Professor Prawns Presents

2012-01-21T14:29:00.000-08:00

Johan Huizinga's "Homo Ludens" (1938) describes play as a free and meaningful activity, carried out for its own sake, spatially and temporally segregated from the requirements of practical life" - so if a life form autonomously plays, they would need a kind of poetic (non-instrumental) awareness. a non-practical, wholly aware/non-robotic state. Is a bird merely a flying, shitting, eating, fucking machine - or it is all these plus a reflective, communicative, sentient being with deep memory and unmeasurable affective capacity? - the answer is found in a video of a crow snowboarding

look out 2012

2011-12-25T23:51:00.001-08:00

sitting here in my parents house visiting for the holidays. this next year is going to be masssssive. really. note the time 2:49AM... it will be hard to top this past year, I've been more happy this last year than I have ever been. not an easy year, but I have been blessed. This coming year I will follow my 8 aspect path and commit even more deeply to my mindfulness practices. Also my communities, my famil(ies), my home, and to boundless discovery of indubitable remarkableness. through freestyle rhymes, tea growing, tea pouring, mobile sweat culture, earthwork, social and climate justice projects, a poetic mindset, design, building in the material realms, chess, biosphereic food and drink knowledge, survival skill and mapping local waters and shelters, forage 2.0, illustrationssss, financial wisdom, bodyphysuoos ///

You need a practice/jam/art space in van?

2011-08-21T13:36:00.000-07:00

contact me about 45 WEST Studios adrian {(at)) transformationprojects dot CA http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/off/2552217338.html

Replay Your Tea With Me @ ArtXchange in Seattle DOCUMENTATION

2011-08-02T20:15:00.001-07:00

Luke Moloney and I were asked back to be the Gong Fu Tea Pourer's for the May Instalment of Miko Kuro's Midnight Tea.

at my 30th bday - there was a freestyle battle between a shark puppet and a lobster

2011-08-02T20:10:00.000-07:00

A Life Quixotic with Adrian Sinclair from PandoraBenevolentSocietyNewMedia on Vimeo.

PROF. PRAWNS @ Poib's AUDIO HALUCINAITONS #17 July 5th, 2011

2011-07-05T20:09:00.000-07:00

Fuses blown by an overload of creative juices spilling out in wet explosions set off by these audio architects:

Improvisors:::::::
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Prof. Prawns - intellectual word wizardry http://professorprawnspresents.blogspot.com/

Gtonium McDonald - bass
Lewis Holloway - accordion
Arnt Jeffrey Arntzen - banjo
Kevin Romain - percussion
Joseph Hirabiyashi - multi-instrument
Elliot Langford - multi-instrument
Hanna-Sarah Myrberg - guitar
Ryan Moses Lidstone - guitar

Shrunken Head Committee ?????
-----------------------
Poib Fehr - guitar
Daniel Ruiz - drums
Colby Sparks - saxophone

Tyson Naylor Solo Experience
-------------------------
Tyson Naylor - keyboards, etc.

The Slick Willies
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Trevor Sather - mandolin, throat, antics, kick drum
Jerry Wernicke - bass, clarinet, pan whistle

More acts to be confirmed~!!!!!

Show up at 9pm

Cover $5

B/W Photos of a FFG Monday night at 45WEST Studios

2011-06-22T16:02:00.001-07:00

Hey look at these pics of the June 20/21st FFG Jam.
taken by Michael Bertz, a member of 45 WEST STUDIOS.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150272798476240.374495.21060931239

just a personal favorite for yall

2011-06-14T23:41:00.000-07:00

this is a remix of a track from one of my favorite rap groups, Food For Animals. They are a duo from Baltimore (an amazingly densely rap talented city).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5noBgyAK3M&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBgngGk_C4E&feature=related

enjoy!

PROF PRAWNS

FFG hosting Freestyle Workshops at DIVERSITY FEST 2011

2011-05-30T13:29:00.001-07:00

Count Snackula and and I (Prof Prawns) are happy to report that Diversity Festival has invited us to give a Freestyle Focus Group Workshop during the 3 day arts and music event on Texada Island this summer from July 8th, 10th 2011.

Here is our brief description of the workshop:

Freestyle Focus Group
Professor Prawns and Count Snacky continue to develop their hip-hop
freestyle methodology and liberation philosophy. They host a weekly
invitational drop-in freestyle workshop at 45west studios in
Vancouver's Gastown and set out on infamous freestyle bike missions
around East Van with a custom-built lightweight bike sound system.
Join them to develop your own freestyle rap skills and liberate your
mind as your subconscious guides your unique expression. This
inclusive non-heirarchical workshop will improve your technique and
confidence in mic skills, improvisation, and flow for all skill levels,
beginners to expert. Everyone welcome.

This, being FFG's the first big festival, is a pretty special moment. We are very honoured to be a part of this party that celebrates art, music, and love in the woods and on the beach.

