An Evening of Experiments 5/24/13
The Studio, 50 Canal St., Laconia NH
Friday – 6pm
An evening of sonic compositions built on Fluxus theory, featuring:
Unpopular Scientists:
Reed Altemus – prepared lap steel guitar
Josh Ronson – guitar, clarinet
birdorgan:
Marc Bisson – guitar
Walter Wright – electronics, Honeytone
Dei Xhrist – voice, electronics
Fluxus or Bustus 5/23/13
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St., Lowell MA
Thursday – 8pm
An evening of sonic compositions built on Fluxus theory, featuring:
Laurie Amat – solo voice [San Francisco CA]
Unpopular Scientists:
Reed Altemus – prepared lap steel guitar
Josh Ronson – guitar, clarinet
birdorgan 1: [NH/MA]
Marc Bisson – guitar
Walter Wright – electronics, Honeytone
birdorgan 2:
Dei Xhrist – voice, electronics
Mike Funaiole – analog synth
Steve Norton – reeds, electronics, percussion, Honeytone
The Sssssound of Mill City
A couple years ago, Abe Taber created a comp of the various bands in the region who help define the sounds of our times. Warble on over to download Friends.
2nd Annual New England Music Awards pre-party 4/12/13
119 Gallery
Lowell MA
The main event was hosted at UnchARTed, but 119 stepped up to showcase other New England performers; Empty Phrases (Ben Raymon, Evan Walters, Andrew Denni, and Justin Cole), Inspector 34 (Jimm Warren), and Birdorgan.
I was upstairs, and when I recognized Marc’s Gretsch, I ran down to complete my set up during their warm up. I recently switched my gear from the heavy wood box to a svelt Samsonite suitcase courtesy of Eric Sack and Felicia Sullivan.
2K Joe Brown is proud to say that his recently acquired recorder did a surprisingly nice job capturing the set, despite the inherent echo of the space and the obscene volumes attained.
Rawk Scronk & Mahem 3/29/13
119 Gallery
Big Plastic Finger [Brooklyn NY]
Bonnie Kane – saxophone, flute, electronics
Brian McCorkle – bass, vocals, electronics
Scott Prato – electric guitar, electronics
Mark McClemens – drums
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Guerilla Toss [Bahstahn]
Kassie Carlson – vocals
Arian Shafiee – guitar
Ian Kovac – synthesizer
Simon Hanes – bass
Peter Negroponte – drums, triggered electronics
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Big Mess [Lowell]
Nicholas Wiedeman – guitar
Olivia Close – bass
Nicholas Egersheim – drums
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Los Condenados [Infierno]
Andrea Pensado – laptop, vocals
Jules Vasylenko – bamboozle, saxobone
Walter Wright – electroneeks
“The best effing band in the whole effing world!” ~ ARKM Foam & Mark Johnson, Bang! Bros
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birdorgan [Manchester, Lowell]
Marc Bisson – guitar
Dei Xhrist – voice, electronics
Michael F Dailey Jr – voice, drums, general mayhem
Mike Funaiole – analog synth
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Secret Admirer: [dropins]
Valerie Kuehne – cello
Esther Neff – performance
Phog Masheen 3/15/13
Photo of Phog Masheeen by OCNoise
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St., Lowell MA
Phog Masheeen (Mark Soden and Bill Almas from Costa Mesa, California) use home-brew instruments, common objects, live-mix video, and extended techniques involving dry ice to create a sonic environment that is part Jules Verne submersible, part unbalanced washing machine on the spin cycle. That’s right – dry ice. AND the heating element from an E-Z Bake Oven.
http://phogmasheeen.blogspot.com/
BiRdOrGaN features Dei Xhrist (voice), Marc Bisson (guitar), Mike Funaiole (analog synth), Michael Dailey (voice, drums, general mayhem) with live video projection by Gregory Kowalski.
Sponsored by Lunar Plexus
Vanessa Lefabvre was kind enough to record; five will get you ten that it will be on the 2013 Birdorgan CD.
