a quiet night at the 3030. played with kent kessler's quartet - he plays the bass, fred lonberg hom plays cello, jeb bishop plays trombone and i play alto and clarinet. it's a nice group. the only time we had played before was at the empty bottle festival of improvised music back in the spring - i think the best thing about the group is the improvising - though i also think that sometimes the improvising was a bit hurried, trying to get to another spot quickly instead of lingering in certain places. but maybe it's good to do that in a group. most groups i play in i strive for the improvising to develop over time, maybe in this group i should be content with staying active and changing things up almost constantly, make it a real workout. we'll see. the concert had to start early because there is some neihgbor on the block who has been complaining alot about the noise coming from the church. i think it's pretty ridiculous, the music is never that loud - it's not like it's a rock club or anything. some people just love to complain - what can you do about it?
today it's really warm - which is strange for this late in october in chicago - i'm ready for it to cool down so i can bundle up in some layers.... election is on tuesday - i'm a getting a nervous feeling....
Friday, October 29, 2004
Tuesday, October 26, 2004
second citizens hideout 10-25-2004
monday night rolls around, you're tired from getting up early and going into work from 9 to 5 where you don't move around so much so you're body is sluggish. you've got a gig to play, but only after you go and see some folk play music at myopic books... this happens to me on mondays when i play the hideout - but it kind of feels like every monday i get no rest - but that's not really that bad as it's the only real hectic day of my week & most of the hecticness comes from playing music, which really isn't that bad at all. anyway....
played at the hideout with the second citizens this night - it was the first time i'd play with the citizens for about a month as i was out of twon when they played last. it might be the last time we play at the hideout for a good long while, but we will see... we had a very low turnout, which is frustrating, but it is a monday night, and if i have a hard time getting motivated to go play on monday night, i can definitely understand why other folk don't want to go out to see music (it's after the weekend, you've gone out a bunch, spent you're money, and now you're expected to go out again?) keefe has been asking folk to do an opening set - he asked paul hartsaw to do something, he ended up playing with frank and matt bauder who was in town for 2 days - but i really don't think the night needs another group. i think 2 sets of a sextet is enough for people to handle.
we played our set and had a fine time playing, but decided to do just one set as it felt like a rehearsal. funnny thing was right when we finished all these folks start coming through the door - about 20 people - turns out it was the entourage of two members of REM, who had played earlier that night in town. if they'd been asked to donate money as they came in, i guess we would have played more, but they weren't asked, so we packed up and left. just the luck of the draw i suppose....
played at the hideout with the second citizens this night - it was the first time i'd play with the citizens for about a month as i was out of twon when they played last. it might be the last time we play at the hideout for a good long while, but we will see... we had a very low turnout, which is frustrating, but it is a monday night, and if i have a hard time getting motivated to go play on monday night, i can definitely understand why other folk don't want to go out to see music (it's after the weekend, you've gone out a bunch, spent you're money, and now you're expected to go out again?) keefe has been asking folk to do an opening set - he asked paul hartsaw to do something, he ended up playing with frank and matt bauder who was in town for 2 days - but i really don't think the night needs another group. i think 2 sets of a sextet is enough for people to handle.
we played our set and had a fine time playing, but decided to do just one set as it felt like a rehearsal. funnny thing was right when we finished all these folks start coming through the door - about 20 people - turns out it was the entourage of two members of REM, who had played earlier that night in town. if they'd been asked to donate money as they came in, i guess we would have played more, but they weren't asked, so we packed up and left. just the luck of the draw i suppose....
