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2009-06-21T11:30:00.001-05:00

2009-05-18T18:12:00.002-05:00

http://www.ipcny.org/

I have some new shows coming up.

"NEW PRINTS 2009 - PORTRAITS"
IPCNY - JUNE 18TH
526 West 26th Street, # 824, New York, NY 10001

"VOICES 2009"
SEPT. 12TH - OCT 3RD.
Wilmac Properties
1000 Jackson Street warehouse.

"MOST ILL" SOLO SHOW
TROPO MFG. JAN. 10TH, 2010
590-1 W. 2nd Street Pomona CA 91766

2009-05-18T17:46:00.001-05:00

http://www.michelleheyden.com/

On the road again....

2009-05-18T17:35:00.002-05:00

I am heading out tomorrow (late) or wed (early) to California. I will be posting photos and randoms on here, however I will be "roughing it" at KOA's the whole way. I will be traveling with my friend Eddie. Our first stop will be somewhere near or in Nebraska. I am excited to see the pacific coast for the first time. And seeing friends John, Rebecca, Billy, Ben, Ashley, Justin, Jessica, Ty, Matt, Jeremiah and Ingrid. There are going to be good times indeed. Please feel free to SMS or post shit on here. Laters.

Stéphane Vigny

2009-04-29T23:33:00.001-05:00

Easily my new favorite artist.

Stéphane Vigny

http://stephanevigny.free.fr/index.html

2009-04-10T01:30:00.002-05:00

I had never felt before,
like being burnt by neon.
The screams, and hoots,
came from all directions around me.
Now I know. Now I know.
14 black shadows linger nearby.
The wound from that knife is still deep within.
The attacker seemed to have gotten away.
No one in sight.
Not a soul.

I had never been broadsided before,
like being hit for the first time.
Not another. Not again.
And again.

I walk away from the toppled ruins from past existence.

I find a way.

I look at you with sympathy.

I hope for the bests in all.

2009-04-07T15:09:00.000-05:00

2009-04-03T09:39:00.000-05:00

TUESDAY APRIL 28, 2009

Bridgeport Space Crawl/ Opening at Eastern expansion
Multiple locations (see below)
free!

Spaces in Bridgeport are open for a walking /bike riding tour with a new exhibition or performance featured at each space.

Eastern Expansion 244 W 31st St
"Immodest Proposals // Unbescheidene Angebote!!
6pm - 9pm

Photography, drawing and mixed media by artists from Germany and the US.
curated by Anne Lass

Bernice's Tavern 3238 South Halsted Street
9:30 pm
Performance by Cloudmouth (http://www.myspace.com/cloudmouth )

Kaplan's Liquors and Lounge 960 W 31st Street
11 pm
Performance by Lord of the Yum Yum ( http://www.lordoftheyumyum.com )
DJ+J+J

2009-04-03T09:31:00.002-05:00

VERSION>09 IIMMODEST PROPOSALS
April 23 - MAY 2, 2009
Chicago, USA

Projects, Artists, Collaborator, Curators and Participants:

