Puce Moment – live 2/4/08 pt. 1

More footage here.

Tonight, The Clap is reborn as Vis á Vis at the Vortex Room. They may have said goodbye to Tuesdays and Aunt Charlies, but they haven’t said goodbye to good times, awesome music, and amazing performances.

This party is totally underground, so if you don’t know where the vortex room is you can: make friends with Vis á Vis on myspace, email them at v i s a v i s _ s f a t y a h o o d o t c o m or email us at w o r l d f a m o u s i n s f a t g m a i l d o t c o m.

Details:

The party starts at ten, and we send you on your way at 3am.Guest DJ Tom Marzella (He of magnificent bands such as Hard Place, Puce Moment, Master Moth, Mon Cousin Belge)
plus DJ’s Der Blaue and Gary Fembot spinning 60’s, Garage, 70’s, rare soul and disco, Voguing classix, herky jerky new wave and more.

Performance at 1am by -PRINCESS KENNEDY- with Johnny Cocksville.

2 enormous walls filled with Der Blaue Reiter’s classiest/trashiest visuals-you will definitely be tuning in and turning on…

This event is also an after party for the Friday Night at the De Young Series, which you should all go to (it’s free, and from 5-8:45) featuring Fauxnique, Penelope Houston of the Avengers, and Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)

In addition to performers and attendees from the De Young stopping by, we’re hoping that some of the Weimar NY people will pop in, making for a transatlantic artiste explosion….

Please add vis a vis as a friend if you haven’t already-myspace.com/viscodisco

Aunt Charlie is finally dragging her sorry ass a few blocks down to the city clinic, so tonight may be your last night to catch The Clap! In addition to the nicest door guy in town, your favorite djs Gary Fembot and Der Blaue Reiter, and cheap cheap strong strong drinks, there might be a special DJ set by one of your favorite world famous authors. I said favorite, so obviously its not me!

But, you know, word on the street is that Aunt Charlie is a bit slutty, so don’t be surprised if the clap pops up somewhere else…

Last night was the clap and Davell and the Transistors played, which is this guy’s project. Other than the fact that we love the clap, this caught my eye because it seems that Mr. Dog Swan was in a band called the Long Shoremen which my friend, who also turned me onto The Units, had suggested I check them out as well. I never did because I could only remember that he had recommended two bands and that one was The Units, but when I saw the name in print I instantly remembered. I searched (a little) for some sounds on the internets but came up empty handed but did turn up that they were on subterranean records which I always hear mentioned but more in terms of being a record store of sorts. From the looks of the website, which was last updated in 2002, that may be no more. This led to a little more searching and I turned up this Terminal Boredom and a Trouser Press article which ties the Long Shoremen to Voice Farm which is another eighties SF synth band that egg city radio just posted about.

So there’s a nice bit of reading there for you. Its like we’re in school, which I’m sure is exactly what you’re looking for in this blog! Anyway, Davell and the Transistors was a lot like how the Trouser Press described the Long Shoremen — a poetry damaged art/sound experiment that I think he was channeling via some late night night UHF broadcast which he received via some bunny ear antenna helmet he made late at night in his bedroom. Seriously, although I have no proof that he channeled anything and he certainly wasn’t wearing that helmet (the one he wore was cardboard). I’m not sure that review sounds positive, but it was funny and I liked it.

It was a little slow last night at The Clap, but the audience was full of people in bands; we saw Greg Ashley, Brian Glaze, an ex member of The Time Flys, and Penelope Houston. I don’t know what that means really, except people in bands (and us at World Famous) don’t have to worry about getting up on a Wednesday morning or anywhere to be for the holiday. Um, yeah.

We love the The Clap. We love months when there there are two nights of the clap even more. But this month is special as there are not one, not two, but THREE nights of the clap. Plus a SECRET performance! I love secrets! I’m just going to repost from myspace:

TUESDAY OCTOBER 30
DARK NIGHT BEFORE ALL HALLOWS EVE PARTY

I know you friends here in S.F. are planning on attending the THE CLAP! Halloween Party the following night Wednesday, w/ musical guest Jenny Hoyston’s PARADISE ISLAND. But come to this anyway. Its FREE!! I’ve selected the best most danceable ghoulish garage, glitter & gum from my 45 collection. AND will be joined by special guest deejay Dollocaust from Ninth Floor Radio, who will bring all her post-seasonal no wave favorites.

PLUS a very special LIVE performance by one of my most favorite local acts,
who’s name I’m not allowed to devulge. a surprise. CLAP! bartender Uncle Barry will there pouring some kinda scary drink special that’ll get you bloody hammered. and there will also be some rarely seen foreign cult movies on the teevee screens that will never leave your brain. promise.
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PS> Aunt Charlie’s is at 133 Turk St. in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District.

The best club in San Francisco!

This is going to be good, Funeral Dynasty – featuring Sugar and Tracy (from Crime and Punishment) perform at midnight!

Not to be missed! Tomorrow night! We’ll be there. Ask the bartender for a pink squirrel, or a jon benet ramsey (that’s vanilla stoli, ginger ale and a crushed cherry), or a matthew shepard (that’s a chilled bloody mary.)