WKDU Presents: UPSIDE DOWN PUNKS: THE STRANGE BUT TRUE STORY OF THAT FUGAZI BASKETBALL HOOP SHOW
Saturday, April 12, 2025 - 8:00pm
Venue:
PhilaMOCA
Age:
All Ages 
A night celebrating punk history, DIY spirit, and the music that keeps it alive.
In the summer of 1988, Fugazi played a sweaty, chaotic, sparsely attended show in a rundown Philadelphia gym. The sound was terrible. The power went out. And yet, somehow, it became legendary.
Upside Down Punks: The Strange but True Story of That Fugazi Basketball Hoop Show (Microcosm Publishing) is an oral history of that gig—told by those who were there, compiled by J. Hunter Bennett, with a foreword by Mickey Lynch, the teenager who made it happen.
To celebrate the zine’s release, we’re throwing a proper DIY show in its honor featuring:
Des Demonas
Dot Dash
Applied Knowledge
Philly Haps
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnolia and Johnson Electric Co. | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| Subhumans / La Pobreska | 8:00pm | Warehouse on Watts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Moses / Cannons | 7:30pm | The Fillmore | All Ages |
| Deaf Andrews / Floracene / Fullscreen | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Matt Pryor / Small Uncle | 8:00pm | First Unitarian Church: Basement | All Ages |
| JR Everhart | 8:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | 21+ |
| McLusky / Pile | 8:00pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| ps goner (peter sagar from homeshake) / Mila Culpa | 8:00pm | Ruba Club | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Belair Lip Bombs / dust | 7:30pm | PhilaMOCA | All Ages |
| Fotocrime / Luna Honey / eX Tradition | 7:30pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |
| Chris Speed’s Yeah No | 8:00pm | Solar Myth | 21+ |
| Sunn O))) | 8:00pm | Union Transfer | All Ages |
| Naïka | 8:30pm | Underground Arts | 21+ |
| Time | Venue | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WKDU Presents: WKDU Brunch Takeover at Johnny Brenda's with DJs Carolyn and Ava | 1:00pm | Johnny Brenda's | All Ages |
| R.A.P. Ferreira | 8:00pm | Kung Fu Necktie | 21+ |