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It's great to be free in America.
Better yet, it’s great to be free in your
head; free to change your mind about screwy notions
like the one posted here a while back on discussing
projects only when
they actually happen. But, what could be more
lifeless than a ticker-tape of "...and
now it’s done" postings?
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obviously more that goes on, more that’s interesting
about something than just its completion. Besides, we
want to share with you all the joys, pains, hopes, |
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failures as they come along here at the 6. Even if things
don’t appear to change, the way we’re thinking
about them has. So, from now on, even the hint of a potential
project is gonna be news- leading news- like this: I don’t
know if it's gonna happen or not, but we’ve been
in touch with the legendary Minneapolis hard-core noise
troupe, Unconditional Loathing,
about a record and interview project. They’re internationally
recognized as among the critical contributors to new |
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forms first championed in 1979 by Czech artist Milan
Knizak in his groundbreaking work of art damage, “Broken
Music.” The Unconditional Loathing story begins in an artist’s
warehouse in Fargo and grows to Minneapolis and now San Francisco.
This is a story and music we’re interested in knowing and
sharing with you. So, we’re excited to even be talking
with them and yeah, we’ll let you know what, if anything,
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Work has begun on the 4th and final installment of “Monkey
Pox Mixes.” Here’s a low-fi mp3 excerpt: "dirty
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upcoming
record. Stay tuned for an announcement on the next Monkeyhouse
album, “Retro-Plastic,” which will mark the opening
of the project to the public. Essentially, an upcoming post
will invite you to participate musically- online- in the formation
of the band’s new music.
Then there's the Nathan
James story... who IS this guy anyway? Since everyone I've
played this for
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keeps thinking I’m
pulling their leg, I’ve begun to suspect I am the object
of an elaborate preactical joke, to which my response is: I’m
really enjoying it, this is well worth the laughs, and your
man is good! So, I’ll keep playing along. Here is a low-fi
piece of James’s “Piece of Mind”
from his upcoming record “My Fidelity.”
Last, but not least, hats off
to Coach and 6 alum and and all-star drummer, Brian Remme. (Brick,
Thrift Store Diary, Monkeyhouse) In August, he hits the road
with Minneapolis funk punkers, Great
Girl’s Blouse. This time they’re on a trek to
the east coast to play New York’s Knitting Factory, with
numerous other performances scheduled along the way. For regional
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