Name: Heavy Cycle Presents: The Black Tavern (1972)
Start: 2025-12-09T19:00:00
End: 2025-12-09T22:00:00
Location: Launderette Records

Seating is limited! RSVP early!BYOB is A-OK

B-Movie: Lust & Sound in West Berlin

Heavy Cycle Presents: The Black Tavern (1972)

Featuring works by over 100 different artists in LP-format.Drinks and snacks. Bring yr friends.

12x12 Art Show Opening Reception

Reggae Record Swap with DJs Soon Come, If If Hi-Fi, Unesco Hi-Fi, and Heavy Sound + Vision

Cole Berggren / Milkspiller / Rubber Band Gun

Cinema Diabolique Presents In a Lonely Place (1950) & Act of Violence (1948)

The Noisy Album Release Party with Von Wise + Juliet Gelfman-Randazzo

Plate Carrier with DJs Sister Gaia, Supplanter, and Fox

Mopar Stars / Gripper / Shampoo

THIS IS FOR THE SECOND EVENT DIRECTLY FOLLOWING THE FIRST PRESENTATIONThose attending the first event, will not be admitted to the second (even if you RSVP). This second event is only to accommodate more guests so everyone can have a chance to join us.Surprise! The Philadelphia Society of Future Vampires and Launderette Records are proud to present the latest infernal ritual in THE ORDER.&nbsp;&nbsp;Featuring LPs, exclusive merch, and a reading + visual presentation by author Erik Bader &amp; designer Jeremy Dean from “THE ALMIGHTY: Ink &amp; Dagger 1996-1999”, the forthcoming hardcover only available in the SOLD OUT I&amp;D Complete Works boxed set from Trust Records.&nbsp;Doors at 3pm. This is a limited capacity event – RSVP ONLY - Don’t wait.&nbsp;&nbsp;BREAK THE SYSTEM.RSVP does not guarantee entrance, anyone not in attendance at 3PM for entry will potentially lose their spot to someone on the waitlist until we are at capacity.

'THE ALMIGHTY: Ink & Dagger 1996-1999' Erik Bader + Jeremy Dean Reading and Presentation *ROUND 2*

Surprise! The Philadelphia Society of Future Vampires and Launderette Records are proud to present the latest infernal ritual in THE ORDER.&nbsp;&nbsp;Featuring LPs, exclusive merch, and a reading + visual presentation by author Erik Bader &amp; designer Jeremy Dean from “THE ALMIGHTY: Ink &amp; Dagger 1996-1999”, the forthcoming hardcover only available in the SOLD OUT I&amp;D Complete Works boxed set from Trust Records.&nbsp;Doors at 2pm. This is a limited capacity event – RSVP ONLY - Don’t wait.&nbsp;&nbsp;BREAK THE SYSTEM.SOLD OUT! RSVP does not guarantee entrance, anyone not in attendance at 2PM for entry will potentially lose their spot to someone on the waitlist until we are at capacity.

'THE ALMIGHTY: Ink & Dagger 1996-1999' Erik Bader + Jeremy Dean Reading and Presentation

Heavy Cycle Cinema Presents: The Untold Story (1993)

Andy Boay / Mike Etten / Countach

Golden Apples / Pontiac Flare / Lippy

Heavy Cycle Cinema Presents Devil Fetus (1983)

Heavy Cycle Cinema Presents: 'Yes, Madam (1985)'

Alex Coppola Opening - First Saturday 6-9PM

MANN / Black Luciano / Reek Hellasmoke / STNR

Cinema Diabolique Presents Design For Living (1933)

Wiles Martyr / Bluew3rd / Tha Riva / Fedrox

The Intelligence / Alice Sandahl / Lo Fives / Wasnt Wisnt

Fib / Parlor Hour / Beauty / Mopar Stars

Cinema Diabolique Presents: A Cottage On Dartmoor

CLOAKZ / Yawn Mower / Sacred Monsters

Reggae Record Swap

Whimsie / Hot Mart / Duane Lauginiger and the Badgers

Doors at 7PM - Screening at 8PMSeating is limitedBYOB is AOK

Heavy Cycle Cinema Presents: Sister Street Fighter (1974)

