Pete Von Petrin Live on KPSU April 23, 2011

As mentioned here recently, Pete Von Petrin just did a little West Coast Tour with his noise making springs and such. To close things off he made an appearance on Portland’s KPSU with fellow local sound meister Horaflora. For the facebook enabled, Mr. Von Petrin has posted his tour notes and thanks. [...]

Pete Von Petrin West Coast Tour

I’m writing this right after getting home from the second show on Pete Von Petrin’s West Coast Spring Tour, where I joined him for a special fognozzle reunion. Thank you so much to the super enthusiastic (and freaking huge) West Oakland crew! As one guest told me, “the room is expanding to fit all the [...] [...]

RATSKIN EXPLSTICAL #17 – lewcid joosebox – Oakland, CA – 04/15/11

Ratskin

Who RATSKIN EXPLSTICAL #17 When Friday, April 15, 2011 8:00pm – 21+ Where lewcid joosebox (map) 1131 24th st. #104 Oakland, CA, USA Other InfoAn evening of tasty noises with BONUS BEAST PETE VON PETRIN TERROR APART COAGULATOR It’s nickname: Rebel Vs. Pete Von Petrin as Marc Arsenault will be joining PvP on guitar (or something) for a bit of a reunion of our old unit fognozzle. $3-6 for food and touring [...] [...]

See fognozzle Reunited in Oakland Friday

fognozzle tapes

Mid-1990s noise project fognozzle – a collaboration between Pete Von Petrin and Marc Arsenault (me) – is getting back together for a show on Friday night in our old home base of Oakland, California. fognozzle never really got out of the warehouse, but did appear on the Mandibles in Crisis magazine compillation out of Hawaii, [...] [...]

Offset Needle Radius Northwest Campaign

ONR-WTC

Saturday February 5th concluded the performances for this trip to the Northwest, with a live broadcast on the What’s This Called show on KPSU 1450am in Portland, Oregon, available for download HERE – February 5, 2011 show. (See Ricardo Wang’s digital photos of the performance HERE:::) The good news is that we were on [...] [...]

Offset Needle Radius Northwest Tour

Offset Needle Radius

Joshua Baker is taking the Offset Needle Radius on the road in the Pacific Northwest starting tomorrow, Tuesday, February 1, with an appearance on Olympia’s Radio KAOS FM. The eighth installment of the Sun Worship series has also been announced for March 19 at the Buoy Gallery in Kittery Maine. Offset Needle Radius 2011 Dates Event Venue City Date Time Notes Map Offset [...] [...]

Author & Punisher Bleak November East Coast Tour

Bleak November

The must-see show this season for those of you in the frigid northeast is the Bleak November Micro-Tour 2010. With stops in Wallingford, CT, Somerville, MA, Albany, NY, Philadelphia, PA and Brooklyn, NY from November 19-27. Basically, close enough to get to for anyone between Philly and Boston. You still drive for a good show, [...] [...]

Music Monday: DUSTdevils

DDCOVERB

DUSTdevils made some amazing sounds. I first became aware of them from hearing their version of the Fall’s Hip Priest on the radio. A couple of their releases trickled into my collection over the next couple of years. I eventually heard much more about them from Steven Cerio, who provided the cover art for their [...] [...]

Joggle, nickname: Rebel, JEFF the Brotherhood – Valentine\’s – Albany, NY – 10/24/10

Valentine's Albany

Who Joggle, nickname: Rebel, JEFF the Brotherhood When Sunday, October 24, 2010 8:00pm – 21+ Where Valentine’s (map) 17 New Scotland Ave. Albany, NY, USA 12208 Other InfoA post-CMJ, Post Albany Comic Con rock show extravaganza! Get there early and drink lots of beer! Joggle is Michael Lopez, Paul Geluso (5Chin400) and Mitch Elrod. nickname: Rebel will be represented by Marc Arsenault, Aaron Smith, Andrew Sullivan and Special Guest [...] [...]

KTMv2 by Scott Smallwood

No clue what is going on here. “The new version of the KTM – solid state, run off 12-v battery” Yeah. OK. Right. Scott is, of course, half of Evidence. [...]

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fognozzle says goodnight

fognozzle end game

fognozzle, the noise act I was part of in the mid-90s with Mister Pete Von Petrin, that was relaunched solo a couple years ago by Pete has announced it’s retirement. Following is the statement released today on facebook: Crawling back into my hole. Attached is a link to a free download the final fognozzle track (at [...] [...]

Wow Cool Web Roundup

Semi Precious WeaponsSemi Precious Weapons | MySpace Music Videos Lady Starlight–Brown Cuts Neighbors co-founder and infamous Lady Gaga collaborator–makes a cameo in the new eponymous video by Semi Precious Weapons (above – look for the two-tone hair and laser fingers) Sunday February 14 at 6:00 AM on KFJC Special edition of Stream of Consciousness! Cousin Mary will [...] [...]

nickname: Rebel Gear Blog 3: Rotary Cymbals/Bass Springs

rotary saw bass spring

This installment is a twofer. During the second day of recording nickname: Rebel’s New Rock Church of Fire record (still working on it folks), I tried an experiment to loosen everyone up. Inspired by a session that Brown Cuts Neighbors had done for WRPI radio in Troy where, either the mics were cranked way up [...] [...]

Missed it: Tristan Shone Profiled by MAKE

Tristan Shone - Author + Punisher

I got to meet Tristan Shone AKA Author & Punisher this May at Maker Faire and again at SubZero in San Jose. He is one of the few sound artists I’ve encountered who is doing something that is both totally unique and sounds completely awesome. MAKE did a profile on Tristan and you really should [...] [...]

fognozzle – In the Stomachs of Fleas video

fognozzle and Erling Wold Mark Alburger conducting the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra We, that is, fognozzle and Erling Wold, present for you a tale of fear, horror, xenophobia, political posturing and denial, all contained within a musical program piece of sorts, a savage delight for the senses and an allegory for today, this and that and [...] [...]

GODWAFFLE NOISE PANCAKES – Golden Trapper Keeper Lodge – San Francisco, CA – 09/26/09

Who GODWAFFLE NOISE PANCAKES When Saturday, September 26, 2009 12:00pm – All Ages Where Golden Trapper Keeper Lodge (map) 1687 Hayes San Francisco, CA, USA 94117 Other InfoG|O|D|W|A|F|F|L|E||N|O|I|S|E||P|A|N|C|A|K|E|S look for multi eyes on door Cost: donation aok Fognozzle Audioemetic Chopstick Mokele Mbembe Hanuman Zhang Artificial Ingredients « Back to the calendar [...]

CALMS LIVE! at El Rincon San Francisco

Two songs from Nick Carpenter and Michael Keegan AKA CALMS. Nick and Mike also step out in nickname: Rebel. This video, like the Lightning Bolt one from last week, was shot and edited in HD. Recorded July 28, 2009 at El Rincon on 16th Street, San Francisco, CA. Ratskin Explastical Monthly #13. The show also [...] [...]

Go See Offset Needle Radius at Frantasia 2009

frantasia 2009 poster

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Pics + Vids from Ratskin Explastical Monthly #13 up on flickr

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Nick Carpenter of CALMS, by Marc Arsenault – Wow Cool. Mostly noise show. July 28, 2009 at El Rincon on 16th Street, San Francisco, CA. Featuring CALMS, Cruiser, Hora Flora, Vibrating Garbage, Amphibious Gestures, Lung [...] [...]

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