Michael T Rea, H. Mathis, Daan Sampson, Charles Vinz and Ilana Percher, Ken Camden, Thunderhorse, Benjamin Funke, Chris Smith and Joseph Cornell, Jeremy Tubbs, Amanda Walters, Aron Gent, Beth Wiedner and Jim Duignan (the Stockyard Institute), Marissa Perel, Chelsea Culp, Ed and Rachael Marszewski, Space LIC collectiv, Sara Weis, Shelter Corps, Cole Robertson, Molly Roth, JT Rogstad, Sonnenzimmer, Gregory Calvert, Derek Dietrich-Muller, Mark McGinnis / Country Club, Chris Roberson, Steve Walters / Screwball Press, Liz Tapp, Angee Lennard / Spudnik Press, Rebecca Rakstad / No Coast, Emily Clayton, Dan Grzeca, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Jen Farrell / Starshaped Press, Daniel MacAdam / Crosshair, Bill Mackey, Jay Sebastian, Michael Genovese, Gabriel Villa, Dominic Fortunato,Brian Wallace, Amanda Brinkman, Susan Morelock, Lucy Parker, Joel Kuennen, Benjamin Pearson Jared Ray, Maureen Burns, Jorge Mujica,Kathleen Tieri and Wade Tillet, Paul Sargent, Peter Skvara, Martin Morse, Garret Munski, Ena Kumar, Adrianne Goodrich, Anthony Bianco, Theodore Boggs, Eric Siegel, Nick Bahr, Brian Wallace, Dara Benno, Brian O'quinn, Bryan Rautenberg, Ben Noetzel, Au Fait Collective , James Payne, Rachel Boccamazzo, James Ewert, Ron Ewert, Scotty Davis, Justin Goh, Vincent Finazzo, Ellen Kirk, Shelter Corps, Art Shanties, Marissa Perel,Chelsea Culp,Kill Memory Crash, Old Fake, New Canyons,Dave the Lightbulb Man,Stephanie Burke, Elise Goldstein, J+J+J, Lite Polite, Thirne Brandt, Annie Heckman, Lauren Sleat, Karen Voltz , Elizabeth Wade, Erin Whitman, Shannon Benine, Stephanie Burke, Jonathan Gitelson, Mayumi Lake, Kathleen Belew, Jeremiah Chiu, Renata Graw,Windbreaker, Lagrange Point, Albert Stabler and Paul Nudd ($heart), The Benton House, Green Lantern, Alan Moore, Spoke, Antenna, The Space LIC, Reuben Kincaid, Art Shanty Projects, Hui-min Tsen, Marc Arcuri and Ellicott, Joe Baldwin, Laura Miller, Casey Smallwood, Marc Moscato, Hale Ekinci, Michael Coolidge, Andi Sutton and Anne Elizabeth Moore, Grant Newman, Sarah Kenny, Ashly Metcalf, Ray Emerick Studios, Trendbeheer, ChicagoArts, Aaron Delehanty, Jeriah Robert Hildwine, Doug Smithenry, James Jankowiak, Nicholas Schutzenhofer, Pillars and Tongues, Judson Clairborne,Thin Hymns, Jeoren Kuster, Niels Post, Wesley Groves, Robert Konow, Anna Cerniglia, Phil Mulloy, Shoval Zohar, Krisma Music, Magnus Aronson, Waverly Films, Daren Rabinovitch, Mark Osborne, Miranda July and Miguel Arteta, Shoval Zohar, Matthew Silve, Agnes Starczewski and others. Updated soon..

2009-04-01T12:04:00.001-05:00

Chandeliers: Dirty Moves

As denizens of a vibrant and eclectic music scene that hinges around the Shape Shoppe recording space on Chicago’s near South side, Chandeliers hail from the same community that includes the inventive Chi-town entities Icy Demons, Bronze, Killer Whales, Bird Names, and Mahjongg. With their 2008 debut The Thrush, the band introduced audiences to their own brand of keyboard-heavy dance rock -- a sound that twisted and shifted through an array of styles and compelling rhythms and proved that the band had a lot of tricks up its collective sleeve.

While listeners might’ve thought they’d gotten a fix on Chandeliers from what The Thrush had to offer, it now seems that we were only getting small part of the picture. The group’s new “mixtape” release, Dirty Moves, offers an extended look at the multi-faceted creative energy that filters into the group’s music.

Selected from a backlog of practice tapes that span the group’s four-year history, Dirty Moves not only charts the band’s evolution, but also displays their stunning artistic flexibility. Over the course of 33 tracks, we hear Chandeliers digging deep into groove mode, all the while engaging in the sort of open-eared improvisational interplay that fuels the band’s music, as melodic motifs get bounced around and the beat gets taken in unexpected and delightful directions. Over the course of 33 tracks, the group snakes all over the musical map and brilliantly runs through a diverse array of styles. From middle eastern synth-pop to Congotronic clatter, electro and 21st century techno-funk, plus a few slips in cinematic mode and a couple of brief sojourns into celestial realms.

Now available on Cassette and LP via the HBSP-2X label, Dirty Moves reveals the working processes of a group that’s percolating with ideas and restlessly pursuing possibilities. Tight on the one hand and loose on the other, occasionally gritty but consistently crafty -- those are the sort of moves (“dirty” and otherwise) that Chandeliers can call their own.

2009-03-31T08:06:00.001-05:00

TUE21 (9:00pm; Free!)
(@ Sonotheque - 1444 W Chicago) 'Obey Your Brain' featuring:
Benjamin Funke & Glen Stephanie present 'Tape Ops' (DJ set) // Mr. 666 // Royce

2009-03-23T11:16:00.001-05:00

NEW PERVERTS 7" COMING SOON. 6 SONGS THAT WILL MELT YR FACE.
FEATURES TY SEGALL.

