SIGHT

See it here.

Glass Popcorn

I was scouring the world.wide.web last night for some new music and news articles to discuss on Rainbow Radio. I happened to find a track by Glass Popcorn about Tim McLean, the guy who was beheaded in 2008 on a Greyhound bus traveling through Manitoba. I was curious about this Glass Popcorn person and eventually discovered that he's a 15 y/o pseudo internet celebrity from Arizona that was 'discovered' by one of the co-founders of dump.fm (I used to WASTE a lot of time on dump). Anyway, I pursued this mess a little further and then hit the jackpot with this video.

Bam!

Punk Start My Heart

I'm a little late with this post, but never the less. Please help suppourt this radical cause!!! Only 25 more hours to raise just over $1000.00. 1 2 3 go!

Do You Know What's Awesome? Not Me Today.

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Sister Spit: The Next Generation

Thursday March 31st, 2011
WALDORF Hotel
19+
$15/door
Doors at 7, show at 8
Special guest AMBER DAWN!
Co-sponsored by Out On Campus!

The legendary, raucous, rowdy performance gang, Sister Spit, lands in VANCOUVER with a vanload of multimedia, queer-centric brilliance! Don't miss this multimedia explosion of taste-makers, novelists, fashion plates, painters, performance artists, poets and fancy scribblers.

Featuring queer luminary Michelle Tea, writer and provocative performance artist Kirk Read, graphic novelist and visual artist MariNaomi, award-winning poet laureate of the obsessed and tormented Ali Liebegott, novelist and film fodder Blake Nelson , photographer and Original Plumbing transmale quarterly publisher Amos Mac and award-winning transmitter-writer of brilliantly terrifying fairy tales Myriam Gurba!

Sorry For Calling and Waking You Up But We Were Drunk

**DRUNKEN ADVISORS ANSWERING LIVE!!**
Thurs nights 2:30 - 3:30 AM
512-481-BONE

About this project -

The live-feed talk show that took Austin by storm in 2010 is hittin’ the road and needs your help. Drunk Dial is seeking fan-funding through Kickstarter to help cover costs of a second season and first tour.

Last year, the reigning queens of Drunk Dial, Emily and Jodi, introduced the world to an entirely new kind of self-help wisdom. Here’s the concept: every week , Drunk Dial’s live stream offers lost souls a warm respite from life’s sobering complexities— serving up witty, booze-infused advice that only Emily and Jodi can provide. Each episode is then edited into a quickly paced 10-15 minute episode highlighting the most gut-busting, touching, and inexplicable moments of the show.

Emily and Jodi discuss the eternal mysteries of life after last call. They contemplate existential quandaries. Sexual mores and difficulties. When they’re talking calls, nothing is off-limits or taboo. These vivacious and voluptuous ladies reveal mystic truths that can really only come out of the bottle—and they’ll leave you in hysterics.

Now it’s time to take the show on the road! Drunk Dial has tentative plans to drink kielbasa-flavored vodka in Chicago, guzzle bowls of Everclear in Minneapolis, sip 40's on the corner in Baltimore and Philly, down a couple of boilermakers down Boston, swig a plastic traveler of vodka with the hobos behind the bus station in Fort Worth and bro-out with boxed wine in the OC. The only thing missing on this itinerary… is you!

Scream Club - Drunk(mp3)

Saskatoon Shines

If you live in Saskatoon and care at all about good music and art, please consider suppourting Vive.

In 2007, Phil and Rich shared a vision for a new music promotion company. It would be a venture dedicated to encouraging the talented depth and diversity of Saskatoon's music community. This entity would provide a stage for friends and artists that they admire. It would live outside of the establishment, taking risks, doing away with divisions, and in the end be a vehicle for excessive fun. In 2008, these two local show-goers began making it a reality. Early discussions lasted into the night over wine and pitas. What do we want this thing to look like? What should it be called? The pieces fell naturally into place as they tend to do when it's just meant to be...they call it vive. Their initial project involved support for The Warbrides, a trio from Moose Jaw whose skill and finesse caused a shift for vive, in terms of perspective, from consumer to promoter. Next was a singer songwriter series called Off the Floor, a project conceived for music listeners in small, quiet rooms. These are raw, solo, and bare shows designed for sonic intimacy. It's early days and the future is unwritten. However, it is sure to contain more than a few new surprises. And who doesn't like a really good surprise anyway?


Right now Vive's hard at work putting together ViveFest 3.


Festival passes are $65 or $55 until Mon Mar 14.

