It's my birthday on Friday (JUNE 25), so I asked Crosss to play a free show for me at CAgibi.

IT'S AN EARLY SHOW.

They will play sometime between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.

After that, some DJs are going to play some records or something and the people who love me can hang out with me 'cause it's my birthday.

But those who don't know me or don't love me can come to the show also. It's for everybody. And they can even hang out after if they feel like it. I'm not gonna kick anybody out.

AND IT'S FREE.

But it's early. And then a party afterward.

Get it !?!?!?

Don't bring gifts.

If you have any questions, you can ask them here.

Oh yeah, you can listen to the band here: http://www.myspace.com/crossses

That's me on the poster. I think I was 10 years old or something. My hair was blonder then.

La Nuit blanche au Cagibi

Artists from Montreal and beyond come together at Cagibi for an eclectic night full of surprises. On the program: experimental music, video projections, slide shows, interactive installations, and weird performance art.

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$$ GRATUIT / FREE $$

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SALLE ARRIÈRE / BACK ROOM

21h00 à minuit: music + projections

Great Vowel Shift (Montreal)
http://greatvowelshift.tumblr.com
+ projection: Matthew Reading

Metis Yeti (Montreal)
http://www.metisyeti.co.cc/
+ projection: Vincent Charlebois

intermission by Emily Kai Bock + Julia Thomas

Nuthre (Victoria)
http://sites.google.com/site/nuthre/
+ projection: Sarah Tracy

Holzkopf (Saskatoon)
http://sites.google.com/site/holzkopf666/
+ projection: Freida Abtan

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midnight – Rick Trembles (Montreal)
The author of Motion Picture Purgatory weekly comic strip/movie reviews is giving a slideshow presentation.
http://www.snubdom.com/

00h40 – Alien Lentil: A ÷ L² = PP (outer space)
Alien Lentil returns from the distant future once again. This time with a new interactive, life changing performance piece. Unleashing the superbrightwhitelight power of obscure zero dimensional psychedelic psychic formulae, Alien Lentil will make one of YOUR wishes come true.

01h00 – Insane Gown Posse (Montreal)
This queer supergroup features Miss Swamp Pussy and collaborators. This will be their first performance and I'm willing to bet it's going to be memorable.

01h45 – Fingerdog + Four Minutes to Midnight (Montreal)
Experimental drones + spoken word.
http://www.myspace.com/fingerdog
http://lokidesign.net/2356/

02h15 – Stacey Ho (Toronto)
Using party favours and dollar store finds, Stacey Ho facilitates the breathing of visitors to the Caigibi. This is a continuation of a series of exercises based on body movements, voluntary, involuntary, involuntary ------> voluntary, individual -----> intermingled, breathing, blinking, pulse, gesture, action, sound.
http://staceyho.com/

02h45 – Alien Lentil
(encore)

03h05 – Gutstrings + Parlour Treats (Montreal)
http://www.myspace.com/gguuttssttrriinnggss

03h35 – Fingerdog + Four Minutes to Midnight
(encore)

04h05 – Total Gaze (Montreal)
Total mystery.

04h35 – Stacey Ho
(encore)

(ends around 5h00)

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SALLE À L'AVANT / FRONT ROOM

Interactive Booths:

*22h-23h, 00h-01h, 02h-03h (presentation & recording sessions)
The Society for Preservation of Anachronistic Gesture

*22h-02h Jessika Fancy- Fine Art Nail Painting
*22h-02h Oliver Fugler- Tarot Readings for the Unconvinced

Projections:

*10h- 05h Sarah Pupo- installlation/animation
*00h30-03h Jasa Baka, Julia Thomas & Sarah Tracy- living window display/mind's eye laboratory
*When he feels like it h Jean Claude Van Damme- clips cuts

All Night Installations:

*Liz Ramsden- hibernation cave art installation
*Jessica Reina Rainville- plant art engulfing washroom installation
*Roving Party Machine- free sugar high all night'r self serve slush

& DJs

(open all night)

Expozine

Expozine is coming up...

Saturday, November 14 and Sunday, November 15, 2009, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 5035 St-Dominique (Église Saint-Enfant Jésus, between St-Joseph and Laurier, near Laurier Métro). Free admission.

I've been working on a couple of zines.

One is called Possible Worlds. Limited edition of 15, 4"x4", 48 pages, 3$.





The other one is called Shadows at the Mall. Edition of 20 (though I may print more if I sell out), 4 1/2" x 6", 24 pages, 5$.







I also have a few copies of last year's collaboration with Nicole Aline Legault, Empty Bottles Carrying Talking Teeth. These ones will go for a reduced price of 6$.

A few updates

1. My band, Denial Tone, is currently working on some new material. We plan to start playing shows again in November. Meanwhile, we have a tape for sale. Write to denial.tone at gmail dot com if you want copies.




2. I now have a monthly DJ night at Le Cagibi. It's on the second Wednesday of the month and will feature DJ Youth Contemporary (me) and an assortment of rotating guests. The first one is tomorrow, Wednesday, September 9. I haven't figured out a name for the series yet.

3. Still have plans brewing for my two solo projects, Racine and The Great Vowel Shift, but haven't had much time to focus on them lately. Hopefully that will change soon.

It's been a busy and amazing summer so far. More to come...

Organic Noise in the park...

I'm going to be playing a very short piece called "Concerto for voice, glockenspiel and 17 double-A batteries (in two movements)" at this mini-festival in a park, this weekend.



I'm not on the poster, because I was a late addition to the line-up, but I'll be performing as The Great Vowel Shift.

Denial Tone - first show at Friendship Cove

My new punk band, Denial Tone, is playing its first show this coming Saturday.



Play Guitar (Tape Release!)
http://www.myspace.com/playguitarplayguitar

York Redoubt (Halifax)
http://www.myspace.com/yorkredoubt

Futensil
http://www.myspace.com/futensil

Denial Tone (ex-Be Bad/ex-Gilbert Switzer)
http://www.myspace.com/denialtone


Saturday June 6
9PM/$5
Friendship Cove (215A Murray St)

(facebook event)

Poster by Nicole Aline Legault.
http://www.myspace.com/lookidrewyou

Racine: A Perfect Hand (free download)

Last August I released an album called "A Perfect Hand." It's been almost a year and I've decided to now give it away as a free download. The archive includes high-quality MP3s and all the original artwork. Enjoy.

DOWNLOAD.

NOTE: This download link goes dead once in a while. If you try downloading this and it fails, please leave a comment and I'll update the link. Thanks.