X-Fest 2013
The region’s biggest and most challenging showcase of local talent, X-Fest draws on the network of musicians who have graced 119 Gallery. They are thrown willy-nilly in to impromptu trios and quartets, preferably in first time combinations, to challenge their ability to improvise and adapt. This is on top of whatever equipment and wardrobe failures that are inherent at any festival. While the event is free (this year, the gallery received a grant to help things along), some performers travel from several states away to couch surf and sell/trade their wares, and food is donated by local performers and friends. Help out by being here, opening your ears, and throwing some money around.
Cancellations and swaps are not listed here.
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 22
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St, Lowell MA
- 8:00pm Lou Cohen – laptop, Abdul Hamid Sherzai – electronics; Chris Welcome – guitar; Matt Weston – drums
- 8:30pm Mark Johnson – electronics; Dirk Adams – voice, electronics; Chester Hawkins – electronics; Dave Grollman – snare drum
- 9:00pm Mike Funaiole – analog synth; Forbes Graham – trumpet; Nikola Ragusa – flute; Dave Scanlon – guitar; Luther Gray- drums
- 9:30pm Jill Burton – voice; Co – laptop; Andy Allen – sax; Tom Hall – sax; Mitch Ahern – homebrew instruments
- 10:00pm Joey Molinaro – violin; Ras Moshe – sax, flute; Kevin Frenette – guitar; Ryan Baker – toys; Evan Lipson – upright bass
- 10:30pm Dustin Carlson – guitar; James Ham – synthesizer; Shayna Dulberger – upright bass, electronics; Jane Boxall-Allen – drums
- 11:00pm Stephanie Lak – voice, electronics; Emilie Mouchous – electronics; Olivia Close – bass; fleisenberg – drums
- 11:30pm Tom Hamilton – electronics; Erik Brown – electronics; Marc Bisson – guitar; Rick Breault – laptop; Bob Hubbard – drums
- 12:00am Bonnie Kane – sax, flute; Jesse Collins – trumpet; Lou Bunk – styrofoamophone; Valerie Kuehne – cello; Michael F Dailey Jr – drums
- 12:30am ARKM Foam – himself; Amelie Brodeur – flute; Jimmy Hughes – analog synth; Joe Brown – bass; Dave Miller – drums
Movement by Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Joe Burgio and Andrew Duncan. Live video projection by Katherine Liberovskya, Gregory Kowalski and Emile Tobenfeld. Between sets DJs DA and Robo Rob.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 23
UnchARTed, 66 Merrimack St., Lowell MA: noon to 5pm
- 12:00pm Brunch, provided with help from The Sock Hop.
- 1:30pm Fluxus Performance: Id m Theftable, Crank Sturgeon
- 2:00pm Local Poets: Mira Allen, Peter Eliopolis, Michael Hoerman, and Dave Robinson with Rick Breault – laptop; Stephanie Lak – voice, electronics; Walter Wright – drums + Joe Burgio, Paul Kafka-Gibbons and Gordon Marshall with Joshua Jefferson – saxes; fleisenberg – drums
- 3:00pm Visiting Poets: Steve Dalichinsky with Ras Moshe – flute, sax; Dustin Carlson – guitar; Evan Lipson- upright bass; Bob Hubbard – drums + Yuko Otomo with Shayna Dulberger – upright bass
- 4:00pm Apocalypso: Joe Burgio – movement; Shayna Dulberger – upright bass, electronics; Chris Welcome – guitar; Walter Wright – electronics
- 4:30pm Jack Wright Group: Jack Wright – sax; Ron Stabinsky – piano; Ben Wright – upright bass; Johnny McLellan – drums
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St, Lowell MA