As IT HAPPENS April 29th Features FFG + Riding4Ridings on the SoundBike

2011-04-29T23:18:00.001-07:00

OK - so Count SNACKY and PROFF PRONZ had the good fortune of being interviewed by Yvonne Gall of AS IT HAPPENS on CBC Radio One. The scene was right in our hood, the totes tubular: Hastings-Sunrise. Pietro, my lovely italian neighbour was looking on. We were part of a story called "sounds of the election" and representing for the project @ridings4ridings.

This is the first National exposure that FreeStyle Focus Group (FFG) has had - also the first that riding4ridings. pretty tubular how both have dovetailed.

here is the show's hot logo:

Pretty cool that this happened - considering I grew up with this show listening to it after dinner over earl grey tea with my parents pretty much every day. The theme song is practically part of my DNA - da daaaaa, da, da, daaaa da na na.

HERE is the link !!

the whole show is pretty good, but if you want to hear just us, 38:10 and just the rap, start at 41:03.

due to the plague - there will be no FFG tonight March 21 2011

2011-03-21T19:57:00.001-07:00

bring it twice as hard next week. - *

Some highlights from February 2011 - Big Month for FFG

2011-03-12T21:19:00.000-08:00

Proffessor Prawns Head to head with MC Hmmmmm?

lettin 'er rip!

Count Snacky caught in the act of his namesake

Joyousness

The Elekwent Folk Hip Hop Crew payed FGG a visit for a rhyme session.

There have been loads of new MCs that have come through. lots of first timers who have either never picked up a mic or have been rapping for a long time but never really did much freestyle or improv wizards/theatre nerds who have always been interested, but never gave it much of a shot till now. Ive got a few pics coming up that do some justice to the extemporanious mayhem that has been going on every monday at 45WEST STUDIOS.

W2 Woodwards Storyeum: BIKES INSIDE PARTY feat. FFG

2011-02-25T14:11:00.000-08:00

Indoor Bike Party at W2! Tonight: FFG will be in full-effect: Our Newly re-tooled sound-bike will be hosting a cypher in one of the W2 rooms. If you have been wanting to get on the mic with Freestyle Focus Group - this could be your chance.

A bicycle-themed dance party at the huge indoor space at W2 Storyeum. Polo starts at 6pm, the party starts at 9pm!

Featuring:
- DJs: Robin Bank$, FreeStyle Focus Group, Adam Hoogeveen, Estro-Testro! (aka Lester), & others for your dancing pleasure
- Gastown Sprints
- indoor bike polo tournament
- live performances from the B:C:Clettes
- bicycle-themed projected photography, art & video from: Krista Bailie, Danielle Baker, Barbara Clayden, Shauna Eve, Greg Fenske, Randall Foster, Marc Johns, Marina Leclair, Rich Lehl, Peter Lojewski, Amanda McCuaig, Museum of Vancouver & Propellor Studios, Alyssa Nassner, Suzanne Pinn, Heather Renney, Revphil, Ernie Sunndwn Shergold, Holly Truchan, Chelsea Tully, Maitland Wright, and more!

Bring your bike in from the cold, lots of indoor bike parking. Note that beverages purchased outside W2 will not be permitted (so don't bring your own booze).

Produced by Jim Hoehnle, Chris Bentzen, and W2 Community Media Arts Society.

Our 2010 t-shirts are still available! Featuring art by Chris Wong. Only $10, available at the party.

$10 at the door
No ticket presales

http://www.bikesinside.com/

2011-02-18T23:37:00.001-08:00

FFG + Slippery Elm as part of Mobile Cypher Crew

FFG at the Libra Room with Khari and his amazingly talented band - First time rhyming to a live beat.

long over due posts

2011-02-18T23:05:00.000-08:00

FFG has been hustlin (although not really much hustle on this blog) - so there is lots to update. We have played three shows since we last spoke to the internet world. We Freestyled our MC Roles as we introduced the Sweet Soul Girls at the Dollhouse Xmass Party on Dec 12? at FORTUNE Sound Club. The VIP Cheese Plate was - ample, and the sound system was incredible - like really really good sounding. Its Funny cause, this is the only documentation we have of the evening. Thanks Woodhead for taking it. I am sure there is other documentation, if you have some and are reading this, FFG would be much appriciative --- we put alot of time into our costumes (that we stripped out of through out the night on stage (inspired by CP's Strip Hop numbers!)

We have also been rhyming at Open Studios at the Pajama Disco Party with the Dollhouse Crew and with Khari's Band at the Libra Room. FFG feels very tubularly happy that these producers and performers are into having us throw down at their parties. Its a huge honour everytime. - its also insanely fun.

JAN 24, UPWARDS

2011-01-24T23:53:00.000-08:00

the home for FFG . . . you are invited.

