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Artist: HUMANWINE
CD: Mass Exodus ep
Label: Nervouse Relatives Records / Self Released
With a previous EP ("Rivolta Silenziosa") the US wandering HUMANWINE introduced us full-on to their narrative world of Vinland. They matched the metaphor-as-politics (and vice versa) stories with a gutter-circus-folk sound style that was a stunning marriage of simplicity and subtlety.
It's sepiachord required listening.
On their full-length follow up, "Fighting Naked", the band continued to explore their Vinlandish themes but the music had more of a "rock" feel. The end result was good, but the band seemed a little uncomfortable in their new skin.
The new EP ("Mass Exodus") finds the band returning to a three song format and returning to more pared down arrangements. The results are arresting.
Of the three pieces found on this CD the last, "Our Devolution is Televised", best continues the work that Vinland fans love. It's political (of course) and features an infectious circus bounce. It could easily have been slipped in as the fourth track on "Rivolta Silenziosa" and held its own against the great songs found there.
The opening piece on this new EP is also overtly political: "1st Amendment". Its "be the media" messsage might come across as a nuts-and-bolts politcal screed... were it not so spare and, well, pretty. It builds and flows nicely showing off the performers individual strengths especially Holly Brewer's remarkable voice. Its a perfect appetizer for the middle piece: "Megan Rose".
"Megan Rose" seems to pre-date the existence of HUMANWINE as a band and features Holly alone, just her voice and a piano. When the song starts you'd be forgiven for thinking that this is merely a ballad of friendship to the title character. It *IS* that, but takes stomach-wrenching turns that are all the more powerful because you don't see them coming. This is the key to tragedy: you don't see it coming. "Megan Rose" is a beautiful, seductive PUNCH IN THE GUT that will make you cough up a bit of blood and still make you want to play it over and over... even if, like me, you found yourself on the verge of tears the first time you heard it. This really is one of those songs that descriptions fail for, you have to sit down and listen to it. And you should.
HUMANWINE's DIY aesthetic has never been more clear in their sound ~and~ in the EP's visual presentation. Not only does the look and feel of the packaging clearly place the band in the line of descent from seminal grass-roots political rollickers Crass but HUMANWINE does something other bands never seem to do: give credit where it's due!
Lots of politically charged punk bands have aped the art of Crass, but this is the first time I can think of where credit for inspiration is given to the artist responsible for this distinctive look: Gee Vaucher. Kudos.
Recommended.
HUMANWINE: http://www.humanwine.org/
CD: Mass Exodus ep
Label: Nervouse Relatives Records / Self Released
With a previous EP ("Rivolta Silenziosa") the US wandering HUMANWINE introduced us full-on to their narrative world of Vinland. They matched the metaphor-as-politics (and vice versa) stories with a gutter-circus-folk sound style that was a stunning marriage of simplicity and subtlety.
It's sepiachord required listening.
On their full-length follow up, "Fighting Naked", the band continued to explore their Vinlandish themes but the music had more of a "rock" feel. The end result was good, but the band seemed a little uncomfortable in their new skin.
The new EP ("Mass Exodus") finds the band returning to a three song format and returning to more pared down arrangements. The results are arresting.
Of the three pieces found on this CD the last, "Our Devolution is Televised", best continues the work that Vinland fans love. It's political (of course) and features an infectious circus bounce. It could easily have been slipped in as the fourth track on "Rivolta Silenziosa" and held its own against the great songs found there.
The opening piece on this new EP is also overtly political: "1st Amendment". Its "be the media" messsage might come across as a nuts-and-bolts politcal screed... were it not so spare and, well, pretty. It builds and flows nicely showing off the performers individual strengths especially Holly Brewer's remarkable voice. Its a perfect appetizer for the middle piece: "Megan Rose".
"Megan Rose" seems to pre-date the existence of HUMANWINE as a band and features Holly alone, just her voice and a piano. When the song starts you'd be forgiven for thinking that this is merely a ballad of friendship to the title character. It *IS* that, but takes stomach-wrenching turns that are all the more powerful because you don't see them coming. This is the key to tragedy: you don't see it coming. "Megan Rose" is a beautiful, seductive PUNCH IN THE GUT that will make you cough up a bit of blood and still make you want to play it over and over... even if, like me, you found yourself on the verge of tears the first time you heard it. This really is one of those songs that descriptions fail for, you have to sit down and listen to it. And you should.
HUMANWINE's DIY aesthetic has never been more clear in their sound ~and~ in the EP's visual presentation. Not only does the look and feel of the packaging clearly place the band in the line of descent from seminal grass-roots political rollickers Crass but HUMANWINE does something other bands never seem to do: give credit where it's due!
Lots of politically charged punk bands have aped the art of Crass, but this is the first time I can think of where credit for inspiration is given to the artist responsible for this distinctive look: Gee Vaucher. Kudos.
Recommended.