Monday, October 25, 2004
dragons 1976 ann arbor 10-22-2004
so dragons hit the road for the last time for a little bit. we headed about four hours out of town to ann arbor, a place dominated by a university, but with a good music scene. our drive out there was fine, when we got to the canterbury house, where there is a concert series, we loaded up our things and then grabbed some falafel for dinner. big falafel sandwich from jerusalem garden, it was good, but i could've used some spice.
matt bauder was in town and he & ajemian played a duo set first. they used their concept of recording long tones into minidisc recorders and then having the minidiscs played back in a random shuffle to create accompaniment.
after a real short break dragons played a set - it was pretty good, i think we played better than earlier in the week at the brain. i feel more comfortable playing in front of new audiences than ones where i know folks in the crowd. i like something about them not having heard me before...
afterwards we went to a martini bar with bauder to see some folks playing jazz. we ended up sitting in on some tunes - i played matt's tenor for a solo - it was a good time.
we spent the next day hanging out in ann arbor, played some football, got some veggie dogs and saw our friend stewart bogie play with antibalas at a club called the blind pig which had bathrooms in a basement that smelled like vomit. ah, wonderful.
matt bauder was in town and he & ajemian played a duo set first. they used their concept of recording long tones into minidisc recorders and then having the minidiscs played back in a random shuffle to create accompaniment.
after a real short break dragons played a set - it was pretty good, i think we played better than earlier in the week at the brain. i feel more comfortable playing in front of new audiences than ones where i know folks in the crowd. i like something about them not having heard me before...
afterwards we went to a martini bar with bauder to see some folks playing jazz. we ended up sitting in on some tunes - i played matt's tenor for a solo - it was a good time.
we spent the next day hanging out in ann arbor, played some football, got some veggie dogs and saw our friend stewart bogie play with antibalas at a club called the blind pig which had bathrooms in a basement that smelled like vomit. ah, wonderful.
Tuesday, October 19, 2004
dragons 1976 hungry brain 10-18-2004
the second night of the phrenology fest and dragons were to play the second set. we hadn't played at the brain since about february, so it was nice to be back.. the first set was played by On Fillmore, a duet with Glen Kotche, who is the drummer in Wilco, and Darrin Gray, a bass player who is from St Louis that plays alot fo different music, he is also in the band Grand Ulena, i think.. they played an improvised set using a wide arrange of small objects amplified to make lots of different sounds, but generally on the low, dark side of the spectrum. not too much harmony or consonant sounds were being coaxed out of the drums by the contact mics nor out of the electric bass that Darrin put bells and mallets on...i thought the set was interesting, but a bit long winded. sometimes a typical thing in improvised music.
after the tear down of their things and the set up of daisy's drums, we were ready to play in front of a pretty full house. we strung our first two songs together - the first getting into some free felt rhythmic acticivty, ending with the dry ballad passage. i've been much happier playing sets without any break in between songs lately, but we took a break after the ballad and before going into brand new. after that we got into an intense cyclical/drone improvisation that finally died down into nothingness. we finished the set with drifting, which i felt we could have done without.
the third set was fred lonberg-hom's lightbox (lite-bach?) orchestra, he had the 2nd citizens take part, along with michael zerang, sture erickson, dave rempis, and a trumpet player named jamie, that i will get the last name for ....she sounded good, just moved here from boston. that set got pretty loud and rambunctuos, but was good & fun. the way the lightbox work is that fred shows instructions and then turns on lights which correspond to different players - if you're lights on, then you are.
it was another good night at the brain, afterwards i got some eats with berman, reed and shevitz at the golden apple over on belmont and lincoln. two egg breakfast followed by a sundae - perfect 2 am eating....
after the tear down of their things and the set up of daisy's drums, we were ready to play in front of a pretty full house. we strung our first two songs together - the first getting into some free felt rhythmic acticivty, ending with the dry ballad passage. i've been much happier playing sets without any break in between songs lately, but we took a break after the ballad and before going into brand new. after that we got into an intense cyclical/drone improvisation that finally died down into nothingness. we finished the set with drifting, which i felt we could have done without.
