Two articles

First of all, big thanks to everybody that came out to the Buster Keaton show at the Reg- it was a great crowd and the band had a blast playing ACTUAL SONGS (though we shamblized them pretty good...)! Looks like we'll be repeating the show for an outdoor gig in a couple weeks.... check back here for details!

Two new interviews of mine are out:

At last year's Open Ears festival, I sat down with Scott Thompson of The Rent (and joined mid-way through by band-mate Susannah Hood). Get their cd here. That interview is in the latest and greatest issue of Eartrip - get it in a variety of formats here Do yourself and get all the back issues!

And I sat down Gerry Hemingway during the last Guelph Jazz Festival. That talk is in the new issue of Critical Studies in Improvisation here. Gerry's webpage is here


Belated mention that my preview of the Colin Stetson show at the Perimeter Institute last Saturday appeared in the Nightlife section of the Record the Thursday before... Doesn't look like it made up on the Record website. :(

VOC Silent Film Harmonic - upcoming show!

Buster Keaton is the world renowned master of slapstick. Watch him elude the cops, jump from moving cars, foil criminals and get the girl all the while in floppy shoes and a porkpie hat. Here are 5 of his best short films!

Friday, March 16th, 8p.m.

The Registry Theatre: 122 Frederick St., Kitchener www.registrytheatre.com

Advanced tickets at the Centre in the Square box office are $15; at the door of the Registry, tickets are $15, $10 with a Food Bank donation or $5 eyego.

The VOC Silent Film Harmonic are: Ted Harms (bass), David Hunsberger (clarinets), Steve Lederman (percussion, brass), Bradford Nowak (drums), and Wade Whittaker (guitar).

'nother VOC show!!!!!!

The VOC Silent Film Harmonic will be accompanying Pandora's Box on Saturday, Feb 4th at 8pm.

As usual, we'll be at the fantabulous Registry Theatre. $15 at the door, $10 if you bring a food bank donation, $5 for eyego

Pandora's Box documents how a naive & innocent woman destroys everything she touches. There - that's it in a nutshell. If you want more, here's the imdb link, here's wiki

The VOC Silent Film Harmonic are still: Ted Harms (double bass), David Hunsberger (clarinets), Steve Lederman (percussion, brass), Bradford Nowak (percussion, trumpet), and Wade Whittaker (guitar).

Please tell any interested parties, mention us around the water cooler, or put up the poster wherever cool cats like you can be found.

Laurie Anderson article

Ms. Anderson is playing the Perimeter Inst. this Thursday, Jan. 19. PI website

A preview of her show was in last Thursday's Nighlife section of the Record. Check your better local libraries for a copy or, for now, it's up on the Record website here.

VOC Silent Film Harmonic - upcoming show!

The VOC and the Registry Theatre present…

An original soundtrack to the 1924 classic “Hands of Orlac”

Thursday, Nov. 24th, 8p.m.

The Registry Theatre: 122 Frederick St., Kitchener www.registrytheatre.com

Advanced tickets at the Centre in the Square box office are $15; at the door of the Registry, tickets are $15, $10 with a Food Bank donation or $5 eyego.

Paul Orlac is a world-renowned pianist who loses his hands in a horrible accident. A surgeon is able to attach a new set but they are from a convicted murderer! When Orlac feels compelled to kill, have the hands taken over his body?

Reuniting two of the principles from “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” – director Robert Weine and actor Conrad Veidt – this classic is all grim ambience and b&w mood. (imdb, wiki)

The VOC Silent Film Harmonic are: Ted Harms (double bass), David Hunsberger (clarinets), Steve Lederman (percussion, brass), Bradford Nowak (percussion, trumpet), and Wade Whittaker (guitar).

Upcoming VOC shows: Pandora’s Box – Feb. 4 and Buster Keaton short films – March 16; if you come out to Hands of Orlac, advance tickets for the next two shows will be on sale at a reduced price!

Feel free to tell any interested parties, mention us around the water cooler, or put up the poster wherever cool cats like you can be found.

more new words

Belatedly, I have an interview with Ajay Heble in Sept/Oct. issue of Music Times. I'm sure they're all gone by now as it is nod mid-Nov.

I interviewed Gerry Hemingway during the Guelph Jazz Festival; that will likely be published soon-ish.

New words!

I have a review of the Open Ears Festival in the current issue of summer '11 issue of Signal To Noise (sadly, their last quarterly publication; they moving to be an annual).

Look for my interview with Ajay Heble, Artistic Director of the Guelph Jazz Festival in the Sept/Oct issue of Music Times. I could only publish a fragment of our entire chat - the rest may wind up here...

Also, look for the VOC season to be announced here soon!