From manny at garfieldartworks.com Fri May 1 14:33:31 2009 From: manny at garfieldartworks.com (manny at garfieldartworks.com) Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 14:33:31 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Adult & Erase Errata tonight 5/1/09 @ CMU Message-ID: <50413.70.20.90.131.1241202811.squirrel@webmail5.pair.com> In my haste to post about interesting events coming up, I forgot to mention this one, which is actually happening tonight Fri May 1. Some people probably remember how I relentlessly bugged the goth list circa 2001 about how they should check out the new generation of electro bands such as Detroit's Adult, and how they were better than listening to thud-thud EBM and trance-techno futurepop. Someone was so annoyed by my exhortations that they created the Manny Theiner Goth List Post Generator. Remember that? Anyway, it's 2009, and Adult. are playing outside (in the Wiegand Gym if it rains) for free on the CMU campus by the side of the Fine Arts building tonight, circa 7:30 pm. Also on the show are San Francisco's angular riotgrrl artpunks Erase Errata. I did mention that it's free, right? So you have absolutely no excuse not to check it out. (Unlike me, seeing as how I have an art opening at the same time). See my preview on the show in the City Paper this week and enjoy: http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A62563 From churchof1000 at yahoo.com Tue May 5 12:13:52 2009 From: churchof1000 at yahoo.com (maniacal mike) Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 09:13:52 -0700 (PDT) Subject: for gothabilly fans Message-ID: <425699.85973.qm@web32601.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ???? Friday 5-22 at THE 31st Street Pub ? The Quakes ? with The Twistin' Tarantulas The Devilz in the Detailz and Crooked Elm ? 9pm, cover $10 ? 3101 Penn Ave 412-391-8334 www.31stpub.com ? ? ? www.myspace.com/thequakes www.thequakes.com ? www.myspace.com/thetwistintarantulas www.twistintarantulas.com ? www.myspace.com/thedevilzinthedetailz ? www.myspace.com/crookedelm ? From manny at garfieldartworks.com Thu May 21 16:45:21 2009 From: manny at garfieldartworks.com (manny at garfieldartworks.com) Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 16:45:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: JAMES BLACKSHAW (UK - Young God/Current 93) 6/17 @ Garfield Artworks Message-ID: <49840.70.17.170.29.1242938721.squirrel@webmail9.pair.com> You won't want to miss this! Wed June 17 8 pm all ages $7 advance/$10 door Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Avenue live from the UK on Young God Records (note: he's also collaborated with lutenist Jozef Van Wissem who was just here, on Van Wissem's Incunabulum label. and he is a member of Current 93!) 12-string acoustic fingerpicking wizard JAMES BLACKSHAW http://www.myspace.com/jamesblackshaw on tour with the duo GREG DAVIS (Kranky/Carpark Records) & CHRIS WEISMAN http://www.myspace.com/gregdavismusic and special local guests Michael Tamburo and Chris Niels / Taichi Nakatani Duo Advance tickets will be on sale at stores as of June 1: Eide's Entertainment, Paul's CDs, Caliban Books, Wicked Discs, Dave's Music Mine, Slacker, and The Exchange Squirrel Hill. We'll make it as easy as possible for you to get in for the $7 price. Yes, we'll be printing up advance tickets to sell at stores - but if you can't make it to the stores we'll give you another option. Simply send an e-mail to me with your real name and your real phone number, stating that you would like to reserve tickets at the advance price, and just let me know how many you want (you can reserve up to 4). This is the simple equivalent of a will-call system. Then give me your name at the door, and I will read it off the will-call list and admit you for the advance price. Sound easy? It is. And as long as you show up, this same courtesy will be extended to you the next time this is offered in the future. Hope to see everyone at the show. Information on JAMES BLACKSHAW: New studio album, "The Glass Bead Game", due May 26th 2009 on Young God Records Initially inspired by the guitarists of the 60?s Takoma label to teach himself fingerpicking, James Blackshaw writes long-form pieces primarily for solo 12-string guitar and piano that are heavily influenced by minimalist composers and European classical music and which use