wasteland jazz unit/burnt hills/family treasures/the great drought

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 2009 @ 8:30 PM

HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE
THE TAVERN
893 WEST ST
AMHERST, MA 01002

WASTELAND JAZZ UNIT
http://www.myspace.com/wastelandjazzunit

TIGER HATCHERY

http://virb.com/forbesyoungduet

BURNT HILLS
http://www.myspace.com/burnthills

FAMILY TREASURES
http://www.myspace.com/familytreasure10

THE GREAT DROUGHT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVUU6Qn0cQw

WICKERMANIA NEW LOCATION

theres a change where Wickermania is going to happen this year... it's 14 South Main Street, Haydenville, MA. Thanks to Cate and Steven we are going to have plenty of dry shelter in their barn. All the other info is the same except for a few acts who couldn't make it for other reasons and will be sorely missed. Still, this going to be a great time and if you could help spread the word of this change to folks please..... See you tomorrow at noon or soon there after. The house is up in back of the fire station and the barn is in back. my phone # 413-320 9107.



MV & EE
Noise Nomads
Prisma
Sunburned Hand of the Man
Cave Bears
KG Fields
Baby Jesus Burn Out
Two Tents
Area C
Son Of Earth
Yukes of Space and Corners
Jow Jow the Death Knell Rung
Whyte Kastles
Bunwinkies
Kurt Weisman
Tarp
Cursillistas
Zebu!

WRONGWAYS TUESDAYS

Rub Wrongways Records Presents WRONGWAYS TUESDAYS
a free weekly concert series at The Elevens in Northampton

Tuesdays in September

Rub Wrongways Records, a Northampton based indie/pop record label, brings its artists and others to a free concert showcase every Tuesday in September. Each evening will feature three acts. The first will be a brief three-song set by a duet, the second will be a short half-hour set by a Rub Wrongways band, and the third will be a slightly longer show by another act.



The shows are all early with doors opening at 7:00. Henning Ohlenbusch from Rub Wrongways says, “We are putting on free early concerts so that people who can’t make it out to later rock shows have a chance to get to know our artists. Also, at the time, the club can really focus on creating a listening and music appreciating atmosphere that is harder to do with the late-night slots.”



The September line-up is as follows:



Tuesday #1: Sept. 1 - Henning and Max, Sitting Next To Brian, Tasha Yar

Tuesday #2: Sept. 8 - Brian Marchese and Thane Thomsen, Salvation Alley String Band, Josh Crane

Tuesday #3: Sept. 15 - Jason Bourgeois and Ryan Quinn, The Fawns, Goldwater

Tuesday #4: Sept. 22 - TBA, School for the Dead, Nuclear Waste Management Club

Tuesday #5: Sept. 29 - Lesa Bezo and Henning, Jason Bourgeois Band, Matt Silberstein Band

WICKERMANIA!

Wickermania is on the rise again this year, in fact, it is this coming Saturday, August 29th. Here is the run down of who has confirmed they are playing and I'm sure there will be few surprises along the way.

MV & EE
Noise Nomads
Prisma
Sunburned Hand of the Man
Cave Bears
KG Fields
Baby Jesus Burn Out
Two Tents
Area C
Son Of Earth
Yukes of Space and Corners
Jow Jow the Death Knell Rung
Whyte Kastles
Bunwinkies
Kurt Weisman
Tarp
Cursillistas

I've included a TIFF file of the poster in case anybody wants to print some up and hand them out or post them. This would be helpful.

The Event will start at Noom (one minute after noon) sharp, I hope, so we can squeeze everything in & so Buford T Pusser don't need to walk tall on our asses, we'll end at 11pm. There is some space for camping with a couple fire pits where food can be made. We've always encouraged a potluck, so let's keep that tradition. We have some firepit grilling options as well. Some refeshment will be provided, but please bring more. Sun screen, bug spray, a blanket to lie on are all helpful to yourselves. The DAR is a 2 minute drive from us, so if you feel like swimming that's an option. It does cost $5 to park there. Speaking of money, we are taking a $5 donation to be able to give some gas to way out of town performers or at the very least we'll be able to take them out to breakfast. We are in Goshen, but here is the best mapquest or google maps address.

196 Bal Rd
Williamsburg, MA 01096

if you get lost call my cell 413-320-9107. You can park along the side of the road on Ball Rd, but make sure you park on the same side as everybody else. Parking is limited in the field and you might get stuck.

We will hold the event rain or shine. We have some shelters but sometimes last year people had to wait out a little storm in their cars. There was a double rainbow last year, the 1st one I've ever seen. Hopefully, Mother Nature will be kind to us so campers stay dry.

Please forward this or post this on websites to let anybody know who might want to come. The myspace page is http://www.myspace.com/wickermaniafestival

Hope you have a great week & see you this weekend.

2 area experimental film screenings!

Heap Us 'Round Our Ruins: An Interstate Film Circuit
area shows:
- Friday August 28th, 2009 at 9:00 pm at Gray Matter Books (47 East Street, Hadley, MA)
- Friday September 4th, 2009 at 7:00 pm at The Brick House (24 Third Street, Turners Falls, MA)

www.round-our-ruins.com.

