Saturday April Fourth
178 L St Turners Falls
come around 7:30 or a bit later
loud bands play first
Clare Hubbard, who sings in neon day-glo voice modified crunk group Sports and blows sax in free improv troupe (D)(B)(H), plays beautiful creaky folk of sorts over shimmer and clang of her own devising as Caethua
Phased Out, punk band with spunk from Brattleboro, VT, Kyle Thomas (Witch, Feathers) plays some mean guitar
Please to welcome again Worcester´s Sam Gaskin of Faux Pas Recordings and now the band White Crime.
Quincy Quartz is unknown to me but appears to play music of the electronic variety with a positive life affirming bent, but beware a wolf in sheep's clothing
Cave Bears long hunted only for their pelts. We will be performing our piece "Jump to Your Bed" for the first time in nearly one minute.
Please to welcome again Worcester´s Sam Gaskin of Faux Pas Recordings and now the band White Crime.
Gregory Joseph plays pastoral electronics, ambient crackle and fizz, heavy thudding sounds & busted field recordings from the hills as Servitor. Greg is also a collaborator/organizer of the amazing VHS zine Samurai Dreams.
http://www.myspace.com/caethua, or/ sportsfuckyall, or/ dbhtheband
http://www.myspace.com/phasedoutloccosonly
http://www.myspace.com/quincyquartz
http://cavebears.suchfun.net/
http://www.faux-pas.tk/
Friday, March 27, 2009
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Touring Film Fest Show on Sunday (primarily experimental / cool stuff)
Black Maria Film and Video Festival
Sunday, 29 March 2009, 3.00 PM
Merrill 4, Amherst College
Pop culture send-ups, multicultural lyricism, illuminating exposé, the beauty of an endangered species and human issues are themes found in the eclectic works of the 28th annual touring festival of the Black Maria. Selections from the 45 short videos selected by a distinguished panel of jurors will be screened at Amherst College. The event is free and open to the public. Gene Gort of University of Hartford will be presenting the films.
Since 1981, the annual Black Maria Film and Video Festival, an international juried competition and award tour, has been fulfilling its mission to advocate, exhibit and reward cutting edge works from independent film and videomakers. The festival is known for its national public exhibition program, which features a variety of bold contemporary works drawn from the annual collection of 50 award winning films and videos.
https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/film/specialevents/blackmaria2009
http://www.blackmariafilmfestival.org/
http://www.genegort.com/
Sunday, 29 March 2009, 3.00 PM
Merrill 4, Amherst College
Pop culture send-ups, multicultural lyricism, illuminating exposé, the beauty of an endangered species and human issues are themes found in the eclectic works of the 28th annual touring festival of the Black Maria. Selections from the 45 short videos selected by a distinguished panel of jurors will be screened at Amherst College. The event is free and open to the public. Gene Gort of University of Hartford will be presenting the films.
Since 1981, the annual Black Maria Film and Video Festival, an international juried competition and award tour, has been fulfilling its mission to advocate, exhibit and reward cutting edge works from independent film and videomakers. The festival is known for its national public exhibition program, which features a variety of bold contemporary works drawn from the annual collection of 50 award winning films and videos.
https://www.amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/film/specialevents/blackmaria2009
http://www.blackmariafilmfestival.org/
http://www.genegort.com/
Friday, March 20, 2009
Phantom Brain Exchange cometh: March 25, 2009
Dan Friel
Peter Bonos
video by Angela Zammarelli
shrimp for freshwater aquariums lecture by Dan Linton
DJ Cloaca
MPBE #15 Wednesday, March 25th, 9pm Five Bucks!
at the Rendezvous
78 3rd St
Turners Falls, MA 01376
Troubadour Books Sale!
uh, 35% OFF EVERYTHING! crazy mad weirdo awesome used bookstore. Thurs march 26 thru Sun march 29.
Troubadour Books
36 West Street
North Hatfield, MA 01066
troubadourbooks AT verizon.net
(413) 247-3028
Troubadour Books
36 West Street
North Hatfield, MA 01066
troubadourbooks AT verizon.net
(413) 247-3028
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Films for Thought presents GAZA STRIP 3/23
.Title of Event: Films for Thought presents GAZA STRIP
When: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:00 PM
Location: Food for Thought Books Collective
Description: U.S. filmmaker James Longley's unsettling documentary captures the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with blunt candor. In January of 2001, Longley traveled to the Gaza Strip. His plan was to stay for two weeks to collect preliminary material for a documentary film on the Palestinian Intifada. It was during his stay that Ariel Sharon was elected as Israeli Prime Minister. As violence erupted around him, Longley threw away his return ticket and filmed for the next three months, acquiring nearly 75 hours of footage. Gaza Strip, his first feature documentary, is an extraordinary and painful journey into the lives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip struggling with the day-to-day trials of the Israeli occupation.
The film will be followed by a panel discusstion with Students for Justice in Palestine (Hampshire College),Laila Shannan, Alisa Klein, and Joseph Levine.
