tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-84865917112620472142024-03-13T10:40:15.012-05:00Ulysses' CrewmenBen Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-91418231749389437002010-10-12T14:39:00.000-05:002010-10-12T14:39:30.553-05:00Back to Milwaukee!Coming back to Milwaukee to perform at UWM thanks to Anti-Authoritarians Anonymous.
Sat Nov 13th, Milwaukee, WI
UW-Milwaukee, Union, Rm 280, 8PM
We're going to try and book a few shows between here and there. We've covered this ground a couple times, so it's kind of difficult finding somewhere new to play. Who knows anyone in Indiana?Ben Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-20216831284962373772010-08-09T10:20:00.004-05:002010-08-09T11:25:12.732-05:00Economic Report: The WestHey! We're home! This tour went pretty damn well. We ordered new shirts to start things off, then we went up to Toronto for the People's Summit, which was well worth going to, and performing there almost paid back our travel costs. Then we drove to Wisconsin, met up with Peter, got in his van, the USS Gerald Holiday, and hit the road for weeks, and THEN we drove to Buffalo to play the Ben Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-37615382019784011052010-08-09T09:52:00.005-05:002010-08-09T10:10:38.775-05:00Show 104: G20 Fundraiser / homecoming, Columbus, OHTURNOUT: 40 MONEYS: $105 all going to Toronto G20 Arrestees. You should donate more!INJURIES: unscathed!STORIES: This was a great homecoming show. A nice big turnout, fucking awesome music from Realicide and Ryan Jewel, the awarehouse is an amazing space, it really makes me feel good to be home. It was also a pretty decent fundraiser. I wish we'd earned a bit more, but times are tight, i guess. Ben Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-75333366254041100922010-08-02T15:50:00.004-05:002010-08-02T16:37:14.785-05:00Show 101-103: Buffalo Infringement FestivalThe first theatre festival we performed where we didn't lose hundreds of dollars!! After 3 weeks of touring to the west coast and back we dropped Peter off in Milwaukee (or he dropped us off at our car, actually) and headed to Buffalo for three days of DIY theatre goodness. First, we stopped at my mom's house where I made the grave error of jumping in a nearby lake, invoking a terrible allergic Ben Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-62505362415274113132010-07-29T22:23:00.003-05:002010-08-05T22:57:17.561-05:00Show 100: Madison, Faux-OpIn place of a pic from Madison, cuz the camera battery ran out, here's some from the No Show in Fargo.TURNOUT: 10MONEYS: 75INJURIES: NoneSTORIES: Nice show in Madison. Theatre people turned out for this one. I got someone some water while they waited for the show to begin. This, all in all, was quite the solid last show. Fuzzy feeling and all. An aww show. Folks were great, both Pete's and our Kate Pleusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909273487941570445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-39427497582652077422010-07-28T22:06:00.002-05:002010-08-05T22:45:44.275-05:00Show 99: Minneapolis, MedusaTURNOUT: 17MONEYS: 62INJURIES: Unscathed!STORIES: I've always wanted to play this place and now we've done it. Was a little disappointed by the organization but whatever, we heard some music, did the show and then got to hear some more music. There were also a lot of girls in dresses-- that always freaks me out. Got to stay with Brice of Ice Volt which was great and much much much Kate Pleusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909273487941570445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-14886956867983847082010-07-27T15:05:00.007-05:002010-07-27T20:45:54.152-05:00Show 98: The Pangea House, Minot, North DakotaTURNOUT: 12MONEYS: $50INJURIES: I fell on my head. Normally, I'm supposed to fall on one knee, then my butt, then my shoulder, but instead, for some reason i can't remember, this time my head went directly to the floor. Hard. Hard enough that i saw stars.STORIES: Why not Minot? Probably because everyone assumes that a little town in the middle of North Dakota is a dumb place to try and make an Ben Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-78233661167013043902010-07-27T14:48:00.003-05:002010-07-27T20:45:00.051-05:00Show 97: Billings, MT, Pat's PlaceTURNOUT: 12MONEYS: $70INJURIES: Cranial Drill smashed his knuckle bloody during his set, but we got out unscathed, in spite of starting the show with being thrown down blindfolded with hands tied behind my back onto a few cement steps in the doorway. That's right, I'm nimble!STORIES: Drove straight to Billings from Seattle, 13 hours for a 5:00 start time. Peter and Kate did all the driving, and IBen Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-41445950091899205902010-07-27T14:03:00.005-05:002010-07-27T14:25:04.764-05:00Show 96: Seattle, Teatro de la PsychomachiaTURNOUT: 12MONEYS:$61 + $17 merchINJURIES: My kneecaps, the caps of the knees as the caps of soda