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May 31, 2007
Club Exit Stage Left Our friend NXP of the many blogs arranged a noise/experimental music festival in Bodø last year. Faust, Lasse Marhaug and many local artists performed. It's called Nødutgang-festivalen, put on by Klubb Nødutgang/Emergency.no
Attendance was scarce, but he tries again this year, June 21st thru 24th, with KK Null (Japan), Ectogram (Wales) with S/T (Germany), a return noise-fest by Lasse Marhaug - and local artists like Balmbrain, Lisa Dillan, Ronny Wærnes, Julius Androide and many more. S/T will also perform separately.
Program here. New website here. If you can't attend, but would like to support the festival and hear some of the music, a compilation CD of this year's artists is available from Go To Gate Records.
Fra programmet:
Sinus 22/6:
KK Null (JPN) kommer direkte fra Tokyo for å opptre på årets NØDUTGANG 2007. KK. Null (født Kazuyuki Kishino) er en eksperimentell multi-instrumentalist.
Lisa Dillan/Rolf Lennart (N) Skal opptre sammen og gjøre en ekslusiv konsert for årets festival. Stensø er medlem av SISU, og kunsterisk leder for Bodø Sinfonietta, mens Dillan er improvisasjonssanger og komponist.
Red Ape (N) Fra Kabelvåg og består av: Morten Nilsen (bass/vokal) Synnøve Ulvnes (gitar) og Øyvind Strand (trommer).
Ectogram (UK) spiller en type psychedelia som er vanskelig å bås-sette. Selv beskriver de musikken som en blanding av følelsen av blomster som slår ut i full blomst, nytraktet kaffe og følelsen av engler som går over gravsteder, alt dette på en gang.
Ronny (N) Ambient lyd, improvisert støy, rare looper og samplinger av varierende art, mikset sammen live på scenen.
Sinus 23/6:
S/T (D) kommer til Bodø og gjør sin første konsert i Norge som blir en av deres få konserter i år. Faktisk gjør de så sjelden konserter at de kan årlig summeres opp med en hånd.
Puma & Lasse Marhaug (N) - Sampleren Grieg. Et kunstnerisk anlagt crossover-prosjekt med elektronisk musikk og lydkunst.
Mouches Volantes (N) er fra Bodø. Ole Ivar Jørgensen og Jakob Arntzen lager variert eksperimentell, ambient og progressiv elektronika/støy.
Julius Androide Bland (N) forskjellige elektroniske sjangrer, tenk på musikk inspirert av drømmer og barndomsminner. Nydelige melodier, komplekse rytmer og fantastike lyder! Julius Androide er et solo prosjekt for Bodømusikeren Egil Ursin
Bremnes fort 24/6 kl 15:00
- gratis (fri alder). Exacerbate + Mouches Volantes med gjest.
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May 29, 2007
Nefilim – Gudesønner eller genteknologer fra verdensrommet? Nytt fra Kjettersk Kjeller: Bjørn Are Davidsen: Nefilim – Gudesønner eller genteknologer fra verdensrommet?
Gjeste-DJ: Stian Aarebrot (The Crest, Vardøger, Sub Scene)
Og med NM i Nefilim!
I Det Gamle Testamente møter vi de mystiske Nefilim. De er gudesønner som kommer ned til jorden og blander seg med menneskene. Men hva er de? Er de kjemper, engler eller likefrem romvesener? Er beretningen om profeten Esekiels visjoner av en ildvogn egentlig historiens første UFO-rapport? Hva med Jakobsstigen?
 Skriften forteller oss også at Nefilim tok menneskenes døtre til ektemaker. Historier om romvesener som griper inn i menneskets biologi og historie er blitt en del av moderne mytologi og folklore. Vi kjenner historiene fra så forskjellige forfattere som Erich von Däniken, David Icke, Zecharia Sitchin og Varg Vikernes. Ett av gothrockens viktigste band har også tatt navn fra Nefilim-teoriene.
