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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1A: EDITORIAL: Meet RE/SEARCH at Baltimore Zine Fest, Sat-Sun March 28-29!
1B. NEW FROM RE/SEARCH: LSD MUSEUM ZINE! Penny Rimbaud book. Monte Cazazza Zine (2nd printing!).
2. The Counter Culture Hour: Sat April 11, 2015 6pm
3. FORTHCOMING EVENTS: Meet us at Baltimore Zine Fest: “Paper Multiples Fair,” Mar 28-29! Repeat, it’s in BALTIMORE!
4. OUR PAST LIFE: What we’ve been given, etc.
5. Recommended Links – send us some!
6. QUOTES
7. Letters from Readers
8. Sponsors (Check ’em out! – they make this possible!)
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1A. MESSAGE FROM YOUR EDITOR: <strong> MEET RE/SEARCH at Baltimore Zine Fest, Sat-Sun March 28-29! http://openspacebaltimore.com/pmf/
() FREE Sat-Sun March 28-29 **BALTIMORE** Visit RE/SEARCH at The Baltimore Zine Fest (aka Publications and Artists’ Multiples Fair). http://openspacebaltimore.com/pmf/
RE/Search will be there in Baltimore, repeat, because we received this very nice letter from OPEN SPACE: “Hello RE/Search Publications, We are writing to invite V. Vale to lecture in Baltimore, MD on March, 28th or 29th, 2015 during our artist exposition, the Publications and Multiples Fair (PMF). Our organization, Open Space, is an artist-run gallery located at 512 W. Franklin St. Baltimore, MD. Open Space produces a consistent curated program of exhibitions in our storefront space and two annual festivals offsite.
“PMF is a weekend long celebration and survey of artist publications, prints and objects produced in multiple. The fair celebrated its fifth year in March of 2014 and has grown to include over 80 independent publishers, galleries and artists from Baltimore and across the country.The fair has always included supplemental programming such as lectures by MoMA librarian David Senior, a Pecha Kucha series which included artists from New York, Los Angeles and the new director of the Baltimore Contemporary, poetry readings featuring local and national poets, film and animation screenings, practical presentations and many other engaging programs. PMF V (2014) also coordinated satellite exhibitions at nine affiliated artist-run venues across the city connecting a thriving community around this one rallying event. PMF has become both a celebration for local residents and a showcase for out of town folks visiting Baltimore.
“Baltimore is a great audience for Vale, because of the rich independent art and music culture here. Our inexpensive, post-industrial city is a longtime stronghold of artists who live here because they can be part of a great community, make work, grow into unused spaces, and share with one another in a setting that is not dominated by commercialism. PMF has helped foster a culture of accessible publications and multiples, and the exchange of ideas and feelings through shareable physical art works. Given Vale’s prolific experience with counterculture publishing, Open Space believes he would be a great inspiration to the attendees of the fair, both the locals, and visitors. We would love to host Vale for a live presentation to hear more about Search and Destroy, RE/Search, and editing, designing, and publishing in general, and his countless witty accounts from throughout the course of his life so far.”
