performers:
A Telephone Call (film)
(BUFFALO, NY/OLYMPIA, WA) – an extended reading of A Telephone Call by Dorothy Parker
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Angelo Spencer & Les Haut Sommets
(OLYMPIA, WA/FRANCE) – Earth with Tinariwen, Karl Blau with Khaled, Oran and Olympia, Mt Rainier and the Sahara desert, kebab and kombucha
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Arrington de Dionyso's Malaikat dan Singa
(OLYMPIA, WA) – between shamanic ecstacy, lunacy and “music”
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Broken Water
(OLYMPIA, WA) – the soundtrack for watching large icicles fall from high places, a heavy trip
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Bryan, Frank, and Bob
(ANACORTES) – featuring members of the Spoiled, the Few, Poundings Serfs, Gravel, Burl and more
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Calvin Johnson
(OLYMPIA, WA) – phantom limb of American Tradition in the flesh, flailing and stoic
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Caulfield and his Magical Violin
(ANACORTES) – you can expect roughly “dirty powerpop”
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Chestnut Collection
(BELLINGHAM, WA) – guileless songs on the back on a friendly whale
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Earth
(SEATTLE, WA) – truly psychedelic, in a slow deep way, the way the core of the planet must sound
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Harry Smith (films)
(ANACORTES PERSONALITY) – Anacortes’ most treasured/unknown former resident, discoverer of all counterculture, founder of art
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Karl Blau
(SAMISH ISLAND, WA) – It’s that grit in the oyster that forms the pearl, they say. Pisces is a slippery one. Play out the line; see where it takes you
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Key Losers
(PORTLAND, OR/ARIZONA) – capitalism, transportation, networks, alienation, aggression, and Mexican food
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Kimya Dawson
(OLYMPIA, WA) – ...one of those rare birds that make you feel like she needs you as much as you need her.
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LAKE
(OLYMPIA, WA) – traditional “pop” music from early 21st century North Pacific America
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Lloyd and Michael
(PORTLAND, OR) – Is “supergroup” super annoying to say?
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Matthew Stadler
(PORTLAND, OR) – He’s writing cover novels these days.
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Motorbikes
(ANACORTES/ARKANSAS) – Not “What to do?” but “How to execute?”.
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NK
(VANCOUVER, BC) – the subtle light from another sky falls on the banister, obscure moments evoked in complex beautiful song
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Ô Paon
(ANACORTES/QUÉBEC) – real-life darknesses rearranged into song, in French
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The Drink Up Honey
(ANACORTES/CHICAGO) – experimental sometimes electronic sometimes acoustic soundscapes using found and live sound
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The Gift Machine
(ANACORTES/CALIFORNIA) – Single fin salty beard slow jams
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the Hive Dwellers
(OLYMPIA, WA) – disparate individuals who share a common love of rock’n’roll, library cards and railroad travel
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the Unspeakable (film)
(SEATTLE, WA) – a microscopic focus on Northwest artists
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Vanessa Renwick
(PORTLAND, OR) – A cinematic rabble-rouser who explores the possibility of poetry in contemporary society
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