There are soooooo many shows being promoted this year as “no cases” you might not even realize that no cases are a small institution in these here parts.

From www.nocases.org:

The No-cases (or East Coast Unauthorized –> ECUAs) are showcases that happen every year during ECMA week (usually just last weekend) but are not affiliated with the East Coast Music Association. They’re put on by local independent promoters who would like to focus more on the music and less on the industry side of things.

Accept no substitutes.

And just for the hell of it, the whole history, abbreviated, because it’s good to know these things:

Waye said
Rod Gale and the people at CAPR in 1994 or so called them “no” cases as in “not showcases.” It happened to be the year after No Records started in Halifax, but it is by and large a coincidence…

Darryl said
no-cases was coined by either Gerard Baldwin (of Stranger To Julian) or Jaysin Dauphinee (of Hedge) for the 1995 unauthorized event during the ECMA’s in Sydney. Waye used it the following October for his No Records showcase during Halifax Pop Explosion and credited the capers in his program guides.

Shelley said
The No-cases were named by me and Rod on the phone. He was crazy anxious to have something going on in Sydney during the ECMA. I was telling him how people like himself ran side shocases around Music West and gave him the inside track on how they ran them and guerilla marketed them to all of the Music West delegates. We came up with No Cases because as Waye said it meant not showcases and it rhymed with shoecases. Stranger to Julian and Hedge were two of the first bands told about the No Cases because my cousin was in Hedge and I was recording a demo with Stranger to Julian.

Darryl said
Hey shelley….thats wicked, sorry for mis-crediting (?) the naming of this whole thing. Coincidentally enough, Gobblefest was named by me on the phone with Rod.

Shelley said
hey darryl, no offense taken or anything like that, I’m enjoying going through the history and I like to bring Rod’s name up. He was exactly the best person to meet with all of the energy I left the west coast music scene with and went home to Cape Breton, his energy and drive was perfect, and so it seems, remains so.

Rod said
Sheesh.

or something like that….

So there’s your history.

THE No Cases shows this year:

Site link above has full details on all shows as well if you need additional info.
Cheers

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