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Archive for March, 2008
Best of ReSiDeNt: The First Two Months
Mar 26th
I’m excited to be playing again with the LEMURbots. This time it’s at Issue Project Room on Thursday, April 10 @ 8pm. I’ll be sharing the bill with Taylor Kuffner and Ben Neill. Here’s the rundown:
LEMUR storms Issue Project Room on Thursday, April 10th, with a night of special collaborations. Best of ReSiDeNt: The First Two Months showcases performances by January/February LEMUR ReSiDeNtS Taylor Kuffner debuting the GamelaTron robotic gamelan and Holland Hopson playing his customized MIDI banjo in an Appalachia-meets-robots performance. Then, Ben Neill presents the NYC premiere of new works for Mutantrumpet and LEMUR robots.
Thursday, April 10 @ 8 pm, $10
Issue Project Room @ The Old American Can Factory
232 3rd Street @ 3rd Avenue
Brooklyn
Maps Breaks $1. Maps is Free. Long Live Maps.
Mar 25th
The price for my Maps CD on amiestreet.com recently broke the $1.00 barrier (see below). To celebrate I’ve the posted the album in its entirety at grabrarearts.com. Go here for complete information or use the link below to get it all in one swell foop. This is part of my pledge to make more of my music available for download in 2008. I’ll have more coming up soon, so stay tuned.
Download the full album including artwork: hopson_maps.zip
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LEMUR photos
Mar 16th
Here are a few more photos from the LEMUR show courtesy of Nicole Peyrafitte.
Max Lord playing the Marimba Lumina with the LEMUR’s GuitarBot on the left.
Max Lord, percussion (in the mirror) and Ellen Godena, dancer with LEMUR’s ModBots on the ceiling.
Holland with his extended banjo…gotta hit that pressure sensor just right…
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Mar 13th
Here’s a video from my recent performance at LEMUR. It’s the first outing for this brand new piece, complete with all the hesitations, misfires, fuzziness and fun of a premiere.
I’ll be playing with the LEMURbots again in early April–details to be announced.Thanks to Nicole Peyrafitte for grabbing this video on-the-fly. Check out Nicole’s new blog, Collectages. (Yum…spätzle.)
Related PostsWhere is My Bicycle Coverage?
Mar 13th
Yesterday morning the host of Marketplace Morning Report mentioned high oil prices then joked, “where is my bicycle pump?” Indeed. And where is Marketplace’s coverage of bicycle commuting/alternative transportation issues? I might even sit through that 5/4 earworm of a theme song to hear to it.
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Mar 9th
Read about it in the NYTimes. I quote: “Amateurs arise — make a noise.” Here! Here! Hear! Hear!
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ASAC Presents Yeh Eubanks Lafkas Clixby
Mar 8th
The Albany Sonic Arts Collective has announced their latest show: Saturday March 22, at the UAG Gallery. The lineup features
C. SPENCER YEH (solo violin, electronics)
BRYAN EUBANKS (saxophone) & ANDREW LAFKAS (bass)
MEG CLIXBY (bass, electronics)
The Upstate Artists Guild 247 Lark St.
Albany, NY: Saturday March 22, 2008
Doors at 7:30 pm: show at 8:00
$5 suggested donation at the door
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Related PostsGates Ensemble on Austinnitus Audio Series
Mar 2nd
I’ve posted previously about Josh Ronsen’s newly launched Austinnitus Audio Series. He’s recently added some great new audio including sounds from Alex Keller, Doug Ferguson, Thomas Fang and an incarnation of E.C.F.A sans myself. I’m particularly fond of the Gates Ensemble recording from a 2003 appearance at the Church of the Friendly Ghost that’s now online. Listen to it below.
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