Hello all, that is right, I am actually here to perform my duty and update this website of all the many many things that have gone down in SOMA for the past 3 months! I know I know, I am a slacker and terrible at my job, but from a comicbook perspective the rarity of my updates should lead to a hefty value in about 30 to 40 years. Like many of you I have been dealing with an rainstorm of schoolwork over the past semester, I am sure even right now on the eve of the end of spring break there is something I am blowing off to write this, and have found little time to even so much as advise Danny or whatever my job has appeared to morph into for lack of website service necessity. I know that does not seem like a real term, but it is in fact almost 5 am and hence I will fall back on my old crutch of writing at ridiculous hours as the reasoning behind my random incoherence. Anways, now I’m just stalling so I will jump right into business so as to not resemble any Russian dictators.
I suppose I should start with the end of last semester as I never gave an official close to it. As has already been premiered on this fantastic piece of webspace, So’mates Ethan Palmer Smith and Ryan Bacon Zisk have successfully kickstarted a SOMA podcast and already produced 3 magnificent pieces. they are hosted over at the SOMA podcast zone which is completely Rod Serling-free. Please go check them out if you haven’t already for many lulz and whatnot. In other dealings with the end of last semester, there was an event that we co-hosted with Full Ammo Improv, can’t quite remember what it was though. Oh yeah, that’s right, we hosted THE COLLEGE HUMOR LIVE TOUR!!! As you can guess from my remaining excitement, the show was as awesome as expected and went off without a hitch. We have gotten much better with crowd control since “the fiasco” and if you do not know what I am speaking of please seek out Danny Michelson as I am sure he loves recounting his experience of it. The College Humor Live Tour featured headliner Dan Levy as well as College Humor regulars Jake and Amir, Streeter and fellow Penn State alum Jeff Rubin who himself was a former editor of Phroth. Needless to say the meeting between him and current Phroth editor Matt Powers was awe-aspiring and no room was meant to hold such comedic genius at once. The night before, a local stand-up show was held as a warm-up to the big event and all the local comedians performed excellently. Everyone owes a big shout-out to Kelly Murphy and Dan Miller, the dynamic duo that essentially made the show. One of the downsides of waiting forever to actually update is it does not work well with my terrible memory and as such that is all I remember from the end of last semester. However, not to build anything up too much, but that does bring things to this current semester. I must warn you, the ass-kickery of this current semester, is so amazing, so mind-blowing, so incredible it has been described as 26 simultaneous female orgasms in the brain!
Hopefully you have you used the space between paragraphs to prepare yourself for what I am about to tell you about. First of all, this semester has seen some of the most successful fundraising in the club’s history, proving once and for all artists do actually know how to make money. We first hosted a quite successful Five Guys fundraiser as is now obligated by every club on campus apparently. We also hosted our 3rd Annual Find Your So’mate/Open Mic Night. This year happened to fall on the Wednesday after Valentine’s Day allowing for those who spent that special day alone in their apartment watching “When Harry Met Sally” with a pint of Cherry Garcia to possibly find someone for our profit. These fundraisers have gone to use, as was evident in one of the best shows we have yet to host. Treasurer Lauren Downing is owed a big high-five from everyone for her work on these efforts.
On January 22nd we held a magical event in Alumni Hall when we presented We Are Scientists with British Phil and The Exclusive Document. Needless to say, the show was quite a joyous evening. Both the Exclusive Document and British Phil were awesome, handling the large crowd with ease, major labels please take notice. We Are Scientists performed with the awesomeness that was expected, playing their material flawlessly and entertaining the crowd with cheeky banter in between. All and all it was a fun evening that entertained many and did not result in any injuries to either the crowd or venue which Girl Talk has taught us is actually a great accomplishment. Everyone in attendance owes a great debt of gratitude to SOMA President Danny Michelson who I literally watched slave himself for 4 months to make that show happen. Next time you see Danny, I want you to give him a great big hug, and he’s from Jersey so you can check out his “situation.”
What you have just read is but a mere taste of the Spring 2010 semester. If my calculations are correct there are still about 6 more weeks left in this baby and we intend to make them the most mindblowing 6 weeks you can handle. Upcoming this very week is a local show held at the fantastic venue of Abba Java Cafe which will serve as a fundraiser for Haiti. We will also possibly host another local show at Abba Java on March 26th as well though that has yet to be finalized, or at least to my knowledge. I guess any calls from VP Alexis correcting me on the matter will actually prove my work is read so hooray for uncertain information. As per usual we will co-host with VASA the always excellent Arts Crawl on April 9th which will be headlined by No Age. Arts Crawl chairs Devan, Ryan and Melanie have all worked quite hard on it so I’m expecting great things this year. I would also like to let you in on a little secret that we may be in the works for hosting another big show at the end of the year. Right now the date is set for April 26th so make sure you prepare to blow off all homework and studying that evening and come enjoy whatever we are able to throw together.
On that note, we will continue to put on Open Mic Night’s in the West Commons every month and are always open to other new exciting ideas. If you wish to ask us anything or want to get involved we have general meeting every Wednesday at 7:30 in the Thomas Building. We actually reserve a room now (I know what’s with us getting so official?) but I can not remember what number it is so I will just leave that detail for you to find yourself like Nicolas Cage in a Disney movie. Also feel free to email me or any other officer listed in the “How Can You Get Involved” page of the website. Anyways, I intend on making the three hour drive by to school tomorrow and as such should probably get rested.
-Webmaster Bill
P.S. Hope I didn’t exaggerate anything too much.
