WH is on vacation from June 1-September 1, 2010. 

The Rock Poster Society (TRPS) is a nonprofit Bay Area organization that sponsors two rock art shows each year.  This summer we are having a joint show with the American Poster Institute,"Flatstock 25- By the Bay".  This promises to be a fabulous show for anyone interested in music or poster art.  Here is more details about the show:

The Rock Poster Society (TRPS) is pleased to announce the poster art event of the summer!  TRPS (a local non-profit organization) is teaming up with the American Poster Institute (API) to present “Flatstock 25- By the Bay” on Saturday, July 10,  2010, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, at the Hall of Flowers in San Francisco’s beautiful Golden Gate Park. Admission is FREE to the public.

The API’s Flatstock poster shows have become known worldwide as premier events in the poster world.  The very first Flatstock show was held in San Francisco in 2002.  Now API, in collaboration with TRPS, is bringing Flatstock back to San Francisco for the landmark 25th show. 

TRPS’s annual Rock Art by the Bay summer show has joined with Flatstock to present an incredible joint poster show for Bay Area poster collectors.  Artists from across the US will display and sell their work at this show, including new faces to the Bay Area poster community.

San Francisco will be forever known worldwide for the “Summer of Love”, which was a defining moment of the 1960’s.  Come re-live this era and celebrate both the psychedelic art of the 60’s, as well as contemporary rock art, at “Flatstock 25- By the Bay.”

Further information is at:  www.trps.org

The Rock Poster Society is the planet's largest organized group of rock poster collectors, artists, and dealers. TRPS (as we are known and pronounced like "trips")is an eclectic, non-profit, non-denominational, committed and focused volunteer group who have as their common bond an overriding joy in the art of the rock poster, be it Fillmore and Avalon, punk, boxing style, off-the-wall or just plain bonafide out-there.

Although we are based in Northern California, we have members ALL over the country and around the world. So kick off your shoes, take a stroll around, score some cool information, see what's coming up in the poster world, and most of all, communicate with other kindred poster-collecting souls. We also do encourage you to become a member of TRPS and enjoy the added benefits of membership.

OUR MISSION:

•  To generate interest and public awareness of poster art.
•  To act as a hub of information and resources that shall be available to all.
•  To encourage the free exchange of critical archival advice and counsel.
•  To embrace and perpetuate the ongoing tales and folk lore surrounding these vibrant works and to offer insight into their historical backgrounds.
•  To bring to the forefront, through public events and exhibits, the many great artists who created these works and to unite them with their fans.
•  To explore the continuing tradition of rock poster art from its origins to its most recent incarnations.
•  To attempt to form a worldwide link with others who share the same interests and passions.
•  And finally, to create a sense of community and fellowship among those who are drawn to the joy of collecting so that we may all bask in the wealth of our obsession.

 

BORIS To Spend Their Summer Vacation Deafening North Americans

Japan’s most potent psychedelic rock trio BORIS have just locked down their next North American escapade.

After many previous tours to the continent, superheavy post-doom-rock unit BORIS will return to North America this summer in a major way, storming the continent on a tour that will last from the end of July through the month of August. Kicking off in California, the opening leg of the tour will see the band accompanied by Russian Circles as main support for the first few weeks, and by Red Sparrowes for the second leg, which also winds down in the Golden State at the end of August.

But BORIS will not let a tour die off quietly…. This full tour shall take place in advance of the previously announced appearance by SUNN O))) and BORIS amalgamating to perform as ALTAR — as heard on their 2006 Altar full-length — at the third annual All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in beautiful upstate New York, performing alongside Sleep [performing Holy Mountain], Iggy & The Stooges [performing Raw Power], Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Raekwon, Explosions In The Sky and tons more this Labor Day weekend.

Stay tuned for a forthcoming major announcement regarding several new Boris releases!