Hvor mye er det i disse teoriene, og hvorfor er de så populære?
Bjørn Are Davidsen er vår faste ekspert på alt som har med Atlantis og arkeologiske rombesøk å gjøre. Han er også en av de foredragsholderne som har vært flest ganger på Kjettersk Kjeller. Det sier det du trenger å vite om hvor moro dette blir.
Som alle gode nordmenn vet er Norge historiens sentrum og verdens navle, altså må de utenomjordiske ha vært veldig aktive her på berget. At norske forskere ikke er opptatt av dette er selvfølgelig skandaløst, og Kjettersk Kjeller vil bøte på dette ved å arrangere det første NM i Nefilim. Kort og godt inviterer vi publikum til å komme med sine beste teorier på hvordan norsk kultur, historie og genmateriale er påvirket av de utenomjordiske. Forkunnskaper er ikke nødvendige, for etter Davidsens foredrag kommer du til å være en ekspert på temaet. Hvordan forklarer vi Hellig-Olavs skjeggvekst? Hva var Finnmarksheksenes sopelimer egentlig? Avgjørelsen blir opp til dommerpanelet, under ledelse av vår eminente Kjellerdemon Pelzebub. Fine premier blir det også.
Siden vi denne våren har hatt et program som har vært tungt på både svartebøker og kirkebranner, trenger vi litt geistlig hjelp til å drive ut de demoniske vibbene med litt å snurre litt godlyd. Så spørs det om en legpredikant som både spiller i goth- (the Crest) og svartmetallband (Vardøger) er den riktige til å gjøre dette, men vi har tenkt å la vår gamle venn fra SubChurch-miljøet, Stian Aarebrot, få en sjanse til å drive litt musikalsk eksorsisme.
Vi vil, siden vi først har din oppmerksomhet, også gjerne gjøre oppmerksom på at Kjettersk Kjellers samarbeid med vår bergenske søsterklubb Absalong fortsetter. Onsdag 30. mai tar noen av oss Kjellermenneskene turen over fjellet. For flere opplysninger, sjekk www.absalong.no
Velkommen til kjelleren under Den Gode Café i Fredensborgveien 13 i Oslo, onsdag 13. juni. Som vanlig koster det 50 kroner å komme inn og dørene åpner kl. 19:00.
www.subchurch.no
www.myspace.com/thecrestband
www.myspace.com/whitefrozen
12:50
May 25, 2007
The Wolf is at the door The Sideshow at the Seashore at Coney Island has recruited a new veteran circus performer, Chuy the Wolf Man of Mexico. He is a member of the world famous wolf family that has been featured on numerous TV show around the world.
Other news from Coney:
This Weekend in Coney Island!
5/24/07
• Burlesque at the Beach Friday at 10pm!
• Saturday Night Film Series!
• Meet our new sideshow cast member- the Wolfman!
• Ask The Experts Lecture Series
• Art Exhibition by Hawley Hussey
• Photos of our Gala Benefit!
BURLESQUE AT THE BEACH: Friday, May 25, 10PM to Midnight, Clams Casino, Neil O'Fortune & Lady Aye's Bump & Grindhouse
A cheeky, freaky, tassel-twirling homage to the classic schlock and shock films of double features and nights at the drive-in! Not for the faint of heart, every one of the night's performances will take the form of a gruesome, campy movie trailer. Your screaming starlets for the evening: Nasty Canasta, Creamy Stevens, Clams Casino, Lola Pearl, Precious Little, Kit Cat, and, boylesque sensation, the White Boom Boom, plus a special appearance by Vlad and Creighton of the late-night cable hit Ghoul a-Go-Go! The Lady Aye will be your emcee, with Bastard Keith as the voice of doom! All building to the unbelievable wine bath finale that will have the entire cast drenched in the lurid juices of…The Cannibal Blood Bath!
$15 at the door; Sideshows by the Seashore at Surf and West 12th Street.
