This weekend we were interviewed by Meredeth Heil and Amber Schaefer who are spending their summer filming queer southern bands for their documentary “Queering the Southern Sound.”
Here is the description from the films website:
“Whistlin’ Dixie invites the viewer to travel along as filmmaker Meredith Heil explores American’s Southern heartland in search of queer sound. The film journeys through the region’s independent, queer lo-fi scene, tracking down the LGBTQ musicians, fans and activists that are actively using DIY music to build safe spaces and strike down prejudices, therein altering the political and social climate of the new South for generations to come. Through personal interview, rich landscapes and riveting performance, the film considers the complex historical relationship between Southern music, personal identity and political resistance. “
Meredith and Amber also hung out with us for the weekend and we got to show them all of the beautiful things about the horse capital of the world
Tour was freakin’ amazing!!!!! Here are some highlights;
Day 1: We kicked our tour off in Lexington at the Green Lantern bar. It was a fantastic show, and so many people came out. We sold out of sweatshirts that night it was crazy! 8″ Betsy rocked it out as usual. Thank you Lexington for always being so supportive. We love you guys. Continue Reading…
We’re less than a week away from tour and we’re super excited! To get ourselves ready we spent the day screen printing new Spooky Qs t-shirts, bags, sweatshirts and stickers. We want to give a very special thanks to our dear friend Paula Zaglul for getting the screen ready for us. We’d also like to thank Krista and Eli for helping us iron all day long!! We love you guys <3
What: Kill The Noise Where: AL’s BAR
When: Thursday, April 22nd @ 8:00 PM
Kill The Noise is a monthly event at Al’s Bar, but this coming Thursday, (the 22nd) it is going to be the biggest yet! The slew of artists include, Lush Life, Jay Marinelli,Spooky Q’s, and others… plus a DJ will be mixing to keep your body movin’all night long. It’s only a $7 cover and a night jammed full of music, fun, and other escapades, so be sure and check it out! Host, (Hendrick) says it’s “going to be the best yet, and you don’t wanna effin’ miss it”. You heard him kids, so go ahead, press those party pants and pick out your dancin’ shoes– and get ready for an unforgettable night!
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Artist:Spooky Qs
Date:Thursday, April 22nd 2010
Time:8:00pm
City:Spooky Qs in
lexington, ky
Venue:AL’s bar
Country:US
Admission:$7
Age restrictions:All Ages
Notes:Kill The Noise is a monthly event at Al’s Bar, but this coming Thursday, (the 22nd) it is going to be the biggest yet! The slew of artists include, Lush Life, Jay Marinelli, Spooky Q’s, and others… plus a DJ will be mixing to keep your body movin’ all night long. It’s only a $7 cover and a night jammed full of music, fun, and other escapades, so be sure and check it out! Host, (Hendrick) says it’s “going to be the best yet, and you don’t wanna effin’ miss it”. You heard him kids, so go ahead, press those party pants and pick out your dancin’ shoes– and get ready for an unforgettable night!
Ben Allen from WRFL (88.1, Radio Free Lexington) hosts a show every Wednesday at 9pm called WRFL LIVE, where local bands come into the studio and play live and talk a little bit about their music.
We had the opportunity to be guest’s on Ben’s show this past Wednesday. We had a ton of fun and hope to do it again someday. Thanks Ben, Thanks WRFL!
We have a recording of the show, but at the moment it’s too large to upload. We’re gonna try and cut it down and put it up for everyone!
We met Brian at our show at the Jackhammer in Chicago a few weeks ago. He’s written a terribly complimentary review of us on the horrorsociety.com’s website. Thank you Brian!!!
If you can’t tell, I’m really excited. Taken from their website:
[Mondon homo is] the South’s queer art, spoken word, dance party, hip-hop-electro clash, politics, film, BBQ, circus arts, theater, music, burlesque, social action diversity-lovin’ festival of fun queer space.
We’ll be stopping here on one of the last nights of our tour with 8″ Betsy. I’ll get the date up as soon as I know. For more information about Mondo Homo, check out their website.
So as we mentioned a few weeks ago, our very own Jack Cofer is acting in a new web series called girl/girl scene. Spooky Qs also contributed most of the music for the 1st episode. Here is the trailer for your viewing enjoyment!!
We’re going on our first tour in May from the 21st – 31st. We need t-shirts to sell and do not want to recycle the design from the Winterband shirts.
We need a talented artist to come up with a new logo. We require a single screen print design, you can also choose the color of the t-shirt to compliment your image. The name of our band must be in the design somewhere.
Please send your results to spookyque@gmail.com with no less than a 300 dpi resolution by MARCH 1st!
March 2nd we have a band meeting set up specifically to discuss which logo we will go through with.
Good luck and we look forward to your submissions!!
