AUX 2: this Saturday: February 23: Athens

[thelatebphelium]

Black Swan Network amongst others....
http://flagpole.com/Music/Features/A...val/2008-02-20
http://www.auxcd.com/
http://www.myspace.com/auxexperimentalartsevent

[patrock]

I will be there no doubt.

[lou2ser]

How was BSN?

They didn't play as BSN instead they played as "The Flash Card Orchestra." Bill Doss conducted a group of 15-20 people including Andrew Rieger, Pete Erchick, BP Helium, Eric Harris, John Fernandes, Heather McIntosh, Davey Wrathgaber, David Specht, and a bunch of Dark Meat folks. Other people in the room at the time who might have been on stage include Derek Almstead, Scott Spillane, Dottie Alexander, and Jamey Huggins. Four people who were in the room but were definitely not on stage were Jeff Mangum, Jimmy Hughes, JoeJustJoe and myself.

The idea was Bill would show a flashcard to the band and they would act out whatever the flashcard said. There were different sections of the band, so they would start and stop at different times. For example, one of the flashcards said something along the lines of insects buzzing in the springtime and everyone would act that out for 30 seconds or so.

I know Sloan taped it and Heather is in possession of a video. Hopefully both those and some other artifacts will see the light of day.

[patrock]

I didn't like that performance at all. I really liked the marketplace stuff more than the performances. I liked the film at cine but the rest was just a bit stale at times, but I had fun. They are planning another one to take place at Athica later this year, I may try to get in on that one.

[el topo]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: I wish I lived in Athens. (But I like Madison.)

[theaddingmachine]

that sounds so wild!

[wilson]

They didn't play as BSN instead they played as "The Flash Card Orchestra." Bill Doss conducted a group of 15-20 people including Andrew Rieger, Pete Erchick, BP Helium, Eric Harris, John Hernandez, Heather McIntosh, Davey Wrathgaber, David Specht, and a bunch of Dark Meat folks. Other people in the room at the time who might have been on stage include Derek Almstead, Scott Spillane, Dottie Alexander, and Jamey Huggins. Four people who were in the room but were definitely not on stage were Jeff Mangum, Jimmy Hughes, JoeJustJoe and myself.

The idea was Bill would show a flashcard to the band and they would act out whatever the flashcard said. There were different sections of the band, so they would start and stop at different times. For example, one of the flashcards said something along the lines of insects buzzing in the springtime and everyone would act that out for 30 seconds or so.

I know Sloan taped it and Heather is in possession of a video. Hopefully both those and some other artifacts will see the light of day.

This sounds fantastic. I considered going all through last week, but then got into a spiralling funk Friday night and couldn't bring myself to make the drive come Saturday morning.

I have hopes about the taped copy surfacing somewhere on these internets...

[lou2ser]

Oh, and there was an audio installation outside of Little Kings. Four boomboxes playing in synch to create a soundscape. Artists included Derick Almstead, Davey Wrathgaber, Will Westbrook, and someone else who's name escapes me.

[JoeJustJoe]

I didn't like that performance at all.

Did you see Chris Herron & Friends? That was amazing! So was the Dark Meat performance.

The whole flash card thing was an expiriment and from that regard I thought pretty cool.

[JoeJustJoe]

There was also an impromtu Gerbils perfomance outside Little Kings.