[eyedrumartcomm] Re: Everything Is Terrible! Live! in Atlanta

From: Priscilla Smith <priscillagaysmith@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Allen Welty-Green <agmedia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Music Commitee <music@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "eyedrumartcomm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <eyedrumartcomm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:07:20 -0400
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
>
>
>
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