- 6:00pm Doors open at 119 Gallery
- 8:00pm Emilie Mouchous – electronics; Jed Speare – laptop; Ellen Band – laptop; Dave Miller – drums
- 8:30pm Co – laptop; Kate Lee – guitar; Shayna Dulberger – upright bass, electronics; Setheyny Loueb-Pen – drums
- 9:00pm Jill Burton – voice; Andrew Neumann – laptop; Keiichi Hashimoto – trumpet; Steve Norton – reeds; Dave Grollman – snare drum
- 9:30pm Chester Hawkins – electronics; open slot; Andrea Pensado – laptop; Peter Negroponte – drums
- 10:00pm Bonnie Kane – sax, flute; Angela Sawyer – voice, objects; Dave Seidel – electronics; Evan Lipson – upright bass; Matt Weston drums
- 10:30pm Ras Moshe – sax, flute; Nikola Ragusa – flute; Matt Samolis – flute; Abram Taber – bass; open slot
- 11:00pm Valerie Kuehne – voice, cello; Stephanie Lak – voice, electronics; Dei Xhrist – voice electronics; Crank Sturgeon – himself; Heather Noeker – whatever is appropriate
- 11:30pm Todd Brunel – clarinet; Joshua Jefferson – saxes; Dustin Carlson – guitar; Christos Koulendos – electronics; Jeffu Warmouth – drums
- 12:00am Amelie Brodeur – flute; Junko Fujiwara – cello; Joey Molinaro – violin; Jingjing Zhou – piano; Zach Root – bass guitar; Anthony Richards – drums
- 12:30am Id m Theftable – himself; Dave Scanlon – guitar; Chris Welcome – guitar; Eric Stewart – guitar; Bob Hubbard – drums
Movement by Claire Elizabeth Barratt, Joe Burgio and Paul Kafka-Gibbons. Live video projection by Katherine Liberovskya, HEXbeam and Gregory Kowalski. Between sets DJs DA and Robo Rob.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24
LTC (Lowell Telecommunications Corp), 246 Market St, Lowell MA
Our extended family of New England noise makers.
- 12:00pm Brunch
- 2:00pm BiRdOrGaN: Marc Bisson – guitar; dei xhrist – vocals, electronics; Mike Funaiole – analog synth; Gregory Kowalski – live video; Michael F Dailey Jr – drums (oo look, a viddy care of Studio @!)
- 2:45pm Steamfunk: Junko Fujiwara – cello; Stephanie Lak – voice, electronics; Andrea Pensado – voice, laptop; Angela Sawyer – voice, objects
- 3:30pm Conjoined Twins + 1: Crank Sturgeon joined with Id m Theftable + Steve Norton – reeds, toy piano, electronics, percussion and celesta
- 4:15pm O-AM: ARKM Foam – himself; Stephanie Lak – voice, electronics; Walter Wright – electronics, drums
- 5:00pm Guerilla Toss: Kassie Carlson – vocals; Ian Kovac – synthesizer; Peter Negroponte – electronic drum kit; Simon Hanes – bass; Arian Shafiee – guitar
Nude Ears Heave
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St Lowell MA
Monday, Dec 31, 2012
Crank Sturgeon presents a panoply of tomfoolery.
Id m Theft Able + Andrew Eisenberg + Dirk + Wei Zongle + BiRdOrGaN complete with the GiBlEtS + Bats from Pogo [Andrea Pensado + Walter Wright]
(Walter Wright, Mike Fun, Mike Dailey Jr, Dei Xhrist taped by Rat Bastard)
After Midnight bike ride, weather and sobriety permitting
DJ DA aka Dan Adam and VJ Gregory Kowalski
Scene from 12/31/11, when everyone joined the Crank Sturgeon backup band:
Scooby Snacks Psych Night with DJ Acid Trip
Tuesday December 18
All Asia Café
Cambridge MA
9PM
Cover
Every time Birdorgan plays a bar, we annoy the hipsters and blow the minds of the hippest.
Since this was a “school nite”, Bisson, Fun, and Xhrist did not play but Dailey Jr and Gilbert Gandia DID.
