[FlyingBrickAnnouncements] Flyingbrickvolunteers Digest, Vol 403, Issue 1

[Nathan Stickel]

Jan. 9th is the day of action across the state for the VPA, so take that
into account.

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 5:53 PM, <chuje2 at vcu.edu> wrote:

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> So Max from Birthquake records is coming to richmond on January 9th with
> his band Wood Spider and a travelling art show. Awesome right? Lets save
> the date, here's his message:
>
> .................
>
> Hey there again, Jordan!  It's Maxwell again.  I hear the Thorn & Shout
> show the other week went really well, so thanks again!  Wish I could've
> been there.
>
> Well anyway, the reason I'm getting in touch is because my band, Wood
> Spider, is going on tour, and we were hoping to get another show at the
> Brick!  We actually played there once before last winter, although we were
> playing as a severely impeded version of ourselves, without our bassist or
> cellist (and we generally regarded it as our worst performance of the tour
> haha).  This time we'll have our full six-piece band, and we'd love to show
> y'all what a real Wood Spider show is like (much better).
>
> *Wood Spider plays eclectic acoustic music resembling freak folk, folk
> punk, post rock or ragtime, depending on our mood.  Between the six of us,
> we play accordion, cello, plectrum banjo, acoustic guitar, ukulele,
> glockenspiel, upright bass, singing saw, washboard, cigar-box fiddle, and
> percussion.  We all sing!  Maybe you’d like us if you like Blackbird Raum,
> Thee Silver Mt. Zion, or Man Man.
> http://woodspider.bandcamp.com
> http://facebook.com/woodspider
> And here's some videos of us playing at recent shows:
> http://youtu.be/h3O5XE9QTnQ
> http://youtu.be/IMW5lBe01xg
>
> We’re traveling with a gallery of artwork and literature, aiming to to
> transform whatever space we perform into a multimedia experience, bringing
> visual arts and literature to an audience that may not otherwise seek it
> out (all we need is some wall and table space to set it up).  We hope to
> help to facilitate DIY artist collaboration, and foster a community of
> artists who would rather collaborate with other artists as opposed to
> faceless middlemen and businessmen.
>
> We're hoping to have the show on Wednesday, January 9th! Would that date
> work for y'all?
> *
> ..........................
>
> I have some ideas involving having local richmond artists bringing some
> work, setting up a gallery, and having a few bands. We can talk about it
> more at the next meeting.
>
> Jordan
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-- 
Always with Solidarity

Nathan
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