This a live - in situ - post (MC Bag Foot, MC Wrinkly Fingers, et al.)

Freestyle Focus Group @ Fortune Sound Club, Dec 14, 2010

2010-12-11T21:30:00.000-08:00

Hey FFG Fans (yes, "fans" ... or maybe acolytes? ...) MC SNACKY NUTS and I will be freestyling at Fortune Sound Club this Tuesday. haha. I know -- we will be rapping over (arguably) the best (club) sound system in Vancouver. I say best (club sound system) because I would wager that underground systems like lighta sound or perception sound would destroy fortune's stacks. Nonetheless, this is a pretty interesting development for FFG. I mean, we are accustomed to rocking house parties or tag teaming on our custom SoundBike at parks in East Van. So, getting on the mic at a real live club makes me a tad nervy. But hey, we are pretty amped too. With Freestyle, I never know what to expect. Life is one huge flow from off the top of the head anyway. Below is the promo text for the event written by the one and only, Crystal Precious.
Maybe we shall see you there. It should be a memorable one.

http://www.fortunesoundclub.com/

Soy Chocolate Milk Sandwitches,
Prof. Prawns

- - - -

Whattup Sasspackets!!!

SO. As you may or may not remember (and if you do remember, it’s blurry as hell), we generally do this thing once a year where we kick off our heels and take the night off to celebrate the holidaze in true Sweet Soul fashion: half-dressed and SERIOUSLY dipped in vodka-cranberry sauce. With sparkles on top. And tassles. Maybe a moustache or two. You know, depending how the night went. :)

This year we decided what the hell… if we don’t have a studio at the moment, we may as well set up the decks between two of the sickest stacks in the city and let a few of our awesome former DH residents FULLY take advantage of them. Cue dancing around in totally inappropriate holiday themed outfits and hugging each other suggestively. FAaaaaBulous.

We feel also that the best thing to do when a certain world-famous raccoon named LITTLE MISS RISK comes back from a 3 month tour is to throw her legendary ass back onto the stage so we can drool over it. Don’t you agree? Naturally. And of course, my traditional CP Mistletoe Fishing Rod will be back in action from which YOU CANNOT ESCAPE. Heh heh heh. NEVAH!!!

*******
It's the
4th Annual Dollhouse Family Christmas Party!!!!

Fortune Sound Club
147 East Pender St. Chinatown

THEME: Bad Santas & Ho Ho Ho's (shocker). ALSO ACCEPTABLE: really bad Christmas sweaters, holiday glam shiz, formal holiday steez. HOWEVER: evil santas or slutty holiday wear is preferred.

w/ LIVE performances by Crystal Precious , Lola Frost, Cara Milk, Villainy Loveless, Burgundy Brixx & finally home, Little Miss Risk!!

& DJs:

Steamboat Fattie
K-Tel
Woodhead

& MC's
MC PROFESSOR PRAWNS & MC SNACKY NUTS

9pm - 2am
Show 10:30 pm

$10 / cover

Please Bring Food Bank / Clothing Item; each donation will receive a FREE K-TEL CD!!!

***********

Come join us for wayyyyy too much X-mas cheer before you are at the mercy of (gulp) your REAL FAMILIES.

Happy holidaze! Let's get ho-ey & have a ho-ho-ho down. With ho-sauce.

Jingles n' jiggles,
xooxxoxo
CP, Cara & Joe (& Cherry from abroad!)

FFG Throws Down at SWEET SOUL's BLUE PARTY and EAST SIDE CULTURE CRAWL Crawl

2010-11-29T17:50:00.000-08:00

The PROF and MC KARLIS @ Open Studios Nov 20, 2010. (Minus -5 C)

FFG has had a pretty charged couple of weekends. As you can see above, we were commissioned to freestyle outside the infamous blue party hosted at Open Studios. The Sweet Soul Girls created a wicked atmosphere of SASStacularity that night. MC Karlis (within 2 hrs of the event) fashioned a new more portable soundbike/soundsystem set-up that could loaded onto the back of his panner rack. It was working fine, until the the gell cells frosted over and the beats slowed till they froze. So, we upped our game and beatboxed the rest of the night. it was dope.

This past weekend, Transformation Projects (Andrea Curtis and I) produced an art/performance installation at the Russian Hall called : NOW TOWN CULTURE LOUNGE. We had a saturday afternoon a "Living Room Cypher". We got a lot of people up to rap that have never rapped before. that is part of the mission of FFG. We believe that EVERYONE can freestyle. And so we motivate new people to get on the mic alot. It is wicked to see people bust out lyrics and stories from their unique perspectives. Especially people who are not as heard from in public social forums. Pics from the cypher are forthcoming. For now, here are some pics from the last couple of weeks.

