{"id":103337,"date":"2017-09-27T10:19:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T16:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/jean-caffeine-to-perform-at-the-sunflower-theatre\/"},"modified":"2017-09-27T10:19:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T16:19:31","slug":"jean-caffeine-to-perform-at-the-sunflower-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/jean-caffeine-to-perform-at-the-sunflower-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean Caffeine to perform at the Sunflower Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jean Caffeine<\/a> will perform her memoir piece, \u201cSadie Saturday Night\u201d at the Sunflower Theatre<\/a> on Oct. 12 at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

General admission tickets are $12 at sunflowertheatre.org<\/a> and $15 at the door.<\/p>\n

Caffeine says she has lived nine \u201ctotally fascinating\u201d lives. Born in New York City, raised in San Fransisco, and now residing in Austin, Caffeine has created a memoir piece about growing up punk in San Fransisco.<\/p>\n

Caffeine moved back to New York City in the 1980s and was recruited as a drummer by Ann Magnuson, founder of Pulsallama, which opened shows for the Clash and were featured in Interview Magazine, according to a news release.<\/p>\n

When Pulsallama disbanded, Caffeine formed the band Clambake with Holly George Warren, Liz Gall and Cathy Crane. She then moved to Austin, where she began her solo career and ventured into visual art.<\/p>\n

According to Caffeine, the show is \u201clean,\u201d featuring only her and a guitar player. It is a mix between a one-woman show and a gig.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are memoir-based stories about what it was like to come of age in this first wave, San Fransisco punk scene,\u201d Caffeine said. \u201cIt has me telling stories and going in and out of some songs, and sometimes I have a guitar player who plays electric guitar, and sometimes he has a line or two. Sometimes, he puts rifts under some of the stories I tell.\u201d<\/p>\n

At 57, Caffeine has had some time to reflect on her new stage of her life. She found community among the newly emerging punk scene but says a lot of her choices at the time were reckless because she was given the opportunity to be impulsive.<\/p>\n

The show will not be family-friendly. She calls it \u201ca grown-up show about not really being quite a grownup.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou do stupid stuff, but when you\u2019re doing it, you are young and beautiful and feeling vital, and everything is really exciting, but you are more impulsive,\u201d Caffeine said. \u201cYou are trying stuff out, trying on different hats, so to speak.\u201d<\/p>\n

The inspiration to debut a memoir piece came from attending writing workshops after finding frustration in the music industry.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I say I did it because it is so hard to be a musician these days, and no one cares,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd so if no one is going to care, I should give myself a new challenge, and at least it would be interesting for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

When she presented her written work at writing workshops, people commented that the stories would make a good show.<\/p>\n

The show features stories about being a drummer in an all-girl band and hanging out in the punk scene, which prides itself on its do-it-yourself and rebellious nature.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are stories about who I was before punk, and I kind of hate the word \u201cjourney,\u201d but the journey through that and whatever the next stage was,\u201d Caffeine said. \u201cI guess a little piece of me will always be punk even at 57, but I am not frozen in that time period.\u201d<\/p>\n

The show also is about how the punk scene affected Caffeine emotionally in a time of political awakening.<\/p>\n

Despite its apparent niche, Caffeine believes the show can resonate with any audience member.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I say the show is for anyone who loves punk or was part of a scene or always wanted to be part of a scene or has gotten their heart broken,\u201d Caffeine said. \u201cWe go from the super-specific to the general, because we have all had our hearts broken.\u201d<\/p>\n

Caffeine is touring the country with her memoir piece, which she still relates to the do-it-yourself punk scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am still doing that DIY thing,\u201d Caffeine said. \u201cI think it is harder than ever. Even though the playing field is democratized, people are just bombarded with so much art and music. And people\u2019s brains hurt because there is so much going on in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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