344. Last Man on Earth
- Modern Formations Gallery, Pittsburgh, us@
- Sunday, April 2, 2006
- My friend Matt Gleeson from Melbourne in Australia notified me that he & his band The Stabs were going to be touring the US so I set up this gig for them. Kevin Hicks & 2 of his friends opened, I was 2nd, Dimitra (a noise performer touring w/ The Stabs) was 3rd, & then The Stabs.
My set was called "Last Man on Earth" & featured projection of an edited vaudeo from an "Official" session of approximately the same name from November of 1992. This original session was a sortof 'one-man-band' thing of mine where I played multiple instruments. A short excerpt from its sound had been used as an example of "Terrence Dougherty" playing on a tape published by the magazine "Experimental Musical Instruments". The "TD" was a rack of electronics that I'd assembled that included simple devices from kits made by my friend Terrence Dougherty, radios, tape players & tapes that I'd made especially for 'random' sampling. 61 samples were then taken from that excerpt & used as the raw materials for my playing along w/ the vaudeo - w/ the soundtrack mixed in & out. Sounds I'd made on my DX27-S synthesizer were also used.
The vaudeo was basically divided into 9 sections:
1. "Terrence Dougherty" 1
2. Lap Guitar + "Terrence Dougherty" 2
3. Broken Organ + Broken Monophonic Synthesizer
4. Vibraphone + "Terrence Dougherty"
5. Trumpet + "Erector Set" + "Terrence Dougherty"
6. "Small Nondo" + "Terrence Dougherty"
7. "Experimental Musical Instruments" "Terrence Dougherty"
8. credits
9. Scratch Ending
During the 1st section, an electronic drone plays. I played a similar drone on the DX27-S during that. Excerpts from the soundtrack were also sampled & looped live - especially durring the vibraphone section. During section 7, I played the samples in ways that took advantage of their relationship w/ the soundtrack. For the ending I sped up the pace considerably & only played the beginning fragments of the samples.
The 1st section has a text overlay in the vaudeo of a short chronology of relevant birth & death info from the life of Mary Shelley - w/ an emphasis on the misery & loss that lead up to the writing of her novel of plague annihilation The Last Man.
In the original session I was wearing a full-body black leather motorcycle suit that was in fairly new condition. For this presentation, I wore the same suit BUT it's considerably degraded now that it's 13&1/2 years older. In a sense, this piece was the Last Man on Earth playing w/ himself.
345. "footnotes" Release Film Kitchen
- Film Kitchen, Melwood Screening Room, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh, us@
- Tuesday, October 10, 2006
- In honor of the release of my book entitled "footnotes" on SIX GALLERY PRESS, I screened some movies relevant to the book & gave some readings from it. This was also the premier of my movie "B.T.O.U.C.".
346. Volunteers Collective Revisited
- the Mark, Olympia, us@
- Tuesday, November 7, 2006
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347. MetaSamples
- 2nd nON-eXIST tINT nEOIST cOMPARTMENT fISTFUL, Lily's bedroom, Olympia, us@
- Saturday, November 11, 2006
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