BBQ Art Absurdity

The PRF faithful are pretty artful, even if their subjects may often turn profane or absurd. At Thundersnow, I drew some pictures with people on one of the back tables. Now I guess I’ve started a tradition of leaving random paper and art supplies where people will be chilling, and letting them contribute whatever crazy stuff they feel like drawing. This BBQ we got plenty of goofy crayon scribbles; but also some remarkably creepy pen work (“Ann Landers”), cartooning telling stories about the weekend, and of course an astronaut riding a penis shooting a rainbow.

Minutes Live at PRFBBQ2014

Kalamazoo’s Minutes performed live at Borelli’s in Chicago on Sunday June 22nd, 2014, and there wasn’t a soul in the crowd who didn’t know all the words. Filmed by Sei Jin Lee.

For more info about the band, please visit Minutes on Bandcamp and Minutes on Facebook.

Hungry Man Live at PRFBBQ2014

Hungry Man performs cleverly named songs live on Saturday, June 21st, 2014 at Borelli’s in Chicago during PRFBBQ2014. Filmed by Sei Jin Lee.

For more information on the band, please visit Hungry Man on Facebook.

F/i Live at PRFBBQ2014

Since 1983, Milwaukee’s F/i has been exploring the wide-open spaces of heavy instrumental improvisation. More of a recording project than a live performance group, F/i gigs are few and far between these days. Their latest LP, The Itinerant Lanternist is out now, limited to 300 copies pressed.

For more information on F/i, please visit https://www.sixthstation.com/fi/.

Video courtesy of Sei Jin Lee. Photo courtesy of Liz Bustamante

PRFBBQ2014 Schedule

Dates for the PRFBBQ2014 have been announced. Friday, June 20, 2014 through Sunday, June 22nd, 2014 will be all day events held at Borelli’s in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois.

THREE DAY PASSES ARE SOLD OUT. THERE WILL NOT BE SINGLE DAY PASSES FOR SATURDAY THIS YEAR.

You can still donate to the Beverage Fund if you so choose.

This is a charity event. All monies raised will go to cover band and event expenses, with the proceeds going to Friends of McPherson (CPS School McPherson) and to help pay medical expenses for musician’s family member who has terminal cancer.

Information will be added here as it becomes available. To stay abreast, visit the PRFBBQ2014 Facebook Event.

Wednesday ~ The Pre-Pre-PreRF BBQ Wednesday Night Explosion at Kitchen Sink

Kitchen Sink, Chicago, Illinois

8:30-?:?? .22 (Chicago)
?:??-?:?? Document (P.R.F. R.E.M. cover experience) (Chicago)

Thursday ~ The PreRF BBQ Thursday Night Lights PRF Chicago Chapter Power Run

Livewire Lounge 3394 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois

5:15-5:45 Magia Nuda (Chicago)
6:00-6:30 The Heroine Complex (Chicago)
6:45-7:15   Stomatopod (Chicago)
7:30-8:00   My Canadian Girlfriend (Chicago)
8:15-8:45   Royal Pines (Chicago)
9:00-9:30   The Cell Phones (Chicago)
9:45-10:15   Primes (NYC)
10:30-11:00   Whales (Chicago)
11:15-12:00 TBA
12:15- The Yow Yow Yows (Bloomington’s Premier Jesus Lizard live tribute experience) (Bloomington)

Friday ~ The PRFBBQ 2014 Official Kick Off Boogie Jam Event

Borelli’s 2124 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL 60625

7:00-7:30   The Rutabega (South Bend)
7:35-8:05   The Book-Burners (Great Lakes Region)
8:10-8:40   Fake Limbs (Chicago)

Basement: 8:45-9:15 Gay Name (Chicago, NYC & Milwaukee)

9:20-10:05 Brett Eugene Ralph’s Kentucky Chrome Revue (Louisville)
10:10-10:40 Velcro Lewis Group (Chicago)
10:45- A Very PRF Live Band Karaoke Tribute to Touch & Go records

Saturday ~ PRF BBQ 2014

Borelli’s 2124 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL 60625

12:00-12:30 Like Like The The The Death (Milwaukee)
12:35-1:05 Tyranny is Tyranny (Madison)
1:10-1:40   Chung Antique (Seattle)
1:45-2:15   Self Evident (Minneapolis)
2:20-2:50   The Fervor (Louisville)
2:55-3:25   The Bismarck (Seattle)

Basement: 3:30-4:00 Real Live Dress (Chicago)

4:10-4:40   Magpies (Missoula)
4:45-5:15   Hungry Man (Chicago)
5:20-5:50   Jap Herron (Chicago)
6:00-6:30   Motherfucker (Athens)
6:35-7:05   Couch Flambeau (Milwaukee)

Rooftop: 7:10-7:40 Small Awesome (Chicago)

7:45-8:15   The Columbines (Chicago)
8:20-9:20   Hum (Champaign)
9:30-10:10 Dianogah (Chicago)
10:05-10:35   Marthas Vineyard Ferries (Massachusetts)
10:40-11:10   Pinebender (Chicago)
11:15-   F/I (Milwaukee)

Sunday ~ PRF BBQ 2014

Borelli’s 2124 W. Lawrence Chicago, IL 60625

12:00-12:30 Songs of the Pawners’ Society
12:35-1:05 Burn Permits (Seattle)
1:10-1:40 SEMINARS (Seattle)

1:45-2:15 French Goodbye (Chicago)
2:20-2:50 We Ride On (NYC)
2:55-3:25 Reverb Bomb (Ontario)
3:30-4:00 Dead Halos (Louisville)

4:05-4:35 Bad Models (NYC)
4:40-5:10 Minutes (Kalamazoo)
5:15-5:45 Electrical Collision Horse (Chicago)

5:50-6:20   Crown Larks
6:25-6:55   Six Acre Lake (Philadelphia)
7:00-7:30   Redgrave (Chicago)

7:35-8:05   Burned or Buried (Chicago)
8:10-8:40   San Andreas Fault (Chicago)
8:45-9:15   Velocicopter (Chicago)

9:20-9:50   We Are Hex (Indianapolis)
9:55-10:25   Electric Hawk (Chicago)
10:30-11:15   Dead Rider (Chicago)
11:20-   Nonagon (Chicago)

Photo by gavchap — https://flic.kr/p/a2o1DC