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Sun Worship VI – BUOY Gallery – Kittery, ME – 09/18/10

Who	Sun Worship VI
When	Saturday, September 18, 2010 8:00pm - All Ages
Where	BUOY Gallery (map) 2 Government Street Kittery, ME, USA 03905
Other Info	Details to come and venue to be confirmed.

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Evidence at Burning Man 2010 – Burning Man – Black Rock City, NV – 08/30/10

Who	Evidence at Burning Man 2010
When	Monday, August 30, 2010 TBA - All Ages
Where	Burning Man (map) Black Rock City, NV, USA
Other Info	Evidence will perform at least twice at Burning Man. Maybe three times. Locations and times TBA, but certainly one or two will occur at 4:33 PM at the FTB/C Lobby Concert Series of experimental music and sound, curated by Scott Smallwood and Stephan Moore. Also featuring during the week will be the Full Solar Gospel Noise Choir.

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Bunnybrains and P. G. Six at The Knitting factory – The Knitting Factory Brooklyn – Brooklyn, NY – 08/29/10

Who	Bunnybrains and P. G. Six at The Knitting factory
When	Sunday, August 29, 2010 6:00pm - All Ages
Where	The Knitting Factory Brooklyn (map) 361 Metropolitan Avenue Brooklyn, NY, USA 11211
Other Info	Jason Martin will be playing bass in Bunnybrains with P.G. Six and others at Knitting Factory, Brooklyn, NY.

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Blonde Redhead – 4AD Session Taster

While checking in at Wow Cool East in Brooklyn this week I’ve managed to catch a taste of Blonde Redhead’s upcoming 4AD Session. It was recorded and is being mixed by our resident multi-track wrangler Mr. Andrew Gerhan. Andy has done some nice work on upcoming releases from nickname: Rebel and Brown Cuts Neighbors that you will be hearing more about soon. Enjoy the video preview of the session above of the track ‘Here Sometimes‘ (iTunes link).

Blonde Redhead’s new LP Penny Sparkle is out from 4AD in the US September 14, and is available for pre-order on Vinyl and CD.

Evidence in San Francisco - Jellyfish Gallery - San Francisco, CA - 08/26/10

Who	Evidence in San Francisco
When	Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:00pm - All Ages
Where	Jellyfish Gallery (map) 1286 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA, USA 94103
Other Info	Evidence and GoyoPOD share an evening of improvised electronic music, in celebration of the release of the vinyl LP release "Final Goodship Tuesday" on the Wow Cool label. The opening set will be performed by Goyo Aranaga (aka GoyoPOD). Goyo will play a 30 minute set at 8:30, and Evidence will go on around 9:15. Evidence is a collaboration between sound artists Stephan Moore and Scott Smallwood, with activities ranging from studio compositions and live improvisations to sound installations, street performances, and numerous collaborations with other musicians, choreographers, and video artists. Since 2001, they have developed a distinctive language of deeply layered sound, using field recordings of natural and industrial sounds as a primary source of inspiration and sonic material. Tonight's set will be an improvisation that recalls their early days of funky, psychedelic laptop-driven ambient electronica. Goyo Aranaga (aka GoyoPOD) will open the set with his musical magic carpet ride of acoustic and electronic instrumentation, weaving together a myriad of acoustic instruments and vocal traditions to create dynamic sonic tapestries of tones, textures, loops and beats. Goyo is a sight to behold live, with fingers dancing across instruments, sliders and knobs while combining pre-recorded material with live virtuosic rhythmic excursions and textural manipulations. Admission: $5-15 sliding scale Donation bar

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New in the Shop: Stephan Moore’s To Build a Field

Stephan Moore has spent the last several years touring with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company as a core member of their live band, alongside such notables as Christian Wolff, Takehisa Kosugi, David Behrman, John King, and William Winant. At the same time, he has been collaborating with a number of younger choreographers to create sound scores for their performance works. To Build A Field collects the best of these pieces, drawn from six of his commissions by four very different choreographers. The CD’s title refers to Moore’s view of his role in these collaborations: designing and executing sonic structures that define the emotional and rhythmic topography of time.

He is playing in San Francisco tonight, Thursday August 26th, as part of Evidence, and you should fully check that.