Burst Open / Artax / T-minus / Strictly East Coast

Happy Cleaners - Paintings by Olivia Gibb (Opening Reception)

Water Is the Sun / The Fantastic Imagination / Powerhouse of the Cell

Stroker Derby / Karol Konstancia / Mike Sidnam / Slow Tongued Beauty

Cinema Diabolique Presents The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)

Andrea Burns Trio / RP Coast / Yaka (DJ Set) / DJ Furniture

Nina Ryser / Izzy True / Foreland Basin

Token Girl / Deirdre French / Low Tide (NYC)

Saapato / Alec Livaditis / S. Leidig

Lorenzo Abattoir / Guillermo Pizarro / Apologist / Sawn Half

Northern Aggression Productions Presents: Ron House / Daniel Dimaggio

Heavy Cycle Cinema Presents: Riki-Oh (Story of Riki) (1991)

Tilted Zine Issue One Release Party with @, The Lo Fives, Marathon '77 and Emily Robb (DJ Set)

Olivine + Special Guest

Heavy Cycle Cinema Presents: Black Belt Jones

Cinema Diabolique Presents: Gun Crazy (1950)

Doors at 7PM / Screening at 8PM BYOB and Snack are OKLimited seating!

Heavy Cycle Cinema Presents Police Story 3: Super Cop (1993)

Launderette Presents Ava Schwemler & Newt M. - Opening Reception

Open Mouth Records Presents: Lucas 'Granpa' Abela / Tether / Hooper Co

The 3rd Variety Show

Cinema Diabolique Presents 'Blood of a Poet' with Live Score by Cartoon

Heavy Cycle Cinema Presents: One-Armed Swordsman (1967)

Nappy Nina x Swarvy + H31R

Heavy Cycle Cinema presents Lady Snowblood (1973)

Cinema Diabolique presents Baby Face (1933)

Max Eastman (NC) / Confounder / Fricker / Dead Door Unit

Main Era / Wiring / Carpet Floor / mICROgOBLET

Heavy Cycle Cinema presents 5 Element Ninjas (1982)

Cinema Diabolique presents Dementia (1955) + Detour (1945)

Carnivorous Bells / Real Shocks / Tykes of the Round Table

Grocer / Special World / Fast Car Slow Car / C Zynski

Highfield / Catatonic Suns / +1 TBA

Heavy Cycle Cinema Double Feature: Kuroneko (1968) + Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

Burnt Pink (Afterlife Dub Release Show) with Mike Polizze

Expo / Canyon Flower / Lane (Boston) / Rollercoaster (Solo)

Cinema Diabolique: The 7th Victim

Pure Magic: Anexis / Alikho Igama / Jay Cinema / Jant Blur / STNR - $10 ADV / $15 DOS

October with Heavy Cycle Cinema - DOUBLE DOUBLE FEATURES

Oh man has Heavy Cycle Cinema got a Halloween film night prepared for all of you! Two classic Hong Kong horror classics from Shaw Brothers Studios - both directed by Kuei Chih-Hung, the most rebellious and subversive of all the directors at Shaw. Each film will gross you out with their gooey prosthetics and body horrors! Each film will mystify you with their psychedelic images and visual tricks! Each film will potentially scare you from having sex?!? Maybe. First up will be Bewitched (1981), a horror gem that showcases surprisingly detailed rituals of Thai sorcery, and provides a stern warning for everyone to stay away from having casual sex and dabbling in witchcraft. We’ll observe a Hong Kong detective (quietly played by Melvin Wong) as he tries to solve the mystery of why a local man killed his own daughter after returning from a romantic fling in Thailand. The man said that he was possessed due to some mysterious black magic. We shall find out the truth together, folks!Second in line is Kuei Cheh-Hung’s masterpiece, The Boxer’s Omen (1983) - the sequel to Bewitched. We learn far more about the immense forces of sorcery fought between good and bad wizards in Hung’s kaleidoscopic fever dream world of exploitation and mischief. Philip Ko plays a Hong Kong gangster that surprisingly discovers all kinds of ancestral and metaphysical secrets while on a quest to avenge his brother for being brutally attacked by a ruthless boxer. Come join in the fun and lend a hand as we somehow scrape ourselves up off the floor during the end credits!

