So, here are flyers for 2 of the 3 upcoming Does' that will take place at @theapohadion May 20th, May 30th and June 10th
The first is this coming Wednesday, 5/20 with Rhea Burdick (experimental banjo? Avant folk?), Nick Lawler (electronics), Annie Dodson (cello, et c.) and Dinky Mirage (zaps + froths).
5/30 marks the long awaited return of one of my all time faves, percussionist and composer Matt Weston, with local(ish) support from Kelsey Gallagher (clarinet, electronics), Tristan Gianola (guitar, atmospheres) and me (splat).
6/10 (flyer pending) features THREE out of town acts Water is the Sun and Bubba Fontaine, two experimentalists from Indianapolis, Dennis Sullivan (percussion and electronics, NYC) and local support from Portland free form improv rock supergroup Supernormal!
We'll also once again be hosting a gig outback of the Apohadion on July 4th like we did last year, details still hazy on that one.
I had a dream that this was written on a the wall of a bathroom I had been in more than a thousand times (and will never go in again).
It was written in black paint and not pen, but it looked like this, more or less.
Realizing it was a text score, I started to sing it, just like this.
Feel free to record your own version.
I want to join subvert.fm as many of you have as it sounds great and I'll probably do it regardless of this, but I have to ask: is there a way to turn off the feature that shows the WAV before you play the track? I absolutely hated this feature of Soundcloud (hence my not using it) and have absolutely no idea why someone would ever want to see the WAV of a track BEFORE listening to it. Why would I want to know so much of the plot before diving in?
After a too-long hibernation, the Does series is back with a handful of shows in May and June. The first, on May 20th, will be headlined by experimental banjo builder Rhea Burdick, who'll be joined by local wizards Annie Dodson, Nick Lawler and Dinky Mirage at the Apo!
Alright, for BC Friday, because a handful of you asked, I've decided to share two of the thus far 8 titles in my "Maangthrift" series, which are the tapes I leave in thrift stores and other places where cassettes can be found for free or cheap.
Until now, you've only ever been able to get them if you happened to find them (or if some reseller is selling them, yeah, I see you....), but for (perhaps) today only, I decided to make two of my faves from the series available. Vol. 4 (built entirely from samples of Black Sabbath's "Vol. 4") and "Tiny Dancer 81".
Here's what I wrote about Tiny Dancer 81 back when I shared it in early 2021:
"I'm sure I'm not the only person who tends, when depressed, to listen to music or take in other media that is also depressing. Almost as though you're trying to rip your own wounds open wider so that you have an easier time bleeding whatever ails you out. Or perhaps we're just seeking out relatable content? I don't really know. A strange variation on this that I've occasionally done over the years is to take PART of a depressing bit of music and listen to it on a loop. Such was the case the other night when I made a loop of the first few moments of Elton John's "Tiny Dancer", a song that I do like but is almost too much in its weird poignance and ubiquity. It seems to reoccur for me again and again throughout life when something intense is happening, but the truth is it's probably just almost always playing ambiently somewhere and life is just often intense.
Anyway, after listening to it for about half an hour or so (while working on this collage), I impulsively decided to try the classic maneuver on it of breaking out the tape and laptop loops and layering it upon itself again and again, two layers added every minute or so until I got to 81 layers, naturally rendering the initial loop into a new age pulp and then gradually brought them back down again. I was pretty down at the start, but felt considerably better by the end."
Link, in my stories, or copy from the comments below.