Stephan Moore - To Build a Field

Stephan Moore has spent the last five years touring with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company as a core member of their live band, alongside such notables as Christian Wolff, Takehisa Kosugi, David Behrman, John King, and William Winant. At the same time, he has been collaborating with a number of younger choreographers to create sound scores for their performance works. To Build A Field collects the best of these pieces, drawn from six of his commissions by four very different choreographers. The CD’s title refers to Moore’s view of his role in these collaborations: designing and executing sonic structures that define the emotional and rhythmic topography of time.

Each track negotiates a balance between acoustic sound sources and electronics, live performance and studio composition, and human vs. algorithmic control of sound materials. Time is continually bent into new shapes, challenging the listener, and his collaborators, to think beyond the easy comforts of a regular tempo, and confront rhythm as texture instead of a reliable grid. Brooklyn-based sound artist Stephan Moore's recent musical work centers around the collection and use of real-world sound, the creation and perception of sonic environments, and technological manifestations of improvisation and interactivity. He develops his own performance software and builds point-source loudspeakers for use in his performances and sound installation work. His current ongoing collaborations include the Xenolinguistics performance project with visionary video artist Diana Reed Slattery, projects with choreographers Yanira Castro and Kimberly Young and performance artist Kyle DeCamp, sound design for the Nerve Tank theater collective, and the performing/recording duo Evidence with sound artist Scott Smallwood. He curates a concert series at the Merce Cunningham Dance Studio called Experiments in the Studio, and co-curates an annual month-long Floating Points festival of performances and sound installations at the ISSUE Project Room in Brooklyn, pairing the permanent sixteen-channel installation of his Hemisphere speakers there with diverse artists."

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Evidence at the Royal T in Los Angeles – Royal/T – Culver City, CA – 08/25/10

Who	Evidence at the Royal T in Los Angeles
When	Wednesday, August 25, 2010 8:00pm - All Ages
Where	Royal/T (map) 8910 Washington Blvd Culver City, CA , USA 90232
Other Info	Evidence shares an evening with the Vibration Institute Orchestra for an evening of improvised electronic music, in partial celebration for the release of the vinyl LP release "Final Goodship Tuesday" on Wow Cool. 8pm: Vibration Institute Orchestra with John Von Seggern, Matt Piper and Laura Escude 9:30: Evidence (Stephan Moore & Scott Smallwood) Live Experimental Electronic Music with Evidence & Vibration Institute Orchestra Evidence is a collaboration between sound artists Stephan Moore and Scott Smallwood, with activities ranging from studio compositions and live improvisations to sound installations, street performances, and numerous collaborations with other musicians, choreographers, and video artists. Since 2001, they have developed a distinctive language of deeply layered sound, using field recordings of natural and industrial sounds as a primary source of inspiration and sonic material. Recent projects include the participatory performance/installation "Receiver", which broadcasts multi-channel compositions on several closely-tuned FM frequencies to a radio-wielding audience, and "Losperus", a performance of unstable sound sculptures, fashioned improvisationally from discarded household items. Stephan Moore was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and raised on the southern shore of Lake Superior in Upper Michigan. He participates as a composer, performer, audio artist, sound designer and curator. His creative work centers around issues of perception and location, taking shape as electronic studio compositions, improvised solo performances, sound installation works, scores and sound designs for modern dance and theater performances, software development, and the design of multi-channel sound systems for unusual circumstances. Scott Smallwood was born in Dallas, Texas, and grew up at 10,000 feet in elevation in the Colorado Rockies. When Smallwood was 10 years old, his father gave him a cassette tape recorder, and ever since he has been fascinated by the possibilities of recorded sound. His work deals with real and abstracted soundscapes based on a practice of listening, improvisation, and phonography. Ranging from sonic photographs, studio compositions, instrumental pieces, and improvisations, the resulting pieces are often textural, always mindful of space and subtlety. Vibration Institute Orchestra is an ambient improvisation group led by bassist/dj/composer John Von Seggern. John has performed his unique blend of improvised ambient music at countless clubs, festivals and events in Asia and the US. He works for German music software company Native Instruments and has been a collaborator and music technology consultant for numerous composers and producers in the LA area including Herbie Hancock, Dweezil Zappa, Steve Tavaglione, Paul Haslinger and John Beasley. General Admission $10 Students: $5 tickets: at the door Contact: Rocco Somazzi @ 323-573 2110

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EVIDENCE (Scott Smallwood & Stephan Moore) West Coast Shows

Scott Smallwood and Stephan Moore’s electronic duo EVIDENCE will be celebrating the release of their new 12″ vinyl release from Wow Cool with a series of west coast shows this month. They will be performing with Vibration Institute Orchestra at the Royal/T in Culver City on Wednesday, August 25th. Next they move on up to San Francisco for a night at the Jellyfish Gallery with GoyoPOD opening on Thursday August 26th. Marc Arsenault from Wow Cool will be at that show hawking our various wares. After that, Evidence will be setting up camp at Burning Man.