Heavy Cycle Cinema (Double Feature): Bewitched + The Boxer's Omen

Pit Boyz @ Launderette

Mike Nigro<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://mikenigro.bandcamp.com/">https://mikenigro.bandcamp.com/</a><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://oxtailrecordings.bandcamp.com/">https://oxtailrecordings.bandcamp.com/</a>Opheliaxz<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://oopheliaxz.bandcamp.com/">https://oopheliaxz.bandcamp.com/</a>Apologist<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://rosie-apologist.bandcamp.com/">https://rosie-apologist.bandcamp.com/</a>Mike Quigley<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://quig.bandcamp.com/">https://quig.bandcamp.com/</a>Saturday, September 28thLaunderette Records3142 Richmond St$12 / 8PM

Mike Nigro / Opheliaxz / Apologist / Mike Quigley

Matriarch / Kevin Winter / Embarker / Absentia Derby

Claire Ozmun / Lindsay Reamer / Lowercase Roses

Cinema Diabolique: The Night of the Hunter

Small Professor / Shemar / Sasco / Alikho Igama / Hester Valentine / Reek Hellasmoke

Moth Cock / The Red Tornadoes / S. Leidig / Jim Rats

Join us for night five of Heavy Cycle Cinema: Zu Warriors from Magic Mountain (1983)Doors: 7PMShowtime: 8PMRuntime: 98 minsAdmission: $10Limited seating available, RSVP early to reserve a spot.Drinks + Snacks at the counter, but BYOB is A-OK.Accessibility: Three steps to entrance, one small step-over into bathroom.

Heavy Cycle Cinema: Zu Warriors From Magic Mountain (1983)

Ariel Posh
9/7 - 10/27
Opening Sat. 9/7

Create a unique 12"x12" art piece to be shown and made for sale (if you wish) at Launderette for our first ever 12x12 art show<ul><li>Submissions must be 12"x12" in size (including framing)</li><li>Paintings, sculpture, digital art and photography are all acceptable</li><li>Flat is preferred, but 3D pieces will be accepted up to 6" in depth</li><li>Pieces for sale will be given three pricing options with commission split between Launderette and the artist upon sale</li><li>No fee for application or submissions</li><li>Only one submission will be accepted per application/person</li></ul>More info (including drop-off dates) will be emailed after applications are accepted. If there's any questions, contact us at LaunderetteRecords@Gmail.com or on Instagram @launderette.recordsRSVP as "Going" signs you up as a participant, but does not guarantee you will be featured in the show. This application is to properly account for how many pieces we should expect.

12x12 Art Show Application

Join us for night four of Heavy Cycle Cinema, The 7 Grandmasters (1977).Doors: 7PMShowtime: 8PMRuntime: 94 minsAdmission: $10Limited seating available, RSVP early to reserve a spot.Drinks + Snacks at the counter, but BYOB is A-OK.Accessibility: Three steps to entrance, one small step-over into bathroom.Heavy Cycle Cinema is back and we’re giving you fine people the Taiwanese martial arts classic, The 7 Grandmasters (1977). This is a real grindhouse banger from Joseph Kuo - an indie director notorious for presenting powerful kung fu action on shoestring budgets and assisting in the creation of the Wu Tang Clan mythology. The star of the show, Jack Long, plays an aging kung fu expert that goes on a quest to defeat seven grandmasters across China to prove his dominancy as a martial artist before he retires. Surprises abound as a seemingly simple narrative is twisted up by Kuo to disorient and shock his audience through the unveiling of secret identities and subplots. This is a gem of Taiwanese martial arts cinema and a sublime treat for those of us that love shapes kung fu flicks.

