K k JUNE 2017 K g VOL. 29 #6 H WOWHALL.ORGk playing with various major acts. Their single “It’s 4:20 Somewhere” has been downloaded over five million times. Just released: 420 Gathering of the Tribe by Jay Blakesberg MOONALICE and Alex Fischer – a short film 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY about the Moonalice posters and poster artists: http://www.moon- alice.com/song/its-420-some- where. Their extensive tour schedule and videos of every Moonalice show can be seen at moonalice.com and every show poster with legends can be viewed at moonaliceposters.com. Meet the Band John Molo: Drums, Vocals. (Bruce Hornsby & The Range, John Fogerty, Phil Lesh & Friends, The Other Ones, David Nelson Band) Barry Sless: Lead Guitar, Pedal

WITH THE GARCIA BIRTHDAY BAND Bob Minkin Photo: Steel Guitar, Bass. (Phil Lesh & On Sunday, June 18, the Com- WOW Hall on December 2, 2008 alice consists of seasoned musi- attendees… each poster has its Friends, David Nelson Band, munity Center for the Performing (in support of the New Riders of cians mixing a variety of genres own Moonalice legend. All con- Kingfish, Cowboy Jazz). Arts and KLCC’s Dead Air the Purple Sage). However, long- with extended musical improvisa- certs are broadcasted live in HD Roger McNamee: Rhythm proudly welcome Moonalice and time residents will remember most tions that evoke a sense of adven- and available in archive shortly Guitar, Vocals, Bass. (Guff, The the Garcia Birthday Band back to of the cast from their previous ture and exploration. Everyone is after their set. Engineers, Random Axes, Flying the WOW Hall. incarnation as The Flying Other a part of the experience as the Moonalice plays mostly origi- Other Brothers) Moonalice is celebrating their Brothers Band, which played here music inspires dancing and other nal material mixed with several Pete Sears: Bass, Keyboards, ten-year anniversary. The band on a regular basis beginning in acts of self-expression. Every show covers, and during their extended Guitar, Vocals (Sam Gopal played their first show as Moon- 2002. has an original art poster created freeform jams the band moves as Dream, Rod Stewart, Jefferson alice in May, 2007. Moonalice Describing themselves as a psy- by a well-known artist memorial- one, drawing from magical sounds Starship, Jerry Garcia, Hot Tuna, played their first show at the chedelic, roots-rock band, Moon- izing that event and given to all honed from years of experience CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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JASON WEBLEY AND FRIENDS P3

JAH9 AND MELLOW MOOD P4

SUMMER CAMPS AT THE WOW HALL P5

SUICIDE GIRLS BLACKHEART BURLESQUE P6

TEN MILES WIDE P7 GREEN AND YELLOW GARTER BANDS P7 LA LUZ By: Maya Vagner in an automobile accident. Traveling from Boise, ID to Seattle, On Tuesday, July 4, the CCPA and KRVM proudly wel- WA their tour van slipped on black ice; crashing into a highway come La Luz for an Independence Day celebration with special divider, their van was then hit by a semi-trailer truck. While the PAID

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Eugene, OR 97401 Eugene, The music of La Luz sounds straight out of a Tarantino mov- and merchandise were destroyed along with the tour van and Nonprofit Organization ie, and I love every minute of it. It definitely reminds me of a trailer. That left them no choice but to cancel the remainder of scene in Kill Bill (in the night club). the tour. La Luz give me the surfing day vibes with a mix of the early A year later bassist Abbey Blackwell announced via Facebook 80’s. I feel that when I listen to their music I get lost in it, which that she was leaving La Luz. She posted “Dear friends and fans, is a very good thing. The band members are Shana Cleveland I am sorry to say that I will be leaving La Luz... after a year and is on guitar and vocals, Marian Li Pino is on drums and vocals, a half of being in this incredible band, spending time with these Alice Sandahl on keyboard and vocals and last but not least Lena talented women, and experiencing the best and the worst of tour, Simon on bass and vocals. I’ve decided that the touring life just isn’t for me, and my heart This group of four powerful, strong independent women will lies in the back of an orchestra and working on my own music.” definitely make you listen. In minute one they grasp my attention Two weeks later, La Luz followed up by announcing the ad- with not only their style of music but with their flair and intelli- dition of new bassist Lena Simon. You would think after an gence in lyrics. “Call Me In The Day”, from their EP Damp Face accident this traumatic the band would retreat, but not La Luz. definitely reminds me of the song “Creep” by Radiohead and it They stuck together, and with a new member and a new chapter almost sounded as if it is a response to it. as they continued their musical journey touring with Ty Segall. The band formed around 2012, and came out with their EP In 2015 they announced a new album produced by Segall un- Damp Face that year as well. Soon after that they got recognized der the name Werido Shrine. They released such hits as: “Or- and signed with Hardly Art, and officially started working on a anges”, “You Disappear” and “I Want To Be Alone (With You)”, full album by the name It’s Alive -- which sounds like a word which personally I really like, and feel a strong connection to. RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Community Center for the Arts Performing 291 West 8th 97401 OR. Eugene, play to the Frankenstein scene, where the monster comes alive So if you are ready to surf up in their music, come to the and the doctor screams, “It’s alive.” WOW Hall Tuesday July 4. Tickets are $15 advance, $18 at the On the verge of a new tour in 2013, the band members got door. Doors open at 9:00 pm; showtime 9:30. H