Images Below are some highlights from our weekly FreeStyle Focus Group Jam on Mondays at 45 WEST Studios. Featured Rappers include, MC Renanimals, Slippery Elm, MC HoneyPants, MC Single-Dain, Alistar, MC ISSAC and our youngest freestyler so far, MC Sophie (5 years old).

Freestyle Focus Group: Indoor Sessions Update

2010-10-23T13:48:00.000-07:00

So, Mondays 930PM - Late, MC Karlis and I (Prof. Prawns) have been throwing down at 45 West Studios www.45west.ca on a huge sound system that dangles from the cieling. It runs off of an antiquated-yet virile reciever donated to the space for uses such as ours. We are running two mics and youtube through a main mixer that has many channels to spare. MC Karlis has integrated a usb-recorder that takes the main feed directly from the board. we will be posting some audio for the first time very soon.

here are some pics from the recent monday sessions -

Prof. Prawns

MC Karlis

Here is a very kronkilEE video from my phone which depicts MC KARLIS sounding like a scary alien.

Replay Your Tea With Me @ ArtXchange in Seattle

2010-10-01T11:38:00.000-07:00

Luke Moloney and I, have been invited to instal Replay Your Tea With Me (RYTWM) for Miko Kurio's Midnight Tea on Oct 2, 2010.
Here is a link to the show. http://www.freewebs.com/mikokuro/seattlefeaturedartists.htm

see you in seattle!

Adrian

recent missions

2010-09-11T13:53:00.000-07:00

Unfortunately, we forgot the camera, but the last few missions have been awesome.

last weekend, we staked out the lakewood bike path by Tempelton highschool. a woman came out her house to speak to us and at first we thought, oh oh, were in trouble. but she came out to say that she could hear us down the block and she thought is was great. she brought her child out and her husband and they brought our wine wine and beers and took a seat on the globe-sculpture by the highschool smoke pit. others emerged from their sleepy burrows to come take things in. it was a chill night. then the police paid us a visit, and the lady dumped her wine-and glass in the bushes. the authority was civil, and we were on our way.
He drove up the bike path (sidewalk) all the way to us, rather than just walking a few yards...it was comical.

Last night, (friday 10th) sept. was epic. we started at Salsbury park, attracted 12 person walking posse that emerged from the appt block across the street. they heard us and walked directly toward us and then, after passing them the three mics, they slayed it. hilarious rhymes and gestures. quite accomplished. its nice to MC with other practiced folk, helps raise Karlis and my game. then a lady came out and explained that children are sleeping-yes , the poor children. so sad. they might actually hear some street culture for 20 minutes--but they must be protected. But that said, we are mobile, so we cranked the beats and sped off down the street to woodland park a few blocks down. threw down there, and we approached by the people who live in the Parks and Rec House. We continued on to Benny's Bagels driveway. we were hitting our stride there, rapping to the captive audience on smoke breaks during jamming at the jamspace located across the street (adanac-clark). Eventually the police found us, they had apparently received noise complaints from all the locations we were rapping all along Adanac :) they were very into the soundbike and asked why we did it...I broke into an energetic freestyle about the bike and this situation and the police were definitely into it.

we asked about noise by-laws and how we hate the sound of weedwackers and lawnmowers. but he said that no mater how loud they are, those are allowed, music, tho is pretty much never allowed. there can be sound complaints in the middle of teh day and they have to respond to those. there is no actual time span where you can make musical-artful noise (only construction-and yard maintenance, or engine noise). Does this seem just a little wrong to anyone?

Replay Your Tea With Me @ 45 WEST 2

2010-08-29T13:33:00.000-07:00

Replay Your Tea With Me @ 45 WEST

2010-08-29T12:11:00.001-07:00

The East Van Sound Bike - Freestyle Machine First Run

2010-08-22T10:26:00.000-07:00

Its complete.

I need to get the full technical specs soon. but for now, understand that it is

1 Full Mixer (the very old one donated by Woodhead) used at 121 Heatley Studios
2 custom jel pack batteries
1 rental bass-high combo speaker
2 mics!! (with potential for 4 mics)
Bike trailer
Bike Kickstand
flashy LED's for specular effectations

We rolled to Victoria Park for our first outdoor jam. on the way we blasted Cypress Hill and KRS ONE--everyone we passed on bikes gave us BIG UPS!!!

At the park we jammed for an hour or so. we were on the mics rocking the playground. there were was an interesting assortment of people there. in one of the pics there is a guy in a grey hoodie and red flip flops. he stepped up to the mic and drunkenly threw down some okay lyrics. also, one of the kids pictured contributed a beat to rhyme over (from his iphone).

I am not pictured in these. we need a camera crew.
Also, recordings are on the horizon. will post here asap.

BC Arts Council Compromised By BC Premier's "Legacy Program."

2010-08-20T14:49:00.001-07:00

I am reprinting this Press Release in its entirety to raise awareness of the temporarily partisan-izing of The BC Arts Funding Environment.