It was impossible to turn down such an invitation… we’re looking forward to seeing Baltimore! Filmmaker Marian Wallace will also be presenting at least one program of independent films from San Francisco. The fair will be held March 28-29 at a new location: The Baltimore Design School. Baltimore Design School, 1500 Barclay Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Telephone: 443-642-2311 info@baltimoredesignschool.org
Now, you may have noticed that V. Vale is a bit “busy” getting ready to go to Baltimore. So in lieu of a personally-written editorial, Vale decided to stimulate your brain with the below list of “100 TOP RECORDS” which Vermilion Sands sent him. See if you “agree” with the below selection:
1. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
2. Imagine – John Lennon
3. Hey Jude – The Beatles
4. Dancing Queen – Abba
5. Like a Prayer – Madonna
6. Angels – Robbie Williams
7. Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever – the Beatles
8. Wannabe – Spice Girls
9. Yesterday -The Beatles
10. Let It Be – The Beatles
11. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
12. Don’t Look Back in Anger – Oasis
13. Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor
14. Suspicious Minds – Elvis Presley
15. Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
16. Losing My Religion – REM
17. Hotel California – the Eagles
18. (Everything I Do) I do it for You – Bryan Adams
19. A Whiter Shade of Pale – Procol Harum
20. With or Without You – U2
21. Candle in the Wind ’97/Something About the Way You Look Tonight – Elton John
22. I Will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
23. Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
24. Vogue – Madonna
25. Heartbeat/Tragedy – Steps
26. Thriller – Michael Jackson
27. Never Ever – All Saints
28. My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion
29. I Turn to You – Melanie C
30. Wonderwall – Oasis
31. American Pie – Don McLean
32. Everybody Hurts – REM
33. Careless Whisper – George Michael
34. Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty
35. Bridge Over Troubled Water – Simon and Garfunkel
36. I’ll be Missing You – Puff Daddy and Faith Evans
37. I Can’t Get No (Satisfaction) – the Rolling Stones
38. Bitter Sweet Symphony – the Verve
39. I Heard it Through the Grapevine – Marvin Gaye
40. Wuthering Heights – Kate Bush
41. Better the Devil You Know – Kylie Minogue
42. Vienna – Ultravox
43. She Loves You – The Beatles
44. Music – Madonna
45. Every Breath You Take – The Police
46. Layla – Derek and The Dominoes
47. The Winner Takes it All – Abba
48. Heartbreak Hotel – Elvis Presley
49. My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
50. I’m Not in Love – 10cc
51. Good Vibrations – the Beach Boys
52. Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
53. Back For Good – Take That
54. Stan – Eminem
55. Without You – Nilsson
56. God Only Knows – the Beach Boys
57. Don’t You Want Me – the Human League
58. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
59. Bat Out of Hell – Meat Loaf
60. Help! – the Beatles
61. Heroes – David Bowie
62. Purple Rain – Prince
63. Can’t Get You Out of My Head – Kylie Minogue
64. Like a Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan
65. God Save the Queen – Sex Pistols
66. China in Your Hand – T’Pau
67. Hero – Mariah Carey
68. Whole Again – Atomic Kitten
69. Love is All Around – Wet Wet Wet
70. Space Oddity – David Bowie
71. Make Me Smile (Come up and See Me) – Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
72. Knowing Me Knowing You – Abba
73. The Drugs Don’t Work – Verve
74. Teenage Kicks – the Undertones
75. Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
76. Cars – Gary Numan
77. Mr Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
78. 2 Become 1 – Spice Girls
79. Rock DJ – Robbie Williams
80. Pure Shores – All Saints
81. Sultans of Swing – Dire Straits
82. Holler – Spice Girls
83. Into the Groove – Madonna
84. Believe – Cher
85. Independent Woman – Destiny’s Child
86. Tainted Love – Soft Cell
87. I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
88. My Generation -The Who
89. Day Tripper/We Can Work it Out – the Beatles
90. Common People – Pulp
91. Waterloo Sunset – the Kinks
92. You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling – Righteous Brothers
93. Voodoo Chile – Jimi Hendrix
94. Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
95. Sweet Child of Mine – Guns N’ Roses
96. Anarchy in the UK – Sex Pistols
97. Eternal Flame – Bangles
98. Without You – Mariah Carey
99. All Along the Watchtower – Jimi Hendrix
100. How do I Live – Leanne Rimes
How many of the above songs have you never even heard? Well, you are not alone… 🙂
1B. We need YOU to order books direct from us to help us keep going! (www.researchpubs.com)
()A recent book is PENNY RIMBAUD (Crass founder).
() We are also offering a ValuPak of (4) books by the techno-futuristic Austrian collective monochrom – It will be $50 plus shipping which is $10 US. Sorry, add $50 for foreign shipping—trés cher.)
