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Victory Revolt: Tough Love for Staten Island´s North Shore

Music, dance and lots of vinyl siding!

The Return of the Great Blue Heron 2.1

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Saturday, May 30, VMH Playhouse, Snug Harbor,
1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY.
8pm, doors open 7:15pm.
Suggested donation, $10.

Local urban-folk duo, Victory Revolt, and the Staten Island Freak Corps will present their latest North Show sequel, the Return of the Great Blue Heron 2.1, on May 30, 2009, at the VMH Playhouse in Snug Harbor. Victory Revolt, formerly known as Trish and Christoph, are described as “solid cultural ambassadors for the borough’s growing new arts movement” (Staten Island Advance, Dec. 5, 2008). This May, they will join forces with artists and friends for a frolicsome suburban celebration that includes live music, dance and comedy and as always, lots of vinyl siding!

Opening Act: Brandon Patton and Dan Thiel (BL4k Lotus, MC Frontalot)

Brandon Patton's last album was nominated for "Album of the Year" by the Independent Music Awards. He is also known as BL4k Lotus, bass player for MC Frontalot (the godfather of nerdcore hiphop.) He has written music for the plays Love Sucks: A Punk Rock Musical, Jukebox Stories, and Jukebox Stories 2: The Case of the Creamy Foam. He also used to play in the Boston area rock band "three against four." http://brandonpatton.com/

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Trish and Christoph are thrilled to announce the winner of their recent seeking-new-band-name-competition. Uwe K. came up with Victory Revolt!

Being a fellow Kraut like Christoph, had nothing to do with the outcome of this democratic online process. More than 23 people submitted over 80 suggestions. 35 people voted. "Victory (Blvd.) Revolt" was closely followed by "Smug Harbor", a play on Snug Harbor, Staten Island's former grand, now decaying cultural complex and "Hummer Attack!", referring to the locals' favorite choice of transportation.

Until now, Uwe was an inconspicuous legal immigrant from the impoverished nation of Germania, a small country in the heart of a continent called Europe. As a direct result of the dire economics of this beaten and humble nation, most Germans became conceptual artists, of which Heino and Helmut Kohl are probably the most prominent representatives.

Learn more about Uwe in Victory Revolt's first interview!

Victory Revolt is Trish and Christoph

Trish and Christoph is a musical duo that plays on a non regular basis on the North Shore of Staten Island and occasionally in other parts of New York City or the rest of the world for that matter.

In their performances, Victory Revolt incorporates film and photo and addresses local problems and issues such as urban underdevlopment, uncompetitive nightlife and feral turkeys.

Performances by Victory Revolt are called the North Show. The North Show again is subdivided into individual episodes.

At times, Victory Revolt is joined by special guests and performers, thus becoming the Staten Island Freak Corps.

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Victory Boulevard is one of the longest streets on Staten Island, spanning over 10 miles all the way from North Shore at Bay Street (the area named p.o.s.i.t.i.v.e. [part of Staten Island that is very ethnic] by ETG's open mic MC Mark Davis) to more unknown parts of the Island in the center west. Its northern part is the lifeline of numerous immigrant communities and ethnic food stores from Mexico, various African countries, Sri Lanka, the Caribbean, to name just a few. Great reason to go out and support the neighborhood!