MUSIC by The Gomers
...and their special past guests like:
Lorenzo's Music
Reptile Palace Orchestra
Optometri
Pinch
Tancho, Tancho!
SHTETL BLASTERS
DB Pederson
Jay Moran and Pie
Yid Vicious
El Donk
Honor Among Thieves
Art Paul Schlosser
The Murder Sisters
Cement Pond
Little Red Wolf
Ritt Deitz
Joe Soko
Yammer
Sunshine For The Blind
Aaron Scholz
The Low Czars
Blunt Rapture
"The always charming Ever Mainard"
The Dyno Tunes
EL DONK + the original "Where the Wild Things Are" film + vintage Mr. Magoo & commercials
Friday.Nov.13.09
Dropping a Deuce (Brian Liston & Ryan) + vintage STAG films, cartoons & commercials on 16mm
Friday.Nov.27.09
Gary & The Goons (original Midwestern bottle-openin' rock) + 1940's Little Lulu cartoon, 1940's Walter Lantz "Three Ring Fling" plus vintage commercials - and - "Edge Noir" - A Performance Art monologue offering up an introspective, edgy slice of Pulp Fiction Life, performed by local artist, Basia Nova
FILMS
we've shown:
Steamboat Willie (1927, Disney)
Honeyland (1935, Rudolf Ising)
What's Opera, Doc (1957, Warner Bros.)
Blaze Glory (1970)
Thank You Mask Man (1969, Lenny Bruce)
Mister Magoo
Pink Panther
Rocky & Bullwinkle
Space Ghost
various vintage U.B. Iwerks Films
All This and Rabbit Stew (1941, Warner Bros.)
Spike and Mike's Twisted Animation Festivals
Harold Lloyd
Buster Keaton
Keystone Cops
Laurel and Hardy
Un Chien Andalou (actually this was shown at Mickey's Tavern, right after a Slappy Hour. But it could end up in the Slappy hole.
Links
Glories of Slappy Holes Past:
02.27.09
PINCH + LORD & LADY LOWBROW03.13.2009
SHTETL BLASTERS - Klez Funk03.27.09
LORENZO'S MUSIC + LORD & LADY LOWBROW04.24.09
CEMENT POND (members of Killdozer, DIN #4, NoahJohn) plus MISHA, male bellydancer! PLUS a couple vintage 16mm cartoons and commercials...05.08.09
MURDER SISTERS (female vocal band from beyond) + SETH BLAIR (solo cello and voice) + REPTILE PALACE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA05.22.09
YID VICOUS (Klezmer) with SPOKE ENSEMBLE (Baltimore Dutch Folkdance)
06.12.09
RITT DEITZ FAMILY BAND (Hammered dulcimer, voice, piano, guitar, kids) plus a couple vintage cartoons- likely, Mr. Maggoo and The Inspector - plus the GOmer's wacky weird originals06.26.09
Art Paul Schlosser (Dr. Demento staple) PLUS The LENNY BRUCE Cartoon "Thank You Mask Man" on 16mm film PLUS a performance art presentation by Nicole Gruter
Friday.Jul.10.09
Madison's classic R&B band HONOR AMONG THIEVES plus JOE SOKO (demented children's music) plus Vintage Cartoons on 16mmFriday.Jul.24.09
All girl band Little Red Wolf plus vocal weirdo DB Pederson plus a couple Little Lulu cartoons on 16mm - one being Bored of Education from 1946.Friday.Aug.14.09
YAMMER presents "Hippie Christmas" + Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) + Star Trek Bloopers (season 2 reel) + another film + GomersFriday.Aug.28.09
BENEFIT FOR WORT! Featuring: "In The Beginning" scene & song preview, DB Pederson, Space Ghost 1966 cartoons on filmFriday.Sep.11.09
SUNSHINE FOR THE BLIND + Busby Berkeley's HOLLYWOOD HOTEL musical short plus "Decibel Down" noise pollution 1970's Coronet Film plus a ROGER RAMJET cartoon (The Pirate and his Watersucker) plus vintage commercials on 16mm - wow!Friday.Dec.11.09
SUBVOCAL + cartoons and vintage commercials, Gomers originals/improv and more!
Friday.Jan.08.10WATCH THIS EPISODE STREAMING LIVE!! CELEBRATING Elvis's and David Bowie's birthday! Special guests Seven Stone Weaklings, the event is being hosted by The CelebuStars, providing divine dance music, party atmosphere and special treats for your amusement & pleasure! Plus a vintage Mighty Mouse cartoon and commercials and another golden age cartoon! Plus The Gomers deconstructing their original material before your very eyes and ears, joining up with SSW for a huge "Starman" ending number!