() Our DATING A.I. book on Artificial Inteligence predated the movie HER w/Joaquin Phoenix. So is our book on futuristic biotech: On Intercourse and Intracourse. They’re all on our website: www.researchpubs.com
() We have a handful of copies left of the zine LSD MUSEUM Mark McCloud. We only made 20 copies and they are $20 each plus $5 shipping or $10 overseas shipping. Just PayPal $25 or $30 to: info@researchpubs.com – be sure to include your address!
() We’re making a 2nd printing of the 64-page MONTE CAZAZZA zine. Price just $12 (plus $5 shipping; just PayPal $17 to: info@researchpubs.com). Monte Cazazza is one of the big mysteries in the RE/Search canon, and we think it is a miracle he has survived to this day, integrity more-or-less intact! NOTE: Overseas orders $10 SHIPPING (total $22). CALIF residents add 8.75% tax ($2.19 tax, total $19.19).
() We also made 3 copies of SEARCH & DESTROY 2014, the 64-page publication made in 3 days at Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, Sept 2014. It is primarily a visual art and visual language compendium, with the goals of: Black Humor, Anti-Authority, Punk Rock, or Extreme-Personal. $25 plus $5 ship ($15 ship overseas; it’s heavy). Thanks to Julie Peeters and Chris Fitzpatrick for making this possible!
() Three V. VALE PIANO IMPROVISATIONS available for listening on bandcamp NOW. One features amazing guitarist Will Rogers! https://researchpubs.bandcamp.com
() FINALLY: the newest RE/Search Pocketbook is in stock: PENNY RIMBAUD. CRASS proto-Punk co-founder (with Gee Vaucher), performer-philosopher-poet-writer-bread-maker, Penny has a lot to say about how to navigate through our increasingly-confusing media-sedated world. $14.99 plus $5 ship ($10 overseas)
() Lastly, **RE/SEARCH needs a Bay Area XEROX TECHNICIAN to tune up our Xerox Document Centre 535 (paper jams). Anyone know anybody? We need our Xerox DC535 to crank out more zines, faster, with fewer paper jams!
<strong>2. Counter Culture Hour – Sat APRIL 11, 2015 6pm Pacific Time</strong> Watch for it this month as Channel 29 re-airs our shows frequently.
The Counter Culture Hour (aka RE/SEARCH TV) is also simulcast ON-LINE as well as on cable access San Francisco Channel 29 — 6pm Pacific Time, Sat Apr 11, 2015. – see this link at broadcast time: http://www.bavc.org/channel29 You need a fairly decent internet connection and computer to “get it.” USA west coast: 6:00 PM Sat Apr 11, 2015 USA; east coast: 9:00 PM Sat Apr 11, 2015. Tokyo: 10:00 AM Sunday, Apr 12, 2015 If you cannot get this online email us at info@researchpubs.com See RE/Search channel on youtube: “researchpubs”
3. FORTHCOMING EVENTS (San Francisco </strong>unless Otherwise Noted)
() $ http://www.thrillpeddlers.com – our favorite local Grand Guignol Theatre Company at the Hypnodrome – support live local theatre!
() Emerald Tablet in North Beach has lots of fun, low-cost events; go to emtab.org
() Support the Roxie Theater: great programming EVERY NIGHT (our opinion). http://www.roxie.com Right now, a short FILM NOIR fest – Jello Biafra and actress Linda Martinez will attend!
() S.F. EVENTS to Check Out Regularly: Long Now Foundation. Goethe Institute. The List (Punk Rock). Dorkbot. Bottom of the Hill. INdependent. Thee Parkside. The Chapel.
() Tue March 31, 6-8pm: new SFAQ Performance Space, 449 O’Farrell/Taylor St, SF: V. Vale interviews LSD MUSEUM founder/artist/teacher MARK McCloud LIVE. “Take a trip” tonite, for free!
