Emily Hay, Amy DeNio, Brad Dutz and Lucio Menegon @ Eagle Rock Open Gate Series, Los Angeles Jan 8, 2012. I showed the gang one of my microdecibel Deconstructing Blues series scores just before we went on. No rehearsal!
I hope to finish the series and record this properly with them in the coming year.
Apathy Destruction continues. This time running backwards, like so many politicians. This will be great fun. Still looking for some shows, help if you can!
Feb 15 2012 – LM solo
LOOKING FOR A SHOW! in Tucson/Phoenix AZ
Feb 16 2012 – LM solo
LOOKING FOR A SHOW! – Albuquerque/El Paso TX
Feb 17 2012 LM solo/collab
Austin or San Marcos, TX – tba
Feb 18 2012 LM solo/collab
@ Bernadette’s 2039 Airport Blvd, Austin – 9:00 PM
Feb 19 2012 LM solo/collab – LM solo/collab
LOOKING FOR A SHOW! in New Orleans, LA or Little Rock AK – 8:00 PM
Feb 20 2012 LM solo
@ Solidarity 1609 Bardstown Road, Louisville KY – 8:00 PM
Feb 21 2012 LM/Rob Wallace (to be confirmed)
@ Bowling Green University – 12:00 AM
Feb 22 2012 LM w/ Nate Scheible, Bob Drake, etc
@ Bela Dubby 13321 Madison Ave, Cleveland OH – 12:00 AM
Feb 23 2012 Flexfest! – LM & David Grollman
@ Flopera House 381 Congress St, Boston – 12:00 AM
Feb 24 2012 LM (solo meditation bowls set)
@ Church of the Advent 30 Brimmer Street Boston, Boston – 8:00 PM
Feb 25 2012 LMNo! @ XFEST 2012
@ 119 Gallery 119 Chelmsford Street, Lowell – 2:00 PM
Music for Driving and Film, vol II has made mutt R‘s Baker’s Dozen Best of 2011 list!
because lucio menegon has single-handedly redefined the concept of cowboy-boot-gazin’ ambient music while smoking pell mell and flirting w/ ennio morricone
It has been an honor and privilege to know, record and perform with Richard Lainhart, an amazing sound sculptor and human being.
Richard and I met in late 2009, I believe. His sound and composition esthetic immediately connected with me as a language I adored, understood and would be able to converse with him in. We soon thereafter began to collaborate, Richard with his Buchla/Haaken setup and myself with prepared lap steel guitar.
I was privileged to have been able to perform with him live on several occasions, twice be apart of his Orchestra of the Future that performed an improvised live score to his recent History of the Future film (an assemblage of Prelinger Film Archive material).
In addition, we recorded enough audio in his studio which I hope to edit, master and have released in 2012.
Thank you, Richard for your sonic legacy and big heart.
Jim Granato has an in progess music video for March of the Kodachrome Soldier from Music For Driving and Film, vol II. It features myself and Pat Spurgeon (aka Phantom Drummer).
Reverend Screaming Fingers and The Phantom Drummer from Jim Granato on Vimeo.
This is a tune I wrote one year ago after it was time to let my dear old dog, Spider go. Back to the place where all the spirits come from and where they all return.
I was siting around the next morning in the sunny room where she used to look out the window. It was just me and her big dog buddy, Bloom. It was so peaceful and quiet and a little sad. This tune came right out.
The guitar is tuned C G C E C D – a variation on a John Fahey tuning. I did these three versions all in a row.
The piece has developed a bit since then, but there is something about the earliest versions of a song that is good and often, but not always elusive in later versions.
I’ll probably do this piece on some of my upcoming US solo tour dates.
Heading out on a dual solo x-country dash with fellow traveler, Joey Molinaro from Dec 27-Jan 8. More Apathy Destruction!
I’ll be doing a Fahey/Ribot/Frith/Sonic Youth style solo guitar set on acoustic and electric guitar (with the occasional collaboration). Joey shall be performing his footstompin’ grindcore fiddle Discordance-Axis interpretations and songs.
Dec 27 Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class
Dec 28 Indianapolis, IN @ Shared Heritage/Murphy Arts
Dec 29 Nashville, TN – House Show (email for deets)
Dec 30 Memphis, TN – tba
Jan 1 New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
Jan 2 Houston, TX @ Super Happy Funland
Jan 3 Austin, TX @ Trailer Space Records
Jan 4 Austin, TX -> The 1808
Jan 6 Phoenix AZ @ Trunk Space
Jan 7 San Diego, CA – The Purple House
Jan 8 Los Angeles, CA @ Alex Cline’s Open Gate Series @ Eagle Rock with Emily Hay, Amy Denio and Brad Dutz
After the tour I shall spend a few weeks in SoCal and Joshua Tree working on music and recording. Hitting the road again in mid Feb back to the east coast for some really great shows.
Happy Holidays!
Live at Theaterlab, New York NY on November 26, 2011
Richard Lainhart – electronics
Lucio Menegon – lap steel guitars
Film: Projection Reel by Scratch Film Junkies
video shot by Michael Zelner
The Reverend Screaming Fingers Big Band and films of the Overdub Club will play in the NYC area Dec 8 and 9.
I’m very excited to bring this project to a close at it was a major goal of mine to perform this live in 2011. The October San Francisco show was a big success and I hope those of you in the NY area can make it to one of the shows here.
The Reverend Screaming Fingers Big Band will present “Music for Driving and Film,” a night of instrumental music set to multiple projections of the hand-processed 16mm film images of San Francisco’s Alfonso Alvarez – a man banned for life from screening Bruce Connor films by Bruce Connor himself – and Thad Povey.
The band will feature SF players John Hanes (Chrome, Herzog’s ‘Grizzly Man’ soundtrack) on drums, Wil Hendricks (Edith Frost, Lofty Pillars) on bass and Suki O’Kane (She Mob) on vibraphone paired up with NYC guitarists Lucio Menegon (aka The Rev.) and Rob Price (Dim Sum Clip Job).
Thu Dec 8 will be find us at Brooklyn Fireproof in Bushwick (off the Morgan L stop). This is the official NY area show and will feature a full Reverend Big Band playing the Music for Driving and Film material, real 16mm film projections, plus a set by the wonderful Rachel Mason’s Little Band of Sailors, Alias Pail and PAS Musique.
Fri Dec 9th will highlight the more experimental/quieter side of the MD&F material at the Exapno Space in Brooklyn. Sets by David Grollman and Steve Norton, Jason Anastasoff’s Obscure Directions and NYC sound artist Richard Lainhart will screen his ‘History of the Future’ short with a live score by the assembled ‘The Orchestra of the Future’!
