Saturday, July 12, 2008

more FULL TROTTLE! videos

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Monday, June 30, 2008

FULL TROTTLE! photo roundup

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Five different galleries for your photo perusal pleasure!

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

FULL TROTTLE! video

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

FULL TROTTLE! final notice

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Saturday!
June 28, 2008!
San Francisco!
FULL TROTTLE!
And it's FREE!


Flyer by Humuhumu
Featuring performances by:
Palace Family Steak House (11:15 p.m.)
the Hi-Nobles (10:15 p.m.)
the Final Frontiersmen (9:45 p.m.)
Control-R (8:45 p.m.)

Ted from BAGeL Radio DJs between bands and IN AND AROUND YOUR MIND!

Doors at 8pm!

We will also be announcing the PFSH project for the 2008/2009 fiscal year!

All of this for FREE at Beale Street Bar & Grill
(133 Beale St. b/t Mission and Howard in San Francisco)

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Tuesday, June 03, 2008

SF Joy Boy's 40th Birthday Party

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Although I am in the midst of preparing for my own birthday party, I would be remiss if I failed to mention that 3/5 of PFSH played SF Joy Boy's 40th Birthday Party last week. All proceeds from CD sales went to the Marin County Humane Society where SF Joy Boy adopted his amazing dog, Elsie! I'm sure the $15 we raised through CD sales will last them at least 7 seconds!

We also brought Rhine Wine Cup from The Joy of Cooking to the party. It involved steeping cucumbers in the punch. Which? Rules.

Photos by Humuhumu

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Monday, June 02, 2008

FULL TROTTLE! promo video

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

FULL TROTTLE! save the date

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Saturday!
June 28, 2008!
8pm!
San Francisco!
FULL TROTTLE!
And it's FREE!


Flyer by Humuhumu
Featuring performances by:
Palace Family Steak House
the Hi-Nobles
Control-R
the Final Frontiersmen
and a few other surprises!

Ted from BAGeL Radio DJs between bands and IN AND AROUND YOUR MIND!

We will also be announcing the PFSH project for the 2008/2009 fiscal year!

All of this for FREE at Beale Street Bar & Grill
(133 Beale St. b/t Mission and Howard in San Francisco)

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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Surprise Freddie Mercury Cameo

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From our show in March...

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Friday, March 28, 2008

Your Presence Is Required

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March 28 Show FlyerYou need to come to our awesome free show this evening in San Francisco because, as always, attendance is mandatory!

We'll be playing at Beale Street Bar & Grill at 133 Beale St. between Mission and Howard.

Sid Luscious & the Pants @ 10pm
PFSH @ 11pm
Rocket Culture @ midnight

MC'ed by the Mysterious Q!

Karaoke until 9:30pm!

Tasty grilled cheese sandwiches!

Lots of parking!

Accessible by all sorts of transit--just a block and a half from the Embarcadero BART/Muni Metro station!

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Monday, March 10, 2008

The, Um, Avalanche Can Stop

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March 28 Show FlyerThe … um … avalanche … or something … of email demanding that I divulge the location of the March 28 Mystery Show can finally stop.

We'll be playing at Beale Street Bar & Grill at 133 Beale St. between Mission and Howard.

Plentiful parking? Check!

Accessible by mass transit? Check!

Karaoke? Check!

For a few more details, read the flyer (courtesy of Just Visiting) you see here.

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Saturday, February 09, 2008

Mystery Show Flyer

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Courtesy of Rocket Culture's drummer Shawn, here's an awesome flyer for the upcoming Mystery Show on March 28. (Click it for the full-sized version.)
Mystery Show Flyer
And don't forget to listen to Sid Luscious's jingle for the show every single day. It contains a full day's supply of vitamins and minerals!

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Mystery Show

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Check out the awesome jingle that Sid Luscious wrote and recorded for this next show before I had an opportunity to do so!

Did you listen to it? If not, really, go listen to it.

Our next show will be Friday, March 28 in San Francisco. But we're not saying where. Oh no. You will have to check back for that information.

We can tell you that we will be appearing on a bill with Sid Luscious and the Pants. We can also tell you that Rocket Culture will be on the bill.

Furthermore, there will be karaoke.

And, in all probability, nachos.

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Saturday, January 12, 2008

Finally, Video Of The District-By-District Completion

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Filmed by Rani Goel

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Project District-By-District Complete!

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Prior to Saturday, Palace Family Steak House had played shows in nine of San Francisco's eleven supervisorial districts. In order to fulfill my commitment to play a show in each district before the end of the year, I had to play one show in District 4 and one show in District 7.

Fortunately, those districts are adjacent to each other. The north side of Sloat Boulevard is in one district, the south side in the other.

I set up on the median of Sloat Boulevard under the Doggie Diner head and played a song. With one foot in each district, my mission was accomplished!

Video to follow soon...