() $ FRI-SUN March 27-29, Ft Mason, SF: Our friend Elisabeth Beaird is helping put on a Pamela Z. theater performance while we’re at Baltimore: “Hello dear friends and colleagues, Circuit Network is currently gearing up to produce SPAN at Fort Mason Center’s Southside Theater on March 27, 28 and 29. Tickets are reasonably priced at $12-$25 sliding scale, and I’ve also set up a $5 discount with the password SFEMF on Brown Paper Tickets, which will be available through March 26 here:
http://pamelazspan.brownpapertickets.com
Thank you! I hope to see you at Fort Mason next weekend. Elisabeth”
() FREE Sat-Sun March 28-29 **BALTIMORE** – Visit RE/SEARCH at The Baltimore Zine Fest (aka Publications and Artists’ Multiples Fair). http://openspacebaltimore.com/pmf/
RE/Search will be there in Baltimore, repeat, because we received this very nice letter from OPEN SPACE: “Hello RE/Search Publications, We are writing to invite V. Vale to lecture in Baltimore, MD on March, 28th or 29th, 2015 during our artist exposition, the Publications and Multiples Fair (PMF). Our organization, Open Space, is an artist-run gallery located at 512 W. Franklin St. Baltimore, MD. Open Space produces a consistent curated program of exhibitions in our storefront space and two annual festivals offsite.
“PMF is a weekend long celebration and survey of artist publications, prints and objects produced in multiple. The fair celebrated its fifth year in March of 2014 and has grown to include over 80 independent publishers, galleries and artists from Baltimore and across the country.The fair has always included supplemental programming such as lectures by MoMA librarian David Senior, a Pecha Kucha series which included artists from New York, Los Angeles and the new director of the Baltimore Contemporary, poetry readings featuring local and national poets, film and animation screenings, practical presentations and many other engaging programs. PMF V (2014) also coordinated satellite exhibitions at nine affiliated artist-run venues across the city connecting a thriving community around this one rallying event. PMF has become both a celebration for local residents and a showcase for out of town folks visiting Baltimore.
“Baltimore is a great audience for Vale, because of the rich independent art and music culture here. Our inexpensive, post-industrial city is a longtime stronghold of artists who live here because they can be part of a great community, make work, grow into unused spaces, and share with one another in a setting that is not dominated by commercialism. PMF has helped foster a culture of accessible publications and multiples, and the exchange of ideas and feelings through shareable physical art works. Given Vale’s prolific experience with counterculture publishing, Open Space believes he would be a great inspiration to the attendees of the fair, both the locals, and visitors. We would love to host Vale for a live presentation to hear more about Search and Destroy, RE/Search, and editing, designing, and publishing in general, and his countless witty accounts from throughout the course of his life so far.”
It was impossible to turn down such an invitation… we’re looking forward to seeing Baltimore! Filmmaker Marian Wallace will also be presenting at least one program of independent films from San Francisco. The fair will be held March 28-29 at a new location: The Baltimore Design School. Baltimore Design School, 1500 Barclay Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Telephone: 443-642-2311 info@baltimoredesignschool.org
THE FAIR – PMF VI
Building on five consecutive years of growing print celebrations, Open Space is thrilled to present PMF VI, the Sixth Annual Publications & Multiples Fair, taking place March 28th and 29th, 2015 at the Baltimore Design School. This annual exposition provides the opportunity to admire, collect, and discuss artist publications, prints, and objects produced in multiple. Join us for this cornerstone event featuring works from over 100 local and national artists, and on-site programming all weekend. The fair is free and open to the public.