The 7 Grandmasters (1977)

Animal Piss, It's Everywhere (MA) / Blues Ambush / Victor Vieira-Branco/Anne Ishii Duo

Summer Reggae Record Swap

Universal Cell Unlock / z.b. AIDS / Stroker

The Sheaves / Cartoon / The Shield

Summer of Heavy Cycle Cinema

Join us for night three of Heavy Cycle Cinema's film series featuring the Hong Kong classic, Come Drink With Me. The original title, 大醉俠, translates to 'Great Drunken Hero' is considered one of the greatest wuxia films of all time.Doors: 7PMShowtime: 8PMRuntime: 94 minsAdmission: $10Limited seating available, RSVP early to reserve a spot.Drinks + Snacks at the counter, but BYOB is A-OK.Accessibility: Three steps to entrance, one small step-over into bathroom.

Heavy Cycle Cinema July: Come Drink With Me (1966)

Concrete Cowboys:
Launderette Presents Mario Cabral and Kevin Bass
July 5th - September 1st

Rui Gabriel / Pontiac Flare / Benny P

The second installment of Heavy Cycle Cinema should send a clear message that we’re not wasting any time in shepherding a bunch of hopping vampires into your lives. What better way to do it than to showcase the OG Sammo Hung classic, Encounters of the Spooky Kind (1980). Revolutionary in its blend of horror, kung fu, and comedy, Encounters has had a lasting impact on Hong Kong cinema and how taoist iconography and jiangshi vampires could be utilized to elicit thrills, chills, and laughs. Furthermore, its absurd comedic action has long been believed to have strongly influenced another trailblazing horror film, Evil Dead 2. Sammo Hung plays the protagonist “Big Guts” Cheung, a lovable oaf with extraordinary kung fu skills, an adulterous wife, and an evil boss hell bent on destroying him through the use of sorcery. Come join us as we watch Cheung brave nights alone in haunted temples, stave off monster attacks with kung fu, and pay back his wife for all the pain that she has caused him!Doors: 7PMShowtime: 8PMRuntime: 1h 42minsAdmission: $10Limited seating available, RSVP early to reserve a spot.Drinks + Snacks at the counter, but BYOB is A-OK.Accessibility: Three steps to entrance, one small step-over into bathroom.

