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Sacramento’s Trash Film Orgy Productions (TFO) is preparing to make a new feature film this spring. In an effort to bring the film to the big screen, TFO will hold a kickoff fundraising event this Friday, February 10 at Sacramento’s On the Y. TFO is a Sacramento-based film production company that specializes in creating high quality, low budget horror films. TFP also produces the annual Trash Film Orgy Midnight Movie Film Festival. The Crest Theatre has been home to the event since 2001. Friday’s Super-Special Fundraiser Show will feature a special screening of TFO’s hit, “Monster from Bikini Beach.” The film, shot in Sacramento, includes clips of several Sacramento landmarks. The 2008
By Ann Olson-Dupire Local bar “On the Y” was host to an up and coming group of hip hop artists known as Explicit Expression Wednesday night. Grant Yamashiro, a partial owner of the bar, says it is not uncommon to have local talent come in for a live performance. The bar has been at 670 Fulton Ave for around ten years now, and has hosted shows featuring rock bands such as “Awaiting the Apocalypse” and “Dragon Lord”. Some of their hip hop artists have included “Kevy Kev” and now “Elicit Expression”. Though the bar usually maintains more of a rock theme, they do also have hip hop events, as long as they know the performers. The idea is to keep it a safe environment, “We don’t let just
Political ads may be famous for mudslinging, but if you want to see the real deal, drop by On The Y on Aug. 13 to watch the Sacred City Derby Girls duke it out in the mud pit. The girls will be mud wrestling to raise money to pay for one of the group’s two roller derby teams – The Sacrificers – to travel for the 2011 season. The tournament at the bar, located at 670 Fulton Blvd., is open to the 21-and-over crowd “We will have drink specials, and there will be a live DJ after the tournament,” said Halee Daily, director of marketing for the Sacred City Derby Girls. “Basically, we pick eight of our skaters (for the tournament), and we have last year’s Mud Queen seeing if she can keep her t