Just a quick note to make mention of two events
approaching VERY soon! 1) This Friday, February 7, The Invasive Species will
play a show with George Korein & the Spleen and Sasha V at the Pharmacy in
Philly. It's at 1300 S. 18th. St. 8 PM. Please come out! Spread the
word! "Event page" is
HERE.
The next day, Saturday Feb. 8 at 1 PM I will be part of
a panel discussion about the artists and intellectuals of South Mountain
Road at the Rockland Center for the Arts. I'll draw from the years of
research I've logged in the writing of my biography/art book centered around
Mary Mowbray-Clarke, who, along with her husband John Frederick and their
inseparable friend Herbert Crowley, were the first artists to settle on "the
Road", in 1908.Details about the event can be found
IN A SHORT ARTICLE HERE.
Meanwhile, I'd like to apologize for updating the site
too late to have mentioned this show when it happened... Northern Liberties
played a wonderful show with
BELOVED BINGE and CAMP CANDLE
who were both so incredible. We hope you were there. We're always there in
spirit. I made a flyer for it:
All for now! Stay tuned for details, including some news of the art
show in Belgium. Thanks for taking time to
read this somewhere else than on antisocial media.
Please see the sidebar at the left for a list of upcoming
events. Not all details are in yet for each event, but I hope to make a
further update once I have more information. It's hard to believe 2020 is
looming.
My art exhibit in Chicago at INTUIT will be coming down
on January 12. If you're in the Chicago area please visit before it's gone!
INFORMATION HERE.
Hyperallergic.com has included Temple of Silence in their
"best of 2019" books list! Check out what they have to say
HERE. Scroll on down to entry number 16. It's in very good company!
Northern Liberties continue to record a "monthly single"
which we then upload to bandcamp... we've missed a month here and there, but
I'm proud of it and you should check it out! We just finished a decent cover
of Roky Erickson's "The Wind and More." That's
HERE!
There is a rumor of one of my scroll panels being
included in an exhibit in Belgium in March but that's all in the planning
stages. Still, very exciting. 2019 was the first time I showed artwork in a
museum or "formal" setting outside of Philly (and actually my first museum
show, as well!) and 2020 may be my "international debut" as a visual artist.
This is also reminding me I have never performed as a musician outside of
the United States, something I want to do before the end! This year I hope
to learn to swim, play music in another country, get at least close to
completing a rough draft of the Mary Mowbray-Clarke biography, write some
"one-off" non-fiction pieces and make them available here on my website with
an option to "donate to the author" if one wishes to help fund all this
research. I have several more research trips I want to make - to the UK,
Buffalo NY, Washington DC, NYC, and I may try to find a "proxy researcher"
to look up some things in Ohio. There are even a few archives here in Philly
I want to visit. But I need to WRITE and to weave together the MASSIVE
amount of information I have now - maybe before I go digging for more, ha!
I am working on artwork all the time as usual.
Apologies for the gap in updates! There are an
overwhelming amount of looming events and happenings, so I will get right
into that, and then re-cap a few things that happened in the over-long
interim since Summer of last year!
Northern Liberties have a new record in the bag, so to
speak - we will self-release it on vinyl/digital sometime later in the year.
It will be called Parallel Hell. For the lead-up to that, we've begun
a "monthly singles series" in which we record and upload one new song on the
first of each month - it could be a re-working of an old song, a
collaboration, a new song, a cover, or something from our archives.
THAT CAN BE FOUND HERE!
Next up, I am elated to announce that I will be speaking
at and attending the reception of the first exhibition of the artwork of
Herbert E. Crowley in 53 years! This will be at the
Fumetto Comix Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. The talk is scheduled
for Sunday April 7, and the reception for the exhibit is Saturday April 13,
at 4 PM. The talk will include Crowley's niece, with questions from the
publisher of
The Temple of Silence, Josh O'Neill.
Sunday, April 28 Invasive Species play at Vox Populi with
Aphid Daughters and Forgotten Bottom, and on Wednesday May 22 we play at
Anthorna Gallery with a touring band called Teen Mortgage. Both these shows
are in Philly.
