Many thanks to everyone who came out and made last night's Chapel a success; it was wonderful seeing everyone again. If you have any photos of the evening, please feel free to add them to the event page on Facebook.

Your next Chapel will be Monday, September 22nd 2008. Entirely awesome details to follow.

Greetings all! The time grows nigh to return again to Chapel Perilous:



Monday, August 25th 2008
9pm - 2am
Jake's Nightclub
419 N. Walnut
Bloomington, IN
21+ only please


And because we want even more of you there, we are going to bribe you. That's right, we aren't above a little bribery:

For this month ONLY, we are making you a special deal:

Bring a Friend, Bring a Buck.

That's right, if you bring someone with you to Chapel Perilous and they pay full cover ($3) you will get in for just $1! A night of DJs spinning you the best in Gothic, Industrial, EBM, Synthpop, and Darkwave music, great drinks at the bar, and if you bring someone else to the Chapel, you get all of this for JUST ONE DOLLAR!

Hearing your Dancefloor Confessions this Month:

DJ Rony (Industrial, EBM from Indianapolis)
DJ Coppertop (Synthpop, EBM, Industrial from Indianapolis)
DJ Hearsay (Goth, Darkwave)
DJ RavenWolf (Gothic, Industrial)

Tell Your Friends
Tell Your Neighbors
Hell, Tell Your Parents

It's time to go to Chapel.

Thank you.

DJ HEARSAY

As I no longer live in Bloomington and can no longer fulfill my obligations to Chapel Perilous as resident DJ, I have elected Brian to fill my shoes. He's a good guy, and I'm confident he'll rock the house -- after all, we're both from Granger, IN! Okay, well maybe that means nothing, but nonetheless I insist upon his excellence. He has been a great guest DJ for us in the past, and somehow I doubt that will change now that he has residency status. Hearsay FTW!

Please show some support at your next Chapel Perilous, which occurs on next Monday (the 25th)! And thanks of course to Brian, Matt and Lothair for their ongoing dedication and hard work -- you guys rock!!


-adam

From 10:15-11:30 you heard...

Motor - "Unhuman"
Moctan - "Fisting"
Roxy Music - "More Than This"
Magazine - "The Light Pours Out Of Me (single version)"
Flying Lotus - "Parisian Goldfish"
Haujobb - "Clockwise"
Barry Adamson - "Flight"
The Cure - "Siamese Twins"
Virgin Prunes - "Baby Turns Blue"
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - "Lie Down Here (& Be My Girl)"
Act - "Ping Pong"
Underworld - "Holding the Moth"
OTX - "Altered State of Consciousness"
Oil 10 - "Happy Mondays"
Wire - "The Agfers of Kodak"
Reverend Horton Heat - "It's Martini Time"
Colder - "Your Face"
The Blue Nile - "The Downtown Lights"


...As some of you know (though perhaps not all of you), last night was my final night as resident DJ of Chapel Perilous, ending a two and a half year run with Chapel/Axis. My reason for leaving has to do with the fact that I am broke, am having to move at the end of this month (to South Bend), and am generally entering a new phase of my life and will be unable to sustain my responsibilities with Chapel. There is certainly a likelihood that I will be returning to spin on occasion, but that of course will hinge on my availability. There is also a possibility that I may even move back (perhaps even within a few months), but again, everything is very much up in the air for me right now and I make no promises.

So you're new resident DJ is.... well, we'll make that announcement once lordlothair, styossarian and I have arrived at a consensus and deem it appropriate to do so. For now, I'd just like to take the opportunity to thank each and every person involved in making Axis/Chapel happen over the years (that includes those of you with responsibilities as well as those of you who just came to dance), as it certainly filled a void in me for the past few years. It's been a blast.


-adam

P.S. Also, if you'd like to donate to the "Freeze Etch is confused and broke and virtually homeless" fund, I still have many CDs available. Just drop me a line if you want one.

Good morning!

Thanks to everyone for coming out last night; awesome to see such a wonderful turnout, especially during the summer! Extra-special thanks to myarsenalx, freeze_etch, lordlothair and catravine for the delicious oontz.

An album is open on the Axis site. Share some pictures; you all look fantastic. :D

Your next Chapel will be Monday, August 25th. Details to follow.

By way of reminder:


Monday - July 21 2008 (Tonight!)
9:00pm - 2:00am
Jake's Nightclub
419 North Walnut
Bloomington, IN

21+, $4

DJs:

9-10:15 - Sarah Vain
10:15-11:30 - Freeze Etch
11:30-12:45 - Ravenwolf
12:45-2:00 - Catravine




Hope to see everyone on the dancefloor!

Ladies, gentlemen and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri,

Your next Chapel will be:


Monday - July 21 2008
9:00pm - 2:00am
Jake's Nightclub
419 North Walnut
Bloomington, IN

21+, $4

DJs:

9-10:15 - Sarah Vain
10:15-11:30 - Freeze Etch
11:30-12:45 - Ravenwolf
12:45-2:00 - Catravine


Low-quality flyer below: please send us an email (perilousbloomington is the name, gmail is the place) if you're interested in being part of the street team. Thanks!

