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Wes Anderson Party This Saturday & The Blog Post That Never Was

Posted on September 18, 2012 by | 2 Comments

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Director Wes Anderson’s films warp the viewer to another slightly altered world. Cliche I know, but it’s true. Whether the plot takes place in stop-motion fox hole, a shoreline of Electric Jellyfish Viet Cong Man O’ Wars, or in the house of a highly dysfunctional/ slightly incestual family, the audience always seems to get lost in the dark humor universe of quirky characters, timely music selections, and revenge-laden plot lines.

This Saturday night, local collective Subculture, the team that brought FTL this year’s Record Store Day at Radio-Active Records and the uber-packed Back To The Future event at Gateway Theater, will provide Green Room  with an extreme makeover unlike any other; each corner of the venue will be dedicated to one of the director’s films: The Royal Tenenbaums, Moonrise Kingdom, The Life Aquatic, Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr Fox, and Rushmore (no Bottle Rocket because that movie is boring as cuss). The entire venue will be dressed from head-to-toe with art from some of the brightest local and national artists. Upper Florida-based indie bands Levek and Saskatchewan will be performing on the GR stage, playing both songs from the movies and originals. Conceptual DJ sets by Jolt Radio and Andie Sweetswirl, custom screen printed tees by The Fine Print Shoppe, food by Riverside Market, Indie Craft Bazaar vendors, a photobooth, tons (I mean tons) of giveaways, and many more surprises. Just know that even if you’re not a fanboy of Wes’ movies, you’ll be floored by both the visuals and sounds in Green Room this Saturday.

Stream the event trailer below to furthur your level of excitement about this weekend….

By Way of Wes Anderson Trailer from Subculture on Vimeo.

Before I put the final period on this blog post, I’d like to mention my original blog post idea that just didn’t have the time to create. I share this only because I’d like to see someone do it…. 2 Live Crew (Fantastic Mr Fox Cuss Remix).

Subculture presents By Way Of Wes Anderson @ Green Room, performances by Levek and Saskatchewan, DJ sets by Andie Sweetswirl and Jolt Radio, tons of themed-artwork curated by Kristin Frenzel and Gina Bentivegna, 21+, 10pm doors, only $5 to enter

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Bleeding Palm’s Animated Flyer For County Grind Night

Posted on July 10, 2012 by | 1 Comment

I’ll write more about this show next week, but I thought everyone should see the animated version of the flyer design by Bleeding Palm (damn, Facebook for not allowing moving images #myspace4lyfe).

green room flyer animated 350 Bleeding Palms Animated Flyer For County Grind Night

Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/468069196556125/

County Grind Night w/ Holly Hunt, Shroud Eater, & Slashpine. DJ sets by Mikey Ramirez of Radio-Active Records & Andie Sweetswirl, music-themed art show,  doors at 10pm, $5 cover, $3 vodka drinks before midnight

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Black Friday Celebrates The 7 Deadly Sins, We’re All Going To Hell

Posted on May 18, 2012 by | Leave a comment

seven deadly sins Black Friday Celebrates The 7 Deadly Sins, Were All Going To Hell

The 7 Deadly Sins and Green Room go hand in hand. At some point in the past year, we’ve committed every deadly sin at least once. We’re so cool with sinning at Green Room that we even booked a rapper named SIN….twice (did I at least get a chuckle from that one?). In case you’re far removed from your Catholic school education, the deadly sins are as follows: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride.

The artists showcasing their sin-themed art tonight are:

Bruce Levins
Paul Caprio
Valyn Calhoun
Andrew Ackerman
Justin “INVI” Vilonna
Philip Carlucci
Ellusionz
Jacques de Beaufort (visuals on the projector)

In addition to the incredible artwork and the usual shenanigans by resident DJs LinderSMASH and Kaos, we’re welcoming back guest DJ KC Killjoy of Cyanide Regime. 80s, new wave, post-punk, indie, electro, industrial, you know the drill. No cover, doors at 10pm, BOGO drinks until midnight.

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8 Local Artists Duke It Out This Saturday For The Magic Hat Art Battle

Posted on May 8, 2012 by | 1 Comment

This Saturday, Green Room hosts our very first art battle. What is an art battle, you ask? It’s a lot like a contest, except the word ‘battle’ sounds a lot more bad ass. Ok,  so there’s no bloodshed, pre-fight weigh-ins, or even any flying acrylic paint at this particular event. This type of ‘fight’ is more of a friendly, premeditated creative competition amongst some of South Florida’s most colorfully-minded individuals. The notoriously eccentric microbrewery Magic Hat has jumped on board for this weekend’s contest. The only rule: create a piece of artwork inspired by one of Magic Hat’s newest line of summer ales, Summer Ale, #9, Elder Betty, Blind Faith, and Pistil (see images below).