Date: March 28th & 29th
Time: 12 PM to 6 PM Saturday & Sunday
Location: Baltimore Design School
1500 Barclay St, Baltimore, MD 21202
FEATURED VENDORS:
57 Cell
ACRES
Adam Amram
Aidan Koch
Alex Ebstein
Amelia, Christian and Stephen
Amy Stober
Andrew Haas
Andrew Walters
Anthony Meloro
Art Vandelay
Baltimore Design School
Baltimore Print Studios
Barely There
Beast Grrl Zine
Bernard Stiegler
Beth Hoeckel
Bite Not Press ft. Nick Vyssotsky
Blonde Art Books
Booklyn
Bundle + Batch
Bushwick Print Lab
Castle Printshop
Celeste Fichter
Chris Day
Chris Morgan
Christina Haines Ceramics
cinderblox
Conor Stechschulte
Conveyor Editions
Dana Bechert
DYLAN THADANI
E&D GOODS
Eamon Espey
Ehse Records
Elena Johnston
Emily Burtner
Empty Stretch
Endless Editions
Every Day Good House
FAMILYFAMILYTREE
Freddy
From The Loom
Friends Records
Fuse Works
Gabriella Grill
Gary Kachadourian
General Matters
Genpop Records
Girl Group
Gratuitous Type
GW Duncanson
Harley Hollenstein
Horses Think Press
Houseboat
Hunter-Savoy Jaffe
Ink Press Productions
Isobel Modica
James Bouché
Jen Liu
Jessica Hans
Jessie Unterhalter
Jihm
jimmi~research
Katey Truhn
Kyle Tata
Lala Albert
Leah Wishnia // Happiness Comix
Lil Gallery
Lindsay Aura Miller
Lola Borovyk
Lupin (featuring Colin Schappi)
Lyla Shlon
Mary Ancel
Matt Thurber
Matthew Scott Gualco
May Kim
Melody Often
MICA Design League
MICA Printmaking
Mike Taylor
Milton Melvin Croissant III
Molly Colleen O’Connell
Morgan Frailey
Munu Editions
Nicholas Verstraeten
Noah Scialom
Nous Somme Loco
Object Of
Ocular Media Group
Oranbeg Press
Patience, Painter
Patrick Schlotterback
Pau Wau Publications
Paul Shortt
Pellinore Press
Player Press
Press-Press
Primary Information
Print Club Boston
Printed Matter
Publication Studio Hudson
RE/Search
ROCK BOTTOM
Ryan Oskin
Sam Kendrick
SEDIMENT
Simon Reinhardt
Small Editions
Somethings + More
Spaces Corners
STUDIO SNACKS
Szechuan Best
Terrault Contemporary
The Black Widows
The Contemporary
Two Friends
V. Vale
WEIRD Magazine
Wham City
Wiley Guillot
y2k
YTB Why The Beef
Zach Hazard Vaupen
Zing Magazine
Zoe Keller
ON-SITE FAIR PROGRAMMING:
Saturday, March 28th:
Maybe Punk Rock Came True
A discussion with legendary writer, musician, and publisher V. Vale, and Baltimore artist Chris Day. Hear about the life of the creator of Search & Destroy and RE/Search Publications, and his thoughts on art, publishing, black humor, and the SF punk scene in the 70s.
20 Years of zingmagazine
Managing Editor Brandon Johnson will discuss the history, mission, and operations of New York-based zingmagazine through a visual montage of issue highlights and other ephemera.
Arts Criticism and the Arts Outpost
Post-Office Arts Journal moderates a panel discussion with Max Guy, Alex Ebstein, and Marcus Civin on criticality in non-capitals of art.
Artists of the Industrial Scene (2006)
dir. Marian Wallace
In this film, ten industrial artists and musicians expound on the ideas behind their music and art production and displays. Starring Mark Pauline, Genesis P-Orridge, Graeme Revell, Jerry Casale, Johanna Went, Jim Thirlwell, and others.
Sunday, March 29th:
Female Bodies in the Art World with Hannah Mandel
A multimedia meditation and discussion on the physical form women inhabit when existing in the art world.
Just Do It!
A Pecha Kucha series of motivational speeches featuring Lexie Mountain, Lauren Brick, Kimi Hanauer, Emiline Boehringer, + more!
Industrial Experiments
Experimental Films by Marian Wallace, featuring Ephemerality (1979), Getting At The Underworld (1985), Valentine’s Film (2000), GG’s Film (2000), The Kite Film (2001), and W.S. Burroughs on the Human Condition (2007).
