Freestyle Focus Group: Indoor Sessions Update

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

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

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

Replay Your Tea With Me @ 45 WEST

The East Van Sound Bike - Freestyle Machine First Run

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."

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

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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 arm’s length principle is one of Canada’s
cultural traditions; it lies at the very heart of artistic freedom and
freedom of expression."