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Sunday   February 5 2012
 doors at 1pm -- chili at 2:30 pm -- game at 3:30 pm
 free admission      ••• ALL AGES
STUPORBOWL XLVI
 and
4th Annual Stupor Bowl Heavy Metal Chili Cookoff
 

Entries will be limited to 20 chilis, the first 20 to RSVP to chili@bottomofthehill.com.
All chili must be brought to the Bottom of the Hill between 1 PM and 2 PM on gameday. At that time, the judges will start judging.
Sign in when you arrive, and ask a chili helper where to put your crockpot.
All chili must be in a crockpot. You should make at least 4 qts. If you do not have a crockpot that fits 4 qts. and don't know where to borrow one, let us know. We will try to locate one for you!
We will supply bowls and utensils and napkins, but you may bring in any special condiments for your chili if they are essential to your chili's flavor.
All chilis shall be given a heavy metal name. For example, a past year's chili cookoff heavy metal name winner: "Nordic Flesh Feast." (It was a white chili.)
There are three prizes: best chili, best chili (popular vote), and best heavy metal name (popular vote). The prizes will be awarded at halftime. Don't worry, The Whoever will be playing on the patio.

The judges:

Lauren Caproni lives and eats in California. Raised by an Italian New Yorker and a Portuguese Hawaiian she learned the value of cured pork products at a young age. Holding a rich passion for people and communion she was quickly ushered into the restaurant industry at 15 and since has held every position possible in food and beverage. From breaking down 6 cases of rabbits every day and picking chervil for 6 hours to Executive Chef of a W Hotel Lauren celebrates the plate...and you.

Jennifer Havel started her culinary career right here at The Bottom of the Hill, with the All-U-Can-Eat Sunday BBQ, making meals for bands, and slinging burgers during punk rock shows. In fact, she believes there's nothing cooler than dropping a basket of fries while watching The Jesus Lizard through the 'window'. She's worked in the restaurant industry as a line cook, Sous Chef, and bartender and now lives the glamorous life of catering, and loves it.

Amy Machnak is a pastry chef turned food writer currently working for Sunset magazine. After graduating from culinary school in Detroit, Amy moved to SF and attended San Francisco State University where she double majored in bullsh*t and chicken wings. She won a James Beard award in 2009 for something completely random, like making salt or some such nonsense. You can often find her in a Mission dive bar trying to count the number of tequila shots she's had. 

If you are not bringing chili, please feel free to bring another food to share

NOISE POP 2012  

The Noise Pop Photo Retrospective takes a look back at the past 19 years of Noise Pop Festivals: the artists, the fans and the clubs that have shaped the yearly event from what began as a single, sweaty night in a small club to the sprawling San Francisco institution it has become. Photographers include: Eduardo Acorda, Marlu Aufmuth, Jeanne Ellenby, Peter Ellenby, Charlie Homo, Sheila Menezes, Paige Parsons, Mike Rosati, Julie Schuchard, Shoka Shafiee, Matt Seuferer and Deb Zeller.

Monday   February 13 2012
 8:30 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• 21 AND OVER 
$ FREE 
BOTTOM OF THE HILL presents...
Monday's Bargain Basement
Episode Eight
TBA 
Junkdrawer
( Sanity Muffin )

BARGAIN BASEMENT
on certain Mondays

Broke? bored? case of the Mondays?

Resident Selector - DJ Junkdrawer (Sanity Muffin) will be hosting a night of eclectic obscurities brought to you by a rotating cast of local bands and different guest DJs, from such parties as:

On any given night you may hear kraut, psych, cumbia, mid east, eastern block, asian, minimal synth, post-punk, punk punk (?),  techno, noise, country, western, disco, hip hop, 20th century, butt rock, garage, jazz, cartoon, doom, ... something for everyone.

Come to dance (first and foremost), rock out, stare at the wall ?, contemplate life ?, have some adult beverages, whatever blows your hair back...

NOISE POP 2012  

NOISE POP 2012  

NOISE POP 2012  

For Noise Pop shows, we do not know how many tickets will be available at the door for the general public until an hour after doors open. The reason is that we are required to save the space for people who bought Noise Pop festival passes. If only a few people with passes are there, then the rest can be used for sale at the door.
That is between when doors open and the first band goes on. After that, any remaining spots become available.

NOISE POP 2012  

NOISE POP 2012  

Heavy Cream
Punk / Rock / Visual
TBA
...

Thursday   March 22 2012
 9:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm) ••• 21 AND OVER

$10 in advance / $12 at the door 
Milagres
Indie / Pop / Rock
(on Kill Rock Stars)
TBA
...
TBA
...