K k The Community Center for the WOW HALL NOTES Performing Arts is located in the Historic Woodmen of the World Hall (W.O.W. Hall), 291 W 8th, Eugene, Or 97401, (541)687-2746, info@wowhall. org, www.wowhall.org, Box office hours Mon-Fri Noon-6:00 PM. Printed monthly by Western Oregon Webpress, Circulation 3,800, General Support made possible by a grant from Lane Arts Council with support from City of Eugene Cultural Services Division, Copyright 2017 All rights reserved Notes Staff: Copy Editor & Advertising Representative - Bob Fennessy, Layout & Design - James Bateman CCPA Staff: Programming Coordinator - Megan Brezovar, Membership Coordinator & Publicist - Bob Fennessy, Stage Manager - Justin Showker, Asst Stage Manager - Davis Koier, Office Managers - Ross Shuber, Zac Townsend, Bookkeeper - Melissa Swan, Volunteer Coordinator - Laura Farrelly, House Managers - Sam Harmon, Jaley Osuna Concessions Managers - Angela Lees, Shawn Lynch, Kambra Morris-Mitzner Custodian - Daniel Noall, Eric Herz, Lighting Director - Cody Owen, Volunteer Staff: Zac Townsend, Dan Wathen, Art Gallery Director - Sam Harmon, Poster Distribution - WOW Hall Poster Crew, CCPA Board of Directors: Chair: Aaron Dietrich, Vice Chair: Mike Janes, Treasurer: Jon Silvermoon, Members: Marjorie Bridges, Jordan Cogburn, Hannah Finley, Marlene Monette, Jim Showker, Daylon Sloan

voice) and Gregory Uhlmann (gui- tar/voice). At once understated and aston- ishing, Fell Runner’s blend of a garage-cool attitude and complex virtuosity is declarative of a BROKEBACKOn Thursday, June 8, the personal history with, someone unique voice on the L.A. rock CCPA and KRVM proudly wel- who can nail it, not to mention scene. The four-piece take guitar come Brokeback to the WOW someone who I know digs the rock and infuse it with literary Hall along with special guests Fell music,” he says. sensibility, vibrant vocal harmo- Runner. McCombs’s singular approach nies, and expressive rhythms bor- A sense of place has been to guitar and bass, characteristic rowed from West African studies. essential to the music of Brokeback of his work with Tortoise, is Fell Runner executes these with- since guitarist/bassist Douglas expertly enhanced here by James out ever breaking the uninhibited McCombs first launched the Elkington (Tweedy, Steve Gunn) drive that serves as the band’s project in 1995. Initially conceived on second guitar (moving over foundation, keeping their sound as a solo outlet, the Chicago from drums on the last record). edged and urgent. group has taken on new The two salute one of McCombs’s Centered on the collaborative dimensions over the past two favorite bands, Television, with relationship between singer-gui- decades, morphing from the lean, latticed dual leads on the stately tarists Steven van Betten and pastoral ambience of the first yet aggressive “On the Move and Gregory Uhlmann, as well as album, Field Recordings from the Vanishing”, while Elkington’s close friendships to bassist Marcus Cook County Water Table, to the subtle layers of pedal steel and Hogsta and drummer Tim Carr more muscular, taut arrangements organ burnish more ruminative (The Americans, HAIM), Fell and dynamic swells of the last forays like “Andalusia, IL” and Runner formed in 2012. The release, Brokeback and the Black “Ursula”. Their intertwining band’s self-titled debut was Rock, for which McCombs flights are anchored by the sturdy released on Orenda Records in assembled a new quartet lineup. yet versatile rhythm team of bass- 2015. Of it, Record Rewind Play Each album develops with ist Pete Croke (Exit Verse, Tight states, “what they’ve produced exacting detail, revealing Phantomz) and drummer Areif comes across as spontaneous and McCombs’s gift for dialing in the Sless-Kitain (the Eternals), the living, growing and evolving as essence of a mood, feeling or dis- newest member of Brokeback. the songs progress, with melodies tant locale with a handful of Illinois River Valley Blues is a and the rhythms that underpin reverb-laden guitar tones, elegant winding, wistful travelogue that them crisscrossing in a constant and sustained, strategically placed not only captures darker textures search for a stable center.” and sparingly deployed. The but mines their depths. That’s Lyrically, the album delivers instrumental landscapes he creates been part of McCombs’s vision cautionary musings and vivid on Illinois River Valley Blues are for Brokeback from the start: “To Southern Californian landscapes utterly transportive, evoking famil- me a song is not worth writing if which are bound up into intro- iar open-frontier soundtracks and it doesn’t have a strong sense of spective experiential snapshots. charting out new sonic territory. melancholy,” he says. Fell Runner presents a picture of Thematically this is McCombs’s Los Angeles that minds the smog most personal offering yet, reflect- FELL RUNNER and clutter, maintaining an affin- ing on his early years growing up Los Angeles’ band Fell Runner ity for the organic. along the Illinois River corridor is comprised of Timmy Carr Tickets are $8 in advance, $10 between Peoria and Chicago. (drums/voice), Marcus Högsta at the door. Doors open at 8:00 Though the inspiration is (bass), Steven van Betten (guitar/ pm and showtime is 9:00. H McCombs’s, the execution is wholly a group effort. With the same instrumentation and mostly the same lineup as the previous album, the band stretches its leader’s eternal fascination with the roots of American guitar music in bold new directions. Several songs feature lush, multi- layered vocals by Amalea Tshilds (the Paulina Hollers), who made a deep impression on McCombs with a spellbinding a cappella performance a couple years ago. “I often imagine female vocals on Brokeback records, but I want- ed it to be someone that I have

