His massive body of work in music, video and art continues to trickle out to the world like he never stopped. The Frank Budgen record has been available from Specific Recordings for a few months now. The Exploding Corpse Action LP should be out soon from Armageddon Records. Many other projects are bubbling towards release…

I just wish he were here to work on new stuff…

Background info

Photo by Aaron Smith

Aug. 14, 2008: 8 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Issue Project Room at the (oa) can factory

232 Third Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
Admission: $15

Evidence (Stephan Moore and Scott Smallwood) celebrate the release of their new CD “Receiver” (free103point9 Audio Dispatch 035), created through a residency at Wave Farm, with a re-imagined performance of the original installation. (See Evidence - Airtime performance under related events.) Bring a radio with batteries! A limited number will be provided. Evidence will be joined by the modern dance company The Extra-Sensory Pedestrians, performing a new work, “Boxed Dances.”

For more information see: http://www.free103point9.org/events/1957/

In Denver now… Day three of the move. Be in Utah soon. Abandoned hangars… Bison… Antelope Island…

Finally got everything loaded and got on the road at 6pm today. In Paducah, Kentucky now… be in Kansas tomorrow night.

Go to my site and check out photos, info, specs and ordering info right on the splash page.

Oh…and…if your around NYC on Aug 22….I’ll be showing with Leigh Barbier and Homer Flynn at THE SHOWROOM NYC on 2nd ave in the East Village.

and…I’ll be signing figures and prints in Detroit and Chicago in the same month (I’ll get back to all of you about the exact dates)

Best, Steven Cerio

Yes, after 10 years of painful internal combustion agony that followed 5 years of bicycle bliss, I am finally declaring ‘one less car’ again and it feels so damn good.

Share the road, fucker!

Montague Phantom Brain Exchange #7
Wednesday, July 30th, 9pm (sharp!) Five Bucks
at the Rendezvous
78 3rd St
Turners Falls, MA 01376

Argumentix
Extreme Animals
Jason Martin
BudweiserSprite
Fortress of Amplitude

DJ Jazzy Jexx
lecture by Dr. Veronica Lopez on Microbiology

read on:

This month’s Phantom Brain Exchange is a very special pre - Wickermania Festival show.   The weekend following our event will be stuffed silly with shows, parties, & picnics under the name Wickermania!  Planned by a loose conglomerate of adventurous western mass promoters/afficianadoes of weirdo culture such as Autonomous Battleship Collective (orange!), Shineola (goshen!), Mystery Train (amherst!),  Ecstatic Yod (florence!), and more.  Consider that a heads up, now let’s examine this evening’s details before we talk anymore of this Wickerdoodle.  

Argumentix is the ongoing solo project of Mr. James Squeaky, Portland, Oregon’s preeminent connoisseur of provocative culture and cuddly felines.  He’s shrieked for the spastic hardcore band Alarmist!, puked forth a million oddball recordings and side projects, and also edited the fine fanzine and webzine Below PDX.  In Argumentix, he swoons with faggy goth swagger fumbling over tape & feedback loops leaving behind a rag-carpet of sound for us to marvel at.  
http://www.belowpdx.com/argumentix/

Extreme Animals are the official Paperrad thump factory.  For years, Jacod & David have been pushing the midi envelope filter with their neon brand blacklight strobe budget rave blasts all over sweaty house parties, decrepit art lofts, and fancy danceclubs all over the world.  Just prep yourself for booty-collapse, as the jams will be too infectious for your ass to handle.  i’ve seen it happen.  
http://www.paperrad.org/extreme/

Jason Martin might be more widely known for his work with Evolution Revolution (a furries rock band) or maybe even is rippin’ bass playinng in the infamous BunnyBrains, but i always like to remind people of his solo work and stuff he did throughout the 90’s with Schenectady’s expansive cable-access tele-audio-visual collective Brown Cuts Neighbors. For this evening’s Phantom Brain Exchange, he’s getting back to basics with his reel to reel & multiple instruments, plopping out beefheart-esque rumpled popsongs.  A release on Yeay! tapes is in the works.  
http://www.myspace.com/evolutionrevolution

