Sunday, August 27, 2006

Pedro Almodovar "Viva Pedro" Retrospective at Landmark Theatres - September

ALMODOVAR
Viva Pedro - 8 Classic Films from Pedro Almodovar - All New 35mm Prints!
Beginning September 1 at Seattle's Harvard Exit Theatre.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/vivapedro/



Seattle Times article with schedule/times:


http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/283368_pedro01.html


"To celebrate the impending release of Pedro Almodóvar's latest film
Volver, Landmark Theatres and Sony Pictures Classics are proud to
present eight acclaimed films from the Spanish writer and director.
Program includes brand new 35mm prints of Bad Education, Talk to Her
(Academy Award Winner for Best Original Screenplay), All About My
Mother (Academy Award Winner for Best Foreign Language Film), Live
Flesh, The Flower of My Secret and his rarely-screened earlier works
Matador, Law of Desire and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown."

Check other Landmark Theatres listings for forthcoming dates in your town:

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Films/FilmIndex_frameset.htm


Thursday, August 17, 2006

New Forms Media Art and Electronic Music Fest : Sept 19-24 : Vancouver

SKOLTZ_KOLGEN
Man, the westside is crazy with the festivals this late summer/early fall. Between San Francisco, Seattle and
Vancouver its proving to be an amazingly active month(s) for the electronic arts.
Check what BC has going on:

New Forms Festival site

Previous years have featured exceptional meetings of contemporary audio/visual works and performances
by the likes of Tujiko Noriko, Fennesz, Philip Jeck, Francisco Lopez, Tim Hecker and Skoltz_Kolgen.
Highlights of this years sonic element include: Deadbeat, Tomas Jirku, Jan Jelinek, Mitchell Akiyama and Keith Fullerton Whitman

Decibel Electronic Music Festival : Sept 14-17



Decibel Electronic Music Festival site


Ok, so after wowing the sonic-socks off of audiences with acts like Apparat, Thomas Fehlmann,
Tim Hecker, Deadbeat and Fennesz last year Decibel is back with an equally (?) stunning lineup
again this year. Inspired anticiaption for these artists this time around:

Murcof
Ryoichi Kurokawa
Apparat
Mokira
Richard Chartier
Taylor Deupree

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2006 DECIBEL FESTIVAL SHOWCASE INFO AND TIMESLOTS


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NORTEC COLLECTIVE / STATIC DISCOS SHOWCASE
presented by KEXP
@ Neumos: 9pm to 2am
$10 presale / $12 at the door or free with DB PASS (CLUB, PRO or ALL ACCESS)
Latinsizer > 9pm 9:45pm
Panoptica > 9:45pm 10:30pm
Plankton Man > 10:30pm 11:30pm
Fax > 11:30pm 12:30am
Nortec Collective > 12:30am 1:30am

EPHRAIM ALEXANDER MEMORIAL
@ The Bad Juju Lounge: 10pm to 2am
FREE


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15TH]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

2006 DB OPENING GALA EVENT
@ The Broadway Performance Hall: 6pm to 10:00pm
$17 at the door or free with DB ALL ACCESS PASS
[NOTE] ALL ACCESS PASS NEEDED FOR GUARANTEED ADMISSION (limited capacity).
Pass holders, please arrive at 5:30pm to begin seating.
Guest speakers > 6pm 6:30pm
Mr. Projectile (Downtempo Set) > 6:30pm-7:30pm
Deru (Ambient Set) > 6:30pm-7:30pm

HEADFUK SHOWCASE V3
@ Neumos: 9pm to 3am
$12 presale / $15 at the door or free with DB PASS (CLUB, PRO or ALL ACCESS)
Logic Probe > 9pm 10pm
Lusine > 10pm 11pm
Telefon Tel Aviv > 11pm 12pm
Apparat > 12pm 1:15pm
Alex Smoke > 1:15pm 2:45pm

