[Floor2] 8/17 thru 8/23

[Chlöe Mandel]

I'm sure most of you have heard about our friend Alex who was  
brutally injured by police in North Providence last Saturday and are  
wondering how to help. Bring your sympathy and get well cards,  
donations or anything else for Alex to tonight's show featuring  
touring noise and local punk bands, Disaster Strikes, Common Enemy,  
Shallow Waters and Civil Defense and get some information on upcoming  
events for the cause as well.

The Cold War CD release show this is Saturday night, along with  
Triangle Forest, Spanish Dance and Badman. Read the write up about  
the band in the Local Anesthesia section of this weeks Phoenix. This  
show is guaranteed to bring on the dance dance revolution.

For a peaceful night of crooners, we've got Jason Anderson and Deer  
Tick this Sunday night. These guys are great, always touching  
everyone in that special place. Get your mind out of the gutter, I'm  
talking about the place in your heart! If that ain't enough  
sweetness, don't miss The Festival of Quiet next Wednesday featuring  
your favorite local bands at a whisper-noise level.

And don't forget, volunteering to work the door is fun, easy AND gets  
you a month free pass to AS220 shows (excluding special events)! Sign  
up on the list near the bar bathrooms!

Bring on the week!
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Friday, August 17, 2007
9pm Disaster Strikes, Common Enemy, Shallow Waters, Civil Defense and  
White Load
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Saturday, August 18, 2007
9pm Triangle Forest,The Cold War (CD Release), Spanish Dancer and  
Badman (w/ Joe Fletcher)
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Sunday, August 19, 2007
8pm Jason Anderson and Deer Tick
$5

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Monday, August 20, 2007
8pm Hi Red Center and more
$5

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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
10pm UM: Jazz with Hal Crook, Bob Gullotti, Dave Zinno and Leo Genovese
$7

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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
8pm Festival Of Quiet !
$6

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Thursday, August 23, 2007
7:30pm Free Speech Thursdays at AS220 featuring: Providence Poetry Slam
$4

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Friday, August 17, 2007
9pm Disaster Strikes, Common Enemy, Shallow Waters, Civil Defense and  
White Load
SHALLOW WATERS is a Power Electronics/Harsh Noise outfit. We reside  
in Providence R.I. The idea for this project was conceived in March  
of 2005 by Jeff Plummer and Rob Hill. DISASTER STRIKES, on  
Alternative Tentacles records. "Disaster Strikes = Municiple Waste +  
Dead Kennedys + I Object. Liberty Toast is pissed-off, politically- 
charged and, overall, ***** awesome! I suppose one good effect of the  
George W. Bush presidency is that a lot of great music is being  
created (much like during the Reagan era) as a reaction to his  
stupidity. If you like your punk punched full of politics without  
sounding preachy, this is a band for you." - (SLUG Zine) WHITE LOAD:  
Sloppy and dirty punk rock band from Providence. http://myspace.com/ 
shallowwatersprov http://www.myspace.com/disasterstrikes http:// 
www.myspace.com/commonenemy
$6


Saturday, August 18, 2007
9pm Triangle Forest,The Cold War (CD Release), Spanish Dancer and  
Badman (w/ Joe Fletcher)
COLD WAR - CD RELEASE! "To our friends and others, thanks for coming  
to see us over the past year or so. It means a lot and we really  
appreciate it. Thank you for the kind words! We are pleased to  
announce the imminent release of our very first record, 'Le Petite  
Morte". The thing is being released by the fine folk at 75 Or Less  
who live right here in Rhode Island, though not in Providence but we  
don't hold that against him. Also, it will be released in the new- 
fangled digital format by our friend Tim O'Keefe and his Cozy Music  
label.The record is due sometime in August, shortly thereafter  
digitally, and we have a very special show coming up to celebrate it.  
It is on the Moon. It was recorded by the good people at Machines  
With Magnets and hopefully we'll be able to pay them to master it  
too. And please check the fine artwork by the lovely and talented  
Molly Regan. Thanks Molly! We just wanted to send this little note  
out because a lot of you have been asking about the record over the  
last many many months we've been trying to finish it. Thanks for your  
patience, and thanks for bugging us about it. We hope you really  
enjoy it and we think you will. So, thanks again, and you'll be  
hearing all about this thing when it hits the streets. Thanks, and  
God bless America." SPANISH DANCER: "A juggling act of inhaling smoke  
and fogging up mirrors if I've ever seen one. When asked about his  
sound, Spanish stares at me blankly and procedes to enthuse the  
G.I.S.M Unlawful Hardcore VHS for 30 minutes and discuss how "The  
crowd outside that Venom show at Studio 54 looked more like Magnetic  
Fields fans". Ok. For all my money's worth Spanish Dancer sound like  
an italo disco freakout if Timbaland were at the production wheel  
wearing rhinestone studded gloves emulating Material Girl. His  
mammoth HUSTLER 12" single sounds like a hailstorm of non-plutonic  
needles poking it's way out of the American Underground into the  
blinding lights of the universe's surface. I can't tell if it sounds  
like Sean Paul or Suicide or both or neither. Forget reinventing the  
wheel, Spanish Dancer is reinventing the fucking hook."

http://www.myspace.com/spanishdancerrr http://www.myspace.com/ 
thecoldwararealive
$6