________________________________________

Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres

303 E. 8 Ave

Vancouver, BC, Canada V5T 1S1

www.paarc.ca

18 August 2010 - For Immediate Release

In recent months, the B.C. Arts Council has been subjected to an
unprecedented amount of political interference, something former Arts
Council chair Jane Danzo called attention to in her letter of resignation,
made public yesterday evening. This political interference, taking the form
of a direct assault on the arms-length nature of the council, should be of
concern to all British Columbians. The B.C. government has
disproportionately cut funding that used to support cultural activity and
services in our communities (overall, by 50% to 70%), and now seeks to
replace that money with politically-directed money from a Legacy Program.
Not only will no money will be saved by this action, the democratic nature
of cultural expression will be significantly impaired.

It is widely suspected in our community that this interference is an
attempt by government to convert the arts and culture in B.C. into a tool
to be mobilized for partisan political ends, rather than an essential
outgrowth of, and benefit to, our communities. Furthermore, it is believed
by some that this attempt to manage culture directly by political fiat
originates in the office of the Premier.

It is incumbent upon the Premier and the government caucus to refute this
theory, not by mere denial, but by demonstrating a strong commitment to
arts funding at arms-length from political operatives, and by reversing the
disastrous, reckless and wasteful decisions identified in Ms. Danzo's letter.

Keith Higgins
President, Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres

A copy of Ms. Danzo's resignation letter can be found here:
http://stopbcartscuts.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/jane-danzo-chair-of-bc-arts-council-resignation-letter/

For further comment:

Keith Higgins

President, Pacific Association of Artist-Run Centres (PAARC)

khiggins@tatlin.com

"Giving cultural agencies operational autonomy to implement the major
portion of Canadian cultural policy in the arts sector is an important part
of government policy. The armâ€™s length principle is one of Canadaâ€™s
cultural traditions; it lies at the very heart of artistic freedom and
freedom of expression."

FreeSTYLE FOCUS GROUP W/ Crystal Precious

2010-08-17T12:32:00.000-07:00

This weekend we were graced with the incomparable: Crystal Precious, fresh from her showings at Shamballa Fest in Nelson. She was on-it!

12-430AM non-stop.
Sunday August 15th.2010.
Favoured Euphoric Isolates:

1. East Van Canadian Tire and its unfortunate Closing
2. David Suzuki morphing into a huge 300f tall creature
3. Our fecundity (various forms)
4. Snacks

Here was a track we much liked:

Regard the blurry proof!

PPP Live @ the sauna house

2010-08-08T20:03:00.000-07:00

Freestyle Session tonight @10PM Sauna House e. Georgia

Ayatolla--Now Playing

2010-08-08T19:57:00.000-07:00

comercial drive tea skilaz

2010-08-06T16:19:00.000-07:00

Sri Lankan Ceylon, Mediun grade--likely: F OP1

instru-mental tracks lightening my mental state/province

2010-08-04T18:16:00.000-07:00

and this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DypBbOvpMT0&feature=fvw

keeping tabs on the locals

2010-07-31T11:19:00.000-07:00

EMOTIONZ

Here is a local MC that I have never seen play live here in vancity, but I think some of his work, especially this
track. is wicked-awesome.

I am not a fan of all of his output, but thats not a knock on his abilities. In fact,
I like that I do not like everything. He takes bigger risks than most (with flow, content, style, production).

He is also responsible for the best
vancity themed rap. I have seen in a while.

FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP - Peer-Reviewed Preliminary Results

2010-07-30T12:54:00.000-07:00

We now have a total of 39 Euphoric Isolates. (32 new varieties)

Lyrical disembodied yellow styles.

Professor Prawns rapping about Green Blizzards and Xmass Sweaters

Latvian Sensation; Karlis Otto Kalnins raps about Sea Wizards and London Drugs

New Recruit MC Bradley handles the mic with ease.

FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP - SONIC NOMADS JULY 29th, 2010

2010-07-29T14:25:00.000-07:00

The Bellgooosha Laboratory and Professor Prawns Presents:

SONIC NOMADS - AN OPEN INVITATIONAL FREESTYLE FOCUS GROUP
@ Bellgoosha Laboratory
2243 Ferndale Street
9-11PM
Cost: FREE/Donation

Press Release

For Immediate Release
ATTN: COOL PEOPLE

Professor Prawns aka MC ASS (A.drian S.cott S.inclair), and Professor Karlis aka MC K-OK and MC CEDAR (d. Woodhead) have discovered over 3.5 Billion Instrumental tracks on YouTube.