drones, overtones and repeating patterns alongside a strong inclination for melody to create instrumental music that is both intelligent, hypnotic and emotionally charged. Born in London in 1981, Blackshaw has so far released six solo studio albums, one live recording and has also appeared on numerous compilations in the last five years. "O True Believers" (2006, Important Records/Bo?weavil Recordings), "The Cloud of Unknowing" (2007, Tompkins Square) and "Litany of Echoes" (2008, Tompkins Square) have received huge critical acclaim from printed and online publications including Pitchfork, Billboard, The Wire, The Observer, The Times, Uncut, The New York Times, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Onion, Magnet and Acoustic Guitar Magazine. "The Cloud of Unknowing" was also listed as one of the 50 best albums of 2007 by The Wire (no. 24) and Pitchfork (no. 34). His latest album, "Litany of Echoes" was listed as Uncut Magazine's 13th Best Album of 2008. Blackshaw has recently signed to Michael Gira's (Swans/Angels of Light) Young God Records label and his seventh studio album is to be released in May 2009. Blackshaw is currently a member of Current 93, Brethren of The Free Spirit (duo with Jozef Van Wissem) and performs live with Pantaleimon. He has toured extensively in Europe, US and Japan, playing approximately 200 shows since 2005 in a broad range of environments from sold-out 1,000 capacity venues supporting Jose Gonzalez to intimate church shows and institutions such as The Douglas Hynde Gallery in Dublin and The ICA in London. He has featured on National Public Radio in the US, BBC Radio 2 and performed live on VPRO television in The Netherlands. Selected Press: "... A veritable solo symphony that's as schooled in uncommon beauty as it is in complex 20th century composition... Blackshaw writes high drama into instrumental music with subtlety and charm, speaking on sentiments and stories without requiring a single lyric... Blackshaw seems fully settled, engaging his pieces and ideas with the unflinching belief of Tony Conrad in 1964 or Steve Reich in 1965... The Cloud of Unknowing carves out a new, peerless space altogether-- one that puts Blackshaw at the top of his class." - Grayson Currin, Pitchforkmedia.com "In the tradition of "American Primitive" guitarists within which he's often grouped, James Blackshaw cuts rather an odd figure. Neither American, nor primitive, nor as Litany of Echoes begins, even playing the guitar, the English musician is all about upending the expectations we might have from his instrument. Whereas kindred spirits like John Fahey and Robbie Basho looked East for their Raga-inspired guitar diversions, Blackshaw instead sounds more East-Coast: his long-distance guitar tunes recalling NY minimalism, or Sonic Youth, as arranged for chamber orchestra. Mesmerising stuff, and proof that less is often more." - John Robinson, Uncut Magazine "There's an indecent ease to James Blackshaw's guitar playing. His fingerpicking mantras are as melodic as a music box, gliding through dizzying tempos like clockwork... Such is the silky control he exherts over his instrument, Blackshaw often sounds more like a court harpist than a backwoods strummer." - Derek Walmsey, The Wire "The hypnotic arpeggios at the heart of James Blackshaw?s acoustic guitar playing reflect strong influences from outside the precincts of folk music: minimalist composers like Steve Reich and Terry Riley, and some of their precursors, like Erik Satie. Mr. Blackshaw, a British autodidact still in his mid-20s, fingerpicks his 12-string Guild with an immersive focus befitting such heady allusions. At its best, his sumptuous new album, Litany of Echoes, conveys a stark and ancient feeling, like something handed down through the ages...." - Nate Chinen, The New York Times "Twenty-seven-year-old Brit James Blackshaw has lately emerged as a major force in the world of instrumental guitar, his epic, austere compositions and unpretentious 12-string technique perching him somewhere between John Fahey and Robbie Basho... Downright beautiful stuff." - Jonathon Cohen, Billboard Magazine "The most gem-like overlooked album this year is neither hairy nor scary; rubber-necking into the great unknown isn't high in its priorities. But it is preternaturally beautiful. O True Believers by 24-year-old guitarist James