snow'd in

scotti was able to make it up but on the day of the show no one could make it. HUGE snow storm!!! biggest we've seen in a while!! and it's still technically fall (until today). philly saw 22 inches. and so we welcome winter with some new jams. check it:

next two shows

first upcoming show:

DECEMBER 19TH HOLIDAY BASH

featuring the new incarnation of
LETTUCE PARK

the ADELIES

the ANCHOR WATCH

the HARMONIC CONVERGENCE

byob


second upcoming show:

NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBLANETION

so far we got

CLOWN BABY
(everyone from playgrounds plus sam bellingham and octie)

DELEWHALE

A.H.!!!

and all others t.b.a

[h]APPY HALLOWEEN!!! (10-31-2009)

since videos take so much time we figured we'd just give you still images with the sounds. so here's 2 podcasts for ya'll:

AH!

(bootleg)

THC!

(soundboard)

[and these pictures are awesome, as they were taken by felicia p and alexandra b and laura b respectively]

overall the night went well, in spite of losing a majority of the bands on the bill... poor talia has some crazy flesh eating virus and mikey burgess of anchor watch caught the flu... bleh. get better ya'll!!!

but yah! the "delis" played (only part of the adelies) plus jon laing... and the rest is a a big fast moving motion blur in some yellow argon gas image peeking thru the time-space corridor

batcave samplr- digital copy

hey ya'll! here's a little halloween treat samplr of some demos and live recordings and whatever of some of us kids who crowd and surround our little basement

kristin valtysdottir has this particular copy; i randomly felt that i needed to deliver this to her as a token of thanks (it all ties into a dream, i wont go into it cuz it takes too long to explain) She's given us so much so far; they all have. i dunno, i felt like we should start giving back.

anyways, these cassettes will be on sale for $1.50 at every show from henceforth. but if you'd rather skip all that noise than definitely dont click this.

next show: HALLOWEEN NIGHT

-the ANCHOR WATCH
a detail of one or more men who keep watch on deck when a vessel is at anchor. some kickass rocknroll featuring mikey burgess, matt cory and josh w.

-Mark Tumas & Kian Sorouri
two cool dudes. they know mike wellenreiter.

-TALIA GOREN
Born in the heart of Israel, Talia came to the states as a little girl. Influenced by all styles of music, Talia does not confine herself to one genre or musical vocation- she composes, arranges, plays, sings and writes lyrics in multiple genres including folk, world, pop, dance and acoustic, and almost anything else that her heart desires. Her unconditional love of music is what drives her, from her evocative, emotional lyrics, to her simple, understated chord progressions and lively melodies. Talia was put on this earth for creating music.

-A.H.!
born and raised in hyrule as one of the forest children, alex was teleported to the forests of suburban wilmington delaware when shigaru miyamoto got involved with the creation of the famicom 64 in the early 90's. his molecules where then flipped into the time-space dimension, catapulting his essence through the great quantum divide, then wound up here. after traveling about the east coast (baltimore md, centralia pa, and wilmington de) collecting the 7 medallions of the ancients (with the guidance of david wilcock) alex is now in philadelphia in search of ganon's hidden fortress to rescue the princess. and thru the process of it all, some sounds and noises were created.

-the FREE TV DUB SET
how do you dub? you fight for dub; you plug dub in. this isn't "de facto" but i'll tell what it is: it is alex h, brian lavery and stooooooops playing an semi-improvisational dub set. it's dub! get down, light one up, and make like the SCIENTIST and kill some vampires.

-the HARMONIC CONVERGENCE
(2012 Enigma/ DJ set)
headlining the evening are brian lavery (slavery w/out the 's') and STOOOOOOOOOOOOPS with breakbeats, techno pulses, rippin samples, david wilcock and electronic boners. in short, if you find that you are unable to DANCE (or even just tap a foot) then something is fatally wrong with you (go see a doctor) and you WILL be ejected from the BATCAVE! by means of unnecessary force.... wait what's an electronic boner?