Now - to correct for my laxness in updating this site -
here are some of the things that went by since the previous update:
Geb the Great Cackler played our first show in 12 months
at the annual two-piece fest in Philly on Saturday Feb. 23. This year it was
held at "Everybody Hits" a venue that, by day, serves as batting-cage
practice. Here's a photo of the "load-in sheet" to state for the record who
else shared the bill etc:
On Friday March 1 Northern Liberties played at Cousin
Danny's in West Philly. Here's a flyer I made for that one, which references
the recent "furnace party" craze in Philly, which... I can't and won't
attempt to describe other than to say it's supremely Philly, somehow. Flyer:
Other than that.... my research for my art-tome/
biography of Mary Mowbray-Clarke continues. I've had some serious research
breakthroughs in the past few months, including the discovery of "new" lost
artwork from Herbert Crowley... I can't wait to someday share all of this
with the world, somehow! Here's a photo of some of my research notes:
Just a quick update to add some new music events (one of
which is TONIGHT, whoosh!), as well as an author's talk I'll be doing at the
Philly Library in November. Very excited about all of this!! Here is a flyer
I made for one of the upcoming shows: 
Looking forward to all of these very much! More later as
it develops! All for now!
UPDATE - July 5, 2018
I have some music shows coming up very soon - two this
weekend with two different bands! In the interim since the last time I
checked in here though, I began putting some of my non-fiction writing up on
a blog site. I have two pieces up as of now. One tells the story of one of
my favorite artists, a woman named Renee Leshner. The other delves into the
forgotten history of artist Howard Kretz Coluzzi, and is a small excerpt
from my work-in-progress biography of
Mary
Mowbray-Clarke. YOU CAN READ
AND FOLLOW THE BLOG THROUGH THIS LINK!
THIS SATURDAY, July 7, Northern
Liberties are playing our 238th. show. It's with HIRS Collective, Night
Raids, Yarrow, and Lester, in Philly at PhilaMOCA. It's a benefit for
Beyond The Bars, a
Philadelphia-based nonprofit that teaches music to incarcerated youth as
well as those impacted by the criminal justice system. It's also the second
night of "First Time's the Charm" - a showcase for ensembles making their
public debut... but there were cancellations, so now only the first day of
the two-day event will feature debut bands. I only mention this because this
is because we're 237 shows and 18 years away from our first show. 238th.
time is the charm. Come be charmed and help raise some money for a good
cause!
LINK HERE FOR "EVENT PAGE."
THIS SUNDAY, July the 8th. The
Invasive Species have a show at Kung Fu Necktie w/ Horse Torso, Weakknees &
Fuzz Queen! We hope to see you there! The facebook "event" page (LINK
HERE) links to the wrong band - there's a newer
band by the same name, but hey.... I'm going to add the correct link here so
you can hear our music:
https://theinvasivespecies.bandcamp.com/
Several more shows are on the horizon for which I don't
have all the details at hand, but I listed them in the little box so there's
a note of them. Also, Northern Liberties finished recording what will be our
seventh full-length record. Mixing will be done sometime before the end of
the summer. Here's to many more. Until next time.
UPDATE - JANUARY 11, 2018
Northern Liberties have FIVE shows lined up for 2018! We're off to a
running start. We're also almost done composing songs for our seventh
full-length recording which he hope to complete this year.
Our upcoming shows are:
Sunday January 21st - Philadelphia @
PhilaMoca w/
Green Milk from Planet Orange(Japan) & Kohoutek
Saturday February 3rd - Wilmington DE @ Oddity Bar
w/ Joe B, Hellblock 6 and Brain Candle
Tuesday February 6th - West Philadelphia @ the
Soundhole w/ KTB(Members of Bugs & Rats and Guerilla Toss)
Friday March 23rd - Philadelphia @
Kungfu Necktie w/ Agent Orange & the Atom Age
Friday April 6th - MACROCK XXI festival in Harrisonburg
VA... details forthcoming.
Very excited to play our music this year, more than ever,
our eighteenth year as a band! If everything works out (let's do what we
can) we have a really special show planned for our 20th. anniversary. By
"planned" I mean I just imagined it.
Because I like to keep a log of things I've done here,
even if they're in the past, I'm sorry to say I neglected to mention here
that The Invasive Species played our first show with our new bassist on
Friday December 1st. This was the flyer:
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Meanwhile, "The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Works and
Worlds of Herbert Crowley" is almost here! I have an author's copy, and the
main shipment is slated to arrive January 27th! Seven years of research and
focus will finally greet the eyes of the larger world.
ORDER THIS
MYSTIC TOME HERE!
Thanks everyone. Hope to see you.
UPDATE - OCTOBER 17, 2017
Northern Liberties are playing four out-of-town shows in
October! We don't travel very often, so this is very special to us. We hope
to see some old friends and share our music & art with some who have never
encountered it previously.
Here's a list of the shows, along with links to relevant
"event pages" etc. -
Wed. Oct. 18th.
we'll play at the
Golden Pony (181 N. Main St.) in Harrisonburg VA, with Crab Action,
Candidate Demo, and Sagittarius Rucker.