…from what i know, BudweiserSprite is a foul westcoast drink poured out on a four track.  A one-man beer-soda can who eats tapes for breakfast.  
http://cassettegods.blogspot.com/2008/02/budweiser-sprite-mouthbreather.html

Fortress of Amplitude music, an ancient druidic guitar sorcery from suburban depths, has been popping up at satanic rituals & LARP events throughout Texas.
http://www.rf-da.com/fortress.html

Mudboy & Bug Sized Mind Collaboration!  Two Providence heavyweights will battle via retooled mechanical organs and synthesizers hogtied with patch cables and effects pedals.  Flowers bloom.  
http://www.mudboymusic.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6QaR0tX09Y

Radical Paperrad deejay DJ Jazzy Jexx will be setting the ambiance with crooked bumpin farts and the freshest in future bass.  She scratches CDRs with brute force.  
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=85834915

Our favorite local Neuroendocrinolgist & Flywheel member, Dr. Veronica Lopez, will be presenting a brief lecture reintroducing us to Mircobiology and making sure we won’t fail next month’s popquiz.  

See Consumers for Dental Choice and The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology for all the information and updates.

Please read everything carefully before contributing. For anyone who may have questions or concerns about fillings they have, the IAOMT and Consumers for Dental Choice sites are great resources.

The initial letter from Consumers for Dental Choice and some additional background information is below.

Some mainstream media coverage:
Washington Post
Newsweek
Philladelphia Inquirer

For those who do not know, I had a very bad experience with a dentist in Seattle many years ago with some dental work that went very wrong and I got very sick for several weeks from mercury poisoning. I’ve since had all of my amalgam fillings removed and feel great.

Thanks for reading,

Marc Arsenault
Wow Cool

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AFTER A 32 YEAR DELAY – FDA MUST CLASSIFY DENTAL AMALGAM!!

YOUR COMMENTS ARE A MUST!

After a 32 year delay to classify pre-encapsulated mercury amalgam dental fillings, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has been mandated by U.S. District Court to classify the components of dental amalgam by July, 2009.

Prior to classification, FDA has reopened the public comment period concerning the risks of dental amalgam with a deadline for submissions of July 28, 2008.

If you have commented previously, it is still crucial that you submit again, as only these comments will be considered for this Docket period.

Docket ID: FDA-2008-N-0163
Docket Title: Dental Devices: Classification of Encapsulated Amalgam Alloy and Dental Mercury and Reclassification of Dental Mercury; Issuance of Special Controls for Amalgam Alloy; Reopening of Comment Period to July 28, 2008.

To file an electronic comment: Click here »
Go to the bottom of the page with heading “Submitter Information”. Fill out the form, enter your comments, and click the “Next Step” button. Then you will be able to cancel, edit your comments, or submit them using the buttons on the bottom of the page.

To fax a written comment: Fax: 301.827.6870

To mail a comment:
Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305)
FDA
5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061
Rockville, MD 20852

Please consider sending a copy of your submission to: info@toxicteeth.org so that Consumers for Dental Choice has a record of all comments. Please use subject line: “My comment to FDA”.

To view comments: 1) Go to http://www.regulations.gov 2) In the search box enter FDA-2008-N-0163. We have been informed that private citizen comments will not be posted on the website, however they will be reviewed.

Suggestion : If you are an injured consumer: Submit your first and last name with subject: “ I am a victim of mercury poisoning from my amalgam dental fillings and I want the use of mercury in dentistry banned”.

Let the FDA know that it is time to protect the public not the dental industry.

BAN DENTAL AMALGAM FILLINGS NOW!

Points to consider in your submission:

Dental amalgam must be classified as Class III, not Class II so that manufacturers have to prove the safety of amalgam. Class II does not require this regulation.
Amalgam manufacturers should be mandated to provide an environmental impact statement to prove amalgams are environmentally safe. Mercury from dental offices contributes at least 40% of the mercury to wastewater, as well as contributing to air pollution from crematoriums.
Include your personal stories including: dental revisions and additional dental costs due to corrosion and break down of amalgam fillings and health related illnesses and medical costs due to mercury toxicity. (Please do not include personal information such as social security numbers).
This Spring we won a lawsuit against the FDA for not classifying dental amalgam after a 32 year stand off. As a result, FDA had to revise the information on their website related to the risks of dental amalgam, now admitting that amalgam fillings are a potential risk to pregnant women, children and a sensitive sub-population. See: FDA’s website: http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/consumer/amalgams.html.

