Ordinary Fanfares: 2010

8/14/10 [Sat] Starlab, Somerville MA
with Heathen Shame
also
Justice Yeldham, Wolves and the Radio, The Vomit Arsonist, James Lindsey

http://existest.org/ee_v3/?p=1394

8/19 & 21/10 [Thu & Sat] Viaduct Theater, Chicago IL
Neon Marshmallow Festival
Solo [Thu]
also Dave Phillips, Slither, Keith Fullerton Whitman,
Work/Death, Caboladies, Cowards, Fossils, etc, etc, etc...

with nmperign/Jason Lescalleet [Sat afternoon]
also Regression, Astral Social Club/Carlos Giffoni, R.
Jencks (aka Sixes), Tom Carter. Crank Surgeon, Cornucopia,
etc, etc, etc...

http://www.neonmarshmallowfest.com/

Recent

Reading:
Peter Handke: My Year in the No-Man's-Bay (FSG)
Cormac McCarthy: The Road (Knopf)
W. G. Sebald: The Rings of Saturn (New Directions)
John Connolly: The Lovers (Atria)
Dave Zeltserman: Killer (Serpent's Tail)
Thomas Bernhard: The Loser (Vintage)
Michael Connelly: The Scarecrow (Grand Central)
Ken Bruen: Sanctuary (Minotaur)
Robert Liparulo: Deadlock (Thomas Nelson)
John Leake: Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer (FSG)

Listening:
Lindsay Buckingham: Law and Order (Reprise)
Lindsay Buckingham: Go Insane (Reprise)
Lindsay Buckingham: Out of the Cradle (Reprise)
Milton Nascimento: Clube Da Esquina (World Pacific)
Pan Sonic: Gravitoni (Blast First)
X.O.4: Exile (En/Of)

Monday, June 21, 2010

Upcoming shows

6/26/10 [Sat] Nom D'Artiste, Boston MA
Nom D'Artiste Benefit
with Paul Flaherty, Bill Nace, Chris Corsano
also Fat Worm of Error, 99 (Ben Hall, Chris Riggs)

8/14/10 [Sat] Starlab, Somerville MA
with Heathen Shame
also Justice Yeldham, Wolves and the Radio, The Vomit Arsonist, James Lindsey (unconfirmed)

8/19 & 21/10 [Thu & Sat] Viaduct Theater, Chicago IL
Neon Marshmallow Festival
Solo [Thu]
also Dave Phillips, Slither, Keith Fullerton Whitman,
Work/Death, Caboladies, Cowards, Fossils, etc, etc, etc...

with nmperign/Jason Lescalleet [Sat afternoon]
also Regression, Astral Social Club/Carlos Giffoni, R.
Jencks (aka Sixes), Tom Carter. Crank Surgeon, Cornucopia,
etc, etc, etc...
http://www.neonmarshmallowfest.com/

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

New Release: The BSC: 23% Bicycle and/or Ribbons of the Natural Order

"The BSC's first release since 2003's Good on Grob Records is now available in FLAC, Apple Lossless, MP3, and OGG formats. The cost is one Tweet (more on that, later).

23% Bicycle and/or Ribbons of the Natural Order captures the BSC shortly after an intense series of performances at the Phoneme Festival, a three-night event in Philadelphia featuring members of the band in a series of small groups followed by full BSC sets each evening. In one sense, the music is tight and controlled, maintaining a sustained tension as events peel from one to the next, not so much moving forward as revealing increasingly buried layers. But, from the very first sound, it is clear that everything teeters on chaos. The familiarity between the musicians is apparent, as is their willingness to undermine that familiarity, to send each other to unlit corners and map whatever sublime beauty or horror is found there. To say that the resulting music is dark is to miss its jubilance. It is complex and visceral, the work of an ensemble committed to both its refinement and unravelling.

As mentioned above, this is a free download, provided you Tweet about it. You'll just need to follow the download link below, which will bring up a default Tweet (you can change it). Twitter will ask if it's okay for this application to access your account (We're not harvesting info, just confirming your Tweet. None of your data is saved to our server). If you agree, you'll be taken to the download page. And if you don't have a Twitter account, it is ridiculously fast and easy to sign up (and equally simple to cancel your account). You can do it during the download process.

The BSC was formed in 2000 and has remained an integral part of Boston's improvised music scene. Good, their release with Axel Doerner and Andrea Neumann, still remains a touchstone of modern large group improvisation. In addition to improvisations, they have performed a number of contemporary compositions, including Christian Wolff's Edges, which they recorded with the composer for Mode Records."

http://bhobrainey.net/tft/index.php

There is now a Facebook option:
http://bhobrainey.net/tft/fb/index.php

Friday, April 23, 2010

An interview with all.about.jazz

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=36100

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Upcoming

4/29/10 [Thu] Twisted Village Records, Cambridge MA 8pm

Tyler Wilcox, soprano saxophone (Seattle WA)

Paul Neidhardt, percussion/friction (Baltimore MD)

Vic Rawlings, cello/electronics (Cambridge MA)

Greg Kelley, trumpet (Somerville MA)

~Wilcox & Neidhardt are currently on tour. A hat will be passed to help them with such luxury items as gas & food.~

ALSO: Mr. We (aka Tyler Wilcox) may spin a little house, disco and B'more club after we're all improv'ed out, but still have some beers to finish.

http://twistedvillage.com/

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Recent:

Reading:

Elfriede Jelinek: Wonderful, Wonderful Times (Serpent's Tail)

William Styron: Darkness Visible (Random House)

Pete Dexter: Brotherly Love (Penguin)

George Bataille: Literature and Evil (Urizen)

Michael Taussig: Walter Benjamin's Grave (University of Chicago)

Pete Dexter: The Paperboy (Delta)

Listening:

Sade: Soldier of Love (Epic)

Sade: Lovers Rock (Epic)

Sade: Love Deluxe (Epic)

Sade: Stronger Than Pride (Epic)

Sade: Promise (Epic)

Sade: Diamond Life (Epic)

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Upcoming shows

3/17/10 [Wed] Outpost, Cambridge MA

with Seijiro Murayama & James Coleman

also Geoff Mullen/Keith Fullerton Whitman

http://zeitgeist-outpost.org/

3/30/10 [Tues] P.A.'s, Somerville MA

with Heathen Shame

also Sword Heaven, Keith Fullerton Whitman

http://paslounge.com

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

New Release: Nmperign with Jake Meginsky: Selected Occasions of Handsome Deceit

"REL012 is the recorded debut of the trio Nmperign with Jake Meginsky. Pressed on 160 gram copper plate mastered vinyl, REL012 features Nmperign in an energized, turn-on-a-dime form. Prodded by Meginsky into unnamable, angular textures, the trio is agile and unpredictable, occupying many angles of musical extremes. REL012 is a one-sided LP cut to 45 for Maximum Dynamic range. Featuring a striking cover, designed by Eli Keszler, printed by Ashley Paul. A light blue fold-over paper is integrated in to a heavy picture disc sleeve, labeled with a color sticker. Screened notes are featured on the inside. REL012 is a one-time, hand-numbered edition of 300 copies."

$18 plus postage
look/listen/order @: http://www.relrecords.net/Nmperign.html

And get the new Usurper LP, too! http://www.relrecords.net/usurper.html