Shade Series
Poetry Readings curated by Lane Harlan
***
Opium Wampum presents: PMF Wampum
Featuring Fluct, Ami Dang, Get Your Life! Productions, Carly Ptak, Mateo Marquez, Michael Wasteneys Stephens, and Nerftoss. Performance times on Saturday and Sunday TBA
***
OFF-SITE & SATELLITE PROGRAMMING:
Friday, March 27th:
PMF Kick-Off Show @ The Crown
Strange Times People Band (Tape Release!), Arrington De Dionyso, Sunatirene, Sapphogeist
1910 North Charles Street
Bubble Over Green @ The Contemporary
Closing reception for the multilayered audio-visual experience by Victoria Fu, (currently on view Wednesday – Sunday, 4-8 PM).
In the former KAGRO building, 101 W North Avenue, 7-10 PM
***alloverstreet:***
Coast to Coast @ Bodega Gallery
A collaboration between Diane Young and Hunter-Savoy, accompanied by High Rollers and your Lady of Injury.
The Copycat Building, Apt A100, 1511 Guilford Avenue
Strange New Feels @ Lil’ Gallery
Works by Caeli Carr Potter, Alex Day, Claire Felonis, Sara Grose, Angela Heaps and Spencer Shope. Curated by Sara Grose and Claire Felonis
The Copycat Building, Apt A100, 1511 Guilford Avenue
Controlled Rot @ Terrault Contemporary
Work by Rosemary Liss
The Copycat Building, 1515 Guilford Avenue
Stage Fright @ Gallery CA
Works by Sean FitzPatrick
440 E Oliver Street
Time and Again @ Guest Spot @ The Reinstitute
Work by Eric Doeringer
1715 N Calvert Street
Run It @ Penthouse Gallery
Printed matter by Caeli Carr-Potter, Tristan Scow, Mary Reisenwitz, Kate Klingbeil, Christ Williford & Vivian Loh. Curated by Sonja Solvang
The Copycat Building, Apt B501, 1511 Guilford Avenue
***
Saturday, March 28th:
Somethings @ bb
Objects from Fiona Sergeant, curated with Colin Alexander
427A North Eutaw Street
Trance Dancers of the Open Flower @ Open Space
Arrington De Dionyso drawing performance and exhibition. Featuring new works on paper and vellum from his “Trance Dancers of the Open Flower” series, as well as a new body of drawings and paintings made in 2015.
512 West Franklin Street
Girth Proof Vol II @ Springsteen (new location)
New work by Wickerham & Lomax, (opening March 21st, on view through April 18). A recalibration of a recent exhibition which cast its participants from Craigslist and rendered their likenesses in CGI as bulked-up, busy-body event planners. Here they are reincarnated with an empty schedule and an empty stomach.
502 West Franklin Street
Freddy Presents Dick @ Freddy
A selection of photographs taken by Ross Bleckner from
the 1980s’ to the present, as an ongoing investigation into the seduction and repulsion of desire.
510 West Franklin Street, 12-5 PM.
Freak Flash Finale @ Floristree
Curated by Molly Colleen O’Connell. Drain the fluids from your eyes, these are not hallucinations. Energy is physical. Visions are palpable. Freak Flash screenings showcase artists who stir the surreal into waking life. Stay tuned for more details! [END]
() FREE Sun April 5, 5pm City Lights Bookstore, SF: Marc Olmsted discusses Allen Ginsberg (M.O.’s new book on A.G. premieres).
() $ Wed Apr 8, Slim’s, SF: MAGMA! Jello Biafra will be there.
() FREE Sat Apr 11, 5-7pm Catharine Clark Gallery, KAL SPELLETICH solo show opening. https://kaltek.wordpress.com/intention-machinespraying-robots/
SPECIAL EVENTS DURING THE RUN OF THE EXHIBIT:
Several special collaborative events will take place as part of Spelletich’s exhibit. On Saturday, May 2, from 7 – 10 pm, artMRKT San Francisco will co-host an after-party at Catharine Clark Gallery in conjuction with the art fair festivities at Fort Mason. Kal Spelletich will join with artist-musicians Scott Hewicker, Alicia McCarthy and Paul Kos for a night of DJ’d music and cocktails poured by Spelletich’s robots. On Thursday, May 14, from 5 – 7 pm, Spelletich and Alistair Shanks, a Buddhist chaplain who has worked with the Zen Hospice Project and in the San Francisco County Jail system, will give a talk entitled, “Robots and Mystical Transformations: Can Technology Help Address Spiritual Questions and Crises?” An electric array of music DJ’d by Shanks and Spelletich will follow. The exhibit will close on Saturday, May 23 with a musical performance from 3 – 5 pm featuring Spelletich’s robots AND Tom Greenwood from Jackie O Motherfucker, as well as Bay Area painter, street artist and performer Chris Johanson who will make a special guest appearance at the turntables.
