Here’s podcast 80: ANDREW RAFFO DEWAR Indeterminacies, starring Andrew, BRADY SHARP, PULSE NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE, and moderator RODGER COLEMAN. Indeterminacies is a series of performances organized by Zeitgeist Gallery‘s Lesley Beeman and Lain York. It’s based on John Cage’s idea about creating processes with no predetermined outcome, welcoming the unexpected and learning from the accidental. [...]
Theatre Intangible was asked to host two circuit bending panels at last October’s Geek Media Expo, Nashville’s premier multi-fandom convention. In the first panel, Circuit Bending 101, we broke open some toys and showed people how to make simple bends. In Circuit Bending 201, we performed. Podcast 79 is that performance. The GMX11 performance features [...]
Here’s podcast 78 The Ocean and the Sea starring BREY MCCOY and ANTHONY WILLIAM HERNDON from the Paducah, Kentucky experimental group METRONOME THEREMIN. We recorded this synth-filled noise-fest in August of last year. This is the first podcast I mastered and edited in a program other than Soundtrack Pro. I finally put to rest my [...]
Here’s podcast 77, Elsewhere, recorded July 10th, 2011 and starring LET’S SAY BALTIMORE members ANDY ALEXANDER, AUSTIN ALEXANDER, DAVE DAWSON, and BRIAN SISKIND. This is the first time in five years that the four have recorded together. A month after we recorded this, Brian Siskind performed a new electronic composition at the famed Rothko Chapel [...]
In June of this year, I took a trip to Chicago, Illinois to attend the 4th annual Experimental Garage Sale, a gathering of circuit-benders, instrument makers, and musical innovators. I recorded interviews with ROTH MOBOT, TIM KAISER, ALEX DEEBA, CMKT4, THEJUNKYARD CATALYST from THRIFTSORE BORATORIUM, LOW-GAIN, and a number of other makers. What follows is [...]
TWO podcasts in one weekend! Have I gone mad?!? Nope, just trying to catch up. Here’s podcast 75: SANTA’S WORKSHOP Artist Showcase. Jeremy Bennett and Grant Parker formed Santa’s Workshop in late 2010 on the campus of University of Tennessee Knoxville. The two friends decided to form a band in order to stretch beyond the [...]
The PORTARA NEW MUSIC QUARTET perform DAVID LANG‘s Pulitzer Prize winning composition The Little Match Girl Passion live at Zeitgeist Gallery. The performance was the fourth installment of Zeitgeist’s 2011 INDETERMINACIES series. The moderator is JOHN PITCHER. The performers are MONICA COOMBS (alto), SHREYAS PATEL (bass), LEA MAITLEN (soprano), and NATHAN RODRIGUEZ (tenor). The excellent [...]...
Four members of Murfreesboro noise collective HORSEHAIR EVERYWHERE reunite in the Theatre Intangible studios for a special improv. The group was instrumental in the formation of Murfreesboro’s experimental community. Matt Sullivan writes in a December 2010 edition of the Nashville Scene, Noise and experimental music scenes, much like the art they produce, tend to be [...]
“That’s when I knew that I had the supernatural anointment of one of the otherlee conduits of miraculous divine healing. So now. . . reconstruct the eardrum! Polka! Listen to the polka!” – Dave Cloud – 4th Annual Halloween Extravaganza Join punk music legend Dave Cloud and a ragtag group of disparate instrumentalist for the [...]
MICROWAVE WINDOWS and a group of noise all-stars converged on the back porch of Noa Noa for a late night, spine-tingling, bone-chilling Halloween improvisation. Recorded live October 15th, 2011 to an audience of two, featuring Brandon from MICROWAVE WINDOWS on guitar, John Hancock from ELECTRIC INERTIA on trumpet, Josh Gumiela from FOSTER DAD on electronics [...]
Every October, Halloweird! descends upon Theatre Intangible, and we devote the month’s podcasts to all things Halloween. You may have noticed it’s been October for 21 days now. For that, I must apologize. It’s been an incredibly busy, stressful, and productive 21 days full of concerts, recordings, and commitments. But we’re going to make it [...]
Here’s episode 69, Art Waves, the third of three Theatre Intangible presentations, performed live at Gallery F on August 27th, 2011. The performances all sought to bridge the gap between science and art. Check out the previously-released Brainwaves and Space Waves. Art Waves features Craig Schenker on saxophone and Jamison Sevits on trumpet. Their performance [...]
Here’s episode 68, Space Waves, the second of three Theatre Intangible presentations, performed live at Gallery F on August 27th, 2011. The performances all sought to bridge the gap between science and art. You can hear the first wave, Brainwaves, on podcast 67. The third, Art Waves, will be on the podcast next week. For [...]
Ken Soper and Dylan Simon make analog synthesizer music . . . WITH THEIR MINDS!!! Sabine Schlunk from Gallery F asked me to curate the music portion for the August 27th opening reception of the exhibition Figure 1: Scientists and Artists Picture the Intangible. The T.I. crew ended up doing a total of three improvs [...]