BORIS North North American Summer Excursion 2010:
7/24/2010 The Casbah - San Diego, CA
7/25/2010 Plush - Tucson, AZ
7/27/2010 The Loft @ Palladium Ballroom - Dallas, TX w/ Russian Circles
7/28/2010 The Mohawk - Austin, TX w/ Russian Circles
7/30/2010 Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA w/ Russian Circles
7/31/2010 The Engine Room - Tallahassee, FL w/ Russian Circles
8/01/2010 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA w/ Russian Circles
8/02/2010 Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC w/ Russian Circles
8/03/2010 930 Club - Washington DC w/ Russian Circles
8/04/2010 Starlight Ballroom - Philadelphia, PA w/ Russian Circles
8/07/2010 The Middle East - Cambridge, MA w/ Russian Circles, Cave In
8/08/2010 Le Tulipe - Montreal, QC w/ Russian Circles
8/09/2010 Lee’s Place - Toronto, ON w/ Russian Circles
8/10/2010 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI w/ Russian Circles
8/11/2010 Southgate House - Newport, KY w/ Russian Circles
8/13/2010 Metro - Chicago, IL w/ Russian Circles
8/14/2010 Firebird - St. Louis, MO w/ Russian Circles
8/15/2010 Granada Theatre - Lawrence, KS w/ Russian Circles
8/16/2010 Marquis Theater - Denver, CO w/ Red Sparrowes
8/17/2010 *TBA - Salt Lake City, UT w/ Red Sparowes
8/19/2010 Republik - Calgary, AB w/ Red Sparowes
8/20/2010 The Starlite - Edmonton, AB w/ Red Sparowes
8/22/2010 Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, BC w/ Red Sparowes
8/23/2010 Neumo’s - Seattle, WA w/ Red Sparowes
8/24/2010 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR w/ Red Sparowes
8/26/2010 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA w/ Red Sparowes
8/27/2010 El Rey - Los Angeles, CA w/ Red Sparowes
8/28/2010 The Glass House - Pomona, CA w/ Red Sparowes
9/05/2010 Kutsher’s Country Club - Monticello, NY @ ATP Fest - “Altar set” w/ SUNNO)))

Please stay tuned, as more BORIS live aktions are to be announced shortly.

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Tobacco Announces Fall Tour Dates! Maniac Meat out this week on Anticon! Download A New Track Off the Record And a Mash-Up EP of Tobacco + Felt by The Hood Internet.

Tobacco’s second offering of swamp-grind psychedelia, Maniac Meat, is out this week on Anticon, and critics and fans alike are fuzzing…er...buzzing about it.  Those who missed his brief spring tour need not worry, as he’s got a bevy of new dates lined up for the fall, sure to bring people with borderline psychosis all the way home to the comforts of a padded room.

Tobacco Tour Dates:

Wednesday, June 2 - Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands Gallery - RECORD RELEASE SHOW!

Thursday, Sept. 9 - Washingon, DC @ DC9 w/ Junk Culture, Dreamend

Friday, Sept. 10 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church w/ Junk Culture, Dreamend

Saturday, Sept. 11 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar w/ Junk Culture, Dreamend

Thursday, Sept. 16 - Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse w/ Junk Culture, Dreamend

Friday, Sept. 17 - South, VT @ Higher Ground w/ Junk Culture, Dreamend

Saturday, Sept. 18 - Boston, MA @ Middle East w/ Junk Culture, Dreamend

Thursday, Sept. 23 - Toledo, OH @ Mickey Finn's w/ Junk Culture, Dreamend

Friday, Sept. 24 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig w/ Junk Culture, Dreamend

Saturday, Sept. 25 - Kalamazoo, MI @ The Strutt w/ Junk Culture, Dreamend

Wednesday, Sept. 29 - Greensboro, NC @ Artisika on UNCG Campus w/ Dreamend

Thursday, Sept. 30 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 w/ Dreamend

Friday, Oct. 1 - Knoxville, TN @ Square Room w/ Dreamend

Saturday, Oct. 2 - Morgantown, WV @ 123 Pleasant Street w/ Dreamend

If that’s not enough, Tobacco’s got a new track available for public digestion. “Six Royal Vipers” brings the boom-bap, but with a touch of grace, like a hammer wrapped in lace.

Listen to/download “Six Royal Vipers” here: http://www.anticon.com/anthill/TOBACCO_-_Six_Royal_Vipers.mp3

If you DID catch Tobacco on his last tour, perhaps you witnessed openers The Hood Internet. These Chicago mash-up pranksters have created a stunning speculative collaboration between Tobacco’s Maniac Meat and Felt’s new record, Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez. Felt is the trio of Slug + Murs + Aesop Rock. The whole 5 song EP is available to stream or download below

The Hood Internet vs. Tobacco vs. Felt: http://www.thehoodinternet.com/2010/05/hood-internet-vs-tobacco-vs-felt.html

Order Maniac Meat here: https://store.anticon.com/item.php?code=abr0103

Previously released tracks:

Listen to/Download "Sweatmother" off of Maniac Meat here: http://www.anticon.com/anthill/TOBACCO_-_Sweatmother.mp3

Listen to/Download "Fresh Hex" off of Maniac Meat here: http://www.anticon.com/anthill/TOBACCO_-_Fresh_Hex_(Feat._Beck).mp3

Tobacco Online:

http://www.maniacmeat.com/

http://www.pitchperfectpr.com/a_tob.html

http://www.myspace.com/anticon

http://www.facebook.com/manicmeat

http://www.facebook.com/anticonrecords

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