Hubble director to speak By Mike McNeney Dr. Robert Williams, Director of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, brings the Gubble’s stunning view of the distant universe to UVic as a part of the President’s Distinguished Lecture...
Read moreDear Humans,
My brand new band EVOLUTION REVOLUTION will be performing at MASS MoCA this Saturday, May 28 with Jesse Stiles opening, for the reception of “Becoming Animal: Contemporary Art in the Animal Kingdom”. Gallery / performance. Thank you...
Read morenickname: Rebel new track on Teen Beat Tribute
On February 23rd, 2005, 20 years will have passed for the recording label that began in “Mr. Vandelly’s Government class” at Wakefield High School in Arlington, VA – Teen Beat Records. By way of saluting that, My Mean Magpie Records has...
Read moreMessage to the People of the Future
The Brown Cuts Neighbors are 15 years old today… well, they would be, if they had not perished, along with their core creative force — James Kopta — in a cruel accident two years ago. I’m actually a day late writing this. The “Official”...
Read moreEssay on Jason Martin
Jason Martin is, in the expression of his personality through his art, a living relic. Last Thursday night, he was in his most apt context as a performer. The location: a museum on a hill in an urban wasteland with abandoned factories, well...
Read moreYou need to de-focus in a specific direction
you need to actually re-apply the established process this involves train tracks and test patterns/test cards tune in to the missing channels overload the inputs oversaturate as needed refine your diet make lists Overlay with lines and xeroxes on...
Read moreThe Revolution is a Flaming Crock of Shit!
Don’t Buy it! Steve Earle is a tool of THE MAN! But, when he wants to say “Motherfucker” in front of a bunch of little kids at a free public event in downtown Albany, NY… that’s OK. As was seen 2 Summers ago in...
Read moreThis American Life ate my lunch money!
This American Life has again touched on our lives here in DeptEx land. Our old hometown of Schenectady, NY is featured in the October 15, 2002 episode (Thank to Ian Lynam for the tip!). What it Takes to Tromp Through the Desert. Al Jurczynski is...
Read moreBoomerang Update
The Boomerang Project has been created to release previously unseen music and writing by the late James Kopta. There is a special section in the DeptEx shop devoted to James’ work. All money from the sale of these items goes in to the...
Read moreNashville
I’m informed that this is the buckle of the bible belt. Yes. Here I am in Nashville, TN. It’s late on July 28, 2004. The first Brown Cuts Neighbors 7″ record, “Broken Down Like A Bean” (by all accounts a mastering...
Read moreTHE THEORY OF WHOLETONE GUBBLE
The Theory comprises a body of work spanning the course of several decades, with its origins generally attributed to Professor Lars McTuften and his research in the recording of what he referred to as ‘Chicken Dreams and Impulses’...
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