Eric Joyner's Robots & Donuts

If you’re going to be in Los Angeles during the next few days, you should be sure to check out the exhibit of Eric Joyner’s latest paintings at Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City. The show runs through September first. You will have the perfect chance to see the show this Wednesday, because you will want to see Evidence performing at Royal/T, which is right down the street from the gallery.

I am very pleased to announce that three of Eric’s paintings will be included in a super top secret project that has been brewing here at Wow Cool. Stay tuned for the official announcement of just what that is in a few short days.

Eric’s Robots and Donuts book from Dark Horse is available from Amazon.

Frantasia Festival 2010 – Frantasia Festival – Livermore Falls, ME – 08/20/10

Who	Frantasia Festival 2010
When	Friday, August 20, 2010 7:00pm - All Ages
Where	Frantasia Festival (map) 56 Main St Livermore Falls, ME, USA 04254 Murray Hall, Main Street, Livermore Falls, Maine, USA
Other Info	Offset Needle Radius will be doing a 30 minute set on Friday, August 20. Frantasia Fest runs from August 19, 20, 21– 2010 (Thur, Fri, Sat) 7-11 p.m. Below is the artist performance schedule for the FRANTASIA FESTIVAL of OUT MUSIC & ARTS 2010. Adjacent to each performer/act name is the length of their TIME SLOT (minutes). Each evening's concert series begins at 7:00 pm. Thursday, August 19, 2010 Layne Garrett (25) Iven Chen (10) Noel Walsh (30) Emile Mouchous & Andrea-Jane Grnell (20) Bill Docos (30) Eric Frye & Katy Vonk (15) Crank Sturgeon (20) Id M Theft Able (25) Loup-Garou {Werewolf} (30) Bread Rose (30) Friday, August 20, 2010 Skinny Vinny (Andrew Eisenberg) (20) Offset Needle Radius (Josh Baker) (30) Martin Chartrand (25) Crank Sturgeon (15) Audrey Chen (30) Red Peralta (25) Apocalypso Trio (30) Phil Poirier (15) Eric Sack (25) Killick! (30) Bird Organ (25) Josev Gates (30) Trio: Andrew Drury, Cathode, Killick! (30) Eric Frye & Katy Vonk (15) Saturday, August 21, 2010 Mitchel Ahern (30) Cory O'Brien (20) TO BE NAMED LATER BY A NON-HUMAN (30) Audrey Chen (20) Andrew Drury (25) Bird Organ (20) Emile Mouchous (20) Andrea Pensado (30) Brendan Gaffney (20) Casperelectronics (30) Christopher Cathode {e_e.s.o.} (45) Eric Frye & Katy Vonk (15) Nicole LePera (10) Andrew Eisenberg (25)

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Simon Gane Previews Dark Rain

Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story, written by Mat Johnson and Illustrated by Simon Gane is previewed on Simon’s blog. It is due for release in just a few days. Go get that number!

James Kopta Eight Years Gone

Eight years… Jame Kopta was a dear friend and brilliant artist and musician who I was very lucky to work with on numerous projects over the course of nearly 13 years. He is still very much missed. Eight years ago today he died in a drowning accident. This morning I received the (hopefully) final mix of a track from an unreleased Brown Cuts Neighbors session that is finally being prepared for release on vinyl and digitally. Wow Cool is just getting properly rolling on digitizing and making available the vast archive of work created by Brown Cuts Neighbors. There are many riches to be found there, and it will be a great day when official release dates can finally be announced. Stay tuned. It is really happening now.

In the meanwhile, the original tribute section of this site can still be viewed here. It contains photos, a message board and sound clips. Jim’s new artist page on the redesigned WowCool.com is still a work in progress.

