Fri. 07/20 – The Scratch n’ Sniffs, OTiS, & Ernie and the Berts @ The Fallout Shelter

07/20/2011

The Bands:

• The Scratch ‘n Sniffs – Facebook / MySpace / Reverb Nation / Twitter
• Ernie and the Berts - Facebook / MySpace / Twitter / Reverb Nation
• OTiS – Facebook / MySpace / Twitter / Reverb Nation

The Place:

• The Fallout Shelter – Facebook / MySpace / ReverbNation / Twitter
  818 Raccoon St.
  Aliquippa, PA 15001-2360
• Click here for Google directions.
• (724) 378-3581 / (724) 375-5080
• It’s in the basement of the Sheffield Lanes bowling alley.

The Details:

• 21+
• 9:00pm
• $5
• Fri., July 20, 2012
• Fallout Shelter Event Calendar
• Facebook Event
• Google Calendar
• ReverbNation Event

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Fri. 06/22 | Don’t Wake the Dead, Nervous Aggression, & Ernie and the Berts @ Ozzie’s Bar & Grill!

06/22/2012

The Bands:

• Don’t Wake the Dead - Facebook
• Nervous Aggression – Facebook / Reverb Nation
• Ernie and the Berts - Facebook / MySpace / Twitter / Reverb Nation

The Place:

• Ozzie’s Bar & Grill – Facebook / BarSmart / UrbanSpoon / Yelp
  403 Perry Hwy.
  Pittsburgh, PA 15229-1818
• Click here for Google directions.
• (412) 931-3990
• OzziesBar@gmail.com

The Details:

• 21+
• 9:00pm Doors / 10:00pm Show
• $5
• Friday June 22nd, 2012
• Google Calendar
• Facebook Event
• ReverbNation Event

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FRIDAY THE 13th AT HOWLER’S!

We’ll be rocking with the shockingly scandalous Steel City Slingers and whoever’s brave enough to step up to the plate!  Here are the details so far, with an incredible flyer by the Slingers’ own Zach.

FRIDAY THE 13TH!

Here are the details so far…

The Bands:

• Ernie and the Berts – Facebook / Reverb Nation / MySpace / Twitter / Yahoo! Group / Google+
• The Steel City Slingers – Facebook
• Look Out Loretta – Facebook / PureVolume

The Place:

• Howler’s Coyote Cafe
• 4509 Liberty Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15224
• (412) 682-0320
• Click here for Google directions.
• howlerscoyote@comcast.net / booking@howlerscoyotecafe.com
• Facebook / Reverb Nation / MySpace / Twitter / YouTube

The Details:

• 21+
• 10:00pm (Doors at 9:00pm)
• $5
• Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/events/324208480972961/
• Google Calendar
• Reverb Nation Event: http://www.reverbnation.com/show/7166453
• TribLive event

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So you’re coming to the show with The Beautiful View on Sunday at the Smiling Moose, right?  We have a new cover prepared that will blow your mind.  Well, maybe that’s a poor choice of words.  You’ll be all like, “here we are, now entertain us!”  So, we will.  We always do.  By prepared… I mean we sort of ran through it once, but not all the way… but we’re going to play it anyway.  It’s what Ernie commands!  We all know that you don’t F with Ernie (or the Berts).

Remember, it’s an early gig (6:30pm) because it’s all ages.  You’ll be home in time to not be grounded & in time to get to bed so you can get up for work or school in the morning.  Unless you party with the bands afterwards… then you may still be awake when that time rolls around the next morning.

If you’re a Facebooker, you should R.S.V.P. here:  http://www.facebook.com/events/346452698712140/ Let us know you’re coming to rock out!

You can buy tickets in advance for $8 here:  http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/92151?utm_medium=bks  (They’re $10 at the door.)

"We've never heard of Ernie and the Berts, but if we had, I'm absolutely sure we'd be musically in love with them and their incredible rock ideals & punk work ethic."

We also have two 21+ shows on the calendar, Friday the 13th at Howler’s Coyote Cafe in Bloomfield with the infamous Steel City Slingers (we still need 1 more band!), and June 5th at the Altar Bar with The Bloody Seamen, The Goddamn Gallows, & the Real McKenzies.  Don’t forget to buy your tickets from us for that one, so you have a chance to win Ernie’s pants!

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Ernie needs your help – BAND NEEDED FOR FRIDAY THE 13TH!

