Category: Writing
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Dead Bird Movement : TRIOS
Dead Bird Movement : TRIOS On July 27, 2011 I participated in a 24 hour dance event. Local arts incubator Project: Space Available recently held a week-long fundraiser, Five Fingers Fundraiser. There were 5 different events each hosted by a different artist or arts collaborative.They invited Jessie Smith, creator/choreographer/sole intelligence of dance concept Dead Bird…
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The Pink Door
This past April I once again had the pleasure of working with Dead Bird Movement choreographer Jessie Smith. Joining us onstage were Jim Kent and Anne Mathews. Jim’s a dancer and multi-instrumentalist working in Seattle and a wonderful person. Anne and I previously played in The Infernal Noise Brigade; we were the bass drummers for…
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Beyond the Pyramids, the Square
Cairo-based artist and musician Ahmed Basiony died on January 28 from asphyxiation while participating in the successful Egyptian popular uprising. 100radiostation.com has been playing his music continuously ever since. His Vimeo channel has only two documents of his live sound, but it’s interesting stuff (via Dangerous Minds). Disquiet.com offers a small view of his life’s work…
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Review: Losing Control in Soweto
Spoek Mathambo Remember that name. Spoek is a musician and designer in South Africa. His cover of Joy Division’s “She’s Lost Control” came into my world last night via the ever perverse homolandia (NSFW). It’s a beautiful take on an old anthem; both are dismal yet somehow joy inducing. They both make use of minor…
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new island festival… september 2009
A little more than a month ago i was on Governor’s Island; it’s a small dot of land off the coast of Manhattan, perhaps 5 minutes by water taxi. I was there with Seattle theater company ‘Implied Violence’ to perform their latest, ‘The Dorothy K,’ an introductory piece to a longer working that IV principals…