the third set was fred lonberg-hom's lightbox (lite-bach?) orchestra, he had the 2nd citizens take part, along with michael zerang, sture erickson, dave rempis, and a trumpet player named jamie, that i will get the last name for ....she sounded good, just moved here from boston. that set got pretty loud and rambunctuos, but was good & fun. the way the lightbox work is that fred shows instructions and then turns on lights which correspond to different players - if you're lights on, then you are.
it was another good night at the brain, afterwards i got some eats with berman, reed and shevitz at the golden apple over on belmont and lincoln. two egg breakfast followed by a sundae - perfect 2 am eating....
rolldown hungry brain 10-17-2004
tonight was the first of three nights where the phrenology fest takes over the hungry brain. there's music on every sunday night at the brain, and though the crowd can be hit or miss, and sometimes quite challenging, it is usually a good time to play, the audience takes a large interest in the music, and you leave feeling allright about music. this year is the fourth time that they've had a three day festival with 3 groups a night. i've been asked to play multiple times this time around, the first group being jason adasiewicz's rolldown - a quintet with him on vibraphone, me on alto & bass clarinet, josh berman on cornet, frank rosaly drums and jason roebke bass. (and if people say the incestuous musical relationship continues - it's not our fault that each of us has separate ideas of how to use similar parts to create music). The music shevitz has wrote for this group tends to be really rooted in jazz, especially reminiscent to me of some hutcherson/dolphy pieces but with a leaning towards the softer side of the spectrum. the set felt good and was well received.
the second group of the night was to be ron perillo's trio. i've never heard the fellow, but he is a respected local pianist who plays the straight ahead jazz music. berman & reed had asked his trio to play to give them a chance to play a concert in front of a listening audience, not just another restaurant gig. unfortunately ron didn't really think the piano was up to snuff. apparently something was funky with the sustain pedal and after about 45 minutes of set break decided that his group wasn't go to play at all. kind of a strange decision, especially after what happened next....
craig taborn is a great piano player. i'd never heard him before sunday night. he played a duo set with gerald cleaver, a drummer who lives in detroit that knows what he's doing. they were orignally to play a trio with lotte anker, a reed player, but lotte got stopped at the canadian-american border without work papers and was not allowed into the country. terrorist. craig and gerald played an improvised set that showed their musicianship and talent while also showing how to deal with some equipment which may not be perfect. drummer's pretty often use other folks sets and pianist always have to deal with the whatever's at the club, but these guys really showed that music transcends the physical limitations. craig made the piano, rejected by perillo, sound great. the fact that the pa it was played through was crackling a bit just added some individuality to the night. after their set everyone seemed happy, especially whoever it was that yelled out "who's ron perillo anyway"....
Sunday, October 17, 2004
flockterkit candlestickmaker 10-16-2004
Flockterkit is a quintet, using the acoustic and electronic sounds. Ernst Karel on trumpet & analog electronics; Jason Roebke bass; Fred Lonberg-holm cello; Frank Rosaly drums; Aram Shelton on alto, bass clarinet and computer.
The group is composition based, with a fair amount of improvising. the electronics come in from time to time - the goal isn't to fill in as much space as possible with different sounds, but more to use all these different sounds at our disposal to create interesting music. We played tonight at the Candlestick Maker, a space kept going by Michael Zerang up on Kedzie and north of Montrose. It's a samll room that can fit up to about 20 - we filled up the stage with our instruments pretty easily. It was the third time that this group has performed and it felt very good, there was alot of looseness and some great improvising.