Laila Shannan is a Palestinian who has been living in the United States for ten years. She is the mother of two children. Like many Palestinians, Laila's extended family is divided between four continents, with a good portion coping with daily life on the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Joseph Levine, a Professor of Philosophy at UMass Amherst, graduated with a BA from UCLA in 1975 and a PhD from Harvard in 1981. He has worked as an activist on Middle East conflict for over 25 years, and published several articles and op-ed pieces on the topic. He lived in Israel for about two years in 1970/71.
Alisa Klein, a resident of Western MA, is a dual citizen of Israel and the United States, and is a veteran of the Israeli army. Raised in a family personally affected by the Holocaust, Israel and Zionism were viewed by her parents as the answer to the historic persecution of the Jews. As a result of her experience in the army, and subsequent academic and professional work in the Arab world, Alisa developed a strong commitment to anti-militarist values and became an anti-Zionist Palestine solidarity organizer. Upon returning to Western MA, Alisa founded and co-organized Akoolu Lakum - the Western Massachusetts Palestinian Film Festival; the Western MA Fast for Palestine Solidarity; and many other vigils and actions calling for a just peace in Israel and Palestine. She served as a facilitator for Kopkind, an educational summer retreat for journalists to learn more about Palestine and Israel and for two years, produced and DJ'ed two shows on Northampton's community radio station WXOJ-LP – one concerned with a radical political analysis of news and culture coming out of the Middle East, and the other an Arabic-language music show.
Students for Justice in Palestine is a student group at Hampshire College whose mission is to raise awareness of the oppression and vast suffering of the Palestinian people under the Israeli occupation. They are also in support of BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) as a viable form of non-violent resistance and strongly support the co-existence of Jewish and Arab peoples. They do not support and in no way encourage the use of violence as any form of solution. Overall, they stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people throughout the world and will continue to strive for their rights to life. As a result of a two year campaign led by SJP, Hampshire College is becoming the first institution of higher learning in the United States to divest from the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine. The Middle East Peace Coalition is a community-based group of activists committed to peace and justice for Israelis and Palestinians, and an end to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip and to Israeli settlements in those areas.
When: Monday, March 23, 2009 7:00 PM
Location: Food for Thought Books Collective
Description: U.S. filmmaker James Longley's unsettling documentary captures the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with blunt candor. In January of 2001, Longley traveled to the Gaza Strip. His plan was to stay for two weeks to collect preliminary material for a documentary film on the Palestinian Intifada. It was during his stay that Ariel Sharon was elected as Israeli Prime Minister. As violence erupted around him, Longley threw away his return ticket and filmed for the next three months, acquiring nearly 75 hours of footage. Gaza Strip, his first feature documentary, is an extraordinary and painful journey into the lives of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip struggling with the day-to-day trials of the Israeli occupation.
The film will be followed by a panel discusstion with Students for Justice in Palestine (Hampshire College),Laila Shannan, Alisa Klein, and Joseph Levine.
Laila Shannan is a Palestinian who has been living in the United States for ten years. She is the mother of two children. Like many Palestinians, Laila's extended family is divided between four continents, with a good portion coping with daily life on the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Joseph Levine, a Professor of Philosophy at UMass Amherst, graduated with a BA from UCLA in 1975 and a PhD from Harvard in 1981. He has worked as an activist on Middle East conflict for over 25 years, and published several articles and op-ed pieces on the topic. He lived in Israel for about two years in 1970/71.
Alisa Klein, a resident of Western MA, is a dual citizen of Israel and the United States, and is a veteran of the Israeli army. Raised in a family personally affected by the Holocaust, Israel and Zionism were viewed by her parents as the answer to the historic persecution of the Jews. As a result of her experience in the army, and subsequent academic and professional work in the Arab world, Alisa developed a strong commitment to anti-militarist values and became an anti-Zionist Palestine solidarity organizer. Upon returning to Western MA, Alisa founded and co-organized Akoolu Lakum - the Western Massachusetts Palestinian Film Festival; the Western MA Fast for Palestine Solidarity; and many other vigils and actions calling for a just peace in Israel and Palestine. She served as a facilitator for Kopkind, an educational summer retreat for journalists to learn more about Palestine and Israel and for two years, produced and DJ'ed two shows on Northampton's community radio station WXOJ-LP – one concerned with a radical political analysis of news and culture coming out of the Middle East, and the other an Arabic-language music show.
Students for Justice in Palestine is a student group at Hampshire College whose mission is to raise awareness of the oppression and vast suffering of the Palestinian people under the Israeli occupation. They are also in support of BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) as a viable form of non-violent resistance and strongly support the co-existence of Jewish and Arab peoples. They do not support and in no way encourage the use of violence as any form of solution. Overall, they stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people throughout the world and will continue to strive for their rights to life. As a result of a two year campaign led by SJP, Hampshire College is becoming the first institution of higher learning in the United States to divest from the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine. The Middle East Peace Coalition is a community-based group of activists committed to peace and justice for Israelis and Palestinians, and an end to Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip and to Israeli settlements in those areas.