Since this discovery, our cohort in saunasessions(.ca) crew have learned during in-depth weekly research sessions that if these tracks are awakened from their dormant state with improvised rap songs they tend to illicit cognitive and bodily euphorias. To date, our studies have isolated the following 7 themes which most frequently exhibit the aforementioned effects:

bicycling through east van
24 hour restaurants
sweating in the sauna
endemic plant species
muesli recipes
location of morel mushrooms
how to hit on people you find attractive

You are invited to take part in the ongoing research by bringing your freestyles to the lab at 2243 ferndale street. your unique, vocal improvisations (whether sung or spoken), will be added to the aggregate research results currently being compiled.

We are in search of thematic isolates. While we have discovered 7, we anticipate in excess of 10,000 themes ranging in euphoric effects from "Transgressive Ebullience" to "Demure City Boy-Love."

Laboratory Set Up:

1 Sony CARDIOID Microphone
1 Shure Microphone
1 Squire SP-10 Amp
1 Marshall MD 50 DFX
4 Virgen de Chiquinquira (weird Virgin Mary candles)
1 MacBook Pro Laptop
1 Youtube URL that leads to the 3.5 billion Instrumental Tracks

for more info:
adrian@transformationprojects.ca

please RSVP
if you wish to attend the Freestyle Focus Group this thursday.

New Performance Series, Thursday, August 5th 2010

2010-07-25T16:31:00.000-07:00

BROKEN HEARTS; BROKEN LAWNS: SING THE LANDSCAPE TO LA LA

@ Corner lot of Victoria and Turner St

10PM SHARP (TIME & LIGHT SENSITIVE)

THOR'SDAY Augustus (August) The 5th, 2010
Donner (lightning) tag (day) = thursday

View Larger Map

Bring one or some of the following,
or do not bring one or some of the following,
Jermaine Sebulnar will purchase these items from you if you dare:

A tab of ACID ($5), Animal Bone(s) in a bag ($1.35), Do not bring a Crows Beak ($Free), some pocket-bourne beach sand ($1), bent Pogs (.50c), and a chemically developed photo(s) ($1).

Artist Statement:

I will be practicing the semi-anceint
"re-borning" strategy on the empty lot.

THoughtWAVE-NOSTYLE+FREE/STYLE VOICE II

2010-05-13T15:05:00.000-07:00

Its 330AM @ 121 Studios: MC Karlis Kalnins, the Latvian sensation blurs the lines, between lines with his storybook flow, and wikipeida knowledge dominating the inputs.

In tandem with beats and words are the canvas alterations and paintings performed by Megan McAneely.

the longnitudinale\ious view.

not pictured: Adrian Sinclair AKA: MC Professor Prawns

THOUGHTWAVE-NOSTYLE+FREE/STYLE VOICE I & II

2010-05-12T21:29:00.000-07:00

May 10, 11th 2010

Professor Prawns Presents:
A NEW Night called
THOUGHTWAVE-NOSTYLE+FREE/STYLE VOICE
@ 121 Studios 10pm-4am.
121 Heatley Ave-Powell St.
Cover free/ or by donation.
text me for more info/rsvp.

Description:
A PA,
YOUTUBE INSTRUMENTAL TRACKS,
A 2200 Square foot space,
and your untrained and unique voice flowing over BEATS.

PS:
Bring::: CANABANOIDS
Tonight we smoke
and spit rhymes for the extradited and honourable:
MARC EMERY

Leer Licks I

2009-11-28T23:59:00.000-08:00

guttenberg derrogotypes
papercloth phenotypes
acid wash Mary Poppins anti gravity flying kites
whole clove mulled winotypes
solvent foundations took hold of cardinal water dykes

bass entombed in bronze sonic youth
sung in unison, the heroes left unsung
right on the tongue's tip, lips parted
the victorian candle lit, titanium hips
critically fail

First Vocal OnSlaught on the Books, ON THE CASSETTE

2009-04-20T18:40:00.000-07:00

45 minutes of magnetic tape suspended from the pipng lining the ceiling.

The first/premier evening of idio-sonus-motif complete. there was much indecipherable garble, repetitious stray words, mimesis, sonic versimiltudes, flocks of vowels and jovial sillyness.

after a while, we lay there under the reds, pinks and blues of the Save On Meats Sign and tried to repeat all the street sounds of buses stoping, people muttering, doors opening, cross-walk beeps, and motorcycles gunning their engines.

I served japanese tea. I got distracted and I way-over-steeped it. It tasted terrible :)

The next Chorus Yeltzin will be MAY 14th at 8pm. Good tea will be served followed by 45 minutes of awkward soul music improvised by volunteerism.

Attention: NEW TIME for first meeting of "chorus Yeltzin" night

2009-04-15T14:55:00.000-07:00

The new time is 830pm!!!!!

Thanks, that is all.

Professor Prawns

Chorus Yeltsin, a new night of Vocal Idiocy April 16th, 2009

2009-04-10T01:20:00.000-07:00

Every second Thursday at 8pm people sing, murmur, grattle, chamy, sing, tone, infra-sonic, boom vocal, collapse lungs, bio-decibel, sound morph, cadence obsolesce, refrain, negative sonus, verse versus, noise: together or solo-apart to make an unchoir:...