Blackshaw features 10 fingers and 12 strings and, frankly, urinates all over whatever will be the Mercury Prize's token folk nominee next year. Blackshaw is British, but virtually no one has heard of him outside the US folk underground; he deserves ticker-tape parades. His style derives from the Takoma school founded by John Fahey, but that is all detail. Blackshaw's got it all: skills to hyperventilate for, and instinctual loveliness in spades." - Kitty Empire, The Observer "One of the best and most original instrumentalists in the new, acoustic renaissance" - David Fricke, Rolling Stone Magazine From jdecay at att.net Mon May 25 14:20:35 2009 From: jdecay at att.net (jdecay at att.net) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 18:20:35 +0000 Subject: JAMES BLACKSHAW (UK - Young God/Current 93) 6/17 @ Garfield Artworks In-Reply-To: <49840.70.17.170.29.1242938721.squirrel@webmail9.pair.com> Message-ID: <052520091820.23550.4A1AE1720001BE9F00005BFE22230647029B0A02D29B9B0EBF970E0C0A0B06@att.net> I've never heard of this fellow before, but I'm listening to the songs on myspace, and they sound quite excellent. And I've yet to be disappointed with a single artist on Young God Records that's come through Pittsburgh. J -------------- Original message from manny at garfieldartworks.com: -------------- > You won't want to miss this! > > Wed June 17 8 pm all ages $7 advance/$10 door > Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Avenue > > live from the UK on Young God Records > (note: he's also collaborated with lutenist Jozef Van Wissem who was just > here, on Van Wissem's Incunabulum label. and he is a member of Current > 93!) > > 12-string acoustic fingerpicking wizard > JAMES BLACKSHAW > http://www.myspace.com/jamesblackshaw > > on tour with the duo > GREG DAVIS (Kranky/Carpark Records) & CHRIS WEISMAN > http://www.myspace.com/gregdavismusic > > and special local guests > Michael Tamburo > and Chris Niels / Taichi Nakatani Duo > > Advance tickets will be on sale at stores as of June 1: Eide's > Entertainment, Paul's CDs, Caliban Books, Wicked Discs, Dave's Music Mine, > Slacker, and The Exchange Squirrel Hill. > > We'll make it as easy as possible for you to get in for the $7 price. > Yes, we'll be printing up advance tickets to sell at stores - but if you > can't make it to the stores we'll give you another option. Simply send an > e-mail to me with your real name and your real phone number, stating that > you would like to reserve tickets at the advance price, and just let me > know how many you want (you can reserve up to 4). This is the simple > equivalent of a will-call system. Then give me your name at the door, and > I will read it off the will-call list and admit you for the advance price. > Sound easy? It is. And as long as you show up, this same courtesy will > be extended to you the next time this is offered in the future. > > Hope to see everyone at the show. > > Information on JAMES BLACKSHAW: > > New studio album, "The Glass Bead Game", due May 26th 2009 on Young God > Records > > Initially inspired by the guitarists of the 60?s Takoma label to teach > himself fingerpicking, James Blackshaw writes long-form pieces primarily > for solo 12-string guitar and piano that are heavily influenced by > minimalist composers and European classical music and which use drones, > overtones and repeating patterns alongside a strong inclination for melody > to create instrumental music that is both intelligent, hypnotic and > emotionally charged. > > Born in London in 1981, Blackshaw has so far released six solo studio > albums, one live recording and has also appeared on numerous compilations > in the last five years. "O True Believers" (2006, Important > Records/Bo?weavil Recordings), "The Cloud of Unknowing" (2007, Tompkins > Square) and "Litany of Echoes" (2008, Tompkins Square) have received huge > critical acclaim from printed and online publications including Pitchfork, > Billboard, The Wire, The Observer, The Times, Uncut, The New York Times, > Rolling Stone Magazine, The Onion, Magnet and Acoustic Guitar Magazine. > "The Cloud of Unknowing" was also listed as one of the 50 best albums of > 2007 by The Wire (no. 24) and Pitchfork (no. 34). His latest album, > "Litany of Echoes" was listed as Uncut Magazine's 13th Best Album of 2008. > > Blackshaw has recently signed to Michael Gira's (Swans/Angels of Light) > Young God Records label and his seventh studio album is to be released in > May 2009. > > Blackshaw is currently a member of Current 93, Brethren of The Free Spirit > (duo with Jozef Van Wissem) and performs live with Pantaleimon. > > He has toured extensively in Europe, US and Japan, playing approximately > 200 shows since 2005 in a broad range of environments from sold-out 1,000 > capacity venues supporting Jose Gonzalez to intimate church shows and > institutions such as The Douglas Hynde Gallery in Dublin and The ICA in > London. He has featured on National Public Radio in the US, BBC Radio 2 > and performed live on VPRO television in The Netherlands. > > > Selected Press: > > "... A veritable solo symphony that's as schooled in uncommon beauty as it > is in complex 20th century composition... Blackshaw writes high drama into > instrumental music with subtlety and charm, speaking on sentiments and > stories without requiring a single lyric... Blackshaw seems fully settled, > engaging his pieces and ideas with the unflinching belief of Tony Conrad > in 1964 or Steve Reich in 1965... The Cloud of Unknowing carves out a new, > peerless space altogether-- one that puts Blackshaw at the top of his > class." - Grayson Currin, Pitchforkmedia.com > > "In the tradition of "American Primitive" guitarists within which he's > often grouped, James Blackshaw cuts rather an odd figure. Neither > American, nor primitive, nor as Litany of Echoes begins, even playing the > guitar, the English musician is all about upending the expectations we > might have from his instrument. Whereas kindred spirits like John Fahey > and Robbie Basho looked East for their Raga-inspired guitar diversions, > Blackshaw instead sounds more East-Coast: his long-distance guitar tunes > recalling NY minimalism, or Sonic Youth, as arranged for chamber > orchestra. Mesmerising stuff, and proof that less is often more." - John > Robinson, Uncut Magazine > > "There's an indecent ease to James Blackshaw's guitar playing. His > fingerpicking mantras are as melodic as a music box, gliding through > dizzying tempos like clockwork... Such is the silky control he exherts > over his instrument, Blackshaw often sounds more like a court harpist than > a backwoods strummer." - Derek Walmsey, The Wire > > "The hypnotic arpeggios at the heart of James Blackshaw?s acoustic guitar > playing reflect strong influences from outside the precincts of folk > music: minimalist composers like Steve Reich and Terry Riley, and some of > their precursors, like Erik Satie. Mr. Blackshaw, a British autodidact > still in his mid-20s, fingerpicks his 12-string Guild with an immersive > focus befitting such heady allusions. At its best, his sumptuous new > album, Litany of Echoes, conveys a stark and ancient feeling, like > something handed down through the ages...." - Nate Chinen, The New York > Times > > "Twenty-seven-year-old Brit James Blackshaw has lately emerged as a major > force in the world of instrumental guitar, his epic, austere compositions > and unpretentious 12-string technique perching him somewhere between John > Fahey and Robbie Basho... Downright beautiful stuff." - Jonathon Cohen, > Billboard Magazine > > "The most gem-like overlooked album this year is neither hairy nor scary; > rubber-necking into the great unknown isn't high in its priorities. But it > is preternaturally beautiful. O True Believers by 24-year-old guitarist > James Blackshaw features 10 fingers and 12 strings and, frankly, urinates > all over whatever will be the Mercury Prize's token folk nominee next > year. Blackshaw is British, but virtually no one has heard of him outside > the US folk underground; he deserves ticker-tape parades. His style > derives from the Takoma school founded by John Fahey, but that is all > detail. Blackshaw's got it all: skills to hyperventilate for, and > instinctual loveliness in spades." - Kitty Empire, The Observer > > "One of the best and most original instrumentalists in the new, acoustic > renaissance" - David Fricke, Rolling Stone Magazine > _______________________________________________ > pgh-goth-list mailing list > pgh-goth-list at listless.org > http://www.listless.org/mailman/listinfo/pgh-goth-list From manny at garfieldartworks.com Mon May 25 15:24:08 2009 From: manny at garfieldartworks.com (manny at