A Dark Night @ the rRed Elephant

Hello

2007-03-09T03:35:00.000-08:00

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A Dark Night: The Amazing TJ

2007-03-06T11:07:00.000-08:00

Really rough sound on this one, but this is not the final edit. Just a teaser for the real thing, which is only a pilot for industry types to convince them that they must give us money...

Joel Spiral

2007-02-24T13:10:00.000-08:00

STAY TUNED>>>

...Waiting...

2007-02-23T01:39:00.000-08:00

Willow B&W

2006-11-22T02:08:00.000-08:00

Willow B&W, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Willow Chang

2006-11-20T14:39:00.000-08:00

Willow Chang 5, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Hey.

Last night was the last show of the year. We will be on break 'til fiuthur notice, January, most likely.

STAY TUNED...

Nov. 19th

2006-11-17T02:20:00.000-08:00

Darks_, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Hey.

Malcognitas will be there.

Citizen Fury is booked as well.

Troy DeRoche will play the flute Native American Style, and his wife Liz will tell a story.

Willow Chang will sing or dance, I'm not sure which yet.

It's going to be a hellatios show, and the last one for a bit, I think. We have to take a break to work on the pilot edititing, then there is all the Holiday hubub. So, come while you still can and lets go nuts. There won't be any "official" filming. It may be January before the show happens again.

ok.

Stay Tuned...

DarkMambo

2006-11-09T22:55:00.000-08:00

DarkMambo, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Greetings...

Ok

The Malcomitas (sp?) are slated for the next show on the 19th. For the sake of the audience I will ask them not to ask me to dance during their performance. Thank me now, or thank me later...

Stay Tuned...

TJ - The Resurrection

2006-11-08T20:33:00.000-08:00

TJ_the_resurrection, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Hey

No show next Sunday, the 12th of Nov. Preemted by film festival.

We'll be back on the 19th.

Stay Tuned...

The Amazing TJ

2006-11-07T00:20:00.000-08:00

The Amazing TJ, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Troy DeRoche will be in from the island of Hawai'i to deliver native American flute music medicine on the 19th of November:

"De Roche is the epitome of pure beauty in sound" Expressing the traditional values and the spiritual nature of Native American people though music is the goal of Native American flautist Troy "Good Medicine" De Roche. An enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation from Heart Butte Montana, Troy is internationally recognized for his original compositions. He was the first Native American composer to be placed under contract by Zomba Music in London England and was selected by Extreme Music' for their World Music Series. His music has been featured in numerous films world wide. His recordings on the Song Stick label have been consistent sellers. Troy plays from the heart without synthesizer or sampling so the true voice of the flute may be heard.

Liz De Roche has been telling stories since childhood. She is also a published writer and a bead artist. Much of her inspiration comes from her Métis heritage. She and Troy are the organizers of the Hilo Inter-Tribal PowWow held each Memorial Day weekend on the Big Island. This is one of the largest free events held on the island of Hawaii where everyone can share in the culture and traditions of Native America.

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I know I told people today that they would be on next weeks show, but I forgot who they were....

I'll keep you posted as my memory allows....

In other news...

I'm putting it out there.....

I need help designing a web stie for the show. Is there anyone in the massive readersip of this blog that would be willing to help me in this project?

Ok...

Stay Tuned...

JEFF GERE

2006-11-06T19:37:00.000-08:00

JEFF GERE, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

We filmed footage for the pilot last night.

Esperitu Libre covered Ooklas spot and did a fine job of it.

I sit on the couch on the stage through the whole show. The latin rhythims were in the hips of Cheryl Bartlet (vocalist for the band) and were moving her very effectively. She turned and caught me appreciating her physical interpretation of the music, then smiled and pointed at me crooking her finger in the come hither manner. I politely declined by shaking my head violently left and right. She wouldn't be denied and persisted as the music played hyptnotically. I again demured by trying to climb behind the couch, but I couldn't break eye contact. Against my will I ceased climbing over the couch and found myself drawn to her. She took my hands and gave instructions and I did my best to follow. I was terrified, close to mortified. but I moved. I think the crowd cheered. I don't remember. I was having a near death experience. She was kind when she saw my terror and told me to spin her so the pressure was off my lack of rhythm.

Yep. We had to be filming last night.

Next weeks line up coming up...

Stay Tuned...

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(hold please......)

Remember Remember the 5th of November...

2006-11-02T23:37:00.000-08:00

Dark 23, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Hello Earthlings

There will be a show this coming Sunday. The thing starts up again after a three week hiatus.

Ooklah The Moc will not be performing this Sunday.

Neither will Pink Floyd.