This night is not about performance, yet it joyfully prances in its vocal autopoesis.

Location: 45 west hastings

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=opera&rls=en&q=45%20west%20hastings%20vancouver%20bc&sourceid=opera&oe=utf-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl

Eggs at our Town Cafe, April 5th 2009

2009-04-10T01:10:00.000-07:00

While there was no photo documentation that I am aware of for this show, the events are well documented in my crainial cramdery. After the participACTION blessing from the Hal Johnson and Joanne McLoed eggs, the eggs and the water (soup bucket) ejected their contents onto the Broadway and Main Street intersection. We circled the block for a SPRAUUNTY avec ghettobasts, there was a Hal Johnson EGG HUNT, and the true orgins of easter, geometry, and the olympics were taught.

There was an excelent turn out and Chris-s-riffic was Terr-i-ffic, as was Hermetic.

Thanks all for making that night magnificent.

2009-04-04T13:49:00.001-07:00

Photos and reflections from: 2010 Old Limp Kids

2009-02-02T21:05:00.000-08:00

Above: BodyBreak Theme (Jaunty Version) blaring out of the 1995 SANYO.
Above: the Spraunty (Juanty+Sprint)
Photo Credit: Kathryn Scarfone
Above: Professor and students Participacting during a 1am Spraunty down West Cordova Street.

Reflections: The Nude Night Sprint, which ended the class was a complete success. Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod were fantastically sproingy and spreenged. While there is no photo documentation of the sprint, there is lasting effects in the minds of those in attendance. They both leaped, louded, frambled and toe-tinkered toward and apartly in the pitch blackness of Participaction. There were flurries of strobed lightings, obliquely animated light blasts that still-framed their motilities momentarily.

Here is the text from the Learnology Pamphlets handed out to Participactors for:
2010 Old Limp Kids, Friday January 30th, at 45 West Studios.
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Professor Prawns Presents: Special Topics 456
The Subversity of East Vancouver, BC
Way more; Learn-core. Est. 2005
Welcome to Special Topics 456: 2010 OLD LIMP KIDS
Instructor: Dr. Professor Prawns, Ph.3 (Acidic)
Teachers Assistants: Strukov and Gina Gash (waiting or hiding upstairs)

Welcome.
Hello.
(Hello and welcome) to Special Topics 456: 2010 OLD LIMP KIDS

The Special Topic In Learn-ology we will learn about today is:

How to become Highly Reputable Mega-Athlete

or

Why the Bodies of Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod were Created in 1972 by a Federal Grant issued to Philippe de Gaspé Beaubien to Secretly develop an Ancient Athletic Energy Weapon Code-Named “participACTION.”

But before we begin, you should know that class participation is how we all keep fit and have fun.

Bodybreak: PARTICIPACTION.
To PARTICIPACT: Always read-out-loud everything that is printed in: Bold.

For Practice: A reading from “Still Doing It” by Silvana Simonette (2000)

difficulty level 1
“Nikos was nothing if not persistent. Lets move behind that hedge. Come Sylvie, come. Confused, excited and dazed, I stood and allowed Nikos to lead me behind the thick hedge. We would be well hidden, but I had never done anything like this before. My head was spinning. My body shook in spasms. My labia opening like a flower, the nectar flowing, I wanted to let go, to see the stars whirling in a vertigo of mad enjoyment, to reach the sublime instant of complete oblivion in the arms of a man, a man like Zorba” (Simonette 63).

Good. Good one.

Many people mistakenly believe that there must be a complex and arduous method to becoming a Highly Reputable Mega-Athlete. These people are mistaken. Yes, Yes they are. No, pn, no. yes. They are oblivious to the basic principles of Learnology .These people who believe its is a daunting duaunter of a task to become a Highly Reputable Mega-Athlete are unaware that the modern-day “Olympics” are not derived from the Greek Olympiad, but are actually based on the teachings of an ancient desert-dweeling sect of thin, grey, acrid, maligned, sinewy-Kartoffle Salad children who called themselves the “OLD LIMP KIDS.” Their sinewy phoneme still persists as the “O-lymp-ics” today. The OLD LIMP KIDS (OLK) thrived roughly 2000 years ago In Der Nahr Von Das Persian Gulf where they trained thousands of nude limp-running acolytes for obliquely angled relay-races over the dunes and under the sea.
The OLK’s were originally part of a well known and widely respected mainstream sect called the Heretical Nude Gentiles. They nudely mingled, relay-raced and worshiped together until the “Limp Schism of 13 AD.” Those who would later be called the OLD LIMP KIDS opposed the font of the final proof of the Heretical Nude Gentile Scroll of Relay-Races and Sand-based Sport. From then on, the OLD LIMP KIDS became consensus-based collective of grey mouthed bit-torrents of dweeling and unadulterated pure-competition. They competed without joy, without merit, and without nudity.