bottles, has been spurred.STORIES: (This was dictated while I was tired and driving, but not too tired to drive, as, I was driving successfully, not that that should be used as the measure of what's alright.)We played next to a strip club. The line up was showgirls, dream girls, columbia fire Kate Pleusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909273487941570445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-56412357578556631742010-07-27T14:01:00.000-05:002010-07-27T14:48:57.146-05:00Show 95: Olympia, Stump HouseTURNOUT: 7MONEYS: $55 +$5 merchINJURIES: Unscathed!STORIES: Stump house has cats! Two matching black cats that'll lick and lick and lick your fingertips! I was terribly exhausted and kind of sucking the mop before the show for some reason. Layed on the couch trying to sleep through high-volume sound checks. Once the show started I was feeling better, mainly because the local music was awesome. Ben Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-28725586536406161802010-07-27T14:00:00.000-05:002010-07-27T14:41:52.533-05:00Show 94: Portland, at 1486 GarfeildTURNOUT: 21 MONEYS: $50INJURIES: I felt like there were bugs crawling all over me all day. I kinda still do. What the fuck?STORIES: Great show! A little bit of everything, good music, real discussion, good times hangin out. Seems like a good mix of people came out for the show, noise folks and anarchists, even some who're into theatre. I don't have much more to say about the show. It was good andBen Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-67785465021116704912010-07-27T13:51:00.005-05:002010-07-27T14:02:17.024-05:00Show 93:Eugene, at The Jazz StationTURNOUT: 13MONEYS: $42INJURIES: I pinched Ben's armpit, visciously. (Ben wrote that)STORIES: We got to the venue somewhat worn out from spending the earlier part of the day in the mountains, hiking around in the river. Chefkirk played with us which was nice. Pete played his quiet set for a nice audience whom he was familiar with from previous shows in Eugene. I felt somewhat dirty during the showKate Pleusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909273487941570445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-5360535358470114172010-07-22T04:09:00.002-05:002010-07-22T04:16:16.337-05:00NATURE DAY! Oregon!We forgot to bring the camera! Uncle Dan took us out to hike around a creek and climb a mountain near Eugene. It was a really good time.Picture us in your minds eye... we're frolicing in a cold mountain stream... we're sitting on the edge of a small waterfall... we're trudging up a thin mountain trail, accompanied by a half-black lab half-rottweiller named "Bubba"... we've reached the top of the Ben Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-24888021253934027302010-07-22T04:05:00.002-05:002010-07-22T04:09:15.121-05:00Show 92: Sacramento, CA The HubTURNOUT: 12 MONEYs: $40INJURIES: Kate pulled me up by my fingers, which sorta hurt.STORIES: Best California show of the tour! Tons of kick ass bands! Lots of fun. The performance felt a little lacking, maybe because the venue was hot little room and there was a really loud fan, when combined with the ear-ringing from the loud noise music, made things a bit hard to hear.Peter was back on the Ben Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-48490682781305603212010-07-21T19:17:00.004-05:002010-07-22T04:04:52.472-05:00Show 91: Oakland CA, The CurchTURNOUT: Questionable. If you go by the money, 5 people. If you go by the people, 15 or more. MONEYs: 25INJURIES: Ah, none, there was carpet.STORIES: So we went from playing a house called women to playing a church actually filled with women. I've had the experience when gathering information for the Intentional Community of looking at different cities' statistics, like what is the average age ofKate Pleusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909273487941570445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-10731077103492669302010-07-21T19:16:00.000-05:002010-07-22T04:01:39.638-05:00Show 90: L.A. at WomenTURNOUT: 15MONEYS: $15. merch $9INJURIES: That spot where Kate slaps my head at that one part, it's starting to kind of break out in acne. Also my hair is getting too long and needs shaving. In other words my personal appearance is suffering some injuries.STORIES: This place was punk rock. That's about all I want to say here about that.On a positive note: a couple radicals with some who just Ben Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-88520218103294077332010-07-21T19:15:00.001-05:002010-07-22T03:59:18.166-05:00Show 89: L.A. at Echo CurioTURNOUT: 6 in the beginning about 3 at the end.SMELL: Fairly fresh. Smelled mildly of lavender.BENCH PRESS: About two hundred. Not bad for such a scrawny place. MONEYS: 20INJURIES: It hurts, it hurts, oh god it hurts in my soul. (This is ben being slightly overdramatic)STORIES: There were two skirted and pantsed people who walked into the space right before we were about to start which