DEMAND THAT CHILDREN BE PROTECTED BY BANNING THE USE OF DENTAL AMALGAM NOW!!

Thank you.
Consumers for Dental Choice

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Background:

Many people do not realize the “silver” amalgam fillings are 50% mercury. A large filling may contain as much mercury as a thermometer. Mercury vaporizes easily at room temperature, and in this state, is odorless, colorless and tasteless. Inhaled mercury vapor is readily absorbed into the bloodstream. The World Health Organization has concluded that dental fillings contribute more mercury to a person’s body than all other sources of mercury combined. Mercury is a powerful poison. Published research demonstrates that mercury is more toxic than lead, cadmium or arsenic. No amount of exposure to mercury vapor can be considered harmless. Especially considering its cumulative effect.

Mercury is the most toxic, non-radioactive element on the earth. Most medical and scientific researchers have called for a ban on the use of mercury in all products. However, the potential harmful effects of mercury fillings have been ignored by the U.S. Government. Due to its poisonous nature, mercury can adversely affect the immune, urinary, cardiac, respiratory and digestive systems. Under laboratory conditions, mercury has produced brain cell deterioration identical to that seen in victims of Alzheimer’s disease.

Consumers for Dental Choice (CDC) was established in 1996 by consumer advocates, mercury poisoning victims, scientists and mercury-free dentists, and soon thereafter became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. Our purpose is to educate the public about the health and environmental dangers of mercury fillings, and to ensure more effective government oversight on amalgam. Since the organization began, the number of amalgams placed have declined dramatically, from two-thirds of all fillings placed to one-third, and the number of mercury-free dentists has grown dramatically. But we will not be satisfied until mercury is no longer used in dentistry.
As part of its educational work, Consumers for Dental Choice wants the full flow of non-deceptive information between dentists and patients. As such, we work to end the American Dental Association’s notorious “gag rule” which tries to silence mercury-free dentists, and the ADA’s promoting mercury amalgam under the deceptive term “silver.” We favor full disclosure of the risks of mercury fillings.

It is important that research relied upon by federal agencies be based on science, so Consumers works to counter studies by non-independent or unqualified researchers that urge continuation of amalgam for spurious reasons such as “it’s good because we’ve used it for 150 years,” or a mixture of amalgam is like sodium and chloride is like table salt. Scientific research makes clear that mercury does not belong in dentistry.

The environmental dangers of mercury fillings – from dental offices, from human waste, and from cremation – is alarming, and reason enough to end the use of amalgam. Consumers works to educate the public about the contribution of dentistry of toxic mercury to both human beings and the environment.

The International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology

In 1984, thirteen dentists were discussing a seminar they had just attended on the dangers of mercury from dental amalgam fillings. They agreed that the subject was alarming. They also agreed that the seminar, though long on fireworks, was short on science, and if there really was a problem with dental mercury, the evidence ought to be in the scientific literature. So, like thirteen musketeers vowing “all for one and one for all,” they set out to find the evidence, or failing that, to sponsor new research that would provide the answers they sought.

Over two decades later, the IAOMT has grown to over 500 active members in North America, with affiliated chapters in fourteen other countries. The years have been very fruitful, as the Academy and its members have chronicled and promoted the research that has proven beyond a reasonable doubt that dental amalgam is a source of significant mercury exposure, and a hazard to health. It has taken the lead in educating dentists and allied professionals in the methods of safely dealing with amalgam fillings, and safely disposing the waste. It has also led the way in developing more biocompatible approaches in other areas of dentistry, including endodontics, periodontics, and disease prevention. All this while maintaining the motto, “Show me the science!”

