Seattle Subsonic

It’s a Dead Man’s Party!

October 13th, 2008

For Seattle, Halloween seems to be a grown-up holiday. Other places I’ve lived really focus on the kiddies and the trick-or-treating, hay rides and pumpkin carving competitions an’ all that. Here its all about the party, and for me, personally, I feel it’s better than Christmas. MUCH better. I mean, on Halloween you get to dress up any way you want, not in that stupid hand-me-down suit from your weird cousin, you always get candy and chocolate as gifts, not friggen socks, and pulling pranks is expected, not frowned upon like when you light a hymnal on fire in the church bathroom, and being evil.. well, for ONE day, that’s a good thing. Now it’s been a while since Halloween has landed on a proper weekend. We always seem to be scratching our heads trying to figure out if we should throw down the weekend before or the weekend after. And you can just FORGET about getting all bloodied up for a Tuesday night..eh? Well, this year the the Holy Hallow’s Eve hits on a Friday and the freaks are gunna come out – in droves. Seems like any bar/venue/porch with 5 square feet of stage is hosting an all-star event. I’ve got a quick run-down of some of the best (public) goings ons. Listed in no particular order.. except the first one… which I’d say is about the coolest idea ever.
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Zombie Prom @ King Cat Theater

This Halloween night the dead will rise again. Reborn are all those insecurities from High School, but this time the way to overcome them is simple, just chop off the head! Zombie Prom has got to be the greatest theme party idea of all time. It’s the quintessential “Dead Man’s Party”.  Zombies and the living dead dance shake their bones to tons of live local music. Other over the top offerings of Zombie Prom are horror movie visuals, Zenzi Girls Burlesque, trippy paper mache mushrooms and crazy robots!! Seriously, they’re crazy.
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There are also 100 limited VIP tix for Zombie Prom ‘08. VIP’s will have the luxury of *backstage passes *FREE BEER *door prizes *Special VIP Zenzi Girls Burlesque Show.. sexy.
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Line-up for the night includes:
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Panda Conspiracy (CD Release!)
The Staxx Brothers
Lucky Brown (of German funk label Tramp Records fame + CD Release)
C-Leb & A-Bro (One of Seattle Subsonic Favorites-+CD Release!)

21+ event with ID,
Doors Open at 8 p.m.
$15/Advance $20/Gate $25/VIP
8:00 PM

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Sonics @ Paramount

What better a band to kicjk the teeth outta Halloween than The Sonics. I mean one of their all-time hits is “The Witch”. This is Seattle’s original garage band… Well, they’re from Tacoma really but frig, did they teach us a bit about making real music. I had heard this show sold out right away, but when I checked earlier today (10-13), there were still tix left on the floor in the back of the room. Grab them here… or better yet, head to the box office.
8:00, $60 (after ticketbastard’s done with ya) $45 at the box office.
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If you don’t know the Sonics yet.. please just visit here for a listen

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Skylark Cafe – COME AS YOU AREN’T

2nd Annual Halloween Battle Of The Bands!
Confirmed acts vying for the Golden Cowbell: M. BISON, supergroup H IS FOR HUNGRY DANIELLI, APPLE WAR, WE WROTE THE BOOK ON CONNECTORS, MAN ROCKWELL, TROMBONE CAKE, BONE CAVE BALLET, KINGS OF OUTLAW COUNTRY. All bands will be disguised as other bands, playing three songs each.
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Triple Door – OZ VEGAS!

w/ BILLY JOE HUELS of THE DUSTY 45s
We’re not in Can-Kansas anymore!!
The Can Can Presents is back with their star-studded show ¡VIVA OZ VEGAS! See what lies in store for Dorothy as she leaves Kansas for the temptations of sin city. A show of aerial acrobatics, blasphemous burlesque, candid comedy, sensational circus arts, glitzy game show glamour, musical mayhem and pandemonius performance art.
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AND WAIT THERE’S MORE! COSTUME CONTEST! The theme is Dress for Excess and one grand prize will be given away per show.
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7:00 and 9:30 shows
$20
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Neumos – Mad Decent

The Mad Decent tour comes through Seattle playing Neumos. You may have heard that this was at the Showbox, or Nectar, but be assured, this is the final landing zone. Mad Decent (Diplo’s label) curated, the tour features Abe Vigoda, Telepathe & Boy 8 Bit – all names to watch out for in 2009- as well as Diplo, one of the most recognizable names of 2008 (produced M.I.A.’s platinum Paper Planes’, featured in Rolling Stone, Billboard, bpm, Paste, etc).

Mad Decent
DIPLO
ABE VIGODA
BOY 8 BIT
TELEPATHE
$15 – 8:00

I’ve been told that there is going to be a dancing pizza involved in all of this.. dancing pizza. What else can I say.
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More Spooky events and shows after the break.

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High Dive

A star studded line-up for the High Dive tonight. 3 of our favorites, including a high octane CD release party from Partman Parthorse.

PartMan PartHorse (CD Release)
The Lights
Coconut Coolouts
Black Daisy

Charge: $6
Time: 9pm
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Tractor Tavern

They’re creepy & they’re kooky, mysterious & spooky
HALLOQUEEN
TBA
9:30pm ~ $8
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Bit Saloon

Seatown Sisters of Slant Halloween Ball w/ Sayn,

Jellyneck
Kill Yourself
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WaMu theater

(Or is it Chase Theater, or JP Morgan Theater…)

Freaknight XII
Paul van Dyk,
Moby (dj set), and
The Crystal Method (dj set)

8:00 PM 16+
$40-$100 + asshole fees

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Mars Bar

VELVET DRIVE
Minirex
Furniture Girls
High Divide

8 p.m. $6.
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Chop Suey

COMEBACK! with
DJ Colby B.
Fucking In The Streets (aka F.I.T.S) &
Ponyboy (aka Porq)

$5 before 12am
9pm doors // 21+
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Comet Tavern

9:00P
W/ NEON NIGHTS/VALKYRIES,
RAZREZ,
MAN PLUS
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El Corozon
Torche
Coliseum
Clouds
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Funhouse

Jolene and Jay66s Halloween Wedding Party -
The Schmidtfits (Misfits Covers)
800 Octane (PDX)
Monster Crash
Success (Ex-Rough Chukar)
The Flanagan Precept
9pm, $5
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King Cobra

Halloween Party
Halloween Party
w/The Spittin Cobras,

Evil Twin,

The Missfats

DJ Lance Rock

and Jackie Hell