HUMANWINE: http://www.humanwine.org/
Tell everyone you know about this show. It will be the biggest show we are planning this summer! It will be a Multi-Media Ep Release show. We are playing all of our new songs that will be on our next album. The album btw is gong to be a live one, if you come out, you may be on it:) Saturday June 27th in Boston, MA 9pm Multi-Media Ep Release @ The Paradise 6/27! | |
| Paradise Rock Club 967 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA doors @ 8pm cost:$12 Adv/$14 Dos This show is age restricted to 18yrs and up Tickets for this once in a lifetime show are here also if you click on the ticket image to the right |  and at Paradise Rock Club and Orpheum box offices to avoid insane fees Box Office hours Mon – Sat 12-6 Phone 617-562-8800 Fax 617-562-8804 concert line at 617-562-8800 |
These Seeds Become TreesThere will be prizes awarded to folks who come as Characters of Vinland  HUMANWINE will be joined by A Far Cry for a full 2 HOUR SET! If you have a camera bring it to this show. Not to say HUMANWINE is wrapping up but once this show is complete we will compile all live material of our new songs and get them ready for release. The New CD will be available before the end of the summer out on Nervous Relatives Records. HUMANWINE just released Mass Exodus the ep through Nervous Relatives Records. Get a copy here. A Far Cry (Boston's proudly unconducted Chamber Orchestra)We are a group of musicians bound together by our desire to share great music and great art with people who are young, people who are mature, those near, and far. The music we play is music we love, and music we don’t want to live without. We have a mission to bring together all the loves of our lives, those that range from film, dance, and visual art, to our love for each person who lives the joy and suffering (and in-betweenness) that inspire the art of life. We are excited to have you join us as we discover how we can communicate our passion with different audiences, with different artists and with each other, to be a part of the cries of need and celebration that make up the world in which we live. The Boy Who Spoke Clouds (AUS) The Boy Who Spoke Clouds might be described by some as indigenous, world, tribal, folk, neo folk, electroacoustic, or some amalgamation of the above. Imagine Sufjan Stevens meets Jesu. The Boy Who Spoke Clouds is an intimate portrait of Adam Casey and his native Australia and emotes something lost in much of today's music; no doubt having a tendency to put down roots wherever he is listened to. The Boy Who Spoke Clouds will be launching their debut album (released on Sun Sea Sky Productions) and touring as a three piece band across the Eastcoast of the USA, and the Southcoast of Canada throughout June/July, 2009. We know some folks who drive from North Carolina, Pennsylvania and far reaching states who are saddened when HUMANWINE plays a 30 minute set, WELL **TONIGHT WILL NOT BE ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS! THEME: Community R.I.C.E! (Resist, Inform, Communicate, Enliven! These Seeds Become Trees! Tell everyone you know, bring everyone you know. *Groundkrew: Thank YOU for your e-mails and messages of volunteering! We're printing more flyers as soon as we get back into town. GroundKrew join @ info@HUMANWINE.org "GroundKrew" **If you are already planning to attend the show and would like to be involved in our performance please send HUMANWINE an e-mail @ info@humanwine.org "AKTOR" | |
- Location:Boston, MA
- Mood:Ninja
May 1st 2009 photo by Kimberly
We traveled north from Oakland to Wolf Creek, OR to celebrate Beltaine, May Day and our 6th Anniversary.
We added to our tattoos a week before, something we'd been meaning to do for our 5th year but it never worked out.
May 1st 2009 photo by Holly
Outside our camp. Matteo is wearing the necklace Darling Nikki made him.
May 1st 2009 photo by Matteo
Inside our camp. Holly is wearing the necklace Darling Nikki made her but you can't see it here.
May 12th 2009 photo by Holly
An hour after being reunited, everyone goes for a walk...
May 12th 2009 photo by Holly
Trestle over polluted waters
May 12th 2009 photo by Holly
Fern moments after getting a tick removed
May 12th 2009 photo by Holly
The tick...
May 12th 2009 photo by Holly
Lost childhood
May 12th 2009 photo by Holly
Fern is perfect eye gunk and all
May 12th 2009 photo by Holly
Berry close up
May 12th 2009 photo by Holly
A perfect sky
7pm
Cost:$3 / ALL AGES
Party Island
5266 NE 15th Ave.
Portland, OR
[map]
with Down River, Lactacious, Deadpan Pariah
flyer dezined by nrd
Thursday May 7th in Portland, OR
7pm
Cost:$3 / ALL AGES
C. Rev
6315 NE Rodney Ave
Portland,OR
97211
[map]
with Deadpan Pariah, Coffin Ship, Crowspeak
flyer dezined by nrd
Friday May 8th in Portland, OR
7pm
Red and Black Cafe
400 SE 12th avenue (at Oak)
Portland, OR
97214
Cost: $5-10 donation (no one turned away)
with Adelit@s, Dapper Cadavers, Hazel
flyer dezined by nrd
BELOW: Content taken directly from www.twac.wordpress.com
The Trans’ and Womyn’s Action Camp is a gathering of eco-activists, who are also working to bring down patriarchy. This will be a safe(r) space, 6 day training and workshop event in the Cascadia bio-region from June 20th-26th, 2009.
The location will be the same as the (RRR) to enable time and space to explore the layout of the land and gain comfort before the Rendezvous begins.
