Barb will have cultural subversive, poet, shaman performance artist and powerful xmas crooner Frank Moore in her xmas sock for this December’s Crack O Dawn Xmas show on KPFA, 94.1 Berkeley. Thursday, December 3, midnight! CALL IN between midnight and 3am to talk to Frank! (510) 848-4425
To listen online, go to http://www.kpfa.org/streams/kpfa_24k.m3u
More about Frank Moore!
Frank Moore started his life in art by literally using his head to paint when he was in high school in 1963. Because Moore has cerebral palsy, he paints with a brush on a helmet. His big, bright oils of nudes and superheros have been exhibited around the U.S. and Canada. In recent years Moore has created digital art.
But visual art has been only one aspect of the creative activity of Moore who first came to be known in the 70's as the creator of the popular cabaret show, The Outrageous Beauty Revue. In the 80's he became one of the U.S.'s foremost performance artists. In 1992 he was voted Best Performance Artist by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. In the early 90's he was targeted by Senator Jesse Helms. In 1991 Frank Moore played the role of publisher and editor of the acclaimed underground zine, The Cherotic r(E)volutionary...until he started the web "radio" station http://www.luver.com in 1999. LUVER has become a powerful channel for the alternative cultures. For the last 10 years Moore has been an every night late night fixture on B-TV, Berkeley's public access cable channel. He also tours both the U.S. and Canada, often backed up by his band, the chEROTIC all-stars. Award-winning film-maker and well-published poet/critic round out his field of activity. But he failed in his bid to become U.S. President in 2008. WHAT A LOSER!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Sunday, November 29, 2009
sasha
Friday morning Sasha, our second cat, passed away. He is now in the back yard under the redwoods with Cyb. Kittee is taking it reasonably well.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Re: Joe
Hello my name is joe i saw a flyer and it said to bring instruments would it be ok to bring my electric guitar and amp??
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hey, Joe! You did not make it! The next Temescal performance is Friday December eighteenth!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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Hey thx much for the update i was hoping that it wasnt the last performance. Ill be sure to attend the next one. Im really looking to go outside the box!!
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going outside of boxes is my specialty, Joe!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Sunday on the Shaman's Den
ah yes, the second best bad band in history! THE VELVET UNDERGROUND paled to THE SUPERHEROES of THE OUTRAGEOUS BEAUTY REVUE!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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Frank Moore's Shaman's Den
November 29, 2009
Richie Unterberger
author of "White Light/White Heat" The Velvet Underground Day By Day
published by Jawbone Press
http://www.jawbonepress.com/2009/02/white-lightwhite-heat.html
To tune into this live, video show, go to http://www.luver.com/listen.html
and click on "watch here".
Show starts at 8pm Pacific Time
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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Frank Moore's Shaman's Den
November 29, 2009
Richie Unterberger
author of "White Light/White Heat" The Velvet Underground Day By Day
published by Jawbone Press
http://www.jawbonepress.com/2009/02/white-lightwhite-heat.html
To tune into this live, video show, go to http://www.luver.com/listen.html
and click on "watch here".
Show starts at 8pm Pacific Time
Theatre of NOTE 15TH ANNUAL MARATHON wants you!!!!!
Hi Frank!
Well, it's that time again! THEATRE OF NOTE'S upcoming 15th ANNUAL PERFORMANCE MARATHON! http://www.myspace.com/noteperformancemarathon
We'd love to have you back. Our wonderful producers, RICHIE WERNER (founder) and MICHELLE HILYARD are taking a bit of a well-deserved break this year, though they are still around! In the spirit of all they have created and inspired, Wendi West and I will take up the challenge and continue the tradition.
The MARATHON will be held SATURDAY, JANUARY 16TH and as you know, goes on all day and night. Please let me know if you will be available and preferred times.
I will provide you with a flyer and more pertinent details in the next few weeks. If there's anyone you would love to recommend, please forward this email or have them contact me directly.
Please let me know your availability and interest at your earliest convenience.
Thanks much and Happy Thanskgiving,
Sofie Calderon, Co-Producer, MARATHON
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hi, Sofie! although I would love to come down to perform in this year's show, Unfortunately we can't afford to make the trip this year. But please ask me next year!
I recommend Steve Davis's +DOG+, Champ's's Magick Orchids, Vinnie SPIT, the HOP FROGS, and sacramento's performance artist MOM.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Well, it's that time again! THEATRE OF NOTE'S upcoming 15th ANNUAL PERFORMANCE MARATHON! http://www.myspace.com/noteperformancemarathon
We'd love to have you back. Our wonderful producers, RICHIE WERNER (founder) and MICHELLE HILYARD are taking a bit of a well-deserved break this year, though they are still around! In the spirit of all they have created and inspired, Wendi West and I will take up the challenge and continue the tradition.
The MARATHON will be held SATURDAY, JANUARY 16TH and as you know, goes on all day and night. Please let me know if you will be available and preferred times.
I will provide you with a flyer and more pertinent details in the next few weeks. If there's anyone you would love to recommend, please forward this email or have them contact me directly.
Please let me know your availability and interest at your earliest convenience.
Thanks much and Happy Thanskgiving,
Sofie Calderon, Co-Producer, MARATHON
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hi, Sofie! although I would love to come down to perform in this year's show, Unfortunately we can't afford to make the trip this year. But please ask me next year!
I recommend Steve Davis's +DOG+, Champ's's Magick Orchids, Vinnie SPIT, the HOP FROGS, and sacramento's performance artist MOM.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
web radio broadcast
hello mikee and frank..im writing you regarding the radio show i was gonna do...i would still be interested to do the radio show and have been working on it...well..i actually got another friend to do it with me too but we ended up doing the show longer than an hour -so im not sure if you'd still want to have it played on LUVER radio-if not -its totally cool, i understand..i think the show was meant to be 2 hours but sometimes we always ended up doing overtime,,yes! in some cases way over time! we have also been archiving it on the open minded website - weve also been trying to archive our house shows that happen in our house every now and then...just so you'll know, you guys have been really a big inspiration for us in doing all this...we did a house show last weekend and we broadcasted it live -we are still working on technical stuff -like sound but its just fun to be able to work on it with some of our friends..we dont really have much shows but lots of our friends have been having such a blast broadcasting on the nicecast online radio software -mostly other friends are usually listening...our roomate does a talk show on mondays with a bunch of people and another friend plays electronica on fridays...thats about it for now...we are just figuring out how to make this all work since the software is only in my laptop..anyways, let me know if its posible for you to rebroadcast the show in LUVER Radio. heres a link to one of the shows. anyways, mikee...still looking forward to see that record cover u are doing for the recording we wanna release with frank. i am currently putting together the post-care comix and a few people werent able to follow thru but i was asking some of the people that did turn up theirs to do several pages more so i was wondering mikee, if you'd like to do a page or two more about artists? you dont have to but im just asking in case u have some time...well, anyways, its just hard to get people to submit and a lot of those that said yeah, never really do...but im really hoping to get it together before the year ends..anyways...i am going home to the philippines for a few weeks in the beginning of the year and would love toturn people on to the stuff you guys do and see which poles people belong to... .hope all is well with u guys! right on! -champ
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“We should go forth on the shortest walk perchance, in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return, - prepared to send back our embalmed hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms” -Henry David Thoreau
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first, people, champ needs original comics about artists or the artist life!
now, Champ, we can just put your show at the end of a programmed block so that you don't need to have a fixed ending time. Mikee can talk tech with you. I am also interested in the shows by your friends.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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“We should go forth on the shortest walk perchance, in the spirit of undying adventure, never to return, - prepared to send back our embalmed hearts only as relics to our desolate kingdoms” -Henry David Thoreau
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first, people, champ needs original comics about artists or the artist life!
now, Champ, we can just put your show at the end of a programmed block so that you don't need to have a fixed ending time. Mikee can talk tech with you. I am also interested in the shows by your friends.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
friday's performance
Again after last night’s performance I said we are doing our best performances in forty years. I don’t mean the past performances were inferior in any way. But last night there were a lot of elements to play with. The audience was eager to play, going outside the zones of dullish death-bed comfort. And they brought abilities and vulnerable willingness to jump in all the way. Of course having the core of the seven of us helps, providing willing bodies to undress, explore, and take on silly sexy adventures of liberating fun, created and led by audience members. But last night, this was amplified by the range and depth that the people brought. Of course there was Guillermo playing music, jamming with me, floating into juicy bits of debris of the beds of inspiration of brandy healing. But I always have musicians who drill to the core. What made it magical is when the shy woman who loves playing piano but thought she could not play started to play keyboard and got into it. And the woman Rain who came because she liked how on the flier Mikee mixed genitals all up. Her willingness to go into rituals and even to make them up on the spot and to lead others into these melted everything in to pure fun… Not to mention her lusty exploring the male bodies, which allowed me to touch on criticism of last month’s performance. Now there was just male nudity, for you who are keeping count. No female nudity, except when they kicked on their backs, legs wide apart high in the air, revealing holes of possibilities.
Then there was Blossom, the woman in white. She was a sexy female Harpo Marx with her chirping, beeping, giggling joyfully, moving her body swaying gently trying to project deep meaning physically. She was willing to dance small intimate with me and do a vocal duet with me, using a range from operatic to dirty growling noise.
The above are just some of the examples of the elements I had to play with last night. Of course I always find some elements to play with. And the first five minutes I thought I would have to drill for those elements. But after that, I just had to follow and not get in the way. For example, I had Blossom read my writings at random as I jammed with Guillermo and the piano player. Blossom ended up flipping back and forth between pieces, reading lines from different poems and essays, creating a new poetic pattern of images and thoughts. It reminded me of the technique William Burroughs used. It also reminded me of how I wrote the long poem that she was reading a lot from. In the early seventies there was a book, BE HERE NOW, by Ram Das. In the back of the book there were around sixty photographs on cards that you could pull out. So I had a shuffled pile of these cards beside my typewriter one day when I was tripping on acid. I wrote a section based upon each photo. Then I flip the top photo onto the floor and started writing the next photo. Blossom tapped into this streaming improvisation between the universal underground mind and the erotic physical bodies. And all the while Rain was leading her charges through their playful adventures around the space! This was one of the times during the night I thought this is mind-blowing mind-expanding! I couldn’t have created this! Just had to stay out of its way… Don’t block or limit it by holding on to pictures or expectations!
DA BOYZ:
Then there was Blossom, the woman in white. She was a sexy female Harpo Marx with her chirping, beeping, giggling joyfully, moving her body swaying gently trying to project deep meaning physically. She was willing to dance small intimate with me and do a vocal duet with me, using a range from operatic to dirty growling noise.
The above are just some of the examples of the elements I had to play with last night. Of course I always find some elements to play with. And the first five minutes I thought I would have to drill for those elements. But after that, I just had to follow and not get in the way. For example, I had Blossom read my writings at random as I jammed with Guillermo and the piano player. Blossom ended up flipping back and forth between pieces, reading lines from different poems and essays, creating a new poetic pattern of images and thoughts. It reminded me of the technique William Burroughs used. It also reminded me of how I wrote the long poem that she was reading a lot from. In the early seventies there was a book, BE HERE NOW, by Ram Das. In the back of the book there were around sixty photographs on cards that you could pull out. So I had a shuffled pile of these cards beside my typewriter one day when I was tripping on acid. I wrote a section based upon each photo. Then I flip the top photo onto the floor and started writing the next photo. Blossom tapped into this streaming improvisation between the universal underground mind and the erotic physical bodies. And all the while Rain was leading her charges through their playful adventures around the space! This was one of the times during the night I thought this is mind-blowing mind-expanding! I couldn’t have created this! Just had to stay out of its way… Don’t block or limit it by holding on to pictures or expectations!
DA BOYZ:
As usual, we did the hustling quick set-up. Guillermo was there too, setting up his equipment ... he would be doing music!
There was already a young asian woman there as we were just completing all the set-up, getting the heaters plugged in and going ... it was cold outside! Frank started talking to this woman, who had seen a listing for the performance on a website ... it seemed that she wanted to explore new things, she was curious ... Frank asked her what she likes to do, and she told him about the outdoorsy things she likes to do ... Frank asked her if she plays music ...? She said no, but she has taken piano, but said something along the lines of that she was working on her technique ... Frank said technique was over-rated! Linda described how Frank plays piano ... Later in the performance, Frank asked this woman if she would join the jam that he and Guillermo and Blossom were doing ... and she got up and played the keyboards for a good long time, really getting into it,. really great!
A young man had come in, and was in the shadows, talking to Mikee ... we never heard what he was asking Mikee, but when Frank started talking to him, he quickly left! But he came back 15 or 20 minutes later for his shoes!