Saturday Night Film Series: Forbidden Planet. Saturday, May 26th, 8:30PM
Dir. Fred M. Wilcox , 1956. When Adams and his crew are sent to investigate the silence from a planet inhabited by scientists, he finds all but two have died. Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira have somehow survived a hideous monster which roams the planet. Unknown to Adams, Morbius has made a discovery, and has no intention of sharing it (or his daughter!) with anyone. Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens and Earl Holliman. $5 at the door. Coney Island Museum at 1208 Surf Avenue
ASK THE EXPERTS: Sunday, May 27, 4PM
Beyond B-M-T: The Letters of Brooklyn: Design Historian Paul Shaw takes you on a photographic tour of Brooklyn Letters - from Brooklyn Heights to Clinton Hill to Coney Island. Get a different perspective on the neighborhoods and history of Brooklyn through one of the most overlooked yet pervasive aspects of our urban environment.
Paul Shaw is a practicing letterer and a design historian. He teaches calligraphy at Parsons School of Design and the history of graphic design at the School of Visual Arts. He is the author of Letters from New York 2 and leads regular lettering tours of New York throughout the year. Museum admission $.99. The Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave.
Coney Island Museum
I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE BABY
Paintings, Installations and Love Letters by Hawley Hussey. Seagate Resident and Coney Island Artist Hawley Hussey brings you Love Letters from Coney Island. Only in the Coney Island Museum! March 17-June 3, 2007, The Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Ave., Saturdays and Sundays year round, 12-5PM
Coney Island USA's Annual Manhattan Gala!!
Thanks to everyone who came out to party with the Mermaids on Friday, April 27th! We celebrated the upcoming Mermaid Parade's 25th Anniversary in fine style, as Coney Island USA had it's most successful fundraiser ever and basked in the love of hundreds and hundreds of adoring supporters.
If you missed it, you missed a great time time with some great people!
To see photos of the event, take a look at our Flickr pool.
10:42
May 14, 2007
The wicked die slow Celebrated film historian and former Deuce theatre manager Bill Landis has a new publication out:
30 YEARS ON THE DEUCE: THE WICKED DIE SLOW
The first collection of solo writings by Bill Landis, including:
-Impossible to find, infamous excerpts of Sleazoid Express and articles considered lost including the “Deep Fried Streets of Sin” tour of Times Square circa 1984 and the beginnings of the Avon Dynasty from that issue, “Dollhouse”
-The original cover story interview with Ken Anger from The Soho Weekly News (June 1980)
 -The original schedule/flyer for the first month long Sleazoid Express film festival in Spring 1983
-George Payne Superstar: a candid interview with the adult film star recorded at the boxoffice of the Doll Theater with Bill Landis for Sleazoid Express (1983)
-The Sporting Life – Our john in the field John Friday gives the lowdown on the cheapest to most expensive hookers and the spots he meets them in New York; originally written for Swank in 1986
-Friday the Sensuous John – a surreal turn on Mr. Friday’s life from Sleazoid Express featuring a great deal of material that was censored out of Swank (Sleazoid Express 1985)
-Hustling the Deuce – a candid look at actual lives of Times Square male hustlers that originally appeared in The Village Voice. Written in December 1985 and shelved for “politically correct” reasons until April 1986
-AIDS fear hampers porno business: XXX Houses Also Feel Impact of Home Video; ‘Dark Underbelly’ Patronage Doesn’t Help – a round up of New York’s last existing adult houses, including the foul projectionists’ union strike against Mrs. Wilson’s Greek Named 8th Avenue smut pits; from Variety, the showbiz bible, December 11, 1985
-Tromatized – from the Film Comment “That’s Exploitation” issue summer 1986 – a look at the bullying tactics and shoddy output of one of the most publicized self-conscious exploitation film studios. With kudos to Troma for saving two classic exploitation obscurities, Sweet Savior (The Love Thrill Murders) and Cry Uncle, from the glue factory.
