Reading

Reading

Outside of my subscriber obligations reading through piles of Cigar Aficionado, Consumer Reports, Details, Esquire, GQ, Imbibe, Men's Health, Rolling Stone, ShopSmart, Spin, Vegetarian Times, Wine & Spirits and Wine Spectator (yes, it got out of control), I am still able to make some time to read books...

Charles Jackson: The Lost Weekend (Syracuse)
Dave Zeltserman: One Angry Julius & Other Stories (Top Suspense)
Michel Leiris: Nights As Day, Days As Night (Eridanos)
Georges Perec: La Boutique Obscure: 124 Dreams (Melville House)
Gerhard Roth: The Will To Sickness (Burning Deck)
Matthew Stokoe: Empty Mile (Akashic)
Frederick Seidel: Nice Weather (FSG)
Eugene Thacker: In the Dust of This Planet: Horror of Philosophy vol. 1 (Zero Books)
Laird Barron: Occultation and Other Stories (Night Shade)
Michael Connellly: The Black Ice (Little, Brown & Co)
Dave Zeltserman: Julius Katz and Archie (Top Suspense)
Kingsley Amis: Everyday Drinking: The Distilled Kingsley Amis (Bloomsbury)
Dave Zeltserman: Julius Katz Mysteries (Top Suspense)

Listening

Mika Vainio: Fe3o4 (Touch) 
Autechre: Exai (Warp)
Darkthrone: The Underground Resistance (Peaceville)
Eugene Thacker: Sketches For Biotech Research (Extreme)
Chief Keef: Finally Rich (Interscope)
Future: Pluto (Epic)
Absu: Abzu (Candlelight)
BJ Nilsen & Stilluppsteypa: Goda Nott (Editions Mego)

Ehnahre, Radio, Somerville MA, 4/12/13

I'll be playing (trumpet, pedals, amplifier) with Ehnahre for this show on Friday.

Ehnahre, PA's Lounge, Somerville MA, 2/23/13

I'll be playing with Ehnahre for this show. We're on first ~9:15pm.

Dec 7 & 8: The BSC in Philadelphia. Cage at 100.

John Cage: Song Books in Concert with the BSC

Friday, December 7, 2012
Starts at 8:00 p.m.

Location: Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, 3723 Chestnut Street

Paid tickets required
$15 General Admission
Tickets available at the door or in advance at www.cagebeyondsilence.com

 

The electroacoustic ensemble The BSC (Bhob Rainey, soprano saxophone, director; Greg Kelley, trumpet; James Coleman, theremin; Liz Tonne, voice; Chris Cooper, guitar and electronics; Vic Rawlings, cello and electronics; and Mike Bullock, bass) presents an evening-length concert version of Song Books in the spacious confines of the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral.

 

John Cage: Song Books Miniatures with the BSC

Saturday, December 8, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Dorrance Galleries, Main Stage

Free after admission 

Space is limited. First come, first seated until venue capacity is reached.

 

A series of intimate interpretations of Song Books by The BSC’s members, presented with the backdrop of Robert Rauschenberg's Walkaround Time, as part of the museum's current exhibit Dancing around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg and Duchamp.

 

November Coming Fire

I.

November 3 [Sat], Homegrown IV, Cambridge Elks Lodge, Cambridge MA

Solo *

* due to flight complications from Hurricane Sandy, Bill Nace, who was supposed to play this show with me, has been delayed in France and will not be able to appear.
11pm at 55 Bishop Allen Drive, Cambridge MA 02139

5:00 Ben Hersey
5:20 Funeral Cone
5:40 Double Awake
6:00 Eric Copeland
6:40 Far-out Fangtooth
7:00 Reports
7:20 Sore Eros
7:40 CUFFS
8:00 Zebu!
8:20 Arvid Noe
8:40 Major Stars
9:00 Happy Jawbone
9:20 Guerilla Toss
9:40 Burning Star Core
10:00 Exusamwa
10:20 Fat Worm Of Error
10:40 Driphouse
11:00 Greg Kelley *
11:20 Sightings
12:00 Gary Wilson

II.

November 10 [Sat], Studio Soto, South Boston MA

nmperign

also Patrick McGinley (murmer), Ernst Karel

This will be nmperign's first show in Massachusetts since 2009. We had a warmup gig in Winnipeg a couple weeks back.... It went well.

8pm at 10 Channel Center Street [Fort Point], Boston MA 02210

III.

November 17 [Sat], Washington Street Art Center, Somerville MA

Heathen Shame

also Brendan Murray, Benny Nelson, Max Lord

Heathen Shame's only appearance of 2012!

8pm at 321 D Washington Street, Somerville MA 02143

Nmperign at send + receive, Winnipeg 10/20/12

send + receive: a festival of sound v14 • Natural Sound

SATURDAY OCTOBER 20, 2012

CONCERT | 7:30 doors • 8:00 concert | $15 or $25 for Fri/Sat

STONES (CHRISTIAN WOLFF) | NMPERIGN (US) | AKIO SUZUKI (JP)

Atomic Centre, 167 Logan Ave., Winnipeg, MB (CANADA)

The BSC, Third Life Studio, Saturday 10/13/12

8pm, Saturday, October 13th

The BSC (2 sets)

Bhob Rainey, soprano saxophone
Mike Bullock, contrabass
James Coleman, theremin
Chris Cooper, guitar
Greg Kelley, trumpet
Vic Rawlings, adapted cello, electronics
Liz Tonne, voice

@ Third Life Studio, 33 Union Square (Somerville Ave.), Somerville MA