() FREE **LOS ANGELES** Sat-Sun Apr 18-19, 2015 – there’s at least an 83% chance RE/SEARCH will be in LOS ANGELES sharing a table with Beyond Baroque/Punk Hostage Press at the LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK FAIR at the USC campus. Look for our white tent! http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/ (We haven’t gotten our transportation figured out (fly, or drive a rental car, or take the Mega Bus) but wish us luck! “Rock stars” like Malcolm Gladwell and John Green will be giving talks or interviews live, but they might require some ticket dinero…
() FREE Tue May 5, 6-8pm: V. Vale interviews ED HARDY at SFAQ Performance Space, 449 O’Farrell/Taylor St.
() VISIT SAN FRANCISCO (if you live out of town) in June 2015 for The Beat Museum’s 2015 Beat Conference. David Amram, David Meltzer and others plan to speak. www.BeatnikShindig.com
() Save the Date: Punk Rock Sewing Circle in collaboration with the Emerald Tablet presents: SF PUNK RENAISSANCE: EARLY WARNING! Artists Reception May 1 and Spoken Word Event May 2, a punk multi media extravaganza at the Emerald Tablet in San Francisco’s North Beach. View the photography, art, ‘zines, and sculpture, meet the artists, and be dazzled by the powerful performance art of L’Egregore during the Artists Reception Friday May 1 from 6:00-9:00 pm. Featured photographers and artists: James Stark, George Sera, Elaine Vestal, Jim Jocoy, Eric Brogger, Winston Smith, Bobby Castro, Ruby Ray, Eddie Valentine, JoJo Planteen, and Winston Tong and never before shown photography by ReSearch photographer Kamera Zie. ‘zines include Blank Generation, New Deseases, Starting Fires, Search and Destroy, Damage, Ripper, Creep, Maximum Rock and Roll, and of course Punk Globe.
Prepare to be mesmerized on Saturday May 2nd from 6:00-10:30 pm during SF Punk Renaissance Early Warning: A Spoken Word Event. Don’t miss this evening of powerful punk poetry, prose, and performance art featuring cutting edge poets and authors from Patrick O’Neil, Brixton Key, Jeorgia Anderson and Annex to Winston Tong with LX Rudis and Moucci. This rare evening, enhanced by the backdrop of iconic pieces from the punk gallery exhibit, is a multi media delight for all the senses. V.Vale will have a table for ReSearch and pioneering ‘zine Search and Destroy. Creative punk film shorts will punctuate the breaks between readers. Doors open at 5:00 for extra time to view the art, have some appetizers, and share a beverage. Confirmed artists include: Winston Tong with Lx Rudis and Moucci, Annex, Patrick O’Neil reading from his about to be released memoir Gun Needle and Spoon, Jeorgia Anderson, Brixton Key reading from his novel Charlie Six, Eddie Valentine, Jennifer Blowdryer, Marc Olmsted, Joel Landmine, Linda XYX, Regi Mentle, Peter Urban, D Mickey Sampson, and Michael Reid reading from his just about finished memoir The Scum Also Rises.
Please consider donating boxed feminine hygiene products! We’ll have a collection at the door to benefit the homeless women of St. Anthony’s Foundation. See you there! Emerald Tablet 80 Fresno (up the alley from the Saloon) San Francisco, CA 94133. The SF Punk Renaissance Early Warning Gallery Exhibit at the Emerald Tablet, a creativity salon, runs from May 1- May 9, 2015, so if you miss the reception and spoken word, there’s still a chance to view this incredible punk gallery exhibit!
