Was planning on just going to bed at a reasonable hour on a Friday night for once, but decided to show up for the Punks United in Real Resistance Punk Clown Takeover benefit for Sonoma County Acts of Kindness at Barrel Proof instead to drop off some zines. I am glad I did! So many clowns, it you’re a coulrophobe thus was not your night!

Caught the end of Damage Party’s set. Lead singer was incandescent. A goddess in clown makeup with the roar of a lion. When asked for a quote for the zine she screamed “FUCK!” They’re out of Oakland, and definitely ones to keep an eye our for when they’re back up this way.

The Menstrual Tramps out of Minneapolis followed as the headliners and brought it despite some equipment issues early on. If they’d had more than one working mic for the two of them it would have been great. Either way, great show with a good turnout, and the kids in the crowd were killing it.

Some cool local vendors selling their wares there as well. Shout out to Dark Hearts Vintage and Oddities. They’re over at 105 Montgomery. It looks like they’re having a one year anniversary event on the 25th, which you probably don’t know about it if you’re not on Instagram, which I’m not so I had to screenshot the flyer from the one page it’ll let you view before forcing a login. I’ll add it to the calendar, but get a website guys! And use the Notify page to let me know when cool shit like this is happening.