Monthly Archives: February 2009

No Idea Festival in Austin Starts Today

NO IDEA FESTIVAL

February
san antonio 16-21
fort worth 24
austin 26 27 28

March
houston 1
new orleans 2

* annette krebs guitar, electronics › berlin
* bonnie jones electronics › baltimore
* chris cogburn percussion › austin
* cooper-moore multi-instrumentalist › nyc
* dave dove trombone › houston
* jason kahn percussion, electronics › zürich
* jawwaad taylor trumpet, electronics, MC › nyc
* joshua beckman poetry, electronics › nyc
* mario de vega electronics › mexico city / berlin
* melanie noel poetry › seattle
* tatsuya nakatani percussion › pennsylvania

austin
february 26 – 28, 2009 at 8pm
at the blue theater
~ 916 Springdale Rd. ~
$10-$20 sliding scale
$25 festival pass

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Artificial Music Machine and Gomi present: Get Bent! 2.0

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Artificial Music Machine and Gomi present: Get Bent! 2.0

A free evening of circuit bending and experimental audio performances by:

Bleep Labs
m477h3w
[m30w]
Furby Youth Choir
19 Lemurs

Friday, February 27th, 2009
The Fifth Gallery / G on 5
Downtown at 305B E. 5th Street, Austin, TX 78701

7pm-8:30pm: hands-on workshop (bring toys!)
8:30pm-10pm: live performances

Circuit bending is the creative short-circuiting of electronic devices that produce sounds. Background info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_bending

More information about the organizers of this event:
http://www.artificialmusicmachine.com
http://www.gomi-austin.com
http://www.thefifthgalleryaustin.com
http://www.g-on-5.com

Please invite your friends. This event has no cover charge, and all ages are welcome.

The 8088 Record Collective Compilation Vol. 3 Cd Release show

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The 8088 Record Collective Compilation Vol. 3 CD Release show is happening February 28 @ The Parlor (100 E. North Loop, Austin, TX).

They will be passing out FREE double disc compilations at the show. The comps feature local Austin acts Bridge Farmers, Aunt’s Analog, Betaplayer, and Transmography. 22 other bands from other regions of the US are involved.

Video flyer:

More info on the 8088 Record Collective website or their myspace.

Austin Video Bee 2 Release Party! 2/19

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Austin Video Bee 2 Release Party
February 19, 2009 7:30 PM – Midnight
Carousel Lounge, 1110 E. 52nd Street

The Austin Video Bee is pleased to invite you to the Release Party for our imaginatively titled second collection of videos: Austin Video Bee 2, with special musical guest Cari Music at the Carousel Lounge. For our second collaborative effort, each of our members invited a guest artist to either collaborate with them on a video, or submit a video of their own, resulting in a compilation of 12 new videos loosely dealing with the theme of binaries, pairs, duplicates, twins or any other understanding of the number 2.

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You’re Welcome Show No. 3

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You’re Welcome is Hall Sheriff, Cristina Vasquez, Ryan Rhodes, Marc Voorhees, and Harsh Patel. They’ll be showing some new work at Texas French Bread, 3213 Red River, Austin, TX at 5pm on Sunday, February 22, 2009.

I don’t know anything about this show, though the last couple of shows I’ve seen them do featured photos of girls puking and stuff. Don’t miss this.

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