Conspirastock: Truthblasting the Mean World Syndrome – Shea Stadium BK – Brooklyn, NY – 08/06/10

Who	Conspirastock: Truthblasting the Mean World Syndrome
When	Friday, August 6, 2010 7:30pm - All Ages
Where	Shea Stadium BK (map) 20 Meadow St. Brooklyn, NY, USA 11206 The 7 train does not go to this Shea Stadium.
Other Info	Inspired by the paranoid ranting in a pamphlet found while riding a New York City subway, Conspirastock is a night of performances, lectures, music, and videos based around the theme of conspiracies. Traversing through a diverse variety of topics, including famous paranoiac Daniel Schreber, furry fascism, the Bohemian Grove, the People’s Temple, and 911 conspiracies, these pieces take on the conspiracy as object of scrutiny, and medium of self-expression. Expect work by John Duncan, Anonymous Art Initiative, Bruce High Quality Foundation, Séance (Bradley Eros & Jonas Mekas), Guardian Alien, Frankie America, Guadalupe Guadalupe, Anne Hall, David Riley, Nicolas Rapold, Eric Svedas, Jesse Malmed, Jason Martin, Charles Harlan, and Hazel Hill. Curated by Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa, Brel Froebe, and Chris Rice.

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Lady Starlight Eats Your Children

I could have picked worse clips, I probably could have picked better clips. Lady Starlight may be best remembered for spreading the Schenectady accent around the globe. For those that missed it, Brown Cuts Neighbors co-founder Lady Starlight is opening for Lady Gaga on this leg of the Monster Ball Tour, spinning a devastating array of classic rock hits.

Listen to Lady Starlight’s Metal For Muthas! radio show on Viva Radio.

Dark Rain by Mat Johnson and Simon Gane

The long awaited new Vertigo graphic novel Dark Rain by Mat Johnson (Incognegro) illustrated by Simon Gane has been announced for an August 24 release in bookstores and from Amazon and August 18th in Comic Book stores. Cover by Nessim Higson

Dark Rain is a graphic novel thriller set in the days after Hurricane Katrina. Two small-time ex-cons with big dreams get the idea that this would be the perfect time to rob a bank. Catch is, the bank is in New Orleans, and they’re on parole in Houston. Now, as every sane person tries to get out of The Big Easy, Emmit and Dabny will do whatever it takes to get in.

As they journey through a tide of human suffering, Dabny wants to help, and Emmit sees only the money. But a rogue commander of the ruthless security force “Dark Rain” has his sights set on taking down the same bank. If Emmit and Dabny don’t outrace him, their last hope for a second chance could be washed away in the floodwaters – along with their lives.

“Mat Johnson’s unflinching, macabre sense of humor is perfectly in tune with New Orleans, and Simon Gane’s eye for character and detail brings the region — in all its glory and degradation — to vivid life. Together, Johnson and Gane dredge up nightmarish memories of the dark days following Hurricane Katrina.”

— Josh Neufeld, writer/artist of the New York Times Bestseller A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge

See a preview of some finished pages at Spinetingler Magazine.

There is a must-read new interview with Simon up now on Reglar Wiglar, which contains this classic quote: “Guernica almost looks pro-war on an iPhone.” Make of that what you will.

There is an excerpt from the book included in many Vertigo comics currently on the stands.

Jason Martin video installation in Group Show – B.Y.O.P. (Be Your Own Placebo) – North Adams, MA – 07/29/10

Who	Jason Martin video installation in Group Show
When	Thursday, July 29, 2010 8:00pm - All Ages
Where	B.Y.O.P. (Be Your Own Placebo) (map) North Adams, MA
Other Info	Video installation by Jason Martin, group show at B.Y.O.P. (Be Your Own Placebo) in North Adams, MA. Curated by Jamie Mohr. Including works and performances by Martha Coleburn, Katherine Bauer, Giorgio/NRG people, Elina Malkin

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The Bruce High Quality Foundation and Andres Levin Present Field of Dreams – Prospect Park – Brooklyn, NY – 07/24/10

Who	The Bruce High Quality Foundation and Andres Levin Present Field of Dreams
When	Saturday, July 24, 2010 4:00pm - All Ages
Where	Prospect Park (map) Brooklyn, NY, USA
Other Info	POWER ANIMALS performance The Bruce High Quality Foundation and Andres Levin Present Field of Dreams Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY 4PM to 10PM To quote the press release: "The Bruce High Quality Foundation will partner with Grammy winning music producer Andres Levin to produce Field of Dreams, a one-day-only epic thunder-fuck in Prospect Park..... A Do-it yourself world's fair for art...." We will have a Power Animal Pavillion set up for advice, psychic animal portraits, and wrestling matches.

