Gnurled Wall~ by sndrft

The west coast branch of the collective (me and sndrft eeoo) headed out to Oakland a few weeks ago for the 2009 Skronkathon BBQ at 21 Grand in Oakland. It was an “all-day marathon music and BBQ extravaganza” filled with an extremely eclectic list of performers. Traffic, confusion, impostors, malfunctioning software, potluck chili and a strangely hypnotic, clawed, goth, drone singer (myspace warning!) made for an enjoyably absurd experience.


Sndrft eeoo (cello, clarinet) and Mike Jacobs (game controller => pure data) at 21 Grand

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“A SOCIAL REGISTRY + TONIC REVIVAL AT THE STONE:

MIRA BILLOTTE (WHITE MAGIC)
SAM HILLMER (ZS)
CARTER MANESS & LUKE IANNINI
AT THE STONE, SATURDAY JUNE 13TH
Venue: The Stone
Address: Avenue C at 2nd Street, NY, NY 
Doors: 2 Sets – 8PM / 10PM
Age: All Ages
Price: 5$ A Set

For many years The Social Registry and Tonic partnered to put on forward thinking events at their Norfolk Street location until it closed a couple years ago. John Zorn’s venue, The Stone, asked the fine people behind Tonic to curate the month of June and they, in turn, asked us to curate one of the evenings.

This Saturday we are pleased to present a round robin of sorts. The NYC debut of Carter Maness & Luke Iannini, a solo sessions from Sam Hilmmer of Zs and a special solo performance from Mira Billotte of White Magic. Each artist will be playing two short sets, one at the 8PM set time and another at the 10pm set time.”

sndrft eeoo and I performed May 31st at the Maker Faire in San Mateo, CA. We were there representing BArCMuT (Bay Area Computer Music Technology) and Proyekto, of course. I captured about a third of the show (36 min):

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Photo By Kim Lance

Hallo everyone, sorry for the wait. Here’s a song I wrote about California.