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MOONALICE AND GARCIA BIRTHDAY BAND FROM PAGE 1 John Lee Hooker, David Nelson Band, Phil Lesh & Friends). Big Steve Parish: Road Scholar/Medicine Man/Storyteller. (Grateful Dead WOWHALL.ORGcrew for 26 years, co-founder of Jerry Garcia Band) GARCIA BIRTHDAY BAND Garcia Birthday Band (GBB), based in Portland, is a group of vet- On Saturday, June 17, the songs are “Dance While the Sky “The show is to raise money eran musicians interpreting and celebrating the vast repertoire of the CCPA and KRVM proudly wel- Crashes Down” (which appears on and awareness about a ridiculous late Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead. But this isn’t a “tribute come Jason Webley and Friends to his album Against the Night) and project I’m doing. I’m building a band!” Drawing on years of individual and shared experience, these the WOW Hall for a special pre- his most common show finale, junk raft and floating down the players are able to craft and transform these tunes into something fresh view and fundraiser for his new “The Drinking Song” (which Willamette from Eugene to and original. Solid chops, tight arrangements and fine harmonies all project called “Flotsam!” appears on Counterpoint). Portland with a band of circus contribute to the band’s musical travels and explorations of possibly Jason Webley is known for his Jason is also known for orga- performers, musicians, puppeteers the greatest and most diverse songbooks of all time. fusion of folk, experimental and nizing the Monsters of Accordion and movement artists doing shows With musicians hailing from the likes of New Riders of the Purple alternative music. He began as a tours, an all-accordion extrava- in every little town along the way. Sage (NRPS), David Nelson Band, Kingfish, Cubensis, Buds of May, street performer playing accordion ganza that takes place on the West The floating show is called Ike Willis Band, Brothers Jam and LOOS3, this band is certain to in Seattle and has gone on to Coast. Another collaborative proj- Flotsam! and won’t really be much provide high musical adventure! Always sure to raise the roof and release six albums and numerous ect is a series of 11 recordings of like a Jason Webley concert. But keep the dance floor rocking, hoppin’ and shakin’, the band’s quickly collaborations. Jason and his songwriter friends, for this night at WOW Hall I’ll be growing “GBB Family” fanbase finds the community spirit and kind Originally from Everett, Jason each recording limited to 1,111 performing a bunch of my songs vibes contagious. picked up the accordion in 1996 in numbered copies. He has thus far and most of the cast from the Music-lovers with a wide variety of tastes enjoy this band’s exten- his last year in college. He later collaborated with Jay Thompson, show will be joining me, and per- sive playlist which includes classics from Bob Dylan, Smokey Robinson, recalled, “I was just a geeky kid; Andru Bemis, Reverend Payton, haps some local surprise guests.” The Beatles, Johnny Cash, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Cliff, Traffic, Dr. accordion came later. It’s since Sxip Shirley and Amanda Palmer. The troupe includes Justin John, Merle Haggard, The Meters, Neville Brothers, Buddy Holly, Otis playing accordion that I’ve become In 2014 Jason Webley and Credible (Bellingham, WA, (Kalan Redding, Warren Zevon, Rev. Gary Davis, Bruce Cockburn, and Peter cool. I used to be a geek with an Friends released Margaret, a “Folk Sherrard (New York, NY), Pablo Tosh, to name a few. electric guitar. I had a guitar and Opera” album based on the life of Varona Borges (Puerto Rico), If your musical tastes range from rock-and-roll, country, R&B, played in punky bands and I had Margaret Rucker, which was per- Paola Michelle (Puerto Rico), blues, bluegrass, folk, or Americana, you will dig this band. No need a computer. I sequenced stuff. I formed at the WOW Hall that Kalei Yamanoha (Santa Rosa, to be a Deadhead. was much geekier.” December by the entire original CA), Sierra Faulkner (Santa Rosa, Band Members: Webley has performed at many cast. CA) and Ben Weiner (Santa Rosa, Arthur Steinhorn (drums), Scott Gillan (bass/vocals), Justin Pacuska festivals including Burning Man, Now Webley and friends are CA). (guitar/vocals), Peter Bach (guitar/vocals), Adam King (keyboards/ Glastonbury, VanFest and he’s a about to embark on a new adven- Tickets are $12 in advance, $14 vocals). regular at the Oregon Country ture a la Huckleberry Finn. Says at the door. Doors open at 8:00 Tickets are $17 in advance, $20 day of show. Doors open at 7:00 Fair. Two of his most famous Jason: pm and showtime is 9:00. H pm and showtime is 8:00. H

