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This show rocked. Abe Vigoda’s music was so powerfully clear and amazing—wow! Trandrew, Vaginals, Alexis and Querent were also phenomenal.

The only thing that was not fun about this show was knowing that this was to be our last at Il Corral.

I think we went out on top.

Thanks to all the bands and friends who stuck with me. This was the best send-off I could have hoped for. I know a lot of people didn’t even realize what was happening, but it meant a lot to me that we could focus and have such a great show!!!

Trandrew

I told Trandrew I thought he did “folk music”… then he wrote a song about it!

Jenna baked another delicious cake. This time: a turtle theme for her Mom’s b-day!! Thanks for celebrating with us :)

Querent

Vaginals

Cleveland reunion!

Alexis Gideon’s Levitation #3!!!

The New Bloods (from Portland)

Abe Vigoda

Kyle’s show sure was a lot of fun. With Anavan, Laco$te, Flaspar, A++, Smooth Grooves and Fortress of Amplitude, I think it’s safe to say that this was the best show of the year so far!! (Unfortunately, I was running a bit late and did not get not get pictures of A++, but later on in the night, they jammed with Smooth Grooves. That was the best part!)

Enjoy!!!

Laco$te

Fortress Of Amplitude

Smooth Grooves

Grace (A++)

Scarlett (A++)

Flaspar (Las Vegas, NV)

Anavan

LOS ANGELES: Sounds Are Active Films and director Sean Carnage are proud to announce that the critically-praised new music documentary 40 BANDS/80 MINUTES! will be premiering in ten states, beginning February 27th with an NYC premiere at Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn.

Just added is an exclusive showcase at SXSW in Austin, Texas sponsored by Arthur Magazine on Thursday, March 15th!

TUESDAY 2/27 – NYC PREMIERE 7pm @ Galapagos Art Space, 70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211, (718) 384-4586, http://www.galapagosartspace.com/, doors=7pm, show=7:30, $5 admission

THURSDAY 3/1 – OHIO PREMIERE 8pm @ Parish Hall w/ Proletarian Art Threat, Clan Of The Cave Bear & Tony Erba spoken word, 6205 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, Ohio 44102 (216) 939-9099, http://www.millerweitzelgallery.com/index.html, 8:30pm, $5
**** Director Sean Carnage will introduce the film!

TUESDAY 3/6 – DETROIT PREMIERE 7pm @ Modern Exchange, 12219 Dix-Toledo Rd., Southgate, Michigan (734)-284-2547, http://www.themodernexchange.com/, $7

FRIDAY 3/9 – MISSOULA PREMIERE 7pm & 9pm @ New Crystal Theater, 515 S. Higgins (in back of The Bridge bistro), Missoula, Montana (406) 542-0638, admission TBA

THURSDAY 3/15—ARTHURMAG PRESENTS 40 BANDS 80 MINUTES! AT SXSW 8pm w/ Anavan, Health, Clipd Beaks, Indian Jewelry & Monitor Records. Address and other info TBA, http://www.arthurmag.com

FRIDAY 3/16 – HOT SPRINGS PREMIERE 6pm (check web site for screening time) @ Valley Of The Vapors Independent Music Fest, Low Key Arts Building, 118 Arbor, Hot Springs Arkansas 71901 (501) 282-9056, http://www.valleyofthevapors.com/home.html, FREE

WEDNESDAY 3/21 – ROCHESTER PREMIERE 8pm @ A/V Space w/ Barr, Marnie Stern [both Kill Rock Stars], & Little Yellow Bird, 8 Public Market (second floor, please use N. Union St. entrance), Rochester, New York 14609 (585) 615-8446, http://www.avspace.org

SATURDAY 3/24 – BLOOMINGTON PREMIERE 8pm @ The Cinemat, 123 South Walnut Street, Bloomington, IN 47404 (812) 333-4700, http://www.thecinemat.com, $4

FRIDAY 3/30 – INLAND EMPIRE PREMIERE 8pm @ Old Baldy Brewery w/ Anavan, Health & Silencio Records, 271 N. Second Ave., Upland, CA. 91786 (866) 377-6853, http://www.oldbaldybrewery.com/, admission TBA
**** Director Sean Carnage will introduce the film!

SATURDAY 5/26 – CHICAGO PREMIERE @ The Ice Factory w/ Dogme 95, Midstates & more TBA , 526 N Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60622, http://www.myspace.com/icefactory, admission & start time TBA

See the trailer! Official site: http://www.40bands80minutes.com
Director e-mail: sean@seancarnage.com

Check this out: 40 BANDS 80 MINUTES! got its best review to date, on the superawesome blog 20 JAZZ FUNK GREATS.

Read it: http://20jazzfunkgreats.blogspot.com/2007/02/faster-faster.html

“The other day I saw these kids playing so fast they finished before they began, they totally sounded backwards. WHAM!

You know how 20jazzfunkgreats posts a bigger share of 8+ minute long tracks than most other blogs out there, excluding mixes that would only demonstrate our non-existent DJing ‘skills’/artificial Ableton skills. But we like it short too. Because, paraphrasing E.E. Cummings, we are abnormally fond of that conciseness which creates direction, also exemplified by The Eternal Question And Inmortal Answer of Burlesk, ‘Would you hit a woman with a child?- no, I’d hit her with a brick’. WHAM!

So let’s get on with business.

Last Saturday I watched this DVD sent all the way from California by the kind guys at Sounds Are Active, it’s called ‘40 Bands 80 Minutes!’ and it’s one of the most hysterical things I ever seen, viz. 40 bands playing in 80 minutes in this experimental venue in LA called II Corral, yeah, 2 minutes per band, erm, WHAM.

On top of having some ace performances by the likes of Abe Vigoda, HEALTH, Captain Ahab, Wives, Nosajthing and many more, most of which I didn’t know, I was blown away by the exhilarating collective energy the whole event projected, total diversity and whatevs styles with only a common denominator, ‘Do Your Own Thing, and Care’. Totally sweet, fresh and healthy, someone in London should do something similar, although given the levels of band rivalry one sees this side of the pond the whole thing would probably end up in a bloodbath, which perhaps wouldn’t be such a bad thing, as long as the good ‘uns won. Nah we’re joking we love everyone.

Bands were playing on the floor as well, just like the Do, post-punk egalitarianism is where it’s at.

So yeah, order it here, you know it’s good for you.

The theme tune for the DVD provided by Alaskan super-hero GSL mavericks Anavan (myspace) is a grand snarly nugget of ferocious noise-pop that bounces rapid against that this there wall with the psychic force of Oneida compressed to the size of an atom and shot from the CERN particle accelerator in the definitive game of molecular dweeb bowling. WHAM. Strike, better than Jesus.”