
February 25, 2005
WestCo Cafe

Posters 1+2 by Brendan O'Connell
Poster 3 by ?

Dirty Projectors played an acoustic set with a bassist and two backup singers to about 15 people in WestCo Cafe, and it was fucking beautiful.

Chromeo, Need New Body, Jeffrey Lewis


Chromeo, Need New Body, Jeffrey Lewis
April 2, 2005
Eclectic

Poster by Brendan O'Connell
I think this show happened. I didn't go to it. I just made a poster. Anyone remember this show?