Participating artists are Jacquelin Romano, Vaughn Reynolds, Matt Deterior, Zulu Painter, Ray Brown, Rosario Psy, Jennifer Love-Gironda, and Brandon Paul.

The top 3 winners will be chosen by 3 judges: a Magic Hat rep, a celebrity judge, and YOU. Yes, the people will get to vote. Here’s how it’ll work…..

Each piece will have a link directly to a photo of the piece on our Facebook page (I’ll be uploading photos of each piece a few hours before we open doors).  Each ‘like’ will be counted as a vote for the artwork. At 1am, all 8 pieces will be ordered by number of ‘likes’. That combined with the order chosen by each judge will determine the top 3 winners, lowest score wins. Anyone looking for a headstart on the voting, check Green Room’s official Facebook page around 8pm on Saturday.

If art battles aren’t your thing, we have a stellar music lineup consisting of Space Between Words, Deaf Poets, and The Mirrors who all promise entertaining live performances. The Reckless Dames burlesque troupe will also be dancing throughout the night. Andie Sweetswirl will be spinning your favorite indie jams til the wee hours of the morning. No cover, doors at 9pm, 2-4-1 drinks before midnight.

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We Could Just Tell You, But It’s More Fun As A Star Wars Opening Crawl

Posted on May 3, 2012 by | Leave a comment

This Friday night, Green Room unleashes it’s first annual May The Fourth Party, an over-the-top event that celebrates the Star Wars movie series. As usual, the Green Room creative squad has stuffed the night with tons of eye and ear morsels. Rather than just writing all the details in a boring, long-winded paragraph, I thought it’d be WAY more to fun to hash out all the juicy details in the form of a good ol’ Star Wars opening crawl. Hit play! (for those of you who are no fun and enjoy reading in its mundane traditional form, look for the transcript below the video)

Video transcript:

In the galaxy of South Florida, on the most remote section of the planet of downtown Fort Lauderdale, in a  province known as Green Room, lies a venue that showcases some of the galaxy’s most creative humans, droids, and creatures. A rogue place not controlled by anyone, let alone The Federation. Where the dark side and the light side can hang out together, and enjoy a PBR + a shot of jack ($7). Where the only rule is that you must be 21+ and NOT Jar Jar Binks or an eff’n Trekkie.

On May the 4th, the province of Green Room will be overtaken by 14 different local artists, skin suspension light saber battles, a performance by the 3000 Brigade, a costume contest, photobooth, and so much more! Jedi LinderSMASH and Darth Kaos will be spinning 80s, new wave, indie, and industrial inside the ship. That Droid Sam will be guest DJing on the hull. Only 5 credits to get in (or $5). Ship doors open at 10pm. 2 for 1′s before midnight.

May the 4th be with you!

$5 cover, doors at 10pm, 2-4-1′s before 12.

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Call To College Students: Green Room Is Looking For An Intern

Posted on February 17, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Dirty Hands Call To College Students: Green Room Is Looking For An InternGoing into our second year as “new” Green Room, we have a renewed focus on maintaining and expanding the level of quality for all our nights, Wednesday through Saturday. That means more live entertainment, more art shows, more press, more marketing materials, more off-site events, more quirky events, and more workload to pass around. We’d like to extend to one lucky college student the opportunity to be part of the GR family and aid us in continuing to develop our venue. Here are some of the requirements:

  • You must be in college
  • You must have an overt interest in local art and music
  • You must be able to express your ideas without feeling shy or hesitant
  • You must be willing to engage with prospective customers
  • You must be willing to learn
  • You must have your own laptop
  • You must a car
  • You must be willing to go to Brew and pick up our coffees without complaining
  • You must be able to chug a 4Loko in under 20 seconds*
  • You must be willing to put on a giant animal costume and run around Himmarshee District 
The internship will require 2 full days in the office, totaling 16-20 hours of work per week. The internship will be a combination of work that special project manager DJ Mig and our marketing director Ashlie just straight up don’t want to do (data entry, calendar submissions, street teaming, hanging artwork, press breaks, etc) and really fun and creative tasks such as planning our nights, acquiring entertainment, blogging, contacting Emilio Estevez, dabbling in social media marketing, working with artists and non-profits, scouting other events and venues, engaging with customers at off sites, coming up with new ways to expand our nights, etc. 

Important to note, the internship is UNPAID. I repeat, this is an UNPAID INTERNSHIP. So unless you take interest in this kind of work, please don’t apply. 

Green Room is a fun and collaborative place to work. While a portion of your job will be ‘bitch’ work, we will do our best to make the experience worthwhile for you and your resume.

If interested, please email miguel@jointherevolution.net . Include your name, phone number, and a paragraph as to why you think you’re a good candidate. 

*The 4Loko chugging requirement was a joke, just in case that threw you off. FYI we like to joke at Green Room. 