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Radio Free Blissville Plays at Anthology Film Archives’ NewFilmmakers Program Tonight, June 30

Radio Free Blissville Plays at Anthology Film Archives’ NewFilmmakers Program. Depicts Life After the Information Apocalypse via Pirate Radio

The 19-minute fiction piece, set in the near future, delves into the use of underground pirate radio in urban areas after the cascading destruction of major satellite networks and the Internet. Andrew Hampsas plays Lenox, who drives through ravaged neighborhoods while broadcasting via pirate radio transmissions. He offers public announcements, dedications, and on-the-spot interviews. Director J.F. Culhane says: “If you look at it, covert and independent radio has been a consistent voice in communities where a way of life has been wrecked via a natural disaster as in Haiti’s earthquake, political oppression as in Zimbabwe, or even cultural censorship as England’s ban of Rock ‘n Roll in the 1960s.”

The film, which is now being developed as a feature, also stars Baqi Abdush-Shaheed, Marina Julia Neary, and Joe Lihach, and features music by A.B. Do Well, Heavycreme Musics, The Center for Audio Visual Research, nickname: Rebel, and Patrick Heilman. Photography by Peter Nappi.

Anthology Film Archives is located at 32 Second Ave @ 2nd Street, New York. The screening, which is $6, is June 30, 2010 at 6 pm.

See the online schedule for more details. For more information about Radio Free Blissville, go to http://rfblissville.com

Radio Free Blissville Screening – Anthology Film Archives – New York, NY – 06/30/10

Who	Radio Free Blissville Screening
When	Wednesday, June 30, 2010 6:00pm - All Ages
Where	Anthology Film Archives (map) 32 2nd Avenue New York, NY, USA 10003
Other Info	John Culhane's film Radio Free Blissville, which features the nickname: Rebel composition "Easter", will be screened as part of a larger program. The band will not be in attendance, but the filmmaker will be. 6:00 PM Documentary Series Sequential Paint \| Stephen Dackson 2006 Mezzanotte Obscura \| Lori Petchers 2009 Scribble 08 \| Mark Murphy 2009 7:00 PM Shorts Program Radio Free Blissville \| John Culhane 2009 Hibernation \| Anthony Werhun 2008 8:00 PM Rage Christopher Witherspoon 2009 \| Feature Film \| 85 min.

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Creature Comforts benefit for independent arts and media. – CounterPULSE – San Francisco, CA – 06/30/10

Who	Creature Comforts benefit for independent arts and media.
When	Wednesday, June 30, 2010 7:00pm - All Ages
Where	CounterPULSE (map) 1310 Mission Street San Francisco, CA, USA 94103

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Sun Worship VI – BUOY Gallery – Kittery, ME – 09/18/10

Evidence at Burning Man 2010 – Burning Man – Black Rock City, NV – 08/30/10

Bunnybrains and P. G. Six at The Knitting factory – The Knitting Factory Brooklyn – Brooklyn, NY – 08/29/10

Blonde Redhead – 4AD Session Taster

Evidence in San Francisco - Jellyfish Gallery - San Francisco, CA - 08/26/10

New in the Shop: Stephan Moore’s To Build a Field

Stephan Moore - To Build a Field

Evidence at the Royal T in Los Angeles – Royal/T – Culver City, CA – 08/25/10

EVIDENCE (Scott Smallwood & Stephan Moore) West Coast Shows

Eric Joyner's Robots & Donuts

Frantasia Festival 2010 – Frantasia Festival – Livermore Falls, ME – 08/20/10

Simon Gane Previews Dark Rain

James Kopta Eight Years Gone

Conspirastock: Truthblasting the Mean World Syndrome – Shea Stadium BK – Brooklyn, NY – 08/06/10

Lady Starlight Eats Your Children

Dark Rain by Mat Johnson and Simon Gane

Jason Martin video installation in Group Show – B.Y.O.P. (Be Your Own Placebo) – North Adams, MA – 07/29/10

The Bruce High Quality Foundation and Andres Levin Present Field of Dreams – Prospect Park – Brooklyn, NY – 07/24/10

Radio Free Blissville Plays at Anthology Film Archives’ NewFilmmakers Program Tonight, June 30

Radio Free Blissville Screening – Anthology Film Archives – New York, NY – 06/30/10

Creature Comforts benefit for independent arts and media. – CounterPULSE – San Francisco, CA – 06/30/10

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