Passes available at Caffe Sola as of Feb 28

Ticket details:
- No refunds
- Pass does not guarantee admittance, subject to venue capacity
- Please send all ticketing inquires to tickets@vivemusic.ca
**do not use facebook/twitter for ticketing inquiries**

Individual tickets are available in advance for the following shows (see below for details):
Woodpigeon, Chad VanGaalen, Tim Hecker

Tickets will be available at the door for all shows (subject to capacity)

All shows licensed / all ages
**except yaya Mar 31 which is strictly all ages**

Thu Mar 31

Woodpigeon, The Phonemes, The Mountains and The Trees, Zachary Lucky
http://on.fb.me/vf3woody
Christ Church Anglican
515 28th St W
doors 8pm / show 9pm
$15

tickets available at:
Caffe Sola
ticketedge.ca
online: http://bit.ly/g5yKrV

Thu Mar 31

yaya weekly all ages series
The City Streets, Sandman Viper Command, Dreaming of Electric Sheep
http://on.fb.me/gQgwkx
Caffe Sola Backroom
38 23rd St E
doors 7pm / show 730pm
$5


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Fri Apr 1

Chad VanGaalen, Zombifyus
http://on.fb.me/vf3apr1
Christ Church Anglican
515 28th St W
doors 7pm / show 730pm
$25

Please note that tickets are extremely limited and this event is expected to sell out. Avoid disappointment and buy your tickets today.

tickets available at:
Caffe Sola
ticketedge.ca
http://bit.ly/vf3cvg

Fri Apr 1

BRAIDS, Memory Screen, economics
http://on.fb.me/BRAIDSvf3
Caffe Sola Backroom
38 23rd St E
doors 9pm / show 930pm
$10

Please note that advance tickets are not available for this event. We expect the venue to reach capacity early. Avoid disappointment by arriving on time.

Fri Apr 1

Tim Hecker, Mehta

http://on.fb.me/fbx7r9
Christ Church Anglican
515 28th St W
doors 1145pm / show 1215am
$20

tickets available at:
Caffe Sola
Ticketedge.ca
http://bit.ly/vf3hecker

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Sat Apr 2

vf3 film festival

Caffe Sola Backroom
38 23rd St E
doors 12pm / show 2pm
** free **

Sat Apr 2

Shooting Guns, Ultimate Power Duo, Auld Beak, FOONYAP and the Roar, Thomas, Samantha Savage, Lorrie Matheson, Foggy Notions
http://on.fb.me/vf3sat
Caffe Sola Backroom
38 23rd St E
doors 7pm / show 8pm
$10

Sat Apr 2

We Were Lovers, Rah Rah, The Luyas, The Depth, Form, Booji Bomb, Castle If
http://on.fb.me/302vf3
302 Lounge
302 Pacific Ave
doors 8pm
$15

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Sun Apr 3

Hair of the Dog Afternoon Breakfast Party
Caffe Sola Backroom
38 23rd St E
doors 1130am / show 1230pm
$5
breakfast buffet $10 -- while supplies last

Fruit of the Doom

Distance Makes the Heart Grow Sick by QUEENAREOLA

www.BOOMBOOMBOOM

Happy John Waters Day!

This “local hero” status was certified on February 7, 1985, when it was proclaimed “John Waters Day” in his home town of Baltimore by the presiding mayor.

Yum Yum

FUCK YOU

Error Benders Call for Submissions

Audio/Video Object Exhibition and Performance Series

Saskatoon/Regina March 28 - April 4 2011

Curated and performed by Give & Make

Presented by Regina-based audio art organization Holophon

The title for Error Benders refers to a technique of modifying electronic circuitry (circuit-bending) and to the acceptance/celebration of unwanted or unintentional sounds that may result. As a point of departure, this aesthetic of exploration and acceptance challenges traditional paradigms of music composition, control, and parameter, as well as the relationship between composer and performer. Error Benders engages with these ideas through exhibition and performance of, and its goals include:

To curate objects in the form of modified or rebuilt musical or visual instruments from artists across Canada, and to present these objects in performance.

To present the instruments and the artists’ methods and technologies, including a consideration of physical objects as musical score and modes of composition.

To design and deliver hands-on workshops for building simple electronic or electroacoustic musical and visual instruments.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Holophon is now accepting submissions for Error Benders: a performance-based exhibition with home-made, modified and/or rebuilt electronic audio or visual instruments. Selected artists will be paid an honorarium in exchange for the “borrowing” of their instrument, and all shipping costs will be covered. Selected artists will also receive documentation of their instrument in performance and as part of workshops and artist talks in Saskatoon and Regina, in which audiences will see and hear their work, methodology and technical approach. Unfortunately, funding for travel is not available for selected artists. To participate, artists are required to submit a digital photo or video of the instrument and a brief description of technique and practice. Please see below for submission instructions.

Give & Make tread unpredictable territory with performances and installations that encourage outside participation and exploration. They welcome glitches and other errors in their works, feeding off the irregular and not always palpable control. In the current project, Error Benders, the duo will perform with and present the work of artists across Canada who build unique and fascinating electronic media instruments.

Prairie artists Jeff Morton and Leeane Berger formed the duo Give & Make in 2009 during a collaborative exhibit in Saskatoon, as part of Z-Axis, at PAVED Arts, curated by Carrie Gates. Their installation piece was a neon twilight environment of circuit-bent electronics and generative video built from hackable consumer electronics and make-able software, a visually tangible array of sound controlled by the participation of the public. Z-Axis also featured Leeane Berger and Jeff Morton in a series of workshops on tools and techniques for live electronic media performance and collaboration.

