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DeptEx participants, friends, collaborators, and the like

Coordinators: Jason Martin & Marc Arsenault
Scott Smallwood is half of "Evidence" with Stephan Moore.
Stephan Moore is half of "Evidence" with Scott Smallwood.
Peter Barvoets moves electricity around in his secret lab.
BunnyBrains - former BCN labelmates/current Jason Martin plays in live band of
Denim & Diamonds a mysterious Electro-pop band.
Lincoln Money Shot is the first home of nickname: Rebel guitarist Michael Keegan. New Site!
Bone Oil, Tom Burre's main gig. He also plays keyboards in nickname: Rebel.
Get on the Goodship. Don't disTroy.
Tactical Media Lab
RTMark works to raise the cultural GNP. Invest now!
The Center for Land Use Interpretation - is a research organization involved in exploring, examining, and understanding land and landscape issues.
Institute for Applied Autonomy develops technologies for cultural insurrection.
Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center
Troy Bike Rescue - rescues and repairs discarded bikes and promotes alternative transportation.
Kilauea - Rev. Joshua Baker of The Broken Seats current band.
Dara Greenwald is the video friend we wish we had seven years ago
Malvina can't sit still.
Ironweed Collective - a community of resistance located in downtown Albany, NY.
Steven Cerio's Happy Homeland - Steve played drums on the BCN EP "Horseback Solids". His band Lettuce Little has contained more members of BCN than we can keep track of.
Seth Cluett has played bass in Nyquist, BCN and Jason Martin's Electric Band.
Dara of Brown Cuts Neighbors, His Name Is Alive, and Scars.
Faking Trains (ex-Solomons Ramada/BCN folks) have a site on smallbany.com.
Retard Riot - Amazingly cool art from Noah Lyon of the Fort Thunder Crowd.
Whirl-Mart - Whirl-Mart Ritual Resistance utilizes tactics of occupation and reclamation of private consumer-dominated space for the purpose of creating a symbolic spectacle.

related record labels and publishers

Peterwalkee Records - home of Matto, the phlegmchuckers and Kitty Little.

Extravertigo Recordings and Xeroid Records of Seattle co-released "The Necessary Effect - Screamers songs Interpreted" which features the Brown Cuts Neighbors' version of "I'm A Mensch".

Wavelet Records offers many releases by Nyquist, Evidence and Scott Smallwood. You can find more Evidence (including their brand new limited 7"), as well as some nifty mini-CDs of 8-bit video game remix music by Max Nix and sCAUGHT on Televaw Records,
Vermiform - has released several recordings by Hail Mary (James Kopta and Matto were that band's guitarists) and the "Fruited Other Surfaces" compilation which contains a track by Marc Arsenault's project Krebstar.
RRR Records' RRR500 features lock groove tracks by Horseback Solids and Lettuce Little.
Ecstatic Peace released Dara's solo album, "Dara". Available from Forced Exposure or Father Yod. The EP site also has video of Evolution Revolution.
Noise Squatch Records has releases by James Kopta's band Exploding Corpse Action.
Lookout - Guest Broken Seat Jess Hilliard can be found on several records by Ne'er Do Wells, among others.
4AD - Dara has joined His Name is Alive for several releases on this label
Time Stereo - released the Brown Cuts Neighbors' cassette "Greatest Monkey Band", as well as Dara's "New Grape" CD and the "Cooper Time" compilation which opens with the BCN take on the world of Alice Cooper.
Eerie Materials - Another NEW WEBSITE! (10/2007) Brown Cuts Neighbors are on two compilations from this controversial (now) Hawaii-based label, and still have a split 7" with Kleenex Girl Wonder planned for the future. We think.
Fantagraphics Books - Marc Arsenault edits the Vaughn Bodé Library for this Seattle-based comix publisher.

the musicmakers, the dreamers of dreams

Frank Budgen & the Family Band compelling

Scientific Maps - Yes, Aaron, I would say "post modern" then.

Yeay! Cassettes - Is the gateway to the world of Kayleen... Bromp Treb, Fat Worm of Error, the Gutters and more.

Trencher - are so good we don't have the words to express

Struction "math rock on bad prescription drugs"

The Sixfifteens - indy noise from the springs of Saratoga with our main man Bob Carleton (formerly of Dryer)

Complicated Shirt have cool song titles

The Stars of Rock were the last band standing.

To Hell and Back prove that Albany is still the home of the motherfuckin' hardcore boyee!

Niki Lee & Mass Chaos... get heavy and everyone shakes their rump.
Kitty Little - Lite beer pop never tasted so good.
The Kiss-Ups are Paul and Mike. They are also Phlegmchuckers. They are quite good.
Jump Cannon Sarah has the most amazing voice. See her old band Terror Cake's single in our shop.
Bryan Thomas is a funky local artist (and another native Schenectadian).
Adrian Cohen highly regarded local keyboardist/songwriter/promoter.
knotworking - Ed, Mike and friends make fine sounds.
Kamikaze Hearts - Albany's most beloved band?
Lo-Fi Neisans are friends of Ian's
The Wasted is the new home of Steve (gay tastee) from Beef.
John Brodeur & The Suggestions - make the sound pop.
Holland Hopson and James Keepnews have gone Metaharmonic.

our video friends

Offline - excellent showcase of indy video. BCN has two shorts in episode #80.

Squeaky Wheel Media Artist Access Center of Buffalo, New York. The presenters of the "weekly media art cable broadcast event", Axlegrease. Another venue that BCN has shown in.
Malinda Productions also holds it down at SACC TV, and has been a DeptEx participant on many occasions.
VIDVOX - Creators of VDMX and GRID video software.
NODE net - Custom video software creator deKam and friends.

relevant northeastern cultural sites

Goodship Tuesdays at B.R. Finley's (formerly Positively 4th Street) in Troy, NY - the hottest party in town.
Albany Underground Artists create new spaces in old spaces
Support WRPI Upstate NY volunteer run, community/college radio station, WRPI needs your support. Check out their web site for details (and listen to their fine programming in Real Audio).
Miss Mary's Art Space - Was destroyed by the Albany machine.
Enjoy Albany underground arts zine TheHiddenCity.com. Jason Martin talks to ghosts in train tracks and offers recording advice. Also included are Mary Panza, Amy Abdou, Troy Pohl and many more.
Legalize Dancing in New York City - Slamdunk the Cabaret Law
Miss Pellings Megazine is a full color artist's magazine / fanzine highlighting art work, short stories / writings, and music reviews...
Bystander 'Zine - 'Core since '94!
Wake Up Punk - HC Booking and promotions Capital Region, New York
Flipped Out Records - Albany, NY's finest (mail-order) music shop.
The Big Orange Crayon has great show photos and reviews, including several flattering ones of us, and a few of our pals: The Orange, Low, His Name is Alive, Stars of Rock, etc. etc.
Flywheel. - great performance space in Western Mass.
Metroland Albany's free weekly online
Albany2Go - local music and cutural guide
Bumrock - another local music guide
C.R.U.M.B.S., Upstate NY music stuff.
Just Another Scene? - New England music resource site.
More New York State bands can be found at: Yrbook.com.
The Ultimate Band List, has the BCN, and many other bands.

orphans in cyberspace

The old Brown Cuts Neighbors Television show site. Untouched since late 2000.
The original Stars of Rock webpage. also cast adrift in 2000.
Lincoln Money Shot's old site is the place to go if you like annoying popups and spyware from Tripod/Angelfire.

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