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Need an excuse to come to Anacortes this April? We’ve got a doozy for you.

On 4/16 Bret Lunsford will be giving a talk on Anacortes Music History @ Anacortes Music Channel. Then, we’ve got this unbelievable show on 4/17 followed by Record Store Day on 4/18! Come hang.

Tickets just $10 and available by clicking the above image.

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Anacortes, there is a new event in town:

Here’s a poster!

We hate to be redundant, but if you are planning on attending our event and have yet to buy a pass, do it now. All the money goes to a good cause and we’ll need a definitive head count for the dinner. Don’t leave us hangin’ till the last minute!

www.anacortesunknown.com

(The Business, at 402 Commercial Ave. in Anacortes also sells passes if you want to buy one in person. Pass pick-up will take place at the Unknown on the day of the event.)

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We have the pleasure to announce The Anacortes Unknown Music Series Vol. II, “OURS” !

This one-day festival happens SATURDAY, MARCH 23rd 2013 and passes are for sale for $25 as we speak. A pass gets you into all the events at the Unknown as well as the dinner which will be held in the Croatian Club. Denise Crowe is cooking it, she is a magician of the nurturing and the nutritious.

The list of performers, as of now, is the following:

BROKEN WATER LORI GOLDSTON LOIS Ô PAON ALLYSON FOSTER LLOYD & MICHAEL JAE CHOI MARIANNA RITCHEY (doing a presentation about Hildegard von Bingen)

(more to come later)

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Follow our blog at anacortesunknown.tumblr.com

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Hey What the Heck? fans!

Donate now to help Karl Blau reach his Kickstarter goal.

This project is super exciting, he did something similar 8 years ago and every month subscribers would get a record in the mail. So many classics! Coconutcracker! Dunkel Blau! Double Duty Booty!

Spend a little on the man who gives so freely.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/karlblau/give-a-hand-for-klaps

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Pssst!

Anacortes Unknown Music Series has a tumblr:

www.anacortesunknown.tumblr.com

We won't be updating for a while, but eventually we'll have more stuff to say.

love,

Some nerds in Anacortes.

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Hello!

This will not be the official opening, but if you love excellent Sunday music and are curious about what the Unknown will be, come to this show!

Sunday, August 28th 2011:

the Hive Dwellers, Mount Eerie and Hungry Cloud Darkening

6 PM at the Unknown (1202 7th St., upstairs) in Anacortes.

$5

GET IN.

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Thank you.

It's not over:

www.anacortesunknown.com

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Good news: there is dancing at What the Heck.

This is footage/proof from last year's performances by NK as well as DJs the Universe and Hot Air Balloon. DJ Hot Air Balloon returns on Saturday with DJ Ingebling. DJs What the Hex will be doing Friday night.

It's at the Watertown (a local bar) and it's free.

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Heck fest could never be Heck fest without Calvin.

This is the Hive Dwellers. They will be performing at 5 PM Saturday at Anchor Art Space, a room which will fit their sound very very well. Anchor is also having an exhibition by festival regulars/friends Sheila Klein and Ries Niemi. Entrance is always free.

(the movie is by Dan Schreiber)

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Sleepy Lagoon is an Anacortes band formed by four boys who were pre-schoolers when the festival first started. Catch them at the park on Saturday!

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BROKEN WATER. When I was a teenager I wanted to experience punk just like in the documentaries I would watch. Then I figured it was too late to experience such extreme authenticity, to experience something that great as it was happening.

It's not too late.

Broken Water are the band I wanted to see as a teenager, and more.

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This is an old video of an old song, but I think it's important to point out that the first time you see THRONES perform Obolus, your jaw sort of drops.

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WHAT THE HECK? is having its very first publication fair Saturday July 16th and Sunday July 17th, from noon till 5PM (in the church space above the Croatian Club). Entrance is free.

The following small-press publishers (and more) will be in attendance: Anteism (Victoria, BC), Container Corps (Portland, OR), Dill Pickle Club (Portland, OR), First Person Magazine (San Francisco, CA), Islands Fold (Pender Island, BC), Publication Studio (Portland, OR) and Yeti Publishing (Portland, OR).

BRING POCKET MONEY.

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Arrington de Dionyso is brilliant.

krecs:

Check out this fantastic video of Arrington De Dionyso showing us how he experiments with recording music.

And have a look (even if you don’t read French) at this beautiful post on Blogotheque. 

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This is Nicholas Krgovich performing in a church in Brooklyn a couple weeks ago.

Another performer not to be missed this year.

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This is the mini-documentary about What the Heck? that was put together by Hannah Holtgeerts and Lyudmila Zotova (two young Anacortes women) two years ago.

Just a reminder to buy your pass (and your friend's) now.