garfieldartworks.com) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:24:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: JAMES BLACKSHAW (UK - Young God/Current 93) 6/17 @ Garfield Artworks In-Reply-To: <052520091820.23550.4A1AE1720001BE9F00005BFE22230647029B0A02D29B9B0EBF 970E0C0A0B06@att.net> References: <49840.70.17.170.29.1242938721.squirrel@webmail9.pair.com> <052520091820.23550.4A1AE1720001BE9F00005BFE22230647029B0A02D29B9B0EBF970E0C0A0B06@att.net> Message-ID: <49277.141.151.178.232.1243279448.squirrel@webmail7.pair.com> he is a performing member of Current 93, as well as Pantaleimon > I've never heard of this fellow before, but I'm listening to the songs on > myspace, and they sound quite excellent. And I've yet to be disappointed > with a single artist on Young God Records that's come through Pittsburgh. > > J > -------------- Original message from manny at garfieldartworks.com: > -------------- > > >> You won't want to miss this! >> >> Wed June 17 8 pm all ages $7 advance/$10 door >> Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Avenue >> >> live from the UK on Young God Records >> (note: he's also collaborated with lutenist Jozef Van Wissem who was >> just >> here, on Van Wissem's Incunabulum label. and he is a member of Current >> 93!) >> >> 12-string acoustic fingerpicking wizard >> JAMES BLACKSHAW >> http://www.myspace.com/jamesblackshaw >> >> on tour with the duo >> GREG DAVIS (Kranky/Carpark Records) & CHRIS WEISMAN >> http://www.myspace.com/gregdavismusic >> >> and special local guests >> Michael Tamburo >> and Chris Niels / Taichi Nakatani Duo >> >> Advance tickets will be on sale at stores as of June 1: Eide's >> Entertainment, Paul's CDs, Caliban Books, Wicked Discs, Dave's Music >> Mine, >> Slacker, and The Exchange Squirrel Hill. >> >> We'll make it as easy as possible for you to get in for the $7 price. >> Yes, we'll be printing up advance tickets to sell at stores - but if you >> can't make it to the stores we'll give you another option. Simply send >> an >> e-mail to me with your real name and your real phone number, stating >> that >> you would like to reserve tickets at the advance price, and just let me >> know how many you want (you can reserve up to 4). This is the simple >> equivalent of a will-call system. Then give me your name at the door, >> and >> I will read it off the will-call list and admit you for the advance >> price. >> Sound easy? It is. And as long as you show up, this same courtesy will >> be extended to you the next time this is offered in the future. >> >> Hope to see everyone at the show. >> >> Information on JAMES BLACKSHAW: >> >> New studio album, "The Glass Bead Game", due May 26th 2009 on Young God >> Records >> >> Initially inspired by the guitarists of the 60???s Takoma label to teach >> himself fingerpicking, James Blackshaw writes long-form pieces primarily >> for solo 12-string guitar and piano that are heavily influenced by >> minimalist composers and European classical music and which use drones, >> overtones and repeating patterns alongside a strong inclination for >> melody >> to create instrumental music that is both intelligent, hypnotic and >> emotionally charged. >> >> Born in London in 1981, Blackshaw has so far released six solo studio >> albums, one live recording and has also appeared on numerous >> compilations >> in the last five years. "O True Believers" (2006, Important >> Records/Bo???weavil Recordings), "The Cloud of Unknowing" (2007, >> Tompkins >> Square) and "Litany of Echoes" (2008, Tompkins Square) have received >> huge >> critical acclaim from printed and online publications including >> Pitchfork, >> Billboard, The Wire, The Observer, The Times, Uncut, The New York Times, >> Rolling Stone Magazine, The Onion, Magnet and Acoustic Guitar Magazine. >> "The Cloud of Unknowing" was also listed as one of the 50 best albums of >> 2007 by The Wire (no. 24) and Pitchfork (no. 34). His latest album, >> "Litany of Echoes" was listed as Uncut Magazine's 13th Best Album of >> 2008. >> >> Blackshaw has recently signed to Michael Gira's (Swans/Angels of Light) >> Young God Records label and his seventh studio album is to be released >> in >> May 2009. >> >> Blackshaw is currently a member of Current 93, Brethren of The Free >> Spirit >> (duo with Jozef Van Wissem) and performs live with Pantaleimon. >> >> He has toured