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Back burner research/performance project # 10D-0910.4 has something to do with Fluxus.
That is all for now.
(Does anyone have a few pianos I can “borrow?”)
October, 2008
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Oct 08
More Pseudo-Political Posters
Having far too much work to do, I have been spending far too much time playing on Photoshop. Here are my Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain posters ala the Obama “Change” poster.
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Oct 08
What Would Rollie Fingers Do?
Rollie has his own website too: http://rolliefingerssportsblog.com
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Oct 08
A Return to Reality
The mini tour ended on extreme high notes. Due in part to the hospitality of Soundlab in Buffalo, we were able to leave our equipment in the space over night and pack up leisurely in the morning. So, following our breakfast, during which Mike ran into an old friend randomly on the street (a member of the newly-reformed Earth Crisis), we headed over to Soundlab to pack and prep for our drive. It was a nice quick drive.
We did an early, all-electronic show at Bella Dubby (their coffee is fantastic and the muffin I ate was pretty spectacular as well). Afterwards, we high-tailed it over to The Language Foundry, a pretty amazing non-profit poetry, art, and music, collective run by a guy named Joseph. The show went well, the poetry was wonderful and delivered without pretension, the soup prepared by Jose was inspirational*, and the evening seemed to be endless.
The Language Foundry is a great example of a young and working non-profit. Joseph makes his own books, is really interested in creating an active dialogue between Cleveland and other “forgotten cities” such as New Orleans, and really knows how to make traveling musicians, artists, and writers feel welcome.
* Jose’s soup inspired me to make my own day-long-cooking vat of bean soup (pictured above) in celebration of the autumnal weather outside and as a rather tasty tool of procrastination.
Tomorrow, I work…
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Oct 08
KBD Fall 2008 Mini Tour, Part 4
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We had a beautiful drive from the weird and gross motel we stayed in outside of Bard. We found a diner we liked so much, we ate there twice. Once at 3 am and again at 11 am. Thankfully, we visited during two different shifts and didn’t have the same waitress.
Early fall in upstate New York is something pretty spectacular.
Mike is from Buffalo, so we got a fifty-cent tour of the city as we rolled in.
Soundlab is an old Cheer’s chain bar with great black and white tiles. Nice space.
The guys from Tentet/Octet (old touring buddies of Gabe and Mike) met us and helped us load in and/or ate some dinner with us.
Unfortunately, no one really showed up for the gig. Seriously, like 6 people or so.
Fortunately, we took the opportunity to do a little experimentation within the experimentation.
We decided to try playing with five of us (the three of us and the two from Tentet/Octet) to see what it sounded like. Before we knew it, more than two hours had passed in which we somewhat organically morphed between different configurations of the two bands.
1st: KBD + Tentet/Octet
2nd: KBD
3rd KBD to Tentet/Octet transistion
4th: Tentet/Octet
5th: Tentet/Octet + KBD
6th: different and ever-changing versions of the above, complete with interpretive bar stool tossing and manipulation by Michael the bartender.
Stayed up far too late, crashed at the Tentet/Octet house, and now we slowly make our way to Cleveland for two gigs in one night and the final leg of this Mini Tour.
(added October 29, 2008: the above picture is from the Sonic Circuits Festival in Washington, DC. Taken by Joe Smith)