Alors, thus, and so on,
Sadly modern day Olympiad has really been about carrying forward arcane teachings of the OLD LIMP KIDS. Therefore:
1. The Subversity of East Van officially non-endorses “LIMPNESS” as a legitimate founding principle of Highly Reputable Mega-Athleticism.
2. Thus, I Professor Prawns, beseech you, my students, to PARTICIPACT.

Today I will reveal to you through the prudent use of participACTION, that it’s sooo easy to be a Highly Reputable Mega-Athlete that it’s a cinch . We will achieve this through three micro-lectures.

Micro-Lecture Number One----------History and Praxis of the Jaunty
Micro-Lecture Number Two:---------Fruit, and How to Use it
Micro-Lecture Number Three:-------Nude Night Invisible Sprint
(Taught by Hal and Joanne)

Micro-Lecture Number One: History and Praxis of the Jaunty
The Jaunty. The Sprint. Or the common usage: Thee-eeee Spraunty. Some say its noble character can only be achieved by those who train obsessively, eat nothing but coiled orange peppers, linseed, 12 raw eggs per pepper, and no hemp oil per egg. The Junt is not the Spraunty. Jaunt Sprint---
Juant. Jaunt. Carl Lewis ran too fast. Linford Christie, Carl Lewis is/are running constantly. Raw cardomon seed, mustard root, fish skins, eye of honey bee, sea salt. Sprint Jaunt-- Junt. Herein, many say that the Jaunty’s noble character can only be achieved by those who train obsessively and live to compete. This, of course was a teaching of the Old Limp Kids. Tonight we Jaunty together as a mass of untrained particiPACTORS. Let us now go for a short Spraunty…

(Commence Local Jaunty application) (Track 1 on Jaunty CD)
Subversity of East Van Instructors Edition IV.

Micro-Lecture Number Two: How I met Hal Johnson

During my practicum for the Subversity of East Vancouver, Hal Johnson and I were dorm-mates at the downtown campus. This was before I met Sing-o-tron, (for those of you who have been to my other classes). One morning I asked Hal Johnson what his secret was. How did he become a Highly Reputable Mega-Athlete? He looked at me and whispered into my eyes,
”Prawns … fruit is love.”
I said, “Hal, do you mean you only eat fruit?
He said, “no, fruit is love”
I said, “Prove it.”
Hal began checking for breathing, elevating and putting pressure on his arm, and then recited this liturgical proof-verse.

Fruit is Love
1: eat the fruit
2: don’t forget that apples are fruit
3: thus eat the apples
4: oranges are inside the market
5: go the market to look at them
6: maybe bring some money
7: look at them with apples in your hands
8: this will be fun for you to do
9: Joanne says eat the fruit at the market
10: they will not like you at the market
11: they don’t like fruit
12: they pretend to like fruit but really only like Joanne
13: laugh at this
14: give them a lot of your money
15: take all of their fruit
16: roll all of their fruit down a high grassy hill
17: fruit likes to be free
18: the secret fruit is already yours
19: it likes to be free
20: roll yourself down a grassy hill
21: your fruit will love it
22: we are fruit and we have fruit and fruit is love
we are fruit and we have fruit and fruit is love
23: eat the love
24: now there is fruit in your colon
25: eat your colon
26: roll down to the orchard and plant your colon there
27: make colon wine
28: the hill calls you
29: the market doesn’t want its fruit
30: fruit eat fruit
31: okay, now go to Hal’s house.

He told me to recite this poem everyday, all the time.

Micro-Lecture Number Three: The Nude Night Invisible Sprint
And now what we have all been waiting for… Upstairs in the Pitch darkness of participACTION, awaits Nude Night Sprinters/Spraunters, back from the dead, Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod. Now, we witness total participACTION, via the earthly conduits of these primordial Highly Reputable Mega-Athletes. Upstairs, When I say “BODYBREAK” you all need to yell “PARTICPATION” to commence the proceedings.

Let us Practice:

BODYBREAK
PARTICIPACTION

Good.

First Show: 2010 OLD LIMP KIDS

2009-01-20T21:13:00.000-08:00

---click on image to see full huge sizo-----

The tricky part is to get to the place. The show is at Studio 45 West. It is on the top floor of the building next to Save-On-Meats on Hastings Street. (45 west Hastings).

There is no front entrance. Go to Abbot Street and then around back to the back door of the building and ring the buzzer. The door will prolly be open, but just in case.

Here is a GOOGLE MAPS LINK:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&q=45+west+hastings+vancouver+bc&fb=1&split=1&cid=1394525679635593304&li=lmd&z=14&t=m

Be there on time if ya can.

Its free of charge. But Donations will be accepted.

For more informaiton: adrian.prawns@gmail.com