-Point of Return – Originally published in The Village Voice on September 9, 1992, this look at ACT-UP at their Needle Exchange program also was featured in an ACLU Handbook about the second generation of AIDS and a book called Beyond Crisis.
-Sex Square – In July 18, 1995, the Village Voice waxed nostalgic about the pre-Disneyfied Times Square, and I give a brief re-cap of my career there, from the insane Night Shift Theater, to working at the Avon Chain, and ending with Mrs. Wilson’s smut palaces named after Greek Gods of Love on 8th Avenue. The beginnings of the Avon Dynasty story is contained within this piece.
-Go E-Mail the Doctor – This October 15, 2003 story in The Village Voice was the first to come out in support of the new telemedicine industry, though it proved to be personally a double edged sword. It’s since been reproduced on numerous drug-seeking messageboards like drugbuyers.com
This monograph will contain a 17 page original autobiographical introduction by Landis, and will give many anecdotes, both hilarious and tragic, of how the pieces came to being. There will be follow ups on the lives on many of the individuals portrayed in the articles. Each edition will be a signed and numbered copy.
Price: $25 USA/$30 overseas // Paypal: sleazoidpubs@yahoo.com
Snail mail (make check or money order out to William Landis) PO Box 167071, Chinatown Financial Station, Chicago, Illinois 60616, USA
Also, don't miss out on the Sleazoid Express book, available directly from the author or from amazon. His amazing book on Kenneth Anger, ANGER, is out of print, but signed copies are still available from Landis. My interview with Bill Landis and Michelle Clifford can be found in the book Creeping Flesh Vol. 1 from Headpress/Critical Vision.
09:23
May 03, 2007
Evolutionary News This just in from TradeMark G of The Evolution Control Committee, the inventor and originator of the mash-up style:
Hello, evolved person. Here's a bonus news item -- a bit of double news that deserves solo mention:
ECC DOUBLE FEATURE ON SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED
Some Assembly Required is not only a widely syndicated radio show focusing on sound collage, but now also a blog with artist Q&A sessions. And this week, The ECC bum-rushes both shows:
The ECC, via Q&A: http://www.some-assembly-required.net/blog
The ECC, via podcast: http://libsyn.com/media/postconsumer01/SAR57.mp3
The podcast link will start playback immediately. If you prefer to get the podcast via iTunes subscription or just want to know more about it, go here: http://some-assembly-required.net/podcast.html
Big ups to Jon Nelson for keeping Some Assembly Required so active for so long!
Copyright violation for the nation,
- TradeMark G./ECC
From the blog: I ran across The ECC's Double the Phat and Still Tasteless release at an independent record store in Minneapolis a little over ten years ago. Intrigued by the album's odd packaging, I was excited to find out it was a sound collage record and snatched it up right away (the CD came wrapped in a hollowed out floppy disc). Not too long after that, at another indie record store, I was pointed to their Compact Disctructions, a kit with instructions on how to destroy CDs in ways which resulted in "creative playback." Clearly this was a group worth exploring further!
The Evolution Control Committee is primarily Mark Gunderson (or TradeMark G.), although there is a larger collective involved on some level, in activities best left described by the ECC. I interviewed Mark in 2003 (download episode 57 for a great introduction to the project) and had him out to perform at both Theatre de la Jeune Lune and The Rogue Buddha Gallery that year. I wrote about these shows at length in this blog post from last year.
The ECC have released cassettes, vinyl, CDs and videos. They even claim to have released an album on Wax Cylinder, if you can find someone with a player! For more information about the ECC, read on or visit their website.
http://evolution-control.com // MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/theecc // TRIBE: http://people.tribe.net/trademarkg // Music blog of rare tracks and thrift store finds: www.dinosaurgardens.com/ // Sonic Outlaws - documentary dvd about found sound plagiarism and re-manipulation.
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Our friend NXP of the many 