Suheir Hammad reads at Food For Thought Books 4/4
acclaimed poet Suheir Hammad reads at FFT
Saturday, April 4, Amherst
Food for Thought Books Collective, 7pm
Reading from "Poets for Palestine"
106 N.Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Tel: 413-253-5432
http://www.poetsfor palestine. com/
Saturday, April 4, Amherst
Food for Thought Books Collective, 7pm
Reading from "Poets for Palestine"
106 N.Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01002
Tel: 413-253-5432
http://www.poetsfor palestine. com/
Magic Triangle tribute to Leroy Jenkins 3/26
Hello Music Lovers,
Contact: Glenn Siegel, Ken Irwin, (413) 545-2876
www.fineartscenter.com/magictriangle
THE 2009 MAGIC TRIANGLE JAZZ SERIES PRESENTS:
Three Things to Say: Terry Jenoure, Billy Bang, Charles Burnham pay
tribute to Leroy Jenkins
The Magic Triangle Jazz Series, produced by WMUA, 91.1FM and the Fine
Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, continues
its 20th season on Thursday, March 26, 2009 with an 8:00pm performance
by violinists Terry Jenoure, Billy Bang and Charles Burnham, three
master improvising violinists paying homage to the most important
violinist to emerge in the post-Coltrane era: the late Leroy Jenkins.
A veteran of the bands of John Carter, Archie Shepp, Henry Threadgill,
Butch Morris, Reggie Workman and others, Terry Jenoure is a
wide-ranging visual and performing artist. Her sound – on violin and
vocals - blends the risk of improvisation, rhythmic influences from
her Puerto Rican and Jamaican heritage, the drive and excitement of
urban references, and ideas influenced by her world travels. Born and
raised in the Bronx, she began studying music at the age of eight,
attended New York’s High School of Music & Art, received a bachelor's
degree in Philosophy, and masters and doctoral degrees in Education. A
faculty member at the University of Massachusetts and Lesley
University, Jenoure has devoted almost 15 years forging the
development of a multicultural and multi-arts program as the director
for the Augusta Savage Gallery at UMass, Amherst. “When I perform,”
Jenoure says, "it feels as though I'm untangling knots or threads or
webs in some dense place so we can see some light.”
Over the past 30 years, Billy Bang’s hard-edged tone, soulful sense of
traditional swing and evocatively expressive style has enhanced dozens
of albums by top names in a variety of genres, from the blistering
funk of Bootsy Collins and the harmolodic groove of Ronald Shannon
Jackson's Decoding Society to the intergalactic uproar of Sun Ra. With
more than 15 albums under his own leadership, nearly a dozen more in
co-led endeavors, and five more with the String Trio of New York
(which he co-founded in 1977 with guitarist James Emery and bassist
John Lindberg), Billy Bang is one of the more prolific and original
members of the progressive music scene. "From Bang's violin comes
everything we know about black music and a lot we have yet to learn
about rhythm, subtlety and swing," writes Ntozake Shange.
Charles Burnham is best known as one-third of Odyssey, guitarist James
‘Blood’ Ulmer’s finest band (with drummer Warren Benbow.) Odyssey
performed as part of the 2006 Magic Triangle Jazz Series. “…unlike
any other front line in music,” writes Richard Cook about Burnham and
Ulmer. “Playful, joyous, agitated and melodic, they become ten strings
in unison yet independent of one and other. Burnham's step into the
spotlight has long been coming.” The passion and fire of Burnham's
violin has graced the work of Cassandra Wilson, Steven Bernstein,
Susie Ibarra, Henry Threadgrill, String Trio of New York, and Medeski,
Martin & Wood, among many others. The violinist’s new band includes
Clark Gayton and Curtis Fowlkes, trombones, Mark Peterson, bass and
Pheeroan akLaff, drums.
The Magic Triangle Jazz Series continues with the Ganelin Trio
Priority (April 28). Tickets are $12/general public and $7/students
and are available through the Fine Arts Center Box Office,
1-800-999-UMAS.
The Magic Triangle Jazz Concert Series is produced by WMUA-FM and the
Fine Arts Center, and funded by the: UMass Arts Council, Student
Affairs Cultural Enrichment Fund and Alumni Association. Additional
support from: Campus Center Hotel, Amherst College and Faultlines:
Mapping Jazz in the 21st Century and 88.5 WFCR, NPR News and Music for
Western New England.
parts & labor 4/11 at the blue wall umass
Two New WMUA 91.1fm Events this April!