Bleeding Heartland Roller Girls @ 7 pm, doors open at 6 pm
Bloomington SportsPlex (1700 W. Bloomfield Rd.)
The hometown BHRG Flatliners take on the COMO Derby Dames of Columbia, MO, in an athletic competition with plenty of attitude, short skirts, thrills, and spills for audiences of all ages. Tickets at Sunrise Box Office, Amused, Plan 9, Be Hair Now, SportsPlex, or from your favorite roller girl. $10 in advance, $15 at the door; children $5, children under 5 free.

Many thanks to everyone who turned out for this month's Chapel! We've also had a lot of good responses to the survey that went around Monday night; we're always interested in hearing what can be done to make the night better (and what's already being done that should stay). Thanks for all the feedback! If you didn't get a chance to fill one out, and would like to (or have any other questions), feel free to comment here, on any of the Chapel groups / profiles, or via email - perilousbloomington is the name, gmail is the place.

A new gallery is up on the Axis site; please feel free to upload your pics while we get the new Chapel site up and running.

That said, your next Chapel will be:


Monday - July 21 2008
9:00pm - 2:00am
Jake's Nightclub
419 North Walnut
Bloomington, IN

Details to follow.

From 9-10 you  heard:

Subheim - "Hollow (rmx by Mobthrow)"
Portishead - "Plastic"
Cranes - "Adrift"
Flying Lotus - "Breathe Something/Stellar Star"
Eretsua - "Traveling Light (remix by Flint Glass)"
Oomph! - "Purple Skin"
Front 242 - "Skin (Fur Coat)"
Airiel - "Kiss Me Sadly"
The Album Leaf - "Malmo"
Roxy Music - "True To Life"

...Thanks to everyone for coming out for the first Chapel Perilous!!  Details on the next one will follow shortly.


-adam

Greetings all!

Just by way of reminder, your first Chapel is tonight:


Monday - June 23 2008
9:00pm - 2:00am
Jake's Nightclub
419 North Walnut
Bloomington, IN

9-10 - Freeze Etch
10-11 - Ravenwolf
11-12 - Hearsay
12-1 - MC Vicious + Nazrin Lorhall
1-2 - Nomind

21+
$3


Hope to see everyone on the dancefloor!

Greetings all! You may have noticed a few changes in Axis' public profile(s) of late: please allow me to take the time to update everyone on the changes that have taken place.

Briefly:
Different: the name
The same: everything else

Axis of Evil has changed its name - but will still be bringing you the best in goth, industrial, ebm and dark dance.

As freeze_etch so astutely put it:
"To anyone confused by the name change: The original founders of Axis have moved on to bigger and better things (i.e. both of them moved to Seattle), so the event is under new management. The name change simply reflects that fact -- rest assured your favorite club night (at least I assume it's your favorite!) has not gone anywhere."

We will miss carpe_jugulum as she starts a new chapter in her life in Seattle, and we wish both her and willowperson nothing but the best in their endeavours.

Please join us in welcoming lordlothair to the Axis/Chapel crew! freeze_etch will continue to honor us as resident DJ for the immediate future, and of course I'll be doing my best to keep everyone updated with online invites and the like.

In that vein, please be aware that we have a new Facebook group; all those not already invited should of course check out the event invite.

Our LJ group has also changed names; if you're reading this, you should now be following perilousbtown. Do not be alarmed. =p

Additionally, a new MySpace profile and group have been created to reflect the name change. An it please you, feel free to add us there as well to make sure you receive all the latest news and event invites.

Stay tuned for details regarding the website.

That said:

Your first Chapel will be:

Monday - June 23 2008
9:00pm - 2:00am
Jake's Nightclub
419 North Walnut
Bloomington, IN

21+
$3

Hope to see you all on the dancefloor! Thank you.

I'm currently in the process of planning an event at the Starlite drive-in as part of the Dark Carnival Film Festival.

There are three aspects of the event: films (check), bands (check, including Ari Lehman's "First Jason"), and volunteer "performers."

We're looking for volunteer performers who are comfortable working within the facade of the ideas of early 20th century traveling carnivals and circuses, ie:
bellydancers,
snake charmers
tattooed men
siamese twins
poi/fire spinners/eaters
those who can walk on glass (or are willing to walk on SFX glass)
those who are generally interested in "carnie" expressions/appearances

The evening will be flexible, with time to perform for small audiences, or on stage between performances. Ideally we'd like a minimum of two hours, and obviously the whole time will not be spent performing (more vignettes leading up to the film feature); we're very flexible to people's needs. Though the positions are voluntary, we can work out free passes + free food/drinks + swag bags.

This event is going to be totally amazing; the drive-in was absolutely one of the most fun and well-received events last year, and we'd like to make this year huger and more amazing.

