David Byrne's 2007 Nonesuch Records reissue of the Knee Plays

SLIDE SHOW WITH MUSIC

David Byrne's 2007 Nonesuch Records reissue of the Knee Plays — from its original conception, as part of Robert Wilson's epic play the CIVIL warS.

Robert Wilson’s the CIVIL warS — “a theatrical production concerning human myths, conflict and brotherhood over the ages” — began as a commission for an arts festival in conjunction with the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games.

Originally conceived as a day-long performance in five parts, the work called for writers, composers and performers from many different countries to assemble in Los Angeles to present their comprehensive work of art. Although no performance of the full work took place then, and devotees of new music continue to await an integral staging, its component parts have fared better in numerous international performances.


SOURCE: DavidByrne.com

McSquiddly McBurger McSeaCreature

Metal Machine Music

Dragons of Zynth
Coronation Thieves
Release date: September 25, 2007
Label: Gigantic Music


This disc is out of the known universe of current independent music. It is rich, textured and an amazing lift from the crop-o-crap of new releases. Imagine Radiohead, at their most eccentric and blip-heavy. Add a large portion of confidence, swagger and grow the idea in Cincinatti and Brooklyn instead of Oxford, England. Dragons of Zynth start off like Sun Ra channeling proggy pop and it just gets better with every listen. David Sitek, Tunde Adibempe, Kyp Malone, Jeleel Bunton and Gerard Smith of TV on The Radio contribute their amazing talents throughout the 45-minute disc.

• Standout tracks: Who Rize Above, Take It To Ride, Rockin Star

DOZ made more than heads turn at 2007 SXSW Festival, Gigantic Music showcase. The response the band received has a direct-connect to their debut disc, 'Coronation of Thieves,' becoming the most anticipated new release of the year.

'Coronation Thieves' is a pleasure, a wonder and a marvel of rhythmic and psychedelic proportions.

DayTrotter.com has some early tracks available for free download here.

SOURCE: Zelo

This just in from Pitchfork…

Radiohead's In Rainbows Premieres on Xfm Radio

Consider this a chance to try before you buy: tomorrow (October 10), London-based radio station Xfm will broadcast Radiohead's seventh and latest opus, the much-chattered-about In Rainbows, in its entirety. The on-air unveiling begins at noon UK-time, which translates to sometime in the wee hours of the morning for Radiohead's fans in North and South America.

SOURCE: Pitchforkmedia

This just in from Pitchfork…

Black Kids
Wizard of Ahhhs EP
[Self-released; 2007]

"[I'm] struggling, really, to be honest," Reggie Youngblood said on a 102-degree day in Georgia this summer. It was between songs during Black Kids' set at Athens Popfest, and the singer/guitarist's onstage banter wasn't sounding quite as sharp as his songwriting. The guitar-jangling, Jacksonville-based five-piece were hardly "struggling" musically, though: Eyewitness raves about the performance spread faster than you can say "Technorati," and positive notices soon followed from the NME, Vice, The Guardian, and, yes, Pitchfork. All this for a band with no announced label, or even much touring history.

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SOURCE: Pitchforkmedia.com

Short, Sharp, Schrapnel

Vicious Intent: The Rock 'N' Roll Art and Exploitation of Stainboy Reinel

In December 2007 Dark Horse will publish Stainboy Reinel's first book of collected works, Vicious Intent: The Rock 'N' Roll Art and Exploitation of Stainboy Reinel. Unschooled, undisciplined and unstoppable, Stainboy now carries out his deadly assignments and other secret services in sunny Orlando Florida while indulging his tastes in beautiful women, fast cars, expensive restaurants, and sharp, stylish clothing.

SOURCE: StainboyReinel.com

Local promoter pays it forward

Gamble Records organizes 2 shows to benefit local non-profit groups*.

Here's a look at Friday night's set opener at Dandelion Communitea, in downtown Orlando. The Token Gamblers rock the house with some foot-stomping bluegrass goodness, including special guest Big Jef on fiddle.


*The proceeds to benefit:
Florida School of Herbal Studies
Simple Living Institute
Solilla Center 4 Creative Kids

Check them out!

SOURCE: Zelo

E.L.L.A. Music Festival next weekend

October 5 and 6, 2007


As part of the Orlando-based Gamble Records Presents series, Orlando audiences can hear a different voice for Florida female singer-songwriters. Put together mainly through the valiant efforts of Robert Johnson (I know what yr thinking) and Jonathan Andrews, this recent press release sums up the goal:

For Immediate Release!
Gamble Records is setting the stage for a cultural renaissance of the Floridian feminine spirit. Ten amazing musicians will be linked together by one of the most righteous music festivals to ever grace the presence of our city beautiful. The E.L.L.A. Music Festival, on October 5th & 6th at the Rogers’ Building Theater (37 S. Magnolia Ave, Orlando, FL, 32801) in downtown Orlando, will be one of the only festivals in our city that stays true to its purpose; to bring the finest female singer/songwriters that Florida has to offer to the attention of the Central Florida listening audience.

TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE FOR 1 OR 2 DAYS @ DANDELION COMMUNITEA

Produced by Gamble Records

SOURCE: Zelo

Sins of the Gawker

Elijah Pollack Is Going To Be A Horror

When is it okay to hate a 4-year-old? Maybe when the kid's name is Elijah Pollack. Elijah is the son of Alternadad Neal Pollack, the author and oh-so-hip dad who has been remanded to blogging his existence away on Epicurious. This week, they visit a cheese store and, well, Elijah is the worst. Now we know both he and his portrayal are at the mercy of his daddy.He is essentially a formless mass that has been fashioned into what he is by his father. But if we were to come across a sculpture that resembled, for instance, a large penis, we would be remiss not to mention that fact simply because the statue was created by a sculptor and did not form itself. And if you think we are somehow being hyperbolic or unnecessarily cruel in being so harsh on little Elijah, let us show you.

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AUTHOR RESPONDS

Neal Pollack Half-Heartedly Defends His Character/Son

Understandably unhappy professional father Neal Pollack is understandably unhappy that yesterday we called his four-year old son Elijah the worst and predicted that in a few years he'll be a full-grown horror show. Why did we launch this "disgusting sneak attack," he asks, in an email blast to his "Friends, Colleagues, Supporters, and anyone else who might be interested."

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SOURCE: Gawker.com

Sitting zazen…

Achieving your childhood dreams

Sad news

Jeff Wood Kept The Beat For Tampa's Music Scene

By KEVIN WALKER

The Tampa Tribune
Published: Sep 14, 2007

TAMPA - Jeff Wood, a beloved fixture of the local music scene and one of its most talented drummers, died Wednesday night at his mother's home in Valrico. His family and his fiance gathered around the 42-year-old as he died at 7 p.m.
"It was very beautiful," his mother, Jan, said.
Shortly after his death, lightning flashed and thunder boomed. That was beautiful, too, and appropriate for a local rock 'n' roll icon.

"He would have liked that," his mother said.

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SOURCE: The Tampa Tribune

Ecstatically Peaceful!

Remain in light

Osho Zen Tarot

The Fool

A fool is one who goes on trusting; a fool is one who goes on trusting against all his experience. You deceive him, and he trusts you; and you deceive him again, and he trusts you; and you deceive him again, and he trusts you. Then you will say that he is a fool, he does not learn. His trust is tremendous; his trust is so pure that nobody can corrupt it. Be a fool in the Taoist sense, in the Zen sense. Don´t try to create a wall of knowledge around you. Whatsoever experience comes to you, let it happen, and then go on dropping it. Go on cleaning your mind continuously; go on dying to the past so you remain in the present, here now, as if just born, just a babe. In the beginning it is going to be very difficult. The world will start taking advantage of you...let them. They are poor fellows. Even if you are cheated and deceived and robbed, let it happen, because that which is really yours cannot be robbed from you, that which is really yours nobody can steal from you. And each time you don´t allow situations to corrupt you, that opportunity will become an integration inside. Your soul will become more crystallized.

Osho Dang Dang Doko Dang Chapter 2

SOURCE: Osho.com

This just in from the A.V. Club…

Dirty Projectors
Rise Above
(Dead Oceans)

The concept is irresistibly rich—young musician goes home to his parents' house, finds an empty cassette case for Black Flag's Damaged, and tries to remake the album from memory—but it would be a mistake to hear Rise Above as a mere conceptual exercise. For one thing, Dirty Projectors couldn't sound less beholden to the source material. Barely a note of "punk" rage plays out in songs as elaborately restructured and emotionally reconstituted as "No More," which laces cries of "I need action" with haunting harmonies and quasi-African guitars. Dirty Projectors leader Dave Longstreth clearly had more than a remake on his mind—a mind whose wandering ways will be worth following for years to come.
A.V. Club Rating: B+

Reviewed by Andy Battaglia
September 11th, 2007

SOURCE: TheOnion.com

How's Joe?

Future leaders of our nation

It's just a moon phase thing

CURRENT MOON

moon phase

And not just in a Bright Eyes release

Paradise Lost
Squabbling, bad management and development threaten to destroy Cassadaga, the one place in Central Florida that doesn't look like every other place In 1875, New Yorker George Colby and three spirit guides hiked through the brush and muck of Central Florida until they came across a serene place of rolling hills and ponds. Colby was a spiritualist – someone who communicates with the dead through mediums and séances – and he wanted to establish a spiritualist camp in the South. He found a property and, in 1880, filed a homestead for 74.4 acres with the state of Florida. About 15 years later (there is some confusion on the exact dates), Colby deeded 35 acres of his land to the newly formed Southern Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association.

By Deanna Sheffield/ORLANDO WEEKLY
Thursday, September 6, 2007

SOURCE: OrlandoWeekly.com

This just in from The Washington Post…

Author Dave Eggers Cops $250,000 Heinz Award

Author, philanthropist and literary entrepreneur Dave Eggers has become the youngest person ever to win one of the annual $250,000 awards from the Heinz Family Foundation. Eggers, 37, used earnings from his autobiographical 2000 bestseller "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" to launch 826 Valencia, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center in San Francisco for children ages 6 to 18. Since then, the center has replicated itself in five other cities, with another branch scheduled to open this fall in Boston. "I think of it as a validation of the work that 826 does," a grateful Eggers said in an interview. He said the $250,000 would be split evenly among the seven centers.

By Bob Thompson/Washington Post, Wednesday, September 12, 2007


SOURCE: WashingtonPost.com