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web radio broadcast

November 30, 2009 / / 1 Comment

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

Penny Arcade’s New hardcover book Bad Reputation out now + news on me…

November 30, 2009 / / 0 Comments

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

cutting shows

November 30, 2009 / / 0 Comments
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

Annie and Beth do U.S. PREMIERE of DIRTY SEXECOLOGY in Boston!

November 30, 2009 / / 0 Comments

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

Fw: Fw: ABOUT TIME TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STAGE! (Jesse Beagle)

November 30, 2009 / / 0 Comments

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

Magic Hands

November 30, 2009 / / 0 Comments

(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 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: collaboration?

November 30, 2009 / / 0 Comments

(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

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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

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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)

November 30, 2009 / / 0 Comments

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

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Thanks to let me know Frank.

yes, you are pretty busy. It s better like that don t you think? 🙂

peace,
Gi

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mmmmmm… I enjoy both expansions and contractions … But in different ways!

In Freedom,
Frank Moore

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