The group is composition based, with a fair amount of improvising. the electronics come in from time to time - the goal isn't to fill in as much space as possible with different sounds, but more to use all these different sounds at our disposal to create interesting music. We played tonight at the Candlestick Maker, a space kept going by Michael Zerang up on Kedzie and north of Montrose. It's a samll room that can fit up to about 20 - we filled up the stage with our instruments pretty easily. It was the third time that this group has performed and it felt very good, there was alot of looseness and some great improvising.
pilsner saxophone quartet jazz record mart 10-16-2004
this afternoon i played with the pilsner saxophone quartet at the jazz record mart, dowtown on wabash ave in river north. the quartet is me on alto, guillermo gregorio on alto, keefe jackson on tenor and thomas mejer (in the picture) on contrabass saxophone, or as the maker horn calls it, the tubax. we all met mejer when he was living here for four months - the swiss government keeps sending us these great guys that play great music - anyhow, we he had lived here we put together the quartet - each of us brought in a piece and we played a few times at the 3030 and at the HotHouse. Thomas came for a short visit so we put together another performance. It was a good day to do it - blustery and chilly for october - perfect for coffee and playing music indoors. The pieces are varied; guillermo's is more chamber, keefe's is more jazz; mine's real repetetive; and mejer's works with the extended technique. playing at the mart is real loose, so in some ways it feels like an open rehearsal. afterwards guillermo, thomas and i got lentil soup and falafel at sultan's market in wicker park. those guys are class acts - guillermo being from argentina originally, older and has lots of interesting things to talk about with his experiences. thomas is a sweetheart i'd say - has a great outlook on things and really enjoys whatever it is he's doing. hopefully will see him sometime overseas.
Tuesday, October 12, 2004
dragons 1976 pittsburgh, pa 10-10-2004
the final date of the tour. we had a nice drive from virginia to pittsburgh, though we did get held up in a small town which was having some festival right on the main drag, causing all the passerbys to slow down, backing up the traffic on the two lane road. but, the weather was fine and we got into pittsburgh in the early evening.
we played at the garfield artworks, there were these great large scale pieces on the walls. created from old billboard parts - it really highlighted the length of the room. we played one longer set with alot of improvisation after ben opie (reeds) and eden mcnutt (voice) did an improvised set. once we were done, i ran into an old friend that new me from back in gainesville mainly through the usuals.
we relaxed that night, tim and i went to some diner for food, in the morning got to see a bit of pittsburgh. i like pittsburgh, it's got all these amazing large, old houses that look abandoned - it's in the mountains and there are large bridges over the rivers - it's visually striking. i've heard it's cheap too.
we played at the garfield artworks, there were these great large scale pieces on the walls. created from old billboard parts - it really highlighted the length of the room. we played one longer set with alot of improvisation after ben opie (reeds) and eden mcnutt (voice) did an improvised set. once we were done, i ran into an old friend that new me from back in gainesville mainly through the usuals.
we relaxed that night, tim and i went to some diner for food, in the morning got to see a bit of pittsburgh. i like pittsburgh, it's got all these amazing large, old houses that look abandoned - it's in the mountains and there are large bridges over the rivers - it's visually striking. i've heard it's cheap too.
dragons 1976 charlottesville, va 10-9-2004
it seems that every time we go on the road we go by charlottesville, and every time i go i like the town more. jason's friend patrick set up a show for us at the twisted branch, which is a tea house on the second floor of a building in the downtown walking mall area. it's a cool place - lots of tea of course, and they serve it in nice tea pots, different types depending on the tea you get. we played two sets - the first one we kept pretty straight up, playing our songs one at a time, focusing more on ones that stay in time. why so? there were alot of little kids - children of jason's family & friends - and we wanted to give them something to dance to as last time we were here the kids really liked it (or they listened to some recordings or something). it was nice in between the sets because the kids were real curious about the instruments - i showed them how a saxophone works as they were especially interested in it.
the second set we stretched out more and got into more improvisational sections where we got into musical moments. the audience seemed to be even more into this, which is pretty surprising. it's pretty cool when people really get something out of the music you wouldn't expect them to. the fact that you can play some music people have never heard before and they respond favorably towards it gives you hope about if your music is relative to the greater musical tradition. the tradition of music as a cultural activity which can affect people emotionally, not just a subjective art form where people respect your musicianship but are ambivalent towards the music.
