#924 gilman

[dog-park-dissidents]

h-hewwo is this the pwace that eighty sixed gween day in nineteen ninety thwee uwu

#dog park dissidents #queercore #queer punk #pup play #pup punk #924 gilman

[rustbeltjessie]

April 2: It's official, we own a chunk of wall from 924 Gilman, thanks to @emchy. I am especially tickled by the "Zine of Authenticity" and the "Wall of Death/Death of Wall."

#rust belt jessie #my photos #gifts #924 gilman #ephemera #the punk rocks #literally lol

[hi-eichlers]

NEXT SHOW!!

WHEN: Jan 06, 2022

WHERE: 924 Gilman // Berkeley, CA

WHO: TAMAGOTCHI MASSACRE, Diana Starshine, Dynastic, Eichlers, messyroom*

HOW: tickets here

#hyperpop #bay area #924 gilman #diana starshine #tamagotchi massacre #dynastic #eichlers #pc music #messyroom* #unpop #glitchcore #digicore

[johnnyripped]

#the great annihilator #924 gilman #street art #righteous vandalism #cheer up buttercup #punk aesthetic

[deadbrokerek]

FIFTEEN- "The Choice Of A New Generation" LP 2nd press available now @ http://deadbrokedistro.com 💥😎

Another pressing with some cool new colors of our 2017 Remastered Reissue of this classic East Bay album! Preorders for another batch of Fifteen "Globe" T-Shirts are up as well! (Pressing info: 257 Black, 100 Blue & Red Marble Swirl, 100 Gold vinyl.)

#fifteen #crimpshrine #fifteen band #dead broke rekerds #east bay punk #lookout records #924 gilman #punk #DIY #berkeley #punx

[biglisbonnews]

Decade-old teen band Bullfight to headline the legendary punk club where Green Day gained fame California-based band Bullfight was started by two seven-year-old friends, Patrick Baggett (lead vocals/guitar) and Joaquin Cunningham (drums/percussion), who met in preschool. At the end of the month, ten years and two band members later, they will be headlining 924 Gilman Street. — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/01/18/decade-old-teen-band-bullfight-to-headline-the-legendary-punk-club-where-green-day-gained-fame.html

#Post #924 Gilman #Alameda #Alameda California #Bullfight #california #Green Day #music #San Francisco Bay Area #the kids are alright #Rusty Blazenhoff #Boing Boing

[faeriegothfather]

Lockjaw, The Test Dream, Forced To Suffer, Slime, and A Mourning Star @ 924 Gilman.

#black and white #musicphotography #punk photography #diy #nikon #original photographers #punk #hardcore punk #metalcore #bay area #924 gilman #Bay Area hardcore

[thehappywun]

Yea Ming and the Rumours 2024-01-05 DBR Showcase 924 Gilman St. Berkeley, CA Tracklist after soundchecks for the first few minutes... Oh Sweet Mother [4:05] New songs at [5:17] and [8:33] Thank you's to Dandy Boy and Bobby [11:23] More new songs at [11:42] and [15:00] My Baby Blue [18:40] Back To The Days Of I Don't Knows [22:08] A lot of these songs are unreleased/forthcoming and am looking forward to hearing them once they are out. I am mindful about the sharing unreleased songs without express permission, so let me know if this needs to be embargoed, and I can re-edit this with just the already released tracks, those being "My Baby Blue" from a 2017 single, and "Oh Sweet Mother" plus "Back To The Days..." from 2022's "So, Bird..." all of which are available here: https://yea-ming.bandcamp.com/album/s... Didn't know that Yea-Ming had acted in a few films! https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4826343/ The other videos I've upped this weekend from this showcase have opined substantially about the black-white-green-and-red-wedge flag in the background, so I'll spare you from any further pontificating on this topic.