FIND US ONLINE: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/THEWOWHALL WOW HALL NOTES JUNE 2017 3 evoking a young Ella Fitzgerald the two singles “Only You” and and a rootsy coolness à la Erykah “Dance Inna Babylon” got a total Badu” her dub-filled live perfor- of more than ten million views on mances elevate consciousness and YouTube. invoke a spiritual reawakening. The Rototom Sunsplash named Jah9, a certified yoga instruc- Mellow Mood best Italian reggae FROM tor trained in Kemetic, Ashtanga band, ranked third at the Euro- JAH9 and Iyengar methods, has been pean level. Two years of inten- known to compel her audiences to sive touring and artistic growth pause, breathe deeply and feel followed. After a slight line-up INNER SPACE empowered. She opens minds and change, Mellow Mood went back soaks them in knowledge and into the studio to record Well positivity. Jah9 also curates an Well Well, published in May 2012 organic rhythm-based yoga expe- by Italy’s most important inde- rience she calls ‘Yoga on Dub’. In pendent label, La Tempesta. 2015, while on tour in Italy and Ranging from roots-reggae to Malta, she was intent on engaging rocksteady, to tribal clubbing, the with African refugees, sharing album showcased the progression with them insight on the new of Mellow Mood as they repre- environment they would face, nat- sented a new generation of reggae ural wellness and yoga/breathing artists coming from all over the as healing therapy. planet. The tour following the Considered a nation builder album release led the band to 12 and community activist, Jah9 is European countries, where they heavily involved in youth develop- performed at the most important ment work. She helped develop festivals like Rototom Sunsplash, programs for at-risk youth in Sziget Festival and Sumol Summer Kingston, worked on the creation Festival. On Friday, June 9, the Com- Growing up in a conscious Bennett of Don Corleon Records of a “Healing of the Nation” pub- The album Twinz was released munity Center for the Performing family with a preacher for a and released her first singles in lic awareness campaign and was in 2014. It couples the rediscovery Arts and KRVM’s Zion Train father and a social worker for a late 2010. at the core of the creation of the of roots music with a deeper proudly welcome Jah9 to the mother, Janine had always been Her focus and determination nonprofit youth and arts advoca- knowledge of the newest Jamaican WOW Hall along with special aware of the injustices in the eventually culminated in the cy group Manifesto JA in 2005. sounds. guests Mellow Mood, world. However, it was not until release of Jah9’s debut album Established as a formidable Less than one year later La Deeply mystical, Jah9 has she was on campus at the Univer- entitled New Name, a homage to lyricist and revolutionary force, Tempesta published 2 The World, emerged from a chrysalis of poet- sity of the West Indies that she her personal spiritual journey pro- Jah9 now shifts her energies to which is enriched by national ry, dub and spirit to become a would embark on a pivotal jour- duced by Rory ‘Stone Love’ Gilli- unveiling a deeper, more personal (Forelock, Andrew I) and powerful femiNINE energy within ney to find her true voice. At gan. Voted album of the year by deployment of her ‘Jazz on Dub’ Jamaican collaborations (Tanya a universal grassroots movement UWI she would gather with a AchisReggae.com, New Name sound touring in support of her Stephens, Jah9, Hempress Sativa, of consciousness. Inspired by the group of fellow socially conscious has been described as, “quite sim- sophomore album divinely-enti- Gideon & Selah). The title aims open spaces in the instrumental and Rastafari brethren by a fire to ply, the superb sum of its parts: a tled ‘9’. at both underlining the interna- dub of 1970’s Jamaican roots steam herbs and reason for long straight cultural roots album,” by tional calling of the band as well music, Jah9 sings with a voice hours. There her heart was United Reggae’s Angus Taylor. MELLOW MOOD as showing how the Italian scene that belies the dimensions of her opened to the teachings of Haile Since 2013, Jah9 has performed Italian reggae band Mellow (artists and the audience together) physical body, from a soul much Selassie I, and her ears to the hyp- with her band ‘The Dub Treat- Mood was born in Pordenone in are now ready to find its place on older than its current vessel -- notic bass of the heavy dub ment’ at most major European 2005 but officially debuted in 2009 the reggae global landscape. reminiscent of that darkly operat- rhythms of roots reggae. Janine and US reggae festivals. Described with their first record, entitled Tickets are $14 in advance, $16 ic wailer for truth & justice, Nina eventually embraced her child- as “black magic” and “possessing Move! Totally self-released, it at the door. Doors open at 7:00 Simone. Her philosophy is pro- hood nickname, Jah9, as she a chilling yet bewitching vibrato was an unexpected success and pm and showtime is 8:00. H foundly spiritual, and her style is learnt the significance of the word called Jazz on Dub. “Jah” and the number “9”. Born Janine Cunningham, By 2009 Janine had become a Jah9 spent her first nine years in staple on Jamaica’s underground Falmouth, Trelawny, on the rural poetry scene. In instrumental dub western edge of Jamaica, before she found a place where her moving into the city of Kingston words could live, and the songs in 1991. This country girl, used to she started to write found encour- the idyllic Falmouth where every- agement. She began recording one knew everyone else, was sud- with renowned keyboardist and denly struck by chaos disguised as flautist Sheldon Bernard and her order in Jamaica’s capital. Highly demos caught the attention of the sensitive to her surroundings, she legendary Beres Hammond, who ventured inward and found an helped to develop her recording outlet for her feelings in the technique. She later teamed up words that she wrote. with popular producer Donovan