A young woman came in around the same time, and sat down with everyone else. Frank started talking to her ... what attracted her to the performance? She had seen a flier at a bus stop, but it was for October, and had already passed. She was disappointed that she had missed it. Frank asked her later why, and it was because she thought it was only a one time thing, didn't realize that it was every month. But then shortly after that, she had seen a brand new flier at the bus stop! She was attracted by the art especially on the flier ... at first she said she liked all the genitals! Frank made the most of this throughout the performance ... Later, she expanded upon this, when Frank had her talk about her experience of the performance that night ...
Frank asked her if she would undress the camera man, Corey? He explained that in the last performance he had gotten shit for the camera guys being the only ones who were dressed! She wanted to make sure Corey consented ...? Sure! She came over and introduced herself ... Rain ... she undressed Corey ...
Then a woman came in, dressed in flowing white clothes, dancing in and sitting down ... we later came to know her as Blossom. And a big guy who had been to previous performances came in too ... an older man with white beard and a cane ... Frank talked to Blossom and to him ... Blossom had also seen a flier on a street pole, and so had he ... We can't remember now what Blossom said when Frank asked her what attracted her to the performance, but she talked for a long time with Frank and Linda after the performance, and they said later that she really got what Frank is doing, and it was what she had moved out here from Iowa to find ... but all she had encountered was glamor, until she found this!
Frank asked Blossom if she would undress Alexi, but she said she wasn't comfortable with that, and neither was the first woman ... so he came back to Rain! But this time, Rain said that the first time she had asked if Corey was comfortable with her doing that, but now she wanted to know if everyone there was comfortable with her doing it? Frank talked about how the performance was exploring outside of comfort zones, and expanding what is "comfortable". It seemed that everyone really got and really liked what Frank was saying. And that was enough for Rain. She went over and undressed Alexi too. Frank had her undress Mikee not too long after!
Frank asked Blossom if she would lead him in something? She was willing ... she started making sounds and doing movements from where she was sitting, and Frank had Linda and MIkee take off his board ... Blossom came over and she and Frank ended up doing an amazing movement and sound jam duet, which had everyone transfixed ... it was incredibly beautiful and deep. Guillermo was jamming with them on his devices ... he seemed to be manipulating tracks of pre-recorded music ...it was really neat! The dance got deeper and deeper, and more physical ...at one point, Frank pulled off Blossom's cap, and her long brown hair spilled out. She laughed and everything deepened more ... amazing ... it went on for a long time, and was totally captivating.
After this, we think what happened next was that Frank said that he and Guillermo were going to do "their song". Linda, Jen and Erika would dance while they played. Guilermo and Frank started jamming, Linda, Jen and Erika were dancing, rubbing together ... at some point Frank asked if Blossom would join them, reading from his binder of writings ... and he asked Rain if she would lead Linda, Jen and Erika in something ...? And he asked the young asian woman if she would join them on keyboards too?! All the plates were spinning! Rain asked the big guy if he wanted to be led too? He was happy to participate, and it became an amazing jam, many layered ... it was hard to know where to look! As part of Rain's thing, she explored Betty's jewelry, and they all ended up wearing the jewelry and then putting it on other people, including Frank, Corey, Alexi and Mikee ... Rain was really amazing ... a great "ring leader" as she said later! Blossom was reading through Frank's writing in a nonlinear way, flipping back and forth between pages, and sections of Frank's poems and essays ... a lot of what she was reading from, Frank pointed out later, was his "Dream Traveling" poem that he wrote in the 70s, based on flipping through a book of images ... Frank said that the way Blossom read the poem was just like the way he wrote it! It was a really amazing experience to watch and listen to everything that was going on, and the jam was great! It felt like it could really go on and on ... At some point, Frank had Mikee time out 5 minutes more, and then it ended.
A guy had come in, very late, at this point, and Frank pointed it out! He humbly acknowledged that he was late! He said he "really should be on time" ...
We can't remember the order of things, but Frank had Linda talk about Betty, so everyone knew where the jewelry came from ... and Frank pointed out that he did not get undressed. Rain called out, "Yet!" Frank said, "Ok." And asked her if she would undress him and explore his body? She did ...
Frank said that the jam was amazing ... he asked Linda to say something about the night ... She said that it felt like everyone came to play ... Frank asked Rain to describe her experience of the performance, and she took us all on a journey through her experience of the night from the very moment she walked in out of the rain into the space. It was amazing to hear ... and to hear her describe how things affected her and what they made her think about. She liked undressing the guys, liked how it makes men softer to be undressed, and liked the nude men behind "machines" ... she talked more about what had attracted her about the artwork on the flier ... that it was more about how the genitals were all mixed together, the bodies were all mixed together ... she especially related to this because she herself was transgender ... and after undressing the guys, she thought about what it would be like if she undressed and how she would want to describe everything ... all the "parts" that were a part of her being transgender. Frank said she could do this at the next performance! She said she really liked seeing people without their clothes on too, she liked bodies ... she said she was an artist ... and she also really liked being a "ringleader". It felt like, even thought she didn't really know Linda, Jen, Erika and the big guy, it felt like they were all together. Frank said it was the tribal body ...
Frank asked Jen and Erika, Guillermo and the big guy too to talk about their experience ... we remember the big guy thanking Rain for including him, and that he really enjoyed being led ... Guillermo talked about how much he liked participating in Blossom's jam with Frank ... he referred to all the different parts of the night, and how much he enjoyed them ... he liked seeing the guys get undressed, loved Rain's description of the night, and Blossom's sounds and reading ... Later, when Corey was heading of the bathroom, and Guillermo was there getting out of his costume, he told Corey how much he loved being there with everyone, and loved our "team", how we all work together ... that it was really beautiful, our energy ...
Frank also asked Blossom to talk about her experience .... Most of what came out of her was in song and movement form ... but you really felt it from this! She also said that it was great to feel that she could just be herself, that it was ok whatever she wanted to do, that she could participate to whatever degree she wanted to, and that was ok.
Frank said that she and he could get together to "plot"! Blossom was excited! And that was the end ... It was a shorter performance, but Frank and Linda were saying later that it also skipped over that first hour of getting past all the "blocks"! Everyone who came was ready to just jump in and play, and things developed very quickly ... Blossom stayed and talked with Frank and Linda for a long time, as we broke down the set, munching on popcorn ... Another amazing performance ...
Pretty soon we were loading up the car, and Blossom was heading out ... she went wild for the car ... just loving Mikee's paint job, and saying that it reminded her of the way she paints shoes!
On the way home, we were talking about the performance ... remembering all the amazing parts of it ... and talking about how incredible a thing this series was ... how we flier / do publicity for about a month, and hundreds, thousands of people see the flier ... everyone tells us that they see it everywhere ... and then out of all those people, 3, 4, maybe 5 come to the performance, ready to play, and to really go deep. Linda pointed out too later that all those people who just see the flier and never come to the actual performance are another whole story ... their experience ...
When we were all home, and had unloaded everything at the PH, we were talking about this, and about how amazing the performance was ... how everyone had come ready to explore and play ... Frank had said that if he had had pictures, nothing would have happened ... the performance would not have happened. Linda said that you can just imagine the numbers of artists who would look at the people who came tonight, and think there was not going to be anything to work with ... a small number of people, etc. etc. ... full of judgments, and nothing would have come of it, there would not have been anything ... but that Frank does not have pictures, just follows, and that you really feel that people walk out of the performance with an expanded feeling of who they are, and what is possible.
Corey was saying something like that on the way home too, that these performances always gave him this feeling like a "renewed faith in humanity" ... that people are so willing and able to go deep, to be vulnerable ... that there are so many others who feel and see things the way we do ... and these performances bring us together.
ERIKA:
The Reality Playings’ performance last night was amazing. The people who were there came to play and that opened everything up. Frank said, "Look what would have happened if he had had pictures or a plan of what was going to happen. It would have limited it." Just after we got the space set up people started arriving. Frank started talking to people as they arrived. There was a woman who was a consultant for an engineer who had taken some piano lessons in college but did not think that her hand and eye coordination was very good. Frank said that hand/eye coordination was overrated! Later she joined Guillermo as the band and she was amazing. There was another woman who had seen one of the flyers up for last month’s performance and had wanted to come. When she saw the new flyer up, that there was another one this month, she was really excited to come. She really liked the artwork on the flyer. All the different genitals all mixed up. Frank said that "He delivers genitals." There was a woman who came all dressed in white. She was new to the area and saw one of the flyers up too. She felt a gut pull to come but did not know why so there she was. She liked to move and to make sounds/sing so sometimes she would answer with movement and sound/singing. Frank said that last time someone gave him shit for the camera men not being nude so the woman who had liked all the genitals on the flyer ended up undressing Corey, then Alexi and Mikee. Before she did it she wanted to know if she had their consent an then after undressing Corey and a couple of the other women said they did not feel comfortable undressing Alexi the first woman said that maybe even if it was ok with Alexi we should get everyone's consent. There was also a guy there who has come to performances over the years. Frank asked him if he would like to warn everybody. He said not warn but that he felt that the performances were opportunities to step beyond where you are comfortable, that you can choose to step out beyond and explore or you can choose not to. Frank then talked about the comfort zone and moving beyond the comfort zone or that the comfort zone did not really even exist. She said ok I'm into that and she went off to undress Alexi and the Mikee's clothes.
Frank asked the woman who was wearing all while to come up and lead him in something. She went up to Frank and they did a beautiful dance and sound making/singing that was amazing and Guillermo did music with them that added a whole another dimension and was amazing! Then Frank asked Guillermo if they could do their song together. Guillermo did music and Frank sang while Linda, Erika and Jen danced together soft and fun and melting. Then Frank asked the woman in white to read from his book of writings. She asked if she could read randomly or should she read a whole piece straight through and Frank said whatever she wanted to do. She ended up reading bits and pieces of many different writings and poems while Guillermo played music and Frank sang. Frank asked the woman who loved the genitals on the flyer to lead the rest of us in something. He said that she could explore our genitals. She took a group of us on a movement play journey together. We did many fun movements as we followed her around the room, sometime clapping together, laying on the floor laughing, playing musical instruments, putting jewelry on ourselves and on Frank and the camera guys. It was really fun! A new guy had just come in and Frank said that he was late. Yes he said. And later after hearing about what he had missed he said that next time he would come on time.
Somehow it came up that Frank had not gotten naked for the night and one of the women said, "Not yet!" So she undressed Frank and then explored his body while Guillermo played music. Then Frank asked her to described the evening and she did it eloquently. She talked about how she enjoyed seeing the flyer with the mixed up genitals because she is mixed gendered. She enjoyed taking the clothes off the camera men, seeing soft naked men behind cameras. When she first came in she did not know what was going on or what was going to happen and she was thinking that maybe she was holding back or not being as soft as she could have been when she undressed people but she kept exploring. She said that the woman in white who moved and sang with Frank was like part cat and part snake and that she really loved it when Frank pulled her hat off and she had all this hair. She talked about the woman who got up and played the piano who played really beautifully even though she said that she couldn't play very well. She had really enjoyed leading the group in the movements and she felt more comfortable when she was leading, and Frank said "The Tribal Body." She said that it all made her think about her own body and how many stories are in peoples bodies. Even if you see them naked you do not know all of their stories. Frank said that next month we could explore that more. She said that Frank invited people to explore and opened up space for them to meet their desires. The woman in white said that it was hard to find words to express the evening so she did some movements and sounds and she had really loved reading Frank's poems. Frank said that most of the pieces of poems that she had read were from writings he did in the 70's when he would open up a book and pick a word or a phrase and just start writing from that. Guillermo said that he was really honored to come and make up a song with Frank. People came to play last night to play together in a beautiful web of being together and playing together. It is amazing what happens when people come who really want to play and explore. It was an amazing night! Both the woman who loved all the mixed up genitals and the woman in white really got what was happening on a deep level and were able to articulate it on a deep level. The one woman stayed after the performance was over and talked with Frank and Linda for a long time.
JEN
Erika and the boyz were setting the space up. We jumped in and soon everything was set up. We really transform the space with lights and colour. The jewelry and toy instruments were out and Guillermo from the Pow Pow festival was there with a sound system set up already making scratchy melodies in the background. He was wearing a furry costume with a red stripe across his face and he was going to play a healing song with Frank tonight.
The first person to arrive was a woman who saw our flyer on the Temescal website. She said that she was interested in art and went to different things all the time. Frank asked her what she did for fun and she said that she did a lot of different things like playing tennis etc. He asked if she played music and she said that she had once taken piano lessons but didn't practice. Frank had never taken a lesson and he played. He said that there's more than one way to play the piano, like Jerry Lee Lewis played with his elbows, feet and butt.