extensively in Europe, US and Japan, playing approximately >> 200 shows since 2005 in a broad range of environments from sold-out >> 1,000 >> capacity venues supporting Jose Gonzalez to intimate church shows and >> institutions such as The Douglas Hynde Gallery in Dublin and The ICA in >> London. He has featured on National Public Radio in the US, BBC Radio 2 >> and performed live on VPRO television in The Netherlands. >> >> >> Selected Press: >> >> "... A veritable solo symphony that's as schooled in uncommon beauty as >> it >> is in complex 20th century composition... Blackshaw writes high drama >> into >> instrumental music with subtlety and charm, speaking on sentiments and >> stories without requiring a single lyric... Blackshaw seems fully >> settled, >> engaging his pieces and ideas with the unflinching belief of Tony Conrad >> in 1964 or Steve Reich in 1965... The Cloud of Unknowing carves out a >> new, >> peerless space altogether-- one that puts Blackshaw at the top of his >> class." - Grayson Currin, Pitchforkmedia.com >> >> "In the tradition of "American Primitive" guitarists within which he's >> often grouped, James Blackshaw cuts rather an odd figure. Neither >> American, nor primitive, nor as Litany of Echoes begins, even playing >> the >> guitar, the English musician is all about upending the expectations we >> might have from his instrument. Whereas kindred spirits like John Fahey >> and Robbie Basho looked East for their Raga-inspired guitar diversions, >> Blackshaw instead sounds more East-Coast: his long-distance guitar tunes >> recalling NY minimalism, or Sonic Youth, as arranged for chamber >> orchestra. Mesmerising stuff, and proof that less is often more." - John >> Robinson, Uncut Magazine >> >> "There's an indecent ease to James Blackshaw's guitar playing. His >> fingerpicking mantras are as melodic as a music box, gliding through >> dizzying tempos like clockwork... Such is the silky control he exherts >> over his instrument, Blackshaw often sounds more like a court harpist >> than >> a backwoods strummer." - Derek Walmsey, The Wire >> >> "The hypnotic arpeggios at the heart of James Blackshaw???s acoustic >> guitar >> playing reflect strong influences from outside the precincts of folk >> music: minimalist composers like Steve Reich and Terry Riley, and some >> of >> their precursors, like Erik Satie. Mr. Blackshaw, a British autodidact >> still in his mid-20s, fingerpicks his 12-string Guild with an immersive >> focus befitting such heady allusions. At its best, his sumptuous new >> album, Litany of Echoes, conveys a stark and ancient feeling, like >> something handed down through the ages...." - Nate Chinen, The New York >> Times >> >> "Twenty-seven-year-old Brit James Blackshaw has lately emerged as a >> major >> force in the world of instrumental guitar, his epic, austere >> compositions >> and unpretentious 12-string technique perching him somewhere between >> John >> Fahey and Robbie Basho... Downright beautiful stuff." - Jonathon Cohen, >> Billboard Magazine >> >> "The most gem-like overlooked album this year is neither hairy nor >> scary; >> rubber-necking into the great unknown isn't high in its priorities. But >> it >> is preternaturally beautiful. O True Believers by 24-year-old guitarist >> James Blackshaw features 10 fingers and 12 strings and, frankly, >> urinates >> all over whatever will be the Mercury Prize's token folk nominee next >> year. Blackshaw is British, but virtually no one has heard of him >> outside >> the US folk underground; he deserves ticker-tape parades. His style >> derives from the Takoma school founded by John Fahey, but that is all >> detail. Blackshaw's got it all: skills to hyperventilate for, and >> instinctual loveliness in spades." - Kitty Empire, The Observer >> >> "One of the best and most original instrumentalists in the new, acoustic >> renaissance" - David Fricke, Rolling Stone Magazine >> _______________________________________________ >> pgh-goth-list mailing list >> pgh-goth-list at listless.org >> http://www.listless.org/mailman/listinfo/pgh-goth-list From bellevue.bat at gmail.com Mon May 25 23:49:57 2009 From: bellevue.bat at gmail.com (Richard Claypool) Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 23:49:57 -0400 Subject: JAMES BLACKSHAW (UK - Young God/Current 93) 6/17 @ Garfield Artworks References: <49840.70.17.170.29.1242938721.squirrel@webmail9.pair.com><052520091820.23550.4A1AE1720001BE9F00005BFE22230647029B0A02D29B9B0EBF970E0C0A0B06@att.net> <49277.141.151.178.232.1243279448.squirrel@webmail7.pair.com> Message-ID: Here am I stuck in beautiful Anderson south carolina. I'm afraid if I mentioned the word goth, I'd be linched. You do pull in some exelent live shows Manny. I very well might be heading back to pgh soonishly, my stint in hell at an end. Rick twitter http://twitter.com/elheme msn bellevue.bat at gmail.com skype lord_of_beer ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 3:24 PM Subject: Re: JAMES BLACKSHAW (UK - Young God/Current 93) 6/17 @ Garfield Artworks he is a performing member of Current 93, as well as Pantaleimon > I've never heard of this fellow before, but I'm listening to the songs on > myspace, and they sound quite excellent. And I've yet to be disappointed > with a single artist on Young God Records that's come through Pittsburgh. > > J > -------------- Original message from manny at garfieldartworks.com: > -------------- > > >> You won't want to miss this! >> >> Wed June 17 8 pm all ages $7 advance/$10 door >> Garfield Artworks, 4931 Penn Avenue >> >> live from the UK on Young God Records >> (note: he's also collaborated with lutenist Jozef Van Wissem who was >> just >> here, on Van Wissem's Incunabulum label. and he is a member of Current >> 93!) >> >> 12-string acoustic fingerpicking wizard >> JAMES BLACKSHAW >> http://www.myspace.com/jamesblackshaw >> >> on tour with the duo >> GREG DAVIS (Kranky/Carpark Records) & CHRIS WEISMAN >> http://www.myspace.com/gregdavismusic >> >> and special local guests >> Michael Tamburo >> and Chris Niels / Taichi Nakatani Duo >> >> Advance tickets will be on sale at stores as of June 1: Eide's >> Entertainment, Paul's CDs, Caliban Books, Wicked Discs, Dave's Music >> Mine, >> Slacker, and The Exchange Squirrel Hill. >> >> We'll make it as easy as possible for you to get in for the $7 price. >> Yes, we'll be printing up advance tickets to sell at stores - but if you >> can't make it to the stores we'll give you another option. Simply send >> an >> e-mail to me with your real name and your real phone number, stating >> that >> you would like to reserve tickets at the advance price, and just let me >> know how many you want (you can reserve up to 4). This is the simple >> equivalent of a will-call system. Then give me your name at the door, >> and >> I will read it off the will-call list and admit you for the advance >> price. >> Sound easy? It is. And as long as you show up, this same courtesy will >> be extended to you the next time this is offered in the future. >> >> Hope to see everyone at the show. >> >> Information on JAMES BLACKSHAW: >> >> New studio album, "The Glass Bead Game", due May 26th 2009 on Young God >> Records >> >> Initially inspired by the guitarists of the 60??Ts Takoma label to teach >> himself fingerpicking, James Blackshaw writes long-form pieces primarily >> for solo 12-string guitar and piano that are heavily influenced by >> minimalist composers and European classical music and which use drones, >> overtones and repeating patterns alongside a strong inclination for >> melody >> to create instrumental music that is both intelligent, hypnotic and >> emotionally charged. >> >> Born in London in 1981, Blackshaw has so far released six solo studio >> albums, one live recording and has also appeared on numerous >> compilations >> in the last five years. "O True Believers" (2006, Important >> Records/Bo??Tweavil Recordings), "The Cloud of Unknowing" (2007, >> Tompkins >> Square) and "Litany of Echoes" (2008, Tompkins Square) have received >> huge >> critical acclaim from printed and online publications including >> Pitchfork, >> Billboard, The Wire, The Observer, The Times, Uncut, The New York Times, >> Rolling Stone Magazine, The Onion, Magnet and Acoustic Guitar Magazine. >> "The Cloud of Unknowing" was also listed as one of the 50 best albums of >> 2007 by The Wire (no. 24) and Pitchfork (no. 34). His latest album, >> "Litany of Echoes" was listed as Uncut Magazine's 13th Best Album of >> 2008. >> >> Blackshaw has recently signed to Michael Gira's (Swans/Angels of Light) >> Young God Records label and his seventh studio album is to be released >> in >> May 2009. >> >> Blackshaw is currently a member of Current 93, Brethren