We are currently looking for folks who would be interested in facilitating a work shop, training, or discussion, please e-mail us at twac(at)riseup.net
Keep checking www.twac.wordpress.com for more info! Sunday May 10 in Seattle, WA
Sunday May 10 in Seattle, WA
Early show 3 pm - 10 pm
WAYFARERS OF THE GYPSY MANSION - a musical bazaar of sorts with HUMANWINE, THE BLACKBIRD ORCHESTRA, NATHANIEL JOHNSTONE, TOY BOX TRIO, MEISCE, FINN VON CLARET, and DJ Q.
The Little Red Studio
750 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA
ALL-AGES
Cost:$15 suggested donation
HUMANWINE is very excited to play with MEISCE (Meesh-kuh) who are "Folk as Fuck!"
flyer dezined by Libby Bulloff
www.exoskeletoncabaret.com
BELOW: Content taken directly from exoskeletoncabaret.com
These are the times, my friends. And these are the days. Where the world becomes malleable, palpable. When novelty and genius are within our reach. We are cautioned against being passionate about these things by tales of progress turned to greed and of technology turning on us. And yet, the golden light is just right, the clocks are synchronizing, the stars are in alignment.
- c. lantz
This is what we celebrate tonight. We celebrate these transient times, with these transient artists.
Wearables, craftables, and edibles provided by a plethora of local and regional artisans. We will take a dinner break (with DJ) at 6:30 pm - please bring your own sack meal, a picnic to share, or food can be acquired from two of our vendors. Vegan options available. Adult beverages can be purchased by 21+ individuals.
Willow and I are so excited about bringing HUMANWINE to Seattle. Our friends from Sock Dreams will be arriving from Portland to vend excellent foot/legwear.
Larger poster is here. Leave me (Libby) a comment if you’d like to help out at the event or hang flyers–I have an 11×17 hi-res PDF in the wings for print-yr-own.
Spread the word.
All are welcome.
Thank you.
Saturday June 27th in Boston, MA
9pm
Multi-Media Ep Release @ The Paradise 6/27!
Expect a 2 hour set from HUMANWINE joined by Boston's proudly unconducted Chamber Orchestra, A Far Cry
Paradise Rock Club
967 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA
doors @ 8pm
cost:$12 Adv/$14 Dos
This show is age restricted to 18yrs and up
Tickets for this once in a lifetime show are here
and at the Paradise Rock Club and Orpheum box officesBox Office hours Mon – Sat 12-6
Phone 617-562-8800
Fax 617-562-8804
concert line at 617-562-8800
*We are overwhelmed at the amount of presale tickets already sold, thank YOU for spreading the word. This show is going to be magnificent!
These Seeds Become Trees
We are encouraging you to be the creative beings we know you are by coming to the show in Character. We will have prizes for YOU.
TOOLZ: Aktorz
HUMANWINE will be joined by A Far Cry for a full 2 HOUR SET! If you have a camera bring it to this show. Not to say HUMANWINE is wrapping up but once this show is complete we will compile all live material of our new songs and get them ready for release. The New CD will be available before the end of the summer out on Nervous Relatives Records. HUMANWINE just released Mass Exodus the ep through Nervous Relatives Records. Get a copy here.
A Far Cry (Boston's proudly unconducted Chamber Orchestra)We are a group of musicians bound together by our desire to share great music and great art with people who are young, people who are mature, those near, and far. The music we play is music we love, and music we don’t want to live without. We have a mission to bring together all the loves of our lives, those that range from film, dance, and visual art, to our love for each person who lives the joy and suffering (and in-betweenness) that inspire the art of life. We are excited to have you join us as we discover how we can communicate our passion with different audiences, with different artists and with each other, to be a part of the cries of need and celebration that make up the world in which we live.
The Boy Who Spoke Clouds (AUS) The Boy Who Spoke Clouds might be described by some as indigenous, world, tribal, folk, neo folk, electroacoustic, or some amalgamation of the above. Imagine Sufjan Stevens meets Jesu. The Boy Who Spoke Clouds is an intimate portrait of Adam Casey and his native Australia and emotes something lost in much of today's music; no doubt having a tendency to put down roots wherever he is listened to. The Boy Who Spoke Clouds will be launching their debut album (released on Sun Sea Sky Productions) and touring as a three piece band across the Eastcoast of the USA, and the Southcoast of Canada throughout June/July, 2009.
We know some folks who drive from North Carolina, Pennsylvania and far reaching states who are saddened when HUMANWINE plays a 30 minute set, WELL **TONIGHT WILL NOT BE ONE OF THOSE NIGHTS!
THEME: Community R.I.C.E! (Resist, Inform, Communicate, Enliven!
These Seeds Become Trees! Tell everyone you know, bring everyone you know.
*Groundkrew: Thank YOU for your e-mails and messages of volunteering! We're printing more flyers as soon as we get back into town.
GroundKrew join @ info@HUMANWINE.org "GroundKrew"
**If you are already planning to attend the show and would like to be involved in our performance please send HUMANWINE an e-mail @ info@humanwine.org "AKTOR"
The muzik of HUMANWINE can be found on the web in a bunch of different places. We run EVERY site that is OFFICIALLY marked.
HUMANWINE.org, MySpace, facebook, purevolume, CDBaby, iLike, lastfm and now twitter.
LIVE ART! RAH! RAH!
word.
holly & m@
[cc] 2009 Nervous Relatives Records
Having trouble seeing our NEWZLETTER?
