The Gardener

SOURCE: iwantsomecouch

StarWarz: In One Act

SOURCE: iRonic Productions Presents, 2007

Twenty-Three Minutes Over Brussels

How do you introduce Alan Vega?

One half of the seminal electronic duo Suicide, Alan Vega was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career as a visual artist, gaining notoriety in the early 70s for his radical light sculptures and through the mid-80s had numerous one-man art exhibitions at OK Harris and the Barbara Gladstone galleries in Manhattan. Also in the early 70s, Vega co-founded a lower Manhattan art & music forum, ‘the Project of Living Artists’ in a large warehouse space in SoHo. It was there he met Martin Rev and together they formed Suicide, whose minimalist music, a fusion of Rev's ominous, repetitive keyboards and Vega's rockabilly snarl, helped paved the way for the electronic artists of the future.

Five years in the making, Vega's tenth solo release, Station, is a blistering statement of intent from a rock'n'roll shaman whose work has always stretched parameters, managing to defy expectations at every turn.

As Vega himself says, “Station represents a kind of culmination point for me. It gathers up many of the elements that have been in my previous work and takes them all the way. In many ways, it's my most truthful record in that I'm now at the age where it’s easier for me to listen to my own heart-beat and act on it creatively.”

'Station' is out now on Mute.

SOURCE: AlanVega.com

Perpetuum Mobile

Einstürzende Neubauten is the first and only band which successfully uses the Internet productively to gather and concentrate activities of their fans from around the world. Einstürzende Neubauten launched their official website www.neubauten.org in 2002, and made it the center of their musical activities. Entire albums are financed by registered Supporters via subscription. The principle is simple: their Supporters buy the next Einstürzende Neubauten album before it’s recorded. With this funding in hand the band has time to work in peace rather than wasting time and energy in endless discussions with record companies about marketing and “brand identity” – irksome intrusions into the artistic process! In return Supporters world-wide have exclusive access to Einstürzende Neubauten’s internal working processes.

New release, Alles Wieder Offen (pronounced: ah-llus vee-der off-en), out now.

Find out more here.

Straight trippin', Boo…

East Village Radio (from 10/19)

Stream the "The Let out" Click here

Download the mp3 for free! Click here

Add the show to your favorite podcasts by pointing your preferred podcast software to:
http://www.eastvillageradio.com/podcasts/2008/68.xml
SOURCE: TheFader.com

Super Dave versus the Vampire

The Ultimate Larry Craig Interview

Last week, Super Dave Osborne conducted the ultimate interview with nosferatu Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) and his wife for the Jimmy Kimmel show. In the best John Stossel manque fashion, Osborne "cuts the crap" and asks the questions American voters want to hear answered, especially the one about whether Craig hawked his wife's body parts on eBay.

SOURCE: Reasontv.com

Tangled up in blue

Police in Orlando Friday (10/19) arrested three employees of the Orlando Weekly on charges of aiding and abetting prostitution. The three worked in the paper's classified section. Police say they were helping the city's escorts and massages parlors write coded ads to attract johns while escaping detection from police.

SOURCE: Reason.com via Orlandoweekly.com

lifeisbeautifulbabe

This made me smile!

SOURCE: Junoswift on Flickr via
YoungLiars blog

Do you belive in GodTube?

It's here!
GodTube.com

Last week the upstart Christian video site, GodTube became the first religious website to offer the hot-ticket social media trinity: user-generated video (à la YouTube), social networking (à la MySpace and Facebook) and live webcasting (à la Stickam.com). GodTube's claim that it has become the most trafficked Christian website on the Internet is trumped only by a second boast: that by the sheer volume of video watched by its users — 1.5 million hours last month — it is now the world's largest broadcaster of Christian video.

SOURCE: LATimes.com via MediaBistro.com

Monster sticker font generator

I-Mockery will generate 1970's monster sticker
versions of any word you care to enter.

GO HERE

Blonde Redhead '23'

Blonde Redhead '23' from the release '23'. Out now on 4AD records.

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