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DIRK FEST: June 7 and 8

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GOOD NIGHT AND GET OUT!DIRK FEST a tribute to the Pope of Punk, Dirk Dirksen (1937-2006) will be held on Thursday, June 7th, at Slim's, and Friday, June 8th at the Great American Music Hall, In San Francisco. The show will feature reunion performances by many of the great bands who once graced the stage of the Mabuhay Gardens back in the heyday of punk rock in the late 70's and early 80's.

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Member Since: 5/16/2007
Band Website: gamh.com
Band Members: Thursday, June 7th, Slim’s:Pearl Harbor and the Explosions ~Toiling Midgets ~The Lewd ~The Sea Hags ~The Rubber City Rebels ~The Symptoms ~Ron Jones spoken word poet (w/ Megan Bierman) ~DJ Denise Demise ~Dana Albert (musician/poet) ~Film shorts by Karl Hinz ~ V. Vale (of RE/Search Publications and The Counter Culture Hour) ~ Spencer (of the DNA Lounge)....~ Friday, June 8th - Dirk Fest at GAMH:Emcee, Jello Biafra ~The Avengers ~SF Mutant Non-Allstars (playing Mutants covers) ~The Contractions ~The White Trash Debutants (w/ the fabulous Jon Gries “Uncle Rico” of Napoleon Dynamite) ~No Alternative (w/ Chip Kinman of the Dils and Rank and File) ~ DJ Denise Demise ~Film shorts by Karl Hinz ~Special Guest, Ness Aquino, the original owner of the Mabuhay Gardens restaurant which Dirk helped transform into the "Fab Mab" providing a much needed outlet for "outspoken ideas" in Dirk's words.
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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Bill Laymon Benefit Auction

Bill Laymon Benefit Auctionauction at hearnet.comModulus Vintage J Guitar signed by famous bass players including Stanley Clark, Phil Lesh, Jack Casady, Carol Kaye, and others to be auctioned off to...
Posted by dirkfest on Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:45:00 PST

Benefit for Ness Aquino 11/10 & 11/11

KUSF and H.E.A.R. Co Present - Ness Aquino Benefit -Legendary "Mabuhay Gardens" Punk and Metal Shows!Sat., Nov. 10th and Sun., Nov. 11th, at the former location of the old Mabuhay Gardens, at Club 4...
Posted by dirkfest on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:11:00 PST

Johnny Genocide Benefit at Lennon Studios Nov 3

JOHNNY (HUGH PATTERSON) GENOCIDE ~ BENEFIT AT LENNON STUDIOS ~SATURDAYNOVEMBER 3, 20073 PM - 10 PMHugh Patterson a.k.a. Johnny Genocide of the band No Alternative was Diagnosed with Cancer earlier thi...
Posted by dirkfest on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:19:00 PST

Ness Aquino Benefit Nov 11

The Ness Aquino Benefit and Spaghetti FeastKUSF CO PresentsH.E.A.R. and TnT Production are producing the Ness Aquino Benefit and Spaghetti Feast at the Old Mab at 443 Broadway Sunday Nov 11th.Ness Aq...
Posted by dirkfest on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 04:05:00 PST

Daryl Darko's Photos

Daryl Darko's Photographs of Great American Music Hall DirkFest are here:http://www.flickr.com/photos/daryldarko/sets/7215760033 1633341/And as a slideshow:http://www.flickr.com/photos/daryldarko/tags/...
Posted by dirkfest on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:48:00 PST

Good Night and Get Out!

GOOD NIGHT AND GET OUT!"DIRK FEST", a tribute to the "Pope of Punk", Dirk Dirksen (1937-2006) will be held on Thursday, June 7th, at Slim's, and Friday, June 8th at the Great American Music Hall, In...
Posted by dirkfest on Thu, 17 May 2007 04:35:00 PST