Labor Day at The Mansion
Chailey Mansion
Newburyport MA
Prepare the grey poupon, garcon, it is to the mansion we must retire.
Id M Theft Able – croquette beard and hula hoop
BiRdOrGaN – prog rock, flying drums
Grau Garten – grog rock, phone sex
Dave Seidel – bear bells, bumblebee drones
One-Armed Mist – alien landscaping
Flandrew Fleisenberg – beat downs in the gaze-bo with chromatic amazements by Greg Kowalski
The players took advantage of the grounds and performed in the gazebo, on the front lawn, and in the ballroom, with frequent visits to the kitchen for even more food and some delightful sangria. Did you know that washing dishes wakes you up? The next morning, we went to the beach and exposed our pallid flesh to the sand and sky.
unchARTed
66 Merrimack St., Lowell MA
Friday, Aug 31, 7PM
birdorgan on a friday. what a way to get your labor on.
FOOD! sponsored by lucky leaf salad farm and jenny b; veggies, cheese, crackers, pickles, kimchi, salsa, jam… BYOB
9pm- 1am
WRIGHT/DAILEY DUO- wizard blues
THE ABSTRACT TRUTH- jazz punk
BIRDORGAN – power soul
DJ DA- old school hip hop and funk
Video by Greg Kowalski and Eric Sack
Frantasia Festival 2012
the flag, it flies
9th Annual Frantasia Festival of Out Music and Arts
August 22, 23, 24, 25 – 2012
The Dailey recap: Crazy great weekend starting with Frantasia Festival of Out Music & Arts…Percy and Mikey officially are what we call bird organ donors…they kicked off our friday set and did really great….percy on slide guitar and mikey on keys and vox …. second night of frantasia we closed the night by playing outside in the parking lot of the venue….its was an all acoustic set very gentle (for the most part) i got to drag my drums around and a bowl of water while Dei Xhrist played her giant sheet of plastic while she cooed and Marc Bisson strummed guitar and Mike Funaiole rolled into the middle of our set on a furniture dolly….super surreal ending to another epic frantasia…..mannnnny thanks to Fran Szostek and everyone one else involved.
Woodstock IV
4th Annual ‘Whitehaus’ ‘Weirdstock’ and 4th ever ‘WOODSTOCK’! …(’69, ’94, ’99, ’12!)
Boston Common, Boston MA
Saturday 10AM August 18 – Sunday August 19All Acoustic and battery operated
Free
Witehause Family Record sez:
THERE WILL BE MANY NON-STAGES, MAPS TO FIND PERFORMERS, SCHEDULES, LISTS OF ACTS, IF YOU WANNA PLAY GET IN TOUCH. FLOCKUPY TO WOODSTOCK FOUR NOW! All proceeds from ticket sales of $0 will benefit “No Money” Mike Connolly’s run for state rep in Somerville! — for more info on his campaign visit http://www.nomoneyconnolly.org
The 14 minute set at 7PM at the founders monument had Marc on a First Act acoustic, contact mic, and Honeytone; Mike F on a floor tom and scuffing about on some cymbals, and Mike F with one of those cardboard tubes with a spring sticking, and I waved a length of PVC tubing with The World’s Loudest Sheet of Plastic taped to it like a nihilistic flag. We then wobble-wobbled some plastic sheets which shattered out a billion pieces of transparent shards.
In the audience were a couple of French working on a documentary about music, art, and the joy artists derive from their work. We did a circular interview with the filmographer while the cameraman struggled with her fading power supply.