The next woman to arrive said that she saw last month's flyer and was sad that she had missed it because she thought it was a one time thing, but then when she saw this month's flyer she came! She was intrigued with the genitals on the flyer drawing. Frank asked her to talk about that and she said it was neat how they were all mixed up together. Frank asked if she would undress Corey. She said only if he consented, which he did.
A man had arrived who has been to several different performances over the years. He sat down and Frank asked what keeps him coming back. He said that it's always interesting! Another woman arrived all dressed in white. She said that she had seen a flyer and had a feeling that she should come. She didn't know why, but she followed that feeling. Frank says that he always follows! He asked if she would do a dance with him later and she said she didn't know but to ask her later. Then he asked her if she would undress Alexi and she said no. The first woman also said no, that she didn't feel comfortable with that. The woman who undressed Corey was asked and she said that now she wanted consent from everyone in the room because she didn't want anyone to feel uncomfortable. Frank said that we are outside the zone of comfort. Outside of that zone we can find new things, but in the zone of comfort we are limited. She said that she was into it and then she undressed Alexi. Frank also had her undress Mikee. Then he had the guy who had come warn the others as to what happens during performances. He said that he didn't know about it being a warning, more of just an observation. He said he has never seen anyone forced to do anything they didn't want to do, that everyone did what they wanted to because they had that freedom. He also said that it is always different and always interesting.
Frank asked the woman in white to lead him in something. She came up to him but didn't know what to do. Then she just started to sing. She had been making little noises all along, chirping, clicking and purring noises. With Frank she sang very beautiful sonorous notes, no words. She also vocalized and made all those little sounds too while she touched him and moved her arms around him. Frank sang along, made little sounds too, and moved his arms with hers. Guillermo kept making his soundscape and played with them. It was very beautiful to watch. At one point Frank took the woman's hat off and all this dark wavy hair fell to her shoulders. Everyone giggled because it was so playful.
When they were done, Frank asked Guillermo to talk about healing because Guillermo wanted to do a healing song with Frank. Guillermo said that they would let something come through them from another place to share with everyone. He was honored to do a song with Frank. They started and Linda, Erika and I danced together. We huddled because it was a bit chilly in there, and then our body heat warmed us up as we rubbed bodies together. We shook our hips to Brazilian beat which morphed and we slowed down with it so we were slowly rocking together. Then Frank had the woman who first arrived get up and play on the keyboard. He had the woman in white read randomly from his book of writing. She even skipped from piece to piece reading bits here and there, and one of the poems she read was something Frank had written in the 70's much the same way that she was reading - by random and stream of consciousness. Then Frank had the woman who had undressed the guys lead Linda, Erika and me in something. That woman quickly invited the other guy who had come, and soon all 4 of us were following her every movement. She did sweeping gestures and hoping around, then looking at each other deeply, then prancing around with our elbows out. It was a lot of fun to follow her, and she had fun leading. Whatever she did we did. She picked up jewelry and put it on, then started adorning Corey, Alexi and Mikee. We did too. Then she picked up the cane that the man who had come used. She twirled it and then we all did and passed it around. Then she lead us to the woman in white where we all sat around her. We got up and then sat on each other on the chair beside Frank. Then we all held hands and lay down. The next thing she did was start deep belly laughing. We all laughed and that kept us laughing! We held hands and lifted our legs. Frank announced that we had 5 minutes left so we gently wrapped things up.
A man came in and sat down. Frank said he was late. He had missed everything and he heard all about it when Frank asked everyone what they thought of the evening. The woman on the keyboard had to leave early so she was not there, but the woman who we had followed did an amazing recount of everything that happened since she arrived. She said that when she answered Frank about her interest in the genitals in Mikee's artwork, she said that she had given a superficial answer. Her real answer was that she was transgendered and had her own genitals in transition. It made her think of bodies and her own body. She said that she likes nudity. Frank said next time she comes she can show us her body. She said she liked undressing the guys because she thinks that men look very soft naked, and she never sees men naked behind machinery. She talked about listening to the woman in white singing and reading, and she said that she liked having everyone following her. It made her feel like she knew us. Frank said that was the tribal body. She said she had wanted all of us in her body.
The woman in white said that it was difficult for her to put everything that she experienced into words. She sang her sonorous notes and made her sounds to describe the evening. Then Frank asked her how it made her feel and she said that it made her feel like she wanted to get in closer but then she would back off but then she would come in and then back off etc. back and forth. Frank asked her if she would get together with him to plot and she said she would. The man who had followed with us said that he had a great time, very fun. He doesn't usually move around much and is awkward, but he didn't feel that way tonight. He just loved it. Erika said that it was deep fun, and I was amazed at how Frank always creates something so amazing out of nothing. We never know what to expect, if anyone will even show up! But it always is magical like tonight, so much fun with people jumping right in and Frank conducting everything into play that explodes any idea of 'normal' or 'comfortable'. It really was an incredible evening, just like the whole series has been.
When Frank said 'the end' the lights came up. The transgendered woman who had lead us talked to the man who had come late. Then she lingered by the table where we have all our flyers before she left. Guillermo said goodbye to everyone, and the man with the cane came up and hugged me bye saying that he had an incredible time. The woman in white talked to Frank and Linda for a long while about coming out here from Iowa and only finding glamour. She was very glad that she had come tonight because it was something real. Linda told her about how she had come to Berkeley and had feelings about something but didn't know what that was until she met Frank and he had it all worked out. Then she told her about how Mikee, Erika and I met them and got involved. She was amazed by all the stories and she exchanged contact info with Frank. When she left, Corey said she asked 'what do I do now?'. When she saw one of the painted cars she danced around it saying that it reminded her of the shoes she paints.
We all got our gear together and put away, pigging out on popcorn the whole time. We talked about how amazing the performance was. We were all blown away. The car got loaded up and then we were on our way. We drove home talking about how everyone was so ready to just jump right in. It felt like the performance went by very fast, and Frank didn't even have time for a piss break! There was not the usual lead up to get people to let go into what was happening. They were ready right away. It is simply amazing what we are doing and the people who come to play. Frank said that if he had pictures about any of it, it wouldn't happen. There were only about 5 people there tonight, so any pictures about numbers couldn't be there, and the people that come are so different that any judgment would limit what could happen with us all. Even the woman that appeared straight who Frank had playing the keyboard had joined in and become a great part of the experience. Frank is a master.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Re: Shaman's Den: Kevin of Jawbone Press
(Erika wrote:)
Last nights guest on the Shaman's Den was Kevin Becketti of Jawbone Press and independent music book publisher based in London and San Francisco. Kevin is their San Francisco man getting the word out about their upcoming books, getting their books to distributors and looking for new book ideas. Some of the new books that they have are "White Light White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day by Day, "To Live is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton," "The Impossible Dream: The Story of Scott Walker and The Walker Brothers," and much more! It was amazing to hear about all the books that they have coming out or have in the works.
Kevin talked about how he was an actor and then had a job with a tech company. They thought he was doing a good job at the tech company but he said he often did not know what he was talking about and they were always having him make announcements for new products that never came out. Working with books about music is more his style as he loves music. He likes working with books where there is a definite product that will be coming out. He said you would think he said that he would know all kinds of musical history and could quote things but he doesn't. He does enjoy doing research on bands and musicians and finding out things about them when they are working on new projects! He's a guy with a sense of humor and there was much laughter throughout the show.
Frank asked Kevin how he could get a book deal and Kevin said you have to come up with a proposal and then pick out the publisher that publishes the kinds of books that you like to read. He said that they publish music books. Frank said that if you goggle Frank Moore and punk clubs Frank comes up. Kevin loved hearing about the Outrageous Beauty Review at Mabuhay Gardens, about how Frank auditioned people and could not find people who were outrageous enough so he put plants in the show and people had to be more outrageous than the plants but nobody knew who the plants were. The first show there were prizes for everyone including everyone in the audience. Frank had gone around in his wheelchair and collected gifts and gift certificates from all the local stores and shops. He would come home with this backpack filled. Frank wanted a band that was raw and not polished so they auditioned musicians, most of whom said they couldn't do it or they lasted a week or two, so they decided to pick up instruments and do it themselves. When a song got too polished they would start learning a new one. Although the show wasn't punk they were part of the fabric of the punk scene and all the punk musicians knew them since the Outrageous Beauty Review was the opening act at Mabuhay Gardens for three years. Kevin said he had been around then and wished he had come to the show. Kevin was also going to UC Berkeley the first time that Frank did a series of performances there but wasn't sure he had seen it. When the UC series started the campus police showed up and there was Frank laying on a table naked. The campus police went to the professor who had sponsored the show and he told them that he was Frank's sponsored and that Frank could do anything that he wanted!
Kevin really enjoyed hearing about how Frank listened to Radio Luxemburg when he was a kid living in Germany when his dad was in the service. Frank and Linda told Kevin the story about how luver started. How Frank was doing a show on another internet radio station and they were all into freedom of speech. It turned out they were only into being able to say a few words on-air but did not like it when Frank started reading emails about there policies live on the air. They told Frank that he had to sell out and that why didn't he start his own internet radio station. So Mikee figured out how to do it and they had a once a week show, The Shaman's Den. A guy from Tokyo was the first show on luver and he would play amazing live music on-air with different musicians. Then one night they got a message in the chat asking why did they always shut off lunver at night just when this person was listening, so it grew into 24/7 programming!
Frank asked Kevin if he would like to do a show on Luver and he said he would love to. He had always wanted to do a radio show and he had an office full of cds. Then Frank told him the story of how John Sinclair of the MC5 had handed over his entire music collection off his computer to luver one of the times he was on the show. Then Kevin said well maybe his music collection wasn't quite what he thought it was and he would have to rethink it. Luver had just gotten Pat Boon and Hank Williams III's cds in the mail. Before luver it seemed like there was no good music anymore but it turned out they just weren't playing on the radio because amazing cds come in the mail to luver all the time!
Frank told Kevin to send them more books and for nobody to say anything about the Dick Tracy logo that Jawbone Press has on their website. Kevin said yes it looked just like Dick Tracy and he had been worried about it but nobody in England seemed to worry about it so there it is! It's amazing all the different people who come on the Shaman's Den!
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That’s how I remember it.
Best,
Kevin
Kevin talked about how he was an actor and then had a job with a tech company. They thought he was doing a good job at the tech company but he said he often did not know what he was talking about and they were always having him make announcements for new products that never came out. Working with books about music is more his style as he loves music. He likes working with books where there is a definite product that will be coming out. He said you would think he said that he would know all kinds of musical history and could quote things but he doesn't. He does enjoy doing research on bands and musicians and finding out things about them when they are working on new projects! He's a guy with a sense of humor and there was much laughter throughout the show.
Frank asked Kevin how he could get a book deal and Kevin said you have to come up with a proposal and then pick out the publisher that publishes the kinds of books that you like to read. He said that they publish music books. Frank said that if you goggle Frank Moore and punk clubs Frank comes up. Kevin loved hearing about the Outrageous Beauty Review at Mabuhay Gardens, about how Frank auditioned people and could not find people who were outrageous enough so he put plants in the show and people had to be more outrageous than the plants but nobody knew who the plants were. The first show there were prizes for everyone including everyone in the audience. Frank had gone around in his wheelchair and collected gifts and gift certificates from all the local stores and shops. He would come home with this backpack filled. Frank wanted a band that was raw and not polished so they auditioned musicians, most of whom said they couldn't do it or they lasted a week or two, so they decided to pick up instruments and do it themselves. When a song got too polished they would start learning a new one. Although the show wasn't punk they were part of the fabric of the punk scene and all the punk musicians knew them since the Outrageous Beauty Review was the opening act at Mabuhay Gardens for three years. Kevin said he had been around then and wished he had come to the show. Kevin was also going to UC Berkeley the first time that Frank did a series of performances there but wasn't sure he had seen it. When the UC series started the campus police showed up and there was Frank laying on a table naked. The campus police went to the professor who had sponsored the show and he told them that he was Frank's sponsored and that Frank could do anything that he wanted!
Kevin really enjoyed hearing about how Frank listened to Radio Luxemburg when he was a kid living in Germany when his dad was in the service. Frank and Linda told Kevin the story about how luver started. How Frank was doing a show on another internet radio station and they were all into freedom of speech. It turned out they were only into being able to say a few words on-air but did not like it when Frank started reading emails about there policies live on the air. They told Frank that he had to sell out and that why didn't he start his own internet radio station. So Mikee figured out how to do it and they had a once a week show, The Shaman's Den. A guy from Tokyo was the first show on luver and he would play amazing live music on-air with different musicians. Then one night they got a message in the chat asking why did they always shut off lunver at night just when this person was listening, so it grew into 24/7 programming!