#yea-ming and the rumours #yea-ming chen #dandy boy #924 gilman #palestine #youtube #live #indie #alt country #Youtube

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

ONE OF THE MOST UNSPEAKABLE LIVE GRIND RECORDINGS EVER COMMITTED TO VINYL.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on the limited edition translucent red vinyl pressing of the "Live At Gilman" 7 inch vinyl release by L.A.-based grindcore band, EXCRUCIATING TERROR. It was recorded at 924 Gilman in Berkeley, CA, on November 9, 1996, and released under the 625 Thrashcore label in 1997.

Not gonna lie, I've heard this once before on YouTube and refuse to listen to it ever again because it pains me so that I'll never be able to own the shit on hard copy. Anyway, this thing tore my head off in mere seconds of its opening, and it's an amazing fucking record of its sub-genre, and its time. Grind freaks!

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3194140655509785297 & discogs.

#EXCRUCIATING TERROR #90s grindcore #Live at Gilman #924 Gilman #Grindcore #90s grind #L.A. grindcore #L.A. grind #EXCRUCIATING TERROR Live at Gilman #Grind #Extreme Music #L.A. Style #90s #1990s #1996 #Golden Age of Grindcore #625 Thrashcore #924 Gilman St. #Vinyl #7inchVinyl #7 inch #7inches #Records #Colored Vinyl #ColoredVinyl #RedVinyl #ExTx #Crustgrind #90s music #1997

[sinceileftyoublog]

Home Is Where Interview: We’re Already Here

Photo by Texas Smith

BY JORDAN MAINZER

“It’s a whale.” That’s how Home Is Where vocalist Brandon MacDonald answered to me, over email, my question, “What’s the story behind the cover art?” referring to the front of their incredible sophomore record the whaler (Wax Bodega). On the surface, given the amount of energy she poured into writing and recording the record--along with performing the songs on a nightly basis--I don’t blame her for the brevity. Dig deeper, and the whaler is riddled with simple verses, or at least direct statements chiding life’s paradoxes. They come sandwiched between comparatively complex verses likening the world to a self-eating organism, an animal or a human devouring its own entrails in an act of desperation. In its 35-minute runtime, the whaler journeys through cultural and sociopolitical history, from 9/11 to the death of Dale Earnhardt (Florida’s 9/11, as MacDonald says). It’s an emo concept record whose concept isn’t that far-fetched: We live in a world where we’re getting used to every day life getting more horrifying.

You can understand why the whaler is a mere reflection of real life for the Palm Coast, Florida quartet. It’s been an emotionally trying few years for MacDonald, who suffered a nervous breakdown in 2021. As the band released their debut album i became birds to critical acclaim, rendering them the unofficial ambassadors of fifth-wave emo, MacDonald transitioned. But as a result of horrific anti-trans legislation passed earlier this year in Florida, both she and guitarist Tilley Komorny, also trans, left the home state they loved in order to protect themselves. With this added context, the emotional outpour of the whaler becomes all the more powerful. MacDonald describes it on opener “skin meadow” as “spilling guts to the gutless;” “Forgive me for giving a shit!” she barks, on a song that contrasts Komorny’s gorgeous, twinkling Midwest emo guitar arpeggios with warbling singing saw, horns, and gang vocals scream-chanting the title. In general, the instrumentation and composition on the whaler thrillingly wavers between emo/hardcore and Americana, sometimes within the same song, emphasizing the band’s influences, and something that’s actually a positive cultural output from this godforsaken country.

The narrator on the whaler--whether that’s MacDonald herself, a character, or a collection of characters--concerns themselves with how we interact with both other individuals and society as a whole. On “lily pad pupils”, the titular whaler kills whales because, simply, it’s what they do. “I am the whaler,” MacDonald repeats as if to give the narrator’s life meaning, over Komorny’s banjo and Dan Pot’s pedal steel. A hangman brings flowers to an execution. Everyone is trying to extract beauty from an ugly situation. On the flipside, the loveless couple at the altar on “yes! yes! a thousand times yes!” are lying to themselves and each other, faking normalcy, getting eaten up by mosquitos as the song transforms from disco beat to hardcore blast, their camouflage wearing off. “9/12″ consists of twinkly piano, a sample of children speaking, and a single line: “And on September 12th, 2001, everyone went back to work.” It recalls the oft-memed picture of George W. Bush reading to a classroom, dumbfounded as he’s being told that planes have crashed into the Twin Towers. Everyone’s numb, and nobody knows how to react or move on. On a smaller scale, the twangy “daytona 500″ illustrates the cyclical aftermath of localized death: “Animal control came to collect last night’s roadkill form the roadside / Where fathers of drunk drivers plant a cross / For their loss when the wreck is hauled off,” MacDonald sings. Her sneer, knotty delivery, and imagery all recall Jeff Mangum, an admitted influence, from fever dreams of fluids and loose teeth to “lips knitted kissin' like pigeons shittin' on windshields.”

