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| lastdaysofrain | Event Date: 19 May 2012 (Single Day Event) |
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Ken Reid's Shirt Tales YMCA Cambridge Theatre Cambridge, MA Comedian Ken Reid brings his fourth one man show back to the Cambridge YMCA Theater. A full length multi-media one man story telling comedy show show which will include a short history of the t-shirt and a longer history of Ken Reid. Ken will tell humorous, bittersweet and occasionally bizarre tales from his life, using his personal t-shirt collection as a gateway into his own personal timeline. Ken was nominated by the Boston Phoenix as Boston's Best Comedian in 2010 and 2012. He has opened for Todd Barry, Eugene Mirman, Patton Oswalt and Bob Saget. He is also the regular Friday night host at the world famous Comedy Studio and has staged one man shows in the greater Boston area, and at the UCB in New York. Ken will be joined by Chanteuse Niki Luparelli (http://www.nikiluparelli.com/) who will be opening the show as only a true entertainer can. $15, 730 Show. $15 includes a limited edition event t-shirt with admission. Tickets available here More info about Ken available here |
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| loubunk | Event Date: 19 May 2012 (Single Day Event) |
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Covers (three groups performing improvisations and familiar tunes) Covers set 1: OK Chorale Matt Samolis - flute Forbes Graham - trumpet Tom Plsek - trombone Steve Norton - bass clarinet Vic Rawlings - prepared cello Covers set 2: Duck That Angela Sawyer - voice, electronics, game calls Josh Jefferson - reeds, game calls Steve Norton - reeds, percussion, celesta, game calls Covers set 3: De-votion Vic Rawlings - electronics, guitar Brendan Murray - synths, guitar Steve Norton - percussion, saxophone, elec. bass Chris Strunk - percussion, drums, vocals duo: D. Greenwood - handmade electronics J. Starpoli - amplified trombone trio: Michael Rosenstein, electronics Vic Rawlings, exposed electronics, speakers Angela Sawyer, electronics _______________________________________ Saturday, May 19, 2012 Third Life Studios 33 Union Square Somerville, MA (Almost at the heart of Union Square, on the segment of Somerville Ave. coming into Union Square from Porter Square) For directions and parking: http://www.thirdlifestudio.com/directions.html Doors open at 7:30. / music at 8:00 p.m. $8 admission _______________________________________ Opensound is a monthly concert series that explores improvised and experimental music, bringing artists from disparate backgrounds together for unique events in Somerville MA. The process of improvisation combines the distinctive voices of its individual performers. The music that results is often surprising, unconventional and dynamic. It s not uncommon to hear music made of electronic crackles, noisy multi-phonics, gurgling, hissing, quiet vocalized gibberish, atonal noodling, bowed metal, blowing sounds, post-everything harmony, and a thousand shades of hullabaloo. You may also see video and dance cohabitating with buzzes, clicks, drones, wooshes, and bleeps in a bizarre galaxy of pitch and spectra! _______________________________________ Some Performer Bios Multi-reedist Steve Norton is best known for his work with the 1990s Boston-based band Debris. Debris was an ambitious, exuberant, puzzling band that puzzled together serialism, free jazz and funk. Their music is in equal measure exhilarating and exhausting. It was the combination, in part, that burned Norton out about ten years ago, as well as a need to attend to his job and family. Back in full force now, at fighting weight, with drive and direction and reinvigorated sound, he's steaming. Recent projects include the duck-call trio, Duck That, with Joshua Jefferson and Angela Sawyer; Matt Samolis' Metal and Glass Ensemble; a trio-without-name performing a stunning rendition of Steve Lacy's "Tips," with Noell Dorsey on voice and Samolis on flute; and a duo with Vic Rawlings, Symptomatic. Composer / performer Jeremy Starpoli has been developing his unique musical interests in the northeast United States for over two decades. His original music explores our perception of the fundamental parameters of musical sound (pitch, rhythm, dynamics and tone color) as a basis for creating detailed worlds of sound in a variety of styles. As a composer, Starpoli's interest in sound as a perceptual substance motivates endless variations of musical material. As an performer, Starpoli has over fifteen years experience performing on slide trombone as well as a variety of bass strings and percussion instruments. Based in Western Massachusetts, Starpoli has collaborated with many regional and internationally-known musicians such as Joe McPhee, Jessica Pavone, Dan Greenwood (a.k.a. Diagram A), Ben Karetnick, Cliff White, and many others. He has performed with groups such his own RICEnsemble, the Middletown (CT) Creative Orchestra, power-noise-core band Squidlaunch, etc. His approach to the trombone utilizes a wide variety of conventional and extended techniques, allowing for diverse sound-types and moods. The music of J Starpoli is noisy and passionate at times, at others it is textural or rhythmic or melodic, crossing many styles and sounds in a constant exploration. Follow the sound. Vic Rawlings (Boston- amplifier/ prepared cello, speaker elements/ exposed circuitry) employs a still and unstable sound language that traverses from the visceral excess of the Laurence Cook Disaster Unit to the extreme austerity of undr quartet. He has designed and built 2 separate instruments to realize this aesthetic, including extensive and invasive cello preparations- some directly based on obscure baroque instrumentation. The amplified cello is used as a resonant wooden microphone. He also continually develops an electronic instrument from the exposed circuit boards of sound processors, effectively producing an analog synthesizer with a highly unstable interface. This electronic instrument is realized by a flexible array of exposed speaker elements, chosen for their often unpredictable and idiosyncratic acoustic qualities. His solo performances deny conventional assumptions about the use of time and refuse alliance with dominant trends in improvised music. More information available on the web: www.opensound.org |
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