the latest issue of OVER THE TRANSOM (#16)has arrived at my door with two of my poems included-'electricity' and 'whacking at spiders with an old shoe'. this issue also features work from: charles p. ries, john grey, guy r. beining, and arthur winfield knight...
if you'd like to purchase a copy send $5 to:
OVER THE TRANSOM
825 bush street #203
San Francisco, CA 94108
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
ways and means duo w/abe gibson & pamela osbey
i will be performing new and newer poems this evening(as will pamela osbey) at the muse cafe with the ways and means duo of dan godton and joel wanek making music along with us.
you can catch all the action tonight
tuesday november 21st
muse cafe
837 north milwaukee avenue
8-10 pm
$3
you can catch all the action tonight
tuesday november 21st
muse cafe
837 north milwaukee avenue
8-10 pm
$3
robert altman r.i.p.
i was just watching one of his films last night and this morning my computer is telling me that american film directing legend, robert altman has passed away.
for all of my cine-obsessed friends out there i highly recommend nashville, the player, and particularly his take on the stories of raymond carver- short cuts. if you haven't seen these films there is a gap there, folks.....
for all of my cine-obsessed friends out there i highly recommend nashville, the player, and particularly his take on the stories of raymond carver- short cuts. if you haven't seen these films there is a gap there, folks.....
Sunday, November 19, 2006
gibson/lange/thomas at myopic bookstore
3 dudes...3 electric gtars
monday november 20th
7:30 pm
myopic bookstore
upstairs
1564 north milwaukee ave
chicago, il, usa
free show
www.myopicbookstore.com
monday november 20th
7:30 pm
myopic bookstore
upstairs
1564 north milwaukee ave
chicago, il, usa
free show
www.myopicbookstore.com
Monday, November 13, 2006
Saturday, November 11, 2006
malachi ritscher 1954-2006
from peter margasak's the meter column chicago reader nov 10 06:
A Final Protest
last friday morning during rush hour a man set himself on fire near the ohio street exit on the kennedy expressway. he hadn't been officially identified at press time, but members of the local jazz and improvised music community say they're certain it was malachi ritscher, a long-time supporter of the scene who recorded more than 2000 live shows. bruno johnson, who owns the free-jazz label okka disk, received a package monday from ritscher that included a will, keys to his home, and instructions about what should be done with his belongings. johnson, a former chicagoan who now lives in milwaukee, started making calls and discovered that though police won't confirm it was ritscher until they get the results from dental tests, an officer told one of ritscher's sisters that all evidence points to the body being his. ritscher's car was found nearby, and he hasn't shown up for work since thursday.what's more, on ritscher's web site chicago rash audio potential, a compendium of invaluable show postings, artwork, and photography, are a suicide note and an obituary. both indicate that he was deeply troubled by the war in iraq, and pinpoint it as a motive for suicide (though no method is specified). a note found at the scene of the immolation reportedly read "thou shall not kill."
www.savagesound.com/gallery99.htm
www.savagesound.com/gallery100.htm
a memorial will be held at elastic
2830 north milwaukee avenue
sunday november 12th from 5pm to 8pm
A Final Protest
last friday morning during rush hour a man set himself on fire near the ohio street exit on the kennedy expressway. he hadn't been officially identified at press time, but members of the local jazz and improvised music community say they're certain it was malachi ritscher, a long-time supporter of the scene who recorded more than 2000 live shows. bruno johnson, who owns the free-jazz label okka disk, received a package monday from ritscher that included a will, keys to his home, and instructions about what should be done with his belongings. johnson, a former chicagoan who now lives in milwaukee, started making calls and discovered that though police won't confirm it was ritscher until they get the results from dental tests, an officer told one of ritscher's sisters that all evidence points to the body being his. ritscher's car was found nearby, and he hasn't shown up for work since thursday.what's more, on ritscher's web site chicago rash audio potential, a compendium of invaluable show postings, artwork, and photography, are a suicide note and an obituary. both indicate that he was deeply troubled by the war in iraq, and pinpoint it as a motive for suicide (though no method is specified). a note found at the scene of the immolation reportedly read "thou shall not kill."