-the BUNDY PROJECT
lots of horrible tins of things, with holidays if you collect the labels. mashed up marrow bone wobbly things, you kick em under the tables. come in come in bonzo, your dinner's really open. hold the water, half inch deep, with maggots doing the breaststroke. bark a few times, earn your keep; this doggy's life's a big joke. featuring dyehv mcgrory (of playgrounds), andy smalls (of slick mantra) & friends!

$5 for a cup that can be refilled at our

KEGS pbr

otherwise,

BYOB
$1 hot dogs (grilled or not grilled)

email/call/text/morse code me for directions.

can't give a guarantee on parking... but fortunately parking everywhere on sundays is free. it's all street parking so just keep your eyes peeled when you come up.

volume two (8-22-09)

for this show, hurricane bill decided to stop by and chill... but he's a piece of shit so he flooded our basement and we had to have it upstairs. so, here's what happened:

(again just like last time, you'll see these better if you watch them on full screen mode)

bob dignan anthony-
first set ever, and everything went wrong. technically it sucked, spiritually it rocked.


dave and t.j. (livin in tokyo)-
yes that's a japanese orgy porn projected over them


lettuce park-
unfortunately the rest of the footage of LP for this show was lost in the flood... not really, the camera died and this is all we have. thats okay tho. this was our last show before andy and tayl moved out west. love and luck to you both!


the mikey burgess set had to be re-compressed.... that will make a grand total of 4 times i've had to re-compress these damn videos.... im done for tonight so stay tuned for mikey's set. sorry mikey. technology and computers dont like you today.

show 2 poster

volume one (7.3.09)

first ever show.

(tip for viewing videos better: view it on "full screen" mode to see the whole frame, it's the little button on the bottom right of each video box)

lettuce park:
[currently down]

dave and octie:


playgrounds:






this was our shakedown cruise

what is.... the BATCAVE? a beginner's guidelines

it's where batman keeps all his shit

ALSO

a small d.i.y. performance space for small performance acts to perform their performances, whatever that performance may be... stand up? improv comedy? plays? performance art? film screenings? bands/musical acts? anything of that sort.

a couple a rules:
-no fighting. dancing is not fighting. if you take an arm to the face then word, think of it as a batcave souvenir. just as long as that arm wasnt thrown with an evil intention. be cool but go fuckin nuts; in other words, do what you like but be considerate.
*if you MUST scrap, do it in the street and NOT in my house please
-absolutely no shady shit... the idea of the batcave, in spite of its dark appearance, is an idea of justice, equality, unity, awesomenes, music, art, and inclusion... everyone is everyone's friend,and if not then at least don't be enemies.
-beer (pbr) will be sold $2 a can.... or $7.25 for unlimited beer. but if you're smashed you get thrown out on ellsworth st. (or tucked into a sleeping bag off in the corner)
-also hot dogs are $1 a dog
-the upstairs is strictly OFF LIMITS... (except for the restroom).
the upper floor belongs to bruce wayne, who is a very important man and doesn't want his shit to be publicly accessible... it's not to be rude or non-inclusive (all the including goes on in the basement-AHEM-batcave) but there IS such a thing as personal space and privacy... if you came to the batcave for such a thing, well, thats retarded- why'd you leave you're own home to have privacy? dont make much sense....
-whether you're arriving or departing, only have in your possession what actually belongs to JUST YOU.
but everyone who's been to kindergarten should fucking know that already....
and if you didnt go to kindergarten you know now. :)
-also, if you have rude comments or anything, feel free to express them... but also realize if you offend any of the performers they have total existential rights to throw down and give you beatings (in the street). also if you truly hate the performances then why the fuck are you even here? just be considerate. if you have negative comments you wish the express the preferred method of hate is to email us at apartment421@gmail.com
-we do have jason who is our secret weapon/bouncer and a boxer (and a good one at that) so if shit goes down, he will be that guy grabbing you by your shirts and escorting you out and onto the streets. sorry, but we have to maintain some sort of order.
but thats all worse-case-scenario shit.

the most important rule is...
ENJOY YOURSELF, amigos.

hope to see ya'll soon.....





-421