BLOODFEST!!!

So, I just partook in Bloodfest '09, a yearly noise show in
Tampa, Florida.

A collaboration of three different labels put on this event.
Cephias Treat (www.cephiastreat.com/)
Kinky Noise (their geocities site is down?)
Cheapo Records (their geocities site is also down wtf?)

The use of a generator aided the parking lot boogie.

It was Saturday, August 1st 2009. Tampa, Florida.

what: 7th Annual Bloodfest. 12pm-1am

at different Venues:

Parking lot behind Britton Plaza (movie theatre)
Borders parking lot.
Mons Venus parking lot.
Andrea's boat house.

Roughly 40 bands from in and around the Southeast (and Philly).

Before the bands start playing, fake blood is poured onto their heads.

blood (ketchup, fructose, dye, sprinkles, blueberries?),
green blood (dye?),
chicken blood (gravy)
car blood (used motor oil)...

check out the pics for more details:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregleibowitz

Saturday August 8th Stardust

So, here is an interesting show that I am putting together for some new and old friends...

No Mas Bodas (myspace.com/nomasbodas)

(ex-orlando native Sheila Scoville's new austin band)

SHIRTS VS SKINHEADS (westpalmbeotch.blogspot.com)

Monsters (sva)

ConeStyle (myspace.com/conestyle)

Mr. Transylvania (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERSVPV9LGnc)

+others

9pm. $5 cover for travellers

our life could be your band

This is the legendary Skiffle playing the Florida Quarterly Noise Report.
Some more photos from the report.
Videos coming soon...

Southern Cantrips Trio - Kris Gruda - Glass Tit & the Other Glass Tit

Tuesday July 7th Stardust Video & Coffee 9pm FREE

Featuring: Kris Gruda, Simon Henneman, Jim Ivy, Greg Leibowitz

Black Flag, Thelonious Monk, Free Jazz, Free Improv, & Noise!

I think you haven't been reading but were talking

The past weekend's FL Noise Report was big on noise and all else. It existed as a place for folks who might not have a home to have a home...at least for 15 minutes. Homeys. A good friend, and experienced musician, Tom Smith, told me and all others that genre is obsolete. I think he's onto something. However, in the presence of Rob Thomas' new recording, or the sound of the my garage door opening and closing, I find that noise is a more accurate term for my sonic interests. Yes, the originators of the Noise product are gone or retired or doing different things or calling music by different names, but by using Noise as a descriptive, the FL Noise Report brought in folks who wanted to rework Grand Funk Railroad, dance relentlessly, leave the room or stay and watch folks trying to get to a place that was freeing. Pop music can get you there, and I like Pop. Michael, RIP. I like Van Halen. I like Xenakis. I loved Obliterati. Silver Apples = good stuff. How about Gershwin? You bet. Perry Como? Not so much. I'm no judge.

by Steven Garnett

Notes About Noise

Several people have commented favorably about this past weekend's quarterly noise report. A few of those praising the two day event have also made comments about how many acts were very good, but not necessarily noise. I don't necessarily know what would definitively qualify as noise.

I remember playing with the band Numb Right Thumb in the 90's, and the early part of this century. I think of the band as dipping into space rock, fake jazz, soundtracky sort of music, but we also were called noise by many amateur musicologists (most of my friends) , and some music critics.

I grew up calling John Cage noise along with Ornette, Albert Ayler, primitive pop acts like Half Japanese, Flipper and Red Krayola. I also remember bands like Led Zepplin used to be called heavy metal.

Now, it seems like the tag of noise is usually more related to ancestors like Merzbow or Metal Machine.

Anyway. I don't always know what to call it, and I don't care. I don't want to become a part of the dogma tribe, that needs to quantify. Whatever happened during Saturday's performances was great in my little world.

I read something about the artist Robert Rauschenberg. A critic said something about him not being a real artist. He responded by saying something like, I don't care what you call it, I'm going to keep doing it.

I'm paraphrasing, because that's the best I can do.

-Pat Greene