On this WRVU-era episode from 2008, Cody Bottoms, Melody Holt, and Tony Youngblood broadcast the live signals of other radio stations and crop them down to a few bands on 12-band equalizers, juxtaposing movie dialogue and circuit-bent toys. Fly the dark skies. This episode was previously named “Radio EQ.”
Bathe in the noisy fm transmitter loops of this Prefab Audio Extrapolation show from the year 2000. Starring DaveX, Tony Youngblood, and possibly others. I can’t remember that far back. Listening back to this and other WIDB-era shows, I’m reminded of what many noise kids are doing now. Only we did it 11 years ago.
Composer and Belmont School of Music professor MARK VOLKER performed live at Zeitgeist Gallery on May 10th, 2011 as a part of the Indeterminacies series. ERIN BRADFIELD, PHD candidate in Philosophy at Vanderbilt moderated the discussion. Mark was joined by the PULSE NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE, soprano ALYSSA VOLKER, and flutist BETH DAVIS. Mark in his [...]
On September 8th, 2008, I stood in the WRVU master control room next to three completely nude string players. I was more than a little worried that we were going to get kicked off the air. Sure, the web cam had yet to be installed. Sure, there were no “official” clothing policies. Yes, it was [...]
The mother of all noise improvs featuring Anderson Cook (Hadals, Tapes of a Neon God), Anthony William Herndon, and Dylan Simon (Mass At Dawn)! Recorded July 2nd, 2011 at Theatre Intangible studios. Also, check out another installment of Dada Mail! Send your Dada Mail to [email protected] If you like the show, tell a friend or [...]
String trio JOEY MOLINARO, SARAH ROBEY, AND LAWRENCE CROW carve notes into the sand as a 6 foot tape loop washes them away. A few weeks ago, I saw a friend’s show announcement featuring “thrash violinist” JOEY MOLINARO. I admit, I was intrigued. I checked out Joey’s music and discovered a very accomplished violinist who [...]
Outsider music legend GARY MULLIS joins a free jazz quartet for recitations on life, love, and the Ryman Auditorium, recorded June 9th, 2011 at Theatre Intangible studios. Gary was featured alongside Captain Beefheart, Shooby Taylor, The Shaggs, Daniel Johnston, and Wesley Willis on the 2 volume compilation Songs in the Key of Z: The Curious [...]
Theatre Intangible takes a field trip to Cincinnati, Ohio for the inaugural FauxBeAn’t Art Fair: a circuit-bent, ant-themed, music & video festival starring THRIFTSORE BORATORIUM, CMKT4, HEARTS OF PALM, PELZWICK & DINGER, TALKING COMPUTRON, HARDON COLLIDER, MICHAEL UNA, and the father of circuit-bending REED GHAZALA! We play clips from the performances and interview GetLoFi‘s Alex [...]
Podcast 58 features composer and University of North Alabama professor MARK SNYDER live at Zeitgeist Gallery on April 12th as a part of their Indeterminacies series. Jonathan Marx was the discussion moderator. Tommy Stangroom live-mixed and recorded the show. He did a fantastic job! Special thanks to Mark, Jonathan, Lesley Beeman, Lain York, the performers, [...]
Ever wonder what it was like in the rough and tumble late nineties? Step into the time machine in this WIDB-era Prefab Audio Extrapolation and learn about the trends gripping America’s youth. Like pork*. * This show sponsored by The Pork Growers of America. Starring DaveX, Tony Youngblood, Mike Hackett, Tom Denney, and a bunch [...]
Philadelphia noise band FUN (Mat Rademan & Jonny Wray) team up with local circuit-guru Derek Schartung (Malocchio) for two very different improvs. On the first, FUN plays hydrophones submerged in water, contact mics, grunts, groans, and several timbres impossible to chart. Derek plays saxophone, balloon, and more. On the second improv, local artists Eamon Tewell [...]
Podcast 55 features composer and Blair School of Music professor Stan Link live at Zeitgeist Gallery on March 15th as a part of their Indeterminacies series. Sanda Cox on alto flute. Nina Adell on voice. Josh McGuire on classical guitar. David Maddox was the discussion moderator. Photography by Kim Sherman. Special thanks to Stan, Lesley [...]
Be a fly on the wall during our late-night, philosophical, back-porch discussion with Athens, Georgia low-fi, experimental rock band Bird Names. Tommy Stangroom from Square People and Open Lot founder Jonathan Lisenby join us for the conversation. The podcast also features Bird Names live at Open Lot from November 19th of last year and a [...]
Here’s the seventh improv from the WRVU era — Blue-Green Black — recorded January 7th, 2008. Murielle Rae and Gaelen Mitchell from The Grayces, William Davis (Oh No It’s Howard), Cody Bottoms (The Manpower) and Melody Holt join Tony for an undersea adventure through percussion and synthesizers.
Improv made with earth, water, air, and fire, starring Rhendi Greenwell, Craig Schenker, Erik Thompson, and Tony Youngblood.
A real banger from ~ORE~ Prefab Audio Extrapolations starring DaveX and Tony Youngblood.