PORTLAND SHOWCASE
@ The Bad Juju Lounge: 9pm to 2am
FREE
SciFiSol > 9pm 10pm
Senor Frio > 10pm 11pm
Lets Go Outside > 11pm 12am
Ben Milstein > 12am 1am
GreenStar > 1am 1:45 am

FUTURE FUNK SHOWCASE
presented by Uniting Souls
@ Chop Suey: 9pm to 3am
$10 presale / $12 at the door or free with DB PASS (CLUB, PRO or ALL ACCESS)
Jeromy Nail > 9pm 9:30pm
Mister Leisure > 9:30pm 10:30pm
Brett Johnson > 10:30pm 12:00am
Jacob London (Debut Live Set) > 12:00am 1:00am
Claude VonStroke > 1:00am 2:45am

SHAMELESS AFTERHOURS
Venue, Price ?????
DJ Recess
Justin Byrnes
Tekgnosis
Kris Moon and Jerry Abstract 2x4 Set!
MC Anton Bomb
Foc:Eye (visuals)


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

DB-CONFERENCE
@ The Broadway Performance Hall (Theater and Demonstration Room): 12:00pm to 7pm
$10 or $5 for students (Limited seating in the Demo Room for the clinics)
Clinics (12pm 7pm: Demo Room)
Ableton Live : Live 6
Livid : Union VJ
M-Audio : Pro-Tools
Mackie
Native Instruments : Kore
Rane : TTM 57SL
Propellerhead : Reason
Panel Discussion (1:30pm- 3pm: Theater)
Music Discovery and Distribution in the Digital Age
Robotspeak Sessions (3:30pm 5pm: Theater)
featuring performance by Lusine

EXPERIMENTAL SHOWCASE
presented by Nonsequitor
@ The Broadway Performance Hall: 6:30pm to 10:00pm
$15 at the door or free with DB ALL ACCESS PASS
[NOTE] ALL ACCESS PASS OR PRO PASS NEEDED FOR GUARANTEED ADMISSION (limited capacity).
Pass holders, please arrive at 6pm to begin seating.
Yann Novak > 6:30pm 7:15pm
Son Of Rose > 7:15pm 8pm
Richard Chartier > 8:15pm 9pm
Taylor Deupree > 9pm 10pm

FUTURE JAZZ SHOWCASE
presented by SunTzu Sound
@ The Baltic Room: 9pm to 2am
$10 presale / $12 at the door or free with DB PASS (CLUB, PRO or ALL ACCESS)
Jeremy Ellis
1Luv
SunTzu Sound

ELECTRO POP SHOWCASE
presented by KBCS 91.3 FM
@ Chop Suey: 9pm to 2am
$10 presale / $12 at the door or free with DB PASS (CLUB, PRO or ALL ACCESS)
Introcut > 9pm 10pm
Foscil > 10pm 10:45pm
Plan B > 11pm 11:45pm
Static > 11:45am 12:30am
Subtle > 12:30am 1:45pm

DIRTY DANCING SHOWCASE
@ Neumos: 9pm to 2am
$17 presale / $20 at the door or free with DB PASS (CLUB, PRO or ALL ACCESS)
Camea and Insideout > 9pm 9:45pm
Tim Xavier > 9:45pm 10:30pm
Jerry Abstract > 10:30pm 11:15pm
[a]pendics.shuffle > 11:15pm 12:15pm
Green Velvet > 12:15pm 1:45am

MINIMAL / DUB SHOWCASE
@ The Bad Juju Lounge: 10pm to 2am
$5 presale / $7 or free with CLUB PASS
Robin Judge > 10pm 11pm
Soultek > 11pm 12am
Kate Simko > 12am 1am
Ruoho Ruotsi > 1am 1:45am

Db AFTERHOURS
@ Neumos: 2am to 6am
$10 presale / $12 at the door or free with an ALL ACCESS PASS
Kristina Childs > 2am 3am
Davide Squillace > 3am 4am
Jon McMillion > 4am 5am
Andreas Tilliander > 5am 6am