4 JUNE 2017 WOW HALL NOTES FIND US ONLINE: WWW.WOWHALL.ORG workshops each day with music industry professionals and per- formers. Camp Tuition $299 and includes a Music’s Edge tee shirt and two tickets to the Friday WOW Hall performance. To register please call the WOW Hall at 541-687-2746 during box office hours. Registration fee is $100 (applies to tuition). BASS CAMP: HIP-HOP * EDM * FUSION AUGUST 21-25 From Monday, August 21 through Friday August 25, the City of Eugene and the Commu- nity Center for the Performing Arts will host Bass Camp at the WOW Hall. Bass Camp is an Electronic SUMMER CAMPS AT Music Summer Camp for ages 11-Adult. Campers will learn how to produce beats, write bass THE WOW HALL lines, get hands-on analog and School’s out for summer! Or camps: July 31-August 4 and digital synthesizer and DJ gear it soon will be. Now is the time August 14-18. The program is demos, and record at Tracktown to think about activities to keep designed for ages 10-18. studio. the kids busy. This year the Music’s Edge began as a There are many facets to being Community Center for the unique music program that was a modern electronic musician, so Performing Arts is proud to host created by Tim McLaughlin in we also cover how live sound at four full weeks of summer camps 2004. This will be the WOW a venue operates and there is an for young people. Hall’s tenth year hosting the very opportunity to perform. Creating successful rock camp. Each ses- a community of collaborators is GIRL CIRCUS JULY 24-28 IN THE GALLERY Girl Circus presents exciting For the month of June, the WOW Hall Lobby Art Gallery will fea- and energetic summer camps for ture Cartoon Illustrations by Isaac Paris. girls that promote body positivi- Isaac Paris is an illustrator based in Eugene. Originally from ty, creativity, and teamwork Fairbanks, Alaska, Isaac draws musicians, poets, comedians, dancers through skills in the circus arts. and public speakers and posts them to his blog. He has drawn cartoon It’s a fun and safe learning com- portraits at festivals and wedding receptions. He also provides the munity where girls can make new comic illustrations for his own stand up comedy monologues. He can friends and develop increased self- often be seen at local shows drawing performers and sometimes he confidence through mastery of performs himself or hosts vaudeville shows. skills. Girl Circus camp is a Says Paris, magical circus concoction of fun, “My show is all cartoon illustrations, mostly of musicians and bur- creativity and teamwork. Girl lesque dancers, with a few belly dancers and maybe a few comedians Circus camps are inclusive, pro- or public speakers. Some of my drawings will be of bands I saw at the mote non-competitive athleticism, WOW Hall, including Mt. Eerie and The Shivas.” and girl power! There will be an opening reception on Sunday, June 4, from 5:00 to Girl Circus ensures that every 7:00 pm. student gets the attention they sion goes full-steam all week from key factor of Bass Camp, as well More works are available at isaacparis.com H need from our 12:1 camper 9:30 am until 3:00 pm and ends as a few breaks during the day to ADULT professional teacher/ with a full-blown, rockin’ show, mingle and relax. trainer ratio with all the lights and sound that Class runs from 9:00 am – The Eugene camp runs from would make any rock star proud. 4:00 pm Monday, Wednesday THANK YOU KESEY 9:00 am until noon. Cost is $125. The two “gigs” will be Friday, and Friday and from 9:00 am to The Community Center for the Performing Arts wishes to express To learn more or register please August 4, and Friday, August 18. noon on Tuesday and Thursday. profound thanks to Kesey Enterprises for loan of their security barricade go to http://www.girlcircus.com/ Each camp will also have a sec- The final performance is at the for the sold out Kehlani concert April 28. girl-circus-summer-camps.html ond show at the Saturday Market WOW HALL on Friday, August Thank you, Kesey Enterprises, your help is very much appreciated. H on August 5 and August 19 (3:30- 25, at 7:00 pm; friends and family 10th ANNIVERSARY 5:00 pm). are invited to attend! MUSIC’S EDGE ROCK CAMP Music’s Edge is interested in This class is designed for TWO SESSIONS all skill levels and all instruments. beginners ages 11 plus. A full JULY 31 – AUGUST 4 & AUGUST 14-18 Tim McLaughlin, bandleader of week of Bass Camp is $200. Registration is now open for the acclaimed group Eleven Eyes, Please bring your own head- the Music’s Edge 2017 Summer heads up a pro staff that includes phones and laptop if possible. To Rock Camp at the WOW Hall. Zak Johnson, John Shipe, John register visit: https://recenroll. Director Tim McLaughlin will Raden plus special guests. eugene-or.gov/Activities/Activi- host two different weeklong Music’s Edge features different tiesAdvSearch.asp H

