For now, some flicks from the Tommy K Memorial Contest that went down at Anti Gravity Skatepark July 25. Josh Swyers took first (and a grand!) and Jack Beckett got second and Austin O’Brien got third.

Click here for DEW’s entire album from the event.

Born Ugly is coming to LA this August for two art shows and the premiere of Issue #7!

DRAWINGS, PHOTOS, AND DRAWINGS OF PHOTOS
Friday August 6th 7PM
Secret Headquarters
3817 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90026 
Featuring new work by Born Ugly creators James Callahan and Mickael Broth
More info at bornuglymag.com and thesecretheadquarters.com

MANIFEST DOPAMINE
Saturday August 7th 9PM
2HeadedHorse
1770 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90026
Featuring new work by Mickael Broth, James, Callahan, Will Carsola, Ted Newsome, and Jesse Hotchkiss.
Music by Green & Wood, Red Octopus, and Blackleg.
And the premiere of Born Ugly Issue #7.
More info at bornuglymag.com, 2headedhorse.com, and livedaybyday.com

Film tramp Bill Daniel is back in the van and on tour with a new program of recently unearthed 16mm footage.

The details for the Richmond Virginia show are as follows…
Thursday August 12th 7pm at Gallery 5.
Also featuring Bill’s “Texas Punk Pioneers” photos, as well as works by El Kamino and Brad Bacon.
Music by DJ Marty Violence.
$5 at the door. One night only.
More info at billdaniel.net, gallery5arts.org, and bornuglymag.com 

Here is more info on the show…

SONIC ORPHANS is a compilation reel of lost and found clips projected on 16mm; some silent, some that rock. They are all rare and strange celluloid gems, many have been seen by almost no one and have never seen the light of youtube. Most of this footage is truly orphaned film— abandoned, lost, found, and now presented raw without editing. The presentation includes a discussion of “orphan films” as they are called by archivists, and at some venues on tour, a one-night photo exhibit.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_film

Featuring: The Beatles/Avengers/Huns/Boy Problems/Sonic Youth/Tennessee Ernie Ford/Butthole Surfers/Johnny Cash

Here is an unlikely collection of film that exists in an impossibly strange space between entertainment— (music films); and the stupefying bewilderment of Useless Cinema— (which is what I call the clips of silent outtakes, un-contextualized news, lab mistakes, abandoned student films…)

There is a flavor of goofy nostalgia to much of the footage, but the images are also haunting— rock and roll ghosts, still singing, pogoing, sneaking hits on cigarettes, making direct eye contact from 20, 40 years ago.

Each of the films has it’s own story, like if a stray dog at the pound could tell you how he got there. Part of the evening’s presentation is a telling of some of these stories, and a discussion on the relationship between underground music and film cultures.

***1965, Beatles in San Francisco— raw silent news footage I rescued from a closing film lab (eerie silent mop-top photo op, teenagers convulsing with Beatlemania, etc.)

***1977, Silent performance footage of the Avengers and lost takes from a student drama staring Penelope Houston, shot by poet/punk portraitist Pamela Mosher.
www.pamelamosher.com

***1980, Two legendary punk/new wave Austin bands The Huns and Boy Problems filmed live at Rauls Club. Evidence of the fertile crossover between the Film dept at UT and the music scene at Raul’s club.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raul%27s_%28night_club%29

***A couple of 100-footers of mine—Butthole Surfersperformance I shot while touring with them in ‘87 (footage confiscated by the club for on-stage nudity, then inexplicably returned to me months later) and an outdoor Sonic Youth concert shot downtown Houston in ‘86.

***Plus a haunting early Johnny Cash kinoscope, and several other bizarre and unseen curios.

That’s part of the thesis of this show is to present the kind of intimate cinema experience that is based on being there. None of this material is available on video or the internet. One of my motivations is a reaction against the kind of ‘remote viewing’ that has become our primary way of viewing motion picture— on little computers, alone, while multi-tasking…This show is a communal, participatory experience… feeling the responses of the people sitting near you… the smell of dust burning on the projector bulb, like caveman story time around the fire.

