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Growing Up GSP! Youth Music Venue Facing Extinction.

NoahC — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:22:39 +0000

When I was growing up in the 1980s - for those of us who were in bands - one of the coolest places to play was the all-ages spot called the Gilman Street Project. And you know what? The place has survived all this time; giving young people a safe and ‘clean’ place to play music, hang out and meet friends.

But the landlord has recently increased the rent so high that the future of this amazing resource is in immediate danger of being killed off. Do you want to make an immediate impact in the lives of young people? Donate to the Gilman Street Project! Today!!! I did…

www.924gilman.org

Bay Area Audio Events Plus!

NoahC — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:56:34 +0000

I’ve got a couple of events that might be of interest for those in the SF Bay Area. One is audio focused (music) and the other is a little less but I think it’s very applicable for anybody working in the art or media field.

Switchboard Music Festival 2010: The third annual Switchboard Music Festival is an 8-hour, non- stop music spectacle presenting composers and musicians who push the boundaries of their respective genres. No other Bay Area music festival or concert series offers such an eclectic, genre-crossing, convention-breaking, bastardizing group of experimentalists, innovators, and musical omnivores in a single event.

Sunday, 28 March, 2010
02:00 PM – 11:00 PM

Cost:
$10 – $40 sliding scale

Venue:
Dance Mission
3316 24th Street at Mission
San Francisco, CA

Artist Talk: Right Here Right Now: [NOT HAPPENING - SEE COMMENT] How do we engage with art in an immediate, unmediated way? Through choreography and composition, 2009 AIRs Kara Davis and Aaron Ximm both work toward the specific goal of creating immediate experiences that absorb, capture and immerse their audiences. Davis is a dancer and choreographer who pushes the possibilities of improvisation and ignores the traditional boundaries between audience and performer. Ximm creates intimate, site-specific sound installations that translate fleeting moments captured by field recordings into present experiences. This program is a unique opportunity to engage with performance and experiential installation created by Davis and Ximm in response to their surroundings at Headlands.

Sunday, 29 August, 2010
07:30 PM – 09:00 PM

Cost:
Free

Venue:
Headlands Center for the Arts
944 Fort Barry
Sausalito, CA 94965

Show: Nile @ Slim’s

NoahC — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:01:38 +0000

Hey, if you’re as much into hybridity as I am, you will most likely want to check out this January show in SF.

Masters of extreme technical death metal Nile are partnering up with long-time friends Immolation and Krisiun as well as Abigail Williams and Dreaming Dead for the first round of American tour dates in support of their new album, scheduled for worldwide release this Fall on Nuclear Blast Records.

The 32-date tour commences on January 15th, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Guitarist / musical mastermind Karl Sanders spoke with Revolver Magazine earlier this year and said Nile’s sixth full-length album will likely be their most eclectic offering to date: “We’re going to some very unexpected places. I’ve been listening to some oud [Middle Eastern lute] music, Iranian music, and some Hindu stuff, and that stuff’s definitely rubbing off on the new songs.”

Seriously, this sounds like it could be, shall I be cliche, AWESOME! Well, I guess that is still very subjective. Oh well, music lovers unite! http://www.slims-sf.com/ . You can also hear the CD HERE.