Free Spring Concert w/
The following Saturday, April 11th, WMUA presents an evening of avant-garde rock with Brooklyn noise rock outfits Talk Normal and Parts & Labor. Talk Normal are a deconstructive drum and guitar duo who will totally rearrange your concept of rock music with their hypnotic, beat-driven jams and a propensity for ecstatic outbursts of noise. Formed just a little over a year ago, Talk Normal's ever-developing sound promises big things. Then prepare yourselves for the polymetric precision of the epic, experimental group Parts & Labor, fresh from their well-'received' tour in support of their latest full length Receivers on Jagjaguwar Records. Parts & Labor is the musical brainchild of B.J. Warshaw and former Amherst-residentDan Friel (you may have caught his stellar solo set at the WMUA fall concert), and their most recent line-up fills out their sound with a new drummer and guitarist. Receivers is their most critically acclaimed album yet, receiving rave reviews from The New York Times, Pitchfork Media, Rolling Stone and The Onion (A.V. Club), among many others. The event starts at 8pm and is located in the Blue Wall Cafe of the Student Union Center. DON'T MISS IT!!! 
2nd WMUA RECORD FEST! (4/4)
Free Spring Concert w/
TALK NORMAL & PARTS & LABOR!!! (4/11)
WMUA 91.1 is very excited to announce two new events for the month of April. Mark your calendars for these fun, free ways to entertain yourselves and support great independent music and radio programming.
On Saturday, April 4th we will host our 2nd Annual WMUA Record Fest from 11am to 5pm in the Cape Cod Lounge of the Student Union Center at UMass Amherst. Music vendors from across the Northeast will be offering a wide selection of vinyl, CDs and assorted musical media and ephemera. WMUA radio djs will be performing sets throughout the afternoon for your listening enjoyment. The Record Fest is free and open to the public, proceeds will benefit WMUA 91.1fm, the not-for-profit radio voice of UMass and the Pioneer Valley.
The following Saturday, April 11th, WMUA presents an evening of avant-garde rock with Brooklyn noise rock outfits Talk Normal and Parts & Labor. Talk Normal are a deconstructive drum and guitar duo who will totally rearrange your concept of rock music with their hypnotic, beat-driven jams and a propensity for ecstatic outbursts of noise. Formed just a little over a year ago, Talk Normal's ever-developing sound promises big things. Then prepare yourselves for the polymetric precision of the epic, experimental group Parts & Labor, fresh from their well-'received' tour in support of their latest full length Receivers on Jagjaguwar Records. Parts & Labor is the musical brainchild of B.J. Warshaw and former Amherst-resident
For more information and updates about these events (as well as streaming live broadcasting, programming information and more), please visit www.wmua.org or www.myspace.com/wmuaevents.
Parts & Labor Website: www.partsandlabor.net
P & L Myspace: www.myspace.com/partsandlabor
Talk Normal Myspace: www.myspace.com/talknormaltalknormal
next comedy nite at the voo: 4/5
comedy open mic
hosted by shawn smith
@ the rendezvous, 3rd st, turners falls
every first sunday--april 5th
sign-up starts at 730pm
info: 413-330-1055
hosted by shawn smith
@ the rendezvous, 3rd st, turners falls
every first sunday--april 5th
sign-up starts at 730pm
info: 413-330-1055
Mark yr calendars! VFR benefit!!!! 4/25
benefit for Valley Free Radio, WXOJ 103.3
sat 4/25 at northampton's World War II club. 7pm.
suggested donation: $5 (includes free raffle ticket. other raffle tix available for $1)
live music by:
swing caravan
the pyramid scheme trio
jen tobey's alter ego
arjuna greist
doug hewitt
and of course, the super raffle!
info valleyfreeradio.org
sat 4/25 at northampton's World War II club. 7pm.
suggested donation: $5 (includes free raffle ticket. other raffle tix available for $1)
live music by:
swing caravan
the pyramid scheme trio
jen tobey's alter ego
arjuna greist
doug hewitt
and of course, the super raffle!
info valleyfreeradio.org
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
sweet exorcist...every 3rd friday, people's pint
yes...march madness.
its our monthly sweet exorcist at the people's pint, this friday nite 10pm. the pint is on federal st in downtown greenfield. all ages, all vinyl, and FREE!!! our guest this month will be dj B-COMING.
its our monthly sweet exorcist at the people's pint, this friday nite 10pm. the pint is on federal st in downtown greenfield. all ages, all vinyl, and FREE!!! our guest this month will be dj B-COMING.
Tues, short screening..
free short screening at Brickhouse..
TUES MARCH 24
Undergrowth Farm presents, "Detained: The New Bedford Immigration Raid", a
film by Jenny Alexander. On March 6, 2007, US Immigration officials raided
a New Bedford, MA factory that makes vests and backpacks for US soldiers.
Many of the 361 undocumented immigrants who were detained in the raid were
women with small children.
At The Brick House, 24 3rd st. Turners Falls. Tuesday, March 24th, 7:00
pm. Free! Refreshments provided by The Greenfields Market.
TUES MARCH 24
Undergrowth Farm presents, "Detained: The New Bedford Immigration Raid", a
film by Jenny Alexander. On March 6, 2007, US Immigration officials raided
a New Bedford, MA factory that makes vests and backpacks for US soldiers.
Many of the 361 undocumented immigrants who were detained in the raid were
women with small children.
At The Brick House, 24 3rd st. Turners Falls. Tuesday, March 24th, 7:00
pm. Free! Refreshments provided by The Greenfields Market.