To view this as a webpage copy/paste the link below into your browser
http://humanwine.org/NEWZLETTER/M4Y-0
or click here
- Location:Oakland, CA
March 9th at 8:00pm HUMANWINE will be live on air
For some interviewing, pre-recorded muzik listening and live acoustic in-studio muzik playing.The show is broadcast in SF and LA on 87.9fm also the show is streamed live from their site.
Feel free to call in while we're there...Studio Line: 415-341-1199
What is Pirate Cat Radio?
Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm is an unlicensed low powered community radio station, broadcasting on 87.9 megahertz, to both the San Francisco Bay Area and the Los Angeles basin.
We believe that Title 47 Section 73.3542 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations currently allows Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm to legally broadcast with out a formal licence from the FCC.
Wednesday March 18th @ Slim's
SF Steampunk Sioree @ Slim's 8:00pm
333 11th St. San Francisco, Ca 94103(415) 255-0333
[map]
Cost: $20.00
- ALL AGES
10pm - Abney Park
Abney Park comes from an era that never was, but one that we wish had been. An era where airships waged war in the skies, and corsets and cummerbunds were proper adventuring attire. They’ve picked up their bad musical habits, scoundrelous musicians, and anachronistically hybridized instruments from dozens of locations and eras that they have visited in their travels and thrown them into one riotous dervish of a performance. Expect clockwork guitars, belly dancers, flintlock bassists, middleastern percussion, violent violin, and Tesla powered keyboards blazing in a post- apocalyptic, swashbuckling, Steampunk musical mayhem.
9pm - HUMANWINE
There are only two bands on the bill, HUMANWINE is direct support for Abney Park. Doors are @ 8pm and the show starts with HUMANWINE @ 9pm.
HUMANWINE is having a multi-media extravaganza @ The Paradise 6/27!
Paradise Rock Club967 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA
Communicate!
Reform! Inform! Community! Empower!
or Communicate! w/ R.I.C.E!
HUMANWINE invites you to join us in the celebration of communication in all it's forms on Saturday June 27th @ The Paradise Rock Club in Boston, MA.HUMANWINE is playing a 2 hour set w/ A Far Cry, "Boston's 16 piece, unconducted Chamber Orchestra".
The line up for HUMANWINE is:
M@ McNiss - guitar, voice, percussion
holly Brewer - voice, guitar, percussion, kazoo
n8 Greenslit - trash kit, junk percussion
Paul Dilley - upright bass, giutar
Courtenay Vandiver - cello, voice
Ashley Vandiver - violin, voice
and 12 guests from A Far Cry!
A Far Cry is also preparing a full 45 minute program of ancient classical cover songs that have survived the ages by being communicated so clearly for all to enjoy!
This will be a multimedia experience filled with interactive muzik, projections, dance, spoken word, puppets, antics, sculpture and mechanisms and more!
We know some folks who drive from North Carolina, Pennsylvania and far reaching states who are saddened when HUMANWINE plays a 30 minute set, WELL TONIGHT WILL NOT BE ON OF THOSE NIGHTS!
So many wonderful surprises are in store for you. Communication! Revolution! Puppets! Machines! YOU! THEHUMANWINEFAMILY.
These Seeds Become Trees! Tell everyone you know, bring everyone you know. Groundkrew get yourselves ready!!!
$12 Adv/$14 Dos 18+
Ticket link to pass around: http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/40
For updates join the mail list
word.
holly & m@
- Location:Vinland
Here we are and February is upon us. We hope you've settled into the idea that we have a new President in the U.S.A. and that there is a bunch of work that needs to be done. Keeping a positive attitude is great but we have to step up and make sure we keep the pressure on our City Council, Representatives and Senators, the President and his cabinet starting from the community and working our way up because no matter how hard you yawn at the thought of politics your everyday life is greatly affected by the decisions made there; The Patriot Act for example.
Family is key and family is a BIG word, it is not determined by birth. "Sometimes families change, we have to make our own". Get to know your neighbor, the post office folks, local shop owners, etc. Just saying "Hi", smiling at a random person, letting someone out into traffic on Centre street in J.P. because you know they won't get in otherwise or stepping outside your own boundaries to help someone who's in obvious need. These actions ripple deeply into our fragmented society and increase the chance of unifying us as a people.
Oliver and all lovers of puzzles; This one is for you!
20-8-5-19-5 19-5-5-4-19 2-5-3-15-13-5 20-18-5-5-19
on
MAKE: television Episode 3: Steampunk
Go to BlipTV to watch in HDDownload the m4v, or subscribe in iTunes.
MakeTV is a growing branch of Make Magazine, they decided to branch out by documenting their 'findings' in the form of video and PBS picked it up. The show we were part of was about Jake Von Slatt, a HUMANWINE "Mechanical Saint",donated to us, all of our major appliances, a boatload of cable, piping and a distro box. He mentioned to MakeTV that we had made use of a bunch of his donations and thought that they should come and check us out. They all came over for a show @ Awesomeville and an interview about our house,the bus. Jake documented his experience here.
The show aired in January 2009 on PBS.
Click here to go to MakeTv's site.