4. OUR PAST LIFE: What We’ve Attended or WANTED to Attend/What We’ve Been Reading/Seeing/Listening to/What We’ve Been Sent/Given, or Seen
() Ed H. gave us 4 of the new Simenon book reissues (Penguin Books) on Maigret and they are quite hypnotic.
() Yoshi gave us a beautiful Japanese book on Leonora Carrington and a hard-to-find art book on Pierre Roy.
<strong>5. RECOMMENDED LINKS (send some!)</strong>
() from Rhea T: “bedroom recordings” https://echoechochamber.bandcamp.com/album/nobodys-listening
() Meri St. Mary: PROTAGONISTA! Stream/download: https://soundcloud.com/whateveryourheartdesires/sets/meri-st-mary/s-GRAKk
() website of one who helps us out in L.A.: www.danielleneu.com
() from V in London: “opening manuscript page of JG Ballard’s CRASH on Boing Boing: http://boingboing.net/2015/01/03/the-opening-manuscript-page-of.html
() V. Vale interviewed by Graham Rae at Dangerous Minds
6. QUOTATIONS
() THINK. ENJOY LIFE.
() Idea for a bumper sticker to be sold by homeless: KILLED BY RENT
() “Only Analogue Is Real.”—Nuclear War Now (record label)
() “Language changed from ‘telling the truth’ to ‘veiling the truth.'”—Clemente Padin, quoted in SFAQ Fall 2014
() “Art As Obfuscation.”
() “The Outside is Like the Inside, the Large is Like the Small.”—Heraclitus
() “The more time you spend decorating your outside, the less time you spend cultivating the genius inside you.”—Amanda E.
() “Our Mission: a massive critique of outdated language: its structures and terms.”—K. Think Tank
() “Love Is Deeds… Don’t Be Fooled by Words…”—Sappho
() “Paranoia Increases Awareness.”
() “It’s no longer INFORMATION OVERLOAD, it’s INFORMATION OVERWHELM…”
() “Wherever you don’t feel good, Be Very Afraid!”
() “Where are the female artists?”
() Dominant Paradigm of Today: DISTRACTION Vs. CONCENTRATION.
() Rule for Living: SURVIVE. MAKE ART.
() Strategy Used by The Rich to Pass Criminal Laws Benefiting Them: COMPLICATE & CONFUSE.
() We’re now INUNDATED WITH MEDIOCRITY…Makes It Harder to Find “the good stuff”…
() “GOAL: Learn Ten New Words A Day!”—Gloria K.
7. LETTERS FROM READERS:
() “Hi Vale, Very excited to tell you about our world premiere at BFI Southbank, London on Friday May 8th! We will be in attendance for Q&A and DJ sets too. We’ll be announcing our US premiere & other screenings next week. We look forward to showing you the film. Please help us promote the event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1422169671413199/
BFI – Best regards, Amélie & Travis”
() [sent on Feb 6, 2015] “Tomorrow is the 40th anniversary of PKD’s vision, which prompted VALIS, his best book (in my opinion!)
I am a huge fan!
Jasmine Moorhead
Krowswork Gallery
480 23rd Street – side entrance
Oakland, CA 94612
510-229-7035″
[Bay Area RE/Search readers: please check out Krowswork Gallery!!!]
() () “After seeing the Sandy Kim show at SFAQ space last week, we spent two hours asking ourselves, “WHAT MAKES IT ‘ART’?” Certainly, “art” seems more “confessional” and “selfie” and “narcissistic” than it used to be, ha ha… Oh, and more “shocking” too… And, it shows more raw nudity… Oh well, at least we are “thinking”—we THINK!”—Steven and Sue
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9. New release from Koenig’s Road—Single: “Love Supermarket”—”It’s the best damn Country north of Nashvile.” http://koenigsroad.com (x/12/31/14)
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