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.
I am pleased to announce the debut of the new DASH! album called Is Heterogeneous. Explore it over at the Prescott Family. Highlights include seven new tracks, a removable color sticker-cover painting by David Coyne, and a new album that I believe represents my current live show.
Speaking of which, I might soon be performing that very show near you during the next couple of weeks…
…on tour with Jared Mees and the Grown Children, we performed at the Doug Fir last night and are leaving Portland today. Think there will most likely be a few more shows in Idaho but I haven’t confirmed. Really really stoked for the SLC Pioneer Day show with local ambient trippers Stag Hare!!!! Also do what you can to check out the White Fang/White Rainbow/Rob Walmart tour which has already begun…think they’re playing at the Smell with Lucky Dragons on Sunday July 20th. I’m going to try to check it out, let me know if you wanna carpool.
Finally, we wrapped up the final day of shooting for the DASH! video for “You Keep Kicking (The Walls You’ve Become)”. The shoot was handled well with ease and guidance by David and Daniel Nuss. It is going to be pretty epic and I heard last night that they’re already begun to cut the footage (this is slang for editing I’m told). I’m working on putting together a making-of with the footage Tony and I shot. So many people helped out and I’d like to thank every single person for their contributions especially Dave Nuss, Dan Nuss, Sam Guerro, and Tony Ortega.…
Digital Flickr photo album for review here.
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Which side is the melody on?
And which the bass?
Can you hear when they change?
And when they reverse?
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!
I just watched the pilot of a show called Lost on ABC and it was really cool and it seems to be a really great idea for a awesome show. It’s about a plane full of people that crashes on an island and was scary and there is this freaky bald dude and this hot girl and a funny fat guy and no ones getting along. Check it out I think it could end up being a bit hit! Peace.
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.
Kay Gardner
A Rainbow Path
Ladyslipper Records, 1984
Cover art by Gina Halpern
Side One:
01. Processional (Root Chakra, Saraswati Raga in C)
02. Dorian Hills (Belly Chakra, Aeolian/Dorian Modes in D)
03. Awakening (Solar Plexus Chakra, Dorian Mode in E)
04. The Greenwood (Heart Chakra, Lesbian Mode in F#)
Side Two:
01. Castle In The Mist (Throat Chakra, Ionian/Lydian Mode in G)
02. See My Wings Shining (Brown/3rd Eye Chakra, Six-Note Minor Mode in A)
03. Soaring (Crown Chakra, Whole Tone/Melodic Minor Scales in Bb)
04. Fountain of Light (Transpersonal Chakra, First through Fourth Octave Harmonic Scale in B)
Download via drop.io/kaygardner
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.