Theatre Intangible

Thursday at Dino's - NOISE NOMADS, LAZY MAGNET, HOBBLEDEIONS, UNICORN HARD-ON

Jan 252012

I can’t improve upon Leslie Keffer’s description of this January 26th Dino’s show, so go read her Nashville Cream preview. Here’s a quote to whet your whistle:

Ever wondered if there is really a “brown note” — that special tone that makes you automatically defecate? Or if there is a chord that causes involuntary orgasm? Well, I’m not sure if any of those exists, but I do know that a certain combination of tones can cause a woman to start her period, and the man who claims to have mastered this is playing in Nashville this Thursday at Dino’s. Jeff Hartford lives in Northampton, Mass., and has been playing music since 1994. He plays under the name NOISE NOMADS, generating tones and noise with toy guitars, homemade amps, old police car doors and sheets of metal alongside hand-me-down instruments and junk gear.

Hell yes. Providence, Rhode Island’s LAZY MAGNET and Theatre Intangible participants HOBBLEDEIONS and UNICORN HARD-ON will also perform. Dino’s is on its way to becoming east Nashville’s own version of the now-noiseless west side dive Betty’s Grill. Or has it been that way for a while? You tell me. My ear is not very close to the ground on east Nashville spots. But with lineups like this, that may change!

UPDATE: TRAFFICKER is also making a special appearance.

January 26th, music around 10pm, donations suggested

Dino’s Bar & Grill
411 Gallatin Ave
Nashville, TN 37206

February 7th at Brick Factory Nashville - C.J. BOYD, KYLE HAMLETT, SUGAR SK-LLS

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Jan 192012

With the loss of Betty’s Grill, Open Lot’s warehouse space, and the soon-to-shutter Little Hamilton all in a year and a half, Nashville has been dealt a serious blow to its experimental and noise music venues. That’s a damn shame. But things are beginning to look up. Dinos in East Nashville has stepped up to the plate with plenty of upcoming shows (booked by LESLIE KEFFER and others). (Go see NOISE NOMADS, LAZY MAGNET, UNICORN HARD-ON, and HOBBLEDIONS Thursday, January 26th!) The Springwater and The End continue their long tradition of booking interesting music.

BRICK FACTORY, the new Cummins Station creative space, may be the next shining hope. While not technically a venue, the founders have pledged to occasionally host music and art shows. I wrote about the opening reception taking place on February 4th after the Art Crawl.

The first music show at Brick Factory is Tuesday, February 7th, and it features former-Nashvillian C.J. BOYD, lylas frontman KYLE HAMLETT, and BEN MARCANTEL’s chip-tune weirdness SUGAR SK*-*LLS. All three are long time Theatre Intangible friends. Check out our previous episodes THE C.J. BOYD SEXTET ARTIST SHOWCASE, STONE IN STREAM (featuring Kyle Hamlett), and Ben’s smoking performance at the 2010 CIRCUIT BENDERS’ BALL.

Full disclosure: I helped put together this show. Come for the music, and stay to scope out the new space. Perhaps it’s an ideal location for your next show.

RSVP on the Facebook event page.

Doors at 7, music at 8. $5 entry. Drink tickets available for purchase.

Enter at Cummins Station street level and follow the signs.

Brick Factory Nashville @ Cummins Station
209 10th Ave S Suite 126, Nashville, TN 37203

E078 The Ocean and the Sea 2012-01-17

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Jan 182012

Here’s podcast 78 The Ocean and the Sea starring BREY MCCOY and ANTHONY WILLIAM HERNDON from the Paducah, Kentucky experimental group METRONOME THEREMIN. We recorded this synth-filled noise-fest in August of last year.

This is the first podcast I mastered and edited in a program other than Soundtrack Pro. I finally put to rest my senile Mac G5 and replaced it with a Xubuntu Linux machine. I really wanted to use open source audio editing software.

Unfortunately, nothing in the open source world holds a candle to Soundtrack Pro (not even Ardour, at least for waveform editing). And Alsa was an absolute beast to configure properly. So after a month of pulling my hair out and putting off the next podcast release, I broke down and installed Windows 7 inside Virtualbox and purchased Adobe Audition. I feel dirty. Is it as good as my 5 year old copy of Soundtrack Pro? No. Will it work? That remains to be seen.

Ahem! And now without further tech talk, here’s “The Ocean and the Sea.”

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Creative Space THE BRICK FACTORY Hosts Opening Reception February 4th After the Downtown Art Crawl

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Jan 142012

Ever get the urge to make a chair out of a single sheet of 4′ by 8′ plywood? Or a side table out of an old pallet? How about learning aerial dancing or space painting? Are your ideas bigger than your studio apartment? The Brick Factory, a new creative space in the Cummins Station complex, would like to help. Here you can take (or teach) art classes, use the community workshop, see performances, and get your make on.

Hackerspaces are few and far between in Nashville. There’s Hacker Consortium in Germantown, a dues-taking collective that owns a laser cutter and Maker Bot. Then there’s my group HackNash, which does not charge dues but lacks a community space. That’s why I’m incredibly excited about the opening of The Brick Factory, which bills itself as a “creative space.” They have a full wood shop, access to a CNC machine, and a photography wall with one of those half-pipe-looking floor curves for corner-free backgrounds. When I checked out the space last week, they were still working feverishly to finish the wall by opening.

The Brick Factory opens February 1st, but the best time to check them out may be during the February 4th First Saturday Art Crawl. From 8pm to midnight, the Brick Factory is hosting an open house, complete with live music and an art show curated by The Open Lot. (Full disclosure: I’m an Open Lot board member.)

Finding the space can be a bit of a challenge. Cummins Station is HUGE. Your best best is asking the front receptionist or just following the event signs.

Although co-founder Ryan Schemmel told me The Brick Factory is not primarily a performance space, they will still host events. I’m helping to organize a show on February 7th featuring Theatre Intangible participants C.J. Boyd, Kyle Hamlett (Lylas), and Sugar Sk*-*lls (Ben Marcantel). On February 29th, DeKalb, Illinois circuit-benders CMKT4 will host a bottle cap contact mic workshop and performance. Their performance at the 2010 Circuit Benders Ball was a fan favorite. More on these events soon. Also check The Brick Factory events calendar.

Hope to see you February 4th at The Brick Factory!

The Brick Factory @ Cummins Station
209 10th Ave South
Suite 126
Nashville, TN 37203