Frank asked Kevin if he would like to do a show on Luver and he said he would love to. He had always wanted to do a radio show and he had an office full of cds. Then Frank told him the story of how John Sinclair of the MC5 had handed over his entire music collection off his computer to luver one of the times he was on the show. Then Kevin said well maybe his music collection wasn't quite what he thought it was and he would have to rethink it. Luver had just gotten Pat Boon and Hank Williams III's cds in the mail. Before luver it seemed like there was no good music anymore but it turned out they just weren't playing on the radio because amazing cds come in the mail to luver all the time!
Frank told Kevin to send them more books and for nobody to say anything about the Dick Tracy logo that Jawbone Press has on their website. Kevin said yes it looked just like Dick Tracy and he had been worried about it but nobody in England seemed to worry about it so there it is! It's amazing all the different people who come on the Shaman's Den!
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That’s how I remember it.
Best,
Kevin
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you have a good memory!
Got the box of books! You don't publish fluff, but meaty histories about what we care about!
Next Sunday Richie is coming to talk about the Velvet Underground!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Shaman's Den: Tracy of Media Alliance
hey, Tracy! It was a great show last night. We got this below email about it.
We forgot last night to arrange how to get your show to play on LUVER. We can play it from a dvd.
Does that work for you?
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
We forgot last night to arrange how to get your show to play on LUVER. We can play it from a dvd.
Does that work for you?
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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Last nights guest on The Shaman's Den was Tracy Rosenberg from Media Alliance. It was a great show about what is currently happening with big media, public access and particularly BTV. It is such important information to get out there. It was great to get the information out about how much BTV has changed in the last year and a half. Frank and Linda talked about how the entire feeling of what BTV has changed. They are no longer showing as much local, raw, intimate programming. Now they are showing canned programs that are not local. Tracy talked about how when programs are not local they loose the magic that comes out of people creating something within their community. The programming on BTV is now looking mainstream, smooth, and polished. They have now replaced Frank's shows with old cooking shows from Colorado which means that instead of having local bands on the air they have out of state cooking shows! Wow! Linda talked about a show that use to be on that was a heavy metal cooking show, a local show where heavy metal guys where on with their girlfriends and they were cooking. They would cook things that looked really good and it was a really sweet show. Now shows like that are gone. Linda talked about how BTV is no longer user friendly. They have made new rules that make it harder for local people to put programming on the air. Now you have to be a member and pay a fee in order to have something on BTV and you don't have to be a local person to sponsor a show. They made up a new rule that a person cannot host more than one show in a day. That rule right there knocked much of Frank's programming off the air! Whatever image they are trying to put out there they are blinded to what was happening before within the community, people connecting with each other. Linda talked about how many people would come up to Frank when he was on the campaign trail. They all knew Frank because they were watching his shows!
Frank talked about how he has tried to have conversations with the new people who are running BTV to ask them why they have made the changes they have made. He sent them letters to ask why they have the new policies that they have. He has even invited them on his show to discuss it. They have not been responsive and are not interested in engaging. Tracy said that they should come on the show and they should be willing to talk about why they are making the decisions that they are making. Frank and Linda talked about how they don't know what to ask them at this point. The changes have been so drastic that it has been hard for them to watch the changes that have happened like Frank's shows being replaced by old cooking shows from Colorado! Frank said that there should be enough local stuff to fill the space, don't kick him off for canned stuff! Frank and Linda told Tracy about how Frank use to have six hours of programming on a night. Before that they just had the daily announcement calendar on from midnight to 6:00 AM so that Frank suggested that he could fill the space with the hundreds of programs that he had. At the time the director of BCM said great and that's the way it was for years!
There was so much important information that came out in this show about the media. Tracy talked about the laws that they are working on in Washington to legalize pirate radio. Frank said that before it gets passed they will probably crack down and go around and shut down a bunch more pirate radio stations. With digital channels there are now more channels on tv and on the radio but the big cable companies like Comcast who lease out BTV to the Berkeley Unified School District and to the city of Berkeley, who own the channels are not going to donate any more of their channels for community use. Tracy said that they are only going to donate the minimum that they are required to by law. Tracy talked about how ATT throws big parties in Sacramento and in other states to get what they want. They are trying to become the monopoly and they are the monopoly in 26 states including California. This way the cable companies do not have to contract with each city but have a big monopoly in the entire state. Linda said that every month the cable bill goes up by 25 or 50 cents and Tracy said they are making a killing! Big media does not like public access because they do not like what they cannot control, what they can't make money off of. In LA public access is almost dead, almost gone when there used to be 12-14 stations. There are laws that people are working on that would roll back the laws and provide public access with the funding they were receiving in 2005. There would be less restrictions on how they can spend their money. Now much of the funding can only be used for equipment and not for hiring people to train people to use the equipment. Frank talked about how media equipment is now easier to use, more people friendly. So, that in a time when it is even easier for people to create things the media makes it harder for people to get it out there into the community. Linda talked about how people are often attracted to an image of doing something that is going to reach a lot of people rather than listening to how easy it is to do your own show and get it out there without money and without focusing on how many people you are reaching. Tracy said that at least Frank is still kicking away and doing his 2 1/2 hour show and that she did not know of another station that allows people to play shows that are that long in length. Tracy said that she would take Frank's slot when he retires and Frank said that he is not going to be retiring anytime soon! He said that he is good at grabbing opportunities. He said that most people aren't good at grabbing opportunities.
Frank and Linda told the story about when the city council tried to change Frank's programs to 2:00 AM and how they backed down when channel 7 showed up and supporters showed up and Frank kept writing letters to the newspaper. It was front paged news. There was only one city council member who was for not changing the time of Frank's shows. Then it failed and the whole thing was dropped when the ACLU came in. The City Council was trying to come up with laws for Frank's shows that were different than the ones on a national level. Linda told the story about how Luver got started. They were doing the Shaman's Den on another web station who said that Frank had to sell out. It turned out they were talking about selling out for only a few dollars! Frank said that Luver could play the show that Tracy is airing in San Francisco and she said great! They have 10 episodes already and Frank said that is 10 weeks worth! Tracy had heard that Frank had run for president and Linda read her his policies on public access media and she said that nobody who ever ran for president had such a great policy on the media. From Frank's platform: "Each city and each “media market” will have at least two public access channels on radio, broadcast television, cable, AND satellite! These channels will be free and open forums for discussion of the issues. Moreover, starting 2 months before an election, every radio and television station will give each candidate 5 hours of free prime time." Linda told the story of how Frank ran for president, how it all started as a T-shirt. It was a present for Frank. Then when Frank would wear the T-shirt people started asking what his platform was, so he wrote one and it took off from there. Lately people have been asking if Frank would be running in the next election! They are getting excited about it again now that they see that not much is changing with Obama.
Tracy talked about how we watch public access for the intimate feeling of it, its about neighbors talking to neighbors that the idea behind it. Frank said that that is what he is trying to tell BTV so he said to call them and tell them that you want local programming! Tracy said that it has been a great show and that she will be watching luver! Tracy said that Media Alliance where she works is an activist organization that fights for 1st amendment freedom of speech, alternative voices, independent media. Media Alliance introduces people to media skills so they can get there message/story out. This show did that in a very powerful and important way!
Frank talked about how he has tried to have conversations with the new people who are running BTV to ask them why they have made the changes they have made. He sent them letters to ask why they have the new policies that they have. He has even invited them on his show to discuss it. They have not been responsive and are not interested in engaging. Tracy said that they should come on the show and they should be willing to talk about why they are making the decisions that they are making. Frank and Linda talked about how they don't know what to ask them at this point. The changes have been so drastic that it has been hard for them to watch the changes that have happened like Frank's shows being replaced by old cooking shows from Colorado! Frank said that there should be enough local stuff to fill the space, don't kick him off for canned stuff! Frank and Linda told Tracy about how Frank use to have six hours of programming on a night. Before that they just had the daily announcement calendar on from midnight to 6:00 AM so that Frank suggested that he could fill the space with the hundreds of programs that he had. At the time the director of BCM said great and that's the way it was for years!
There was so much important information that came out in this show about the media. Tracy talked about the laws that they are working on in Washington to legalize pirate radio. Frank said that before it gets passed they will probably crack down and go around and shut down a bunch more pirate radio stations. With digital channels there are now more channels on tv and on the radio but the big cable companies like Comcast who lease out BTV to the Berkeley Unified School District and to the city of Berkeley, who own the channels are not going to donate any more of their channels for community use. Tracy said that they are only going to donate the minimum that they are required to by law. Tracy talked about how ATT throws big parties in Sacramento and in other states to get what they want. They are trying to become the monopoly and they are the monopoly in 26 states including California. This way the cable companies do not have to contract with each city but have a big monopoly in the entire state. Linda said that every month the cable bill goes up by 25 or 50 cents and Tracy said they are making a killing! Big media does not like public access because they do not like what they cannot control, what they can't make money off of. In LA public access is almost dead, almost gone when there used to be 12-14 stations. There are laws that people are working on that would roll back the laws and provide public access with the funding they were receiving in 2005. There would be less restrictions on how they can spend their money. Now much of the funding can only be used for equipment and not for hiring people to train people to use the equipment. Frank talked about how media equipment is now easier to use, more people friendly. So, that in a time when it is even easier for people to create things the media makes it harder for people to get it out there into the community. Linda talked about how people are often attracted to an image of doing something that is going to reach a lot of people rather than listening to how easy it is to do your own show and get it out there without money and without focusing on how many people you are reaching. Tracy said that at least Frank is still kicking away and doing his 2 1/2 hour show and that she did not know of another station that allows people to play shows that are that long in length. Tracy said that she would take Frank's slot when he retires and Frank said that he is not going to be retiring anytime soon! He said that he is good at grabbing opportunities. He said that most people aren't good at grabbing opportunities.
Frank and Linda told the story about when the city council tried to change Frank's programs to 2:00 AM and how they backed down when channel 7 showed up and supporters showed up and Frank kept writing letters to the newspaper. It was front paged news. There was only one city council member who was for not changing the time of Frank's shows. Then it failed and the whole thing was dropped when the ACLU came in. The City Council was trying to come up with laws for Frank's shows that were different than the ones on a national level. Linda told the story about how Luver got started. They were doing the Shaman's Den on another web station who said that Frank had to sell out. It turned out they were talking about selling out for only a few dollars! Frank said that Luver could play the show that Tracy is airing in San Francisco and she said great! They have 10 episodes already and Frank said that is 10 weeks worth! Tracy had heard that Frank had run for president and Linda read her his policies on public access media and she said that nobody who ever ran for president had such a great policy on the media. From Frank's platform: "Each city and each “media market” will have at least two public access channels on radio, broadcast television, cable, AND satellite! These channels will be free and open forums for discussion of the issues. Moreover, starting 2 months before an election, every radio and television station will give each candidate 5 hours of free prime time." Linda told the story of how Frank ran for president, how it all started as a T-shirt. It was a present for Frank. Then when Frank would wear the T-shirt people started asking what his platform was, so he wrote one and it took off from there. Lately people have been asking if Frank would be running in the next election! They are getting excited about it again now that they see that not much is changing with Obama.
Tracy talked about how we watch public access for the intimate feeling of it, its about neighbors talking to neighbors that the idea behind it. Frank said that that is what he is trying to tell BTV so he said to call them and tell them that you want local programming! Tracy said that it has been a great show and that she will be watching luver! Tracy said that Media Alliance where she works is an activist organization that fights for 1st amendment freedom of speech, alternative voices, independent media. Media Alliance introduces people to media skills so they can get there message/story out. This show did that in a very powerful and important way!
Penny Arcade's New hardcover book Bad Reputation out now + news on me...
Hi from Penny!
I want you to know that Semiotext(e)'s wonderful hardcover book on my work ,BAD REPUTATION Performances, Essays ,Interviews is out now on REALLY GOOD PAPER with great photos and three scripts LA MISERIA , Bitch!Dyke!Faghag!Whore! and Bad Reputation (the title script)
There are three excellent essays. The introductory essay is by Kenneth Bernard, a major poet and playwright (I was in two of his plays with the Playhouse of The Ridiculous in 1968 and 1970 as a teenager) Ken Bernard is a great writer with an incredible eye on the theatre for 50 years (!) as well as a real scholar.. a highly respected theatre academic who has written extensively on experimental theatre for decades ( It is a rip snorter of an opening essay.) The major essay on my work by Professor Stephen Bottoms, who wrote Playing Underground (the book on 1960's NY experimental theatre with a big focus on John Vaccaro's Playhouse of The Ridiculous) so he is a perfect person to write about the work I grew up to write and perform. There is a charming, honest , amusing and informative essay by Steve Zehentner, (my collaborator of 17 years) about the trials and joys of working with me and a wonderful essay by Sarah Schiulman which intros La Miseria , a play that she has always championed when it was very un PC to champion it. There is also an interview with Chris Kraus , one of the editors of Semiotext(e) who actually gave me my first performance of my own work in 1985 at The Poetry Project. The interview is very honest and raw...i wish it had a careerist slant...but it is the usual me..telling my truth about my experience of the art world, making art and biting the hand that..well you know! it will probably make some people pissed off at me..as per usual. There are lots and lots of archival photos, amazing well reproduced, along with a rare Peter Hujar portrait of me at 19. Lots of photos of all the marvelous performers who have graced my work. The book is hardcover and really beautiful.
