Language Foundry (Cleveland) & KBD

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:00:34 +0000

Toledo Bellows is hosting a house concert this Friday (December 12, 2008) at the Robinwood Concert House in the Old West End of Toledo with a crew of experimental poets, musicians, and sound artists from the Language Foundry (Cleveland) and local hosts KBD.

The evening will feature:

J Guy Laughlin - controlled snare drum feedback and bowed metal
Fluxmonkey - electronic and electroacoustic improv using mostly homebuilt instruments
Jose Luna - strings and electronics
Tom Orange - language, sound, and poetics
J.S. Makkos - sound, language, and poetics
KBD - improvisational sonic manipulation

The evening begins at around 9:30. The event is free and BYOB, but please bring a few bucks to donate to the out of town musicians and poets. The Language Foundry makes their own books, so they’ll probably have some stuff to buy as well.

The Robinwood Concert House is located at: 2564 Robinwood Ave, Toledo OH 43620 (Phone: 419-654-5544)

Flickr Integration…

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:12:13 +0000

So easy. So smooth. So user friendly. So… Flickr. (Or is it?) (It sorta is.)

The danger vacuum sequence from Airplane!

‘Tis the Secor

admin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:06:46 +0000

Come one, come all to the Secor Gallery/Studio in downtown Toledo for the 2008 “‘Tis the Secor” event. KBD will be playing at around 9 pm, but there is music and open studios and galleries all night. The event is free.

From colinhelb.com pictures

The Death of the Hundred Year Old Chair

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:10:15 +0000

Our apartment is very small.
This chair is very large.
The leg fell off.
The cats had destroyed the fabric.
All the same, we thought someone would want it.
Forgetting Veterans’ Day, we put the chair out Thursday night.
No pick-up Friday.
No pick-up Saturday.
Snow on Saturday.
Snow on Sunday.
Monday?

From colinhelb.com pictures

International Toy Video Camera Festival

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:16:31 +0000

From colinhelb.com pictures

Deadline for submissions is March 15, 2009. Get a toy camera and make a movie film…

http://www.toyvideo.blogspot.com/

Don’t have a toy camera, here’s a cheap option: http://www.amazon.com/Jakks-Pacific-60726-EyeClops-Bionic/dp/B000PGRBGA

New KBD album

admin — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 15:05:54 +0000

http://www.archive.org/details/TwoFace

Recorded by Anton Jessberger and compiled for the Fall 2008 Mini Tour, here is TWO FACE by KBD.

01. Battleground State
02. Unbecoming
03. Black Anemones
04. Throwback
05. Trichrotic

All music improvised by M. Kimaid, G. Beam, and C. Helb.
Recorded at the Robinwood Concert House, Toledo, Ohio, September 2008.

The electoral college in my lifetime…

admin — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:37:25 +0000

2008 Obama v. McCain

2004 Bush II v. Kerry

2000 Bush II v. Gore

1996 Clinton v. Dole

1992 Clinton v. Bush I

1988 Bush I v. Dukakis

1984 Reagan v. Mondale

1980 Reagan v. Carter

1976 Carter v. Ford

More pictures from the Fall 2008 Mini-Tour

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:16:09 +0000

(from Mike, more at KBD’s MySpace)

(from C. Randolph C.)

Obama in the Rain

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:01:06 +0000

From colinhelb.com pictures

Spring Gish Film Series Preview

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:02:55 +0000

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