Scheduled acts (cancellations and reschedules not accounted for):
kREW (MN/ME/NY/MA) – {sat nite}
27 Prophets (CT) – {sun}
Abortus Fever
Abram Taber – {daylite}
A. Campbell Payne
ACLU Benefit
Adrian Sympson
Adventures of Boxhead
Alien Moon Partnership
Amygdala
Andrea Pensado
Andrew Mello
Anthro Rex – {sunday morning}
Anus Morrisette
Arkm Foam
Arvid Noe
Banjo Assault
BATHAUS + Zilla
Beau Alessi (NY) {sunday}
Becoming Animals
Baylies Band
Beloved Wife and Psycho – {some daylite}
Ben Hersey
BFPSP
birdorgan – {saturday}
Black Wampum – {sat, + h&p}
Blue Dress
Bodydrama
Brad Henkel (NY)
B Law
Brendan Lawlor
Bright Red Reason
Brook Pridemore (NY)
Buckminster (NY)
Camp Hope
Cancer Killing Gemini
Casey Rocheteau
Cauzamos and The Family Band
Cave Bears (ME)
Charlotte Huffman – {sunday}
Chris Crettela (CT)
Chris Kazarian
Chris North
Chris Wilson
Christopher Strunk
Cinder Track
Codeine Schoolboy
Con Tex
Cotton Candy
Crank Sturgeon (ME)
Crashing Cars
The Craters
Crowley Ladin
Cuddle Formation – {around lil spoon}
Daniel Harris – {sun afternoon}
Dann Lawrence
Dark Beach (ex-Manners) (ME)
Dark Rodeo
Dawn Fauna – {sunday}
Degan
Deth West
The Diamond Mines
The DIfference Engine
Dinnersss
Dois Apsaras (Melissa Huser and Pampi) – {sat}
Dom LaColla
Eddy Luis Martinez IV
Eggs, Eggs
Elijah Wyman
Empty Phrases – {near g toss/bludress/zookpprs}
Erich Haygun
The Eskalators (NY)
Eskimeaux
Ethan T. Parcel
Fifth Nation – {sat 1pm w/ Little War Twins}
Filthiest Nation (NY)
Fixtures – {sunday afternoon}
Foom
Forbes Graham
Forest Wizard
Friendship Ceremonies
The Full Moon
Gang Clan Mafia – {sun after 5}
Ghost in Salad
Glenn Furman
Gmackrr (QC)
Goodman Brown
Gordon Marshall
Gracious Calamity – {Sunday}
The Great Valley (VT)
Greg Mullen and The Cosmic American Band (TX)
Guerilla Toss
Gypsy Joint
Happy Jawbone Family Band – {sat eve, not too late}
Happy Lives – {saturday}
Harry and The Potters – {saturday 30min}
Hello Shark
Hot Tub Panorama
Howdy, Cindy (PA)
Hunnie Bunnies
Hurricanes of Love (USA)
Hyena – {saturday}
Hypnic Jerk – {sunday}
i dm theft able
Illlich
Inspector 34
International Flute Army
In tub tune pump tropicamide in tastebreaker tribute pose
i-o-a
Jacob Mashak
Jack & Yoda (GA)
James Irwin (QC)
Jared Paul (RI)
Jason Belcher
Jeff Balter
Jeff Young (NY)
Jeremy Quick Trio
Jesse and The Hogg Brothers
Jesse Kaminsky
Joaquin Goldstein (PERU!)
