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rare white rainbow show tomorrownight at valentines
im playing a show
for free/donation
at valentines
with these other groups
caspar sonnet (d reuben snyder of rob walmart renown)
charlse berlitz presents the garnet toucan (spencer clark, ex skaters, aka vodka soap, aka fourth world magazone presents, aka pacific city sound searchers aka monopoly childstar
jeff witscher aka rene hell & mark lewis (of eye myths) collab
dont ask me silly questions like when does it start or what is the order of bands or is it gonna be late?
get there around ten ish
know that everyone will play a short set (20 minutes on averqge)
set changes take time
stay as late as your weinery asses can handle
bring presents like canned food, grocerey store gift cards, baked goods and cash to offer the artists
drink drinks
order a pizza and have it delivered there
come say hi!
232 sw ankeny
valentines
for free/donation
at valentines
with these other groups
caspar sonnet (d reuben snyder of rob walmart renown)
charlse berlitz presents the garnet toucan (spencer clark, ex skaters, aka vodka soap, aka fourth world magazone presents, aka pacific city sound searchers aka monopoly childstar
jeff witscher aka rene hell & mark lewis (of eye myths) collab
dont ask me silly questions like when does it start or what is the order of bands or is it gonna be late?
get there around ten ish
know that everyone will play a short set (20 minutes on averqge)
set changes take time
stay as late as your weinery asses can handle
bring presents like canned food, grocerey store gift cards, baked goods and cash to offer the artists
drink drinks
order a pizza and have it delivered there
come say hi!
232 sw ankeny
valentines
Comments
i know this shit is directed at me and I just want to say YOU ARE RIGHT they are really dumbass questions
this sounds like a cool show
i haven't seen White Rainbow in forever although I listen to their music all the time, like probably four times a week, what a great group
i heard the main guy in White Rainbow gives synth classes
been doing this shit for a long ass time
some here may remember me playing as far back as 1994/5
but
i havent played as white rainbow since before thanksgiving
so this show, to me, is special
i would like you all to come.
if u think im gonna bring u some boring ass loop pedal yoga new age drone u need to check out the new shit im on
ive reset white rainbow as a brand
white rainbow now represents a rarified form of combination computerized funks, lazer sounds and advanced ambient psychedelic soundscapes all at the same time plus pizza
they should call it p-funki
i call it ambient swagg
but for real doh, u should come see your old poor friend still playing experimental music shows even if you have moved on to a deeply more adult lifestyle and would come out of pity if it werent such late at night
I am super stoked about this show
I will go haggard and hungover to class the next day and be like "WELCOME TO YOUR FUTURE"
Also, is actually okay to get a pizza delivered to Valentine's? They are cool with that?
amazing
IT'S SO TRUE
I've heard Adam gripe about people asking before, and I understand why, since he plays so many shows and therefore has a *constant* stream of people asking him the same question for years and years. However, the older I get, the less I feel like trying to figure out how to not waste hours of my life waiting to see a band play. It's a young (wo)man's game.
I don't feel that way about this show, though. I'm excited. Haven't seen the new White Rainbow 'tude, and D Reuben is a profoundly sensitive guy who has been slaving for well over a year on the songs that he will be debuting tonight. It's going to be very special.
is it rude to only want to see 1 or 2 bands?
is it rude to like the kind of music you used to make?
is it rude to like your old kind of music if i also like your new kind of music?
will you make me feel stupid for liking your old kind of music?
will i make you feel stupid for making new kinds of music?
what kind of music will you make next so i can like it in the future?
i like to plan my life.
I LIKE
MY WIFE
what if borat did an impression of austin powers?
haha!
I will never apologize for liking old White Rainbow, even though I fully expect to also like new White Rainbow
old White Rainbow has seen me through:
- so much yoga
- so much meditation
- so much of my dissertation
- so many late night shows when I am tired from being adult
I love my job! If enjoying what I get paid to do is "adult" then sign me up
i've been trying to maintain very loose weekend plans and just allowing things to happen. this has been very successful so far. Make it happen by allowing it to happen. Don't force a square peg in a round hole. Eat more veggies. And stay in school.
NOT REALLY.
is it rude to only want to see 1 or 2 bands?
NOT REALLY.
is it rude to like the kind of music you used to make?
COMPLETELY
is it rude to like your old kind of music if i also like your new kind of music?
OMG. EW/GROSS. WHAT ARE YOU, BI?
will you make me feel stupid for liking your old kind of music?
YOU BIG DUMMY!
will i make you feel stupid for making new kinds of music?
OH MAN I REALLY FUCKED UP, DIDNT I?
what kind of music will you make next so i can like it in the future?
DUB STEP/ANTI-FOLK
information on charles berlitz presents the garnet tucan:
ALSO PLAYING THE SHOW
WHO KNEW HE COULD SHRED SO HARD?
FAST FORWARD AT LEAST 6 MINUTES. THEN SKIP AROUND
so u see it puts me in a very awkward social position, pitting the people i am playing with (and who i am generally friends with) against the wishes of my friends who maybe kinda only have enough time/energy/interest to see me play, and therefor text me/call me/ask me at the show "what time u playing?"
i mean i understand the sentiment completely, and i have been on the other side of it, waiting to see a friend play whilst other bands are taking their sweet ass time. only half listening when bro is telling me how cool his friend's band is and how i should see them and stuff.
but when i'm the one playing the show with the bros i have to put my game face on and for my team of fellow performers i must represent a unified front of "tonight's entertainment package" and be that guy who is like "come enjoy it all, come enjoy some, please dont just come for one band then bounce"
cause its hella awkward when people all bounce and the guy playing has to play to a room that is half empty, but which was full of people for the last guy's set, cause all of last guy's friends all bounced
u feel me?