Monday, March 16, 2009
ONE MOTH WARNING
The Bookmill will be following the weather patterns and heating up mid-April.
Thu 4.16 - an evening with Dr. Eugene Chadbourne
Fri 4.17 - Area C, Paper, Mudboy, Dark Inside the Sun
also, @ the National Spiritual Alliance: 2 Montague Ave, Lake Pleasant
Sat 4.18 - MPBE # 16 -Pavone/Halvorson duo, Pat Ireton lecture, Horse Boys, Rice Ensemble
I'm sure more details to come closer to show time...get tickets prefore perhaps for Bookmill Shows.
dontforget
2night 9pm @ the 11s : heat wilson, bunnies, belltone suicide, jow jow, mind control
and if anyone cares...this tuesday 3.17 St. Patrick's day in Worcester...1 millbury st., i.e. Vernon Hotel Ship Room i.e. a bar that looks like a ship, for real...will have: lifers, piles, zomgrul octim, ascension, bubonic, pak, cave bears 21+
and maybe something at the bear cave in turners saturday april 4th...
whew!
Thu 4.16 - an evening with Dr. Eugene Chadbourne
Fri 4.17 - Area C, Paper, Mudboy, Dark Inside the Sun
also, @ the National Spiritual Alliance: 2 Montague Ave, Lake Pleasant
Sat 4.18 - MPBE # 16 -Pavone/Halvorson duo, Pat Ireton lecture, Horse Boys, Rice Ensemble
I'm sure more details to come closer to show time...get tickets prefore perhaps for Bookmill Shows.
dontforget
2night 9pm @ the 11s : heat wilson, bunnies, belltone suicide, jow jow, mind control
and if anyone cares...this tuesday 3.17 St. Patrick's day in Worcester...1 millbury st., i.e. Vernon Hotel Ship Room i.e. a bar that looks like a ship, for real...will have: lifers, piles, zomgrul octim, ascension, bubonic, pak, cave bears 21+
and maybe something at the bear cave in turners saturday april 4th...
whew!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
from george
SUNDAY, Sat 15th
Felicia Atkinson (french/belgian beautiful vocal loops/laptop)
Tumble Cat Poof Poofy Poof (american beauty - the movie)
Film by Ludo Mich (belgian fluxus maniac!)
@ Mystery Train
6:00pm
Donation for touring band
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TUESDAY, Mar 17th
Uneven Universe (michigan)
Sam Goldberg (cleveland synth jams!)
WE (glam pat & co, portland, OR)
Northampton Wools
MC Krefting
145 South St Northampton MA
8:30
Donations for the touring bands!
please spread the word.
-george
Valley Free Radio Fundraiser Show/ww2 club Northampton 4/25
Mark your calendars! Valley Free Radio is having a Fundraiser Concert on April 25, at the World War Two Club in Northampton. Five live bands and a raffle! Performing will be Swing Caravan, The Pyramid Scheme Trio, Jen Tobey's Alter Ego, arjuna greist and The Doug Hewitt Band.
Doors open at 7, bands start at 8 - A five dollar suggested donation gets you in and a free raffle ticket. More raffle tickets are just a buck each.
All donations will go to keeping free speech on the air at Valley Free Radio 103.3 FM
That's Saturday April 25th at the World War Two Club, 50 Conz Street, Northampton.
For more information, keep listening to Valley Free Radio, or visit www.valleyfreeradio.org
Saturday, March 14, 2009
stand-up comedy open mic at the rendezvous 3/15
the monthly open mic comedy nite hosted by shawn smith continues tommorrow nite 3/15 at the rendezvous in turners falls. this month's featured comic is "uncle joe".
sign up by 730, kickoff at 8. admission is free.
more info; 413-330-1055
sign up by 730, kickoff at 8. admission is free.
more info; 413-330-1055
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
a coupla midmarch Bookmill joints. . .
Sunday, March 15th at the Montague Bookmill with Asa Irons and Mother of Fire. The show is at 8 pm and $7. hosted by the Autonomous Battleship Collective!
Asa Irons
Before he was in the bands Feathers or Witch, Asa Irons had already created (with childhood friend, Swann Miller) a quietly commanding masterpiece. The lp, Asa Irons & Swaan Miller is a beautiful New England pastoral that is as stoic in places as it is sweet in others and it represents a perfectly appropriate balance if you know Asa at all in real life. Asa is as starry eyed an observer as any, but, just as characteristically, sharper than most, grounded as he is by the stone masonry and carpentry that provide for his living and maintain his perapateticism. In recent years Asa has taken to performing with a set of ancient, gong-like saw blades that, like the man himself, might be equally at ease working in the north woods of New Hampshire as performing for you.
"After spending years in New Hampshire and often Nova Scotia, I began writing songs about my Northeastern window through which I view the world. Most of the pieces represent strong fundamentals in my life such as living without comfort resources like electricity and running water, the building trends of carpentry and masonry with which I make my living, and the slow paced rural life in which I grew up. The land of Northeastern North America is very important to me and compelled me to describe it in the form of music. Many people in my life were musicians - my father, cousins, friends - so I had plenty of good examples to pull from and think about. My style of song writing, I believe, comes from the influence of these loved ones combined with certain deep-rooted melodies or images from books that have stuck with me."