Joey Molinaro (NY) – {sat}
Josh Burkett
Junko Fujiwara
Kal Marks
Kellzo
Kendy Gable (NY) – {sun eve}
KC Solaris
Knight Howls
Lady Pilot
Landis Zehrung (PA) – {sat}
Lemon Kid (NY)
Leonard Cokhen - {5hr set! opposite day as ryan krause}
Libras of Sound
The Lilt – {nxt 2 western education}
Limbs Bin
Lite Mayo Band
Little Emperor – {sat}
Little Spoon – {sat}
Little War Twins – {sat 1pm w/ fifth nation}
Liv Carrow
Liz Roncka
Low Charge
Lowman – {sat 2pm}
L.R.A.D
Lung Pit
Make It Up
Mammox
Manaia (Jen Strickland)
Many Mansions (NY)
Matt Alvis
Matt Ress
MBTA
Meaner Pencil (NE)
Metal Tiger
Mia Friedman – {saturday}
Michael Bloom
Michael Collins (FL)
Michael Richarde
Michael Rosenstein
Middle Kingdom
Mixed Feelings
Mobtet
Moniker
Moonbeam Fellowship
Morgan Evans-Weiler
Most Bitter
Motel Mattress
Mountainshark
Mr. Transylvania
Munson
N JETTY M w/ Brooke Herr and Weston Minissali (NY) – {sat}
Nathan Ventura
NATURAL MAGIC
The Needy Visions – {sunday nite}
(New England) Patriots
Nick Janowicz
The Nimbleines
No Mayo (PA)
Not Art
nue collective
Obsidian Helix
Of The Sun
Olde Men on Acid
Olden Yolk – {sunday}
Olivia
Omnivore (RI)
One Armed Mist
Onslo
Orion Russell
The Over Easies – {after 6 sat}
Pancho the Kidd – {sunday}
Panterrified
Paul Lew from CaptainSolo’s JazzPunkTrio
Peaceman and the Firedancers
Peace, Loving
Pelvis McGillicuddy
Plake (MD)
Planets Around the Sun (USA)
Preggy Peggy and The Lazy Babymakers
Prehistoric Horse (NY)
Quilt – {sunday}
Rainbow Road – {saturday}
Ray Brown (NY) – {Sunday}
Rayvon Browne (NY) – {sunday}
Retribution Body
Richochet
Rick Berlin
Rythmic Cypher (ME) – {sat early eve, 30min}
Ronnie Nordac
Rusty Things (CT)
Ryan Krause
Sam Gas Can
Sam Sowyrda (NY)
Samuel Holland – {befor2sat or after5sun}
Sara June
Saralee
School For Robots – {sat early}
Shai
Shane Hall
Sister Mary (RI)
Sisters of The Moon
Skinny Vinny
Slim & Silver
Slothrust
Smarty
Soft White Three Way
Something About Horses
Speaker For The Dead
Spelt Melk
Spiceraq Group
Stainless
Streight Angular
Steve Arceri (TX)
Steve Norton
Sweatshop – {sunday}
Taylor Richardson (NY)
Teaadora Nikolova (IL)
Tendrills (MD) – {same day as plake}
Thadd Comstock – {early}
The Rupert Selection – {Saturday}
TIMEHEATER
Time Solo
Timworld
Tony Gwynn Stefani
Tounge Oven
Tuck Son (PA) – {sat w/ landis}
Tud
Turtlecat Symphony
Uncle Tone
Underwater Bear Ballet
Uniami as Ether 5 Star Dome
Vanzetti
Vic Rawlings – {4hr set!}
Vegans – {later sunday}
Vehement Caress
Walter Wright
We Love You
Western Education – {sat 7-8pm}
The Wicked
witch wolf
WOOLFMAYN
Xiphoid Dementia
Yesterday’s Jam (ON)
Yop 40
Zach Phillips – {same day as happy jawbone}
ZEBU/NO SOUND
The Zookeepers
Zympht
And here’s the Boston.com and the Globe bits.
Firework Pants :: A Mighty Blow-Out Fest
12:00pm – Triple Grill BBQ (alley way)
Performances (mostly inside) – $3-5 donation
5:00pm – Jasper Som, solo guitar, vocals
5:45pm – birdorgan, post DADA, postmodern, postage due performance art running amok.
6:30pm – Disembodied Poetics, bigband poetry, last show evveerr !!!
7:15pm – Aber Taber, multi-instrumentalist, one-man band hootenanny
8:00pm – bodydrama, butoh inspired movement with sound reinforcement!
8:45pm – O-AM [One-Armed Mist], iconoclastic plastic inedible, last show evvaahh ???
p:30pm – Rabbit Rabbit, German pop / Surf / Zouk ???
10:15pm – Id m Theft Able, “so funky he makes you cranky.”
11:00pm – Home Body, Haley & Eric enjoy fireworks, lightning, and pom-poms.
