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jason.

even the tightest stitch eventually will come undone

About Me

jasonsloan.com
the remote.viewer

AHH, HOW TRUE:
screw california, and friends that are never there;
and places that they oughta;
pretend that they even care

- - rogue wave california

You can put two mirrors up against each other, and there's infinity,
but you can never see it, 'cause your head blocks it off.

- - robyn hitchcock

My Interests

the apocalypse, video art, film, visual performance art, net.art, telepresence and telematic art, sound, silence, music, noise, meditation, libraries, the smell of books and cassette tapes, archives, good coffee (cafe' del doge, 'illy and key coffee) -not the shit you make like tang either, wine, cheese, meeting people that don't judge everything, ghosts & ufo's, all things paranormal, E.V.P., my multiple macs (G5 and two G4's), network.art, fluxus, viennese actionism, performance art, software art, anything avant garde or on the bleeding edge, happenings, mail art, world religions, found magazine, anything lo-fi, zines, droning sounds, musique concrete, reading, the spear of destiny, the occult, louis wain, william lawes, david sedaris, this american life, ira glass, terry gross, NPR, vegitarianism, wonderlust & dreaming, comix, robert crumb, spain rodriguez and robert williams, adrine tomine, optic nerve, love and rockets, anything "slice of life", pro-wrestling, the original ECW not the WWECW new breed shit and TNA & ROH, sub-culture, bettie page, collecting toys i wanted but never got as a child during the 70's & 80's, 1940's & 50 weird underground culture, my homiez collection, i could go on but you get the picture.

I'd like to meet:

- my androgyne
- someone who isn't all about themself for a change


- HOLY HELL, I MET SAMOA JOE!!!

Music:



wire, editors, film school, the stills, crispy ambulance, genesis p-orridge, psychic tv, nico, velvet undergound, the microphones, black dice, the magnetic fields, a certain ratio, mission of burma, vidnaObmana, suicide, alan vega, pelican, stars, the radio dept., jesu, m83, rogue wave, mum, airiel, swallow, danse society, click click, scheer, shellyan orphan, my morning jacket, goldspot, the birthday party, nick cave, minimal compact, denali, young people, black rebel motorcycle club, death from above 1979, ambulance ltd, the arcade fire, clap your hands say yeah, the most serene republic, polaris, (old) tears for fears, brian eno, sigur ros, g.s.y.b.e., headphones, chapterhouse, neutral milk hotel, grandaddy, blue states, swallow, yello, the angelic upstairs, sex pistols, an emotional fish, ATV, owls, snow patrol, bright eyes, klaxons, van she, hot chip, union of knives, starflyer 59, (old) clan of xymox, colin newman, the legendary pink dots, curve, the names, stockholm monsters, ajax, violet indiana, futureheads (even though they want to be XTC really bad), lou reed (metal machine music), the postal service, adult., throwing muses, stina nordenstam, this mortal coil, the wolfgang press, mass, in camera, the smiths, moz, robyn hitchcock, leather nun, 4AD records, throbbing gristle, current 93, the kills, six organs of admittance, 23 skidoo, coil, pelican, miranda july, serena maneesh, six organs of admittance, stars, swallow, the national, tv on the radio, death cab for cutie, tapes-n-tapes, asobi seksu, band of horses, be your own pet, beirut, blue states, decoder ring, headlights, heartless bastards, joy division, ac/dc, autechre, swans, rilo kiley, the the, the cult, elliot smith, luna, pedro the lion, piano magic, chris and cosey, sol invictus, whitehouse, xtc, yeah, yeah, yeahs, sonic youth, galaxie 500, killling joke, the chameleons, kitchens of distinction, suzanne vega, magazine, luxuria, howard devoto, spacemen 3, pixies, ride, boo radleys, slowdive, cranes, sleater-kinney, quasi, yo la tengo, trans-am, aphex twin, boards of canada, chris & cosey, cat power, interpol, the cure, old depeche, kraftwerk, the cars, ric ocasek, amp, labradford, s.o.t.l., windy and carl, john cage, karlheinz stockhausen, pierre schaeffer, laurie anderson, saffron wood, section 25, durutti column, love and rockets, tones on tail, dali's car, PIL, flesh for lulu, the primitives, the sugarcubes, pop will eat itself, julian cope, karel fialka, balaam and the angel, mighty lemon drops, that petrol emotion, the replacements, blue clocks green, camouflage, the railway children, t.g.v.t., old, old chicago era wax trax (PTP, greater than one, REVCO, etc..) space and dark ambient (ala, robert rich, steve roach, alio die, etc...) noise (kk null, merzbow) Norwegian black metal from the mid 90's, balls out rock-n-roll (ac fuckin' dc, rush, zz top, older tom petty, etc...) i could seriously go on for quite a while, and if you've seen my cd and vinyl collection you know what i'm talking about, but i'll stop.

THE NEW KILLING JOKE VIDEO
Hosannas From The Basement Of Hell
this song is awesome!

