WHAM!

Hey...you should go to this. Steve Mattos (Arab on Radar, Athletic Automoton, Chrome Jackson) and pals are having an art opening. The opening is at Firehouse 13, January 9, 6-9.

Sweet Thieves last show

...was tonight, so sad.

Some pics (click to enlarge):




Double Drummers!

basement tracks

Literally.

My basement was sorta trashed so it is forcing me to unearth lots of old stuff. Amongst the rubble were some really fun cassettes from 1989-1996 or so. I am going to post them as soon as I can, starting with these 2:

1) Mummers Play: This is a tape that compiled lots of locals doing holiday music. I only have a single, long mp3 right now, but check back soon for cut up tracks with credits. Happy belated holidaze.

click here for the forum thread

click here for the track - EDIT: I took down this version as I digitize a higher quality one.



2) Possibly my favorite PVD band of all time, Lazy Eye, made a 4 track recording before they created their properly recorded album. It was direct to 4 track. I think 2 of these tracks did not appear on the final record. Lazy Eye was: Glenn Quinette - guitar, Doug Alien - drums, Jed Marshall - vocals and bass, Kevin Devine - guitar and backup vocals.

go to the Rare and Live page to hear the 5 tracks.

Lolita Black CD released

LOLITA BLACK-"INSIDE THE WASTELAND"

(From the forum post)
Angst ridden,female fronted dark punk and rock sounding like a collision of Rudimentary Peni,Wire, Killing Joke and the PainTeens. Out now at Providences favorite record store "Armageddon"...support local music!

8 songs 23+ minutes. Includes lyrics. Recorded and mastered by Kris Lapke in April 08. This is our first release.

myspace.com/lolitablackprovidence

Bike Lane

NETWORKS 2008

From our pal Cheryl:

Networks 2008

Reception: Friday, November 21st 5pm-7pm

Reception free for Newport Art Museum Members, $10 for Non-Members

Griswold House and Cushing Galleries

The Newport Art Museum

76 Bellevue Avenue,

Newport, RI 02840

AS220

115 Empire St.

Providence, RI 02903

NetWorks 2008 is a multi-disciplinary exhibition of selected contemporary RI visual artists curated by Dr. Joseph Chazan & Umberto Crenca, Artistic Director of AS220. Networks 2008 includes fifteen videos that celebrate Rhode Island's incredible community of artists. These videos will begin airing on Rhode Island PBS affiliates beginning Thursday, November 6th.

The NetWorks exhibition is currently on view at The Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI, and an opening reception for the artists will be held on Friday, November 21 from 5-7pm. This exhibit highlights the work & achievement of a number of diverse and influential Rhode Island artists. A full color exhibition catalog with DVD produced by Design Providence will be available at the reception. The Newport Art Museum Networks exhibit continues through January 25, 2009.

Other exhibitions and events continue during the winter season. An exhibition at 5Traverse will run December 5th-24th with an opening reception December 5th from 6pm-8pm. Simultaneously, December 5th-28th a NetWorks exhibition will be on view at the AS220 Project Space with an opening reception on December 7th from 4-7pm and a preview Friday December 5th from 5:30-8pm. During the preview there will be a free shuttle service between the AS220 Project Space & NetWorks opening reception at 5Traverse Gallery. Photographic Portraits of the artists by Lucas Foglia and Scott Lapham at the Providence City Hall Gallery at 25 Dorrance Street will follow, running from January 4th to 31st.

Exhibition Artists List:

HOWARD BEN TRE

JONATHAN BONNER

UMBERTO CRENCA

RUTH DEALY

WALTER FELDMAN

LUCAS FOGLIA

MARK FREEDMAN

RICHARD GOULIS

SCOTT LAPHAM

SAL MANCINI

XANDER MARRO

DENNY MOERS

JACQUELINE OTT

LIZ PANNELL

TIM PHILBRICK

ANGEL QUINONEZ

CW ROELLE

JIM WATKINS

TOOTS ZYNSKY

http://www.as220.org/networks/

For more information about Networks 2008 or AS220 Please Contact:

Cheryl Kaminsky

AS220 Communications Director

401.831.9327

cheryl@as220.org

PVD Rock And Roll Yard Sale

Dont forget to Vote...here's where:

http://www.sec.state.ri.us/vic/

Find your local polling place with this here link.

Do it.

Made In America

I heard this On Point today and thought it was pretty entertaining. It is focusing on the "Made In America" tag over the past 40 years and what it has meant. it also touches on Clothing, Toys, Musical Instuments, etc and their manufacture.

http://www.onpointradio.org/shows/2007/09/made-in-america/

WHAT!? Earth is (I guess) not playing tonight

This blows.

What is going on? Why does it seem like Providence can't support the touring bands? I am in packed shows all the time...I don't see why it is so hard to get a good turnout/guarantee for the acts. Here is the roster for Mammoth Booking, the people that could have figured out a way to keep EARTH here in PVD:

AIDS WOLF
ANTELOPE
ASVA
BARONESS
BLOOD AND TIME
BOHREN UND DER CLUB OF GORE
BORIS
DON CABALLERO
EARTH
FINAL
GRAILS
HARVEY MILK
HIGH ON FIRE
ISIS
JESU
KTL
KYLESA
MONO
OREN AMBARCHI
PELICAN
PISSED JEANS
RED SPAROWES
RUSSIAN CIRCLES
SLEEPING STATES
STRINGS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
SUNN 0)))
THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES
THRONES
TORCHE
YOUNG WIDOWS
ZENI GEVA
ZOMBI

ZOMBI? RUSSION CIRCLES?RED SPAROWES?BORIS?BARONESS? TORCHE? GAHHH!

I want these bands here in Providence.
I am pissed.

If anyone from Mammoth can hear me...please get in contact. I will help assure that these shows are well publicised and well attended.

Crap.