New Widget, SANF4

Yes the new widget for order the new phog masheeen CD the Eternal Battle of Heat and Cold act one is not available to the right of this post. Use it and enjoy the results.

The march toward SANF4 is in full swing. Here is a snip from the press release:

Santa Ana Noise Festival Returns December 8th 2012.

The Santa Ana Noise Fest (SANF 4) returns for its fourth installment to the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art at 117 North Sycamore, Santa Ana, CA 92701. Festivities begin at 5:00 PM on Saturday December 8th, 2012. This event is FREE!

This celebration of all things experimental, improvised, distorted and loud offers an opportunity for interested parties to test their earplugs with performances from: Brutal Poodle, Cold Grey Eye, Craig Sibley, +DOG+, Endometrium Cuntplow, Grizzly, Jesus Is Dead, phog masheeen, Six Mystic Points, Wire Here, XSXCXEXBX and Yard Goat.

A unique feature of the Santa Ana Noise Fest is the “Noise Circle” at the end of the event. This offers an opportunity for all the performers to play together blending their unique approaches to sound production into a swirling vortex of sound. The proximity of the date of the SANF 4 to the end of the Mayan Calendar prompted the promoters to suggest that the “Noise Circle” could be used in a ritual manner for “Opening a rift to the end of the world.” 

Directions to the venue can be found at OCCCA.ORG.

Heading out to NorCal Noisefest!

The day has come! We are heading up to Sacramento for the NorCal Noisefest! We will be up there for three days. We perform on Saturday. If you are in town check it out.

phog masheeen visits the Soundwalk Video up now!

William Almas has completed work on the video documentation of the phog masheeen participation in Soundwalk 2012.

Pumped up, high octane visuals communicate the energy that the Soundwalk brings to the streets of Long Beach.





Available streaming and Hi-Def here:

http://archive.org/details/PhogMasheeenVisitsTheSoundwalkInLongBeachCa2012

Enjoy!

Soundwalk 2012 recap, Monk notes...

Another festive Soundwalk has come and gone. Thanks to Ken Huntington for documenting my set in front of the Mystery Cave/Glow Room with this fine picture. I like the mobility aspect of being able to find interesting spots at interesting times. Andy Sykora was cruising the event on his bike and stopped to jam. We threw down in front of a metal gate (which was clearly marked "No Loitering" much to my delight!) things got interesting when we started playing the gate.


On a different note: I got this scan of notes from Thelonious Monk. It is part rant, part journal. I think it is interesting to see how much handwriting contributes to your knowledge of a personality. In Monk's case, print not cursive, underlining for emphasis.

Soundwalk tonight! First phog set 6:00...

Tonight is the Soundwalk. The first phog masheeen set will be at 6:00 pm on the Northeast corner of 3rd and Elm. It will be a short set before the Cerial Box Orchestra (CBO). Then we are off to the races moving about the area. Hit the twitter button to follow the tweets of where the performances are. Or look for the phog masheeen sign. Come on down! It will be fun!

Follow phog to find perfomances Saturday at SoundWalk!

Twitter buttion to Follow phog masheeen performances this Saturday at Soundwalk 2012 in Long Beach!


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Meowmeow's recording and video now available.

It was a spectacular evening at Meowmeow's One Stop Rock Shop! With +DOG+ and Marlo Eggplant. Meowmeow's is ripe with ambiance and some of that interfered with the projection of the video. But now you can view the video in all it's splendor here:

http://archive.org/details/phog_masheeen_Meowmeows_8-10-12

Enjoy!