Synth Fun

Nice show at Enemy last night:

- Face Worker (Brett [Slave Trade] from Druids of Huge) playing Wierd-worthy analog synth patterns through my old Korg MS-10... nice to see/hear it put to very good use!

- Jenni Graf of Metalux and Harrius playing some odd circuit bent thing -- very synthy -- and guitar -- and singing

- Outer Space - from Cleveland (John from Emeralds - Delina - Ralph H. [!]) on, like, two Korg MS-20s, an MS-10, sequencers, etc. Full-force progressive synth with emerging shoegazer vocals... massive-sounding waves of space dust... Makes up for Emeralds cancelling tonight's Empty Bottle show...

- Tanked - from Cleveland (members of Relentless Corpse, Skin Graft, ex-Jerk, etc.) -- Tough as nails noise rock with the emphasis on noise - and on talcum powder. Enemy never smelled better. Pummeling. Brutal.

- Ratatosk - formerly the jazz duo of Jason Soliday and Ben Billington -- Ben has uped the ante by launching into a side carreer of electronics and mic'ed up metal junk. Who knew? They are still a jazzed-up unit, especially when Ben shifts gears and jumps behind his drum kit. heavily disorienting, electro-acoustic noise burst what-the-fuck style...

Wierd Family Gathering

Le Barricou, Brooklyn, NY, November 22, 2008


(Photo courtesy of Robert Anthony)

Status - 12/4

- I just made a run to a local Post Office, so all outstanding packages (mail-order, Discogs, distro) are now in the mail. I know that some things are waiting for me at my P.O. box and I will try to make a trip down there ASAP

Hard to Find BLOODYMINDED

As people have been asking about the temporarily out-of-print BLOODYMINDED CDs - "Gift Givers" and "Magnetism" - please check with Self Abuse, as Patrick seems to have copies available...

Images from the Underground

Super Eight Loop activity... in a blur...

Awake

Practice with the band with no name was suspended last night, so Maestro SRS and I went to see Akron/Family at AV-aerie. It was interesting to see them separated from the Angels of Light situation. A bit more pastoral, maybe, but weird as always. It was a fun show... nice to run into lots of friends, including some folks I have not seen in ages.

S8L Mode

I am deep in Super Eight Loop territory as I deal with some glitches in the system and work my way through to the final few masters...

The Fortieth Day + Sshe Retina Stimulants - Redux

Private Tea Ceremony
December 1, 2008
Chicago, Illinois




(Photo by NG5361)

BloodLust! December 2008 Update

The BloodLust! December 2008 Update has been sent to the mailing list and it has been posted on the catalog page

http://bloodlustcatalog.blogspot.com/

Boris / SRS

The ultra-busy holiday weekend continues... I accompanied Maestro Sshe Retina Stimulants to Boris last night at the Empty Bottle. It was a popular, sold out show but it left me as non-committal about that band, as ever. I remember enjoying "Absolute Ego" when it first came out in the USA but I have been iffy about them ever since. They had so much amp power onstage -- almost Jucifer-esque, visually -- so when the slow and heavy songs really kicked in, the venue seemed to skake at its foundation... Those tracks were pretty outstanding. But the faster, straight ahead (garage) rock songs were pretty generic to me. Clouds were terrible -- and I had flashbacks to a god awful Cave In show at the Fireside Bowl years ago... I definitely enjoyed Poison Arrows. They made me miss Atombombpocketknife, as they retain certain aspects of ABPK's sound... maybe mixed with a bit of Girls vs Boys (or dare I say New Wet Kojak?). All in all, a fun night out.

NG5361 and I made a Kuma's run tonight to keep the theme going... Now I am looking forward to laying the new SRS LP on the turntable...