OK, we tried to set up a show with some crazy/cool/fun/different bands, and those bands all eventually came back & said it was a unfortunately a bad night.

Musicians.  Ha ha.

In the future, we’ll set up some more shows with metal acts, punk acts, rock acts, ska acts, folk acts, blues acts, hardcore acts, & anyone who will play with us.  Sometimes it’s nice to have three totally different bands on the bill, you know?  (And let’s face it, we’re a weird yet awesome “fit” to any show.)

Right now, we need a 3rd band for Friday April 13th at Howler’s Coyote Cafe.  So far it’s us and the newly-formed yet already infamous Steel City Slingers on the bill.

The first 3 or 4 bands we thought of to fill the gap right away are already playing shows soon with the Steel City Slingers.  We don’t want to beat you to death with the same bands… and we don’t want you to not go to those shows too.  Go out & support all the locals!  Let’s mix it up!

Does your band have the chops?  Is your band willing to rock out with us?  Drop Ernie a line at ernie@ernieandtheberts.com or let us know in the comments below.

Not in a band?  Know a band that might rock?  Send this to them!

We’d like to get it nailed down so we can have flyers made & start pimping the bejeezus out of the show as usual.

Also, don’t forget to get your tickets for the Real McKenzies show in June (Get ‘em from Ernie or one of the Berts, so you can win Ernie’s pants!) and that we’re playing an ALL AGES gig at the Smiling Moose on April 1st.

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✯✯✯ALL✯AGES✯SHOW!✯✯✯ April 1st, opening for The Beautiful View @ The Smiling Moose!

Ernie says: “This rock and roll event has been approved for all audiences!“

The Bands:

• The Beautiful View
• Ernie and the Berts
• All We Are ??
• Mute Point
• ShirtCollarSmile

The Venue:

• The Smiling Moose
  1306 East Carson Street
  Pittsburgh, PA 15203-1510
• (412) 431-4668
• 
• Click here for directions from Google Maps.

The Details:

• Sunday – April 1st, 2012
• 6:00 PM – EARLY SHOW (5:30 Doors)
• ALL AGES!
• $8 Advance / $10 Door
• Show brought to you by Drusky Entertainment.
• This event is upstairs at the Smiling Moose!
• BUY TICKETS HERE!

Event Links:

• Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/346452698712140/
• Reverb Nation Event: http://www.reverbnation.com/show/6928283
• Smiling Moose Events Page: http://www.smiling-moose.com/events/index.php
• Google Event: http://bit.ly/ye4cnl
• PittsburghBeat: www.pittsburghbeat.com/mb/viewtopic.php?p=68059
• Drusky Event: http://www.druskyentertainment.com/calendar_show.php?id=1165

More:

Listening to the new songs from the San Diego based quartet The Beautiful View will make you think “sounds like this should be on the radio”, which isn’t a bad thing in this case. There’s a familiarity that the band brings to the table; an honesty; unpretentious, politically incorrect and (as a contrast to the current San Diego scene) they are as “un-indie” as a band can be —dressed in Gucci shoes, tailored clothes and their shows often end in a boisterous conversation at the back bar with a tab worth of shots as long as your arm.

The band blends traditional rock genres from Blondie and even Duran Duran with modern rock bands like The Killers and Franz Ferdinand and even Interpol. For some reason the band conjures up images from the Miami night club scene in Scarface and perhaps that’s because they grew up ten miles from the border in Chula Vista, a city close enough to the Tijuana headlines of cartel drug wars. The city was affected by the border violence but safe enough for kids to feel the conservative vibe of San Diego all while growing up across from a country stricken in poverty.

And Chula Vista (translation; Beautiful View) has a surprisingly rich tradition of successful artists in bands ranging from “indie” Black Heart Procession, “punk” The Zeros, and “rock” The Dragons and “hardcore” P.O.D. Those influences ring true beneath the rich vocals of Aaron Magnan, the tasteful leads of Adrienne Cordero and the masterful rhythm section of bassist Paul Rich and drummer Duane Allan. Each of them taking a prominent role in the group’s layered songwriting and performances.

Magnan, Cordero, Rich, and Allan all met in high school and the four have been friends ever since. The band started in May of 2007 and The Beautiful View earned their stripes playing a ton of new shows while earning a notable following and developing a stage presence with explosive live shows until the band decided to take a step off the stage in 2011 and dedicate all their efforts to creating a full length album. It was recorded at Black Box San Diego with Mario Quintero and mastered at D2 studios in Burbank.