the second set we stretched out more and got into more improvisational sections where we got into musical moments. the audience seemed to be even more into this, which is pretty surprising. it's pretty cool when people really get something out of the music you wouldn't expect them to. the fact that you can play some music people have never heard before and they respond favorably towards it gives you hope about if your music is relative to the greater musical tradition. the tradition of music as a cultural activity which can affect people emotionally, not just a subjective art form where people respect your musicianship but are ambivalent towards the music.
dragons 1976 takoma park, md 10-8-2004
this night we played at the sangha cafe in takoma park, which is just outside of washington dc. after way too much driving the day before, we were treated to only a 45 minute drive from baltimore. i actually got to spend the whole day with my brother nate, sister theresa, brother-in-law jeremiah and niece deva at there place in catonnsville, md. it was great seeing them as i haven't really seen them in more than a year. that's one great aspect of touring, you get to see old friends and family and have mini-visits you wouldn't otherwise have a chance to do.
nate drove me down to takoma park around 8 o'clock and i met up with the dragons. our show didn't start until ten, so we waited in the van and listened to the second presidential debate. george w bush needs to get voted out of office in a few weeks. that's all i'm going to say.
the sangha cafe is a nice performance space and the series put on by transparent productions is a good one - all the money goes to the performers, and they get some upper talent playing there. we played two sets and weren't super on, the audience was really good - talked to some folk in between sets that were very complimentary. we decided not to stay the night in town so drove the two hours to charlottesville, virginia. it's nice to do a shorter drive like that at night cause you get the whole next day in the place you're headed to.
nate drove me down to takoma park around 8 o'clock and i met up with the dragons. our show didn't start until ten, so we waited in the van and listened to the second presidential debate. george w bush needs to get voted out of office in a few weeks. that's all i'm going to say.
the sangha cafe is a nice performance space and the series put on by transparent productions is a good one - all the money goes to the performers, and they get some upper talent playing there. we played two sets and weren't super on, the audience was really good - talked to some folk in between sets that were very complimentary. we decided not to stay the night in town so drove the two hours to charlottesville, virginia. it's nice to do a shorter drive like that at night cause you get the whole next day in the place you're headed to.
dragons 1976 baltimore, md 10-7-2004
a monster drive day - left montreal at 9 AM and didn't get to baltimore until 8:30 - that's alot of driving - it was much longer than we were expecting - the internet directions (which you can't really completely trust) said the drive would be 8 1/2 hours - way wrong.
the place we played at was An Die Musik Live in downtown baltimore - charm city as some call it - it seems like the place usually has classical music concerts, but i guess the manager who is doing the booking, Sang Cho, is trying to get more jazz and free music happening there. the room is a nice one with high ceilings and comfortable chairs for the audience. we played two sets along with this other group, Trockeneis, which was put together by audrey chen, another dragon who we had met last winter while on tour in the south. she is a vocalist and cellist, really active in european style improvisation - little sounds, lots of different timbres, very abstract. we've been playing pretty consistently well - this night we got to dig a little deeper into longer improvisational sections where we get into an almost drone-thing, but more just long form improvising with out any rhythms. to me when we get to these spots it feels more like time as stopped entirely, which i think is very interesting. it makes the music more of a moment, and less performance. we've been using these sections to move from one song to the next.
afterwards henry, the owner, and sang took us out to eat a large chinese family style dinner along with the other group and doc manning, who interviewed me on the radio earlier in the week to promote the show. the dinner was amazing, the huge plates of food kept coming out of the kitchen even though it was after midnight when we got there. unfortunately for me most of the dishes had meat in them (i don't eat the flesh) but i still had my fair share of vegetable, tofu and other sides.
