I play bass in a band, BLAST . see my calendar for show info.
i also am part of an noise group called the billfolds .
i recently recorded with free space , which is "free improvisational analog synthesizer music".
i played guitar, bass, synths, things with knobs, and (poorly) programed drums in a band called space program .
check out a band i played in 11 years ago, The AmeriCar Underworld
I constantly bitch about how G.W. Bush and his
merry band of douche-bag friends are fucking up the world.
really, i love this zine...
check it out!!!
Bands blared on
Tampa Noise Fest lets noisemakers make noise their music.
By CATHERINE E. SHOICHET
Published June 11, 2007
TAMPA - They wielded cell phones, synthesizers and even an electric spring.
Some bands had never before played together. Others were seasoned performers.
All of them had one goal: making noise.
Just after 3:30 p.m. Sunday, the tambourines started tapping at the Tampa Noise Fest. A disco ball dangled high above in a warehouse gallery space tucked away in one of the city's industrial corridors.
Bugles blared while synthesizers cranked out electronic sounds: boing boing boing, wee-oooh wee-oooh. Performers strummed guitars with drumsticks.
"In the end, we just let it happen," said Christopher Nadeau, 23, of Clearwater. "We just try to forward our ideas of what music could be and maybe challenge a few ideas."
The three-day event, sponsored by the St. Petersburg Institute of Noise, was a first for the Tampa Bay area. But participants said they hoped it wouldn't be the last.
"It's very democratic. Literally anybody can get up on stage with a noisemaker," said K. Paul Boyev of Tampa, who recorded the shows and plans to post the noise online. "You don't need expensive equipment. You just have to have the motivation to wave your freak flag."
from the st pete times 6/11/07.
at just 7 months old my son is already hanging out with a punk legend...
raul morales - drums
mike watt - thud staff, spiel
pete mazich - organ, singing
jonah - son of gabe and jennifer
(left to right)
me w/blast @ tampa noise fest. (photo by jen sandwich)
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