Brittney won't be here either.

Ooklah had a scheduling problem.

Pink Floyd and Brittney won't be here for other reasons I won't get into.

We're Filming this week.

Jennifer Perry will be performing. I saw her perform at the Hawaii Theatre last Sunday with Jake Shimabukuro for the world premier of Hula Girls (go to the movie, and bring a hanky).

The Amazing TJ will give his last Dark Night performance before he jets outa here to points beyond.

Waiting for a confirmation from story teller icon, Jeff Gere.

Joel Spire. Call me. Find Seph One please and drag him down here. I called Aloe, awaiting a return.

Malawaina and her melifluous melodies merge into the menagerie.

Other Stuff.

Amy the... that curly haired girl said she'd be there. I asked her what she was gonna do. She wouldn't tell me.

Grock on Steven Rosenthals latest show poster above. Steven, please give us your PayPal account #, because people should be throwing money at you for doing what you do.

Ok

Stay Tuned...

Hi

2006-10-27T23:25:00.000-07:00

v, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

No news. Wierd picture.

November 5th: A Dark Night Returns...

2006-10-27T23:23:00.000-07:00

Trunk 4, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Hey.

Working on the lineup for the Nov. 5th show.

'Til then, here is an odd picture.

Stay Tuned...

Taking a Break

2006-10-19T23:19:00.000-07:00

Red Car, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Ok.

So, The earthquake took out one show, and the week after next the rRed Elephant has another event booked. So, we decided to skip the upcoming Sunday and return fresh for the taping of the pilot on Nov. 5th.

Just got off the phone with Jimbo, and I'm waiting final confirmation that Ooklah the Moc will be performing that night.

Stay Tuned for updates.

Oct. 15th 2006

2006-10-17T04:33:00.000-07:00

Oct. 15th 2006, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Hello.

So, there was an earthquake on Sunday. We were supposed to film the pilot of the show last night. It didn't happen.

I was shaken from a dream @ seven am by this world. I got up, went to the living room. Jason was on the couch from a gathering the night before. It woke him up too. He said that was the biggest eathquake he'd ever felt, then pulled the blanket back over his head. I'm California trained in eathquake survival. I grabbed my laptop from the glass table in the kitchen, my cell phone, and my camera , and took them back to bed.

And here is where the survival story of the Great Quake of '06 begins.

The power had been knocked out. Due to the outage my land line would not ring and I was forced to sleep soundly for several hours after the shocking events of the morning. Upon awakening I was faced with the undeniable reality of having no wireless internet service. I was cut off from the outside world. Except for my cell phone, and it only had four bars of charge left, barely enough to get me through the next day and a half. What was the damage? How many had died? Where was the epicenter? Was there a Tsunami after? How much toilet paper is in the house?

With these questions languidly osciliating through my un caffienated head I dialed Carson in Chicago.

"Hey Boo"
Good morning. We had an eathquake.
"I heard something about that. Is everything ok?"

I was hoping she could tell me. I told her that I was ok, and the house was fine ( though I think I did hear a beer bottle fall, and it might have had some backwash that spilled somewhere, but I didn't want to worry her with speculation when uncertainty was so high). She had to go and promised to call later .

I called Maddog in LA. He was just trying to get to sleep. It was about 2pm LA time. At a party the night before, someone had stolen his bag, which had his cell in it as well as the key to the Club on his steering wheel. He had just returned from securing an emergency replacement phone and hacksawing the Club off of his car. To lose both phone and wheels in Los Angeles is enough to crush the spirit of any Angelino, but Maddog rallied and overcame the obsticles, and still retained the energy to look for earthquake damage reports for his friend. He wasn't impressed with the results. Nor was I.

No deaths, not much damage, No tsunami.

TJ and Nick and I left for the rRed Elephant earlier than usual to help prep the studio for the filming. We managed to make the journey from Waimanalo to ChinaTown without the aid of traffic signals. We were left to our own judgement to decide when to cross an intersection. It was harrowing, yet, at the heart of the anxiety of being personally responsible swelled an undertone of empowerment.

Almost all the radio stations were simulcasting the same broadcast. Though the material infrastructure was spared, the illusion of diversity in mainstream media was shattered by the earth itself. One company, seven radio stations of varied demographics. A media gill net for consumers. Indra's doppleganger revealed.

This realization was not new for me, but sitting in the car at unregulated intersections and pushing the various presets of the car sterio only to find the same unmasked media monster stuttering with one uninspired rhetoric: it was almost too much for me. I thought of all those people out there, that listened to Power 106, or Island 98 or any other of Cox Communications tentacles. They were now going to have to listen to the speach patterns of air personalities that did not fit their specific stations demographic. Oh the humanity.

