Mr Lif / The Coup Show Moved To December 19th !

The MR. LIF and THE COUP show which was scheduled at The First Unitarian Church for December 17th has been moved to December 19th. Doors will open at the same time - 7:30pm. All previously tickets will be honored. If you can not make the new date and already purchased a ticket - get in touch with us for a refund !

The Evens Get WIld And Crazy And Move Their Set Time To 9pm

Ian Mackaye (fugazi, minor threat, embrace etc) and Amy Farina (warmers)'s new project THE EVENS have changed their stage/set time from 8:00pm to 9:00pm on Thursday December 6th. As with most Evens shows - there are no openeing bands/artists and the show is only 75 mins or so - So we encourage you to show up on time at 8:30pm so you do not miss it.

If you purchased a ticket and can not make the new time - we can issue you a refund.
Please note that all children under the age of 12 can attend the show for free !

Converge Show Canceled For Nov 30th

Unfortunately Due To An Death In Jake Bannon's (vocalist) family - CONVERGE has canceled their show scheduled for Thursday Nov 30th at The Starlight Ballroom. The band promises to return in 2007 and apologizes for any inconveniences.

If you purchased a ticket via the internet - do nothing. Your credit card will be charged back / refunded on Monday (today). If you purchased a ticket at AKA Music, you can bring your ticket back for a full refund starting on Wednesday.

We'll have details on a new show date soon...
Sorry =(

Punk Rock Flea Market Pushed Back To Sat Dec 16th

The Flea Market Originally Schedules For Saturday Dec 9th HAs Now Been Pushed Back To Sat Dec 16th !

Same rules apply.
Tables are available online starting RIGHT NOW !

Annuals Cancel Philadelphia Show - Evangelicals and A Sides Continue On !

The internet hyped, Starlight Ballroom toilet smashing band ANNUALS have canceled their show on Nov 18th. Evangelicals and The A-Sides are still on with one more band TBA. Door price will drop to $8 now. Wordlife

R5 PRODUCTIONS Makes It Big In City Paper's Editors Choice Awards :

A few R5 events and venues made it to this year's CP CHOICE AWARDS issue, check it :


BEST LIVE SHOW INVOLVING FEATHERS, MAKEOUT SESSIONS AND ACCORDIONS
Sure, it was hip for the Mummers Museum to open its doors to a show that wasn't Ferko doing "Proud Mary." But Diplo's Bonde do Role/CSSproduction not only showed off the DJs' Mad Decent finds in Brazil's BdR; Marina, their spitfire MC, rapped in front of Dip's Kraftwerk and Gn'R samples while drinking pitchers of beer, spitting on us and losing her terrycloth shorts in the process.


MOST NAUSEATINGLY PUNK AS FUCK MOMENT
There are a couple of conflicting stories about this one. The day it happened, somebody said Dillinger Four bassist Patrick Costello ("St. Patrick" to some) had just been diagnosed with a stomach ulcer. Later reports indicated he may've just eaten bad Mexican. Whatever the case, the dude was feeling seriously ill when he took the First Unitarian stage in January. The band had just come in from the Twin Cities and the room was packed. Paddy was gonna fucking play. His solution to the nausea problem? A "puke bucket" — a large, 20-gallon trash can, actually — was placed near his amp. A roadie told those gathered in the splash zone to watch out. And Costello, visibly pained, staggered onstage, shrieked out songs while visibly wincing, and bent over during breaks to blow chunks. The room grew rank with bile after about five songs and three puke breaks, but the crowd was hyped and the songs sounded terrific. And, like Paddy's gastrointestinal fluids, they just kept coming. (www.angelfire.com/mn/dillingerfour) —John Vettese

CREEPIEST NEW PERFORMANCE SPACE
The side chapel at the First Unitarian Church is tiny with a hushed sense of serenity, which makes it the ideal location for R5 Productions' more ethereal offerings. The dimly lit space, filled with ornate wood carvings and burning votives, gives electro-droney avant-experimental freak-out shows (like Adoration's set in January) the atmosphere they need to truly terrorize. Why is the audience shuddering? Do they expect hooded figures conducting human sacrifice? A dancing Minotaur? A snarling Cerberus eager to pull mortals into eternal damnation? If nightmares could dream, this would be the backdrop. (2125 Chestnut St., www.r5productions.com) —John Vettese

And Finally (this is sort of R5 related) :

CREEPIEST STALKER BLOG WE WISH WE COULD STILL CHECK
Oh Agnewbian, we hardly knew ye. From instituting red-light alerts when Sean Agnew got his hair cut to posting reader-submitted camera phone shots of the R5 Productions founder in Staples, SeanSpotter made DIY stalking the highlight of our woefully non-DIY workdays. We know you quit because Agnew found you out and started responding in the comments section. (So meta!) —Drew Lazor

Say Hi To Your Mom Show CANCELED - Nov 8th @ JBs

Due to scheduling difficulties the SAY HI TO YOUR MOM show has been canceled. All tickets purchased via the internet will automatically be refunded. Any ticket purchased at AKA MUSIC can be returned at anytime (or used for any other r5 show!) . Sorry !

