06/26/09: Girls On Film/Oddknock/Sarcastic @Atlantic

[oddknock]

more info and flyer to come.....

[Ars Phoenix]

Hell yeah! What an awesome show this'll be. I can't believe we'll be in Richmond, Virginia that night. Crap!

[ess]

Excellent! I'm glad they got in touch with you Jake!

Let's get promotion going as soon as possible.

[oddknock]

Yes! Tom from The Atlantic contacted me!!!
Is the world coming to an end?

[ess]

Yes! Tom from The Atlantic contacted me!!!
Is the world coming to an end?

I'd like to think of it as a new beginning. Oh, and it's Summer...

[ironing]

I'm looking forward to this!

[ess]

Holy crap! Entertainment is the headliner! A for real darkwave band is playing in our town!

[url=http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3863307]Entertainment - "China Walls"
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Oh, and looks like Sarcastic is on the bill as well. Wow, what a great stinkin' show this is going to be!

Jon... you sure picked a good time to tour.

[Ars Phoenix]

Yeah, I know. We were offered a spot on the bill too--I wish we could've canceled and played this instead.

How the heck did you find out about Entertainment that quick? I suggested the show to them only this afternoon after Trey, their singer, asked me about a show possibility that night with us. Since we're out of town, and they've already done some touring with Girls on Film, it seemed like a good coincidence that they were looking to play in Gainesville on the same night as this show. Good to know the plan worked, and lightning fast too!

[ess]

How the heck did you find out about Entertainment that quick?

It's listed on GBdC. Pssst... let Tom know they're not synthpop.

Oh, and it looks like they're also playing at Edge17 in Jacksonville on June 27th.

[vainangel]

Oh, and looks like Sarcastic is on the bill as well. Wow, what a great stinkin' show this is going to be!

/Dance!!!!!

[ess]

more info and flyer to come.....

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[oddknock]

I am still waiting for the flyer.....

[ess]

I am still waiting for the flyer.....

So you guys finally got a show at the Atlantic! Now what? Sit and wait until something magically happens? Are you wanting this to be the first and last show there because only 10 people show up?

Are there going to be any attempts at promotion in the meantime? I haven't seen one mention of this show online beyond this topic and the listing on GBdC. Event invites, wall posts, bulletins, listings on the Gainesville Sun page, a GBdC show listing, etc. all need to be done. 16 days and counting...

Don't take this for granted. Again, I will help...

[vainangel]

I am working on one now, will use all that are made!!!

[vainangel]

Facebook

Livejournal

http://apps.myspace.com/socialplan?appParams={%27rt%27:%27/Event/View/305443%27}&g=1

[ess]

Great work Hans! I'll start on my end.

[vainangel]

by the peeps at the Atlantic

[oddknock]

FYI......

The line-up was not yet confirmed....this is why i was waiting.

[vainangel]

FYI......

The line-up was not yet confirmed....this is why i was waiting.

All listed on the Atlantic page since last week or so. I was lazy.

[ess]

[url=http://www.gainesvillebands.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=29789&PN=1]GainevilleBands.com
gainesvillebands.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=29789&PN=1[/url]

[ess]

[url=http://events.gainesville.com/gainesville-fl/events/show/87744047-girls-on-film-entertainment-oddknock-sarcastic-the-atlantic-on-friday-june-26th]Gainesville Sun
events.gainesville.com/gainesville-fl/events/show/87744047-girls-on-film-entertainment-oddknock-sarcastic-the-atlantic-on-friday-june-26th[/url]

also...


Hans and Jake... if you get me some flyers I will canvas the UF campus this week, and the SFC campus on Friday. Talk with Tom at the Atlantic and see if can get you at least around 100 flyers... they're usually 11"x17".

[vainangel]

Thanks Chris I was goign to do the Sun today!

I will make sure we bug them to get some today.

[ess]

Thanks Chris I was goign to do the Sun today!

The thing about Gainesville Sun's event listings is that once you make a submission it takes an undetermined amount of time to go through some unknown "approval" process. I made the entry last Thursday and it just appeared on their page today. They don't send you any kind of confirmation message letting you know it's up or when/if it will be up.

The whole process and interface is a bit annoying, but from my experience people do indeed check for show listings in the paper and on their online events listings. Whether this will actually end up in print somewhere remains to be seen... keep an eye out I guess.

Oh, also you used to be able to upload an image (like a flyer) for free to go along with the event. Now you have to pay for this service.

Let me know if you guys want more or different info/text to go along with this entry.

[ess]

A bit of trivia...

Entertainment used to spell their name, "Entertainme.nt". Girls On Film played with them up in Atlanta sometime in 2005, and that's how they met. I was asked to help book a show here for them at The Atlantic on December 3, 2005. For whatever reason, Entertainme.nt canceled and were instead replaced by Worldwide Zoo.

So finally... Entertainment will be performing in Gainesville for the first time. I'm looking forward to this!

[vainangel]

[ess]

...ok.