Mother of Fire
"Mother of Fire formed in December of 2007. Collaborating in previous bands, The Royal Flycatchers and Echo Masho, Jason Misik (guitar/bass/drum(s) machine) and his enigmatic counterpart Naomi Joy (violin/vocals) succombed to the frozen forces of winter madness in their basement, while squaring off with their arch enemy the Akai MPC 1000. Once the light and warmth of spring began to thaw the Minnesota landscape, the culmination of their embattled efforts brought them into the studio to record their debut album, which they hope will be mastered, pressed, and released exclusively on vinyl sometime in the spring of 2009. Currently, Mother of Fire has joined forces with drummer Andie Mazorol (Jose Bove, Hex)."
******
and another show a little further down the line...March 17 at the Montague Bookmill.
"Raymond Morin is a member of the folk-rock group Pairdown, whose playing recalls Brit-folk acts like Pentangle and The Incredible String Band, as well as the their American contemporaries like Love. Their impressionistic lyrics reveal a strong poetic affinity with modern indie and post-rock. Based in Pittsburgh, Morin is touring solo to support their latest LP, "Holykyle", and will be performing songs from that album as well as instrumentals from the British Folk revival and the Kicking Mule Records era.
Matt Goulet is a fingerstyle guitarist and singer who blends ragtime and early jazz styles with songwriting reminiscent of 60's folk troubadours like John Martyn and Nick Drake. Following a relocation to Western Massachusetts, Goulet began recording tracks for a new album in his home studio, due out in 2009. Live, he is accompanied by violinists Jan Wholey and Katy Dieber, as well as Mark Koyama of Heathen Creek on mandolin.
Ryan Lee Crosby is singer/songwriter from Boston, MA whose confessional songwriting style is as disarming as it is direct. Crosby calls to mind world weary modern songsmiths like Jeff Buckley and Elliot Smith, as well as the hushed atmosphere of early Leonard Cohen. He is touring regionally in support of his new album "Out To Dry".
$7
******
Asa Irons
Before he was in the bands Feathers or Witch, Asa Irons had already created (with childhood friend, Swann Miller) a quietly commanding masterpiece. The lp, Asa Irons & Swaan Miller is a beautiful New England pastoral that is as stoic in places as it is sweet in others and it represents a perfectly appropriate balance if you know Asa at all in real life. Asa is as starry eyed an observer as any, but, just as characteristically, sharper than most, grounded as he is by the stone masonry and carpentry that provide for his living and maintain his perapateticism. In recent years Asa has taken to performing with a set of ancient, gong-like saw blades that, like the man himself, might be equally at ease working in the north woods of New Hampshire as performing for you.
"After spending years in New Hampshire and often Nova Scotia, I began writing songs about my Northeastern window through which I view the world. Most of the pieces represent strong fundamentals in my life such as living without comfort resources like electricity and running water, the building trends of carpentry and masonry with which I make my living, and the slow paced rural life in which I grew up. The land of Northeastern North America is very important to me and compelled me to describe it in the form of music. Many people in my life were musicians - my father, cousins, friends - so I had plenty of good examples to pull from and think about. My style of song writing, I believe, comes from the influence of these loved ones combined with certain deep-rooted melodies or images from books that have stuck with me."
Mother of Fire
"Mother of Fire formed in December of 2007. Collaborating in previous bands, The Royal Flycatchers and Echo Masho, Jason Misik (guitar/bass/drum(s) machine) and his enigmatic counterpart Naomi Joy (violin/vocals) succombed to the frozen forces of winter madness in their basement, while squaring off with their arch enemy the Akai MPC 1000. Once the light and warmth of spring began to thaw the Minnesota landscape, the culmination of their embattled efforts brought them into the studio to record their debut album, which they hope will be mastered, pressed, and released exclusively on vinyl sometime in the spring of 2009. Currently, Mother of Fire has joined forces with drummer Andie Mazorol (Jose Bove, Hex)."
******
and another show a little further down the line...March 17 at the Montague Bookmill.
"Raymond Morin is a member of the folk-rock group Pairdown, whose playing recalls Brit-folk acts like Pentangle and The Incredible String Band, as well as the their American contemporaries like Love. Their impressionistic lyrics reveal a strong poetic affinity with modern indie and post-rock. Based in Pittsburgh, Morin is touring solo to support their latest LP, "Holykyle", and will be performing songs from that album as well as instrumentals from the British Folk revival and the Kicking Mule Records era.
Matt Goulet is a fingerstyle guitarist and singer who blends ragtime and early jazz styles with songwriting reminiscent of 60's folk troubadours like John Martyn and Nick Drake. Following a relocation to Western Massachusetts, Goulet began recording tracks for a new album in his home studio, due out in 2009. Live, he is accompanied by violinists Jan Wholey and Katy Dieber, as well as Mark Koyama of Heathen Creek on mandolin.
