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Permalink Unsteady Freddie's 'A SURFIN' SUMMER KICK-OFF' May 25th

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I cannot think of a better way to start the Summer of 2008 but with 7-band all-instro surf extravaganza on SUNDAY MAY 25th over the MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND (the 'unofficial start of the Summer' around these parts) -- and do it at the home of NEW YORK CITY's 'SURF SCENE', 'OTTO's SHRUNKEN HEAD' at 538 East 14 Street, right? This all grew out from an e-mail from my good buddy VIKTOR of NYC's band, THE COFFIN DAGGERS, wherein he approached me to try and put something together for a band that was planning to do a visit to NYC on May 25th -- none other than, THE MADEIRA!! Oh yeah!! I approached New York's premier promter of independent music, MR. FRANK WOOD. Frank does a weekly show at OTTO's SHRUNKEN HEAD he calls 'Wind Down Sunday', which kicks off at 6 pm, where he normally showcases bands (1/2 hour + sets); the evening then always ends with 'Sofa King' Wilde Jam (he insists on spelling it like Oscar Wilde!). So I approached him the day after Viktor wrote to me, and said, why don't we put our alleged talents together, {"UNSTEADY/WOOD"}, and put on a kick-ass 7 all-instro band evening, starting at 6 pm? Hence, the resulting UNSTEADY FREDDIE'S "SURFIN' SUMMER KICK-OFF" was born.

So folks from out of town ... now you have the perfect, most valid reason to visit NYC over the Memorial Day weekend!!

The line-up:

6 pm The TarantinosNYC
www.tarantinosnyc.com,
www.myspace.com/tarantinosnyc

7 pm The Outpatients
www.outpatientsband.com
www.myspace.com/theoutpatientsny

8 pm The Octomen
www.octomen.com
www.myspace.com/theoctomen

9 pm The 9th Wave
www.9thwavesurf.com
www.myspace.com/9thwave

10 pm The Atomic Mosquitos
www.atomicmosquitos.com
www.myspace.com/atomicmosquitos

11 pm The Madeira
www.surfguitar101.com/TheMadeira
www.myspace.com/themadeira

midnight The Coffin Daggers
www.coffindaggers.com
www.myspace.com/thecoffindaggers

1 am Frank Wood's 'Wind Down Sunday' "Sofa King" Wilde Jam, with guest + surprise musicians
www.myspace.com/mrfwood

OTTO's SHRUNKEN HEAD, 538 East 14 Street, NYc 212 228 2240
www.ottos.shrunkenhead.com
www.myspace.com/ottosnyc

MAY 25th -- GRAB YOUR MAGIC MARKERS, WRITE IT DOWN!!

SHOULD BE KICK-ASS KICK-OFF FOR THE SUMMER OF '08!!!

SPECIAL THANKS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO WORKED WITH ME, AND FRANK WOOD, TO MAKE THIS A REALITY!!!

UNSTEADY FREDDIE
www.myspace.com/unsteadyfreddie

OH YEAH, HOW ABOUT A NEAT COOL POSTER?
DIG THIS......

image

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

Something I failed to mentioned in my original post earlier today:

there is NO COVER at Otto's Shrunken Head -- NONE, EVER.....

hope to see some of the surf music community come out for this cool event

UNSTEADY FREDDIE

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

Sweet poster there Unsteady!

Big thanks to you & Mr. F. Wood for putting this whole mess o' surf together. This is an event that is a must and because of that I have a logistical question...being a local, you may be able to answer it best:

If one wanted to stay over night because one had too Pang's Punch(s), where could one find reasonable accommodations? I was thinking of Brooklyn...

Aloha,
Blue StingRaye

Brooklyn is cool, as is Queens; but keep in mind, thhis show breaks around 1 am, followed by Frank Wood's "Sofa King" Wilde Jam. Although I have no problem on the subway at any hour, 24/7, others visiting from out of town might. But it's easy to grab a cab leaving Otto's.

I like www.travelzoo.com -- sign up for their weekly Top 20. Also, I recommend the Kayak site, specifically, http://www.kayak.com/hotels.

Hope that helps?

UNSTEADY FREDDIE

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

image

image

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

All of us in the Madeira are very excited to be a part of this, and to finally play New York! Can't wait to meet all the surf music fans and bands there - looks like quite a scene! Thanks to Freddie for putting all this together, too!

(Hopefully we'll be getting some good news about a couple of others shows around that date - stay tuned.)
Can't wait for the summer to kick off - we just got a few inches of snow in Michigan and it's really cold - the summer seems far, far away. But this show will be here before we know it!

Ivan

Ivan
Lords of Atlantis on Facebook
The Madeira Official Website
The Madeira on Facebook
The Blair-Pongracic Band on Facebook
The Space Cossacks on Facebook
The Madeira Channel on YouTube

Ivan

I am overwhelmed you guys are coming thru!

We are honored to have you grace our NYC surf scene.

Taking the liberty of reposting something from my Twang Shebang Yahoo Group by David B. who attends practically every surf show in the area (as I do)

U will luv this,

Freddie this may just be the most awe-inspiring event yet of the
many awe-inspiring events you have put together!

For those not aware, The Madeira is the band of guitarist Ivan
Pongracic, formerly of the legendary Space Cossacks!

Ivan....nice, huh?
the East Coasters are psyched, dude

Later, and thanks!

