Matt Mondanile, a true poet for his generation.

TONITE IN NEW YORK AT ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES---------EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION SCREENING---------FEATURING ALICE COHEN AND STEPHANIE WUERTZ

There's a special program screening tonight at Anthology Film Archives that features two of OESB's leading ladies - Alice Cohen & Stephanie Wuertz. Curated by Eric Leiser as part of Anthology's long-running "New Filmmakers" series. Alice will be showing the full 12-minute version of "Mirror Moves" from her recent solo exhibition at Live With Animals & Stephanie will be showing a new piece titled "Miasma" -- excerpts from both videos below:

Here's the full program:

NEWFILMMAKERS

Film Notes

7:00 PM Animation Program

New Experimental Animation curated by Eric Leiser

Kristen Lepore MOUNTAIN (2010, 1 minute, video)

Dae In Chung HYPERVIBES (2010, 3 minutes, video)

Burton Bush 2005-2010 (2010, 8 minutes, video)

Gina Marie Napolitan DEMONS AND CATHEDRALS (2010, 5 minutes, 16mm)

Jessica Em Chun ONE (2010, 5min, 16mm)

WS Cheng UNTITLED 10 (2010, 6 minutes, 35mm)

Stephanie Wuertz MIASMA (2010, 3 minutes, video)

Max Winston WOODLAND (2010, 4 minutes, video)

Sandy Ding ICEPLANT (2010, 7 minutes, 16mm)

Alice Cohen MIRROR MOVES (2010, 12 minutes, video)

Helder Sun IDIOT STINKS (2010, 5 minutes, 35mm)

8:15 PM Feature Presentation

Eric Leiser IMAGINATION (2008 72 Minutes, BETA SP)

Twin girls overcome physical limitations to learn the secrets of heaven and nature.

SAM FRANKLIN, AKA THE "LAUGHMATICIAN"

09/24/2010 RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEY

BREAKING NEWS:

SAM FRANKLIN, THE FOUNDER OF DUCKTAILS AND A MUSICIAN IN MANY NOTABLE INDIE ROCK GROUPS IS PURSUING A NEW CAREER IN PROFESSIONAL STAND UP COMEDY.

SAM, WE WILL MISS YOUR MUSICAL TALENTS BUT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE GREAT MANY LAUGHS YOU ARE CERTAIN TO BRING TO US WHILE YOU TELL YOUR JOKES TO AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE.

Professional Stand-Up Comedy from moogie on Vimeo.

EXTRAORDINARY BIRDS AND BEASTS -NEW ALICE COHEN ANIMATION

Electric Literature has been doing a series of video commissions for the stories that they feature on their excellent "quarterly" website. This is a new animation by Alice Cohen for a sentence from the Joy Williams story "Baba Iaga and the Pelican Child". Alice also recorded all of the music for this video (and the one below). More info about Electric Literature's innovative new approach to publishing is HERE, and below is another animation that Alice made for an earlier issue of E.L. - for Marisa Silver's story "Three Girls".

SEPTEMBER 28th>>>

GREATEST HITS "DANSE POP" 7"

AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 28TH

++++ PRE-ORDER HERE ++++

WHERE YOU AT, WHERE YOU FROM?

GREATEST HITS 7" RELEASE PARTY TONITE AT GLASSLANDS!!!

The 7"'s fell a bit behind schedule but the band will be selling a special handmade edition of the record -- only 25 copies were made and each cover/label is handpainted/decorated.. collector's item / fanclub style... see pics below... also on sale will be a small batch of a new VHS tape called "GUNK T.V." -- it's a demented world filled with confused visions just hit play on the remote and live inside the GUNK....

SHOW INFO:

GLASSLANDS GALLERY, 289 KENT AVE, Brooklyn, NY

THE FRENCH KINGS

REGAL DEGAL
GREATEST HITS
AND DJ ANDY MARLOW (IMA ROBOT, DAZZLER)

COVER $6, DOORS @ 8 PM SHARP, FREE VODKA 8-9PM

&& here is the WORLD DEBUT of the brand new video for Greatest Hits' "DANSE POP"... it's getting freaky in that bathtub for real sure...

GREATEST HITS "DANSE POP" from OLDE ENGLISH SPELLING BEE on Vimeo.

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and in case you missed it -- here's the vid for "Make You Mine":

GREATEST HITS "MAKE YOU MINE" from OLDE ENGLISH SPELLING BEE on Vimeo.