If there’s a line on the whaler that acts as the album’s thesis statement, it’s on “whaling for sport”. MacDonald knocks down the idea of a traditional higher being when she sings, “An all-knowing God doesn’t know what it’s like / To not know anything at all.” Twenty three years ago, Isaac Brock sang, “The universe is shaped exactly like the Earth / If you go straight long enough, you’ll end up where you were,” and MacDonald’s pearls of wisdom recall a similar idea. The folks uniquely positioned to comment on our hell-scape are not the usual talking heads--they’re the ones who on “chris farley” watch as a garden grows over a buried body, who on “floral organs” are “spitting teeth into each other's mouths back and forth until we make a smile.” The wheels of their racecars spin and spin, until they lurch into forward motion, even if they crash. the whaler ends on a tape loop, the same as the start of “skin meadow”. We wake up and do it all over again.

In the middle of their tour, MacDonald was nice enough to answer a few questions over email about the whaler, her writing style and mindset, and playing live. Read our exchange below, edited for length and clarity.

Photo credit: Texas Smith (Prairie Creek Productions)

Since I Left You: the whaler imagines a world where every day is 9/11 and we've become numb to tragedy. How close do you think we are to that world in reality?

Brandon MacDonald: Reality is subjective and easily manipulated. I wouldn't recognize it if you pointed it out. We’re already here. We've been here for a long time.

SILY: As sad as it is, some folks become numb to tragedy as a means of self-protection. Would you say that's the case for any of the characters on the record?

BM: I don't see it as self protection, I just see it as what happens after being inflicted with endless tragedy. The characters on the record are all different people, and at the same time, the same person. I don't feel protected by the numbness, just bored and afraid.

SILY: There's some tongue-in-cheek humor on the record, from Florida lore to a song named after Chris Farley. How important is humor to you as a coping mechanism, writing strategy, or both?

BM: My grandmother always says after something rough happens that, “If I didn’t laugh, I’d cry.” That's where some of the funny comes from. It’s hysterical and unnerving.

SILY: Despite the song "9/12", you've posited that 9/11 was the true turning point in our history, a before-and-after type event. Do you feel that way about any other world events or eras, even if not quite as impactful?

BM: When Dale Earnhardt died. That was Florida's 9/11. Praise Dale.

SILY: Were there any newfound musical influences on the record?

BM: Not really. We just stuck to what we like. Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, Joan Of Arc, Hank Williams. things like that.

SILY: Do you pay attention to reviews of your music or what the general public says about it? Has your relationship to the record changed at all since it's come out?

BM: I see some--I don't really think about it too much. The record is complicated for me because the writing happened during a really dark period, but recording it and touring on it has been the most fun I've had. I like that some folks like it.

SILY: The record has such a wide array of instruments on it. How do you adapt these songs to a live performance?

BM: We have very different approaches to playing them live than in the studio. I want the songs live to be intimate and fun. In the studio, I can't help but want to add layers and mess around. Some of the more dense songs are strange to play at first, but folks don’t seem to mind the absence of certain instruments. Maybe we don’t need them at all?

SILY: You recently shared a tribute compilation for I Became Birds. Even if not part of the same "scene," how would you describe the kinship you feel with the bands that were included on there?

BM: I don't really know what the scene is. I just have some friends, and they make good music. I admire all the acts on the comp. We all owe a lot to Heccra for what all of us are doing with music, whether we know it or not. He's the first.