Movies:

favorite directors: mike leigh, werner herzog, woody allen, pasolini, kenneth anger, gregg araki, lars von treir, derek jarman, hal hartley & david lynch.

a few favorite films: naked, nowhere, the doom generation, mysterious skin, straw dogs, bad timing, sideways, aguirre: the wrath of god, strozek, grizzly man, downtown 81, clean shaven, henry fool, in my skin, baraka, scorpio rising, sling blade, 24 hour party people, the wicker man, donnie darko, american splendor, crumb, coffee & cigarettes, salo: 100 days of sodom, children of nature, three colours trilogy, gummo, julian donkey boy, killing zoe, trees lounge, amores perros, the celebration, videodrome, lost in translation, closer, mr. death, beyond the mat, grey gardens, 8 1/2, blue velvet, eraserhead buffalo 66, election, sideways, the last temptation of christ... i'll stop now.

Television:

okay, i loved SIX FEET UNDER, amazing writing. but other than that i don't watch much tv except for TNA Impact religiously and some Ring of Honor. yes, i'm a big pro wrestling fan. have been for 20 years now and it isn't going away. the original E-C-W, E-C-W!!! other than that i love the office (BBC series, not that pathetic, lame-ass american, poor excuse for attempting to be original version), the adventures of pete and pete (who remembers that one?), FREAKS AND GEEKS, ALL python & related (fawlty towers, ripping yarns, the ruttles, etc...) e.r., the ben stiller show, the sopranos, carnivál, the wire, oz, twin peaks, the original kids in the hall (not that censored shit) the young ones, the original bbc version of queer as folk, okay, i suppose i do watch some television, but most is on dvd since i can't justify paying for cable tv.

Books:

i love david sedaris and have read just about everthing he's written, the portable joseph campbell, beyond belief by emlyn williams, the story of the eye by georges bataille, the 33 1/3 series, summer blonde by adraine tomine, silence by john cage, beyond meat joy by carolee schneemann, blankets by craig thompson, the dematerialization of the art object by lucy lippard, contract with the skin by kathy o'dell, the wreckers of civililzation by simon ford... many, many more, love to read...

Heroes:

artie: the strongest man in the world (only in the first season, the second season his costume seemed to shrink for some reason. then there was more artie than i cared to see. lol.) other people i have a lot of respect for: joseph beuys, pier palo passolini, federico fellini, mike leigh, ricky gervais, christian boltanski, genesis p-orridge, brian eno, marcel duchamp, werner herzog, otto muel, herman nitsch, rudolf schwarzkogler, alan kaprow, george maciunas, chris burden, william lawes, ann hamilton, pipilotti rist, man ray, vaughn oliver, andre bréton, anton artaud, la monte young, john cage, anna mendieta, marina abramovic.

My Blog

SLO.BOR MEDIA SITE RELAUNCH // NEW JASON.SLOAN ALBUM IN JULY

a couple quick announcements:firstly, i've taken the last few weeks and completely rebuilt the official slo.bor media website. as the label has grown over the last 7 years, matt borghi and i have felt...
Posted by jason. on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:42:00 PST

JASON.SLOAN @ LIVE @ THE GATHERINGS // REVIEW

Jason Sloan at The Gatherings Concert Series - Commentary by Chuck van Zyl host of WXPN's Stars EndFull ReviewI thought it would be cool to have two musicians from the nearby city of Baltimore play co...
Posted by jason. on Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:47:00 PST

SSI 2.0 REVIEW ON RHIZOME

sight.sound [interaction] 2.0, the annual new media exhibit i curate for my department, made the front page of the new museum’s RHIZOME check it out!baltimore city paper review should be out sh...
Posted by jason. on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:38:00 PST

UPCOMING CONFIRMED LIVE DATES

i am very excited to confirm the following live performance dates:MARCH 29, 2008: LIVE PERFORMANCE ON STILLSTREAM RADIO 10PM EST [-5GMT]STILLSTREAM RADIOAPRIL 19, 2008: THE GATHERINGS CONCERT SERIES, ...
Posted by jason. on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:40:00 PST

JASON SLOAN LIVE VIDEO STREAM TOMORROW NIGHT

jason.sloan will perform a new set of material tonight, tuesday january 8th 2008.this performance will be broadcast live through jason's web.site and no special software or passwords are required.the ...
Posted by jason. on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:42:00 PST

JASON.SLOAN ON UPCOMING HYPNOS COMP

the new track faded.forgotten [fragment] will be included on the upcoming hypnos records various artists compilation message from a subatomic world. this is an exclusive track created specifically for...
Posted by jason. on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:16:00 PST

TERMINAL: NEW MEDIA PRACTICES

jason's recent FIELD project is currently on display in the exhibit TERMINAL: NEW MEDIA PRACTICES at austin peay state univeristy's trahern gallery.the exhibit also includes work by noted new.media ar...
Posted by jason. on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:55:00 PST

jason.sloan // FIELD : 51° 10' 48.213" // -1° 49' 37.7176"

FIELD : 51° 10' 48.213" // -1° 49' 37.7176" available now on slo.bor media!this release is individually packaged in a 7-1/8 x 4-5/8 x 9/16 clear plastic cassette album with vellum insert. included wit...
Posted by jason. on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 10:23:00 PST

LIVE SHOW / LO-FI SOCIAL CLUB MARCH 24, 2007

mark your calendar! March, 24 2007 at Lo-Fi Social Club 3403 ...
Posted by jason. on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:50:00 PST

LIVE WEB.CONCERT / BLOG.CAST 1.0

sunday january 29th at 9:00pm. i will be presenting a 60 min live web concert from my baltimore studio.this live set will feature all new material and will hint at the direction my new album may take....
Posted by jason. on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:51:00 PST