2 ALL AGES SHOWS COMING UP
The Mad Maggies CD Release Party: Pirates Delight
The Accordion Apocalypse [site]
2626 Jennings St. San Francisco, CA 94124
Cost: $10 fer pirate, $15 for regular human ALL AGES
Pirate’s Delight with: The Mad Maggies, Thee Hobo Gobbelins, Amazing Circus Acts!
HUMANWINE will play a few pirate tunes during the evening.
Tuesday February 24th 8:00pm
Mardis Gras @ The Hazmat Warehouse/Your Hauz
This show is in Oakland, CA
please write to: info@HUMANWINE.org for directions
Cost: $ donation - ALL AGES
Mardis Gras with Thee Hobo Gobbelins, HUMANWINE and a slew of maniacs doing for you what we love to do.
Expect a St.James Infirmary that will tear your pounding heart out of your chest and lift it to the sky!
For updates join the mail list
Mobile site is available!
Just click the link that looks like a little cellphone in the nav bar at HUMANWINE.org</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
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Avast Ye!
In late September we went into WZBC late one evening recently to record a few tunes and for an interview with Some American Sessions' Sean O'Donnell. We got a chance to record a brand new song regarding the treatment of reporters at the DNC as well as the RNC. This song came in one day and sat down and has found it's way on to our upcoming album. Enjoy a live version of 1st Amendment here.
Voice & Guitar - Holly Brewer
Guitar - M@ McNiss
Upright Bass - Paul Dilley
Trash Kit/ Drums - N8 Greenslit
Recorded, Engineered & Edited by Sean O'Donnell @ WZBC Studios 90.3 FM Newton MA
SHOWZ! SHOWZ! SHOWZ!
Thursday January 15th 9:30p
Bordello - Little Pedro's
901 E. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
[formerly Little Pedro's. sign still says little pedros]
(213) 687-3766
$5/21+
[map]
Tuesday January 27th 8:30pm
Balazo 18 Art Gallery- Now Sub-Mission Art Space [site]
2183 Mission Street
(between 17th and 18th),
Mission District San Francisco, CA 94110
Cost: $5 - $10 ALL AGES
Cheshire Rock Opera - The Sixth Annual celebration of Lewis Carroll! HUMANWINE will join many great musicians, poets, storytellers, singers, dancers and fellow enjoyeurs on this night to Celebrate the life of Lewis Carroll!
Saturday Febraury 7th 8:30pm
The Mad Maggies CD Release Party: Pirates Delight
The Accordion Apocalypse [site]
2626 Jennings St., San Francisco,, CA 94124
Cost: $10 fer pirate, $15 for regular human ALL AGES
Pirate’s Delight with: The Mad Maggies, The Hobo Gobbelins, Amazing Circus Acts!
HUMANWINE will play a few pirate tunes during the evening.
Tuesday February 24th 8:00pm
Mardis Gras @ The Hazmat Warehouse/Your Hauz
please write to: info@HUMANWINE.org for directions
Cost: $ donation - ALL AGES
Mardis Gras with Hobo Gobbelins and a slew of maniacs doing for you what they love to do.
Expect a St.James Infirmary that will tear your pounding heart out of your chest and lift it to the sky!
nrr store
HUMANWINE Celebrates Buy Nothing Day by closing the doors from Black Friday and Celebrates Buy Nothing Christmas until January 1st every year so we took the opportunity to give the store a facelift. It's 3/4 of the way there, we'll send out a 7R4N5M15510N once it's up again. We'll have new songs, T-Shirts and Patches for you in there once it's launched. We only have a handful of CD's and T- Shirts left right now so if you want one of them, please write to info@HUMANWINE.org and ask for one.
If anyone tells you that they want to make you FAMOUS, just remember that they are really selling you the fear of not being famous, don't buy it. Don't let fear motivate your actions.
LONG LIVE ART! RAH! RAH!
word.
holly & m@
- Location:oakland, ca
533D5 M15510N; These Seeds Become Trees
HUMANWINE is looking to the OAK/SF Bay Area for folks who play
accordion
cello
oboe
saw
trashkit*
trombone
trumpet
upright bass
violin
washboard
washtub
We are also looking for unique acts**
- Please let us know what you do and how to get in contact with you.
- If you can provide us with a link to some examples we'd love to see/hear them. Send e-mails to info@HUMANWINE.org.
- Rehearsals will be with Holly & m@. We work around your schedule so we can get you well rested and as peaceable as possible. The first time you will likely play with everyone is the day of the show.
* like a trap kit but made of 'trash'
**HUMANWINE is looking for Socio-political, solution oriented material having to do with basic Earth Rights, Animal & Human Rights. Plays, mini-skits, dance, interactive acts, poetry/spoken word, bomb dismantling, etc.
- Location:Oakland, CA
It's a choic
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A write
When you vote for WHO YOU WANT
you are truly
Make YOUR CHOIC
Pleas
It's funny
NOT much cover
Will Mike Conne
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Natio
In a sign of the times
Larry
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It's easy to get lost in the media
You will have to HUNT for the GREEN
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IT IS COOL TO CARE!
USE YOUR BRAIN
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word.
