I've asked C4 if we can have that sunday. they've got a lot of potential bookings for Dec. on weekends, but since this is a sunday . . . BTW, Allen, Art Comm is eyedrumartcomm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx. You're not on it, but I forwarded via this response. xo p 404-578-4430 On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Allen Welty-Green <agmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hey there, > Let me check calendar and I'll get back ASAP. > Allen > Eyedrum > > On Oct 16, 2013, at 6:06 PM, EIT! Live! wrote: > > Hey Eyedrum- > My name is Nic Maier and I'm the booker for the video collective, Everything > Is Terrible! <http://www.everythingisterrible.com/> We would like to book > a show on 12/15. This tour will be in support of EIT's Holiday Special ( > trailer <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB1fryd8htY>). EIT!’s > publicists<http://www.enableragency.com/>, > graphic designer <http://valianteffort.carbonmade.com/>, and street > promoters will be pushing this tour. > > In case you haven't heard of Everything Is Terrible!, here's more: > > Everything is Terrible! <http://www.everythingisterrible.com/> is the > internet sensation video collective responsible for some of this > millennium's most intriguing and mind melting videos. From Yogi Ogi > Dogi<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld4rPpYLYq0>, > the creepy yoga farmer, to Cat > Massage<http://www.everythingisterrible.com/2009/08/if-there-ever-was-win-win-situation-its.html>to > the Yellow > Dino <https://vimeo.com/22012020> who hunts pedophiles; for over 5 years > EIT! has mined the absurd VHS universe for the best/worst bits. Every video > is original and fantastic media art that creates a window into America's > hidden past. > > EIT!'s Facebook page has garnered over 15,000 likes. Their daily postings, > features, and insane live shows <https://vimeo.com/49752085> have been > hailed by Wired, MTV, Fox, Time, BoingBoing, Buzzfeed, WFMU, Videogum, > BUST, The Onion, Chicago Tribune, Tiny Mix Tapes, Paste, and Jezebel. The > CBC deemed it simply 'The best site ever.' > > The Chicago Tribune has done several > features<http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-12-07/entertainment/ct-ae-1209-borrelli-20121207_1_jerry-maguire-vhs-copies-eit>, > calling EIT!'s work "...sublime comedy." Paste did a little > something<http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2009/06/everythingisterriblecom-to-release-everything-is-t.html>, > summing up EIT!'s mission aptly: "For a couple years now, the cultural > historians over at Everything Is Terrible! have worked hard to dredge up > all the groan-inducing infomercials, workout videos, PSAs and otherwise > terrible footage from the '80s and '90s that they could find." All Things > Considered<http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122898901>did > a story on EIT! and their pursuit of every copy of Jerry Maguire in the > world. One of The > Onion's<http://www.avclub.com/articles/everything-is-terribles-commodore-gilgamesh,71722/>numerous > features declared 2Everything > 2Terrible 2! to be a "postmodern masterwork," LAWeekly called EIT! the > "Bruce Conner for the information age," and Time > Magazine<http://techland.time.com/2013/05/06/50-best-websites-2013/slide/everything-is-terrible/>put > them on their 50 Best Websites 2013 list. > > As a live event, Everything is Terrible! is not only the screening of > thousands of unseen clips mashed together in a style unmatched in its pace > and range of truly psychedelic comedy, but so much more. The idea of > watching and commenting on a bunch of weird videos (a la Mystery Science > Theater) is something one could be doing at home on the internet. EIT!, on > the other hand, gives the audience an unforgettable sensory experience that > is just as crazy as it is funny. Shows in the past have included a depressed > Christian > robot <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mMtetOq5JY>, three 7 ft tall party > dogs <http://media.kjonline.com/images/portland-press-herald_3619251.jpg>, > cloaked > monsters<http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4075/4815524845_d3d51aa18d.jpg>with > arms that stretch across a stage, and rapping > Christmas<https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/540433_10151287392792767_1178687296_n.jpg>trees > doing battle with a 10 ft tall Santa God. Typical shows result in 100 > of copies of Jerry > Maguire<http://mediocrityisthenewgenius.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/gordie.jpg>on > VHS, all of which were brought to the show by EIT!'s followers, spilling > off the stage. All of the props, puppets, sets, and costumes are > meticulously handcrafted by the collective. Needless to say, EIT! knows how > to fill the stage and room with crazy energy. The following day on Twitter, > fan tweets read anything from 'my mind exploded' to 'if you didn't get to > the EIT show last night, I feel sorry for you.' > > Everything Is Terrible! has done 3 massive, and successful, tours of the > US and Canada, hitting over 100 cities. In larger markets, 300+ attendees > is the norm. In smaller ones, 75 to 100 is a typical draw. These shows are > amazingly versatile too, visiting movie theaters, rock clubs, art galleries > and DIY spaces. Appropriately, they have even performed in a thrift store. > EIT! has done sold out shows at the Cinefamily (Silent Movie Theatre) in > LA, The Bell house in NYC, Lincoln Hall in Chicago, The Alamo Drafthouse in > Austin, The Loft in Tucson, The Biltmore in Vancouver, and The Belcourt in > Nashville. > > There's a lot more to tell, like how members of EIT! also organize a > festival every year in LA (Everything Is > Festival!<http://www.cinefamily.org/films/everything-is-festival-2012/>- now > in its 4th year!), are in process of creating 3 original > content <http://mtvother.com/mtvothershows/analog-mountain/> television > shows, and do so much more that we just don’t have room to cover. Even one > EIT!'s found footage video subject, the Cat Massage lady, appeared on > Letterman just because of an EIT! web short. > > If you are interested in booking EIT!, let me know and we can start > discussing the details. > Thanks, > Nic > 312-394-9841 > > > http://everythingisterrible.com > http://commodoregilgamesh.com > > http://everythingisterrible.com > http://commodoregilgamesh.com > > >