Posted: February 13th, 2009 | Author: Blackbox Squeezebeard | Filed under: Show announcements and recaps | Tags: DJ Derivative, fundraiser, Manpuss, Mosa, Secret Location, Valentine's Day | No Comments »
… Saturday, February 14th (yep, that’s valentine’s day)
… @ the Secret Location
… doors at 9pm
… show from 10pm onwards:
… performances by the creaking planks, manpuss, and others
… arts and crafts auction
… dance party featuring dj derivative and more
… entrance by donation
Sir Hobbes the Cat, the noble friend, roommate, attorney, confidant and stalwart of Vancouver nightlife passed away recently. He lived a long and uncompromising life and will live on in the hearts of those he knew as one of the most familiar, most admired, most beloved, and, without any doubt the most extraordinary of cats.
You are invited to a celebration for Hobbes and all cats: A night of performance, art auction, and dance party on February 14th at the Secret Location.
All proceeds go to help Mosa with her vet bills.
Posted: March 27th, 2008 | Author: Blackbox Squeezebeard | Filed under: Show announcements and recaps | Tags: AmberDawn, Coral & Emily Rose, double-header, fundraiser, Hi Def, Lee Shoal, Pork 'n' Beans, Purple Thistle, Seamrippers, Secret Location, Spook Silo, Tricksy | 1 Comment »
The Creaking Planks are proud to once again return to what is by now almost an unofficial home for them, the Secret Location, to contribute a performance at a Seamrippers fundraiser benefiting the Purple Thistle. Also on the bill are Coral & Emily Rose, AmberDawn, Tricksy and her Next Top Stud Contest, DJs Hi Def, Spook Silo, Pork ‘n’ Beans, plus our own Lee Shoal… as well as the long-rumoured square dancing, a pie-eating contest, a petting zoo and more! The Planks plan to go on no earlier than 11:30 pm, as a pack of ‘em are hustling on over from UBC to play immediately following that evening’s production of A Dybbuk! (… and a schizoid change of pace these easy-sleazy country-folk tunes will be, that’s fer darn tootin’!)
Posted: January 31st, 2008 | Author: Blackbox Squeezebeard | Filed under: Show announcements and recaps | Tags: Blue Q, Blunder the Knife, Borscht Belt Karnaval, Brutal Village, BYO, Dolly the Dollar Store Clown, East Side Boys, Ghost Taco, Gina Gash, Laura Boo, Secret Location, Speechless, Team Satan, Valentine's Day | No Comments »
The Planks have worked with Team Satan in the past — in addition to the Hallowe’en show we can likely never tell you about, last year’s Valentine’s Day event granted us a once-in-a-lifetime chance to join both Burcu of Something About Reptiles AND host Ana Bon-bon in a rousing rendition of Bosvermisim Dünyaya. This year, we’ve been diligently practicing to offer up a whole course of further special Planks features for an evening themed around the secret code designating especially lewd cabaret performances. (Despite all this, I fear we still have an opening for un Pétomane. That’s probably green-letter.)
Of course, there’s a host of other worthwhile talent on the bill: Master of Ceremonies Speechless will set the stage for BYO, the East Side Boys, Dolly the Dollar Store Clown, Blunder the Knife, Laura Boo (the silent underwriter of so many of the Planks’ 2007 successes), Gina Gash, Blue Q, and DJs Borscht Belt Karnaval, Ghost Taco and Brutal Village. The show opens at 10 pm and runs until L.A.T.E. (so late that even People’s Prom attendees can take in both shows!) though the Planks will likely be on relatively early — also due to limited capacity in the Secret Location (I can’t tell you here in public: It’s A Secret!) for assured admission you are recommended to turn up early.
Sooner or later, everyone gets to sell out, but you should only be so lucky as to get a chance to make a deal with this Devil.
