Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Allen Schellenberger, Kickstand, Kickstand Productions, Lit
On Thursday, August 19th, Allen Shellenberger, drummer for the band lit, lost his lengthy battle with brain cancer at the age of 39. His last show was a tribute benefit for health care in July where he courageously played six songs before relinquishing drum duties to Adrian Young of No Doubt as a friendly gesture to a fellow Orange County band member and friend. Schellenberger and his band mates are responsible for some of the biggest songs in the late nineties that weren’t Nu-metal or boy band pop. Hits like “My Own Worst Enemy” and “Zip-Lock” were staples on alternative-radio and heavy on MTV rotation (They still kind of played music then). They were even joined in video by the star of the smash hit television program VIP, Pamela Anderson, for the song ‘Miserable”. Let’s take a moment to acknowledge their accolades and think about how many times you have heard one of their songs in a preview for a zany bro-comedy about boobs.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Cursive, DeKalb, Kickstand Productions, Pitchfork, Sybris, WNIJ
Our owner and founder and all around b-boy to the extreme, John Ugolini, recently had the chance to sit down with the folks at WNIJ for a feature on the live music business. The piece features interviews with the people of Pitchfork as well as some thought provoking quips from those lovely chatterboxes in Cursive and Sybris.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Kickstand Productions, Ottos Nightclub, The Detroit Cobras
These lovely ladies from the motor city have started a pretty little fire in the heart of the gentleman sitting behind this computer. (points to self with both thumbs) That’s me! Anywho, if you have not experienced The Detroit Cobras…or if you long to spark the embers or your heart…then you should check out this video. Most certainly you should be at their show on Sat. Aug. 22nd at Ottos Nightclub. Boy howdy!
Filed under: Uncategorized
Kickstand Productions is excited to present Kevin Devine at The House Cafe on Wednesday August 5th, show starts at 7pm. Kevin Devine has been following in the foot steps of other political lyricist like Bob Dylan and Elliott Smith since his start. Devine has toured with acts like Brand New and Manchester Orchestra and has since been able to book gigs at SXSW 09 and also at Chicago’s Lallapolooza. Devine’s recent release Blood Brothers has survived as an excellent portrayal of what he truly believes and feels as an artist. With the show only days away, we have decided to give away 2 tickets right now to the 5th and 10th people who begin to follow us on twitter, go to http://www.twitter.com/kickstandshows!
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Company Of Thieves, Kickstand Productions, News, Pressure
Congrats to our friends in Company Of Thieves for all of their recent success! It always feels good to see a hard working local act break out and receive some well-deserved attention. We here at Team Kickstand have enjoyed working with the COT crew over the years and wish them the best of the best as they continue making waves and bringin’ the ruckus to our National music scene! Hey, check out their new video for their new single, ‘Pressure’.
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: DeKalb, Elbow Grease, Kickstand Productions, Office Work
POSITION OPENING: Office Assistant (Part Time)
Kickstand Productions is looking for hard working individuals with a positive attitude and willingness to repeatedly humiliate oneself. This is a part time position, 12 – 15 hours a week.
Duties include, but are not limited to, filtering and responding to Kickstand myspace messages, updating show production schedules and calendars, updating the Kickstand myspace and website as well as venue websites (no HTML knowledge necessary; training provided), light bookkeeping / data entry, creating venue “call sheets”, advancing show details with tour staff and scheduling sound and production staff monthly. General typing skills and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office software is a must. Working knowledge of Photoshop is a must! Do you know Illustrator? That’s great. You won’t need that here.
If you are looking to get into this business, this IS the job for you. If this sounds like something you would be interested in send a cover letter and resume to KickstandProductions@gmail.com. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
xoxo
TEAM KICKSTAND
Chiodos live at The House Cafe on Sat. May 30th!
Thanks to every one for coming out to the sold out Chiodos show at The House Cafe on Saturday. I couldn’t help but feel very nostalgic as I recalled memories of the very first Chiodos shows at The House on Fri. June 17th 2005. The band opened up a sold out show with Murder By Death and He Is Legend. Many other dates came and went at The House Cafe as the years passed. It has been a pleasure watching these very deserving gentlemen achieve great success. The guys in the band are sweethearts and a truly the supreme rulers of their genre. Much love and many kisses from the bearded gentlemen at Team Kickstand.
Alkaline Trio, Getting On The Business End Of A Deep Cut!
People, did you witness the unbridled chaos of this show? Last night was truly one for the ages and a night that many soon may not forget. Alkaline Trio rocked a sold out crowd at the lovely Chubby Rain House Of Tunes in the, also lovely, Poplar Grove portion of the, ever-so-lovely, state of Illinois. They played ‘Cringe’, for that I (this young writer) am very appreciative.
That being said, let’s get down to the business. Alot of people say, ‘John, I’m not one for probing…but I would be remiss were I not to ask you to tell to me, all that is, the splendor known as concert and event production. Ya know…the real stuff. The magic that goes on behind the scenes?’ Well, self, I will tell you. As a matter of fact, I do believe that we will begin a semi-regular blog entry entitled, ‘the down low w/ john (me)’.
Concert production is a delicate mixture of efficient time management and sheer mental know how. Here, production manager Pat Kelly and security brute Neil Hane show that they have the attitude and wherewithal to destroy some nice Chinese food. Behind them, local shock rockers ‘The Felix Culpa’ finish their sound check. Those characters…
Here, Alkaline Trio can be seen having a nice cookout. If you squint you can admire the delicate and well-planned partitioning of foiled vegetables and spiced meats upon the grill. When asked, ‘What you cookin’?', Alkaline Trio stage crew responded; ‘Burgers, with Blue Cheese stuffed in ‘em!’ to which I replied, ‘Very nice.’ We shared a laugh and then I crept to the cover of a garbage can and took this picture (above) with my phone.
Boy howdy, what a crazy Monday night in Palatine, IL. Your friendly neighborhood concert promoters, Team Kickstand, hosted a sold out event with GWAR at Durty Nellies in Palatine, IL. Thanks to all of you fine folks that made the trek from DeKalb. We are very sorry that we could not host this show at Otto’s as was originally the plan. Unfortunately, the show was a little too racy for our lovely DeKalb home. Maybe the city of DeKalb will be ready for GWAR in another 15 or 20 years.
Regardless, a crazy night was had by all. Patrick, our lovely production manager, can be seen here stocking some Jaeger in GWAR’s dressing room. Isn’t he a doll ladies? My favorite part of the day would probably have to be watching one of GWAR’s road crew as he prepared the fake-blood in the alley behind Durty Nellies.
Filed under: Featured Events, The House Cafe, Uncategorized | Tags: DeKalb, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, The House Cafe
SUN. APR 5TH – 8PM – $8 adv / $10 dos
@ THE HOUSE CAFE
263 E Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL
SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN
w/ Guests TBA
Fun-loving Polyvinyl indie-rockers, SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN, make their triumphant return to The House Cafe! Never seen the band? Jubilant Shins-inspired melodies broken sprinkled on a cupcake of oozingly humble songwriting sensibilities…