Classy.
Have you ever gone to a show before?
Have you ever gone to a thousand shows?
Didn't they all start about 9:45?
Why would you suppose this show would be all crazy different than the last 999 shows you went to?
Can we talk about something else?
(Please do not take this personally dearest YT. The forcefulness of my presentation here is driven in large part by the fact that I am reliving the exchange I had with my partner as we were preparing to go out to a show last night. Somehow, by the grace of my partner, I did not end up ruining our evening.)
I also come from a whole show perspective. A show is a wholeness, a social ecology, intention unpacking at a defined site. I dig seeing its life cycle evolve from calendar date, to flyer, to door opening, to house sound mixtape, to set-up, to performance, to in-between, to next band, to house sound, to last call, etc. My purpose as audience member on-site is to observe and absorb this shifting series of events and how they animate and inform the social complications of all those persons present. It's kind of like watching a piece of driftwood roll around in the waves. The public, my peers, are the driftwood in this illustration. The waves are the shifting conditions of the show. This is my chance to see the driftwood up close and from many different angles as it tumbles in the surf.
I like to establish a microsite within the general performance site. Ideally this microsite has optimal viewing and aural conditions. Once I establish my microsite I become very conservative about it. This becomes my station and I don't take relocating lightly. Maybe when the room has cleared between acts, several full minutes after the crowd has surged toward the bar, restrooms and smoking area, only then I will dismantle my station, generally after I have determined the location of my next station and my purpose there. "I am going to get a plastic cup 3/4 full of water from the pitcher on the counter." "I will stand here and drink my water while I try to identify the music on the house soundsystem." "I will go to the urinal." "I will nod at that individual that I have seen occasionally since 1989." "I will smile while this person is talking to me and try to make out some of the key words this person is saying." "How offended would this person be if I cannot remember this person's name?" "How come I remember the name of the person that ran the shop next-door to the cafe where this person worked in 2002 but I still cannot remember this person's name?"
I also find guest lists distasteful. Yes I am guilty of having exploited this practice, though most often it was because someone volunteered to give me a spot. I always feel awkward about asking to have my name on a guest list. I never cut in front of a line of people when my name is on the list. I wait my turn with the paying customers until I have earned my opportunity to speak with the person working the door fairly and squarely. Green room visiting, backstage passes: I am psychically allergic to the dispensation of all these little privileges. Yes, there have been exceptions and yes, to a certain (very) modest degree, I am sometimes a hypocrite.
Still.
I can't really defend these club-going practices on the grounds of ethics, aesthetics or nobility. These habits often complicate my evenings with friends and often probably come off as snobby or at least awkward. I do these things partly for a certain pleasure I derive from reproducing my longstanding habits and partly to avoid the panic and discomfort that invades me when I break these rules.
Why would I pay money and travel to a predetermined site at a predetermined time if I am not going to be a systematic observer there? If I am not doing this, then what am I doing?
A black chasm opens in answer to this question.
Do people really go to music events hoping to have conversations?
Totally baffling.
Maybe you played first and my friend played last, so I didn't even get to see how awesome you are. No problem! Your band was so MINDBLOWING that all of the people at the show say to me "Man, you missed it! Flaming Gerbils was fucking amazing, despite their horrible band name!" Then, I am amped to see this GREAT band, and will make sure to catch them next show.
I wonder who is forcing Marc to leave the comfort of his chamber.
(Also, btw, very nice schedule Mikey!)
LOL
you're right. I forgot about those fuckers.
Sorry.
I feel like poking you today.
"Society."
Some people, like Adam and Rich and Steve, are so good at going and being supportive and just hanging in for the long haul, and I really respect that and admire it. There are obviously political/ethical issues wrapped up in this and I know I'm on the wrong side of them. Even in college when I was much dumber than I am now, I already knew Adam was a special person in this regard, his supportiveness and 100% committedness to people making music, his willingness to drive a Volvo filled with his own music equipment all over the city helping other people play shows, etc. That's why I paid for it when his 8 track broke, even though we all knew it should have been Jason who paid for it. But god knows that guy's not paying for shit. I digress.
But you do have to admit that if a person was naturally not very good at staying up late, and had sensitive ears, and a lot of weird physical needs like a chair and food, and that person had always been like that, even in college, but then as they aged (and got a job they cared A LOT about) they only found those issues got worse and worse, then going to shows is going to be something that person must pick and choose wisely with regard to.
I think the constant asking-of-when-the-show-will-start is actually about this completely unrealistic and frankly pathetic hope that for once the answer will not be "I don't know, midnight" but rather "SEVEN PM SHARP"
I love seeing my beloveds play music. I am always happier after seeing Adam play than I was before he played. It's awesome and beautiful and I love hearing the music and thinking about the vast continuum of Adam's ouevre, and I love seeing the show and being a part of it. I am invigorated and my life is better and I feel full of love and happiness, for my friends, for music in general.
I like having sex with my husband too but if it's the middle of the night and I'm hungry it's not gonna happen
I agree with Adam 100% though about his personal responsibilities to the show and the other bands, and I think it all just goes to show what an intensely classy gent our Alan is. Also if Alan tells me in all seriousness that a musician is awesome then I believe him.
it starts at home. my lady asks me when the show starts
*blank stare as i try to telepathically convey the fact that we do this dance every fucking week
inevitably i just answer "showtime"
the not wanting to sell out your united front of performers resonates to the core of my being
(It never works.)
Good time had by all!!!
I'm a hibernating bear, I'm bodily tired and only want to read and watch movies.
:(
missed my own rainbow's show? stone me!