Friday.Jan.22.10
Celebrate our 1 year birthday with EL DONK - Madison's "Other" humor-prog band plus Vintage cartoons & commercials with the Gomers mashing up their originals into a fine rock paste. Cartoon 1 = Gabby in Swing Cleaning from 1941; #2 tba. We're also told DONK has some surprises in store, as usual!
Friday.Feb.12.10
fOLKSCHINKER (a Shinky project) Add Vintage cartoons & commercials and the Gomers joining forces with Shinky for a number as well as kicking a few of their originals in the ass and joining Shinky for a big band rendition of "Previously Android."
Friday.Feb.26.10
MOTOR PRIMITIVES Proto Pop Punk + cartoons and vintage commercials plus the Gomers getting all jiggy with their alt rock naughtiness
Friday.Mar.12.10
KEN LONNQUIST and FRIENDS + cartoons and vintage commercials + the Gomers spilling demon rock seed everywhere + FREE BACON LOVERS T-SHIRT
Friday.Mar.26.10
March 26 - OF THE SURVIVING - a melodic hard rock band from Milton, WI. Along with original songs, Of The Surviving mixes in covers of bands that have influenced them like Alice In Chains, KISS, Stone Temple Pilots, HURT, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Billy Idol, etc. + Vintage cartoons & commercials+ the Gomers playing original alternative rock like it was their last show on earth
Friday.Apr.09.10
The Pointy Birds -
"Local rock vets make sweet waltzy-garagy rock after their kids are tucked in. Pointy Birds bring you triple vocals, a bright, boxy crunch of guitars, sexy rhythm, and the occasional short skirt." Featuring (former or current) members of The Quickies, Killdozer, Mae Ray, Tongue, NoahJohn, The Black Lollipops
(Lisa Marine, Dan Hobson, Alex Fortney & Julia Ziemer) plus the Gomers rocking it like it's hot + cartoons 'n stuff. PLUS BLOCKHEAD TED the HUMAN PINCUSHION!
Friday.Apr.23.10
Andrando, Feeny, Biff & Brian. Biff joins pals Andy Ewen (Honor Among Thieves), Bill Feeny (Appliances-SFB, Reptile Palace) and Brian Bentley (Jim James & Damn Shames, Headpump) for an excursion into soulful alt rock. This is the second Madison appearance by this ensemble. Super special guest star: Rebecca Sites! Plus Gomers, films, more.
Friday.May.14.10
"Madison's Favorite Dance, World Music & Folk Band*" Reptile Palace Orchestra will be featured guests at the Slappy Hour this night. In fact, they are celebrating French Hornist/Accordionist Kia's birthday, in the year 1970! It'll be a tripped out party! 1970 - a very good year. Vietnam, Kent State, Nixon, the Beatles break-up. Plus, the fashion! *as voted by readers of the Isthmus. Plus cartoons and vintage commercials plus the Gomers getting all jiggy with their alt rock naughtiness
Friday.May.28
New People! plays sparkly, grungy, hook-laded pop/rock, with dual singer-songwriters singing acerbic lyrics over big rock guitars. Plus Gomers, some 1950's POPEYE cartoons on film + more.
Friday.June.11
EL DONK - Madison's "Other" humor-prog band plus Myles Coyne Solo are our super special guests. Plus Gomers, films, more.
Friday.June.25
Mothers of Invective: "America's Most Beloved Songs performed by its Most Maligned Instruments" - Madison's new supergroup of misunderstood instruments interprets the classics with an aural arsenal featuring FEATURING Kia Karlen on accordion, John Fabke on banjo, Sean Michael Dargan on bagpipes, Melissa Reiser on soprano saxophone, Dave Spies on tuba and Geoff Brady rocking the triangle. PLUS DB PEDERSEN THROAT SINGER / beloved weirdo visiting from Spokane!!
Friday.July.09
ARTO is our special guest band + LORD & LADY LOWBROW burlesque rock duo!! Yowch!! Plus Gomers, films, and yes even more.
This show has been postponed:
Art Paul Schlosser Returns! PLUS: The Rohnellaros are Andrew Rohn + Cat Capellaro, the wife-and-husband duo that created the Off Broadway sensation Walmartopia and Madison's Disco Superband VO5. They met at Broom Street Theater in 1992, and have created 10 musicals( Temp Slave, In the Beginning, Blasphemy, and more), formed several bands (The Merkins, the Madgadders). Their material is drawn from their musicals and their musical inspirations. Plus Gomers, films, more.
A Variety show?
the show can include standup comics, burlesque performers, throat singers, pet psychics, governor blagoyovich, magicians, actors, male and female bellydancers and macaroni sculpture experts in the VARIETY.
