For Norma's Benefit March 14, 2009

Captain Heartsleeve Productions presents...

Saturday March 14th

Sub Mission (formerly Balazo 18 Gallery) 2183 Mission @ 18th

A benefit for "Norma's Fall", a new film by Rita Piffer

The Blank Tapes
Campo Bravo
TV Mike and the Scarecrows
plus DJ Joe-L and video installations by Karla Claudio, Lukas LuRasik, and Eda Goksel

Live auction with Master of Ceremonies, Monkey of Pirate Cat Radio

Featuring...
Couture fashion by the fAaction design collective,
original art, photography,and hand crafted DIY goods from local artists,
body work, yoga sessions, music lessons, and tango classes!

Doors @ 8 $5-$20 sliding-scale admission

More about the director, bands, and artists...

Campo Bravo

Campo Bravo is a shape shifting psychedelic collective from san francisco, california fronted by portuguese-american songwriter/guitarist mark matos and featuring the contributuions of ben reisdorph, matt adams (blank tapes), anthony orion boruch, dave mihaly, charles gonzalez, joe"ze"lewis, golden boots, nik freitas (Team Love Records), chris adolph, steve spar, tommy larkins (pj harvey, jonothon richman), and the projected works of brazilian film maker rita piffer. the band has shared bills with smog, golden boots, okervill river, little wings, scout niblet, laura viers, richard buckner, karl blau, howe gelb, neko case, m. ward, akron/family, and black heart procession among others.

-From the bands bio on their website www.campobravomusic.com

The Blank Tapes

On the cover of the Blank Tapes' latest LP, 2005's Landfair, is a drawing of a white river winding through snow-capped mountains, a benevolent sun shining down. It's a bucolic scene, one that feels appropriate for the rustic, lazy-day folk you'll find on the record within. You'd never guess that these 23 tunes were recorded in an Orange County garage, between parties and surf breaks, by future San Francisco resident Matt Adams. Or that prior to 2001, Adams wasn't even that interested in songwriting, intent instead on a career in illustration and cartooning. But now, with a clutch of amazing songs that recall the Beach Boys, Lee Hazlewood, and Leonard Cohen, he's spearheading the next wave of local folk music. It shouldn't be long before he along with his bandmates Kathryn Jensen, Matt McCluer, and Jesse Olsen is being courted by the same labels that have signed Jolie Holland and are pursuing Sean Hayes.

-From the SF Weekly, awarded "Best New Folkie" www.sfweekly.com/bestof/2006/award/best-new-folkie-172868/

TV Mike and the Scarecrows

gathered in kitchens with kettles and cans of aluminum lager the songs performed by this ensemble echo the limestone hills that they hail from. songs that paint simple stories of hearts and pines but with the heat of another saturday night We have played with: The Avett Brothers, The Impossible Shapes, Catfish Haven, My Morning Jacket, Will Sheff of Okervil River, Shannon Wright, Sam Champion, The Detholtz, Awesome Cool Dudes, Drakkar Sauna, Pink Moutaintops, Minus Story, Cross Canadian Rag Weed, Trailer Bride, and many more

-From their MySpace bio www.myspace.com/tvmikemusic

fAction

An article from the guardian www.sfbg.com/blogs/pixel_vision/2008/11/fashion_hause_faction_takes_ac.html