FIND US ONLINE: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/THEWOWHALL WOW HALL NOTES JUNE 2017 5 Venue Booking and Contracts Friday, June 2 | 1:00-2:30 PM | WOW Hall Networking Reception at 2:30 PM Building a presence and navigating the process of getting into a venue can seem daunting. This workshop will help you better under- stand the ins and outs of developing professional relationships, negoti- ating contracts, and booking yourself or your group at venues of all sizes. Hear directly from a panel of local experts from the WOW Hall, HiFi Music Hall, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, and John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts. Following the workshop there will be a no-host reception in the WOW Hall basement. Adult refreshments will be available. Participants of the previous two workshops are invited to attend. Lane Arts Council, in partnership with the City of Eugene Cultural Services Division, University of Oregon School of Music and Dance, and Community Center for the Performing Arts/WOW Hall, are able to offer the Spring Workshop Series for Performing Artists. Lane Arts Council’s professional development workshop series is offered each quarter, but this will be the first series to address relevant, timely topics designed specifically for performing artists. A special thank you to title sponsor Pacific Continental Bank. Cost is $20. To register, visit: lanearts.org/workshops Lane Arts Council is a nonprofit organization that works to cultivate strong and creative arts communities throughout Lane County. They provide high-quality arts experiences, engaging people of all ages in arts education, and encouraging artistic endeavors. H mate provocative tribute to pop- culture tease. SG Blackheart Burlesque performers are highly talented sexy women coming to Eugene as well as worldwide with SUICIDE GIRLS an international tour starting from California and branching BLACKHEART BURLESQUE across oceans. By Cherise Fox-Naranjo behind their photoshoot). Their As it is the group’s M.O., SuicideGirls are bringing the company is a revenue stream for SuicideGirls will be including the sexiest show on the planet to the artists, models, tattooists and audience by encouraging active WOW Hall, hosting Blackheart photographers who display art- participation throughout the Burlesque 2017 on Friday, June works through SG’s website. night. Blackheart Burlesque has 16th. The SuicideGirls are morphing new stripteases with a geeky spin In their online community, social norms, promoting diversity, on the most creative, sexy and all- SuicideGirls receive from thou- and a female’s own choice. The around entertaining performance sands of models millions of pho- touring burlesque show is reach- anywhere. tos for review -- to be recognized ing larger audiences than ever “What some people think in one of the most uniquely beau- before, which means as a whole makes us strange, or weird, or tiful collections of outsider women that they are breaking down social f^@ked up, we think it is what worldwide. Since 2001, norm limitations for classifying makes us beautiful.” is the SG SuicideGirls has celebrated indie the female body. motto; they represent beauty rede- culture and alternative beauty The burlesque will reference fined. around the world. Star Wars, The Legend of Zelda, This show is designed for SuicideGirl’s website highlights A Clockwork Orange, and Fifty adults. Anyone under 18 must be thousands of woman who repre- Shades of Grey in a playful man- accompanied by a parent or legal KLCC App sent one form or another of body ner. Both seated and standing guardian. Download the KLCC modification. The SuicideGirls room tickets are still available. Tickets are $20 standing, $45 App and fuel your (SG) bios’ are available to view Audience members can sit back seated; Meet & Greet tickets are curiosity. Live stream, plus along with their self-image while listening to indie rock $80 standing and $105 seated. stories and shows on demand. empowering creativity through soundtracks and witnessing seduc- VIP Meet & Greet is at 7:00 pm; For iPhone, iPad, Android the female form (including SGs’ tion at its’ finest. doors open at 8:00 and showtime testimony that unveils them SuicideGirls is creating the ulti- is 9:00. H

