The sausage party that is the Electrical Audio message boards is taking it offline for a four-day festival, June 10-13. The Premier Rock Forum BBQ Rockfest kicks off at Quenchers and then runs the next three days at nonvenue the Drug Church, with more than two dozen locals and touring bands to entertain Steve Albini‘s acolytes (and that’s not counting Friday’s karaoke party). Details on how to attend the Drug Church shows can be found by digging around on the forum. The Quenchers show, featuring Whales, .22, and others, is $5. According to one poster, commenting on another site, “anyone who’s not an asshole is welcome” to the whole shebang, but Gossip Wolf finds it really hard to believe they wouldn’t let Albini in.
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Lorna Donley of recently reunited Chicago goth-punk band DA (who play their first gig since 1981 this Saturday at the Bottle—see Sharp Darts) has a new “dark pop” project in the works, sources tell Gossip Wolf. The tentatively named Twilight Furniture features Donley on bass and vocals and Dan Burke of Illusion of Safety on guitar, samples, and sequences. For now it’s just the two of them, but they’re looking to record and recruit a full band for live shows.
All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, an avant-garde feature film about a fortune teller directed by Califone‘s Tim Rutilli, comes out on DVD this month via IndiePix.