Ryan Lee Crosby is singer/songwriter from Boston, MA whose confessional songwriting style is as disarming as it is direct. Crosby calls to mind world weary modern songsmiths like Jeff Buckley and Elliot Smith, as well as the hushed atmosphere of early Leonard Cohen. He is touring regionally in support of his new album "Out To Dry".
$7
******
leperchauns aplenty in the basement of ye media mansion!
show this tuesday, march 17th at 145 south street
Uneven Universe
Sam Goldberg
Northampton Wools
MC Krefting
WE (glamorous pat)
the 17th is also chris coopers birthday
so if you see him..buy him a beer, or some moustache wax, or perhaps a
blouse, or some van der graf......SOMETHING to let him know you care
(probably beer)
Uneven Universe
Sam Goldberg
Northampton Wools
MC Krefting
WE (glamorous pat)
the 17th is also chris coopers birthday
so if you see him..buy him a beer, or some moustache wax, or perhaps a
blouse, or some van der graf......SOMETHING to let him know you care
(probably beer)
WOZQ Presents: Nite Jewel w/ Eric Hnatow & Triangle Forest!!
Eric says, "Sorry for the late heads up on this one. If ya can't go, check this out:
http://erichnatow.blogspot.com".
Event: WOZQ Presents: Nite Jewel w/ Eric Hnatow & Triangle Forest!!
"the prettiest, most dancey show you'll ever attend"
What: Concert
Host: WOZQ 91.9fm
Start Time: Today, March 11 at 7:00pm
End Time: Today, March 11 at 11:00pm
Where: Davis Ballroom
NITE JEWEL:
dreamy dance pop + lo-fi electronica with a little r&b thrown in the mix. think 80s dance + hip hop "after taking xanax and downing some cough syrup." currently touring with glass candy and tearing up the blogosphere.
ERIC HNATOW:
local noho electronic musician. he makes all his beats and sounds manually - like not on a computer. great live show with a jacket of christmas lights (see pics) and great danceability.
TRIANGLE FOREST:
electro band from providence, ri. they opened for tokyo police club last year. their myspace says they sound like yr mind being pushed through yr ass with a triangle wave. it's actually more fun than that sounds. great for dancing and they're supercute.
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$5 at the door, $3 advance. you can catch us in the cc on the following dates to get yr three dollar tickets and you can use yr one card!
W 3/4 11:00am-2:00pm
F 3/6 11:00am-2:00pm
T 3/10 11:00am-2:00pm
W 3/11 11:00am-2:00pm
Doors are at 7pm. The show starts at 7:30, so you won't be up too late :D
http://erichnatow.blogspot.com".
Event: WOZQ Presents: Nite Jewel w/ Eric Hnatow & Triangle Forest!!
"the prettiest, most dancey show you'll ever attend"
What: Concert
Host: WOZQ 91.9fm
Start Time: Today, March 11 at 7:00pm
End Time: Today, March 11 at 11:00pm
Where: Davis Ballroom
NITE JEWEL:
dreamy dance pop + lo-fi electronica with a little r&b thrown in the mix. think 80s dance + hip hop "after taking xanax and downing some cough syrup." currently touring with glass candy and tearing up the blogosphere.
ERIC HNATOW:
local noho electronic musician. he makes all his beats and sounds manually - like not on a computer. great live show with a jacket of christmas lights (see pics) and great danceability.
TRIANGLE FOREST:
electro band from providence, ri. they opened for tokyo police club last year. their myspace says they sound like yr mind being pushed through yr ass with a triangle wave. it's actually more fun than that sounds. great for dancing and they're supercute.
------------------------------
$5 at the door, $3 advance. you can catch us in the cc on the following dates to get yr three dollar tickets and you can use yr one card!
W 3/4 11:00am-2:00pm
F 3/6 11:00am-2:00pm
T 3/10 11:00am-2:00pm
W 3/11 11:00am-2:00pm
Doors are at 7pm. The show starts at 7:30, so you won't be up too late :D
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
hampshire tavern show tomorrow..march 11
hey, tomorrow at the prescott tavern at hampshire : servitor, gastric lavage, ryan wynnns, b. robinson, probally one more. get there for 9 so we can watch Lost.
:: GET LUCKY :: March 16th @ the eLEVens
Even St.Patrick likes a pre-game.
::MIND CONTROL::
Boston based sound artist Lex Russo (Hug Fucks) and minimalist composer Brendan Smith (Peace & Quiet) collaborate under the alias MIND CONTROL.