www.savagesound.com/gallery99.htm
www.savagesound.com/gallery100.htm
a memorial will be held at elastic
2830 north milwaukee avenue
sunday november 12th from 5pm to 8pm
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
myopic=gtars X 5
this monday november 13th i will be at myopic as part of a 5 piece gtar ensemble...
the players...
josh abrams
ben boye
cliff ingram
abe gibson
alex wing
the details...
myopic bookstore
1564 north milwaukee avenue
chicago
7:30 pm
the players...
josh abrams
ben boye
cliff ingram
abe gibson
alex wing
the details...
myopic bookstore
1564 north milwaukee avenue
chicago
7:30 pm
Monday, November 06, 2006
go ahead, throw yr birkenstocks at me
all right listen up van halen haters of the world-they are going into the rock and roll hall of fame and there is nothing you can do about it. I for one am fucking thrilled (this is david lee roth we're talking about here-not sammy)
what bothers me is what i'm reading from these PC rock writers who are outraged that van halen would be inducted along with their critical wet dream, R.E.M.
this is a no brainer. this is the rock and roll hall of fame not the VH1 hall of fame. Why is no one blinking an eyelid over R.E.M.'s induction?
this whole deal reminds me of an episode in neal pollack's book-never mind the pollacks- where he goes to a house party in athens with the minutemen and R.E.M. is there. Pollack removes michael stipe's tape from the deck and puts on van halen II. stipe is horrified and declares that van halen's music "promotes rape". yeah record nerd, go read it, it's awesome.
don't get me wrong, i've got a few R.E.M. records in the stacks but i refuse to lick their butts as so many "rock" writers do and kinda question their induction among other rock heavies who really deserve it like patti smith and the stooges.
what bothers me is what i'm reading from these PC rock writers who are outraged that van halen would be inducted along with their critical wet dream, R.E.M.
this is a no brainer. this is the rock and roll hall of fame not the VH1 hall of fame. Why is no one blinking an eyelid over R.E.M.'s induction?
this whole deal reminds me of an episode in neal pollack's book-never mind the pollacks- where he goes to a house party in athens with the minutemen and R.E.M. is there. Pollack removes michael stipe's tape from the deck and puts on van halen II. stipe is horrified and declares that van halen's music "promotes rape". yeah record nerd, go read it, it's awesome.
don't get me wrong, i've got a few R.E.M. records in the stacks but i refuse to lick their butts as so many "rock" writers do and kinda question their induction among other rock heavies who really deserve it like patti smith and the stooges.
Friday, November 03, 2006
nice one dumbfuck
the atonal boners, the greatest band in the world played their first show last night and you missed it!
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
i sing real good
tomorrow night i will be unveiling my latest group, a shronk rock ensemble by the name of the atonal boners-featuring myself on gtar and vocals, jesse thomas on drums, and chris lange on bass. other bands on the bill-the machinist (a.k.a. brian klein) and sounds happy+william sides...
bar vertigo
853 n western (a few blocks south of the empty bottle at iowa ave)
10pm
$5
bar vertigo
853 n western (a few blocks south of the empty bottle at iowa ave)
10pm
$5
Monday, October 30, 2006
i am the new fiction editor of unicorn mountain
you may remember me mentioning unicorn mountain a while back, it's a beautiful 200+ page anthology featuring comics, writing, and a compilation cd with every issue. well, i have become the fiction editor starting with the next issue #3, and this is what we're looking for...
