It’s our eighth Snob Theater and it’s time to take part in some insane music and stand-up comedy. In case you’re not familiar with Snob Theater, Snob Theater is a show that features the best in the Bay Area’s indie rock bands and stand-up comedians. The small 60+ seat Dark Room Theater makes for the most intimate of performances and provides a unique and exciting atmosphere. Snob Theater is an event that showcases the comfort of the performers as they take chances in a stripped-down setting.
Our musical guests this month include Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits and The Dead Westerns.
You don’t need a bottle of Jack or even a trace of Southern lineage to appreciate the genius of The Dead Westerns’ Southern Rock charm and Surf Rock style. Without a hint of irony, the San Francisco quintet creates a fast-driving, hard-living tribute to the indelible music and legacy of Pavement, Dick Dale and Willie Nelson. With their debut self titled album, the band kick up a righteous storm, as on the alt-country lick-filled opener Stalling, or the swamp and fuzzy From the Moon Down to the Earth. It’s clear these guys deliver emotional wallops at every turn. Stylistically, they run the gamut from old-timey sounding country to a heavy surf jam influence. In the end it’s all rock & roll and one of the more unique recording artists and live bands coming out of the Bay Area today.
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[mp3] The Dead Westerns – When It’s Over from The Dead Westerns (2010)
Bobby Joe Ebola and The Children MacNuggits; the men, the legends, are a mighty duo that have developed a significant following since their forming in 1995. Guitarist Dan Abbott and singer Corbett Redford have spread their brand of social commentary comedy and catchy folk punk playing with the likes of !!!, Long Beach Dub All-Stars, Bouncing Souls, Kevin Seconds, and Against All Authority. They are also credited with forming S.P.A.M. Records which is responsible for the early releases of Gravy Train, Fleshies, and Rock and Roll Adventure Kids. Just releasing their third full-length (and first in ten years), F, on October 12th via Silver Sprocket, the album features the likes of Jesse Luscious (Blatz), John Geek (Fleshies, Triclops), and members of Your Mother, Mystic Knights Of The Cobra, bicycle dance troupe the Bay Area Derailleurs and comedian and Snob Theater veteran Alex Koll. We are immensely excited and honored to feature this one of a kind act at this week’s Snob Theater.
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[mp3] Bobby Joe Ebola And The Children MacNuggits – Life Is Excellent from F (2010)
This month’s stand-up comedians include Colleen Watson (SF Punchline, Purple Onion), Paco Romane (“Best Comedian” by The SF Bay Guardian in 2005, SF Sketchfest, produces The Romane Event at The Makeout Room), Kevin Avery (Vancouver Comedy Festival, Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival, opener for Dave Chappelle), and W. Kamau Bell (SF Weekly’s Comedian of the Year in 2008, Comedy Central, Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal, “Best Comedian” by The SF Bay Guardian in 2010).
Also we have a the talent and charming Kirk Zipfel (Metacafe host, coming all the way from LA to grace the Snob Theater stage.
So come out, invite friends, and spread the word. It’s going to be a good night.
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Tickets are $10
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$1 off drink tickets will be provided for anyone willing to visit the nearby bars.
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Doors open at 9:30pm
Show starts at 10pm
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The Dark Room
2263 Mission Street, between 18th and 19th
San Francisco, CA 94110
Call 415-401-7987 for info.
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