Monofonus Press

HARSH REALM
Mar 14 09

We freaked out in a medieval daydream with bands from far and wide, free Southern Star beer and Dripping Springs vodka, fortune telling, carney games, maypole dances, and the biggest fucking dragon sculpture that Austin ever laid eyes on.

Check out the video ↓ and check out a bunch of pictures here

The lineup:

Microfiche (8:45pm), The Roller (8:05pm), Fiasco (7:25pm), Over the Hill (6:35pm), Coathangers (5:55pm), Diagonals (5:15pm), Wildildlife (4:30pm), Pillow Queens(3:40pm), Eat Skull (2:50pm), Crime Novels (2:20pm), The Mae Shi (1:40pm), Rat Bastard & Doug Ferguson (members of To Live and Shave in LA, 1pm) THU MARCH 19, noon-10pm at Monofonus Studios, 610 Vermont Rd.

Sounds from the Realm:

The Legend:

It was the year 1209, and the terrible dragon Gnarglewyrm terrorized the village surrounding Castle Pendergrass. The villagers gathered all their gold to hire the weirdest wizard in the land, Woolworth the Weird, who used his powerful magick ‘gainst said dragon day and night, finally fusing it to the castle, turning blood into stone. Trouble was, the Wizard was a greedy bastard. He saw the potential value in holding the village hostage in a fear that only he could assuage; he never fully killed the Gnarglewyrm, instead leaving the specter of the dragon’s awakening to haunt the village, lest we pay him. Every year the dragon thaws out from the castle a little bit more. Now, 800 years later, with our accelerating climate change, Princess Pendergrass is in a hurry to get the wizard the rest of his money before the dragon finally breaks free and destroys the village!

The princess has asked warriors and wanderers from around the land to come to the castle, play games, party to the max, and free her people, once and for all! (Did we mention free beer and booze?)

The Slaying of the Gnarglewyrm edited by Scott Eastwood