the place we played at was An Die Musik Live in downtown baltimore - charm city as some call it - it seems like the place usually has classical music concerts, but i guess the manager who is doing the booking, Sang Cho, is trying to get more jazz and free music happening there. the room is a nice one with high ceilings and comfortable chairs for the audience. we played two sets along with this other group, Trockeneis, which was put together by audrey chen, another dragon who we had met last winter while on tour in the south. she is a vocalist and cellist, really active in european style improvisation - little sounds, lots of different timbres, very abstract. we've been playing pretty consistently well - this night we got to dig a little deeper into longer improvisational sections where we get into an almost drone-thing, but more just long form improvising with out any rhythms. to me when we get to these spots it feels more like time as stopped entirely, which i think is very interesting. it makes the music more of a moment, and less performance. we've been using these sections to move from one song to the next.
afterwards henry, the owner, and sang took us out to eat a large chinese family style dinner along with the other group and doc manning, who interviewed me on the radio earlier in the week to promote the show. the dinner was amazing, the huge plates of food kept coming out of the kitchen even though it was after midnight when we got there. unfortunately for me most of the dishes had meat in them (i don't eat the flesh) but i still had my fair share of vegetable, tofu and other sides.
Wednesday, October 06, 2004
dragons 1976 montreal, quebec 10-5-2004
into the french speaking part of this continent! getting to montreal was a fine drive, the rolling hills of eastern ontario are nice scenery in the late afternoon sun. we got into montreal after dark and after meeting up with jason's friend monica, we went to a small cafe for some food. i had some veggie chili with fromage which was very good, but a cup of coffee which was not. we played at a space called the electric tractor - it's a multi-use space where they have shows and do screen printing and i'm sure other things. seems similar to buddy (but with a proper stage) or the truckstop building in chicago.
we played the best music of our tour so far. we arranged our sets differently than before - we played our songs, but with improvising in between each one to create a continuous piece. it worked well for us. the thing is is that we are used to played more minimal style improvisations together as we worked on that kind of music together when we were doing unclocked a few years ago. we had alot of good moments, quiet ones & loud ones, and it felt good when we would go back into time after being without time for extended periods. a good show.
afterwards we went back to monica's place to drop our things off, then tim & i went over to the casa del popolo for a drink. it was a rock crowd in montreal. this city has a wonderful feel, it's an old city too - founded by the french long before the states were the states.
we played the best music of our tour so far. we arranged our sets differently than before - we played our songs, but with improvising in between each one to create a continuous piece. it worked well for us. the thing is is that we are used to played more minimal style improvisations together as we worked on that kind of music together when we were doing unclocked a few years ago. we had alot of good moments, quiet ones & loud ones, and it felt good when we would go back into time after being without time for extended periods. a good show.
afterwards we went back to monica's place to drop our things off, then tim & i went over to the casa del popolo for a drink. it was a rock crowd in montreal. this city has a wonderful feel, it's an old city too - founded by the french long before the states were the states.
dragons 1976 toronto, ontario 10-4-2004
after a nice day off in syracuse we headed over the border to toronoto, ontario. the drive was fine, we stopped at niagara falls after getting over the border with no problems. i've been to the falls twice before, but have never seen them from the candaian side - the view is much better. took alot of pictures, but we didn't stay too long. it always seems strange to me to go to a place which is just amazing and awe-inspiring for an hour and then turn around and go away.
got into toronto around 6, and loaded our things into the new works studio which is run by mike hansen. ajemian and i grabbed a bite to eat - some asian food with mock meat which was pretty good and returned to the studio.
the show, which was arranged pretty last minute, turned out allright. we played two sets and met alot of good people. i would say that we weren't super on that night, the highlight seemed to be "last night" which we played at the end of the first set.
afterwards we went out to some bars open late with robin & rebecca, two folk who helped ron gaskin run the show. the funniest things that happened at the bar was the drunk woman letting everyone know how drunk she was - & us making fun of her...
got into toronto around 6, and loaded our things into the new works studio which is run by mike hansen. ajemian and i grabbed a bite to eat - some asian food with mock meat which was pretty good and returned to the studio.