At selected shows I’ll be putting up a one-night photo exhibit—photos I shot in the Austin scene ’80-’84 (www.texaspunkpioneers.com), plus some random things from my current 35mm still photo practice (tri-x-noise.com). And at some venues the program will be a double feature including Who is Bozo Texino?

Here is some info on the event..

The past two years people of Williamsburg have started a tradition of Tommy Karafa Skate Day. This is a yearly skate contest to honor our friend and neighbor Tommy Karafa who passed in a tragic car accident two years ago in Williamsburg, VA. This contest is to serve as a remembrance of him, as all profits go toward the Tommy Karafa scholarship fund to help underprivileged youths attend college. His father runs the fund and helps students with paying for the ever rising costs of furthering their education. Last year we had a great turnout of over 150 in attendance, with 30 participants in the contest. This year we hope to double that number by teaming up with Anti-Gravity Skateshop in Newport News, VA to bring the premier contest on the Peninsula. The contest has already gained the attention of some of the sporting enthusiasts, media, and skaters in Virginia, North Carolina, Washington D.C., and Maryland. We aim to both raise money for the fund as well as make it beneficial for our sponsors. The contest held on July 25th will be an all day affair with activities for everyone finishing with the contest in the late afternoon. We are looking for sponsorship from anyone willing to give. Since the contest is a non-profit we need prizes in any for form the winners, as well as any service that your company can provide during the day to make it a great event for everyone. We are looking for advertising help to promote the contest and day itself. Monetary donations are accepted on PayPal at our email: tkskateday@gmail.com. With a donation, your company will be included in all of the advertising for Tommy Karafa Skate Day. Also you will be included on the sponsor list and granted complimentary entry on the day of the event. As stated we want to make this day as beneficial as possible for all who are involved. We look forward to hearing from you for donations or input. Thank You for your time and help in making this day a great time for the community as well as benefiting a good cause.

We’ll have updated info on this event as soon as some details get ironed out.

Tonight in NYC

More info at shutnyc.com

Thursday August 19th:
*The Bike Lot*
Lemuria
Banner Pilot
Black Army Jacket
Dopamines
Interarma
Friday August 20th:
*Mojo’s Philadeli*

Featuring:
Feild Day
Followed by:
*Feild Day at Holly St. Park*
Details TBA

*The Canal Club*

PROPAGANDHI
MUNICIPAL WASTE
Deep Sleep
Savage Brewtality
and Special Guest TBA!!!!
7 pm doors, $20
get tickets here!

Saturday August 21st:
*Fine Foods Market*
700 idlewood Ave .
Richmond, VA 23220
10 A.M.

TIM BARRY

2BNB buses will be providing FREE Rides to and from HADAD’s
from the parking lot of Fine Foods all day long! Make your plan now NOT to drive!!!
Brought to you by Mojo’s Philadeli and 821 Cafe

*HADAD’s Palisades*

1140 Mill Rd.
Richmond, VA 23231
11 A.M.-7 P.M.
Negative Approach
Off Wih Their Heads
Brainworms
The Arrivals
Algernon Cadawallader
The Measure [SA]
NO BS BRASS BAND
Sundails

Sunday August 22nd:
*Gallery 5*
200 W. Marshall St.
richmond, VA 23220
Government Warning
Grabass Charelstons
Cloak/Dagger
Amatuer Party
Mouthbreather

This coming Saturday, July 3rd there’s going to be a killer chili cookoff and show at the Bike Lot here in Richmond Virginia! There are some great bands playing and the Cardinal Sins Bowl, as well as the Bike Lot Big Mini will be open to the public.. So come out and get loose but don’t even think about bringing any fucking fireworks! Seriously!

The details:

Saturday July 3rd
Doors and Chili at 5pm
Show at 7pm
$7 to get in + $3 for a bowl to try the chilis

The Bands:

Coliseum
Burning Love
Battlemaster
The Catalyst

To enter, download the entry form at the Rorschach Records website.