SUPER CHERRY MERCH:

AUTRE NE VEUT -- NEW VIDEO & ALBUM RELEASE SHOW TONITE

Great line-up tonite for the ANV record release party being hosted by Zebulon in Williamsburg/Brooklyn... Gatekeeper / Laurel Halo/ & Airbird (Joel from Games solo) are all signed on... The new Autre Ne Veut album just received featured album of the week honors from Other Music and we've posted their review below but between that and this is the brand new video for the track "Wake Up" - animated and directed by William Rockel - and it's a real doozy:

AUTRE NV "WAKE UP" from OLDE ENGLISH SPELLING BEE on Vimeo.

OTHER MUSIC WRITE-UP:

I've always been a fan of white-boy soul attempts to merge emotion with beats and swagger, a la Scritti Politti or A Certain Ratio, so it's nice to hear current names like Panda Bear, Ariel Pink and Toro Y Moi continuing this tradition. Now add Autre Ne Veut to the list, whose self-titled debut is an intoxicating concoction of swishy, hazy indie-electronic pop; his sweet-n-bitter falsetto and ear for rhythmic programming, mixed with an overall off-the-cup vibe, makes for one of the freshest records I've heard all year. Similar to female contemporaries Nite Jewel and Pearl Harbor, his sound could be best described as an opened time capsule containing '80s synth pop and '90s urban radio jams, all sonically reshaped through the technological advancements of the '00s -- a soft center of fragile intimacy, covered in a subtle low-fi sheen of spacious dubstep and R&B flavoring, all with a slightly skewed and queer bent. The albums mixer, Chris Coady (Delorean, Beach House), does a nice job at making all of the odd elements somehow feel accessible.

It's an original and engaging release that sparks lots of reference points, yet is special because of the way these elements are not so much copied as they are absorbed and re-envisioned in a youthful and unabashedly emotional release of energy -- a brilliant indie-pop album that remembers not only Prince but also John Hughes, being both sexy and sappy (which is not a diss, btw). From ANV's use of restraint to the colorful simplicity of his music, nothing is predictable, making for one of those special moments in indie rock when an artist emerges on the scene and actually lives up to the early blog hype. I've been listening to this on repeat since the day I first heard it, and it still holds up. I really can't say enough good stuff about this debut; it's definitely going to be the sleeper hit on many year-end lists. But don't wait until then, pick this up now and bask in Autre Ne Veut's nouveau, weirdo pop radiance.

-Daniel Givens / Other Music

SKY JUICE IS ON THE LOOSE!!

HOOKIN' UP MOTHERS IN THE HOOD

AUGUST 28, 2010 - BROOKLYN, NY - BUSHWICK

AT THE GREATEST HITS HEADQUARTERS

MELROSE PLACE PARTY WRAP-UP

PERFORMANCE LINE-UP:

DJ SAD HANDZ

WEYES BLOOD

SKY JUICE (ZAC DAVIS SOLO)

JAMES FERRARO

GREATEST HITS

HERE'S SOME PHOTOS AND RECORDINGS FROM THE RAGING PARTY ON AUGUST 28TH AT "MELROSE PLACE" AKA GREATEST HITS HEADQUARTERS... ZAC DAVIS PLAYED A SCORCHING SOLO GUITAR SKY JUICE SET & HE LET IT BE KNOWN BEYOND ALL DOUBTS THAT HE IS TRULY "OUT FOR VENGEANCE" -- JAMES FERRARO FOLLOWED HIM WITH A B-MOVIE FUTURE VISION KEYBOARD/VOCODER SET WHILE ROCKING THE MOST INSANE SKIN-TONE ALTERATION ANY OF US HAD EVER SEEN... THE NIGHT ALSO SERVED AS THE DEBUT LIVE PERFORMANCE FOR GREATEST HITS & THE ENERGY LEVEL COULDN'T HAVE BEEN JACKED ANY HIGHER... THEY PLAYED AS A 3-PIECE -- TYLER THACKER ON DRUMS/TAPES/VOCALS, RYAN HOWE (LUKE PERRY, DANA, ETC) ON GUITARS AND KEYBOARDS, AND ZAK MERING (RAW THRILLS, INSTED, SWEETHEARTS, ETC) ON LEAD VOCAL AND DANCING MONKEY DUTIES...

PARTY SHOT

ZAC DAVIS / SKY JUICE SET:

JAMES FERRARO @ MELROSE PLACE

JAMES FERRARO'S SET:

ZAK MERING -- THE FACE OF GREATEST HITS

GREATEST HITS "DANSE POP" LIVE AT MELROSE: GREATEST HITS "AMBULENCE" LIVE AT MELROSE:

CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT:

ZAC DAVIS, JAMES FERRARO, RYAN HOWE (LUKE PERRY), & CHARLEY LANNING (DANA)

OESB 9/11 PARTY TRIBUTE WALL