the show, which was arranged pretty last minute, turned out allright. we played two sets and met alot of good people. i would say that we weren't super on that night, the highlight seemed to be "last night" which we played at the end of the first set.
afterwards we went out to some bars open late with robin & rebecca, two folk who helped ron gaskin run the show. the funniest things that happened at the bar was the drunk woman letting everyone know how drunk she was - & us making fun of her...
dragons 1976 syracuse, ny 10-2-2004
second date of the tour and a good one to boot. we drove the five hours to cleveland under cloudy skies with rain hitting the windshield. fall is here along with cold fronts. we got into syracuse around 6 o'clock and went to the spark gallery. where our show was set up for. the spark is near the center of town, kind of in a quieter neghborhood. we met ryan tebo at spark, he helped us by putting together the show and by being a tremendously nice fellow. he had us over to his house where his fiance, sajel, had made us a really top-notch dinner of indian food. we were also joined by heath hamlin, a professor at syracuse university who was to join us that night by doing live video to one of our sets. we had a good conversation and got off on the right foot.
we went back to the gallery around 9 and set up for the show, people were already in the gallery checking out the photographic and video art, it was a good scene. we played two sets, the first alone and our regular thing. the audience was great, everyone listened, the applause was extended. after a break we played another set, this one almost completely improvised - heath manipulated video of whales diving in the ocean. he had gotten footage from national geographic. the dragons improvised a long form piece, eventually moving into the piece drifting - it was a cohesive set and again the audience was great.
talked to alot of follk afterward who really enjoyed the music. the audience seemed to be either students or teachers at SU. we came back to ryan and sajel's house, drank wine and talked late into the night. can't wait to come back.
we went back to the gallery around 9 and set up for the show, people were already in the gallery checking out the photographic and video art, it was a good scene. we played two sets, the first alone and our regular thing. the audience was great, everyone listened, the applause was extended. after a break we played another set, this one almost completely improvised - heath manipulated video of whales diving in the ocean. he had gotten footage from national geographic. the dragons improvised a long form piece, eventually moving into the piece drifting - it was a cohesive set and again the audience was great.
talked to alot of follk afterward who really enjoyed the music. the audience seemed to be either students or teachers at SU. we came back to ryan and sajel's house, drank wine and talked late into the night. can't wait to come back.
Saturday, October 02, 2004
dragons 1976 cleveland, ohio 10-1-2004
tonight dragons 1976 played at the asterisk gallery in cleveland, ohio. the drive from chicago was a long one - we ran into some bad traffic - i think there were two accidents we had to wait in traffic for. we ended up getting to the gallery around 8 o'clock, which wasn't really that bad, but meant that we spent at least 7 hours in the van, when it should of been 6. we loaded in our things and then got some food at the next door deli, a better experience for em than the last time when grey ghost got the slices.
the time passed and 10, 1030 came, not so many people showed up. we dragons decided to play first, we played a solid five song set, we kind of peaked during the fourth song - brand new. luckily we recorded the show, so even though there wasn't much monetary reward, at least we documented it.
last chance for the loneliest kitten played a set after us. last chance is joshua smith on saxophone and electronics and kurt kotheimer on bass and electronics. they play real loose style improvisation while manipulating pre-recorded cassette tapes; lots of layers, lots of different sounds.
i've seen alot of clevelanders lately, especially josh, but that will change as he & kurt are moving out west in just a few days here.
the time passed and 10, 1030 came, not so many people showed up. we dragons decided to play first, we played a solid five song set, we kind of peaked during the fourth song - brand new. luckily we recorded the show, so even though there wasn't much monetary reward, at least we documented it.
last chance for the loneliest kitten played a set after us. last chance is joshua smith on saxophone and electronics and kurt kotheimer on bass and electronics. they play real loose style improvisation while manipulating pre-recorded cassette tapes; lots of layers, lots of different sounds.
i've seen alot of clevelanders lately, especially josh, but that will change as he & kurt are moving out west in just a few days here.
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