SILY: What's next for Home Is Where?

BM: LP3. DVD copy of Barnyard.

Home Is Where tour dates:

7/13/2023 Nashville, TN Drkmttr 7/14/2023 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade 7/15/2023 Orlando, FL Wills Pub 9/13/2023 Phoenix, AZ The Rebel Lounge 9/14/2023 Santa Ana, CA Constellation Room 9/15/2023 Los Angeles, CA Knitting Factory NoHo 9/16/2023 Berkeley, CA 924 Gilman 9/19/2023 Portland, OR Holocene 9/20/2023 Seattle, WA El Corazón 9/22/2023 Salt Lake City, UT The Beehive 9/23/2023 Colorado Springs, CO Vultures

#interviews #live picks #home is where #Tilley Komorny #wax bodega #heccra #drkmttr #the masquerade #will's pub #the rebel lounge #constellation room #924 gilman #holocene #el corazón #the beehive #vultures #the whaler #texas smith #brandon macdonald #dale earnhardt #i became birds #dan pot #George W. Bush #twin towers #jeff mangum #isaac brock #Prairie Creek Productions #chris farley #bob dylan #the beach boys

[solomxoxo]

FREAKSHOW!!

a queer hyperpop + rap show in berkeley california

dynastic + knock monsterr + solom + _xall + scum boi + baby m3th

may 7, 2023

doors @ 6.30pm

924 gilman st

#924 gilman #hyperpop #rap #digicore #live show #concert #music #dynastic #knock monsterr #solom #_xall #scum boi #baby meth #hyperpunk #digital hardcore #hip hop #berkeley #california #bay area #bay area concert #rap show #queercore #lgbt #transgender #irl music #live music #diy show #diy shows #alt music #indie

[hi-eichlers]

Hi (playing this show on Sunday edition)

if yr in/near Berkeley or Oakland, i would LUVV 2 c u at the gig.

im HYPED af after rocking FEST last weekend, so lets have some fun 💫

#berkeley #hyperska #hyperpop #ska punk #oakland #abraskadabra #omnigone #924 gilman #operation ivy #green day #punk show #ska show

[diydevotee]

#2206 #june 2022 #buzzed lightbeer #924 gilman #berkeley #live music #video #archive #diydevotee #east bay #local band #music #archivist

[greendayauthority]

Green Day at 924 Gilman Street on CBS Mornings

#billie joe armstrong #tre cool #mike dirnt #green day #saviors #saviors era #2024 #interviews #924 gilman street

[covenofthearticulate]

i’m still devastated that the new series isn’t set in san francisco bc listen if they let me write the damn thing i’d open the pilot with a series of match cuts between modern day sf and 18th century new orleans set to green day’s “welcome to paradise”

#unfortunately my green day phase has hit a lull but listen #i know in my BONES daniel would've gone apeshit for the early east bay punk scene #if he got to be human just a few more years i just KNOW that bitch would've been a regular at 924 gilman #i mean i think he still did hunt there as a vampire post-qotd but like. human daniel would've loved it lmfao

[rockinshots]

This is a band pic I took of the all-sister Hardcore Punk Band Maid Of Ace from Hastings, England.

In 2015 I had the honor of going on tour with with them here in California and Arizona. This is from 924 Gilman Street Club show. Pictured left to right is Abbey Charlotte Elliott/Drums, Alison Cara Elliot/Vox & Guitar, Amy Catherine Elliott/Bass & Vox, Anna Coral Elliot/Guitar & Vox. Notice all their initials spell out ACE. These ladies are hard workin' and put on a great show. I highly recommend seeing them play when they come to your town.

#maid of ace #alison elliott #anna elliot #abby elliott #amy elliott #uk punk #allfemaleband #punkrock #punkrockmusic #punkband #punk #hardcore punk #924 gilman street club #ravendivito #rockinshots #ravenzpunkpit #concertphotographer #concertphotography #livemusic #concerts #supportlivemusic #rockandrollphotography #rockandrollphotographer #punkrockphotography #punkrockphotograper