At the Elephant sat a handfull of regulars and a few I didn't recognise having ice coffees. Joey tells me that we won't be taping tonight, even if the power comes on.

But the show must go on. It keeps ringing in my head. The show must go on. A block party. yes. We'll have an all acoustic Dark Night @ the rRed Elephant. On a dark night. I went to the China Town precinct to inquire about the idea of a spontaneous block party on Bethel St. The police didn't like the idea. They seemed to think that it would be OK if we did it in the garage of the Marks Building., as long as it was ok with the owners. But really they thought people should just stay at home and wait for the power to come back on.

My cell phone had power, but the lines were overloaded with Hawai'i/Mainland are-you-ok phone traffic. I couldn't contact people very well. Amy fired up her camera and documented my attempt to rally the denizens of China Town to party in one particular spot on this particular evening. We had little to offer. I said that we would get Hibatchis for coffee and Tiki torches for stage lights.

But we didn't do that. When the ice coffee ran out and the ice cream was no longer frozen, Joey pulled the plug on the acoustic idea. Oh the dairy.

Amy had called Robin to come down from the North Shore to help document this block party. Now the Elephant was locked and we were hungry. And we couldn't get through to Robin.

So we abandoned the scene and converged at Amy's place near Monsarat, we foud a line extending from a darkened L&L . They were serving yesterdays beef curry, no rice, no mac salad. The curry ran out when I was three away from the counter. Two doors down there was a line streaming out of Diamond Head Pantry. Actually the line was inside the store. No light. The counter was run with a calculator and a flashlight. The people shopped by the light of their cell phones, and on the honor system. I decided to conserve my cell power and just grabbed the first bottle of wine that I could find. Then someone pointed me to the cheap wine and I grabbed two. and some protene bars. and some chocolate.

With the sun setting soon, we dicided that it would be best to find shelter from the inordinant amount of starlight radiating from an undiluted sky. Back at the Hale, neighbors rallied to our aid and found board shorts for us to use in the apartment pool. The good will I experienced from total strangers humbled me. I pulled out my stash of wine and showed them the bargain price, then told them where they could go get some of their own.

Power came back on after 10:00pm. Then went back off an hour later. It was spotty, but at last, the stars began to retreat. Amy finally reached Robin. He rallied and came with a friend to the site of the proposed block party. They were the only ones there.

I called Jonathan. He was at the Kauai airport catching a plane back, and would open up Ong King. He said two dudes from Ozomotli were in town and stopping by.

So TJ and I left Nick in the car to rest from the days events, while we went up to see the Ozo dudes at Ong King. Ten people tops in the joint. Johnathan on traps, Uly on guitar, and Shep on bass. I read a couple of peices and ranted on another. A dude on Sax whose name I don't know. So much fun on such a tragic day. There was another poet that was moved to walk on those grooves. Angry written rants on THEM, those people that don't get it, Don't get it like HE gets it.

So much more than all that took place within my perceptive field. Some of what I wrote may not have.

Stay Tuned...

Yes, so there was no show this last Sunday due to Earthquake related events.

I think there is another event preempting us next week as well. See you in two weeks...

No, See you on November 5th. No show for the next two Sundays. Ok.

Amy The Barista

2006-10-14T15:53:00.000-07:00

Amy The Barista, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

This week Amy and I deviate from the script for a change and do something completely spontaneous.

STAY TUNED...

Jerome & The Band That Would Not Be Named

2006-10-13T16:09:00.000-07:00

0, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Warm up last week.

When is Haloween?

2006-10-13T16:06:00.000-07:00

IMG_7277, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Line up for October 15th 2006

2006-10-11T02:07:00.000-07:00

Photo 45, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Hello

The cameras will be in the house this coming Sunday. If you find yourself in the audience this Sunday, be advised.

I have a call in to Kim Coco Iwamoto. Awaiting a return call.

Jeff Gere will be back this week and he won't be coming alone. In tow will be Less Adam ( on piano) , as well as several story tellers in town to participate in the Talk Story Festival @ McCoy Pavilion this weekend.

The Amazing TJ will Juggle and/or balance things on his face.

Kamuela Kahoano and Green Light Go will throw down some tunes for the room to dig on.

The Joel Show is on deck for another improvisational foray into whatever.

The Girillas say they are coming down to perform and promote their show next week (TBA)

Brian Von Ahsen will return with a band this time. Hope you like it loud and clear.

Niel, AKA Redd Starr, may be cajoled into spittin some syllables at some point.

Ok

STAY TUNED...