A more biocompatible approach is the hallmark of “biological dentistry.” In using that term, we are not attempting to stake out a new specialty for dentistry, but to describe an attitude that can apply to all facets of dental practice, and to health care in general: to always seek the least toxic way to accomplish the mission of treatment, to do it while treading as softly as possible on the patient’s biological terrain.

Listen and Enjoy: “The Truth About Charlotte”

Recorded in the Charlotte, NC Hilton this June.

Your fucking awful coffee fucking sucks and your shitty persistent marketing practices are loathsome in the extreme. Please switch to another line of business so that the human race no longer has to suffer from your abuses against our palates and sensibilities. Sincerely, a marketing professional with over a decade of experience, who hates the garbage you peddle and the way that you peddle it.

Oh, btw, the thing that set me off on this is, old DC animation is now available on iTunes, and at first I thought it was the comics. The exciting part for me is that the actual first season of Super Friends… Wendy, Marvin, Wonder Dog, Alex Toth, Ted freaking Knight!!! is now available for you to enjoy. You couldn’t even get those joints illegally (no torrents, no DVDs, no longer on Cartoon Central or even Boomerang, not even VHS… NOTHING!), now it’s all there in beautiful digital glory, Minimus and Maximus Mole and the trees and rocks that walk and steal air conditioners and all the rest of it. Oh, the lost weekend that awaits me.

The mug I purchased from the BBC shop at Bush House off the Strand while on our honeymoon has lost it’s latest battle with the Kenmore dish washer. The handle surrendered completely, and the hairline crack down the side has become inoperable. The Head of George Harrison weeps.

Joshua Baker blows away the Fro’s Squire Strat riffage with some mean air guitar action. 28 more shots are up on flickr now.

We’ll miss you George.

OK, T-shirts. Each is available in sizes S, M, L, XL. They are on super high-quality 100% cotton shirts. They will be very reasonably priced. First up, brand new from Vertigo’s Vinyl Underground artist Simon Gane, is this super-stylish 2-sided promotional shirt for his book with Ian Lynam and Kim Fern: Sap.

And, even more confusing is this also stylish number from Marc Arsenault made especially for this event. Let them know you’ll never be retconned again!

And there will be much, much more at the show, free stickers, garage sale specials, costumed surprises, tigers, Brown Cuts Neighbors, The Doris book, a big box of “last copies” going back years… See you there!

Department of Justice Fails to Appeal Dismissal
Kurtz Speaks about Four-Year Ordeal

Buffalo, NY–Dr. Steven Kurtz, a Professor of Visual Studies at SUNY at Buffalo and cofounder of the award-winning art and theater group Critical Art Ensemble, has been cleared of all charges of mail and wire fraud. On April 21, Federal Judge Richard J. Arcara dismissed the government’s entire indictment against Dr. Kurtz as “insufficient on its face.” This means that even if the actions alleged in the indictment (which the judge must accept as “fact”) were true, they would not constitute a crime. The US Department of Justice had thirty days from the date of the ruling to appeal. No action has been taken in this time period, thus stopping any appeal of the dismissal. According to Margaret McFarland, a spokeswoman for US Attorney Terrance P. Flynn, the DoJ will not appeal Arcara’s ruling and will not seek any new charges against Kurtz.

For over a decade, cultural institutions worldwide have hosted Kurtz and Critical Art Ensemble’s educational art projects, which use common science materials to examine issues surrounding the new biotechnologies. In 2004 the Department of Justice alleged that Dr. Kurtz had schemed with colleague Dr. Robert Ferrell of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health to illegally acquire two harmless bacteria cultures for use in one of those projects. The Justice Department further alleged that the transfer of the material from Ferrell to Kurtz broke a material transfer agreement, thus constituting mail fraud.

Under the USA PATRIOT Act, the maximum sentence for these charges was increased from five years to twenty years in prison.

Dr. Kurtz has been fighting the charges ever since. In October 2007, Dr. Ferrell pleaded to a lesser misdemeanor charge after recurring bouts of cancer and three strokes suffered since his indictment prevented him from continuing the struggle.

