Saturday, October 29, 2011

THIS WEEK: Friday Nov 4th @ AS220




Armageddon Shop Presents:

Premonition 13
(new project by Wino from St Vitus)

The Gates Of Slumber
(Indianapolis, Heavy doom with classic traditional metal influences)

Elder
(Local heavy sludge stoner style ala Sabbath and Sleep)

Friday November 4th
9pm
$10
All Ages / Drink with ID
AS220
115 Empire St
Providence, RI 02903
www.as220.org

Friday, October 14, 2011

Sigur Ros "Inni" Pre-Order deal @ Armageddon



Pre-Order the new SIGUR ROS album at the shop and you will get a FREE TICKET to the movie screening at the Cable Car Cinema in November.

Stop by the shop if you're interested.

One ticket per customer per purchase (at less than suggested retail price), and we have twenty tickets.

Armageddon Shop
436 Broadway
Providence, RI 02909
401 521-6667
www.armageddonshop.com

Thursday, September 15, 2011

5th Biennial Photo Lottery


It's the 5th Biennial Photo Lottery at AS220! Help support the epic expansion of the photo program at AS220 and contribute to the growing community or artists and photographers in Providence and beyond.

The Photo Lottery will showcase over 150 pieces of photo-based artwork for the month of September. On Sept.24, the lottery commences! For a $125 donation, you will receive a ticket to the event and a chance to win one photograph in this truly unique photo frenzy! Every ticket sold will correspond at random to a piece of art on the wall.If you buy a ticket, you're already a winner! Buy your ticket and claim your piece of photographic history at AS220!

AS220 has provided affordable access to a traditional black and white photographic resources through the Paul Krot Community darkroom since 1995, and with the opening of the Mercantile Block expanded to include digital and color photography and studio lighting to our list of available, publicly accessible resources. By donating $125 to this event, you will help support AS220 Photo and help us continue to provide access and opportunities to local photographers.

You can pick up your ticket the night of the Photo Lottery at our Will Call table. Please bring a copy of your paypal/as220shop receipt with you so we can confirm your purchase with our records and ensure everyone gets the tickets they've paid for.

To learn more about AS220 Photo, our classes, our membership options, and this exciting new phase or our existence, visit www.as220.org/darkroom.

buy photo tickets

Thursday, September 08, 2011

This Weekend Is A Nutfarm/Everyday Magic

Holy mother of God, kittens. Every day this weekend=the most magical day of your life. I'll not waste your life jabbering away, as there is so much to communicate.

FRIDAY!
MWM
9/9

9pm
$10
Legendary band and erstwhile ultimate fighters OXBOW possibly take down Machines With Magnets with Whore Paint and Tinsel Teeth. Known: Shit's gonna get covered in blood. Unknown: If said blood will be real or fake.

SATURDAY!
Festival de Bucket aka Rocktucket
Downtown Bucket, 250 Main St
1pm-11pm
Sliding $0-5

There's gonna be so much fist pumping and food trucks. Dan Deacon, Fang Island, Math the Band, Ed Shrader's Music Beat, In Heat, The Eyesores, Tig & Bean, The 'Mericans, and Double Decker Dance Band. Maybe a beer garden? Maybe we'll raffle off some sweet gear? Check it out.

SUNDAYSUNDAYSUNDAY
Outdoors
8pm
$8
Ripping times outside before the weather turns on us for good. Wolves In The Throne Room, Thou, & Worms in Women and Cattle. Do not miss.

Hey, quick aside, Pippi built a mosaic facade for the Dirt Palace, no joke, which is currently showing inside the Bell Gallery at Brown. Imagine one of her beautiful vulture prints, but as tall as a house and involving jewels. Peep the opening from 5:30-7:30 this Friday. Probably you can score some gallery dinner, know what I'm saying? Hey-ohhhhh!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Saturday Aug 27th BLUE COUPE (Orig. BOC & Alice Cooper Band dudes), BACKWASH (Reunion!!) & LOLITA BLACK



Saturday, August 27th 9pm sharp!

BLUE COUPE
Original members of Blue Oyster Cult & Alice Cooper Band!!!

BACKWASH
One off Reunion gig! It's been YEARS! Don't miss it!

LOLITA BLACK
Fresh off recording a new full length album!

The Roots Cafe (Formerly the Black Rep)
276 Westminister St
Providence RI 02903
http://www.rootscafeprovidence.com/

Friday, August 19, 2011

Thursday, August 04, 2011

I've Got Good News, And Bad News

Which do you want first, team? The dark news is that "Guy Number 1" Art Middleton is leaving us for more temperate pastures in T-minus not that long, putting on hold not only a seemingly bottomless series of positive vibes, but also some of Providence's favorite bands. The good news is that, by way of consolation, he's put together a farewell Arcing show tonight with a dazzling array of Very Special Guests. Behold!

ARCING (Bon Voyage!)
STRINGBUILDER (Think Terminator 2)
JACOB THE TERRIBLE (Worcester Rockers)
THE BODY
TROPHY WIFE (Philly Shredders)

Machines With Magnets
Thursday August 4
Real Live 9
Probably not that many dollarz.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Hey, AS220 photo lottery...


From AS220:
That's right. Photo Lottery is back in a big way. This September, AS220 PHOTO hosts the grand photo spectacular that brings together an dazzling array of photographic work from artists, teachers, young people and professional photographers back to Providence. 
The 5th Biennial Photo Lottery helps support the Paul Krot Community Darkroom and the Mercantile Photo Lab, Rhode Island's only publicly accessible traditional black and white darkroom, digital photo lab and community lighting studio. 

By donating work or purchasing a ticket to the Photo Lottery, you will help sustain and support this incredibly important resource and show your dedication to preserving the photographic arts and will help us continue to build community around the art and practice of photography. 
So show us your shots and donate a print or step up to the ticket table and take a shot at winning one of over 150 photo-based artworks. This year we've already received original work from groundbreaker MARK MORRISROE and have acquired a silver gelatin print from a rare original negative of ELVIS PRESLEY from his army days! 

Don't delay! Be a part of this super special photo spectacular! Artwork donations will be accepted until Aug.20 and tickets are ON SALE NOW!! Find out more at http://www.as220.org/photolottery_2011 or e-mailphotolottery@as220.org.

Friday, July 15, 2011

Girls Rock Camp showcase


Girls Rock! Rhode Island
Girls Rock! Rhode Island is a non-profit organization that helps girls and women empower themselves through the development of musical skills to foster self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-efficacy.