Don't miss this rare opportunity to witness co-founders of Asteroid M Records love child LIVE.
http://asteroidmproject.com/
:: BUNNIES ::
"The Bunnies, who used to be the Bennies, have opened for Frank Black and the Pixies. They rock, in a hazy, heavy, hallucinogenic way, hitching crushing metal riffs to hammering punk beats and bizarre futuristic imagery. It's like Iron Maiden in the mosh pit with B-movie sci-fi antennas waving around."
www.myspace.com/sciencebunnies
:: BELLTONESUICIDE ::
"the inside of some horrible acid trip. soundtracks to 2nd rate art films."- self-stated
www.myspace.com/belltonesuicide and
http://puzzle.suchfun.net/belltone_suicide/
:: JOW-JOW THE DEATH KNELL RUNG ::
"being in a deep dream - a wonderous, beautiful dream of becoming one with the living, the loved and the dead in cosmic static harmony...look at the light.... reach the luna atmospheres of saturn....."
www.myspace.com/sephirothmusic
:: HEAT WILSON ::
Contact mics in perverse and almost inappropriate situations. Scrambled past pedal effects vocals couple with tourretted percussion to give you: HW.
www.myspace.com/heatwilsonny
Featuring Multimedia Installation by:
Ted Lee and Lisette
Monday, March 9, 2009
week of march 9 - 16
3/09 7pm chris Sawyer Lauçanno & more reading poems at Rendezvous, Turners Falls, ma.
3/11 two things:
7pm @ Hampshire College Main Lecture Hall - Toe Tactic screening: emily hubley's new feature film! director will be there in person to present!
or
7pm Smiff coll;ege Nite Jewel with eric hnatow and triangle forest. at davis ballpark ballroom
3/13 - see pervious post!
3/11 two things:
7pm @ Hampshire College Main Lecture Hall - Toe Tactic screening: emily hubley's new feature film! director will be there in person to present!
or
7pm Smiff coll;ege Nite Jewel with eric hnatow and triangle forest. at davis ballpark ballroom
3/13 - see pervious post!
Friday, March 6, 2009
Friday the !3th, Epic
Friday March 13th: 30 Petticoat Hill Rd, Williamsburg MA, before the witching hour.
Cave Bears, Grey Skull, Gastric Lavage, Grasshopper, Jow Jow the Death Knell Rung, Slasher Risk, Sord, Telecult Powers, Zebu!
Monday March 16th: The Elevens NoHo, 9pm.
Belltone Suicide, Bunnies, Heat Wilson, Jow Jow the Death Knell Rung, Mind Control
wow those are some good ones
Monday March 16th: The Elevens NoHo, 9pm.
Belltone Suicide, Bunnies, Heat Wilson, Jow Jow the Death Knell Rung, Mind Control
wow those are some good ones
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
HC NOISE this THURSDAY!
Heaven People
Arabian Blade
Perspirit
Chris Cooper
Jack Callahan
Jordan Knecht
THURSDAY MARCH 5th
8pm all ages free
Hampshire College Red Barn
893 west st
amherst ma
Arabian Blade
Perspirit
Chris Cooper
Jack Callahan
Jordan Knecht
THURSDAY MARCH 5th
8pm all ages free
Hampshire College Red Barn
893 west st
amherst ma
Noise Union megamix on MARCH 7, 2009
Saturday, March 7th, 2009
11 Union Court, Easthampton, MA
5 pm (early, lots of people are playing, be here!)
In alphabetical order:
Abortus Fever
AVANTGODDADAVITA
Belltone Suicide
Chris Cooper (with ??? possibly Barn Owl?)
Gastric Lavage
Noise Nomads
No Sound
Radioactive Prostitute
Servitor
Steve of Zebu (this has a name, but I can't remember it or find it .. sorry!)
Ryan Wynns
11 Union Court, Easthampton, MA
5 pm (early, lots of people are playing, be here!)
In alphabetical order:
Abortus Fever
AVANTGODDADAVITA
Belltone Suicide
Chris Cooper (with ??? possibly Barn Owl?)
Gastric Lavage
Noise Nomads
No Sound
Radioactive Prostitute
Servitor
Steve of Zebu (this has a name, but I can't remember it or find it .. sorry!)
Ryan Wynns
Pretty sure this is a repost, but it's today, anyway
Flywheel Community Arts Space presents
THURSTON MOORE
will host a multimedia presentation and book signing of his collaboration with Byron Coley
No Wave:Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980
March 3 2009
7:30pm
FREE
APE Gallery
126 main st northampton
http://www.flywheelarts.org
http://www.apearts.org/
THURSTON MOORE
will host a multimedia presentation and book signing of his collaboration with Byron Coley
No Wave:Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980
March 3 2009
7:30pm
FREE
APE Gallery
126 main st northampton
http://www.flywheelarts.org
http://www.apearts.org/
Sunday, March 1, 2009
mystery train show march 6th
Paul Flaherty(Ct free-sax master SOLO- new solo lp!)
Ralph White(ex-bad livers....last chance before he heads back to Austin!)
Gastric Lavage(the 'big surprise')
Mystery Train 178-a N Pleasant Amherst 413-253-4776
FREE(donations for bands) 7PM
Ralph White(ex-bad livers....last chance before he heads back to Austin!)
Gastric Lavage(the 'big surprise')
Mystery Train 178-a N Pleasant Amherst 413-253-4776
FREE(donations for bands) 7PM
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