KURTZ SUMS UP END OF FOUR-YEAR NIGHTMARE

Finally vindicated after four years of struggle, Kurtz, asked for a statement, responded stoically: “I don’t have a statement, but I do have questions. As an innocent man, where do I go to get back the four years the Department of Justice stole from me? As a taxpayer, where do I go to get back the millions of dollars the FBI and Justice Department wasted persecuting me? And as a citizen, what must I do to have a Justice Department free of partisan corruption so profound it has turned on those it is sworn to protect?”

Said Kurtz’s attorney, Paul Cambria, “I am glad an innocent man has been vindicated. Steve Kurtz stared in the face of the federal government and a twenty-year prison term and never flinched, because he believes in his work and his actions were those of a completely innocent man. Clients like him are a blessing, and although I have had many important victories, this one stands at the top of the list.”

As coordinator of the CAE Defense Fund, a group organized to support Kurtz from the beginning of the case, Lucia Sommer sees the end of the prosecution as bittersweet, and like Kurtz, is thoughtful about the broader significance of the case: “This ruling is the best possible ending to a horrible ordeal–but we are mindful of numerous cases still pending, and the grave injustices perpetrated by the Bush administration following 9/11. This case was part of a larger picture, in which law enforcement was given expanded powers. In this instance, the Bush administration was unsuccessful in its attempt to erode Americans’ constitutional rights.”

Referring to the international outcry the case provoked, involving fundraisers and protests held on four continents, Sommer said, “The government has unlimited resources to bring and prosecute these kinds of charges, but the accused often don’t have any resources to defend themselves. This victory could never have happened without the activism of thousands of people. Supporters protested, vocally opposed the prosecution, and refused to let it go on in silence. And without their efforts at fundraising, Kurtz and Ferrell would not have been able to defend themselves from these false accusations.”

Sommer added that the next step for the defense will be to get back all of the materials taken by the FBI during its 2004 raid on the Kurtz home, including several completed art projects, as well as Dr. Kurtz’s lab equipment, computers, books, manuscripts, notes, research materials, and personal belongings. The four confiscated art projects are the subject of an exhibition entitled SEIZED on view at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center in Buffalo, NY, through July 18: http://www.hallwalls.org/visual_shows/2008/show_seized.html.

BACKGROUND TO THE CASE

The case originated in May 2004, when Kurtz’s wife Hope died of heart failure as the couple was preparing a project about genetically modified agriculture for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Police who responded to Steve Kurtz’s 911 call deemed the Kurtzes’ art materials suspicious and alerted the FBI. Kurtz explained that the materials (legally and easily obtained basic life science equipment and two harmless bacteria samples) had already been displayed at museums throughout Europe and North America with absolutely no risk to the public. However, the following day, Kurtz was illegally detained for 22 hours on suspicion of bioterrorism, as dozens of agents from the FBI, Joint Terrorism Task Force, Homeland Security, Department of Defense, ATF, and numerous other law enforcement agencies raided his home, seizing his personal and professional belongings. After a federal grand jury refused to charge Kurtz with bioterrorism, Kurtz and Ferrell were indicted on two counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud concerning the acquisition of of harmless bacteria for one of Critical Art Ensemble’s educational art projects. (Critical Art Ensemble is the recipient of numerous awards for its projects, including the prestigious 2007 Andy Warhol Foundation Wynn Kramarsky Freedom of Artistic Expression Grant, in recognition of twenty years of distinguished work.).

The Department of Justice brought the charges in spite of the fact that the alleged “victims of fraud”–American Type Culture Collection and the University of Pittsburgh–never filed any charges or complained of any wrongdoing, and the fact that in bringing the charges the Department of Justice was acting completely outside its own Prosecution Policy Relating to Mail Fraud and Wire Fraud
(http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/43mcrm.htm).

For more information and extensive documentation, including the Judge’s dismissal, please visit: http://caedefensefund.org

Click for normal Scary Go Round size view.

Thank you everyone,
–Marc Arsenault

ps. I am actively seeking an intern. Other employment opportunities may follow.

We just received a big box of Ian Lynam’s amazing Parallel Strokes book and will have those at the show. I’m frantically working on getting a Brown Cuts Neighbors sampler DVD and my new comic collection “Adventures In Excitement” ready. As before. Wish me luck! More updates coming soon, and hopefully more blogging here, been too busy just fixing bits of the thing that went wobbly after an upgrade.