Description:

Filmmakers Ben Balcom and Josh Weissbach present Heap Us ‘Round Our Ruins: An Interstate Film Circuit, which is a sixteen state (and counting) film tour that will encompass all regions within the continental U.S.
The conceptual premise of Josh Weissbach’s film work, all shot on Super 8 and 16mm film, is based on the notion that as all humans inhabit space, space simultaneously inhabits humans, and within this, the main question that is raised is how does the relationship between intimacy, trauma, and space function in the life of every human being? Most recently, Weissbach completed interiors of the liquid gap, a 45-minute experimental documentary that focuses on Cuban exiles and the intimate sites of their lives before, while, and after crossing the liquid divide between Cuba and the United States. This film was made possible in part by The Cary Grant Film Scholarship from The Princes Grace Foundation. In addition, Weissbach has been working on The Addresses, a global film series that examines how humans experience the act of dwelling within the confines of a single address. The Addresses Part 0 – 4 have taken Weissbach to Havana, Cuba, Venice, Italy and Montclair, New Jersey.
Ben Balcom’s films teeter on the line between reality and dream, characterized by the appearance and disappearance of narrative. The form of these films change from pure experimentation to character-based allegory. These films are trying to discover the relationship between our nature and the representation of this space through a reconfiguration of experience in an artificial medium. anomie compendium is a three-part, hand-processed, 16mm film cycle. every small heart is a miniature inferno, is like a small free-verse poem. celebration of dead leaves uses a combination of optical printing techniques and hand-processing as tools to manipulate, as well as emulate, our experience of seeing and moving through the world. mother-earth-song is a short allegory that speaks to the relationship between male and female archetypes during a state of decline. In addition Balcom just received a grant from The Northampton Arts Council to make his forthcoming film, we are the multitudes. Each of these films is united in their interest in poetry, mythology, and perception, experienced through an interface of silence and the language of the material. This body of work is meant to be eyes seeing humanity hiding, running, lying, tearing itself apart.
Both filmmakers differ in their approach and subject matter, but are unified by an interest in the vitality of the moving images as an experience of communication.

Saturday 8-22 Mike Barrett art deal @ mystery Train

I'm showing some of my art there. It would be nice to have people there to look at it.

Also will be music from Servitor vs. Gastric Lavage and belltonesuicide vs. Phloyd's rice Ensemble.

6-9 replete with libations and num-nums.

If'n you don't know where Mystery Train is, it's 178 N. Pleasant St behind what used to be Loonar Piercing.

Chaos 1st tomorrow at UMass

8/16/09

Lightning Bolt!
Noise Nomads!
Mallory!
Sylphid!
Belltonesuicide!
Invisible Circle!
Id M Theftable!
Brava Spectre!
Sords!
Problem With Dragons!
Gastric Lavage!
Cellura Peptoid!
White Crime!
Able Archer!
Untitled Original!
Sisters and Brothers!
Yak Snot!
Relics!
Behaviour!

19 bands back to back!!!

Starts at 2pm SHARP!!! - 6pm Outside on the Library Lawn (Student Union Ballroom if rain)

7pm - Midnight in the Student Union Ballroom

Please donate to the touring bands!!

Campus Center Way
Amherst, MA 01003

Dubious Liftings IIIII

Dubious Liftings

Saturday August 15th Greenfield, MA
a suggested donation benefit for children with muscular dystrophy

Greenfield Energy Park:
the end of miles st. (off of main st.)
BBQ 3:00, show starts promptly at 4:00

John Doe jr. :
269 Main St. 8:30

The People's Pint:
24 Federal st. 10:00

Bunny Brains
Flaming Dragons of Middle Earth
MV + EE
Bryan Phantom Fairlane
Big Kids
Zebu!
Crystalline Roses
Cave Bears w/ Danny Cruz
D.B. Russell & Tim Sheldon
White Crime
Sord

dog bill party

mon aug. 10th. 8pm. atthe tork clock/gates of swell
(one and one half chevalier ave. greenfield)

Benefit show with some definites and a few possibles

NORTHPOLETAPES

TEETOTAL DESTRUCTION

SUZANNE STILLINGER

MARLENE AND CJ MASH-UP IN SOME UNNAMED FORM

SARAH RILEY'S LOW EXPECTATIONS KARAOKE

and maybe more...

All proceeds will go in some hungry pockets emptied by ferocious vet bills for Sam, the dog against which all other dogs shall be judged.

EMERGING FILMAKERS SHOWCASE! THIS WEDNESDAY!

THIS WEDNESDAY August 5th
9pm $3 Donation

at Pleasant Street Theater

in Northampton MA

1. Trailers by Michael Block
2. Video by Dave Hall
3. "Brotherhood of Spite" by Alex Cheng
4. Poetry of Luke Henshaw
5. "Shape Shift" by Ben Balcom
6. Video by Bill Cleveland
7. "Teeth" by Michael Block
8. Reading/Performance by Alex Ward
9. Video/Performance by Ted Lee

https://amherstcinema.org/films-and-events/emerging-filmmaker-series-1%3C/a%3E