Joanna Newsom - Standing Only Tickets To Be Released !

Ahhhhhhh!

Our favorite harp playing lady is back on Thursday November 16th and the show sold out insanely fast. There is room for another 50 or so people to stand in the back (this means no seats). We have been getting about a dozen e-mails a day from people asking how early they could arrive to wait in line (one even asked to camp out). Being that this is all going down in Center City Philadelphia - we have decided to release the tickets in advance to avoid a indie/folk riot.

Half of the tickets will be released via a "private" link that we are ONLY sending out to our MySpace friends. You can be our friend at myspace.com/r5productions

The other half will be released on our website on Monday November 6th at Noon. Tickets will ONLY be available online for this one (no in person sales at AKA MUSIC)

Please be advised that the people who purchased actual seated tickets will be let in BEFORE YOU. Once the great majority of previous ticket holders are let in - we will begin to let you (the standing room only people) inside the building. Sorry that's the way it is. But at least you can still goto the show!

GOOD LUCK !

Punk Rock Flea Market Holiday Version Announced !!!!!!!!!

Yesssssssssssssssssss!
By far our biggest and most popular bi-annual event is back at The Starlight Ballroom on Sat Dec 9th.

THE PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET attracts over 2500 shoppers / buyers and over 125 tables of old records, shirts, clothes, art, homemade goods, vegan food, instruments, computers, bicycles, drum sets, telescopes, star wars sheets etc.

We ask for a $3 donation (as well as charge sellers a table fee) - all proceeds help us to pay our insurance bill (which is almost $16,000 a year!) With this unique fundraising idea - we do not have to raise ticket prices or pay bands less money. Everyone wins! Plus you can leave with some really cool stuff.

Stuff For Potential Sellers To Take Note :

- This year we are cutting back on the # of tables to allow more room for people to browse. Therefore table prices are going to increase to $53 for a full table (still not to shabby - again 2500+ people came through the door last year). Half tables will be $35.

- We are ONLY allowing reservations to be made online (we are no longer doing in person "tickets") - it was just way to confusing to keep track and created the biggest most confusing mess ever. Sorry!

- For the first ten days (nov 4th to nov 14th) we are ONLY allowing registration for peoples old "items" / personal possessions etc. If you create, sew, stitch, screen, record, press, print any sort of new item for sale - you must wait till AFTER November 14th. This is to ensure the Flea Market remains "A Flea Market" vs A "Craft Fair". Tricksters we are keeping track of this - and if we find that you are selling scarves and registered before the 14th - we will kick 'ya out! The same applies for record stores, record labels and distros. THE FIRST REGISTRATION PERIOD IF FOR INDIVIDUALS SELLING THEIR OLD STUFF ONLY

- We are going to post an online pdf and jpg for you to repost and distribute around to help get word out about the event

THIS WILL BE FUN AS ALWAYS !
SEE YOU SOON !!!!!!!!!

Postpone Mania - The Clipse & Fucked Up

Ahhhh finally. We have time to update this thing. 33 shows in the 31 days of October = brutal and it makes us hate all things. So as we stated in last week's e-mail : THE CLIPSE (and us) wanted to wait till their album drops in late November to do the show. We think it makes sense - and hopefully it will! The new album is going to be everywhere soon. More details to come - just awaiting word fom management. Hold on to your tickets for now. If you cant make the new date (when its announced) we can do a refund for you at that point (so that means no refunds for right now - just hold yr horses!)








Super awesome amazing Canadian punk rock dude band FUCKED UP was turned around at the border today ....

We're not coming to the States this weekend, they wouldn't let us over the border. See you either in some shitty city in Canada, or elsewhere when we can get working visas. Also in case any border guards are reading this, we'll be doing some shows in Canada and Canada between December 26th and January 14th 2006, and then some shows in Canada and Canada hopefully in the summer.

So their Sat Nov 4th show is now also POSTPONED. They are coming back some time in December. They are figuring out a game plan. Hold on to your tickets for now. Like The Clipse show, if you cant make the new date - we can do a refund for you. These thing sjust take a few days, mang.