This is the most torturous, pretentious, incompetent mess of a movie I have ever seen. Don’t believe the reviews that suggest this film is visionary or a classic. The songs are ridiculous: the groans at the beginning of each one were deafening. The “Piccadilly Lily” song must have been done 15 times. There is nothing visionary (or even mildly interesting) here, only a long string of poorly-done Fellini ripoffs — actually, that’s the whole movie. It was like a train wreck. This was by far the longest hour and 45 minutes of my life. The movie made me long for death. My fellow audience members screamed and screamed as minute after endless minute and song after horrible song beat us into the ground. People were pleading for other audience members to kill them. Other kind-hearted viewers tried to distract the crowd by juggling and reading Moby Dick. Some, like myself, simply attacked the screen. Watching this self-obsessed piece of garbage was like having sharp nails scraped along the chalkboard of our souls.

It’s on the IMDB for Anthony Newley’s 1969 auto-onanistic auto-biopic Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? Wow.

Need more convincing? Here’s a clip on You Tube of Newley with then-wife Joan Collins from the film with the charming title Chalk and Cheese.

I became re-introduced to Newley because of his one collaboration with my major hero Delia Derbyshire and her comments about him. He now holds a special fascination for me similar to that with the ever erudite Prince Philip (who sadly lacks Newley’s gift for alliteration).

I am completely not kidding. You must get The Near Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus right now! I seriously woke up one day last year with the realization that this book must happen! I wrote Fred, and he told me it was going to happen. I was sworn to secrecy for many months. Then the official announcement was made. Now it exists!

Find out more about this awesome book and learn how to get a hyper-customized edition direct from Fred Hembeck here.

THIS SUNDAY JUNE 8
FROM 2 - 4PM SHARP
@ 51 3RD STREET TROY NY 12180
+ SOME KIND OF MUSICAL PERFORMANCE at 4pm! Show up and buy your way into an improvised band.

So heres the stuff:
* electronics of various kinds in various states of working (some working, some need a little work, and others are best used for parts)
* a few pieces of furniture
* some instruments

I do not have detailed list of what is available. Can’t respond to individual requests about gear. Come to the sale.

Over n out
Jason

All June nickname: Rebel will be on the awesome Mark Whitby show - listen online to Dandelion Radio.

In the meanwhile Marc Arsenault and Joshua Baker will be carrying some portable recording equipment to the Charlotte Hilton in two weeks to try to record some sort of source material for the new proper nickname: Rebel record. You can find us at the bar or at Heroes Con.

Wish us luck!

nickname: Rebel on Last.fm

Visit nickname: Rebel’s MySpaceship

I think now that it’s been a little while since Rory passed I’m experiencing that stage of grief know as liberation that is supposedly so familiar to those who have already lost their parents. Sorry about the headline lift, Tom. I feel your pain brother.

Full news on the Comics Reporter
Comic Relief home page with tribute to Rory

Hang in there Todd!
-Marc

Frank Budgen
The Legend of Frank Budgen
Specific 10″

“Totally weird one. I get the idea that this is a jape, but if so, it’s a jape so beautifully and elaborately crafted that it stands as a wonderfully crazy art project in its own right. Packaged in a Folkways-style 10″ sleeve with accompanying booklet, this is said to represent the recorded legacy of a drifter named Frank Budgen, about whom little is known, except that he called Troy, NY home for a while, early in the 21st century. There are six tracks, with heavy blues guitar, drums and vocals in a blown style reminiscent of Michael Yonkers, George Brigman and even The Workdogs. It’s wild lo-fi style, regardless of its actual provenance. And the care taken with the presentation is certain to appeal to cultists of most known stripes. Released in a numbered edition of 99, it’s a real brain rattler, which features one of the screwier Beefheart covers you’ll hear in this lifetime.”

-Byron Coley
The Wire - May 2008

The Legend of Frank Budgen is still available from Specific Recordings.

