IF YOUR LISTING IS MISSING, PLEASE READ

As of a week ago or so, we switched over to a new process for putting up listings. It is now MUCH easier for us, and therefore listings should go up more quickly and reliably. HOWEVER...if you submit a listing and do not see it on the listings page yet...please re-submit. It means that unfortunately the listing did not make it for some reason. Once you re-submit, you should see the listing reappear very quickly (a day or two).

SweetThieves and TinyHawks reviews are up!

BOBDEAD has posted 2 new record reviews: SweetThieves and TinyHawks.

Checkit.

Project Digs 2

Josie Morway and friends are at it again with part two of the awesome Project Digs...um...project.

OPENING RECEPTION PARTY: FRIDAY JULY 28th from 7pm to midnight. Musical guest tba.

ALL-DAY OPEN HOUSE AND CLOSING EXTRAVAGANZA: SATURDAY JULY 29th from noon to midnight. Entertainment and party after 7pm

From the Project Digs' website:

Mission Statement: As artists and creative professionals, we are often solitary in our work habits, and yet our work requires audience, participation, collaboration and communication to thrive. We work in individual studios or out of our homes, our work only meeting an audience when it’s put into a gallery space that requires the work to be finished and polished, and seldom represents the idea of process or addresses the relevance of the work to the world in which we live. Gallery space, in its formality, also seldom encourages comfortable conversation or collaboration.The mission of the Digs shows is to close the gap between making work and showing work by bringing art and dialog into a variety of living and working spaces. Even more importantly, we seek to bring artists of all sorts together; to talk, share ideas, and hatch new plans.In the 1920’s Vladimir Mayakovski said of museums and galleries that “We do not need a dead mausoleum of art where dead works are worshiped, but a living factory of the human spirit - in the streets, in the tramways, in the factories, workshops and workers’ homes.” In 2006 it might be said that our “living” factory of art needs– if it’s going to inspire others and shape our community– to be brought into the apartments, the condos, the warehouse studio spaces, the department stores and the cubicles that we now inhabit. The first Project Digs took place in April in a 3-story home on Courtland Street. Over 20 artists showed their projects. Some of the participants included Josh Kretzmann, who transformed an entire room into a startling geometric experience in paint; J Hogue, whose intense photos of the interiors and architectural details of abandoned mills covered an entire wall, pinned up like collected butterflies; and John Dee, who created lush, slick acrylic paintings of strange and dark yet amusing narratives. The show drew over 300 attendees on its opening night, and led to countless new connections and plans for future projects.

Project Digs Part 2 is coming up on July 28th and 29th, and will take place at 83 Tobey Street. The Tobey Street house is a recently rehabbed Victorian that’s available for sale as four separate, very affordable units. Gabe Francis, who is selling the units, says that the affordable price reflects his desire to promote ownership in a neighborhood (and especially among a demographic) where renting is still the norm. Project Digs Part 2 is a chance for us to keep local art and Providenc’s DIY spirit in the spotlight as our neighborhood changes. The show will feature more artists than last time filling over 3,000 square feet, and include such projects as a series of cycling portraits, prints made with rust rather than ink, and large sculptural work.Come, see the art, meet the artists, see musical performances, and investigate the house. Maybe you’ll leave with a painting, or a new home - Dig?

Sweet Theives and Tiny Hawks

I recently got both the Sweet Thieves' "View From A Glass Tower" and Tiny Hawks' "People With Out End". They are both really good in totally different ways. Reviews will be up soon...but you should probably cut to the chase and go buy them now.

Thanks...and Thanks.

So, Sasha (Volunteer Extraordinaire) is ending her stint with Lotsofnoise so that she can focus on bringing noise to folks everywhere. A gigantic thanks to her for all of her help on the site.

Also, Samantha (Potential Volunteer Extraordinaire) is now helping me out with the listings in Sasha's stead. New listings are already up and things are going swimmingly. Big thanks to Samantha too.

Yup.

PLEASE repost your listing

If you have posted a listing in the past week and do not see it up on the calendar, please repost it. We are switching people around and there was a short stint where I think posts are lost. PLEASE REPOST and we will get it up on the calendar.

Rollerderby Rocks

I went downtown to see the Providence Rollerderby on Sunday. Man, it was so fun. The women were super good at the sport and it made for a great night. The weather was pretty perfect too. It is awesome to have some interesting stuff to do Downtown. Whenever something like that happens and is successful it gives me high hopes for downtown-proper. I remember it used to be a ghost town down there on the weekends.

Forums Upgraded

OKeydokee...
The forums are upraded and seem to be working well. Please use the thread about the forums to send me any bugs or feedback,

Forums NOT Upgraded

Crap...i had it all working and then something went wrong. The old forums are back up for now.

Oldies

Shit. So, a couple of things have become clear to me recently.

a) I hate the radio but I forgot my mp3 player so I was listening to B101 for like 5 minutes today. B101 is "the oldies station". In the 5 minutes that I listened, I heard the Police, The Romantics and Blondie. Now, when I came to Providence in 1989, B101 was all Bill Haley and the Comets, Nat King Cole and Peter Paul and Mary. It seems like New Wave is now "oldies".

b) When MTV and VH1 first aired, all my friends made fun of VH1 as being the "adult, easy listening" channel. Now, VH1 is having "The Month Of Metal" programming. I told my co-worker, "Hey, remember how when we were kids we thought VH1 was all old and lame? Now they have the Month Of Metal and stuff...". He said, "kids still think VH1 is old and lame". Shit, now Slayer and Megadeth are "oldies".

c) In 1994 I started teaching college classes. I was very young, so my students were my peers. I would reference things like Devo and Atari and everyone got it. Now my students have no idea who Devo is and all pop culture video references today date back to Nintendo and stop there. Erg. Oldies.