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Friday at Noa Noa: Freudian Slit, Joe Hertenstein, Age, Virginia Griswold & Morgan Higby-Flowers 09-13-2013

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Sep 122013

Talk about a great lineup coming out of nowhere — our Experimental Series #6 at Noa Noa tomorrow evening fell into place in a matter of days. First, Brighton, Great Britain noise artist and show organizer Freudian Slit wrote me asking what events were going on while they were visiting Nashville. We ended up scheduling this show. Freudian Slit met Age, Virginia Griswold, and Morgan-Higby-Flowers at the NO MEDIA event during the Clarksville Art Walk, and we added those artists to the bill.

Then, Theatre Intangible collaborator Thomas Helton wrote me to let me know his friend Joe Hertenstein would be in town Friday and might be persuaded to perform. Thus, this morning, the bill for the Noa Noa Experimental Series #6 was finalized.

Friday’s theme is “Supersized Mess — Bigger, cheaper, faster, more more more!”

Here’s a bit more about each artist:

Freudian Slit is a British Genderqueer activist come noise musician. Messing up some supersized menu items for your viewing pleasure. And hopefully your bleeding ears.
Joe Hertenstein is a New York City-based drone/avant-garde/free improv drummer, originally hailing from Germany. He’s played with heavy hitters such as Mat Maneri, Anthony Coleman, Ken Filiano, Frank Gratkowski, Jon Irabagon, Achim Tang, Thomas Helton, Pascal Niggenkemper, Mikko Innanen, Todd Neufeld, Simon Jermyn, and Thomas Heberer. Tonight, he’ll be joined by special guests Randy Hunt and Jamison Sevits.
Age explores electronic copying nastiness as a new tonal language – Josh Gumiela and Luke Rainey, based in Nashville, TN.
Virginia Griswold & Morgan Higby-Flowers make dirt-filthy, loud, stroboscopic noise and visuals cutting through wet porcelain.

Our show starts at 10pm, so you’ll have plenty of time to catch the 7:30pm show Concurrence & Dig Deep Light Show at Free Form Fridays at the Centennial Black Box Theatre.

Check out videos from the touring artists below. More info on the Facebook event page.

Noa Noa Experimental Series #6: Supersized Mess
Featuring Freudian Slit, Joe Hertenstein, Age, Virginia Griswold & Morgan Higby-Flowers
Friday, September 13th, 2013
Doors at 9:30pm, show at 10pm sharp
Suggested donation $5 to touring band.
BYOB. Park in front yard and surrounding business lots.

Noa Noa (house)
620 Hamilton Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203

Friday at Noa Noa: Mans Trash, Christ Lord, Roman Polanski’s Baby, Renee Louise Carafice 08-02-2013

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Aug 012013

My roommate Tommy put together a great lineup for this Noa Noa house show Friday, August 2nd at 9pm.

There’s Athens, Georgia band Mans Trash, the new thing from Mercer West, a prolific musician who last played Noa Noa with Bird Names.

Then there’s Christ, Lord; a violin, accordion, stand-up bass, trumpet, percussion six-piece from Atlanta.

Plus Roman Polanski’s Baby, a three-piece Murfreesboro punk band.

And the ever-wonderful Renee Louis Carafice, making her third Noa Noa appearance. I still believe she has one of the greatest voices in Nashville.

More info on the Facebook event page.

Mans Trash, Christ Lord, Roman Polanski’s Baby, Renee Louise Carafice
Friday, August 2nd, 9pm, $5, byob

@Noa Noa (house)
620 Hamilton Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203

Park in front yard and surrounding business lots.

Tonight & Tomorrow at Noa Noa: You’re a Winner (Interactive Performance Art) 07-26-2013

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Jul 262013

People always ask me, “Tony, where can I find good experimental theatre / performance art / variety show / summer camp olympics / audience participation / unicorn-fixated / candy corn raining / dance parties?”

Until today, my stock answer was upturned hands, a shrug and, “Santa’s Pub?”

Now I’m happy to report, the dearth of options has been … un-dearthed! Enter “You’re a Winner,” an interactive performance art piece in the backyard of Noa Noa, Friday and Saturday, July 26th and 27th at 8:30 pm. Two shows only.