I was very sad today to read of the passing of Bob Rauschenberg. He has always been an artist who in some hard to define way has been an influence. He was partially the real life Frank Beam (if you know, you know). As I’ve been rediscovering the act of flowing ideas on to paper through pen and brush lately (yeah, sorry, low web activity because of that… that will continue for at least a couple of more weeks) this news hits me a bit on the side of the head for some reason.

great quote… “I don’t use ideas” oh, yeah. pure Beam.

New York Times piece

((im playing “function generator bass and samples” in BUNNYBRAINS tomorrow, friday))

This is part of a festival that starts tonight I’ve forwarded part of the email about it below, but even if u cant catch us, theres plenty of stuff going down so go to free103’s website to get all the dates n acts n stuff.
Cheers,
Jason

NOISE! 2008
May 8, 2008: 10 p.m. – May 11, 2008: 1 a.m. at Ontological Theater, St. Mark’s Church, 131 E. 10th St., Manhattan, NY $10 admission; free video and audio online.

Noise! is a sound performance festival started in 2005. free103point9 curates for the second year. Each year the “Incubator” program at Ontological Theater hosts a Noise! festival, a three-night multi-arts event designed to promote interest in new forms of sound art.
The festival will feature short compositions and performances by established and emerging artists.
Each evening opens with a Radio 4×4 as the audience enters the theater.
Radio 4×4 is a free103point9 collaborative radio transmission performance. Four simultaneous audio performances are separately sent through FM transmitters to radios positioned throughout a performance space. Each radio receives only one of the signals, so that the audience becomes an active collaborator in the performance, “mixing” the audio feeds by moving about the space among the four signals. Other artists will perform each evening. Tianna Kennedy, Tom Roe, and Damian Catera will curate each evening. Streamed live on free103point9 Online Radio.

Thursday, May 8
Curated by Tianna Kennedy
Opens with Radio 4×4 with Tianna Kennedy + Mark Anderson + Jordi Wheeler + Tyler Nolan
Lith (Jordi Wheeler)
Diamond Terrifier (featuring Sam Hillmer from the Zs)
Dome Theater (Forrest Gillespie directing “Fucked for Real”)

Friday, May 9
Curated by Tom Roe
Opens with Radio 4×4 with Giancarlo Bracchi + Tom Roe + Slink Moss + Michael Garafalo.
Bunnybrains
Michael Garafalo (Latitude/Longitude)
Giancarlo Bracchi
Tom Roe

Saturday, May 10
Curated by Damian Catera
Opens with Radio 4×4 with Damian Catera + () + Tom Roe + John Baird
Skyline
Damian Catera
Andrea Parkins

More information

Guest Stupid Page by Lady Starlight, 1999

The Percy Thrills Thrillington masterpiece, Thrillington, is now available in the DRM-free Plus format on iTunes for just 9.99USD. Awesome arrangements, super smooth bass by session legend Herbie ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ Flowers, Easy to listen to. Um, I guess you could always get it from Beware of the Blog or buy the CD, but, honestly I thought it had only ever been available on vinyl or torrent (sounding pretty bad) until now. Here’s some background (of varying accuracy.. I think) on the project.

Go watch it now!

Hudson Mohawk Indymedia has produced a definitive account of the whirlwind of events surrounding Wafaa Bilal’s controversial art exhibit, “Virtual Jihadi.”

“Art (does not equal) Terrorism” goes beyond the sound bites to find out what happened when an Iraqi artist came to Troy, NY only to be censored–not once, but twice.

First, Wafaa Bilal was chased off campus after his artwork was mis-characterized as terrorist propaganda by undergraduate bloggers.

When the exhibition was given refuge by The Sanctuary for Independent Media, the city government responded by shutting down the space.

Finally got it together to put the Rebel sound up on Last.fm. There is the mini 5-song version of the R is For Riot EP available as free downloads. You can get the whole 10 song thing for free, of course, as one big 30MB download. The MySpaceship has 3 more tunes. The n:R cover of a Sexual Milkshake song is still available as part of a Teen Beat Records tribute called Relax Brother, Relax up on the Internet Archive. Two more cover tunes are on the old DeptEx Sounds page, for you completists. There, that’s it, that’s all of them. Now you know. Now you know… there is a hell.