6 JUNE 2017 WOW HALL NOTES FIND US ONLINE: WWW.WOWHALL.ORG 2016. You can see Ten Miles Wide on tour over the West Coast this summer and at KISW Pain In The Grass 2017 at White River Amphitheatre. Broken Cell has an EP released in 2008 called Tsunami, and since has been working on new, evolved material. Come experience the dynamic sound from groovy to heavy to melodic to emotional, a band that enjoys what they do, write about actual life, and most definitely love to hang with new friends! Band members are Ryan Lane on guitar, Josh Kile on bass, Travis Fox on drums and Joel Ryan on vocals. An emotionally charged live performance makes Black Bell one of Eugene’s many risings stars.

Photo: JaymzK Photography JaymzK Photo: Combining classic, modern and forward, all while staying unique their previous work. progressive influences with pop and avoiding direct imitation. Ten Miles Wide officially sensibilities and a brutal guitar Galvanized by a decade’s worth began in 2015 as a trio (John attack, Black Bell sets itself apart of experiences in their hometown Beckman - vocals & guitars, Ryan as a musical force to be reckoned TENOn Thursday, MILES June 15, the direct the WIDESeattle rock sound into music scene since their late teens, Thornes - bass, Will Andrews - with. CCPA, Phoenix Productions and uncharted territory. Armed with the band members have seen the drums). Longtime friend Jake Band members are Ash Biggs University of Oregon Campus an upbringing of groundbreaking excitement grow since they began Carden (guitars) completed the (vocals/ guitars), Jared Tillford Radio 88.1 FM KWVA proudly music, the band is brimming with as “The Mothership” in 2011. lineup in 2016. The band released (keyboards/ vocals), Mike welcome Ten Miles Wide to the a passion to help resuscitate and Due to changes and personnel in their debut album The Gross Loudenback (lead guitar) and WOW Hall. advance the traditions brought on late 2014, a re-brand was immi- (with songs produced by Jack Jared Knowland (drums). Hailing from a city with a sto- by the city’s musical heroes. The nent, and the band is named after Endino and Derek Moree) to a Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 ried history of groundbreaking goal is to genuinely and naturally The Mothership’s debut album in crowd of more than 500 at at the door. Doors open at 8:00 music, Ten Miles Wide strives to recreate that magic and push it order to maintain connection with Neumos in Seattle on July 16, pm and showtime is 9:00. H

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Marching Band who are most known for their performances at Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, GOODBYE GARTERS and at your Oregon Football tail- On Saturday, June 3, the 2016/2017 edition of the Green and gate. They will be playing a fun University of Oregon Green and Yellow Garter Bands before the mixture of pop, funk, and pep Yellow Garter Bands hold their members go their separate ways. tunes. annual Farewell Performance at the This concert will be high-ener- Hope to see you there! WOW Hall. gy, lots of music, and a great time. Admission is just $5 at the door. With graduation on the horizon, The Green and Yellow Garter Doors open at 6:30 pm and show- this is the last chance to hear the Bands are members of the Oregon time is 7:00. H