119 Gallery Anthology Benefit CD
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St., Lowell
A CD release party featuring local bands who played in the echo-y room of 119 in the past year or so. This CD introduces Birdorgan’s Very First Studio Recording. Regulars complimented us on the fact that I was audible. Lauds to Sinbusters, who sound great when they’re not turned up to 12.
Thursday May 3
Abram Taber
Bella Birds
Disembodied Poetics
Idle Wounds
Stop Touching The Corner
Old Grey
Los Bungalitos
Friday May 4
birdorgan
Jasper Som
O-AM (One-Armed Mist)
Sinbusters
FRIENDSHIP
Big Mess
Nenakata
The Big Sway
Production Abram Taber, poster & CD cover Stephanie Lak.
Thanks to event sponsor Blue Hills Brewery for donating some of their fine product to make the event extra tasty.
119 Anthology
119 Gallery, 119 Chelmsford St., Lowell MA
Thursday May 3, 7pm
$10 gets you a CD & a beer
Tentative lineup:
Jasper Som
Abram Taber
Bella Birds
Disembodied Poetics
Ichorous
Stop Touching The Corner
Old Grey
Los Bungalitos
Friday May 4, 7pm
$10 gets you a CD & a beer
O-AM (One-Armed Mist)
birdorgan
Nenakata
FRIENDSHIP
Big Mess
Sinbusters
New Highway Hymnal
The Big Sway
The Studio Track
Considering that birdorgan’s audio bon mots on First Reenactment of the Fifth and One-Halfth Defenestration of Prog are sound checks, we’ve taken a dramatic technical departure to record a track for Abe Taber’s upcoming CD benefit for 119 Gallery.
That means, it’s a studio track. While I thank Norman A Lariviere for tolerating us in his studio, man am I glad I took up knitting.
Mike F/Impossible Sound had his way with it, and thus Kummerspeck. Unfortunately I don’t have the ability to plunk audio here.
The OBE Show
Milly’s Tavern, 500 Commercial Street, Manchester NH
The OBE Show (Out of Body Experience) is an art and music afternoon that is open to all ages. As the birdorgan policy is a one way deal, I’ve never been to one of these events, and the only time’ I’ve been to Milly’s was during the 2008 Kucinich election watch. Not that I helped with the campaign – Vermin Supreme was running on the Republican ticket that year, and you couldn’t get near the Rodham-Clinton or Obama parties.
Lot of info going on here.
Songs for a song
March 16, 2012
The House of Goings-On, Manchester NH
Doors at 7
$5+ for the travelers
Hello Kath; I have an event for you to post on Goodgood.
Event title: Songs for a song
Location: House of Goings-On, 301 Laurel Street, Manchester
Date and time: March 16, 2012; 7PM potluck, 8PM music
Cost: $5+ suggested donation
Cellist Valerie Keuhne of Brooklyn is an electrically charged virtuoso of all purpose cello. Dynamic performer, fearless improviser, songwriter, vocalist, and classically trained connoisseur of Bach and Britten, Valerie devotes formidable heart, intellect, creativity, and time to cross-pollinating sundry genres. Armed with finesse, Valerie is impressively present on stage, rendering poignant punctuations of changeable emotional weather. In any setting, her instrument aches with human implications and fiendish alien fuel. Her tour up the coast brings new, shorter compositions in short song structure to smaller venues offering an immersive listening experience.
Joining Valerie is Clara Engle, a soloist whose “voice comes… from that deepest of all places, imaginative space, from which she visually retrieves an inner landscape converted by breath into the rock equivalent of poetry. Rarely has a voice sounded so authoritative, so unapologetic in its disclosures, so sure of its direction in going home into song.” (Jeremy Reed).
Rounding out the evening will be Steve Norton, a musician with a long and colorful history woven through the Boston improvisation scene; video artist Greg Kowalski; and Marc Bisson, Mike Dailey Jr., Mike Fun, and dei xhrist of Birdorgan.
- Yes, what I was drawing during X-Fest
