Author & Punisher: Tristan Shone’s Drone Machines

Author & Punisher. Custom machined, big, heavy, sonic machines. Check this guy out. This is the good stuff. many more videos on YouTube. One of the serious musical highlights of this year’s Maker Faire and San Jose’s annual SubZero. [...]

Go Read: Frantasia Fest 2009 is coming – blog post from Offset Needle Radius

Frantasia Fest 2009: August Is Coming! Time To Plan… I discovered Frantasia Fest last year just 10 days prior to it’s happening. A festival of “Out Music” featuring world class performers of improvised sound from New England, Pennsylvania, Georgia, NY. The event is held over 3 evenings, August 20th to the 22nd with improvisation workshops in [...] [...]

RRRecords – Lowell, MA

Ron Lessard RRR Records

After many years of wanting, I finally got to visit RRRecords in Lowell, MA and meet its proprietor Ron Lessard on the recent tour. I failed to put a card in my camera, so had to settle for a single still from the old video cam. One of the releases I was most psyched to [...] [...]

Offset Needle Radius Vs. nickname: Rebel at 51 3rd Street, Troy NY, Saturday April 18

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Wall of Sound – Phil Spector looks down upon Angela Sawyer of Weirdo Records on the Day before his Conviction for Murder

Angela Sawyer - Weirdo Records

Angela Sawyer, owner of Weirdo Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Taken in the store, Sunday, April 12, 2009, one day before Phil Spector was convicted of the murder of Lana Clarkson. Click the photo for a super-large version. Other wall goodies include the poster from Half Gentlemen Not Beasts by Half Japanese and an original copy of [...] [...]

Offset Needle Radius Vs. nickname: Rebel

New digital LP and Video available now. CD edition available from Amazon. Vinyl release available later in 2010 on Wow Cool. Recorded in Kittery, Maine. January, 2009. Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk. Portland, Oregon. Side 1 – Inspector’s Test mixed by Offset Needle Radius. Side 2 – Man On A Ladder | Print Through | Quarter [...] [...]

If People Know You Are A Musician, They Will Give You Cool Stuff

wallwarts

This is, of course, also true for artists, makers, crafters, and all other manner of geek, electronic whiz, computer genius, hacker, basement and garage tinkerer and eccentric; but, I’ve found that it is the music connection that really resonates (sorry, pun) with people, and has brought in the most luscious booty. Most recent example – [...] [...]

Offset//Needle//Radius Winter Performance Series, MISSION///COMPLETE

not square with zero

Saturday night concluded a series of five performances around Northern New England over the last two months. The collapsed economy and consequential unemployment greatly aided in the conceptualizing and execution of each performance. A rare moment in Modern America, to have an abundance of “free” time to concentrate on one’s craft. This unique opportunity was [...] [...]

Offset Needle Radius Live in Manchester, NH, Saturday

MAP Project

February, 21 2009 11:00 AM – Underground The M.A.P. Project 76 Lowell St, Manchester – $5 With: – Zaonis – Cats Can Be Clouds – The Broadcasters – Offset Needle Radius, Poets – Donnie Darkhorse “…an all-day event for Saturday, Feburary 21st, starting around 2PM and ending around 11PM. Poets and musicians to perform here one last [...] [...]

Offset Needle Radius Winter 2009 Tour Diary

Offset Needle Radius

A booking frenzy landed Offset Needle Radius a few performance dates around New England. First was a trip to Manchester, to the Underground M.A.P. Project. My first time in Man Chest Hair, an hour west of Kittery. Eli and I went early and made a few stops at the Electronics Surplus store, Lebanese grocery, thrift store, [...] [...]

Offset Needle Radius – Tonight in Lowell, Mass.

Offset Needle radius

Avant-Guitar – Saturday February 7 8pm, $5 at the door. 119 Gallery, Lowell, Mass. Offset Needle Radius – guitar, primitive synth, microcassette, nuts & bolts + Marc Bisson – prepared guitar & objects + Trachypithecene Entity -traditional & invented instruments. Offset Needle Radius aka Joshua Baker [Portsmouth, NH] has whittled 25 years of self taught guitar in to a swiss army [...] [...]

Offset Needle Radius Live Dates

map project

Wow Cool is pleased to announce it’s affiliation with Kittery, Maine sound machine Offset Needle Radius (ONR MySpace). ONR is the sound system of Joshua Baker – late of Portland, Oregon punk and doom legends God Hates Computers, Chased and Smashed, Kilauea and a few more. Joshua has followed a vaguely logical progression from Kilauea’s [...] [...]

S. Clay Wilson Benefit Show SF CA – Sun., Jan. 11

S. Clay Wilson Benefit

Underground comic book legend S. Clay Wilson (Zap, Checkered Demon) suffered a severe brain injury back in November on his way home from the APE ahow. He’s making progress towards a recovery, but he needs much expensive therapy. Tomorrow, Sunday, a benefit show will be held at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco. Sunday 11 January [...] [...]

fognozzle Live at Godwaffle Noise Pancakes

Documentation of the latest performance from my old band without me… fognozzle. 15 blissful minutes of noisy goodness. I slept in that day. [...]

fognozzle live in San Francisco Saturday

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Saturday, November 8, 2008. Noon – 2pm sharp. fognozzle will be appearing at Godwaffle Noise Pancakes @ Artsf. 110 Capp Street, San Franciscso, California. w/ Duo Pisano (Moe! Staiano & Alan Anzalone), Al Qaeda, DADDY, and Alienslang. [...]

Jason Martin at Cake Shop NYC Thursday

wolfboy

mmm uh huh thassrite me solo with the electrical guitar and vocal chords n some other stuff and the one and only HEAVY CREATURES plus the illustrious One For The Team, n watch out for the Mirakil Whip u know you like it so dont be a square you dig? im probably on 1st thats [...] [...]

Music News – nickname: Rebel EP up on RPM + Pilot Light Benefit

OK, it’s out there to hear. As I’ve been blathering on about here, I spent February recording a new nickname: Rebel joint for the RPM Challenge. You can now hear that whole thing on the RPM Jukebox. Also up there and well worth a listen are the contributions from Rebel guest guitarist Rev. Joshua Baker [...] [...]

nickname: Rebel gets all social networky

Made the plunge. Wow… is it almost one AM? Anyway, feel free to friend us on the MySpaceship or fan us on the Facebook. See this post, if you are not sure what a nickname: Rebel is. Be seeing you. [...]

fognozzle at noise fest in San Francisco

fognozzle is one of 35-odd noise acts doing 15 minute sets each at the International Noise Conference in San Francisco, California on April 11, 2008. I haven’t been in the band in nearly 15 years, and won’t be at this show, but it sounds like a lot of fun. [...]

fognozzle: My old band has new website

fognozzle live again. In temporary identity of Shredni Vashtar (C’mon, give it up, Saki fans!) we shredded live with exploding light fixtures in day care centers and drum circles in crusty east Oakland warehouses. The current equipment list is none too shabby. Go Pete! [...]

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