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First Estate Plan show at @glcseattle, Fri Aug 21. Thanks to everyone who came out!
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DAY 216 of filming CRYSTAL BALL! ⚪️ The hugeness of CRYSTAL BALL! continues to grow as we near the finish line. Day 216 of filming featured our most rapid back-and-forth dialog, with the most characters speaking—the closest the movie comes to being like the films of Preston Sturges or the Coen Brothers. Big shout outs to our talented actors playing Obelisk Security Solutions officers, talking amongst themselves during a video presentation—each actor created a fully rounded and hilarious character with unique body language and incredible delivery. 🤙 ⚪️ CRYSTAL BALL! is nearing the end of production, but there are still more big, explosive shoots to come! Stay tuned for more updates and opportunities to get involved! — photo credits — group photo: @noah_zoltan_sofian bts photos: @salamivolcano ✨ Also, shout out to @theatrepugetsound for being the real deal—an incredible resource for the arts and community. Thank you!
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It’s the summer of debuts!! @estateplan206 plays its first show in 2 weeks! Thanks to @glcseattle for being so welcoming, and @rabbitprinceband for playing with us!!
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DAY 191 of filming CRYSTAL BALL! 🔮 We filmed with a fabulous group of actors at a massive shoot last month, with 50+ actors outside our fictional music venue—The Temple. 🐫 These players are featured in a pivotal confrontation scene in the final act of CRYSTAL BALL! Huge loving shout out to everyone who dedicated their Saturday night! 🙏♥️ Thank you, beautiful people! 📸 by @marcellus.manier ✨
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Today I resurfaced a list of influences I’d posted on TCI 9 years ago to the day. Here are some. If you want, you can read the full thing via the link in my bio.
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I always win a prize for my date at the fair 💕🧸
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Today’s post is about the group we started shortly after moving to Philly in 1993. My brother and I put on shows from 1989-1992 at The Harwan Theater in Mt Ephraim, NJ, but that’s a story for another post. Inspired by the Philly shows we went to a few years earlier, put on by @dirtydogdays and Positive Productions and what we were seeing & reading about in other parts of the country such as @abcnorio and @924gilmanstreet my brother @josephagervasi , Chris, @jenofurrr , Sean G, some other friends and I @bullgerv started the Cabbage Collective. There hadn’t been consistent all ages, DIY shows in philly for a couple years since most of the places shut down. As the larger hardcore scene was getting more violent and apolitical we wanted to create an alternative space that was run by punks and welcoming to anyone, especially some of the new scenes that were evolving at the time such as the DC inspired 90s “emo” scene, riot grrl & queercore. We tried to mix up bills as much as we could to expose people to different types of bands (sometimes that went over better than others) & have food & free info. Our 1st location was the Calvary Church in West Philly, in early 1993. That lasted about a year until we got kicked out after the Citizen Fish, Spitboy show that we also played. Some crust punks tagged the bathroom & were drinking outside and that was the end of that. We were devastated, but what a blessing in disguise. While brainstorming and scouring the city to find a new venue we remembered the regional anarchist gathering had held an event at the First Unitarian Church at 21st & Chestnut a few years earlier. So Chris went there and spoke with them about us putting on “rock concerts” for the youth and now 36 years later the FU Church is one of the best know & longest running DIY venues in the country. The Cabbage Collective put on so many incredible shows, benefits, spoken word events & picnics between 1993-2000, while we were active. It makes me very happy to see the church still going. We’re really looking forward to playing there again with @r5productions @sleepytime.trio @frail_burnsandburns @sunwithinband on 9/29! Check out our interview @ loudfastphilly.com
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Marc was one of my closest friends in college. We had a band together (Azucar), a noise cassette label together (Sweet Baboo), we lived together, and we worked at the same record store (Cheap Thrills). We also collaborated on zines together. We did a lot! I saw him last night for the first time in close to 30 years. We immediately fell back into it, joking and laughing and it was like no time had passed. After we said goodbye, I had this moment where I really felt like crying, but I was in a public space with a bunch of folks, I so let it pass. I probably should have embraced it. Not because I was sad, but because, hey, these two kids from NJ, who by any stretch of the imagination likely weren’t going to be living creative lives, managed to do so—and all these years later, are still doing so. I was proud that we somehow made it to adulthood still caring. It was an event for Sad Happens. Marc read a piece about his father’s death and its aftermath that really moved me. His ongoing community engagement and activism moves me. And I can’t wait to hear his new band. It’s like: Hey, 30 years later, we’re still trying. It was so great to see him. The photo of us laughing is by another great old friend Aimee. 🥲🌱❤️
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Can’t wait to finally meet @cosmicpeacestudio and @bstosuy who are in Seattle to celebrate Rose’s 115+ original watercolors for SAD HAPPENS, which are currently on display together for the very first time at @shorelinecollege. Join us tonight at 4pm for the closing reception, where @bstosuy will host a reading with me, @riding_blerdy, and a number of local Seattle students who submitted to an all-new zine!
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It’s worth noting again that Rose made 115+ watercolor illustrations for Sad Happens. And they really make the book special. These beautiful works on paper are all on display in Seattle right now, along with four brand new pieces (two of which are pictured here). It’s the first time the physical artwork has been shown together. Accordingly, I’m heading out to Seattle for 24 hours to read at the closing event, along with Rose, Sad Happens contributor Daniel Tam-Claiborne (pictured eating soup), my childhood friend and NJ zine + record label collaborator Marc Mazique (pictured in pro-library shirt), and a number of local Seattle students who submitted pieces to us. The event is Thursday, April 24, 4-6pm Seattle time at SCC Art Gallery. It’s free. I’ll have some 😭 zines. Come support my jet lag and tears! You can also (fittingly) catch Deafheaven afterwards!
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We’re approaching 10 years of TCI. These are some things that inspired me early in life—small town, not much money, no art—and, in turn, inspired me to create TCI in September 2016. You can read the piece at the site—where the font much is bigger!—via the link in my bio. It’s something I posted in 2017, and it still holds true.
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Our band ManDate has a new album called Cloud Cover coming out on National Umbrella Day, February 10th! Marc Mazique, Corey J. Brewer, Lori Goldston and I wrote these songs over the years and tracked them up recently! Joel Cuplin guest stars on 🎷 sax and Nicholas Wilbur at Anacortes Unknown helped us get it recorded, mixed and mastered! Artwork by Corey J. Brewer! We made 10 custom umbrellas available on our Bandcamp! Links in my bio!
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