I will be doing book parties in NY as well as around the country and I will let you know about the NY ones. The second book party is at CITY
LIGHTS in San Francisco Tuesday Nov 17th (I did a small one at Bluestockings with two amazing Semiotext(e) authors last week...also I
would like to champion Eileen Myles new book The Importance of Being Iceland..sheer genius and Bruce Benderson's Pacific Agony, always super brilliant and Abdellah Taia's Salvation Army about coming out in Morrocco ,really special and The Little Black Book of Griselidis Real,
translated by Ariana Reines, a rare whore read. )
If you have friends in SF will you let them know? I am also doing three shows in SF next week at The Marsh..the info follows the Book Party
info.
You can ask for it at ST Marks Bookstore , my favorite bookstore in NY 3rd Ave corner of East 9th St
If you like please write me about book parties...I hope you don't mind me not writing individual emails...but it is hard to do ones own promo!
love
penny arcade
Penny Arcade at City Lights SF Nov 17th and The Marsh Theatre weekend
of November 20-22nd
Book party for my book BAD REPUTATION Tuesday NOVEMBER 17th City
Lights
Penny Arcade
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penny, Unfortunately I have shows both Tuesday and Friday... And then recovering! We would love to come! darn!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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I am sorry! See little video on you tube Penny Arcade's New York Values
would you mind promoting my book to your public (not the book party which is in conflict with your performance)
xoxoxpenny
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will! Did! Done!
Mmmmm... Your book would be a great Xmas present for me! Santa!
Penny, your poster is now up in my studio [behind our house]!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
I want you to know that Semiotext(e)'s wonderful hardcover book on my work ,BAD REPUTATION Performances, Essays ,Interviews is out now on REALLY GOOD PAPER with great photos and three scripts LA MISERIA , Bitch!Dyke!Faghag!Whore! and Bad Reputation (the title script)
There are three excellent essays. The introductory essay is by Kenneth Bernard, a major poet and playwright (I was in two of his plays with the Playhouse of The Ridiculous in 1968 and 1970 as a teenager) Ken Bernard is a great writer with an incredible eye on the theatre for 50 years (!) as well as a real scholar.. a highly respected theatre academic who has written extensively on experimental theatre for decades ( It is a rip snorter of an opening essay.) The major essay on my work by Professor Stephen Bottoms, who wrote Playing Underground (the book on 1960's NY experimental theatre with a big focus on John Vaccaro's Playhouse of The Ridiculous) so he is a perfect person to write about the work I grew up to write and perform. There is a charming, honest , amusing and informative essay by Steve Zehentner, (my collaborator of 17 years) about the trials and joys of working with me and a wonderful essay by Sarah Schiulman which intros La Miseria , a play that she has always championed when it was very un PC to champion it. There is also an interview with Chris Kraus , one of the editors of Semiotext(e) who actually gave me my first performance of my own work in 1985 at The Poetry Project. The interview is very honest and raw...i wish it had a careerist slant...but it is the usual me..telling my truth about my experience of the art world, making art and biting the hand that..well you know! it will probably make some people pissed off at me..as per usual. There are lots and lots of archival photos, amazing well reproduced, along with a rare Peter Hujar portrait of me at 19. Lots of photos of all the marvelous performers who have graced my work. The book is hardcover and really beautiful.
I will be doing book parties in NY as well as around the country and I will let you know about the NY ones. The second book party is at CITY
LIGHTS in San Francisco Tuesday Nov 17th (I did a small one at Bluestockings with two amazing Semiotext(e) authors last week...also I
would like to champion Eileen Myles new book The Importance of Being Iceland..sheer genius and Bruce Benderson's Pacific Agony, always super brilliant and Abdellah Taia's Salvation Army about coming out in Morrocco ,really special and The Little Black Book of Griselidis Real,
translated by Ariana Reines, a rare whore read. )
If you have friends in SF will you let them know? I am also doing three shows in SF next week at The Marsh..the info follows the Book Party
info.
You can ask for it at ST Marks Bookstore , my favorite bookstore in NY 3rd Ave corner of East 9th St
If you like please write me about book parties...I hope you don't mind me not writing individual emails...but it is hard to do ones own promo!
love
penny arcade
Penny Arcade at City Lights SF Nov 17th and The Marsh Theatre weekend
of November 20-22nd
Book party for my book BAD REPUTATION Tuesday NOVEMBER 17th City
Lights
Penny Arcade
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penny, Unfortunately I have shows both Tuesday and Friday... And then recovering! We would love to come! darn!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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I am sorry! See little video on you tube Penny Arcade's New York Values
would you mind promoting my book to your public (not the book party which is in conflict with your performance)
xoxoxpenny
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will! Did! Done!
Mmmmm... Your book would be a great Xmas present for me! Santa!
Penny, your poster is now up in my studio [behind our house]!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Fw: ampb report #93
tomorrow I am doing a special show with Media alliance. Hopefully we will cover some of these issues. But maybe not, because they seem to be more mainstream.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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Dear Readers,
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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Dear Readers,
Every now and then the authorities get excited and go out and start some enforcement activities. We don’t know if it’s caused by moon phases or solar flares, but probably they are just doing the bidding of their bosses. Right now we seem to be in one of those “heightened enforcement” periods. Stories about the fines against Pirate Cat Radio and Radio Free Brooklyn follow. All I can say is watch out for these FCC guys and whatever you do, don’t let them in to “inspect your facility”. If they’re in your area, a good strategy may be to go quiet until they go away. Changing location also seems to work as a stall tactic. Most enforcement seems to be generated by complaints, so try not to make people want to complain about you. Send out a clean signal and don’t interfere with licensed stations. The movie formerly known as “The Boat That Rocked” has finally made it to the US in a shortened form and retitled “Pirate Radio”. We hope it inspires people to join in the fun. Anyway, enjoy any slack time that comes your way and remember that shortwave stations like to crank it up during the holidays so tune in to the area just below 7 megahertz and see what you can hear!
-Paul Griffin (for the AMPB)
HUGE BLOW IN WAR AGAINST CORPORATE DOMINATION OF THE AIRWAVES; PIRATES TAKE A HIT.
San Francisco, CA, 10/31/2009 — Pirate Cat Radio, a volunteer-run, community broadcasting organization operating out of the Pirate Cat Café in San Francisco’s Mission district, has ceased its terrestrial broadcast on 87.9FM in response to the latest demands of the Federal Communications Commission. In a notice dated August 31, 2009 the FCC asserted that Monkey, the founder of Pirate Cat Radio, “willfully and repeatedly violated Section 301 of the Communications Act of 1934” and proposed to fine him $10,000 for the infraction. By bringing to bear the full weight of the Federal government against continued broadcast operations, the FCC’s order effectively ends Pirate Cat Radio’s thirteen-year run as one of the Bay Area’s most consistent voices of protest against corporate-run media monopolies and monocultural programming. The FCC was established by the Communications Act of 1934, and was given the responsibility of making a “fair, efficient and equitable distribution of radio service”, and to ensure that broadcasters serve the ‘public interest’. It is hard to understand how fining the founder of Pirate Cat Radio, an entirely volunteer run community station, and effectively taking them off the air after 13 years, is an appropriate action and in the public’s interest There have never been any complaints over PCRs content. Pirate Cat Radio provides an important community service one that has been recognized by the Board of Supervisors in a certificate of honor. They are one of the best sources of news and regularly broadcast Al Jazeera and BBC bulletins. The news is read in every 2-hour DJ slot. They make regular valuable PSAs and publicize local events. They take an active approach to involving the community, by bringing local unsung heroes and talents into the studio. Pirate Cat Radio provides a voice and outlet for many sections of the community of the Bay Area which cannot make themselves heard anywhere else. If the public’s interests are to be served then ‘ordinary’ people must be allowed to make their voice heard and to be allowed to express themselves creatively without regard for commercial success. The FCC’s policy instead seems to be protecting the airwaves for the big corporations to pump out their bland, homogenized wasteland offering dull limited playlists, banal chat and censored opinions. Until this happens people must continue to challenge the corporate domination of the airwaves. Looking to the future, PCR can continue as an internet only station and the café/studio on 21st st will continue to operate, but at least for the time being, but it cannot safely broadcast over the terrestrial FM band without possibly jeopardizing its volunteers and supporters. How this will affect the service is not clear yet, although it is true that the majority of their listeners are now online or downloading podcasts. “Obviously this is a major disappointment,” says Monkey, “But we made a collective decision that Pirate Cat Radio must come off the public airwaves, until some method is found to change the law or get it authorized under existing law.”
For additional information:
Monkey
Pirate Cat Radio
415-571-1911
monkey@piratecatradio.com
Radio Free Brooklyn Gets Slapped
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has levied a $10,000 fine against two Flatbush “schlock jocks” who were operating a pirate radio station out of their own apartment. FCC officials said that Jean Clerveau and Jocelyn Edwards were “providing services and facilities incidental to the operation of an unlicensed radio transmitter when they were caught playing their tunes on 90.5 FM. FCC agents uncovered the radio station when they were investigating a complaint of radio interference on East 19th Street back in March 2008. The agent not only followed the signal back to their second-floor apartment, but reportedly found an antenna on the top of the roof, according to an FCC spokesman. The building manager told them that the apartment in question belonged to Clerveau and Edwards, but the couple denied running a radio station out of their pad. Officials admitted that when they finally caught Clerveau at home, they could not find any radio equipment on the premises although the inspection took place after the FCC had sent the couple a letter and had made several attempts to visit the home. Clerveau and Edwards claimed that the unlicensed radio station was actually transmitting from across the street but could not provide any evidence, officials said. Nor could the FCC, who imposed the fine “absent of any other evidence that their agents were mistaken.”
Two times the charm.
AMPB LINKS ON THE WEB:
A list of FCC actions going back to 2003
http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/
Thirty Reasons Why Fox News is not Legit
http://mediamatters.org/columns/200910270002
Eight years later, people still want to know what happened.
http://www.911blogger.com
Turn any youtube video into mp3 audio.
http://www.dirpy.com
Capture that youtube video before it goes away.
http://www.kissyoutube.com
Lots of interesting online stations here.
http://radio.indymedia.org
Got a podcast? Upload it here.
http://www.radio4all.net
Can you believe the government?
http://www.prisonplanet.com
Find out what the major media companies own.
http://www.cjr.org/resources/index.php
The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame
http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk
What’s a wobblie?
http://www.iww.org
When the pirates took over radio
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/12/pirate.radio.history/index.html
Two times the charm.
AMPB LINKS ON THE WEB:
A list of FCC actions going back to 2003
http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/
Thirty Reasons Why Fox News is not Legit
http://mediamatters.org/columns/200910270002
Eight years later, people still want to know what happened.
http://www.911blogger.com
Turn any youtube video into mp3 audio.
http://www.dirpy.com
Capture that youtube video before it goes away.
http://www.kissyoutube.com
Lots of interesting online stations here.
http://radio.indymedia.org
Got a podcast? Upload it here.
http://www.radio4all.net
Can you believe the government?
http://www.prisonplanet.com
Find out what the major media companies own.
http://www.cjr.org/resources/index.php
The Pirate Radio Hall of Fame
http://www.offshoreradio.co.uk
What’s a wobblie?
http://www.iww.org
When the pirates took over radio
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/12/pirate.radio.history/index.html
Re: Frank Moore's health care plan & comparison chart!
Hi Betsy!
Here is that comparison chart I told you about, with Frank's health care plan ...
http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/healthcare-grid.htm
Let me know what you think!
-- Corey
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Wow, Frank really does his homework.
My favorite part is this, under "Cost Containment":
"Preventative medicine will cut costs. School meals should be part of the health system. Growing food in schools, and healthy meals in schools will cut medical costs and improve kids’ performance in school. This will also make schools more a part of their communities, increasing the overall health of the communities."
Education, and integrating ecological values in school, are issues I really care about. He's right on about making schools more a part of their communities.