----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 17TH]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

OPTICAL MULTIMEDIA SHOWCASE
$15 at the door or free with DB ALL ACCESS PASS
@ The Broadway Performance Hall: 12:00pm to 5pm
[NOTE] ALL ACCESS PASS NEEDED FOR GUARANTEED ADMISSION (limited capacity)
Randy Jones (audio / video performance) > 1pm 1:45pm
Speedy J and Scott Pagano (5.1 audio / video screening) > 2:15pm 3:15pm
Ryoichi Kurokawa (audio / video performance) > 4pm 5pm

AMBIENT SHOWCASE
@ The Broadway Performance Hall: 6:30pm to 10:00pm
$15 at the door or free with DB ALL ACCESS PASS
[NOTE] ALL ACCESS PASS OR PRO PASS NEEDED FOR GUARANTEED ADMISSION (limited capacity).
Pass holders, please arrive at 6pm to begin seating.
Anton Zalaparta > 6:30pm 7:00pm
Mokira > 7:00pm 7:45pm
The Dead Texan > 8:00pm 9:00pm
Murcof > 9:00pm 10pm

OSCILLATE SHOWCASE
@ The Bad Juju Lounge: 9pm to 2am
FREE: 9pm to 2am
NdCv
KFO
Electrosect
Justin Byrnes
Kinoko
Paul Edwards
Tekgnosis

2006 DECIBEL FINALE
@ Neumos: 9pm to 2am
$17 presale / $20 at the door or free with DB PASS (CLUB, PRO or ALL ACCESS)
Greg Skidmore > 9pm 11pm
Bola > 11pm 12am
Speedy J > 12am 1:45am

The Wire : Adventures in Modern Music - Chicago : Sept 20 - 24

VANDERMARK/NILSSEN-LOVE

Once again the UK's premier magazine of all things 'Adventures in Modern Music' -
The Wire hosts their annual shindig in Chicago this September. "Exclusive 128kbs
downloads of artists performing in 2006's Adventures In Modern Music festival at
Chicago's Empty Bottle":

Link to The Wire Magazine Site

NOXAGT

This years fest features such notables as:

Tim Hecker, Jandek, Colleen, OM, Subtle, Paul Flaherty, Hamid Drake & William Parker Duo

...Just to name a few personal faves.

Wooden Octopus Skull Experimental Music Festival - Sept 7-11

WOODENOCTOFEST
Yeah, wack name, I know - but a noteworthy fest of experimental and noise sounds that has come back around this year.
Check the all-Kawabata fest on the first night! And the surrealist folk night featuring Irr.App.[Ext.]

WoodenOctopus Skull Experimental Musick pFestival site


The WoodenOctopus Skull Experimental Musick pFestival
Sept. 7th - 10th 2006, Seattle Washington
The Conjuring Room

Conjuring Room Myspace page


Thursday Sept. 7th - Japanese New Music Festival featuring:

Acid Mothers Temple SWR
Ruins Alone
Zubi Zuva
Akaten
Seikazoku
Zoffy
Shrinp Wark

Friday Sept. 8th - Ladies Night featuring:

Replicock (Jakie of Smegma & Angie Sharkieface)
Midmight (from Hans Grusel)
Tolva Olsen (Dead Machines, Wooden Wand)
16 Bitch Pile Up
M.V. Carbon (of Metalux)
Leticia Castanede
Dialing In
Friends Forever

Saturday Sept. 9th - Surrealist Folk Night featuring:

Chrystal Belle Scrodd (first ever live performance!)
Irr. App. (Ext.)
Waldteufal
Amber Asylum
Soriah
Ear Venom

Sunday Sept 10th - Overwhelming Noise Night! featuring:

Wolf Eyes
Dead Machines
Double Leopards
Cherry Point
Hive Mind
Yellow Swans