What is it? Honestly, you’ll have to come to find out, but the teaser video at the end of this post and this press release offer a few clues:

Do you like unicorns? If you answered “yes”, “maybe,” or “no,” then this is an evening for you!

Come explore what it takes to win in this interactive performance experience! There will be sequins, prizes, Nirvana music, sitting, unicorns, and SO MUCH MORE….

THINGS TO BRING:
1-Yourself and a few friends
2-Your positive winning attitude
3-Something to drink
4-A blanket or a chair
5-Bug Spray
6-Monetary Donations if you got ’em
(Suggested Donation is $5)

The Co-Creators:

William Stewart Ladd is a WINNER at cleaning toilets, drinking soy milk, and gluing sequins onto everything.

Erin Christian Law is a WINNER at eating spinach, vacuuming, and reading instruction booklets.

Tyler Kassidy O’dneal is a WINNER at brushing her teeth, using the internet, and twerking.

More info on the Facebook event pages. (Friday night here, Saturday night here.)

You’re a Winner
Friday, July 26th & Saturday, July 27th, 8:30pm (doors), 9:00pm (show)
Suggested donation of $5

@ Noa Noa (come to back porch)
620 Hamilton Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203

BYOB. Park in front yard and surrounding business lots.

Monday at Noa Noa: Insect Factory, Public Speaking, Dig Deep Light Show w/ Live Improv Score 07-22-2013

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Jul 202013

Insect Factory

The fifth installment in the Noa Noa Experimental Series is happening Monday, July 22nd, and this one is a doozy: Insect Factory, Public Speaking and Dig Deep Light Show w/ Live Improv Score.

The theme is “Mood Light: three acts altering mood with color and sound,” and it garnered a Critic’s Pick from Joe Nolan at the Nashville Scene:

Insect Factory’s music would be the perfect thing to listen to if I were writing this pick in a space station, generations removed from my earthbound ancestors, chronicling the aching edge of the species’ evolution into some wholly new thing as it hurtles toward an ever-more-unknowable end. Jeff Barsky is the man behind the project, and the densely layered, repetitive, droning tracks he creates are as surprisingly dynamic as they are pleasantly hypnotic. In addition to the Factory’s cosmic mood-making, this event at Noa Noa will include the soulful noise of Public Speaking. The band’s debut full-length Blanton Ravine is being talked up as a masterful meld of sound collage and sexy pop sensibilities. Tonight’s show should make clear whether Brooklyn artist Jason Anthony Harris and his bandmates are messing with a mismatched mash-up or connecting disparate elements to create something genuinely unique and lasting. Tonight’s festivities will culminate in a colorful light show by Dig Deep, featuring the projector magic of Scott Sanders and Dave Shambam. Their swirling spectrums will be accompanied by the live musical improvisations of Tim Carey, Alan Fey, Matt Hamilton, Mike Hiegemann, Craig Schenker and Chris Watts.

Joe did a wonderful job with the profiles of the performers. I just want to add one bit about Dig Deep Light Show. Members Scott Sanders and David Shambam will wash an entire side of the Noa Noa basement with vivid, hypnotic oil abstractions magnified on overhead projectors. Normally visual artists get relegated to making pretty backgrounds for live music. For this show, we wanted to flip the balance. In the most ambitious Noa Noa set up so far, a six piece orchestra featuring marimba, horns, synths and guitars will make improvised music to the visuals. The musicians will stand behind the audience. Yes, the visual artists get the spotlight for a change. We’ll be recording the improv for a future Theatre Intangible podcast. This show will be be one of the coolest things ever to happen in our basement. Because of the ambitious set-up, Dig Deep will probably go first, so make sure you arrive on time if you don’t want to miss the indoor fireworks show.

More info on the Facebook Event Page.

Insect Factory, Public Speaking, Dig Deep Light Show w/ Live Improv Score
Monday, July 22nd, 8:30pm, $5 suggested donation to touring bands

@ Noa Noa (house)
620 Hamilton Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203
BYOB. Park in front yard and surrounding business lots.

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