My least favorite part is being taxed at 75% after $12k/year -- or did I misunderstand that? Call me greedy, but I don't want to be taxed at a rate above 40%. Of course, I make less than $12k/year, so it's really my husband's income I'm greedily protecting....
Thanks for forwarding the comparison. Frank's plan is impressive, and I fervently hope it will come to pass in my lifetime.
Betsy
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Corey corrected Betsy on my tax policy which is:
I’ll do away with all tax deductions for over $12,000 income. Instead, there will be a flat tax of 10% on annual income of less than one million dollars for an individual and less than five million dollars for a corporation. But the flat tax will jump to 75% on annual income exceeding these limits.
so most people would pay at the ten percent rate, and the poor wouldn't pay any income tax.
The campaign continues!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Here is that comparison chart I told you about, with Frank's health care plan ...
http://www.frankmooreforpresident08.com/healthcare-grid.htm
Let me know what you think!
-- Corey
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Wow, Frank really does his homework.
My favorite part is this, under "Cost Containment":
"Preventative medicine will cut costs. School meals should be part of the health system. Growing food in schools, and healthy meals in schools will cut medical costs and improve kids’ performance in school. This will also make schools more a part of their communities, increasing the overall health of the communities."
Education, and integrating ecological values in school, are issues I really care about. He's right on about making schools more a part of their communities.
My least favorite part is being taxed at 75% after $12k/year -- or did I misunderstand that? Call me greedy, but I don't want to be taxed at a rate above 40%. Of course, I make less than $12k/year, so it's really my husband's income I'm greedily protecting....
Thanks for forwarding the comparison. Frank's plan is impressive, and I fervently hope it will come to pass in my lifetime.
Betsy
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Corey corrected Betsy on my tax policy which is:
I’ll do away with all tax deductions for over $12,000 income. Instead, there will be a flat tax of 10% on annual income of less than one million dollars for an individual and less than five million dollars for a corporation. But the flat tax will jump to 75% on annual income exceeding these limits.
so most people would pay at the ten percent rate, and the poor wouldn't pay any income tax.
The campaign continues!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
cutting shows
Dear Friends,
I write to you this afternoon with a story that many of you may already be familiar with, yet I feel it important enough that those of you who are not already in the loop of the recent programming changes at KPFA, where for the past 14 years I have been one of 5 daily programmers producing a diverse and wide ranging 2 hour weekly "Music of the World" radio show, become aware of a recent and significant cut in Music programming at the station.
So, for your information, I bear the news that, for reasons not entirely clear to anybody but certainly dressed up as necessary changes due to an extreme financial crisis at KPFA (Pacifica Radio's flagship station and the oldest Public Listener-Sponsored Radio Station in the world) management at KPFA took the drastic step of reducing Music of the World by 60% from being a Week-Daily 2 hour show from 10am-Noon, to a 1 hour show (11-Noon) on only 4 days. The beneficiary of this cut in Music at the station is a daily 1 hour show, Letters to Washington which, as the name suggests, concerns itself with the politics of the moment - not unlike many other Talk Radio programs that festoon the public airwaves in every direction.
Though this obviously effects me personally, as one of the programmers directly affected by this sudden change in direction at KPFA which, almost unannounced, brought about this sea change in their programming structure on November 2nd 2009, I am more concerned that it demonstrates a clear lack of commitment to the importance of keeping Music and The Arts as an essential ingredient in terrestrial radio. Without going into too much rationalization or analysis of this move, I am concerned that this particular change in the daily schedule at KPFA is the precursor to further cuts - I can't see a single 1 hour Music broadcast Mon, Wed, Thur, Fri in a day that is otherwise completely dominated by wall to wall talk radio programming from pre-dawn (6am) until long after dark (8pm) being a priority in the minds of those who make the programming policy at KPFA.
So this email is by way of an announcement to you that this is happening at this time honored Listener-Sponsored institution, in case you haven't noticed.
If this in any way raises questions for you or you have yourself an opinion about it that you would like to air then KPFA's listener comment line is (510) 848 6767 ext. 3 or you can write to the station through their web site:
www.KPFA.org/contact
In the meantime I will endeavor to continue to cram as much positive energy as is humanly possibly into a one hour (actually 56 minutes) time slot on Thursdays in my own version of Music of the World
Thanks for Listening
Stay Tuned
Stephen
Stephen Kent
stephen@stephenkent.net
www.stephenkent.net
Producer of "Music of the World"
KPFA 94.1FM Thursdays
www.KPFA.org
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ah, yes, Stephen! I know well how it feels to be "trimmed." I just was trimmed on B-TV in favor of canned non- local old shows. What is happening is everything is being tied to the mainstream frame.
Subjects of talk radio are limited to that frame, whether it's "progressive" or "right- wing." things that aren't limited by that frame aren't valued. Things like People's music, art, culture, philosophy, etc. aren't seen as important expressions. So they are not covered under the marketing tool of "free speech radio!"
funny... As I'm writing this, I'm listening to your show on LUVER!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Re: Wanting to alert you to the work of The Welfare Poets
Thank you so much
we will definitely be sending a CD off ASAP
wanted to know if you need radio friendly versions of songs
we can provide you with that
Let us know
For the love of music,
Ray
The Welfare Poets
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we don't believe in "radio friendly!" we don't censor... Except for "radio friendly" versions!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
we will definitely be sending a CD off ASAP
wanted to know if you need radio friendly versions of songs
we can provide you with that
Let us know
For the love of music,
Ray
The Welfare Poets
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we don't believe in "radio friendly!" we don't censor... Except for "radio friendly" versions!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Annie and Beth do U.S. PREMIERE of DIRTY SEXECOLOGY in Boston!
Annie Sprinkle & Elizabeth Stephens do Boston!
U.S. PREMIERE of
Annie Sprinkle & Elizabeth Stephens’
DIRTY SEX-ECOLOGY:
25 WAYS TO MAKE LOVE TO THE EARTH
A New Performance Piece
What happens when two hot mamas embrace the Earth as their lover? They come out of the closet as ‘ecosexual’ and share their intimate coming out stories about when nature turned them on. The Earth is in crisis, so Beth sings her heart out to help stop environmental destruction and Annie does a nude ballet for the Earth in all her big woman glory. Learn what sexecologists do and how to talk dirty to plants. By making love in the dirt, these gals hope to make the environmental movement more sexy and fun. This dynamic duo is living “green” like you will not see on TV, and they just might save our planet.
NOVEMBER 12/13/14. Four shows only.
THEATER OFFENSIVE producing.
The show is at Boston Center for the Arts, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion
For tickets: http://www.bostontheatrescene.com
Also
NOVEMBER 9th.
Stephens & Sprinkle will be at Mass College of Art, and share their work and the adventures of their Love Art Laboratory (www.loveartlab.org)
General public is welcome.
http://www.massart.edu/x2721.xml
And
NOVEMBER 15th. 2:30-4:00
A SEXECOLOGICAL WALKING TOUR led by Elizabeth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle at Boston’s Public Gardens. Join Beth and Annie as they point out the sececological sites. An ecosexuals wet dream! Learn how you too can make love with the Earth. Everyone welcome. Adults only! Tickets from the Theater Offensive.
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looks like my kind of show, Annie!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
U.S. PREMIERE of
Annie Sprinkle & Elizabeth Stephens’
DIRTY SEX-ECOLOGY:
25 WAYS TO MAKE LOVE TO THE EARTH
A New Performance Piece
What happens when two hot mamas embrace the Earth as their lover? They come out of the closet as ‘ecosexual’ and share their intimate coming out stories about when nature turned them on. The Earth is in crisis, so Beth sings her heart out to help stop environmental destruction and Annie does a nude ballet for the Earth in all her big woman glory. Learn what sexecologists do and how to talk dirty to plants. By making love in the dirt, these gals hope to make the environmental movement more sexy and fun. This dynamic duo is living “green” like you will not see on TV, and they just might save our planet.
NOVEMBER 12/13/14. Four shows only.
THEATER OFFENSIVE producing.
The show is at Boston Center for the Arts, Stanford Calderwood Pavilion
For tickets: http://www.bostontheatrescene.com
Also
NOVEMBER 9th.
Stephens & Sprinkle will be at Mass College of Art, and share their work and the adventures of their Love Art Laboratory (www.loveartlab.org)
General public is welcome.
http://www.massart.edu/x2721.xml
And
NOVEMBER 15th. 2:30-4:00
A SEXECOLOGICAL WALKING TOUR led by Elizabeth Stephens & Annie Sprinkle at Boston’s Public Gardens. Join Beth and Annie as they point out the sececological sites. An ecosexuals wet dream! Learn how you too can make love with the Earth. Everyone welcome. Adults only! Tickets from the Theater Offensive.
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looks like my kind of show, Annie!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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Re: Maximum Rock N Roll on luver.com!
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Re: [goingson1] Goings On
thanks, Harley!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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You're welcome Frank! So you ran for president and now Bill Talen, FF Alumn, is running for mayor of NYC (purportedly the second toughest job in the usa). Someday - Somehow - Someway an FF Alumn is gonna be runnin thangs!
Xo
Harley
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ah. Yes! I am starting to get more people asking if I will run again! One woman just put on her facebook page the chart we and Dr. Kerbavaz put together comparing my health care plan to Obama's, Hillary's, and McCain's.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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You're welcome Frank! So you ran for president and now Bill Talen, FF Alumn, is running for mayor of NYC (purportedly the second toughest job in the usa). Someday - Somehow - Someway an FF Alumn is gonna be runnin thangs!
Xo
Harley
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ah. Yes! I am starting to get more people asking if I will run again! One woman just put on her facebook page the chart we and Dr. Kerbavaz put together comparing my health care plan to Obama's, Hillary's, and McCain's.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Fw: POW! POW! documentation (Paul Escriva II)
Yes, it was that loud.
Paul
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ah yes! Although I knew it was all working, that most people were getting deeper, there was a high denial factor which we had to deal with [especially after the performance from those two] which made it harder to actually feel the real depth. But it is obvious from the documentation... Which is why documentation is important.
Btw, one of the two wants to collaborate with me!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Paul
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ah yes! Although I knew it was all working, that most people were getting deeper, there was a high denial factor which we had to deal with [especially after the performance from those two] which made it harder to actually feel the real depth. But it is obvious from the documentation... Which is why documentation is important.
Btw, one of the two wants to collaborate with me!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Fwd: POW! POW! documentation
(Erika wrote:)
wow! Amazing! Really beautiful photos! Really fun to look at them. I would really like to see the video!
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mmmmmm.... Are you cracking the whip on Mikee's back about getting that video up!?
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
wow! Amazing! Really beautiful photos! Really fun to look at them. I would really like to see the video!
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mmmmmm.... Are you cracking the whip on Mikee's back about getting that video up!?
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Re: Frank Moore's Votes -- Official General Election Results for United States President
(Richard Winger wrote:)
Thanks for the tally!
I never told you, and I never told the Libertarians, that I was a candidate for presidential elector pledged to two different presidential candidates. I was a Libertarian elector as well as one of your electors. That means I got more valid votes than any other Libertarian running for presidential elector. I just wanted to see if anyone in the Secretary of State's office would notice. They didn't.
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you are a devil, Richard!
It was amazing how they made shit up but backed off when we did not go for it! The bottom line is they did not have a bottom line!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Thanks for the tally!
I never told you, and I never told the Libertarians, that I was a candidate for presidential elector pledged to two different presidential candidates. I was a Libertarian elector as well as one of your electors. That means I got more valid votes than any other Libertarian running for presidential elector. I just wanted to see if anyone in the Secretary of State's office would notice. They didn't.
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you are a devil, Richard!
