Showing posts with label Brushfire Records. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Woodshed Film's Latest :: 180 SOUTH :: Santa Barbara Premiere


photo: Yvon Chouinard

From today's Brushfire Records e-newsletter. Looking forward to seeing this new Woodshed Films production:)



180 SOUTH is the story of one of the most unique and prolific environmentalists of our time: Yvon Chouinard.

Rather than re-living Yvon's story through old photos and his life's work with pie charts, 180 SOUTH weaves Chouinard's tale through a modern day expedition. This expedition was inspired by the rumor of a legendary trip in 1968 and the proof that came with it when the lost cans of film that documented the trip were recently discovered. The old footage captures Chouinard and best friend Doug Tompkins in 1968 as they explore untouched mountain ranges and un-surfed coastline on a 5000 mile expedition from California to deep Patagonia. Be one of the first to see the film on the big screen at its world premier.


WHEN February 10th, 2010, 7:30 pm
WHERE The Arlington Theater, 1317 State St, Santa Barbara
COST $15.00/ticket at the box office

I prefer the "new" trailer on the 180 SOUTH website, but couldn't embed it here.

180° SOUTH from Mark Kalch on Vimeo.



Also check out Yvon's book "Let My People Go Surfing."





Also from today's e-newsletter - wish I could go to this one, too!

The Happening returns to Australia, with Matt Costa, Neil Halstead and Zee Avi.

A festival celebrating surf films, art, and music will be landing in Australia in late March. It will feature film screenings, fine art from the surf world, and acoustic performances from Matt Costa, Neil Halstead and Zee Avi (her first ever performances in Australia). Details are coming, but you can find out more here.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Emmett Molloy, Neil Halstead & Jack Johnson support Surfrider (and HeadCount)


photo: Emmett Malloy


Striking, candid photos of Jack Johnson, The White Stripes, The Dead Weather and others will be just some of the attractions at the Morrison Hotel Gallery's multi-media event on December 16, 2009.



Morrison Hotel Gallery
313 Bowery NYC
Wednesday December 16, 2009 7 PM
Doors open 7 PM, Screening 7:30 PM, Concert 9 PM
$5 cover for the show, proceeds go to Surfrider Foundation



Photos by Emmett Malloy

In addition to the photography exhibition and sale, the event will include a private screening of Emmett's new 80-minute film Jack Johnson "En Concert."



Neil Halstead of Brushfire Records will play a special acoustic performance as a bonus.



I love Neil Halstead! He joined Jack Johnson on the 2008 Tour, performing at a handful of the August dates.


photo: Elizabeth (Surfrider representative on the tour), Neil, Abby (HeadCount representative on the tour) @ Sandstone Amphitheater in Bonner Springs, KS, August 2008.

Neil has been wonderful to the Surfrider Foundation. Check out this Surfrider Music Outreach Program blog post for more info about Neil's generosity towards Surfrider.


photo: Surfrider Music Outreach Program volunteer Brooke and I with Neil.

Jack, Neil, and a few other Brushfire Records artists will be performing at the Byron Bay (Australia) Blues Festival this spring. Then according to Brushfire's Twitter handle, Neil, Zee Avi and Matt Costa will be playing some shows. Jack's only 2010 dates are his 2 sets at the Byron Bay Blues Fest.

While doing the research for this post I stumbled upon a few videos here of Emmett talking about the greening of the music industry. Brushfire is super green - awesome record label:)


Here's an interview with Jack where he talks about why he brought nonprofits like Surfrider and HeadCount on tour with him in 2008.



UPDATE: Review of the night's events here on the Spinner website.