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FISTMAS 2008 from Jordan Dykstra on Vimeo.
On December 26, 2008 The Righteous and Harmonious Fists curated an event at the Pony Club in Portland, OR.
The event was called Fistmas.
This video is documentation from that the first annual Fistmas.
Please enjoy!
Honey, Ashby, and I played this show a two Fridays ago and I made a little video of it using some footage I took while mixing paint for the new, almost completed, BCS Vibe and Recording Booth that I’m building at the BCSHQ. I have been working on this sculpture/room/project for about 2 months or a little more. It’s been an extremely fun and learned project using mostly free and/or found materials. A bit crunk, but very practical. Hope to do a new Orem record in there, some Dash, some orchestral recordings and practice sessions, sit, listen to nothing, vibe out, you know. More once it’s “done”.
Anyway, Honey engineered and produced the viola effects for me at this show and Ashby did her thing on vox. Check it out:
Also worth mentioning is that tomorrow at the Worksound Gallery in Portland I am participating in a collaborative large ensemble improvised show with some 20+ musicians. I’m very excited for this one and it should not be missed.
The Dash(!) Poem from Jordan Dykstra on Vimeo.
The Dash
copyright 1996 Linda Ellis
I read of a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
from the beginning…to the end.
He noted that first came the date of her birth
and spoke of the following date with tears,
but he said what mattered most of all
was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time
that she spent alive on earth…
and now only those who loved her
know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own;
the cars.…the house…the cash.
What matters is how we live and love
and how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard…
are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
that can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
to consider what’s true and real,
and always try to understand
the way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger,
and show appreciation more
and love the people in our lives
like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect,
and more often wear a smile…
remembering that this special dash
might only last a little while.
So, when your eulogy is being read
with your life’s actions to rehash…
would you be proud of the things they
say about how you spend your dash?
http://lindaellis.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/11/the-dash.html
The Dash touches close to home, here in Oregon:
Tonight at the Towne Lounge in Portland, ORE Dash!, Orem(the sink), and Tom Blood (aka Grand Junction Grand Therapy) are playing and it’s gonna be a special night.
Tony is debuting a video for Qurbani that he did the voice-over for with Ariel. Dash! is doing a completely visual set with a special unofficial debut of the new video directed by Dave Nuss. Here is a sneak peak:
Gonna be a fun night, come out if you. Me and Tony have been building it up a bunch and are super super excited. The Orem set is gonna be all electronic bliss and Tom’s got soooo many sleeves to pull tricks from. Thanks for reading this.
DASH! is opening up for a rad avant-garde film screening that’s happening tomorrow evening in association with Portland Cinema Project’s “In The Street” series. The following are showing:
Under The Brooklyn Bridge by Rudy Burckhardt [1953, 16mm, b&w, 15 min]
In the Street by Helen Levitt [1952, 16mm, b&w, sound, 16 min]
Mirror Animation by Portland’s own Harry E. Smith [1979, 16mm, color, sound, 11 min]
(I’m really excited to see work from this amazing man. Check out his “Early Abstractions” (1946–57), Pt. 1: )
The Riddle of Lumen by Stan Brakhage [1972, 16mm, color, silent, 17 min]
The Black Tower by John Smith [1987, 16mm, color, sound, 24 min]
I’m playing at 8:30 and the films start at dusk.
3125 NE Burnside (across from Music Millennium)
Portland, OR 97214
Free or very cheap!
The Spence and the Gib from Jordan Dykstra on Vimeo.
Video documentation of the Matthew and Laura’s wedding on May 17, 2008. Photo documents can be found here.
Along with director and Dave Nuss, The Righteous and Harmonious Fists have made a music video for our song called “Mike O’s”. The song is going to be released on a split 7″ record, along with a head banging White Fang jam, in the next few months through Marriage Records, States Rights Records, and our friends at the Tender Loving Empire. This video will be on the accompanimental DVD that is included in the luscious package with artwork by Maria Dixon (awesome article about her painting on Valet’s new record, “Naked Acid”). Liberal editing by yours truly. Enjoy.
Mike O’s from Jordan Dykstra on Vimeo.