So here's the flyering regiment I am prescribing between video games and sitting at home surfing the various social networking sites. Once getting a hefty stack of flyers from The Atlantic (at least 100), bring one roll of masking tape, one roll of Scotch tape, a staple gun and a pack of staples, to:

• Civic Media Center (front window)
• Flaco's (inside wall)
• Wayward Council (front bulletin board)
• Video Rodeo (front window)
• Tim & Terry's (bulletin board)
• Satchel's Pizza (bulletin board)
• Burrito Bros. (bulletin board)
• Hyde & Zeke (front window)
• various utility poles on NW 3rd Ave. between 12th St. through 6th St.
• various utility poles on NW 4th Ave. between 12th St. through 10th St.
• Santa Fe College (kiosk map)

Coordinate.. and good flyering!

[ess]

Tally of show promotion so far, since Saturday, May 27th:

The Atlantic

• creation of flyer
• 3 total MySpace bulletins
• show listing on GBdC
• daily flyering of kiosks since June 11th

Electronic SubSouth

• 8 total MySpace bulletins
• Upcoming Shows post on MySpace profile
• event listing on ElectronicSubSouth.com
• corrections to show listing on GBdC
• event listing on GBdC
• event listing on GainesvilleSun.com (and print version)
• 2 total postings on Gainesville Goth Community LiveJournal
• 2 total wall postings on Facebook
• 30-50 word-of-mouth promotional conversations

Entertainment

• no promotion at all

Girls On Film

• no promotion at all

Oddknock

• Upcoming Shows post on MySpace profile
• manipulation/re-creation of Atlantic's flyer
• 4 total MySpace bulletins
• Upcoming Shows post on MySpace profile
• flyer embedded on MySpace profile

Sarcastic

• creation of first flyer
• 1 total posting on Gainesville Goth Community LiveJournal
• creation of Facebook event
• 6 total wall postings on Facebook
• 6 total MySpace bulletins
• flyer as default pic on MySpace profile
• flyer embedded on MySpace profile[/url]
• Upcoming Shows post on MySpace profile
• several word-of-mouth conversations

[vainangel]

um, ok

[vainangel]

[oddknock]

[oddknock]

[the_viirus]

i like the "shave your beard" part.

[ess]

I like the Hunt The Wumpus part!

[ess]

From a myspace bulletin posted by Stickfigure Recordings:

Entertainment is on Tour Right Now!

Jun 26 2009 10:00P the Atlantic / Electronic Subsouth Gainesville, Florida
Jun 27 2009 10:00P EDGE 17 / Factory / 18+ Jacksonville, Florida

Listening to "Gender" is like going to a black-tie event with your beautiful actress-model girlfriend, being told by some friends and your manager that this band you absolutely have to hear if you haven't already is playing, having your coat taken for you before you remember to move your wallet from the front pocket where there's always the chance it might fall out like it does sometimes in cabs, especially since it doesn't even take much jostling to make anything fall out of that pocket, especially your wallet, but you can't do anything but worry about it now because your agent drags you thru room after room thru throngs of people, some of whom recognize you and try to get your attention but it's too late because now you're in the ballroom and here they are on this bandstand surrounded by really-well dressed people who you now notice are all wearing costumes even though no one told you this was a costume party and when you ask your manager about it you can't hear his answer, can't hear why he forgot to mention the costume thing or why for example it wasn't mentioned on the invitation about costumes, and your actress-model girlfriend is posing in a party mask for an impromptu picture taken by an inscrutable figure wearing what appears to be very expensive tatters whose sweat has mingled with make-up and the hor dourves you never saw being served and you immediately regret your decision to pull her mask when everyone near you reaches for your face and you're sure they know it's your face and try to focus on this great band whose drums sound like cannons and whose guitar sounds like desperate attempts to both heal multiple lacerations and to inflict deep cuts upon one's self and yet you nod and nod and nod and agree that yes this must be true, this is how that one tune goes, yes but now you're dizzy because it's too hot in the ballroom and you are not surrounded by anyone you know anymore, maybe they were taken off, maybe they were kidnapped, who knows, and the vocals you try to wrap your head around only remind you that you're on your own and that before you even got dressed for this shindig they were playing, that before you even woke up this morning, they were playing, that before you were born mon ami they were playing this most beautiful discord, this patient better noise. And you say to yourself, Christ this shit is good even though it may have been engineered to destroy you. "The work that was left behind all those parties ago came back with a vengeance in Entertainment" you'd write if you ever survived this thing, "they brought it back to relevance" you'd say, but your actress-model girlfriend whispers in your ear to just shut the fuck up and listen. So you do. And it's amazing. -Jacob Kline.

Listen and get mp3's at Entertainment!

Stickfigure Recordings

[vainangel]

WOOT!
SARCASTIC IS ON THE SIGN!!!!! at The ATLANTIC!!!!!
WOO HOO TAKE PICS FOR US WE HAVE NO CAMERA!