FIND US ONLINE: WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/THEWOWHALL WOW HALL NOTES JUNE 2017 7 TICKET OUTLETS WOW HALL BOX OFFICE H H PHONE: (541) 687-2746 JUNE TICKETWEB SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY www.ticketweb.com Memorial Day Qi Gong Frameworks Venue Booking & Green & Yellow U of O TICKET OFFICE Box Office Closed 4:30 – 6:00 PM Tor Contracts Garter Bands U of O Campus - (541) 346-4363 Lapa 1:00-2:30 PM (U. of O. rental) Coalessence 9:00 PM $20 6:30 PM 6:00 – 9:00 PM $12 Advance Reception to follow $5 Door $15 Door Marching Bands CLASSES & WORKSHOPS Electronica EVERY SATURDAY (except 6/10): www.facebook.com/ Frameworksmusicuk/ Dance Empowered with Cynthia Valentine 9:00 - 10:00 am www.tormusic.net/ lapamusic.com/ West African Drum with Fode Sylla 9:45 – 10:45 am (downstairs) 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 West African Dance with Alseny Yansane 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Art Reception for Brokeback Jah 9 Network EVERY SUNDAY: Isaac Paris Fell Runner Mellow Mood Charter School Coalessence: Community Ecstatic Dance 5:00 – 7:00 PM 8:00 pm 7:00 pm Graduation 10:00 am - noon Free $8 Advance $14 advance (rental) Self Defense for the Community 12:15 am - 1:15 PM $10 door $16 door 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM Instrumental Rock Reggae EVERY MONDAY: www.facebook.com/ www.jah9.com/one-sheet/ Dance Empowered with Cynthia Valentine brokebackchicago/ www.facebook.com/ 5:30 - 6:30 pm www.facebook.com/ jah9online EVERY WEDNESDAY: (except 5/31): fellrunnermusic/ www.mellowmoodmusic.com/ Dance Empowered with Cynthia Valentine 5:30 - 6:30 pm 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Volunteer Ten Miles Wide Suicide Girls Jason Webley & Orientation Broken Cell Blackheart Friends UPCOMING 7:00 PM Black Bell Burlesque 8:00 PM 7/4 La Luz 8:00 pm 8:00 PM $12 Advance $10 advance $20 Standing $14 Door 7/11 Matisyahu $12 door $80 Standing with Accordion / 7/21 Ayla Nereo Rock Meet & Greet Vaudeville www.facebook.com/ $45 Seated www.facebook.com/ 7/22 Babes With Axes tenmileswideband/ $105 Seated with jasonwebley/ www.tenmileswideband.com/ 7/28 Trevor Hall Meet & Greet Cabaret 7/30 Led Zepagain 11 12 13 14 15 blackheartburlesque.com/16 17 Moonalice Qi Gong THANKS TO OUR Garcia Birthday 4:30 – 6:00 PM Band MAJOR SUPPORTERS 7:00 pm Coalessence 2Form Architecture • Ambassador Velvety $17 Advance 6:00 – 9:00 PM Bagel Sphere • Cafe Mam $20 Door Catamaran Trading LCC • City of Eugene Psychedelic Rock Custom Engineering Solutions • Deep Sea Delights / A Tribute to Jerry Don Ross Productions • Doug Wilson Sound Emge & Whyte • Eugene Weekly • Falling Sky Garcia www.moonalice.com/band Friends of Trees • Grateful Web • GRRRLZ Rock www.facebook.com/moonalice Guardian Event Security • Gung Ho Productions garciabirthdayband.com/ Herbal Junction • Hop Valley • House of Records • Jerry’s 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 John Bonzer Insurance • KLCC • KRVM • KWVA Coalessence Lane Arts Council • Lane County Cultural Coalition 1:00 – 4:00 PM Law Offices of Lourdes Sanchez Leung Martial Arts Academy • Novax Guitars Off The Waffle • Oregon Arts Commission Oregon Community Foundation • Oregon Country Fair Oregon Cultural Trust • PharmFresh Flowers Pro Sound & Video • RD Olsen Construction Rennie’s Landing • Sam Adato’s Drum Shop Saturday Market • Smartlites • Springfield Creamery Sprout City • Sundance Natural Foods • The Bier Stein • Girl Circus Performance Camp 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Full The Kiva • Taco Bell • TicketWeb • Waldport Realty Co. West African Cultural Arts • Wright Lumber 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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