Uh...

2006-10-09T05:57:00.000-07:00

Uh..., originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Kaptain Chaos

2006-10-09T05:56:00.000-07:00

Kaptain Chaos, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Joel, Aloe, Seph One - Freestyle

2006-10-09T05:44:00.001-07:00

Joel, Aloe, Seph One - Freestyle, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Joel, Aloe, Seph One - Freestyle

2006-10-09T05:44:00.000-07:00

Joel, Aloe, Seph One - Freestyle, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Nine people playing nicely.

Tiare and Jerome

2006-10-09T05:43:00.000-07:00

Tiare and Jerome, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Tiare and Jerome James. Oct. 8th

Carol

2006-10-09T05:42:00.000-07:00

Carol, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

We're high on spraypaint

2006-10-09T05:41:00.000-07:00

We're high on spraypaint, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Pre-show activities

Stay Tuned...

2006-10-08T03:05:00.000-07:00

Photo 133, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

MEU and the Soap Venus

2006-10-07T16:38:00.000-07:00

MEU and the Soap Venus, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Oktober 8th, 2006

2006-10-07T15:57:00.000-07:00

October 1 Audience, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Hi there.

Ok, here is a list of possible scenarios for the Okt. 8th show:

(in no particular order)

Ruthe Shiroma sits at the piano this week and introduces the Dark Night audience to her vocal chords. Rumors are circulating that Ruth will be accompanied by Norm Foster (of the Honolulu Symphony) on clarinet.

Jerome James will leave his drums at home and join us on stage with a computer and two vocalists. It's his 30th birthday, he can do what he wants.

I might talk to an artist from France.

Jason Silverstein said he would be there. Were going to share perspectives on stuff. Culture, Drugs, Social Isssues, or none of the above.

Joel will be there. He has a new music video that he shot last week. We, however, haven't the means to share that with you.

Seph One promised to resist becoming enthralled by the compelling mystery of life just long enough to complete his journey to the stage tomorrow. Well, I didn't actually make him promise. I probably should have. Instead of trying to bind Seph One to his words, I opted for the guilt trip (how can you deny such a nice audience your presense? Think of the children...) Well see if it worked tomorrow.

Jeff Gere is gearing up for the annual Talk Story Festival. He will be dropping in to talk about that, and maybe bring a guest story teller.

Amy was supposed to think of something funny to do.

Stay Tuned....

Jessie and Brian

2006-10-04T01:41:00.000-07:00

Jessie and Brian, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Jessie and Brian From X-factor...

Analou

2006-10-02T07:15:00.000-07:00

Analou, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Excellent show this week, as usual.. Wait, it can't have been excellent and usual. The show generally is excellent, if compared to...

Well, it's hard to compare the show, really, to anything else.

I liked it. Other people said they liked it. So there. You missed it. Elepani was kind enough to record the audio, and Robin filmed it in the documentary style (sans tripod).

More later...

STAY TUNED...

James McCarthy

2006-10-02T06:35:00.000-07:00

James McCarthy, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Doolin Rakes

2006-10-02T06:33:00.000-07:00

Doolin Rakes, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Kai: 9-24-06

2006-10-02T05:24:00.000-07:00

Kai: 9-24-06, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Steven Rosenthal Photo

Sunday, Oct. 1st, 2006 @7:30pm (sharp)

2006-10-01T02:18:00.000-07:00

Anna, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Hello peoples.

I set this here blog up to make upcoming events known to those who care about those things.

Dueling Rakes on the stage tomorrow (Oct 1st). -James McCarthy and company get celtic and otherwise in agreeable ways.

Michael Hamilton on T'ai C'hi. What it is, how it's done, and how to spell it.

Lizzie (last name to be announced) gives us a taste of he upcoming one woman show.

Nathan Wheeler talks about how to get involved in social issues in effective ways, among other stuff.

Rumored visit of Seph One.

Joel Spire does it like he does and has been doing as long as I've known him.

Amy the Barista will enter for banter before the break. Her entrance is a mystery this week as always; A strut? A saunter? a particular stride yet undiscovered?

STAY TUNED...

rRed1

2006-09-26T14:26:00.000-07:00

rRed1, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Joel Spire poster

2006-09-26T14:25:00.000-07:00

Joel Spire poster, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

IMG_0734

2006-09-25T19:53:00.000-07:00

IMG_0734, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Hester Kamin

IMG_0736

2006-09-25T19:51:00.000-07:00

IMG_0736, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.

Hester Kamin

Pstr7

2006-09-25T19:49:00.000-07:00

Pstr7, originally uploaded by Dark Sevier.