Heavy Cycle Cinema: Encounters of the Spooky Kind

S*GLASSThe electro-acoustic sound collages by S*Glass combine cut-ups, electronic processing, voice, found sound, and chance operations. Non-musical objects are sometimes incorporated (anything from dental floss and aluminum foil to wind-up toys and metal lunch box, sometimes cabbage). Self-shot video is screened during sets, which is mostly textures made with multiple layers that slowly wobble out of sync, jump cuts, and a smattering of primitive animation. The overall effect is one of surreal disorientation.S*Glass is a founder of Bren’t Lewiis Ensemble (a large non-musical music group begun in the early 1980s), and Glands of External Secretion (a duo with rock musician Barbara Manning since the early ’90s). From the late ’80s until 2004, he was the main driver behind Bananafish. Since 2017, he’s  performed as a solo artist and completed U.S. tours of the West Coast, New England, part of the South and Midwest, England and Scotland, a handful of places in Canada. This past October he toured Australia and New Zealand for three weeks; coming up in April is 10 days in the Southwest.He’s released music and sound on his label Butte County Free Music Society, and has also collaborated with an international array of others such as Dylan Nyoukis (Scotland) Anla Courtis of Reynols (Argentina), Noel Meek (New Zealand), Bryan Day (US), Andrew Zukerman (Canada), Cody Brant (US), and Orchid Spangiafora (US). Other labels include Chocolate Monk (UK), Siltbreeze (Philadelphia), Spleencoffin (Baltimore), Blue Spectrum (UK), l’Esprit de l’Escalier (US), Krim Kram (Ireland), Independent Woman (New Zealand), Beartown (UK), Ikuisuus (Finland), Tanzprocesz (France), I Dischi Del Barone (Sweden), Coherent States (Greece), Feeding Tube (Massachusetts), VHF (Virginia), Opax (Italy), Ultra Eczema (Belgium), Dinzu Artefacts (Los Angeles), and Starlight Furniture Co. (San Francisco). Here are some samples of his work:<iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="true" autoplay="false" disablekbcontrols="false" enableiframeapi="false" endtime="0" ivloadpolicy="0" loop="false" modestbranding="false" origin="" playlist="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/H8sDrdithxs￼Performing live at Burdock Brewery in Toronto, Canada" start="0"></iframe><iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="true" autoplay="false" disablekbcontrols="false" enableiframeapi="false" endtime="0" ivloadpolicy="0" loop="false" modestbranding="false" origin="" playlist="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qxGmEw4Nt9I￼Performing live at Canessa Gallery in San Francisco, California" start="0"></iframe><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://sglass.bandcamp.com/album/cesspool-of-the-angels">https://sglass.bandcamp.com/album/cesspool-of-the-angels</a>Streaming and downloadable LP released by Minimum Table Stacks (NYC) <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.mixcloud.com/resonanceextra/fae-ma-bit-tae-ur-bit-82-18th-january-2024/">https://www.mixcloud.com/resonanceextra/fae-ma-bit-tae-ur-bit-82-18th-january-2024/</a>Dylan Nyoukis's  program "Fae Ma Bit To Ur Bit" on Resonace Extra on London England featured a 50-min sound collage made of field recordings collected during a three-week live tour of Australia and New Zealand in October 2023. This is an archived recording of the entire show, originally broadcast on Jan 18 2024SAILOR BEWARELara Allen’s solo work under the name Sailor Beware combines sound collage, spoken word, and vaudeville in a kaleidoscopic portrayal of her experiences in Cincinnati public schools, a troubled teen industry cult, and children’s mental hospital.She was in Caroliner for a while, way back when, and also fronted Heavenly Ten Stems, who specialized in covers of Asian pop and rock tunes (the sort later popularized by labels such as Sublime Frequencies, et al.), has appeared on an album by Secret Chiefs 3, and was the off-the-hook screeching front-person of legendary Ohio psycho-rock juggernaut Manwich. Her artwork was on the cover of Bananafish #12 and she was interviewed in #17. More recently, she was a guest on Will York's Who Cares Anyway podcast.Listen to it here:<iframe width="640" height="480" allowfullscreen="true" autoplay="false" disablekbcontrols="false" enableiframeapi="false" endtime="0" ivloadpolicy="0" loop="false" modestbranding="false" origin="" playlist="" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s_tEywAnmxE?si=XskYwC12FqrO-SV4" start="0"></iframe>Numerous samples of her work on her website: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://www.laraallen.com">http://www.laraallen.com</a>She currently teaches at Pratt in BrooklynEMILY ROBBEmily Robb is a Philadelphia-based musician known for her free-form electric guitar. Her playing has the ability to combine feverish smacks of rock riffs with focused lyricism and loose repetition. Her live show is a ride - a sermon in the House of Guitar - with brief evocations of The Velvet Underground, Henry Flynt, and Tetuzi Akiyama’s Don’t Forget To Boogie. Whilst Emily often utilizes learned scales, popularly heard-before chords and ideas from her heroes, (you might even hear someone's infamous riff in the middle of her set), her music comes out sounding like a novel, glowing, ranting, loving rock 'n' roll poem. The Washington Post explained her set opening for Mdou Moctar as "raucous solo instrumentals [that] ranged through 20th-century guitar history from raga-rock string-bending to a Chuck Berry-style vamp that expanded into a wall of sound.”Fall of 2023 saw Emily's second solo release, If I Am Misery Then Give Me Company, on the Petty Bunco label, as well as a split LP with Bill Nace on Open Mouth Records. Emily maintains a steady touring schedule, often with her partner Richie Charles accompanying her on electric organ and sometimes performing in collaborative duos (Bill Nace, Bill Orcutt, Anne Ishii). Stay tuned for her upcoming recordings and events...<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://emilyrobb.bandcamp.com/">emilyrobb.bandcamp.com</a>ig: ahumancertainly<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://pettybunco.bandcamp.com/">pettybunco.bandcamp.com</a> Sinking Body  Sinking Body is the electronic based solo project of Neil Burke, a founding member of the much loved and highly praised band Men's Recovery Project, as well as occasional member of Landed and other outfits. Active since the early 90s, but goes into long periods of dormancy, sometimes only surfacing a few times a decade. Most Sinking Body full length releases came out in the 90s, followed by a smattering of songs released on various compilations. The music has been described as "sounds, including occasional rhythmic moments and other". Synthesizers and electricity are what keeps things moving along. You can stand up or sit down and still get your fill. Don't forget how to get home after the gig. Burke is also a visual artist, whose work has appeared on numerous album covers, posters and shirts.