It was amazing how they made shit up but backed off when we did not go for it! The bottom line is they did not have a bottom line!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Fw: Fw: ABOUT TIME TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STAGE! (Jesse Beagle)
Absolutely,
In days of performing (I'm not counting poetry now though it's a great performance field, and like all performances, is whatever you make it with what you've got - for instance, best teachers in classical piano didn't do me any harm (since fortunately they had GOOD TECHNIQUE) and some of my later great jazz pianist/friends as Ed Kelly who kept his life as important (his family, his church) as his performance and kept TEACHING AT LANEY. If these jazz musicians didn't have some classical training, they sought study, but perhaps that was primmarily in piano. I don't how much 'study' the great player at Woodstock - oh, Jimi Hendrix had, yah he had some study, like if now you wanted a bird in the picture, you go study a bird (not necessarily a note) - so people good in jazz some times later could go for 'adding a little technique' but it's like love=making, FUCK THE TECHNIQUE!!!!
jESSE
PS - YOURS IS A RARE HISTORY IN FORMING BANDS, fRANK, WITH GOOD MUSICIANS WITH YOU. i REMEMBER ONE PERSON WHO SAID 'YOU CAN'T BE A PIANIST BECAUSE IT'S NOT POSSIBLE' (OR SUCH WORDS) AND THEN ONE IS STUCK WITH THE FACT BUT YOU ARE A PIANIST!!!!!!!!! WITH THE FACTORS SOME 'JUST DON'T GOT IT' - HHYTHM, IT'S IN THE beat man!!!!!!! it's in the pause it's in the
hesitation it's knowing how to 'get off the beat' and how to just suggest and have surprises etc etc etc
jesse, pianist at large
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yes, Jesse. What most people don't get is almost everything in life is making love, playing. I am a professional lover and Player. So everything I have tried in life has come easy for me... Just playing. But a lot of people want to think my life must have been hard!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
In days of performing (I'm not counting poetry now though it's a great performance field, and like all performances, is whatever you make it with what you've got - for instance, best teachers in classical piano didn't do me any harm (since fortunately they had GOOD TECHNIQUE) and some of my later great jazz pianist/friends as Ed Kelly who kept his life as important (his family, his church) as his performance and kept TEACHING AT LANEY. If these jazz musicians didn't have some classical training, they sought study, but perhaps that was primmarily in piano. I don't how much 'study' the great player at Woodstock - oh, Jimi Hendrix had, yah he had some study, like if now you wanted a bird in the picture, you go study a bird (not necessarily a note) - so people good in jazz some times later could go for 'adding a little technique' but it's like love=making, FUCK THE TECHNIQUE!!!!
jESSE
PS - YOURS IS A RARE HISTORY IN FORMING BANDS, fRANK, WITH GOOD MUSICIANS WITH YOU. i REMEMBER ONE PERSON WHO SAID 'YOU CAN'T BE A PIANIST BECAUSE IT'S NOT POSSIBLE' (OR SUCH WORDS) AND THEN ONE IS STUCK WITH THE FACT BUT YOU ARE A PIANIST!!!!!!!!! WITH THE FACTORS SOME 'JUST DON'T GOT IT' - HHYTHM, IT'S IN THE beat man!!!!!!! it's in the pause it's in the
hesitation it's knowing how to 'get off the beat' and how to just suggest and have surprises etc etc etc
jesse, pianist at large
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yes, Jesse. What most people don't get is almost everything in life is making love, playing. I am a professional lover and Player. So everything I have tried in life has come easy for me... Just playing. But a lot of people want to think my life must have been hard!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Magic Hands
(Stavros wrote:)
I went to the pagoda for a memorial ritual for teacher, Son. We do this every 7 days for 49 days. The first time we were the only family. The following week there was another family. This week there were 4 families. During the ritual the monk will call out the names of the beloved. He really slaughters my last name. It doesn’t bother me. Most Americans cannot pronounce my last name correctly.
I went to the pagoda for a memorial ritual for teacher, Son. We do this every 7 days for 49 days. The first time we were the only family. The following week there was another family. This week there were 4 families. During the ritual the monk will call out the names of the beloved. He really slaughters my last name. It doesn’t bother me. Most Americans cannot pronounce my last name correctly.
I had developed a very bad back ache that I attributed to tension, since the last time I had such a back ache was when my son died in Vietnam. At that time my friend, Co Mai, took me to a doctor who gave me massage and acupuncture. It was so bad that I went for massages twice a day at a nearby hotel, but only received minimal relief.
At this memorial ritual I sat in back of the pagoda where they have chairs for us older people. It was still difficult, but I managed. After the service, as I sat on a bench in the courtyard, an old man sat next to me. Imagine me calling someone else an old Vietnamese man. He told me that he could see that I was I pain. He reached behind me and touched my lower back pressing at certain spots. I have been called magic hands but I have never experienced magic hands on me until this time. I could feel the spiritual energy flowing from him as he massaged my back. Most of the pain left me and by the following morning my back was totally healed. As he massaged my back he apologized that he did not have much energy (Spiritual), because he had just had a liver transplant. He was so happy saying that Medicare paid for the whole operation.
Later he joined us at a meal in the pagoda that was prepared by the 4 families for the memorial. He told me that he was in Son’s medication group and that he just found out about his death so he came to the memorial ritual.
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we all need magic hands, Stavros!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Re: POW! POW! documentation
Hi Frankie,
These were especially evocative photos for me.
My observation is that the earlier part of the performance was growing intimate, then the 'stethoscopes arrived' and it changed. Then later it went very deep.
That's just my distant impression.
Beautiful captures!!!
Paul
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ah, it was that loud, eh? Yes, those two were the promoters of the festival. Afraid of intimacy and realness! But other than them, it was amazing how fast it got deep!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
These were especially evocative photos for me.
My observation is that the earlier part of the performance was growing intimate, then the 'stethoscopes arrived' and it changed. Then later it went very deep.
That's just my distant impression.
Beautiful captures!!!
Paul
* * * * *
ah, it was that loud, eh? Yes, those two were the promoters of the festival. Afraid of intimacy and realness! But other than them, it was amazing how fast it got deep!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Re: collaboration?
(Guillermo wrote:)
I'd like to collaborate with you some time:
You- Doing Frank Moore shamanistic ritual + special solo singing piece somewhere (at your TV program you said that you like to sing, right?). Me accompanying your song.
Me: -In my ritual performance persona and making music and sound throughout (composer/performer)_ electronic ambiance, sound, noise with my toys.
What do you think?
g
* * * * *
definitely! Tell me more about your ideas!
Are you coming to the next Temescal performance Friday November twenty?
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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Hi Frank:
You- Doing Frank Moore shamanistic ritual + special solo singing piece somewhere (at your TV program you said that you like to sing, right?). Me accompanying your song.
Me: -In my ritual performance persona and making music and sound throughout (composer/performer)_ electronic ambiance, sound, noise with my toys.
What do you think?
g
* * * * *
definitely! Tell me more about your ideas!
Are you coming to the next Temescal performance Friday November twenty?
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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Hi Frank:
First I have to say that I have a very large history of collaborations and that I am very adaptable so I can just blend easily into whatever you want to do.
In any case here are some of my ideas. I envision me being a hybrid cyborg tribal persona maybe including face and/or body paint. I have a lot of invented instruments but for the sake of practicality, my musical Instrument can be my collection of hacked toys , some of them allow me to move, some others not. For the last several years I see my performances and music as cures and my instruments as talismans of cure. THe whole performance can include a closing healing song which you will sing to the the audience. I can improvise the proper accompaniment, I see this in the native Americantradition of songs that exist only for that moment and that are revealed to us by the divine forces of nature. By this I do not mean a song in the musical style of native americans but more a conceptual native song.
My late music blends noise and music. It is necessarily not loud but it uses the "noisy" inherit characteristics of broken or altered electronics. Of course your voice and guidance of the show will be only enhanced (not covered) by the music.
What do you think?
g
* * * * *
that works for me. if you want me to do a cameo in your performance with me doing the last "healing song," I can do that. If you want more of a jam where we improv everything, I can do that also. We could play around at Temescal if you bring your instruments/toys.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Re: TRACKING on 2 CDs - (Luver Radio)
Hi Frank,
How are you doing?
September 29th, 2009, we sent you by mail, 2 CDs.
Doctor G & Funkfusion - "Second Life" - (R&B, Soul, Funk Format)
Stephen Pfister - "Man Cave" - (Jazz, Funk Format)
We would like to know if you received them and if the music will be available for a possible airplay.
Thanks to answer me back.
Sincerely,
Gi Dussault
CREATIVITY IN MUSIC
www.creativityinmusic.com
www.myspace.com/creativityinmusic
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got both and are playing them!
still crazy busy! The next two nights we are having bands here for my show. Then Friday I am performing at a performance art festival in San Francisco! Then will die!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
* * * * *
Thanks to let me know Frank.
yes, you are pretty busy. It s better like that don t you think? :-)
peace,
Gi
* * * * *
mmmmmm... I enjoy both expansions and contractions ... But in different ways!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
How are you doing?
September 29th, 2009, we sent you by mail, 2 CDs.
Doctor G & Funkfusion - "Second Life" - (R&B, Soul, Funk Format)
Stephen Pfister - "Man Cave" - (Jazz, Funk Format)
We would like to know if you received them and if the music will be available for a possible airplay.
Thanks to answer me back.
Sincerely,
Gi Dussault
CREATIVITY IN MUSIC
www.creativityinmusic.com
www.myspace.com/creativityinmusic
* * * * *
got both and are playing them!
still crazy busy! The next two nights we are having bands here for my show. Then Friday I am performing at a performance art festival in San Francisco! Then will die!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
* * * * *
Thanks to let me know Frank.
yes, you are pretty busy. It s better like that don t you think? :-)
peace,
Gi
* * * * *
mmmmmm... I enjoy both expansions and contractions ... But in different ways!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Frank Moore's Votes -- Official General Election Results for United States President
Federal Elections 2008
Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives
(put out by the Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C.)
Official General Election Results for United States President
November 4, 2008
Frank Moore's recorded votes*:
California 36
Georgia 6
Illinois 3
Kansas 2
Maryland 2
Utah 3
West Virginia 1
TOTAL = 53
*New York did not list any write-in votes specifically for Frank Moore. However, we are aware of a number of votes cast for Frank in New York City, because people told us personally that they had voted for him there. New York lists 3,613 write-in votes as "scattered" votes. So we know that some of these were cast for Frank Moore, but will never know the actual number.
"New York city habitually fails to count any write-in votes for the declared write-in presidential candidates. The Board says it is too much work to take down the heavy rolls of paper from the mechanical voting machines and look at them." -- Richard Winger, Ballot Access News
Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives
(put out by the Federal Election Commission, Washington, D.C.)
Official General Election Results for United States President
November 4, 2008
Frank Moore's recorded votes*:
California 36
Georgia 6
Illinois 3
Kansas 2
Maryland 2
Utah 3
West Virginia 1
TOTAL = 53
*New York did not list any write-in votes specifically for Frank Moore. However, we are aware of a number of votes cast for Frank in New York City, because people told us personally that they had voted for him there. New York lists 3,613 write-in votes as "scattered" votes. So we know that some of these were cast for Frank Moore, but will never know the actual number.
"New York city habitually fails to count any write-in votes for the declared write-in presidential candidates. The Board says it is too much work to take down the heavy rolls of paper from the mechanical voting machines and look at them." -- Richard Winger, Ballot Access News
"The Hazards of Getting a Write-in Vote for President Counted", October 31st, 2008
http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/10/31/the-hazards-of-getting-a-write-in-vote-for-president-counted/
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The following states either did not count write-in votes for president, listed "scattered" write-in votes for President instead of counting them for specific candidates, or listed "scattered" write-in votes in addition to votes for specific write-in candidates. Frank Moore was eligible to receive write-in votes in these states, so some of these votes may have been for Frank:
Alabama 3,705
Alaska 1,730
Iowa 6,737
Nebraska 2,837
New Jersey
Oregon 13,613
Pennsylvania 8,180
Rhode Island 667
Vermont 1,398
Washington
Wisconsin 6,521
Wyoming 1,521
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so in reality we probably got from one hundred to two hundred votes. This is amazing considering we spent just two thousand dollars in two years, all the blocks against write in candidates , not having "machines " in each state, and my not traveling outside of California!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Fw: ABOUT TIME TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STAGE! (Guillermo II)
(Frank wrote:)
that is the freeway to shallow art! Expectations limit art. Before I perform, I have expectations. They are 96% wrong! once the performance "begins" I have to let go of my expectations or I would block the art. My job is to conduct the art, to follow the art.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
* * * * *
I guess we are in the same track,
g
that is the freeway to shallow art! Expectations limit art. Before I perform, I have expectations. They are 96% wrong! once the performance "begins" I have to let go of my expectations or I would block the art. My job is to conduct the art, to follow the art.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
* * * * *
I guess we are in the same track,
g
Re: sunday show
(to The Boatclub:)
it was a great show, guys! We even had feedback!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
it was a great show, guys! We even had feedback!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
The boatclub
Last night on the Shaman's Den was the Boatclub, a band made up of four aging guys who play rock music, have a deadpan humor, and say that they aren't that hip. While listening to their music Frank said that the word Groovy came to mind. When Frank would make comments about their songs the guys were really touched that Frank was listening to the words in their songs. Frank said that he is always listening, not like most hosts. They reminded Frank of Bob Dylan, George Harrison, half of the Traveling Willberries. Frank said he always thought that when you get old things slow down, but that is not his experience. That is not the Boatclub's experience either who are just coming out with an album and playing more gigs this year than ever here in the bay area as well as in Seattle and Portland.
