New music combo Headless Housheold slices across genres and pursues better living through eclecticism. their latest "full length" album is their seventh, "Blur Joan." on their previous model, "post-Polka," the departure point is the polka genre, with elements of rock, punk, funk, zappa, nino rota, charlie parker, and other flavors. another one (or two) is/are in the works presently.
All-Music Guide description: Hailing from Santa Barbara, California, Headless Household achieved regional cult status by the late 1990s, thanks to their quirky and eclectic kind of new music, their relentless live shows and a string of albums all released on the band¹s own label Household Ink.
Headless Household was formed in Santa Barbara (Calfornia) in 1983 by Dick Dunlap (keyboards), Tom Lackner (percussion), Chris Symer (bass) and Joe Woodard (guitars), four friends sharing a taste for the unusual. Their first album (on LP), Headless Household, was released in 1987, but things didn't pick up until their third album Items (1996), still the band's best achievment. Items showcased all the eclecticism and creativity Headless Household is capable of. By that time, the four core members were regularly joined by a cast of guests including jazz trumpeter Jeff Kaiser, violinist Gilles Apap and ex-Toad the Wet Sprocket Glen Phillips. Free Associations (1999) saw the band heading into more commercial territory, but if this change of direction raised a few questions, they were quickly answered by the release of Mockhausen (2000), their most abstract and experimental record to date.
The fact that Headless Household releases its albums on its own record label, Household Ink, sure didn't help them get attention. But by 2000, they were starting to get exposure outside the regional press. — François Couture, All-Music Guide
The Arcadists on MTV? Free raffle for Snow Patrol concert tickets. Grant and Green in San Francisco this Thursday, July 23! Wharf to Wharf on Sunday in Santa Cruz.
We have a busy week this week, two shows, an MTV contest, a raffle, here's what's going on:
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The Arcadists is currently #3 in MTV's Best Breakout Bay Area Band ... we need your votes to win this thing!!! If we win, we have a good chance to play on MTV. Please click on the link, register, click "Judge" and vote. You may need to refresh the web browser page to see us as a choice (out of 4 bands). Thanks! http://www.ourstage.com/contests/3176-mtv-vma-best-breakout-bay-area
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Snow Patrol Concert Raffle and SF Gig!
Thursday, July 23, we are playing a FREE show where we are raffling off two tickets to see Snow Patrol in Concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA, Fri, Oct 16, 2009 08:00 PM
We'll also have some teaser CDs of our upcoming album, mixing is almost done, the art is done, jeez: day job anyone?
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Wharf to Wharf Race in Santa Cruz, 8am Sunday July 26
Sunday, July 26, we play the Santa Cruz Wharf to Wharf Race, so we'll be out on the street at 8am. We learned "Eye of the Tiger" just for this event, haha. Hope to see you there, as a visitor or as a blur running by. We'll be at 26th Avenue and East Cliff Drive.
"The six-mile race route is lined with a virtual gauntlet of entertainment...singers, dancers, clowns and jugglers... bands of every stripe...pep...dance...classical...raging sixties...su
whats up? i found this site and thought i'd tell everyone, it shows you if anyone at school likes you. i dont know how it works but its really cool, it told me a couple different people who have crushes on me. you gotta try it!
Headless Household,
Black Angel is proud to be friends with one of the institutions of Santa Barbara....right up there with the Courthouse; parties in Isla Vista; and concerts at the Bowl. Ernie and Cory Orosco, Tina Stefens and J. C. Martin all wishes you guys the best in all your future endeavors.
You guys are awsome!!! If only I could meet Joe Woodard. He's my favorite band memeber by far. I have often stayed up late wondering where Joe Woodard lives. I have researched many times on google to find where you live Joe Woodard, if only you would write back and tell me, if only I could meeet you in real life!!! Please write back. I love your music.