made me Kate Pleusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909273487941570445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-64868994616666106232010-07-15T13:00:00.004-05:002010-07-22T03:56:41.868-05:00Show 88: Phoenix AZTURNOUT: 9MONEYS:INJURIES: Unscathed!STORIES: There was some press coverage for this show at the Trunk Space so some theatre folks decided to come out. Which was nice as it turned out to be a great performance, thankfully. This space was the hottest yet. It's amazing how fast the human body can generate sweat. I love it, it makes me feel like a seal just gliding through the performance like Kate Pleusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909273487941570445noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-84521324126650634492010-07-14T17:16:00.011-05:002010-07-15T12:50:49.278-05:00Show 87: Bisbee AZ, Sully's Old Town CafeTURNOUT: 9MONEYS: 71 + 46 in merchINJURIES: Someone's ears. Cops were called during Pete's booming set. Nothing happened. Brian who owned the place was very excited about wasting the cops time.STORIES: Bisbee is a small mountain town in Arizona that houses the happiest man ever, one noise dude and a few old men with facial tattoos. This town is great. The noise guy who'd contacted Peter about Kate Pleusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909273487941570445noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-54150174161516470372010-07-14T17:04:00.006-05:002010-07-15T12:50:15.227-05:00NATURE DAY!!!HOLY SHIT! Check out this goddamn NATURE! Here's Peter pointing at a peak we're gonna climb! WOW!Here we are on top of that peak! In our undies (or not) and VICTORIOUS!This is where we gave up on following the hidden canyon to the beating heart of Zion. The terrible green rope rock thwarted our efforts.HOLY FUCK LOOK AT THAT SANDSTONE!NATURE WITH STEPS BUILT IN!!We just took a dip in a hot springBen Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-58890495558806052662010-07-14T17:00:00.000-05:002010-07-14T17:14:29.112-05:00Show 86: Prescott AZ, Catalyst InfoshopTURNOUT: 15MONEYS: $56 + $10 merchINJURY: I will not cease to hit Ben in the head with the gun, on the other hand, he does not cease turning his head the wrong way right into the gun. Also, someone gave Ben a noogie at the end of the show.STORIES: So, we pulled into catalyst infoshop, dropping Nicole off, and met some very friendly folks. This trait seemed to persit throughout the night. I alwaysKate Pleusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909273487941570445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-40614963803610702332010-07-14T16:59:00.003-05:002010-07-15T12:55:26.287-05:00Show 85: Salt Lake CityTURNOUT: 36MONEYS: $72 + $40 fundraiser CDs + $36 merchINJURIES: Kate can't seem to stop hitting me in the head on this tour. STORIES: Very adventurous drive. Just outside Salt Lake City there were signs warning of a three hour traffic delay telling us to take "an alternate route" without clear suggestion of exactly what alternate route. So we just got off the interstate and proceeded to get Ben Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-87755518559377871602010-07-14T16:55:00.004-05:002010-07-15T12:58:07.069-05:00Show 84: Denver, The BlastomatTURNOUT: 5MONEYS: $20, +$10 merchINJURIES: Kate's loose pants led to a loose gun, which led to repetitive elbow bruising. Time to punch a new hole in her pants. STORIES: We were in the right place at the wrong time or the wrong place at the right time. Basically, there was a "lady-centric" experimental music and art festival accross town called Tit Wrench. We started booking tour too late to getBen Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-86813738259447294142010-07-14T16:44:00.005-05:002010-07-14T16:58:28.283-05:00Lincon, NE at Cultiva CafeHere are two pics from Nebraska, the top one is slightly more interesting.TURNOUT: 23MONEYS: 98INJURIES: Ben reeled his head back hitting my chin leaving it all novacainy feeling. Also, I scratched Ben's head in one part by acciddent leaving two red streaks. Another also, the metal clasp holding up Ulysses' pants was torn asunder and needs mending.STORIES: Our first Cafe show of the tour. Shane Kate Pleusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10909273487941570445noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8486591711262047214.post-22267985477518001822010-07-08T19:36:00.000-05:002010-07-14T16:55:20.915-05:00SHOW REPORT 82: PS1, Iowa City. TURNOUT: 12MONEYS: $16 door, $9 merchINJURIES: Kate found a dying cockroach in the hallway, thought it was a junebug, felt compassion for it, attempted to recessitate it with small droplets of water, which it heartily drank, stood up and became more lively until her efforts were foiled by the janitor who swept the dying thing up and threw it away while she was elsewhere.STORIES: A slightly Ben Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04838599516482103220noreply@blogger.com1