NEW ADDITIONS TO HBSP-2X

2009-03-23T11:11:00.002-05:00

THE FEELING OF LOVE - METZ FRANCE

RATAS DEL VATICANO - MONTERREY MEXICO

2009-03-22T16:48:00.000-05:00

b f f e

2009-03-22T16:35:00.002-05:00

band list 032109

mayyors (3 minutes of the set)
ganglians
thee oh sees
fresh and onlys
los llamarada
psychedelic horseshit (2wice)
wavves
no age
real estate
aids wolf
kurt vile
christmas island
fiasco
blank dogs
woods
crystal stilts

032009

ratas del vaticano
pocahaunted
magic lanterns
vivian girls
strange boys
tv ghost
wavves
tyvek

031909

tv ghost
lou barlow
indian jewelry
pre
naked on the vague
ty segall
zola jesus
dead luke
factums
absinthe minds
christmas island
gary war
pink noise
soft circle
abe vigoda

031809

pocahaunted
explode into color
finally punk
splinters
yellow fever
coldplay

031709

thee oh sees
tyvek
fresh and onlys

2009-03-22T16:32:00.000-05:00

los llamarada @ ms. beas

2009-03-22T16:05:00.004-05:00

Saw Psychedelic Horseshit twice yesterday. At music gym and at ms. beas. The performance at ms. beas was one of the most pure and honest displays of music I have ever seen. The songs, all of which were new, were very angry, sarcastic and directed to the audience that stood before them. Of all the bands that I have seen play this week, none seemed as important than what was from this stage. Lyrically his comments were about the current evolution of music and the eventual fall of what was resurged from Columbus apartments due to the rise in lofi/indie popularity in the commercial world. It reminds me of the rise of Nirvana in the 90s and Kurt not wanting to be apart of this current scene of bullshit hipster wannabes. Matt, I see you eye to eye. You are right. Wavves suxx.

2009-03-21T11:56:00.000-05:00

NEW CASSETTE ON HBSP-2X
CHANDELIERS - DIRTY MOVES
EDITION OF 50.
LPS TO FOLLOW.

Street Walking or How Jello NYC Managed To Provide The Slipage.

2009-03-21T11:30:00.002-05:00

6am-arrived at the front door of Kristinas place.
523am-picked up our bicycles at beerland. drunking girl shouting from balcony.
517am-cab from s.congress
516am-running across the street through traffic
515am-said goodbye to the crew. kyle, glen and myself move on.
437am-leave the ninjasonic party.
436am-glen vomits tequila.
435am-glen drinks tequila.
200am-arrive at ninjasonic party. appears to be in an old kmart. free drinks and wild beats.
136am-meet up with glen. hitch ride in a new audi. no idea.
100am-magic lantern(la) kills it with a psychedelic masterpiece.
1230am-pocahaunted wows us again.
1115pm-get booted from hip hop show for using illegal bathrooms.
1000pm-arrive at some bar, hip hop showcase. dont feel like drinking anything anymore.
950pm-leave beerland. strange boys long long set put us to sleep.
700pm-arrive at beerland. tv ghost melts our faces.
650pm- falafel
610pm-bike ride from club 1808 to red river
600pm-proclaim my love for ratas del vaticano
530pm-saw the devil in the eyes of the rats of the vatican.
500pm-left the house for the day.

sent from my peanut butter and blackberry

2009-03-21T11:20:00.002-05:00

best sxsw shows (so far)

1.factums @ beerland
2.tv ghost @ beerland
3.ratas del vaticano @ club 1808
4.magic lanterns @ hideout inn

5.pocahaunted @ ms. beas/hideout inn

heavy contenders for saturday.
los llamarada. mayyors. xyx. thee oh sees.

i would love to see factums again tonight. i will get them to chicago. ratas del vaticano were the jam, too bad they aren't playing anymore shows here.

2009-03-20T12:42:00.002-05:00

Kristina working in the garden box I built.

Ben and Glen at the Ginger Man.

Thee Oh Sees @ Mohawk.

Pocahaunted at Ms. Beas.

Ty Segall at Trailer Space.

ADD REVERB AND PHASER / WAVVES SUCK

2009-03-20T12:00:00.002-05:00

It was another long and hot day yesterday. Many beers consumed in the wake of it all. Kyle and I started our day off at Beerland catching the hotness from the east coasts label, sacred bones. In the course of 5 hours we saw Absinthe mind, zola jesus, dead luke, gary war, pink noise and the one and only FACTUMS. I could go with out seeing any more shows at all after seeing them. I am certainly convinced that they are the best band on the block right now. No one can even touch that live show. Multiple harmonied keys, loud as duck effect ridden guitar, brutal drums and a heavy low end. They played 7 songs and they were all great.