HUMAN
Nervous Relatives has created a video of Sarah Palin in her own words.
http://www.archive.org/details/Sarah_Pal
Here is the embed tag...
<embed src="http://www.archive.org/flow/FlowPlayerL
P.s.
When you go to vote, demand a paper ballot. If you are held back from a paper ballot and must use an electronic voting machine THEN bring a phone camera, camera or video recorder with you and tape the process.
The lines will be long, they want you to turn away. Bring a chair, water, snacks, a book and be vocal to those around you who say,"I'm just going to go, this is going to take forever."
Actions speak louder WHEN DONE!
We love you.
Enjoy!
HUMANWINE
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- Location:Vinland
- Mood:
busy - Music:HUMANWINE
September 28th, in a warehouse in Allston Massachusetts, with A Far Cry our dream came true.
8 songs were chosen 6 days before the show.
M@ transposed all of the songs within 3 days and e-mailed them off to Courtenay Vandiver (cello) and Ashley Vandiver (violin) who then built parts for all the songs in 2 days.
Day of the show
Sunday
A Far Cry trickled into the space
we went over each song once
The moment we heard the first song
We were seeing the song or real
for the first time
and a few hours later
our dreams came true
Ken from Brighton, MA said,
"I really enjoyed the performance and the backing strings section - it brought back the mystique of one of Pan 9's *you just had to be there to see them* shows to Rugg Road."
Then night began with What Time Is It? Mr.Fox, a welcomed, reoccurring visitor of Vinland, who filled the room with songs from their new album, tales of Joan D'Arc, love and Religious interference performed by Brian King (piano/guitar), Nathan cohen (violin), Courtenay Vandiver (cello) yes she was in all three bands! and Mike Leggio (double bass).
Brian King said,
"I have spent countless hours, driving through snowstorms, hurricanes, to concerts, shows, plays, movies, anything, hoping to be moved, shaken, or transformed. Unfortunately I'm often let down. Something is missing. I'm just not taken over or taken in. Or I just don't believe it. But I still continue to go, knowing that at some point someone is going to reach into my chest and shock me back to life. Sunday was one of those nights.
Everything felt real. No clever aesthetic. Just the raw beauty of true passion and talent transcending ego and creating something alive. I'm beyond thrilled to have been able to be there and part of it. That night I dreamt in strings. "
The center of the evening was filled with the sounds of Boston's Unconducted String Orchestra, A Far Cry who's set included the likes of Bartok & Mozart performed by Andrew Eng, Annie Rabbat, Ashley Vandiver, Courtenay Vandiver, Frank Shaw, Jesse Irons, Loewi Lin, Margaret Dyer, Megumi Stohs, Sarah Darling, Sharon Cohen
Amy Toxic said,
"It was a fantastic night. You sounded brilliant! Like it was meant to be that way. It can’t get much better than hearing both Bartok and HUMANWINE live on the same night!"
Afterward members of A Far Cry came up to us and said, "I've always wanted to play to a standing audience."
Think about it
you're in an orchestra
the audiences generally are sitting and reserved
they clap at the end of each piece
and remain silent otherwise.
The set up of a Concert Hall lends a hand in creating
the atmosphere of institution unless you look deeper into ART.
It can seem like a "one way energy stream".
If the audience doesn't give back
the energy coming from the stage
hits a sponge.
The CYCLE is broken
it can be draining
whereas
when the energy coming from the stage
is allowed to be a CYCLE
it is so enlivening
you don't even feel like
you're pushing.
For example
2 shows
1 week apart
The artist(s) put 100% into both shows.
NIGHT #1 the audience is like the aforementioned audience (sitting, reserved, docile)
NIGHT #2 the audience is REACTING to you (standing/sitting/crawling on the rafters, laughing, dancing, singing along, standing perfectly still with their jaws open in appreciation), the 2 shows will "feel different" to the artist(s).
The first night will be more of a drain and the second night will leave the artist(s) energized.
It's a symbiotic relationship between the audience and the stage.
As lovers of ART, we are often in an audience
as a part of the audience
you can tell whether an audience
is a CYCLE or a SPONGE
HUMANWINE shows have been filled with positive and open energy for a long time running.
We all feel honored to collaborate with so many wonderful bands
who we love
and to know that there will be the likes of YOU there reciprocating, inspires us all
to do it a while lot more.
A Far Cry [Official Site][MySpace site]
“Homage” Quincy, Massachusetts - October 16, 2008
Tickets $5/$10/$15
7:30pm Eastern Nazarene College Cove Fine Arts Center, 23 East Elm Avenue
- Pärt: Cantus In Memoriam Benjamin Britten
- Mozart: Divertimento #2 in B-flat Major, K. 137
- Muffat: Concerto Grosso No. 12 in G major “Propitia Sydera”
- Britten: Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10
Hailed by the Boston Globe as “one of Boston’s most promising classical music groups,” A Far Cry is making waves, experimenting with how music is performed and heard. A tightly-knit group of 16 young professional musicians, A Far Cry formed in early 2007, seeking the freedom and flexibility of a string quartet as well as the power and beauty of an orchestra. Operating with rotating leadership and no conductor, A Far Cry is generating interest not only in the concert hall, but also with its innovative model. All artistic decisions are made by vote as a collective, and the musicians take care of all the behind-the-scenes work, from booking concerts to designing programs. A 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation, A Far Cry is also committed to social change and harmony, donating proceeds from concerts to homeless shelters in the Boston area, and partnering with other non-profits such as the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. A Far Cry’s 2008-09 season holds engagements at the Yellow Barn and Kneisel Hall Festivals, concerts from Minnesota to Florida, and a growing hometown series in Boston.