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Cyanide Regime’s KC Killjoy & VJ Edit Monster return to Black Friday

Posted on February 1, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Black Fridays have been on fire for the last month. The weekly night of new wave/industrial has recently showcased incredible artwork by some of South Florida’s top tattoo artists (worth noting: Pooch of Alter State Tattoo has sold over $1000 worth of art this past weekend, a new Green Room record), hosted a 4 band Cure tribute night, and brought in some top notch guest DJs. This coming Saturday is more like the latter. We’re bringing back Green Room regular and international rock star KC Killjoy of Cyanide Regime to do a guest DJ set, while VJ Edit Monster mixes up an array of trippy and hellish visuals on the projecter.

Check out some Cyanide Regime tracks and Killjoy remixes by KC’s Soundcloud page (unfortunately, I can’t stream them. They’re set to so that they can’t be embedded outside of Soundcloud)

Check out these 3 videos by Brinson Renda AKA Edit Monster. WARNING: Do not watch before going to bed:


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Interview With Two Tattooists From Friday’s The Art Of Tattoo

Posted on January 25, 2012 by | Leave a comment

tattoo front lores Interview With Two Tattooists From Fridays The Art Of TattooTo preview this Friday’s two-floor art exhibit that will be featuring artwork from some of South Florida’s top tattoo artists, we’ve decided to ask two tattooists (say that 5xs fast) from this weekend’s show a quartet of questions to get to know them better….

What’s the craziest tattoo you’ve ever done or seen?

Pooch (Altered State Tattoo, Lake Worth): I did my buddy’s whole back 4 days in a row, 7 hour sittings, huge full color biomech skull

Gwen Gersich (Formula Ink, Ft Lauderdale): Well I’m not sure about “crazy” but it sure was hilarious! A recently single friend was talking about having 3 women with him everywhere he went… after many crude adult jokes later. We tattooed 3 stick figure women faces on three fingers. One a brunette, a red head and blonde. There are still remnants of Bernadette, Sally and Brittney one his hand today! (Yes he named them)

Tell us about your favorite tattoo on your body?

Pooch: Huge black and grey skull on my stomach by Dennis Pase

Gwen: My absolute favorite is still in progress. Its an entire back piece of a Phoenix flying from flowers into the sky, which incorporates a moon already on my right shoulder. I started it a while back and the reasoning is very dear to my heart. After having a serious health scare that nearly took my life, to economic problems and beating cancer. It represents beating the odds and rising through everything. Many people have similar stories, Holden from Formula Ink nailed the look and what I was looking to accomplish. It always reminds me to live every day as if it’s your last and be happy in all that you do. I believe everyone should accomplish what makes them happiest. You just have to take the risk and do it.

If someone wanted you to tattoo DRAKE on their forehead, would you do it?

Pooch: Yeah but I would change it to DOUCHE! Just kidding I would never tattoo anyones face

Gwen: Does a car have square wheels?… I love my work and how I make an income…. but I do hold morals.

Describe the art that you’ll be showing this Friday? 

Pooch: Welcome to the amusement park in my head!

Gwen: I will be featuring watercolor pieces. I don’t want to say traditional, as there a few styles incorporated into every piece of art I create. I work in many different mediums to create art…. from painting, photography and even dabbling in sculpture. Tattooing is one of my favorites (obviously) so being able to combine my passion of skin and ink with paint is a gift!

Both Pooch and Gwen are two of the many tattoo artists showing their artwork this Friday for The Art Of Tattoo art show (event page). Residents LinderSMASH and Kaos will be spinning, as well as guest DJ Klov. Doors are at 10pm. No cover. RSVP to miguel@jointherevolution.net for a FREE drink before midnight. 

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Last Chance To See Artwork From County Grind Night

Posted on January 21, 2012 by | Leave a comment
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photo of Ian Witlen's photography, by Ian Witlen

Considering this blog was started 2 days after one of our biggest nights ever, the debut of County Grind Live Music Series w/ Afrobeta, I didn’t get a chance to post about all  showcasing musicians and artists from the weekend. Although you won’t be able to witness the incredible music lineup (Mothersky, Boxwood, The Astrea Corporation, This Heart Electric, Dino Felipe, Sumsun, and Afrobeta), you will get one more shot to check out the artwork.

This Saturday will be the LAST Saturday to see artwork by: Ian Witlen (Concert Photography), Monica McGivern (Concert Photography), Christina Mendenhall (Concert Photography), Chris Hill (Street Photography), Sean Murdock, (Photography/Mixed Media), Chuck Loose/Iron Forge Press (Screen Printing), and Kyle Hess (Painting/Mixed Media).

In addition to the artwork, we got sounds by local band Universal Citizens, Mig, Andie Sweetswirl, and DJ De Paz (on the balcony). The Reckless Dames will be performing throughout the night. No cover. Doors at 9pm. $2 PBRs all night.

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