UNICORN MOUNTAIN seeks creators who approach the world with a sense of optimism and child like wonder,people who love where they are from (especially Pittsburgh as the magazine has their global hq in that fair city)- we try hard to distance ourselves from the cynicism associated with "underground" art that can put people off and poison the well...
so kiddos please send your shorte(er) fiction my way at:
abe@unicornmountain.com
check us online at the hot webite designed by mister mike woodfill at:
www.unicornmountain.com
UNICORN MOUNTAIN seeks creators who approach the world with a sense of optimism and child like wonder,people who love where they are from (especially Pittsburgh as the magazine has their global hq in that fair city)- we try hard to distance ourselves from the cynicism associated with "underground" art that can put people off and poison the well...
so kiddos please send your shorte(er) fiction my way at:
abe@unicornmountain.com
check us online at the hot webite designed by mister mike woodfill at:
www.unicornmountain.com
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Thursday, October 12, 2006
there's a little mister fuckhead in us all
yeah folks you can catch my latest shenanigans as part of arvo zylo's group-mister fuckhead. we will be playing quite the blazing noise set opening for pommel and mcdonald's over at the fireside bowl on chicago's stinkin ass west side. so come on out and don't be a pussy-leave the earplugs at home.....
2648 west fullerton ave
chicago ill
sunday oct 15th
9pm
if you are religious about noise- then this will be an excellent way for you to get straight with the lord this sunday...
2648 west fullerton ave
chicago ill
sunday oct 15th
9pm
if you are religious about noise- then this will be an excellent way for you to get straight with the lord this sunday...
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
chicago guitar ensemble has a myspace page now...
one of these days we'll all agree on a name, in the meantime we've settled on the generic-chicago guitar ensemble. there is now a myspace page up you can check it out at:
http://www.myspace.com/chicagoguitarensemble
right now there's a few photos and a short video of our show at elastic on 9/11/06 and there will soon be mp3's from our 6/23/06 spare room show...
http://www.myspace.com/chicagoguitarensemble
right now there's a few photos and a short video of our show at elastic on 9/11/06 and there will soon be mp3's from our 6/23/06 spare room show...
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006
the howling hex last night
had a pretty nice day off yesterday. My friend spencer recently moved to chicago from austin and is staying in a highrise on clark in lincoln park across from the zoo til his place is ready to move into. So i went over there yesterday and we sat on his balcony on the 36th floor and had a smoke watching the sunset and the city light up. needless to say-it was fuckin awesome-i'll even go so far as to say it was awesome to the max!!!!!to the extreme!!!!!!we listened to a bit of the new yo la tengo and bob dylan records and then caught the lincoln bus up to schuba's to see neil hagerty and the howling hex.
Neil had this weird bass/guitar thing going with two amps-playing all the bass parts on the top 3 strings and then soloing his ass off on the bottom three. he had a hot shit guitarist, playing an sg, that looked like one of marc bolan's turds and then a guy who sang, played the tambourine and recited a poem. he looked like that actor who played that speed freak david in drugstore cowboy.at one point he was shirtless...not good. An extra bonus of the night was nori tanaka on drums!
the set started strong with both neil and his other guitarist playing one incredible solo after another over tanaka's locked rhythms. things kinda fell apart in the middle but man they came with it for the last two songs both in a heavy VU vein (think guess i'm falling in love from the another view lp) and man neil's playing was so amazing i thought i might go into convulsions. the triple vocal thing got old quick but overall this was a pretty solid show from one of the most incredible guitarists out there-and i didn't have to wait long for the bus home...
Neil had this weird bass/guitar thing going with two amps-playing all the bass parts on the top 3 strings and then soloing his ass off on the bottom three. he had a hot shit guitarist, playing an sg, that looked like one of marc bolan's turds and then a guy who sang, played the tambourine and recited a poem. he looked like that actor who played that speed freak david in drugstore cowboy.at one point he was shirtless...not good. An extra bonus of the night was nori tanaka on drums!
the set started strong with both neil and his other guitarist playing one incredible solo after another over tanaka's locked rhythms. things kinda fell apart in the middle but man they came with it for the last two songs both in a heavy VU vein (think guess i'm falling in love from the another view lp) and man neil's playing was so amazing i thought i might go into convulsions. the triple vocal thing got old quick but overall this was a pretty solid show from one of the most incredible guitarists out there-and i didn't have to wait long for the bus home...
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