UNSTEADY FREDDIE

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

BlueStingRaye
If one wanted to stay over night because one had too Pang's Punch(s), where could one find reasonable accommodations? I was thinking of Brooklyn...

We always stay in Jersey, it's cheap(er) and we can make a clean getaway in the AM!

Paul
Atomic Mosquitos
Bug music for bug people is here!
Killers from Space

hey hey hey!!!

thought I'd kick this special May 25th event back into SG101'ers consciousness

this is gonna be a great night of rock solid top shelf surf

keep in mind this is Memorial Day Weekend, which means there is no goin' back to 'real jobs' the next day, right?

maybe some of you out-of-towners will make a go at this? and yeah, you can catch 4 amazing bands the night prior at ASBURY LANES!!! {NEBULAS, ATOMIC MOSQUITOS, THE MADEIRA, COFFIN DAGGERS}

that's right...head over to the East Coast!!

and stay the week and head down to Georgia for SURF FEST 2008 in Clarkston on May 31st!!

amazing amount of twang is comin', buildin' nicely

let's see hands.....whose comin' by for the excitement?

UNSTEADY FREDDIE

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

Sounds cool, I'll be there!! Laughing

Paul
Atomic Mosquitos
Bug music for bug people is here!
Killers from Space

Hey, this is less than 3 weeks away... I can't wait!

Aloha,
Blue StingRaye

heading over to OTTO's SHRUNKEN HEAD right now to do some live and lively promotion with FRANK WOOD for this big event next weekend (Frank does a weekly SUNDAY night show.....)

UNSTEADY FREDDIE

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

Freddie,

You were mentioned at the Surf Museum today re June 1. Were your ears burning?

YES, they were

thought it was strong pollen.....

thanks for clarifying that HBK

UNSTEADY FREDDIE

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

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reminder of the full line-up for next SUNDAY MAY 25th

Unsteady Freddie

6 pm The TarantinosNYC
www.tarantinosnyc.com,
www.myspace.com/tarantinosnyc

7 pm The Outpatients
www.outpatientsband.com
www.myspace.com/theoutpatientsny

8 pm The Octomen
www.octomen.com
www.myspace.com/theoctomen

9 pm The 9th Wave
www.9thwavesurf.com
www.myspace.com/9thwave

10 pm The Atomic Mosquitos
www.atomicmosquitos.com
www.myspace.com/atomicmosquitos

11 pm The Madeira
www.surfguitar101.com/TheMadeira
www.myspace.com/themadeira

midnight The Coffin Daggers
www.coffindaggers.com
www.myspace.com/thecoffindaggers

1 am Frank Wood's 'Wind Down Sunday' "Sofa King" Wilde Jam, with guest + surprise musicians
www.myspace.com/mrfwood

ALL MUSICIANS ARE WELCOME TO STAY TO BE PART OF FRANK WOOD'S WILDE JAM AFTER THE COFFIN DAGGERS

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

here's a picture of me and FRANK WOOD from last Sunday night at OTTO's co-promoting this coming SUNDAY's SURF MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA!!

UNSTEADY FREDDIE

image

image

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

thanks to The Tarantinos/NYC for this posting in CRAIG'S LIST:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/eve/664081705.html

from New York Waste:
http://www.newyorkwaste.com/nyw_main/choice.html

thanks N.E.S.M.A. for this webiste post:
http://www.nesmasurf.org/images/posters/ottos%20may%2025%202008.jpg

posted on The 9th Wave's website (thx, y'all):
http://www.9thwavesurf.com/shows.htm

SURF MUSIC.com (appreciate the listing):
http://www.surfmusic.com/

ATOMIC MOSQUITOS too (cool!):
http://www.atomicmosquitos.com/interact.html

and of course the CALENDAR from FRANK WOOD's website:
http://www.mrfwood.com/events/2008/05/080525.html

The Tarantinos/NYC (bless you!):
http://www.tarantinosnyc.com/

LUCID CULTURE:
http://lucidculture.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/new-york-live-music-calendar-may-june-2008-plus-special-events/

THE GIGOMETER (thx Pierre!):
http://www.web-ho.com/Gigometer/

....it's building nicely......

appreciate the efforts of FRANK WOOD, OTTO's and all the bands who are pumping out information to all areas of the internet

LET'S PUT ON A SHOW!

Unsteady Freddie

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

Been Looking forward to this one all year! Anyone who can make it to this show is crazy to miss out! If the regular Shindig's are anything to go by, this one promises to be a blast!

https://www.facebook.com/coffindagger
http://coffindaggers.com/
http://thecoffindaggers.bandcamp.com

psychonaut
Been Looking forward to this one all year! Anyone who can make it to this show is crazy to miss out! If the regular Shindig's are anything to go by, this one promises to be a blast!

how lucky am I?

I get to see the COFFIN DAGGERS at my SUNDAY show; and see them the night before at ASBURY LANES

should be a killer one-two punch/twang of a weekend for me **

safe journeys my friends

UNSTEADY FREDDIE

** speaking of "punch", check out OTTO's exotic drink selection:
http://www.ottosshrunkenhead.com/pages/drinks.html

http://www.facebook.com/unsteady.freddie

man oh man, why didn't i find this site when I was back east?

I used to go to ottos all the time when it was barmacy and a few times after the change. That's my old neighborhood.

Sounds like fun!

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