Photos by Andrew Goldfarb

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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Brainwash, 30-Oct-2007

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Photos by Rani Goel

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

PFSH Featured Along With Olive Oil And Fruitcake

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Haus Frau Inc. posted photos and a little bit of text about our recent playground show. Also in the same post: extra-virgin olive oil and fruitcake.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Photo from Brainwash, 30-Oct-2007

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Photo by Jungledave

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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Excelsior Playground

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Flyer for Excelsior Playground show

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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

For The Children

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We care about our fans. So, after every show, we wash the cases on all the pillows used during the audience pillow fight segment of the show. It's a very loving gesture, but we know that our fans are worth it. They should not settle for less than clean pillow cases at each show!

However, this week, we went the extra step.

At our last show, someone threw a pillow. (Stop doing that! They're not for throwing! They're for whacking your neighbor on the head!) The pillow knocked over a beer, soaking the leg of Tender Few bassist Nicole. I felt bad, but she kind of deserved it as she was probably just there feigning support while trying to dream up scurrilous things to write about Palace Family Steak House on her band's Web site. Of more concern was the fact that a few of the pillows themselves got soaked in beer.

And our next show is at a playground.

Beer-soaked pillows. Playground. We can't have that.

So, we washed the pillows in an industrial washer at a laundromat.

That's right! We did it. And we did it for the children.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Extra-Effort Kid-Friendliness

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We're playing an afternoon show at the Excelsior Playground (Moscow Ave. & Russia St.) in San Francisco on Saturday, November 17. I've begun making my lyrics safe for 5th graders. I don't have lots of swear words in my songs or anything like that. But I am surprised, now that I have to think about each song, at how much use I make of words like crackhead, Cannibal Corpse, and friggin'.

Here are some preliminary lyric substitution plans.

Original:
Heroin junkie, you don't need to get your fix.
Put away your works and I'll show you where to get your kicks.
I know it sounds crazy, but crackhead you know it's true.
You don't need smack when you got yourself a little au jus.

Modified for child-safety purposes:
Cookie Monster, you don't need to get your snacks.
Put away your Chips Ahoy and I'll show you where to relax.*
I know it sounds crazy, but Muppet, you know it's true.
You don't need Oreos when you got yourself a little au jus.

*Is it cool to use chillax instead of relax or is that completely weak?

Original:
I get suicidal when the 14th rolls around.

Modified for child-safety purposes:
I get kinda restless when recess rolls around.

Original:
Coffee Bear needs coffee now!

Modified for increased child-empathy:
Chocobear needs chocolate now!

Solid Gold JP once had a cover band that played for a bunch of kids, and they realized that a lot of their repertoire wasn't appropriate. They changed Bad Company's "Feel Like Making Love" to "Feel Like Skipping Rope."

Let's just say, don't be surprised if we break out a slightly modified Bad Company cover tune.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Awesomely Precise

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Check out this awesomely precise schedule for our October 30 show at Brainwash!

8:00 Wish Inflicted
8:25 Ol' Cheeky Bastard
8:55 The Slow Poisoner
9:40 Palace Family Steak House

Also:
Bobbing for shrunken heads!
The Brainwashing Booth!
Decorations!
Costumes!
Candy!
Washing machines and dryers!
Prizes!
And admission is free!

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Friday, October 19, 2007

Last Minute Show

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We're playing a warehouse party in San Francisco on Saturday, October 20, 2007. If you're reading this in a timely fashion, that's tomorrow night!

You ought to go.

It's free!

I think the party starts about 9:30pm and we go on about 10:30pm. We will be followed by Sid Luscious and the Pants!

The party/show is at 290-H Napoleon St near Bayshore.


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Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Keep Your Eye On The Bagel!

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Monday, September 24, 2007

District 2 Crisis Averted

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Yesterday, a crisis was averted! I played a short set of Palace Family Steak House songs at a birthday BBQ for Zeitgeist Rekords honcho Ellard in the Presidio in San Francisco.

The Presidio is located in District 2 of the city. This means that I need not fret anymore about what to do about District 2 when it comes to my District-By-District Project. District 2 crisis averted!

Here's how things now stand in Project District-By-District:

  • District 1 (Jake McGoldrick): Rockit Room

  • District 2 (Michela Alioto-Pier): Presidio

  • District 3 (Aaron Peskin): Red Devil Lounge, Grant & Green (twice!)

  • District 4 (Ed Jew): We have not yet played a show in District 4!

  • District 5 (Ross Mirkarimi): Blackthorn Tavern

  • District 6 (Chris Daly): Hotel Utah

  • District 7 (Sean Elsbernd): We have not yet played a show in District 7!

  • District 8 (Bevan Dufty): Dolores Park

  • District 9 (Tom Ammiano): 12 Galaxies

  • District 10 (Sophie Maxwell): Parkside, Bottom of the Hill

  • District 11 (Gerardo Sandoval): We have not yet played a show in District 11!

The big question now: What to do about District 7?

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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Palace Family Steak House Upcoming Events

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Friday, 28-March-2008
Mystery Show!
San Francisco, CA
w/ Sid Luscious and the Pants and Rocket Culture
Also: Karaoke! (No, not a band named Karaoke--actual karaoke.)

Location to be disclosed soon. Check back!

Hear Sid Luscious's jingle for this event.

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