This evening

Good to be back home in Vermont.

Took a long walk today through the forest with Pippin. We continued into evening, as the forest settled into blues and greys and blacks. I came to a clearing. I noticed how the dark ending-light provided cohesion to the tree trunks, as if a layer of old loosely-woven tapestry had been draped over their rough surfaces, and every falling early Autumn leaf shone like a muted stream of gold.

Tour, Other

I will be embarking upon a tour with the label co-owner, Travis Bird, of my cassette label, Notice Recordings. We will be touring with Dutch filmmaker Jaap Pieters, who specialises in the Super-8 format. We will be playing sound and music to accompany his silent films.

The tour dates are as follows :  *UPDATE – Dense Reduction shows*

October 5 & 6 – Anthology Film Archives (Pieters’ films only), New York City
**October 9 – TBA – New York City (No films… Dense Reduction with Ben Owen, Anne Guthrie and Yellow Crystal Star)
October 10 – Dogstar Arts – 277 Spruce Knob Rd, Middletown Springs, Vermont 05757
**October 12O’Briens Pub – 3 Harvard Ave., Allston/Boston, MA 02134 (No films… Dense Reduction with Xela, Veiled, Amobriax and Double Awake)
October 13 – Spectacle – 128 Brookside, Boston, Massachusetts 02130
October 17Melwood Screening RoomPittsburgh Filmmakers – 477 Melwood, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213
October 19 – Robinwood Concert House – 2564 Robinwood Ave, Toledo, Ohio 43610
October 21 – Cinema Borealis – 1550 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, Illinois 60622
October ?? – TBA, Madison, Wisconsin
October 28 or 29UWM campus, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
In other Notice Recordings news, an email-conducted interview by Foxy Digitalis / Digitalis Industries has been posted on their site: http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/?p=17044. A fine example of how we see things, now.

The Wire magazine has posted two of our tapes on their “Sleeves Received” blog, featuring “gems” received in their “mailbag”. A great, simple blog, highlighting some of the fantastic printing and design work on so many records, CDs, and cassette tapes these days. Here: http://thewiremagazine.tumblr.com/post/9921335615/the-wire-magazine-notice-recordings

Some tapes are still available, specifically the two just announced, so please drop me an email for purchase if you’re interested: noticerecordings [at] gmail [dot] com