The ten song release due out later this year on Requiemme Records. The songs are well written, well played, well recorded and yes, “alternative radio” friendly— perhaps because the band is just that good.

Look for more news on The Beautiful View’s new release Life is Beautiful later this year, more local dates and a national tour early next year.

The Beautiful View - Life is Beautiful

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Hey, you! Yeah, you, reading this… with no plans tonight… COME OUT TO A SHOW! RIGHT NOW!

✫✪✫✪✫ Attention fellow crazy muppet fuzzers!!! ✫✪✫✪✫

We’re crashing this show tonight at The Rock Room with Lycosa & Manokin. It’s guerrilla showfare at it’s finest. No one crashes a party like Ernie does, and the Berts… well, no one wants the Berts at a party. We promise to be ridiculous if you show up. Maybe we’ll even take requests. We’re probably up 1st. 9:00pm sharp! Only $4! 21+ because it’s in a bar. We know it’s last-minute, but this is way cooler than anything else you had going on tonight. Bring your friends & your enemies, then turn them against each other in a duel to the death, or buy everyone a beer and sing along.

All the details including an address for the rock room n’ what-not are here: http://www.facebook.com/events/305011089546560/

It’s $4.

It’s happening at 9:00pm.

It’s 21+.

Your presence is requested.

The Rock Room
1054 Herron Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA  15219
(412) 683-4418

Click here to check out (& tour) the Rock Room on Google Maps!

…Wasn’t our last gig at the Rock Room a last minute one too?

SPREAD THE WORD & SEE YOU TONIGHT!

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A double number two!

So, the results are in!  From Backallie’s Facebook page:

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THE WINNING BANDS:

Best Alternative Band:

1. Fist Fight in the Parking Lot
2. Amplifiers
3. 28 North

Best Metal Band:

1. Dethlehem
2. Delusions of Grandeur and Ascend the Fallen
3. Eyes Have Seen the Glory

Best Hardcore Band:

1. Gutrench
2. Where Angels Fear to Tread
3. The Real 50 Caliber Dream

Best Punk Rock Band:

1. Scattergun
2. Ernie and the Berts
3. Channel 4’s Finest

Best Indie Rock Band:

1. Chux Beta
2. Red Hands
3. New Era

Song of the Year:

1. Chux Beta: “Fooled me Twice”
2. Delusions of Grandeur: “Shaq Fu”

Album of the Year:

1. Chux Beta: Heartbroken Underground
2. Ascend the Fallen: Create. Conquer. Destroy.

Video of the Year:

1. Dethlehem: “Circle of Deth”
2. Delusions of Grandeur: “Shaq Fu”

Best Live Performance:

1. The Bloody Seamen
2. Eyes Have Seen the Glory

Best Local Venue:

1. Altar Bar
2. Fallout Shelter

Best Radio Station:

1. Locals Only

Best Beard:

1. Lucas Crisman
2. Ray Mears

Congratulations to all the winners & nominees!

We're #2, & Ernie's King of #2!

Thanks to Jason Sturgill for the photo!

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2011

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 3,800 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 3 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Thanks for a great year all you Ernieites and Bertians!  Stay tuned for more awesomeness in 2012!

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We need your help to get Ernie an award.

You’ve read about the Backallie Music Awards, right?

We need you to click “Like” on JT’s nomination on Backallie’s Facebook wall.  We need all of your friends to click “Like” on JT’s nomination on Backallie’s Facebook wall.  We need your mom to click “Like” on JT’s nomination on Backallie’s Facebook wall.  We need that kid from high school that you added but don’t really like but wanted to creep on for a while and just haven’t un-freinded yet to click “Like” on JT’s nomination on Backallie’s Facebook wall.

We need you to RT this if you’re on Twitter:

Step 1: RT please? Step 2: Login to Facebook. Step 3: Like this status: facebook.com/permalink.php?… Step 4. Earn @ErnieAndTheBert(s)' love.—
Eric Carroll (@AiXeLsyD13) December 22, 2011

We need you to +1 or share this on Google+ or Diaspora or MySpace or WordPress or Blogger or whatever other social network you’re on.

Ernie thanks you in advance.  You allegiance will be rewarded with more of the insanity, chaos, & punk rock that we bring to the table.

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