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September 25, 2006
WW Six this Saturday, 09.30.06
Way too many artists, photographers and bands to name but ensures for a great time! Alot of local (& used to be local) SJ-ians that we like. Clik here
for more info!
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September 21, 2006
Ridiculous beginnings...
"All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning. Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door." ~ Albert Camus
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September 14, 2006
Bansky's Barely Legal
If you're in L.A. this weekend, Sept 15-17th, you should attend Banksy's "three day vandalizing warehouse extravaganza" at a location to be announced the day of the opening by visiting his site.
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September 08, 2006
Troy Curtis heads out east with PMR!
Troy Curtis at Anno Domini
Our good friend and partner in crime, Troy Curtis, is heading out east with the Perpetual Motion Roadshow. If you live in or find yourself visiting Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, New York, Montreal, Ottawa or Toronto between September 16th through the 23rd, you should pay one of the fine hosting venues a visit and catch his performance. Troy will be travelling to 7 cities over 8 days to perform with China Martens (zinestress extraordinaire) from Baltimore and Eric Lab Rat (faithful urban scribe) from Chicago.
Troy's debut album Songs for Girls Who Don't Deserve Them (recorded in an abandoned church) will accompany him on the journey as well. Please show him some of that East Coast and Canadian love!
PMR heads out west again starting in November. Watch Anno Domini's schedule for details.
...PMR #36 (Sept. 16-23) features...
troubled troubadour
TROY CURTIS
from San Jose!
zinestress extraordinaire
CHINA MARTENS
from Baltimore!
faithful urban scribe
ERIC LAB RAT
from Chicago!
All shows are pay-what-you-can.
Chicago: Sat. Sept. 16, 7 pm. Quimby's (1854 W. North Ave.) w/ braniac girl genius Kate Sandler!
Cincinnati: Sun. Sept. 17, 6 pm. Hobo Books (4040 Hamilton Ave.) with Shawn Abnoxious and music by The Seedy Seeds!
Cleveland: Tues. Sept. 19, 6 pm. Mac's Backs (1820 Coventry Rd.)
New York City: Wed. Sept. 20, 8 pm. The Lucky Cat (245 Grand Street, Williamsburg) w/ controversial columnist Mykel Board!
Montreal: Thurs. Sept. 21, 8 pm. Bibliograph/e Zine Library, Toc Toc Cafe (6091 Avenue du Parc)
Ottawa: Fri. Sept. 22, 8:30 pm. venus envy (320 Lisgar St.) w/ punk rock poet Zachary Houle!
Toronto: Sat. Sept. 23, 8 pm. Art Bar (in the Gladstone Hotel) (1214 Queen St. W.) w/ rock & roll novelist Kevin Hainey!
Troy Curtis has settled in San Jose, California after years as a rambling poet and musician. Born in the small blue-collar town of Rockville, Connecticut, Troy's desire to perform stems from his parents' sacrifice of their artistic dreams. With a voice that perilously floats, Troy's titanic lyrics sink into one's heart like stolen treasure. Recorded in an abandoned church, Troy's first album Songs for Girls Who Don't Deserve Them is presented live and unedited. The album was created to replace mixed tapes and CDs as the preeminent way to express loss at the unfortunate endings to romantic relationships. www.myspace.com/troycurtis
China Martens is the editor of The Future Generation: A Zine for Subculture Parents, Kids, Friends & Others, and is expecting her first book out this winter -- an anthology of the last 16 years of The Future Generation -- with Atomic Book Company. She also writes a column for Slug and Lettuce and puts out numerous other one-shot zines and chapbooks like Dustbunny, SuperMarket SuperModel, and the Baltimore City Paper "Best Zine" award-winning I Was... a Student Nurse!
Eric Lab Rat traverses his native Chicago on a blue Schwinn tricycle, meeting interesting people and collecting curios from dumpsters. He splits time between stints as a DJ, math tutor, and landscaper. On Tuesdays, he hosts a soul show on WLUW; on Fridays he throws down on the legendary freeform station WZRD. His set may include letters written to concepts, God, and government; poems about ghosts; and songs about celebrity vaginas. His work can be found under a variety of aliases in Gapers Block, the Banana King, and The 2nd Hand. A couple of times a month, he unloads on reverendlabrat.blogspot.com.
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September 06, 2006
AVA at Blue Monkey 09/08/06
This Friday's shaping up to be a busy night. After Fan Ho's reception (see below) it's back down to SJ where we'll head over to the Blue Monkey for AVA (audio.video.art) with live electronic music by Derek Scott, Qorser, Steve Cooley, noka and Chachi Jones and an interactive video by Steve Cooley. (and we'll see if we can't get a round of bowling in between!)
Blue Monkey
1 E. San Fernando
downtown San Jose
8pm, 21+, No Cover
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September 01, 2006
Fan Ho Exhibit & Book Signing
Next Friday Sept. 8th, the award winning legendary photographer and film maker, Fan Ho will have a booksigning and exhbit featuring 100 of his vintage photographs of 1940 -1950 Hong Kong. Fan Ho can frequently be found at the local galleries supporting the artistic community and this is an excellent opportunity to return the support.
Sept. 8th, 7-10pm (on view thru Nov. 2nd)
ModernBook
494 University Ave
Palo Alto
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COLLABRO opens tonight Sept. 1st
Joshua Petker, Sylvia Ji, Andrew Brandou
Over a year and a half in the making with 90 artists participating, COLLABRO opens tonight with 70 collaborative paintings and music by Sacramento's Be Brave Bold Robot. Poor Al, the curator and creative mind behind this exhibit, will be here on hand to celebrate. AD is proud to be the Bay Area host for Collabro which debuted in May 06 at Subject Matter Gallery and has plans to move onto New York next year. Read the Juxtapoz interview here.
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First Saturday at Barefoot Coffee
Barefoot Coffee is one of the best roasters and cafes in town. Much of their success is that the folks that work there are artists and take "the art of coffee" very seriously. This Saturday, Sept 2nd, they're showcasing an evening of art and music by Corpus Callosum, Deathat and The Peculiar Pretzelmen.
Sat., Sept 2, 7pm
Barefoot Coffee Roasters
5237 Stevens Creek, San Jose
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