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Howells Transmitter

About Me

Howells Transmitter - San Francisco (established 2005) - Equal parts record label, theater company, and arts guild, molded by the hands of Jennifer Welch, Michael Zapruder, Colin Held and Jon Bernson.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 21/09/2005
Band Website: www.howellstransmitter.com
Band Members: Emile Berliner, plus others.
Influences: Apparatus is provided for automatically opening and removing a web from a clamshell film cassette. During opening of the cassette a first actuatable means releases a cassette latch. A second means is provided to open one clamshell half upon release of the latch, and a third means is provided to open the other clamshell half. The second and third means each include a pivotal arm having a plurality of suction cups for gripping a wall of a clamshell half. The pivotal arms are positioned by automatic actuaters. Vacuum means are provided for picking up the leading end of a web roll within the cassette and transporting it to a web path.
Sounds Like: Modular Set, Ray's Vast Basement, Michael Zapruder's Rain of Frogs, Black Fiction, Charles Atlas, Scott Pinkmountain, Window Twins, Wiretap Music, The Bawd of Euphony, The Bay.
Record Label: Howells Transmitter
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Grapes of Wratth opens Tonight! 8/21

Tonight is the opening night of 'The Grapes of Wrath', a play based on John Steinbeck's classic novel. As you may have guessed, this tour de force was directed by Jennifer Welch and features a cast o...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 01:21:00 GMT

Michael Zapruder on Daytrotter!

Click Here to Hear!Michael ZapruderThe Wholesome Has Met The LoathsomeJul 19, 2009 tell your friends&Words by Sean Moeller // Illustration by Johnnie Cluney // Sound engineering by Mike GentryOne of t...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:10:00 GMT

Window Twins 'I'm This Tall City' Record Release Show Tonight! 5/3 Cafe Dunord

With Garrett Pierce and Agent Ribbons at Cafe DuNord in San Francisco. Show starts at 8.
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 13:16:00 GMT

Michael Zapruder at Cafe DuNord This Thursday 4/23!

Three great bands from the Bay. Check it.
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:26:00 GMT

SCOTT PINKMOUNTAIN IN POPMATTERS

Check out Scott Pinkmountain's excellent Popmatters Review!"a truly captivating piece of art ... like the soundtrack to a great art house film" http://www.popmatters.com/pm/archive/tag/scott+pi...
Posted by on Tue, 10 Feb 2009 00:01:00 GMT

WINDOW TWINS - I’m This Tall City

You've seen them in previous episodes as Black Fiction, Ray's Vast Basement, Fresh & Onlys, Feller Quentin and On and On and On. Howells Transmitter partners with Washington State's Broken Twilight la...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:46:00 GMT

Howells Transmitter welcomes SCOTT PINKMOUNTAIN AND THE GOLDEN BOLTS OF TONE!

Scott Pinkmountain's THE FULL SUN may be a debut, but only after a catalogue of other records under different monikers. THE FULL SUN comes up on February 17th. Being ready is impossible.
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:42:00 GMT

Michael Zapruder CD Release Show this Wednesday!

CD RELEASE SHOW at the Bottom of the Hill with 1090 Club and The Freejazz Gospel Supreme 80. GO out and get your copy of 'Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope', Michael's debut on Sidecho Records! More t...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:31:00 GMT

New Charles Atlas (Disc Version) Available Only Thru Aquarius

CHARLES ATLAS Social Studies: An Introduction To Charles Atlas (Howells Transmitter) cd-r 6.98 Only available here at aQ! Even if you're already well-acquainted with Charles Atlas (the band, not the...
Posted by on Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:29:00 GMT

Sam Shepard’s ’Buried Child’ at the Actors Theatre - Closing Night July 12th

Only One More Week Left! Buried Child produced in association with Howells Transmitter. Directed by Christian Phillips & Jennifer Welch. Sound Coordination by Jon Bernson, featuring music by Snowblink...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:48:00 GMT