We tried to make it to see Thee Oh Sees, but they had already finished and packed. The then decide to ride up to Club 1808 to see Aids Wolf. In route, bike troubles force us to stop at Trailer Space for a wrench, where I notice the Barbaras from Memphis standing outside and Ty Segall walking through the front door. We stayed. Ty played 5 songs for us and it was fucking great. After Ty finished we said goodbye for now and moved on. Club 1808 is in the fucking hood. This was the best venue though. This amazing dude was selling pork chop sandwiches for 3 bucks, which no one was buying. So I bought one. It was awesome. He didn't know why people were paying 6 dollars for vegan wraps, let alone what "it" was. I gave him the reciept and a tall boy. We stayed from the british band PRE. And left shortly after.

Landed at Ms. Beas again. TV Ghost was playing. Nicole, Stephanie and KC from Five Star stopped in and loured us to Red 7 to see Soft Circle, Abe Vigoda and Mika Miko. It cost 10 bucks, it sucked balls, and we left for none lame shit. From there we walked across town to another bust. Ballet Austin, no booze. From there we left for the Conteniental Club for a beer then split back to Ms. Beas for the 4am acoustic show. Vivian Girls were very good. Wavvvves sucked balls. All hype. Met Anni Rossi there. Rode home with Glen on the handle bars of the cruiser. Destroyed leftover indian food, broke a mug and passed out. - wacka wacka.

EPIC Days

2009-03-19T12:18:00.002-05:00

So, Tuesday was crazy. We woke up early, ran to K's studio, went to home depot, bought some lumber and baked in the hot hot sun. I built Kristina a garden box, which took almost no time, looks rad and is now filled with many delicious herbs. Around 3 we decided to head to the Ginger Man, an Irish bar on st patties day. We met up with totally sweet dude Josh and his son Fred. Josh was in the UT MFA program and i met him the last time I was in town. Anyway, bad bad band, English Teeth. Great name, shitty music. But whatevers, the guinness was flowing, and all was well in the world. Headed to Best Wurst after for some totally sweet Bratwursts. Then met up with Konway and his wife at Love Joys for more drinks. After getting faded, we traveled to Mohawks to meet up with John, Bridgid, Petey, Mike, Ty Segall, and BLH. The Fresh and Only's totally fucking ripped it. Think what you will about the recording, this band is the shit. And they have a new record out. Speaking of new records, Thee Oh Sees Help was on their merch table. Pink wax too. The kicked ass, played lots of new shit. Spent the night hanging with that crew, went to some crazy house party, and woke up on the floor of TOC's house.

Wed. - Woke up early, on the floor. No phone. No watch. And no idea where i was. Went to the airport to meet Kyle and head back to Kristina's for a nap and a recharge. Kyle and I went back to the Mohawk to pick up the bikes and headed to Ms. Beas for totally rad BBQ, and great jams. Pocahaunted was the shit. Knowing what lied ahead for us, we make a conscious decision to take it easy. Which translates to, more beer, free shows, lots of walking. Nothing much to mention of really, we did end up driving out to the end of the earth to a Red Bull Party, but it was RSVP only. Fuckers. We slept instead.

Thursday - Sacred Bones.

2009-03-17T12:42:00.002-05:00

Glen @ Long Branch Inn Jukebox (Alice Cooper, Gang of Four)

Tag on Long Branch Inn.

Long Branch Inn Interior

Kristina in her Kitchen

Outside Rio Rita's

2009-03-17T11:33:00.005-05:00

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I am officially in TX now. It is 11am. It is 73 degrees outside. Had a whirlwind day yesterday. I arrived around 4pm. Kristina picked me up and we immediately went to home slice pizza for a ricotta, spinach, tomato basil pizza and a pitcher of Amber Ale. Best pizza in Austin, hands down. Apparently they close this place one week a year, and fly all, ALL, the staff to NYC to do research on NY style pizza. (The pie was also great at 230am.) After working on a few things at the Sculpture Lab at UT we took a short nap. Drank a few Lone Stars, went to a head shop and Wheatsville for groceries. Picked up Glen at the airport around ten. And was pulled over by the Texas State Police around 10:05. Apparently Kristina's registration had expired, and she wouldn't tell us exactly why she was freaking out so bad. She did get away with only a warning, surprisingly. When then ran to the Elephant Room to see some standard jazz and meet with Ryan and Natasha. We left after one beer. Downtown was already packed to the brim. We opted for Rio Rita's, an east side bar that had killer Bloody Mary's. Great place. Totally hip dive, old furniture reminds me of friends basements. They also serve pizza. I wish Chicago had ONE place like this. Austin seems to have hundreds. On the way out, The Long Branch Inn calls us. We stop in for a night cap, and I totally slayed people in pool, which if you know me at all, it is a total fluke.

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