If you or anyone you know would be interested in this, please contact Ashley at info [@] darkcarnival film fest [dot] com

From 12-1 am, you heard:

*TYMPANIK AUDIO/AD·VER·SARY  FEATURE*

Ad·ver·sary - "Bone Music"
Pecadores - "Apocalypse (remix by Disharmony)"
Ad·ver·sary - "No Exit"
Totakeke - "Millenia"
Ad·ver·sary - "Just (Spooks)"

*REMAINDER (Dedicated to Libby)*

Huoratron - "$$ Troopers"
Fad Gadget - "Collapsing New People"
Jared Louche and the Aliens - "Sister Midnight"
Tears For Fears - "Shout"
The Church - "Under the Milky Way"
Sad Lovers and Giants - "Things We Never Did"
Yu Miyake - "Wanda Wanda" (from Katamari Damacy) + Rick Astley - "Never Gonna Give You Up" (RICK ROLL'D!!)
Flight of the Conchords - "Hip-Hopopotamus vs. Rhymenocerous"

As always, thanks to everyone for dancing, and to those of you who took the Ad·ver·sary CDs (as well as those of you you didn't) -- please visit www.TympanikAudio.com and check out the rest of the stuff the label has to offer!!  They also recently put out some awesome new stuff by Flint Glass and Pneumatic Detach.  You owe it to yourself to check out this new label if you enjoy industrial music of the technoid/rhythmic/experimental varieties, as they are definitely rising stars.  Also check out Hidden Forms Radio at www.HiddenFormsOnline.com, hosted by my friend DJ Synctank (also the head honcho over at Tympanik Audio)...

And finally, I must also extend my congratulations to carpe_jugulum on her moving up in the world -- I don't know what else to say that hasn't already been said, other than that you rock, and your hard work and dedication to our community has been absolutely invaluable over the past few years.  You played a huge role in getting this thing started, and we'll continue to honor that legacy as long as possible.  Good luck in Seattle and beyond.


-adam

As many of you know, I'm moving to Seattle next week and will no longer be promoting Axis of Evil.

lordlothair,styossarian, and freeze_etch will be managing Bloomington's dark dance scene from this point forward, though I will occasionally still be around online to assist with logistics.

Thanks to everyone who has made the last two and a half years of Axis of Evil a huge, undeniable success. Also, many thanks to those of you who danced with me last night. I had to excuse myself from the floor to dab my eyes a few times. It was a really fantastic night for me and I hope it was for you, too.

I hope you'll stay in touch with me, and that Bloomington's dark community will continue to be one of the finest in the Midwest. You guys rock.

Any questions/comments can be left here or directed to axis.of.evil.bloomington at gmail dot com.

Many thanks!

For anyone who's up and online: Recovery Spoon at noon today (Tuesday, 5.27). Thanks to everyone for coming out!

New gallery is open on the Axis site, so if you took some pics last night, please feel free to share! Please note that gallery registration is separate from the Forums, so if you're having trouble uploading, make sure you're registered for the Gallery. Thanks!


More posts to come in the upcoming week. Stay tuned.

Greetings all,

A quick reminder that this month's Axis of Evil is tonight!

For anyone interested, Recovery brunch'n'such will be at the Runcible Spoon; feel free to stop by at any time, though Libby and I will likely be there from around 12-1pm.

Hope to see you all tonight!

To confirm the date, this upcoming Monday (the 26th) is your next Axis Of Evil!  The where-and-when have not changed:

Jake's Nightclub
419 N Walnut St.
Bloomington, IN 
9pm - 2am
21+
$4

DJs include myself, DJ Hearsay, DJ Ravenwolf, DJ Catravine, Nazrin Lorhall and MC Vicious.

Also, in cooperation with Chicago-based label Tympanik Audio, we are proud to be hosting a GIVEAWAY for one of their most recent releases -- Canadian rhythmic industrial act Ad·ver·sary's brand new album, Bone Music:


We've got five copies to give away, and yours truly will be spinning some stuff from it, as well as some other Tympanik Audio goodies.   The full album is also freely downloadable from the Ad·ver·sary website. (yes, free!)

Hope to see you all there!


-adam

Your next Axis of Evil is Monday, May 26th!

Join us on the dance floor for another deliciously dark Axis of Evil. Local and regional DJs will spin goth, industrial, IDM, EBM, post-punk, and 80s favorites all night long. Expect surprises!

Tympanik CD release party details to come.

21+
$4

(Also: if anyone has photos from the last Axis, a reminder; the gallery is open for submissions. Thank you).

Greetings, all. Many thanks to everyone who came out this week to make the April Axis a wonderful success.

The next Axis will be Monday, May 26th. Details to follow.

ALSO! Galleries are open for both this Axis and the last; please feel free to visit the Axis galleries and upload some photos for either or both! If you're having issues, remember that Gallery registration is separate from Forum registration.* Thanks!



*Don't feel bad if you didn't know. I just figured it out today. I can has login?