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bummer... I can't make it Tom.... but keep sending these. I had a blast with you last time. Teddy On Oct 29, 2007, at 3:22 AM, Tom Ritchford wrote: > Hello, one and all, young and old, brave and bold friends, > acquaintances and people who's lists I'm on (and a special nod to the > looper's delight and open loop crew -- drop by to loop after > midnight!) > > > I've been planning this show for a while but this absolutely > exceptional location and evening just fell into my lap so I thought > I'd jump on it despite the very short notice (I just had the final > confirmation a few minutes ago). It's tonight but if we get any sort > of show at all we'll be able to do it repeatedly... > > Jump to the end for the skinny on the space. > > > Tom Swirly presents: > > The Illusion of Maya: > an avant-garde talk show and variety act. > featuring Maya Sky > with Tom Swirly playing himself > > "Under Maya's influence, the soul mistakenly identifies with the body" > > > On the bill: > > Tom Swirly and Maya Sky: 8:00 > Dr. Steam Whipple: 8:25 > Puppies Hold Hands: 8:50 > Han Tammen/Tom Shad/Joshua Fried trio: 9:15 > > -- ten minute break -- > > The Illusion: 10:05 > Joshua Fried's Radio Wonderland: 10:15 > Dan Jones: 10:50 > Kid Lucky: 11:20 > Sky and Swirly and the cast: 11:45 > > midnight and later: > open loop (all performers of all types) > > There will likely be dancers, including the illustrious Valmonte > Sprout. > > > Monday, October 29, 8PM sharp till late. > > at the basement of Lucky Cheng's > http://www.planetluckychengs.com/ > 24 1st Ave. between E1st and East 2nd. > > (Note that we will unfortunately not have many if any of the drag > queens in the basement part of the bar...) > > We'll be starting at 8 promptly. > > > Ask for the Early Bird Buyback special. > > First five guests get a free drink!!! (always tip your bartender!) > First ten guests get free admission!! > Next ten guests pay $3! > ... but only if you ask for it. > > Otherwise $5. > > (always $3 after midnight!) > > > Notes on the show: > > Maya hosts > The guests play music (or do other things but tonight it's all > music) > Tom interviews the guests > Maya and Tom play with the guests. > Repeat. > > > (My personal) notes on the performers: > > Maya is an illusion but will sing for you. > > Tom Swirly (open loop, Verge, etc) plays electronic wind instrument, > sings, manipulates machines, and does various other entertaining > activities. > > Dr. Steam Whipple will entertain you on the classical guitar. > > Puppies Hold Hands has Touching You (Liquid Tapedeck, Haunted Pussy, > etc) and Tom Swirly (henceforth TS), together again after almost five > years and a show that was raided by the police. > > Han Tammen plays endangered guitar. Tom Shad plays bass. Joshua > Fried plays...er... things. > > The Illusion may or may not appear. > > Dan Jones is the Welsh guitar wizard from open loop and TS's summer > street fair. > > Kid Lucky is the groundbreaking beatboxer. This marks his first > time on the same stage as TS since their a cappella hip hop duo > Volectrix self-released two CD titles in 2000. > > Valmonte Sprout is a home-grown mime/Butoh/performance dancer whose > dark, ritualistic show Node Be The Altas (with TS performing the > music) was one of the last things at the old Ludlow Collective: > Unconscious space. > > > Notes on the space: > > It's super-fantastic for the audience and performers alike. The > performance area is in the back, comfortable, nice big stage, good PA, > we can hardly go wrong. > > There's a nice bar area in the front separated by a hall from the > performance area so you can go away and chat and then come back and > watch again. > > Mind the step on the way in!! > > Patrick Bucklew (ex-Mo Pitkins) is manning the bar. He's a great > guy, a serious artist and performer himself, and very supportive of > our attempts. > > -- > > /t > > http://ax.to ......... extreme NY arts and music calendar > http://ax.to/tr ....... my secret little little... > http://ax.to/radio ... my little radio station (on intermittently) > -- PS. -- new videos of my hippy dippy dance trio weekly mister shifty -- Teddybut's song "My Country" is #546 on Neil Young's "LIVING WITH WAR TODAY" site -- visit teddybut on my space -- new teddybut cd "The Man" is available online at cd baby -- Teddybut- "The Man" is part of the rotation at Harris Radio -- Interviews -- http://www.teddybut.com Kumpelstiltskin Music, Inc. Brooklyn, NY "The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." --Hunter S. Thompson