Thursday, April 23, 2009
Cream Calendar Turbo Fruits, Ladyland in Flames & More at Bridget's Benefit at Springwater April 26
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 5:05 PM
Local psych supergroup Ladyland in Flames made their debut just a few weeks ago, and they're heading back to Springwater this Sunday to play their second show ever. And this time, it's for a good cause. Not that, you know, drinking and rocking the fuck out psychedelic-style aren't good causes. A young lady by the name of Bridget injured herself at a Chicago Rat Patrol event recently. I'll spare you the gory details; suffice it to say that a bike-related game went a little haywire, and now Bridget finds herself in need of serious dental reconstruction and a few thousand dollars to make that happen. Here's the lineup:
Turbo Fruits
Born Empty
Latchlifters
Ladyland in Flames
Jasmin Kaset
No word on what the cover is, but I'm guessing they'd take any donations you can spare.
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No offense to Bridget! i hope she gets the financial help she needs and has a speedy recovery.
BUT these springwater benefits are a joke. I've played many of them, dating back to 1995, and i finally wised up. In most all of the cases, the person to benefit from the show has brought the trouble upon him/herself. I can't think of a springwater benefit where the person was genuinely in need of help b/c of something out of their control. And benefits for people who get arrested or need money for related costs, a common benefit theme, those people don't deserve to reap the rewards of the hard working bands. And those benefits to raise money for a new p.a....well, has anyone noticed a marked improvement in the sound, after, say, 5 benefits. I think in a few of those cases, the money just went up someone's nose.
I'm all about helping people out, but let's
be more critical about whom we choose to help. For all the springwater patrons who've been busted and need money, or the odd person who spends all their money on beer and can't pay their rent, there's a person out there, who did nothing stupid or wrong, who could truly use some help...
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Yeah. This benefit is a joke. Fuck Darfur, let's raise money for a girl who got drunk and wrecked her bike.
Tall bike kids wipe out all the time and I never see them wearing helmets. (Too hip for safety = natural selection at its finest!) They bring this sort of thing on themselves and I don't feel very much sympathy. But good luck Bridget. Stay off the fuckin bike next time, girl.
"Too hip for safety = natural selection at its finest!"
HAHA! Well said, my friend.
"Too hip for safety = natural selection at its finest!" is about as funny as calling Ladyland in Flames a psych supergroup.
And I thought I was cynical. Wait, what are the "rules" for "benefits" again? I thought anyone could throw a benefit for anything they wanted to, and anyone who didn't like it could, uh, not go. I remember some kids in Murfreesboro would have benefits just so they could go to Europe or some bullshit, to which my response was, "Fuck you."
But I fail to see why this woman is undeserving of the bucks of willing, sympathetic people just because she might have been having some fun when she got injured. It's perfectly credible to me. Yes, Rat Patrol kids screw around too much, but it's not like they're banging each other in the face with lead pipes for laughs and then throwing benefits all the time.
Agreed. Sure, there are plenty of causes that are absolutely more worthy, but this is just a fucking rock show. A rock show that's worth seeing either way. As far as Darfur goes, it isn't like they're taking the teeth of Sudanese babies to fix this girl's face, and I doubt Springwater canceled a Red Cross benefit to stage this one. Just go or don't.
And yes, "supergroup" is hilarious.
As someone who, like, knows some facts and shit, it is a fact that Bridget was wearing a helmet, just not a mouth guard.
So happy all continue to be entertained by my use of 'psych supergroup'. I'm laughing, too, everytime I hear it repeated. What Ladyland in Flames is about is really anyone's guess, mostly just my friends and I playing at the house every Saturday afternoon or so and recording it. However, this show differs from many other 'benefits' at the Shitwater in that the dough will actually go to the person who really needs it. Regardless of the circumstances surrounding old girl's accident, she needs help. Really, how does one eat with no teeth? Sure, the 'PA benefit' shits were in fact beyond a fucking joke. It's certainly not as if Terry F. Cantrell is operating a not-for- profit business. You seen him lately? He ain't missing any meals. The money from those shows went down one of their thieving former 'sound person''s pipe. Fact, and I know he wasn't smoking the kind of shit that makes the music sound extra loverly. Don't worry about 'justice' here, folks. Yes, there are endless worthy causes, but this young lady is our close friend. Anyone that begrudges our (or any of the other bands playing) helping her is just fucking sad. I love my city, and know I'll never have back the time it took to write this, but some ya'll some fucking haters. Hope to see you at the show.
"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all."
Thanks Dad, but the kids don't care anymore. They just want to spew their anonymous vomit all over the internet.
Thanks to everyone who came out to support bridget! the benefit was a major success, we made a lot of money, and a lot of amazing bands both rocked and donated their time.
i'm sorry to the people that think supporting someone locally and looking out for your friends is a bad thing, but if it happened to you, you'd understand.
as for rat patrol, bridget russell is not a member, she just happened to be participating in a bike game with another non-rat patroller. she was wearing her helmet, but just like the flyers said "helmets dont protect yer teeth"
anyway, you're all assholes for the most part, so fuck you. hate on, haters, hate on, just do it from home on your pooters.
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