What Time Is It ? Mr.Fox [Official Site] [MySpace Site]
10-23-2008
T.T. the Bear’s
10 Brookline St
Cambridge
Massachusetts
02139
with Dorian Wood (L.A.)
Black Fortress of Opium
Garvy J
We are thrilled to bring Dorian Wood to Boston! A monster talent: "The androgynous emotionality of Wood’s singing voice lends itself to the demanding theatricality of [his] lyrics, arrangements and production. The nakedness of a lover’s need and the wide-eyed madness that ensues when that need is not met twine around one another." - LA Weekly ----- "Dorian’s voice is evocative of those persons, places and things in your mind that ring like cultural archetypes (the carnival ring leader who knows everyone’s secrets, the fool lamenting at the moon, the gregarious saloon piano player), but these apparently familiar characters he seems to be depicting yank at the proverbial rug under you and demonstrate his dynamic cultural literacy. Though they draw from different sources, his songs’ emotional roots are firmly planted in his own experience." - Signal Tribune ----- "Wood unleashes gospel-infused wails and testimony that bring the audience…to a frenzy.” – The Advocate ----- "Dorian Wood is an instigator extraordinaire. A shape-shifter. A subtle court jester posing as a harmless house pet. An inspiring addition to the freakish world we now live in...a true artist in the purest sense of the word. Fearless, confident, filled with passion. His songs are beautiful without being pretty, well orchestrated, and creepy almost to the point of being masochistic, all the while continuing to work under the guise of ’folk music’." - Citizen LA Mr. Fox goes on at 9pm sharp Garvy J: 10pm Black Fortress of Opium: 11pm Dorian Wood: 12 midnight
WHO is MR. FOX? a dahl character? bluebeard-like bachelor? a teacher? a friendly furry creature with an intimate knowledge of clocks? any ideas are welcome. Never fit into a scene. never subscribe to a specific genre. just try to be true to the guts of the song. whether it be gospel, carnival, psychedelic blues, folk, country or a collage, we hope the truth of it comes through. Lots of songs about relationships and their many beautiful and demonic manifestations. songs about identity, and trying to make sense of the inner workings of our own clocks. and of course the occasional "i just got dumped," "i'm afraid you're going to dump me," or "you smell" songs. So i write the songs and fantasize about being some sort of male annie lennox. nathan travels abroad like bartok, collects ideas, and basically proves you can play any type of music on a violin. so when we make music we get to be transported to turkey, alabama, ghana, hungary, ireland and sometimes pluto.
Avast Ye!
Knowing the every single year the Pentagon receives more money than they ask for deepens this wound even further, now, not only are our tax dollars going to more pork in the already misappropriated military budget but our money is actually going into ad campaigns in other countries to try and convince their populous that WE ARE GOOD, WE ARE GOD, but it's not even US it's the American Dream; they are hoping to run that faded vision of our lady of Liberty standing for freedom, truth, justice, the American way through enough Photoshop that no one will notice that she is dead.
word.holly
check this out:
Firms Awarded $300M for Pro-US Propaganda in Iraq
The Pentagon has awarded a total of $300 million in new contracts to produce pro-US propaganda for Iraqi audiences.
According to the Washington Post, four American companies have been awarded the deals to generate news stories, entertainment programs and so-called “public service advertisements” to run in the Iraqi media.
The four contractors are
Washington-based Lincoln Group
LA-based Leonie Industries
MPRI and SOSI, both based in Virginia
from Lincoln Group's site:
Lincoln Group’s strength lies in our thorough methodological approach to strategic communications and our proven ability to operate in the challenging and dynamic information environments of remote regions, emerging markets, and hostile and inhospitable environments. Our value lies in our ability to provide our clients with an in-depth understanding of the people they are trying to reach and how to reach them. Our services include: |
from Leonie Industries' site:
This Sunday September 28
DIRECTIONS to the Warehouse:
20 Rugg Road Allston ,MA 02134 [link]GREEN LINE: Harvard Avenue Station
BUS: 66 - Scheduled Arrival Times
5:03p, 5:14p, 5:25p, 5:35p, 5:55p
Weather: Currently raining (If there is good weather, the show will be outside in the lot)
CARPOOL INDEX: [HIGH] - Carpool or use of public transport is advised.
The parking lot is heavily enforced by the neighbors (a.k.a. The Towing Company)
There are many parking spots on the the surrounding streets.
WHERE: The Space - 20 Rugg Road Allston, MA 02134
WHEN: 6pm Sharp! - Early Show
WHAT: ALL AGES WELCOME. This is a large space with hard wood floors and a stage. The idea was born last year when Holly & m@ started to work with Courtenay Vandiver & Ashley Vandiver, two members of A Far Cry. Finally it is here!
WE ARE AUDIO TAPING THIS EVENT.