of The Free >> Spirit >> (duo with Jozef Van Wissem) and performs live with Pantaleimon. >> >> He has toured extensively in Europe, US and Japan, playing approximately >> 200 shows since 2005 in a broad range of environments from sold-out >> 1,000 >> capacity venues supporting Jose Gonzalez to intimate church shows and >> institutions such as The Douglas Hynde Gallery in Dublin and The ICA in >> London. He has featured on National Public Radio in the US, BBC Radio 2 >> and performed live on VPRO television in The Netherlands. >> >> >> Selected Press: >> >> "... A veritable solo symphony that's as schooled in uncommon beauty as >> it >> is in complex 20th century composition... Blackshaw writes high drama >> into >> instrumental music with subtlety and charm, speaking on sentiments and >> stories without requiring a single lyric... Blackshaw seems fully >> settled, >> engaging his pieces and ideas with the unflinching belief of Tony Conrad >> in 1964 or Steve Reich in 1965... The Cloud of Unknowing carves out a >> new, >> peerless space altogether-- one that puts Blackshaw at the top of his >> class." - Grayson Currin, Pitchforkmedia.com >> >> "In the tradition of "American Primitive" guitarists within which he's >> often grouped, James Blackshaw cuts rather an odd figure. Neither >> American, nor primitive, nor as Litany of Echoes begins, even playing >> the >> guitar, the English musician is all about upending the expectations we >> might have from his instrument. Whereas kindred spirits like John Fahey >> and Robbie Basho looked East for their Raga-inspired guitar diversions, >> Blackshaw instead sounds more East-Coast: his long-distance guitar tunes >> recalling NY minimalism, or Sonic Youth, as arranged for chamber >> orchestra. Mesmerising stuff, and proof that less is often more." - John >> Robinson, Uncut Magazine >> >> "There's an indecent ease to James Blackshaw's guitar playing. His >> fingerpicking mantras are as melodic as a music box, gliding through >> dizzying tempos like clockwork... Such is the silky control he exherts >> over his instrument, Blackshaw often sounds more like a court harpist >> than >> a backwoods strummer." - Derek Walmsey, The Wire >> >> "The hypnotic arpeggios at the heart of James Blackshaw??Ts acoustic >> guitar >> playing reflect strong influences from outside the precincts of folk >> music: minimalist composers like Steve Reich and Terry Riley, and some >> of >> their precursors, like Erik Satie. Mr. Blackshaw, a British autodidact >> still in his mid-20s, fingerpicks his 12-string Guild with an immersive >> focus befitting such heady allusions. At its best, his sumptuous new >> album, Litany of Echoes, conveys a stark and ancient feeling, like >> something handed down through the ages...." - Nate Chinen, The New York >> Times >> >> "Twenty-seven-year-old Brit James Blackshaw has lately emerged as a >> major >> force in the world of instrumental guitar, his epic, austere >> compositions >> and unpretentious 12-string technique perching him somewhere between >> John >> Fahey and Robbie Basho... Downright beautiful stuff." - Jonathon Cohen, >> Billboard Magazine >> >> "The most gem-like overlooked album this year is neither hairy nor >> scary; >> rubber-necking into the great unknown isn't high in its priorities. But >> it >> is preternaturally beautiful. O True Believers by 24-year-old guitarist >> James Blackshaw features 10 fingers and 12 strings and, frankly, >> urinates >> all over whatever will be the Mercury Prize's token folk nominee next >> year. Blackshaw is British, but virtually no one has heard of him >> outside >> the US folk underground; he deserves ticker-tape parades. His style >> derives from the Takoma school founded by John Fahey, but that is all >> detail. Blackshaw's got it all: skills to hyperventilate for, and >> instinctual loveliness in spades." - Kitty Empire, The Observer >> >> "One of the best and most original instrumentalists in the new, acoustic >> renaissance" - David Fricke, Rolling Stone Magazine >> _______________________________________________ >> pgh-goth-list mailing list >> pgh-goth-list at listless.org >> http://www.listless.org/mailman/listinfo/pgh-goth-list _______________________________________________ pgh-goth-list mailing list pgh-goth-list at listless.org http://www.listless.org/mailman/listinfo/pgh-goth-list