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Submission Instructions

To submit your instrument for consideration as part of Error Benders, please provide the following items in an email:

(1) Photos and audio samples, or video of your instrument being played
(2) Short description of the technique(s) used to build the instrument
(3) Short bio including a description of artistic/creative practice.
(4) Dimensions (width, height, depth) and approx. weight of the object



Artists should consider size, durability, and feasibility of shipping the instrument, because this attribute will play a part in the selection process. Only Jeff Morton and Leeane Berger will handle the instruments, and with proper care and respect. Selected artists may also attach a sale price to their instrument, and if sold the entire fee would be forwarded to the artist.

Email submissions are due by Feb 10, 2011.

Contracts and shipping forms will be forwarded to selected artists shortly thereafter.

Please submit proposals and questions to:

Give & Make, ℅ holophon3@gmail.com

Hollywood Nails TV

"Seth and Brande are two weird, nice people who live in San Francisco. As beauty professionals Brande and Seth have seen how a salon or makeup room can be both a comedy and a soap opera... and that is the basis behind 'Hollywood Nails'.

We are in the beginning of producing the first episodes of our serial 'TV' show 'HOLLYWOOD NAILS'. A variety show about gossip, BBW's, control top panty hose, good hair, JUSTICE, and gay pets."

Support radical queer art by donating to this cause!

Boner

I just bought me one of these. You can too if you go here.



I badly want me one of these, but I just remortgaged my house so perhaps I shouldn't make this a priority now. Sheesh. I know what's really going to happen though. I'm going to obsess about it for a few days and then break down and buy it. I have the biggest boner for Nathan.



I joined Nu Sensae's fanclub and received this in the mail. Fuck they're rad! I dream that Aunty Panty will soon play shows with them.

Heavy HeART

RIP Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson.

Affectionately known as Sleazy, Peter died peacefully in his sleep on the
24th of November at his home in Bangkok, Thailand. The music and art world has lost a great talent whose unique approach ignored the conventions of the day and often challenged the status quo.

Sleazy’s playful and inspiring creativity saw him pushing boundaries as a musician, video director and designer throughout his life. He had recently returned to Thailand from Europe, where he had played a short but spectacular series of live shows as a member of Throbbing Gristle and in the newly formed trio X-TG with Cosey Fanni Tutti and Chris Carter. Sleazy's visual art career included work as a member of the influential British design agency Hipgnosis, creating iconic record sleeve artwork in the 1970s for Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd and, later, Factory Records. He took the first promo photographs of the Sex Pistols, created a highly controversial window display for Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's clothing shop, SEX, and went on to design the logo of the hugely popular fashion company, BOY. In 1976 Sleazy met Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter and Genesis P-Orridge and together they formed electronic music provocateurs Throbbing Gristle and Industrial Records, creating one of the first independent record labels of the era and laying the foundation for a new genre of music. The band was infamously described in the Daily Mail by Tory MP Nicholas Fairbairn as "the wreckers of civilisation".

TG ceased operations in 1981, after which Sleazy formed Psychic TV with Genesis P-Orridge and they produced two albums. The second, Dreams Less Sweet included his future life partner Jhonn Balance as a member, with whom he went on to form Coil and to release an extensive body of work up until Jhonn's passing in 2004. Subsequently, Sleazy left the UK to live in Bangkok, Thailand and to continue his artistic and musical vision in the guise of The Threshold HouseBoys Choir and Soisong. Following their original break-up, Throbbing Gristle's legacy steadily grew within the music and art world, leading to their reformation in 2004 and a series of sold-out performances, including in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.

At the time of his death, Sleazy was in the midst of assembling what was to be Throbbing Gristle's next project: a cover version of Nico's Desertshore album.


Sleazy was a kind and beautiful soul. No words can express how much he will be missed.

-Throbbing Gristle / X-TG
Cosey Fanni Tutti
Chris Carter

Prayers for Children - Call for Submissions

Click on the poster for more details.

Pt Visa

Christmas has come early for me, or at least that's the way it feels.


I was able to see Nina Flowers at 302 the night before we drove to Edmonton to see Margaret Cho perform. After the MC show, I ended up at some gay bar near the hotel, where I had sexual encounters with hot girls outside, and then inside. An apartment. Thrilling really.


While in Edmonton I got so much Japanese candy from the T&T Supermarket. I'm gonna devour it 'til my teeth rot muskat.

FYI Puccho is my favourite brand.

Upon arrival home it was Aunty Panty's love, sacrifice, and devotion time. We hadn't practiced much lately, but somehow managed to write a new song before our Thanksgiving weekend show.



Then, as if all of the above wasn't enough excitement, I received several packages which were waiting for me at my doorstep.

First was my mineral t-shirt I'd ordered from Etsy. It's snug fitting, but tasteful.


Sorta like the Gossip tee I got from their show in Montreal last October.

Next, my stupendous box o' lovelies!
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Cindy Baker swag! SWOON!

And then....

Last but not least------->My roller skates arrived!

Watch out girls!

Too Much Stimulation