Sunday, August 19, 2007
8pm Jason Anderson and Deer Tick
A bio by Jason Anderson about JASON ANDERSON: I started touring in  
1999. By 2002 I had quit my day jobs and committed to life on the  
road, playing shows for at least seven months a year from that point  
forward. With the exception of a few tours opening up for friends-- 
Kimya Dawson, Tilly and the Wall, David Dondero, Mount Eerie--I have  
booked every show myself. There have been weirdly long tours, like  
the time I was out for five months straight. There have been  
awesomely non-traditional tours, too, like the one I did on bicycle  
around New England. And there have been wonderfully specific ones,  
like my State Series: I've done tours exclusive to Florida and New  
Jersey at this point, and North Dakota is in the works. This is not a  
joke. It's been slow going, without a booking agent or any real stand- 
out press, but at the same time, it's exciting to realize that  
everything has been on my own terms, and essentially of my own doing.  
Some of the best friends I've made over the last eight years have  
come out of dealing directly with the wonderful, inspiring people  
setting up shows in living rooms, basements, art spaces, all-ages  
clubs and youth centers across the country. I feel that by keeping it  
simple, everyone I meet on the road is a friend first and fan second.  
There is no line between the two, and that makes me so happy. This  
has been a real life-changing adventure, and whether there are five  
people or fifty people at the show itself, I give it everything I've  
got, night after night. I feel so lucky to be doing what I love. DEER  
TICK is the songwriting project or band (depending on how you look at  
it) of John McCauley, a singer/songwriter based out of Providence,  
Rhode Island. Thanks to the help of Brendon "Viking Moses" Massei,  
McCauley has been ferociously zig-zagging across the United States,  
hitting all the sparsely attended basement shows, smoky bars, upscale  
joints, small to medium size festivals, and everything in between,  
since April of 2005. At 21 years of age, McCauley has worked very  
hard to get his homemade CD's in players across the country, and has  
no plans to stop any time soon. In addition to his own musical  
endeavors, McCauley has also collaborated with notable contemporary  
musicians such as Viking Moses, Jana Hunter, Nat Baldwin, and Jason  
Anderson. Deer Tick is currently signed with Feow! Records out of  
Houston, TX. Deer Tick's debut album "War Elephant" comes out  
September 4, 2007..

http://www.virb.com/jasonanderson http://www.myspace.com/deertick
$5


Monday, August 20, 2007
8pm Hi Red Center and more
Formed in 2003, HI RED CENTER are an endearingly odd and distorted  
version of a familiar instrumental quartet. Consider a drummer who  
swings effortlessly between lurching off-time rhythms and anthemic  
beats, a drummer/ vibraphone/electronic/synth player who adds  
everything from burbling noise to contagious melodies, a bassist who  
lays down the frenzied punch of post-punk with the melodic dexterity  
of krautrock, and a guitarist that creates a rich textural fuzz that  
makes it rock. They layer melody upon melody, and top it all off with  
vocal harmonies reminiscent of an asymmetrical barbershop quartet.  
Their music is a dizzying mix of rhythmic smashes, noisy harmonies,  
and cultural innuendo that add up to graceful, sculpture- like songs.  
Hi Red Center makes music for folks who like to sing, for people who  
like to dance, and for everyone who likes their songs thoroughly  
mixed and mashed! http://www.myspace.com/hiredcenter
$5


Tuesday, August 21, 2007
/// Tuesday Night LIFE DRAWING goes on vacation this month ///
Live model figure drawing will return to its regular Tuesday night  
6-9pm slot in September!


10pm UM: Jazz with Hal Crook, Bob Gullotti, Dave Zinno and Leo Genovese
UM's weekly live jazz gig at AS220 is now into it's 13th year! That's  
right - every Tuesday since 1994 - come on down and check it out.  
"Trombonist Hal Crook is a marvel. He has evolved a singular musical  
voice echoing past masters... impressing as a modernist with  
chops." (Jazz Times) http://halcrook.com/
$7


Wednesday, August 22, 2007
8pm Festival Of Quiet !
The Festival of Quiet

100 decibels Diesel Truck
85 decibels Loud Motorcycle
70 decibels Busy Street Traffic
60 decibels Normal Conversation
35 decibels The Festival of Quiet
20 decibels Whisper
10 decibels Rustling Leaves

Come hear your favorite bands sing at a whisper. Rare *quietquiet*  
sets from WATERBED, THE SENTIMENTAL FAVORITES, SERENA ANDREWS, NEO  
NOUVEAU, MIKE CELLEMME, THE STRANGE COUNTY DRIFTERS, BAD DOG MILLOFF,  
KONG, MARY BEE & BEN PILGRIM and more! Doors at 8, music at 9 sharp.  
Seating is limited, so come early and have a drink and a taco.

http://www.myspace.com/waterbed http://www.myspace.com/ 
sentimentalfavorites http://www.superchieftrio.com http:// 
www.paxeden.com http://www.myspace.com/neonouveau http:// 
www.mikecellemme.com http://www.myspace.com/sitdownbaby http:// 
www.myspace.com/kongtheband http://www.myspace.com/benpilgrim
$6


Thursday, August 23, 2007
7:30pm Free Speech Thursdays at AS220 featuring: Providence Poetry Slam
THURSDAYS are WORDSDAYS, this week:

On THURSDAYS at AS220, FREE SPEECH is in full effect with a weekly  
program of SPOKEN WORD OPEN MICS, POETRY SLAMS, YOUTH SLAMS, SONGS IN  
THE KEY OF HIP-HOP - OPEN MIC SHOWCASE (on 2nd Thursdays), MUSICIAN  
OPEN MICS, and so on and so forth. Come teach, share, and learn! The  
stage is open to writers, poets, rappers, comedians, professor's,  
ranters, and ravers; come down and keep the oral tradition alive! The  
Providence Poetry Slam: Providence is one of the most well known and  
exciting Poetry Slams nationwide - The PVD team has made it to the  
National Poetry Slam Tournament semi-finals for the last 5 seasons!  
http://www.myspace.com/providencepoetryslam
$4