During the interview Frank asked them how they came up with the name Boatclub and they said that they couldn't think of anything worse! Frank told them about his band The Cherotic All-Stars and how he had come up with the word Cherotic and that 70% of a band is the name. They said that they are far from hip. When Frank asked them why they keep playing music they said because they love it! They never thought of not doing it! When they talked about they met and how long they have been together they said that they are like the Beatles only not as good. They thought of coming out with a double album like the Beetles White Album, and Frank said, "The Grey Album". They all met through mutual friends and a couple of the guys have known each other since they were teenagers. We later learned that they had another band member who recently left. Frank wanted to know if he left or they kicked him out. They said that it was mutual but it was not quite a full answer. Frank is always good at getting to the dirt in his interviews.
The Boatclub really enjoyed hearing about The Outrageous Beauty Review and how Zappa and Robert Fripp came to the show. Linda talked about how Frank tried to do a bad band. All these really good musicians wanted to be in it because the OBR was getting press all over the world. They auditioned all these musicians and Frank wanted them to play badly. Most of them couldn't do it so eventually they just did it themselves. People started playing instruments that they had never played before and learned on the stage. Then when a song started getting too good/polished they stopped playing it. That was the time period that Zappa came to The Outrageous Beauty Review and really loved it! Frank said that there are thousands of technically good bands but they are boring. The people who were in the band didn't get what Frank was going after and when the band started to get good everyone wanted to have a real band and ended up quitting to try to join a "real" band. Frank and Linda talked about when they were in LA doing Sony and Cher in a punk club. They went to Sony's restaurant and met him and told him they were doing Sony and Cher. He loved it! They invited him to come be in the show with them but he said that he did not do that anymore. Linda said that the punk's didn't know what to do with us, they were really uncomfortable!
The Boatclub is not that band from Sweden. They say their boat is a blow-up dingy with a yellow submarine compartment underneath it. They may change the name of their band by tomorrow and they may restart or replay one of their songs in a set and they say they aren't that hip!
* * * * *
mmmmmmmmm... If they are aging guys, I am an extremely aged guy!. We are all aging! They are seasoned, but still crazy dangerous and making great music! and they kept saying they are "boatclub"..... One word with a small "b"!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
During the interview Frank asked them how they came up with the name Boatclub and they said that they couldn't think of anything worse! Frank told them about his band The Cherotic All-Stars and how he had come up with the word Cherotic and that 70% of a band is the name. They said that they are far from hip. When Frank asked them why they keep playing music they said because they love it! They never thought of not doing it! When they talked about they met and how long they have been together they said that they are like the Beatles only not as good. They thought of coming out with a double album like the Beetles White Album, and Frank said, "The Grey Album". They all met through mutual friends and a couple of the guys have known each other since they were teenagers. We later learned that they had another band member who recently left. Frank wanted to know if he left or they kicked him out. They said that it was mutual but it was not quite a full answer. Frank is always good at getting to the dirt in his interviews.
The Boatclub really enjoyed hearing about The Outrageous Beauty Review and how Zappa and Robert Fripp came to the show. Linda talked about how Frank tried to do a bad band. All these really good musicians wanted to be in it because the OBR was getting press all over the world. They auditioned all these musicians and Frank wanted them to play badly. Most of them couldn't do it so eventually they just did it themselves. People started playing instruments that they had never played before and learned on the stage. Then when a song started getting too good/polished they stopped playing it. That was the time period that Zappa came to The Outrageous Beauty Review and really loved it! Frank said that there are thousands of technically good bands but they are boring. The people who were in the band didn't get what Frank was going after and when the band started to get good everyone wanted to have a real band and ended up quitting to try to join a "real" band. Frank and Linda talked about when they were in LA doing Sony and Cher in a punk club. They went to Sony's restaurant and met him and told him they were doing Sony and Cher. He loved it! They invited him to come be in the show with them but he said that he did not do that anymore. Linda said that the punk's didn't know what to do with us, they were really uncomfortable!
The Boatclub is not that band from Sweden. They say their boat is a blow-up dingy with a yellow submarine compartment underneath it. They may change the name of their band by tomorrow and they may restart or replay one of their songs in a set and they say they aren't that hip!
* * * * *
mmmmmmmmm... If they are aging guys, I am an extremely aged guy!. We are all aging! They are seasoned, but still crazy dangerous and making great music! and they kept saying they are "boatclub"..... One word with a small "b"!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
POW! POW! documentation
Hi Everyone,
The web galleries are finally up! I hope you'll
forgive the delay it took in getting these to you.
I really wanted to be sure that everything was
structured correctly before passing them on.
For a sense of ease in finding your images, I have
organized the photos by the night of the performance.
Thursday Night Performers:
http://typefoto.com/powthursday/
Friday Night Performers:
http://typefoto.com/powfriday/
Saturday Night Performers:
http://typefoto.com/powsaturday/
Sunday Night Performers:
http://typefoto.com/powsunday/
Anyone seeking Hi-Resolution print quality versions of the photographs:
There are instructions on the web-sites, but just for the sake of clarity,
all you have to do is jot down the image numbers you would like
(contained beneath the thumbnails ex: IMG_2260) and send them to me
in an email and I'll make you get them as quickly as possible.
Thank you - it has really been a pleasure. If you have any
further questions/comments I would enjoy to hearing from you.
All the best,
Daniel
* * * * *
Daniel, many, many beautiful photos! They captured powerfully the intimacy, joy and participation
especially in my piece Friday. Thanks!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
The web galleries are finally up! I hope you'll
forgive the delay it took in getting these to you.
I really wanted to be sure that everything was
structured correctly before passing them on.
For a sense of ease in finding your images, I have
organized the photos by the night of the performance.
Thursday Night Performers:
http://typefoto.com/powthursday/
Friday Night Performers:
http://typefoto.com/powfriday/
Saturday Night Performers:
http://typefoto.com/powsaturday/
Sunday Night Performers:
http://typefoto.com/powsunday/
Anyone seeking Hi-Resolution print quality versions of the photographs:
There are instructions on the web-sites, but just for the sake of clarity,
all you have to do is jot down the image numbers you would like
(contained beneath the thumbnails ex: IMG_2260) and send them to me
in an email and I'll make you get them as quickly as possible.
Thank you - it has really been a pleasure. If you have any
further questions/comments I would enjoy to hearing from you.
All the best,
Daniel
* * * * *
Daniel, many, many beautiful photos! They captured powerfully the intimacy, joy and participation
especially in my piece Friday. Thanks!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Re: ABOUT TIME TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STAGE!
(Frank wrote:)
ah, yes Gal*in_dog! It is more about what the expectations are that the audience comes into the performance with than anything else. They read DARING, CONTROVERSIAL PERFORMANCE and they come for hip TV... And they actually get pissed when they actually get what we told them they'll get! I have been working with this for over forty years! On the flier for my monthly performance series it states:
ah, yes Gal*in_dog! It is more about what the expectations are that the audience comes into the performance with than anything else. They read DARING, CONTROVERSIAL PERFORMANCE and they come for hip TV... And they actually get pissed when they actually get what we told them they'll get! I have been working with this for over forty years! On the flier for my monthly performance series it states:
"REALITY PLAYINGS: experiments in experience/participation performance... Frank Moore, world-known shaman performance artist, will conduct improvised passions of musicians, actors, dancers, and audience members in a laboratory setting to create altered realities of fusion beyond taboos. Bring your passions and musical instruments and your senses of adventure and humor. Other than that, ADMISSION IS FREE! "
but each time there is someone who gets pissed /shocked that it's actually experiments in experience /participation performance, etc. It's a part of our job as artists to explode these limiting expectations.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
* * * * *
Got it.
Now the question is if we really want to give the audience exactly what they are expecting...
saludos,
gal*in_dog
* * * * *
that is the freeway to shallow art! Expectations limit art. Before I perform, I have expectations. They are 96% wrong! once the performance "begins" I have to let go of my expectations or I would block the art. My job is to conduct the art, to follow the art.
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
RE: CAN YOU SAY BBBBBBBOOOOOOOOO! art by mikee, photo by jen
(Rafael-alexandre Ramos wrote:)
Oh yeah, I recognize his style :)
Oh yeah, I recognize his style :)
Sunday, November 22, 2009
great, Drake!
thanks for sending that linda. quite inspiring as usual. i'm going to get some eroplay activities going in pdx.
insanesirely,
drake
* * * * *
glad we keep inspiring you! Keep me up dated on your actions!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
insanesirely,
drake
* * * * *
glad we keep inspiring you! Keep me up dated on your actions!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
RE: A stripped amendment and a neutered bill
Hey Frank,
Are you saying you're presenting yourself as a candidate for 2012 as well ? :)
If so, in good spirit, we'll do another collage for that :)
Rafael
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well, I am like zorro! I am there whenever I am needed!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
Are you saying you're presenting yourself as a candidate for 2012 as well ? :)
If so, in good spirit, we'll do another collage for that :)
Rafael
* * * * *
well, I am like zorro! I am there whenever I am needed!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
A stripped amendment and a neutered bill
Act Now to Pressure “Management”
October 29, 2009
Today the House unveiled its healthcare reform package. And the news is all bad.
The Kucinich Amendment, which would give the states a clear path for enacting their own single-payer legislation, was stripped from the bill.
The Weiner Amendment, which would substitute the clean, clear language of HR 676 for the behemoth of a introduced, may not be given its vote in the House—in spite of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s promise.
While single payer hangs in the balance, PDA will continue to fight for single payer at the state level. Meanwhile, we have a small window of opportunity to get the Kucinich Amendment back in the bill and to make sure that Speaker Pelosi follows through on her promise to allow a vote on single-payer—the first ever in the House.
Democratic House leaders can insert what is called a “ Manager’s Amendment” into legislation, even when it is closed to any other amendments. The managers are the majority and minority members who “manage” debate for the bill on each side.
Today, tomorrow, and beyond, we need to call these “managers” and insist that the Kucinich Amendment is restored into the healthcare bill. We also need to urge these leaders to exert pressure on Speaker Pelosi—and exert it on her ourselves—to follow through on her promise to put the Weiner Amendment to a vote.
The “gang” that holds our future in their hands includes:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4965; San Francisco office (415) 556-4862
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4131; Greenbelt office (301) 474-0119; Waldorf office (301) 843-1577
Rep. Henry Waxman: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-3976; Los Angeles office (323) 651-1040
Rep. Charles Rangel: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4365; New York office (212) 663-3900
Rep. George Miller: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-2095; Concord office (925) 602-1880; Richmond office (510) 262-6500; Vallejo office (707) 645-1888
It’s crucial for everyone in PDA to make these calls, to make them more than once, and to tell others to make these calls. Act NOW!
In solidarity,
Tim Carpenter, National Director
Progressive Democrats of America
* * * * *
my presidential platform is looking better and better!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
October 29, 2009
Today the House unveiled its healthcare reform package. And the news is all bad.
The Kucinich Amendment, which would give the states a clear path for enacting their own single-payer legislation, was stripped from the bill.
The Weiner Amendment, which would substitute the clean, clear language of HR 676 for the behemoth of a introduced, may not be given its vote in the House—in spite of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s promise.
While single payer hangs in the balance, PDA will continue to fight for single payer at the state level. Meanwhile, we have a small window of opportunity to get the Kucinich Amendment back in the bill and to make sure that Speaker Pelosi follows through on her promise to allow a vote on single-payer—the first ever in the House.
Democratic House leaders can insert what is called a “ Manager’s Amendment” into legislation, even when it is closed to any other amendments. The managers are the majority and minority members who “manage” debate for the bill on each side.
Today, tomorrow, and beyond, we need to call these “managers” and insist that the Kucinich Amendment is restored into the healthcare bill. We also need to urge these leaders to exert pressure on Speaker Pelosi—and exert it on her ourselves—to follow through on her promise to put the Weiner Amendment to a vote.
The “gang” that holds our future in their hands includes:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4965; San Francisco office (415) 556-4862
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4131; Greenbelt office (301) 474-0119; Waldorf office (301) 843-1577
Rep. Henry Waxman: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-3976; Los Angeles office (323) 651-1040
Rep. Charles Rangel: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-4365; New York office (212) 663-3900
Rep. George Miller: Washington, DC, office (202) 225-2095; Concord office (925) 602-1880; Richmond office (510) 262-6500; Vallejo office (707) 645-1888
It’s crucial for everyone in PDA to make these calls, to make them more than once, and to tell others to make these calls. Act NOW!
In solidarity,
Tim Carpenter, National Director
Progressive Democrats of America
* * * * *
my presidential platform is looking better and better!
In Freedom,
Frank Moore
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