You can order copies on line about a week after the show, we'll have a link here at HUMANWINE.org.
SCHEDULE:
6pm - 6:30pm - What Time Is It? Mr. Fox.
6:45pm - A Far Cry - Boston's unconducted string orchestra
8:00pm - HUMANWINE with A Far Cry
T-Shirts
We will be printing the shirts once they come in.3 different color shirts, 2-3 different images, and yes, the gear "wrench in the works" will be available.
The fact remains that these Corporate Entities don't care what you do as long as you don't get involved in their political maneuvers.
The truth is you only have to eat, drink, get some sleep and maintain a body temperature of about 98 degrees.
The overwhelming Corporate Sponsorship and blatant presence at both the DNC & the RNC was/is appalling.
"It’s like we’re forgetting the public sphere." stated Rep.
Dennis Kucinich
REP. DENNIS KUCINICH: One of the enduring problems of our political system, whether it’s about Democrats or Republicans, is the role of corporations in the political process. We have a real problem in America, where corporations have infiltrated our political process so seriously that they’re putting labels on all of us. There’s not one on me, but I can say that when I go to my own Ohio delegation, and I see “Dominion” on everything—and that’s a natural gas company that’s jacking up everybody’s rates, and they need the support of a state administration to do it—don’t think that I don’t understand what that’s about. We’re in the Pepsi Arena. Obama is going to give his acceptance in Invesco Stadium. What’s this about? It’s like we’re forgetting the public sphere.
REP. DENNIS KUCINICH: So, you know, a lot of us aren’t going to be particularly satisfied, but so what? You know, the voters made their choice in the primaries. You’ve got to respect that choice. And what I’m going to be doing here, tomorrow, at the convention, is to talk about the economy and look at those issues around which we can be united. Be certain that under a Democratic administration, if that administration is showing aggressive tendencies or is putting us on the edge of a war again or not taking us into a direction of peace, I am not going to be quiet. I mean, I’m going to continue to talk about the direction America should go in. But we can’t let those differences that we have right now cause us to fracture at a time that we really have to bring a change to the White House.
Conventions are not private events in a Democracy.
They just are NOT. This is not HUMANWINE's opinion.
This is not a ploy to get you to vote for McCain/Palin or Obama/Biden.
This is not a Political Statement.
This is a Public Service Announcement.
The Press and the public (around 840 people) on several instances were whisked away by rented thugs with no name badges or identification. These were people sending in "troops" with no name badges so they would not be held accountable for what they were about to do and boy did the EVER DO IT.
I Witness Video is an organization that equips people planning on attending marches/demonstrations/protests or other lawful acts backed by our RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE. The cameras are turned on for the duration and turned in at the end of the day. These tapes are carefully scoured armed with time/date to assure exactly the time and day of any particular offense either by and officer or a civilian.
The New York City Police Department has been ordered to pay out 1,000's of dollars already to people grossly mistreated by these cops who think they won't be held accountable but video is very damaging testimony and almost always wins.
I Witness Video's Site reads...
all Freemen ... have a Right publicly to remonstrate the Abuses of Power, in the strongest Terms, to put their Neighbors upon their Guard, against the Craft or open Violence of Men in Authority, and to assert with Courage the Sense they have of the Blessings of Liberty - Andrew Hamilton, from his 1735 defense of John Peter Zenger, in a landmark trial which helped to establish the principle of freedom of the press in America.
THE POINT OF ALL THIS IS THIS:
WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS?
Independent Media and You
BUT if you are suffering from overload and become easily distracted by the aforementioned Corporate distractions that only play on your insecurities and force you to make a fool of yourself by not only "following trends" but also explicitly screw yourself by keeping yourself OUT OF A DIALOG ABOUT REAL CURRENT EVENTS.
It IS cool to care.
Please seek alternate media outlets during this coup to destroy the great nation and ultimately the whole Earth with it's Arrogant, short-sighted Corporate Decision Making.
Deforestation was not done BY you but watch what you BUY, you may support it just by what you eat.
Like the nerves in our body so is the whole Earth connected and we're just plain shitting all over it.
We care, so we sing/write/act out about it. We're not alone, thankfully we were inspired to carry on a long tradition of Questioners who have worked their whole lives for the next generation to enjoy a safer, cleaner, more peaceful Earth to inhabit.
The Corporate Sponsors of both conventions paid for that security to keep our words and opinions barred from the convention, a political convention, a public convention.
This is a direct action against the public by the corporate.
The Corporate legs grow every time WE buy their crap, that we don't need, which only enslaves us in the end. Wrapped in a noose that we bought because it was on sale.
word.
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The stories in their songs unfold in a fictional place called Vinland, a surreal space full of characters good and bad. This strange new world highlights an important artistic truth that perhaps best explains HUMANWINE; creation is control. The authorial power that comes with defining a new world is all encompassing and unlimited in scope and range. Writers place readers into scenes and breathe words in to their characters, while painters grace their subjects with light and weight and let viewers take it all in. Good musicians string together melodies and rhythms, mapping out a specific listening experience full of peaks and troughs. When in that space � in their world � we're subject to their creation. The regular rules no longer apply.To view this as a webpage copy/paste the link below into your browser
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