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Trash Orchestra Benefit
We've been working to put together a Trash Orchestra fundraiser in preparation for our tour to Seattle's Honk Fest West. I hope you'll join us for an exciting evening.A Benefit forSanta Cruz Trash...
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Our Name in Lights
On Friday we played a free show at the Catalyst Atrium with our friends in the D.C. hardcore industrial band Bajskorv.It was exciting for us because we'd not had the opportunity yet to see our name in...
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Brass Liberation Orchestra and Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In
This Friday, we'll be joined by Oakland's amazing Brass Liberation Orchestra and Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In for a fundraiser in support of Trash Orchestra's west coast tour -- including an anti-war...
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Bringing the War to the Suburbs
by JosephOut in the glorious suburb of Walnut Creek, the wealthy are able to ignore the injustice of the world. There they are distracted by promises of endless consumption; new toys, new gadgets and...
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Trash Nor'west Tour Starts Tomorrow
Tomorrow evening we're taking off in a van we haven't yet rented, with stuff that we're still pulling together, on a journey with lots of loose ends. Exciting for us, because we've not ever had an...
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Day One: Nor'west Tour
Yesterday night we bombed through the night up to Eugene and pulled in very sleepy to this very sleepy Willamette Valley town. We'd managed to cram all of out instruments and stuff into the van and...
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Day Two: Student Walk-Out in Portland
As part of a nationwide day of action to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, 1500 to 2000 students in the Portland metropolitan area walked out of class on March 20.Trash Orchestra...
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Day Two, Part 2: Rotture in Portland
Last Night we rocked a club in SE Portland. In an obscure industrial part of town, through an unmarked door, up a dark stairway, an experimental music show, in which we were listed on fliers all over...
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Day Three: Ballard Street Band Insanity
We arrive just in time for dinner and meeting an assload of people from dozens of bands from as far away as Chicago and New York. Legendary bands, obscure bands, bands we've never heard of, bands we've...
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A night of more performance insanity. Three more performances in three different venues in Georgetown, south of Seattle. Punched in the gut by a phenomenal performance by the bone-shaking Weapons of...
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Sunday morning, marching bands took to the streets for a takeover of Ballard. A march and rally down to the Farmer's Market, followed by a takeover of a public square in Ballard.
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The Busiest Week of Trash Ever
Hey Trashinistas:Looks like next week we are playing a bunch:Sat Apr 19thHomeless Garden FundraiserSun Apr 20thRegular PracticeTue Apr 22ndCounter-Recruitment March at UCSCSat Apr 26thOur Free Skool...
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March, Rally and Direct Action Against Military Recruiters at UCSC
Military Recruiters have been blocked from recruiting for three years at UCSC, and have been absent for over a year now, but it looks like they're going to try and come back. The upcoming career fair...
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Playing for the Rollergirls on May 10th
Okay, this can't be missed. We're playing for the Santa Cruz Roller Girls.Santa Cruz RollergirlsSaturday May 10th 7pmCivic Auditorium307 Church St, Santa CruzThe Santa Cruz Rollergirls, is the first...
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Free Food and Music at the River Arts Festival
Trash Orchestra Performanceat the River Arts FestivalSundays May 18th 11:30at the Duck PondSan Lorenzo ParkSanta Cruz, CAAccording to the website, this is an exciting new annual festival celebrating...
View ArticleYour Support Helps Fight Tyranny
In March, we returned from a trip into the Great White North, a fabulous 1500-mile voyage to Seattle, via Eugene and Portland. Check out the harrowing and titillating details of our journey right here...
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Santa Cruz LGBT Pride Parade
Trash Orchestra joins the annual pride parade, a celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, intersex and questioning community. Come support your queer friends, family, and neighbors.The...
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Return to Modesto!
Report back from Modesto DIY Fest from Wingnut Willy:The night ended with Trash Orchestra performance in Modesto's center plaza downtown.Again (1 year later), Santa Cruz folks took the public into the...
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The Crucible's Fire Arts Festival Friday July 11th
Join us as we light ourselves and maybe others on fire at the Crucible's Fire Arts Festival in West Oakland on July 11th. The festival runs Wednesday to Saturday. We're opening on Friday night. We're...
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Trash Orchestra at Fire Arts Festival
Photography by Insurgent Photo insurgentphoto[at]yahoo.comFlagGazingLoungingCanstramentCuddly Kitten TimeOn StageFull StageThe Nicest Guy You'll Ever MeetLadies and Gentlemen!Introduction"Found With a...
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Long-Haul Infoshop 15th Birthday Party in Berkeley
Long-Haul Infoshop 15th Birthday 3124 Shattuck AveFriday Aug 8th 8pm Berkeley, CAThe Long Haul has served as a resource center and community space for radical grassroots activists for 15 years. Trash...
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Trash on the Black Rock Playa
Like Burning Man back in the day, back when we started going in '93. The infinite desert, explosives, and bone-shaking trash percussion. Including a performance at the burning of the desert town of...
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Support Evicted Market Drummers AGAIN
Last time we won! In January, Santa Cruz Police tried to evict the ever-present market drum circle from their spot under the tree, and with the help of Trash Orchestra, the drums drove the cops away....
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