S*Glass / Emily Robb / Sailor Beware / Sinking Body

Lowercase Roses / Mope / Glaring Orchid

14K / Kettle / Smile Machine / TFFNI

Dead Best / Continuals (DC) - Sunday, April 14th

dreamTX (LA) / Multiple People (LA) / Kaho Matsui

Project SAFE

Doors: 6PM Showtime: ~7PM Runtime: 85 Mins Adults Only Tuesday evening, March 12th, we'll be presenting Frank Henenlotter's timeless cinema classic - FRANKENHOOKER - at Launderette Records in Port Richmond. Join us for a night of horror sci-fi movie magic while donating to Project SAFE: a harm reduction support network for drug users and sex workers in Philadelphia. There will be narcan, testing strips, condoms, snacks and drinks avaialble as well as Frankenhooker inspired merch by Bee Daddy &amp; Sons.BYOB is welcome and encouraged. Tickets to the event will be available on a sliding scale from $10-$25, with all proceeds donated toward Project SAFE. RSVP early! Seats are limited and attendance will be capped.Accessibility: There are 3 steps to enter Launderette, and a bathroom with one small step. Feel free to reach out with any special requests to launderetterecords@gmail.com and we would be happy to accommodate.

Frankenhooker Screening at Launderette
- A Benefit for Project SAFE

BCMC / Tether / Systolic Murmurs

Heavenly Bodies / tthhrreeaadd / Quiet Abandon

Sparrow Moon Lodge / Russy / Zoe Lemon

Classic Film Nite: Reflections of Evil (2002)

Teefgang Presents: 
Faux Fear
Jess Haya + The Goodbyes
Tornado Tornado

The Variety Show is back for another night of films, music, and this time - DRAG! Join us for our mixed media night featuring films by Daniel Krantman, Lydia Ruth Conner, Del Ziegman, Juli Wert, and Calan - works from this year in collaboration between the Mild Havoc movement and Two Acre Films. In common, these thoughtful works bring a strong impact to the screen, with a bright and joyful nature that retains an earnest sense of wonder.In moments between these films, the scene changes to stage, where experimental musicians Alyssa Almedia (a featured performer in last year's “Rally Point Tour Doc”) and Salina Kuo of St. John's Wort and River Full of Fruit, extend the soundtrack into the real world.&nbsp;Leading us through the night, we are thrilled to announce the support of Bruce Baldini as our host to take us through monologue and performance. Together, this will be an unforgettable night-&nbsp; a kaleidoscope of entertainment, companioned with provided snacks, drinks, as well as BYOB. Tickets are sliding scale $15-$20.

Mild Havoc + Two Acre Films Variety Show

Forest Management / LXV / Apologist / Slow Tongued Beauty / Nows

Sleepwalker Entertainment Presents: Alikho Igama / Wafflesmoke / Miles Ramone / ZOM611 / Mann / Aziz