Friesen Crew Show Collective – Bremen, Germany
Three members of the Friesen Crew (Nicole, Stivie and Smeagol) talk about how the collective started over ten years ago, and how they operate today. It is well known in the DIY punk community that if you are a band on tour, playing the Friesen in Bremen is a good time! The Friesen Crew works together (an all volunteer group and not-for-profit) to make sure that the bands are paid, have good food and a place to sleep for the night while on tour. They also organize the space, the PA, show posters, the bar and the door for the night. Keeping a regular place for shows helps keep the DIY punk network alive, helping bands go on tour, and punks to go see a local show!
This was also the first place my band The Profits played on our European tour in 2004, and I was amazed by the hospitality and how things were run. We had never seen such a well-organized DIY punk show and it was all very surprising, as most punk shows in the US are put together by one or two people, and the bands are often left to fend for themselves. Dinner was excellent, they made us feel welcome, it was lots of fun, and the punks danced!
(This interview was taken in September 2006.)
March 26, 2007 at 4:53 pm
VERY Nice job… hence that furry bloke.
xoxo
St… err… mr.crust
April 9, 2007 at 1:33 am
Hello,
I’m co-host of a Denver media watchblog called the Try-Works, which, I’m proud to say has drawn a little blood here and there amongst our locals. One of our primary foci has been the Denver media’s neo-Stalinist smear of CU Professor Ward Churchill. I’m leaving this comment because you’ve shown some interest in either the Try-Works or Ward Churchill. If I’ve misjudged and you’re interested in neither — my apologies.
As you know, though Ward Churchill drew the right-wing’s ire for questioning American exceptionalism, it was understood that attacking him for exercising his right to free speech might raise some uncomfortable questions. As such, the local media’s coverage immediately took on a viciously personal bent, the main charge being that Professor Churchill wasn’t a “real Indian.”
Only two pieces of evidence have ever been offered that Churchill is an “ethnic fraud” — whatever that means.
1. A genealogical study in a June 8 Rocky Mountain News article, performed by an incredibly unqualified team made up of two anti-Churchill bloggers and a New Jersey cop. ( http://tinyurl.com/byp32)
2. The word of several people affiliated with a splinter offshoot of the American Indian Movement — primarily Suzan Shown Harjo, Vernon Bellecourt and Carole Standing Elk — who have a longstanding feud with Professor Churchill. Professor Churchill (along with Russell Means, John Trudell, Robert Robideau, Glenn Morris, George Tinker and others) have earned their lifelong enmity by contending that members of this group brutally raped and murdered a young American Indian activist. ( http://tinyurl.com/3av3sp)
Professor Churchill, on the other hand, has videotape of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee council discussing his membership application and affirming his every word. Videotape tape the UKB mailed Professor Churchill along with his enrollment card. Videotape which the Denver media knows of, and has chosen to ignore as inconvenient.
But we have made a copy. And we have posted relevant clips to the Internet, accompanied by a breakdown penned by Try-Works member Charley Arthur.
Just click here: http://tinyurl.com/36uat6
For those of you who support Professor Churchill (or who just have a passing interest in journalistic integrity), enjoy.
For the inveterate liars among you — especially among the Denver local media — we’re going to be having a lot of fun at your expense. Do drop by.
Sincerely,
Benjamin Whitmer
http://www.tryworks.org
April 27, 2007 at 6:46 am
nice video!
June 13, 2007 at 7:26 am
great video…it’s cool to see what’s going on in the diy punk scene on an international level!….keep up the good work!