Friday   March 23 2012
 10:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• 21 AND OVER

$12
Lost In The Trees
Acoustic / Classical / Folk
Poor Moon
...
(The new project of Christian Wargo from Fleet Foxes/Crystal Skulls
and will have their debut EP released on Sub Pop sometime March 2012)
Yellow Ostrich
Experimental / Indie / Rock

Saturday   March 24 2012
 8:30 PM (doors at 8pm)  ••• ALL AGES

$9
Asian Man Records presents...
Classics Of Love
classic hardcore punk rock with a lot of melodic moments 
featuring Jesse from Operation Ivy
Joyce Manor
Christian Rap / Pop Punk / Thrash 
Gnarboots.
Happy Hardcore / Punk / Zouk 
Kill The Bats
Salsa/Punk Rock/Showtunes

Tuesday   March 27 2012
 9:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm) ••• 21 AND OVER

$8 in advance / $10 at the door 
Black Tusk
heavy metal power trio
East Of The Wall
Instrumental rock / situational art metal
TBA
... 

Wednesday   March 28 2012
 9:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• 21 AND OVER

$10
JC Brooks And The Uptown Sound
Post punk / Soul
The Slippery Slope
Lounge / Psychedelic / Soul
Riot Earp
blues country fuck rock shenanigans

Thursday   March 29 2012
 8:00 PM (doors at 7pm)  ••• ALL AGES
 
$18
Fun.
Rock
TBA
...
TBA
...

Saturday   March 31 2012
 9:30 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• 21 AND OVER
announced and on sale 2/23
$10
TBA
Shoegaze
TBA
...
TBA
...

Saturday   April 7 2012
 9:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• ALL AGES

$15   
J.K. Sampson & The Provincial Band
Folk punk, indie rock, post-punk, hardcore punk
of The Weakerthans
Shotgun Jimmie
Shoegaze
Slow Moving Lions Of The Vegetable World
acoustic americana folk  

Friday   April 13 2012
 9:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• 21 AND OVER

$12
Damien Jurado
indie rock singer/songwriter
Peter Wolf Crier
Indie
Dear Indugu
Acoustic / Indie / Rock

Saturday   April 14 2012
 10:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• 21 AND OVER
announced soon
$12 
TBA
Experimental / Psychedelic / Rock
TBA
...
TBA
...

Tuesday   April 17 2012
 9:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• 21 AND OVER

$16
Guitar Wolf
garage punk power trio
Transistors
Sports Punk/Powerpop
TBA
... 

Wednesday   April 18 2012
 9:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• ALL AGES
announced soon
$15
TBA
Indie Rock - 2-step
TBA
...
TBA
...

Thursday   April 19 2012
 9:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• 21 AND OVER

$10
Black Elk
Punk
Totimoshi
Metal / Punk / Rock
Minot
post-punk psychedelic experimental instrumental krautrock post-rock tribal  

Friday   April 20 2012
 10:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• ALL AGES

$12
Phenomenauts
New Wave / Punk / Rockabilly
La Plebe
Punk
The Custom Kicks
Powerpop / Punk / Rock 

Saturday   April 28 2012
 7:30 PM (doors at 7PM)  ••• ALL AGES

$12
Go Radio
Rock
There For Tomorrow
Rock / Alternative / Ambient
Tonight Alive
Pop Punk
Tyler Carter
R&B/Pop

Sunday   April 29 2012
 6:30 PM (doors at 6PM)  ••• ALL AGES
announced soon
$20 in advance / $25 at the door
TBA
indie pop and alternative
TBA
...
TBA
...
TBA
...

Monday   April 30 2012
 10:00 PM (doors at 8:30PM)  ••• 21 AND OVER
announced and on sale 2/8
$20 in advance / $22 at the door
TBA
Indie / Punk / Rock
TBA
...
TBA
...

Friday   May 4 2012
 9:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• ALL AGES
announced soon
$12 in advance / $14 at the door
TBA
Folk / Indie / Punk
TBA
...
TBA
...

Saturday   May 5 2012
 10:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• 21 AND OVER
announced soon
$12 
TBA
Modern American Popular Song
TBA
...
TBA
...

Friday   May 18 2012
 10:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• ALL AGES
announced soon
$12
TBA
indie-rock
TBA
...
TBA
...

Thursday   May 31 2012
 9:00 PM (doors at 8:30pm)  ••• ALL AGES
announced soon
$15 in advance / $17 at the door
TBA
avant-garde - Experimental / Other / Pop
TBA
Psychedelic Noh Wave Opera From The Beast Asian Diaspore
TBA
dark folk experimental industrial post punk psychedelia

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