Thursday Oct. 19th. we'll play in
Johnson City TN. at The Hideaway (235 E. Main St.) with Revenge Technician
and TBBWTEOTW. We played The Hideaway 11 years ago and it will be nice
to return!
Friday Oct. 20th. we tried and failed to find a show in
Birmingham or nearby. It's three days away, but if by some miracle you know
of a show we could hop onto - email me at
eulogycontact@hotmail.com!
Saturday Oct. 21 we play our
first ever show in New Orleans at Deslonde House (1624 Deslonde) with
Crocuta and Fishin Out. Flyer:
Sunday, Oct. 22nd. we play the
Realms of
the Fourth Eye festival in Dallas Texas.
.... next thing I have on my calendar is the
15th. annual Philly Zine Fest! I will have copies of issue number 67 of
my zine 'Decades of Confusion Feed the Insect' as well as new large black
and white poster-prints. I will also be sharing my table with
Mandy Katz who will
also have some zines and sundries available!
I think that's all I know for now.
I will know more soon.
Do something every day to resist the soulless fascist
gangsters in the White House and beyond.
UPDATE - JULY 22, 2017
The last week of July will be a real whirlwind for me! I
have three upcoming shows with three different bands... one of which is also
teaching our songs to our new bassist. So there have been a lot of band
practices! The
"bonus round" of crowdfunding for the Herbert Crowley book also came and
went! Combined with the initial round, this means that 951 people have
pledged a total of $122,411 to bring this book to life. I am floored. More
updates as the book becomes a reality!
Onward.... the three upcoming shows! First up, Northern
Liberties have a show on Tuesday July 25 at Panorama. Erik Ruin will also be
providing visual accompaniment for A Stick and a Stone.
EVENT PAGE LINK
HERE. Flyer:
Next up... one day of rest and I'll be playing drums with
The Invasive Species on Thursday July 27 at LAVA Space with Your Pest Band,
who are on tour from Japan, and Pushin' It 2 the Limit.
EVENT PAGE HERE.
Flyer:
...and finally, to close out the week, Geb the Great
Cackler will be playing on Saturday July 29th. at PhilaMOCA with Dougie
Poole (from NYC) and locals On the Water.
EVENT PAGE HERE.
Flyer:
On the horizon of the future, Northern Liberties are
planning a tour all the way to Texas in October! This is the first long trek
tour we've done in many years, so I'm very pleased to announce it. Our very
first show in New Orleans will happen on this tour! We've also been getting
better about updating
OUR WEBSITE. CHECK IT OUT.
OPENING SEPTEMBER 15 IS MY SOLO ART SHOW, "TIME'S FUNERAL," AT MAGIC GARDENS
IN PHILLY.
That's all for right now.... check back for further
developments.
In case no one has told you yet, please resist & subvert
the perverse sociopolitical hellscape in any and every way you can. Thanks.
UPDATE - JUNE 19, 2017
Since the last update here, Geb the Great Cackler played
two incredible shows, some of the best we've ever played. I apologize for
being so lax about updating here, but life is a whirl and it's hard
sometimes to find time to keep track of updating here. As more and more
content is exclusively shoved onto "social media" though, I think good old
websites are move valuable than ever. So I will try to be more studious
about finding the time to list things here! For the record, Geb played an
art show closing reception on May 24th. in NYC for our friend Shawn
Thornton's show. Shawn also performed his wild solo music. Read about the
art show
HERE. Thanks Shawn for inviting us to be a small part of this incredible
show!
Geb the Great Cackler also performed on Sunday June 4th.
with Liv Carrow and an
ensemble featuring Scott Churchman at one of the single most gorgeous
locations we've ever played music at, Philadelphia's Fleisher Art Memorial.
Thanks so Liv for asking us to join her at this show, which was a stop on
her tour.
But enough re-capping! Upcoming - Northern Liberties are
thrilled to announce we'll be playing the record release show for the always
interstellar STARWOOD at Johnny
Brenda's on Sat. July 1st.!
DETAILS HERE!
Meanwhile, the Herbert Crowley art anthology has been sent
to the printer! It's not possible for me to be more excited about this. More
details will be forthcoming here as they are revealed to me!
UPDATE - MARCH 29, 2017
Since it's been a few weeks since I updated the
news here, I wanted to add a few things that passed during the gap, for the
record. Northern Liberties played an incredible house show at the "Sound
Hole" in West Philly with Mar (ex-Bear is Driving), Hulk
Smash and Ötzi. Here's a picture from the show:
COMING UP! TOMORROW Thursday March 30 at Boot and
Saddle in Philly, Northern Liberties play a show with Boston's The
Proletariat and fellow locals Solarized! Here's a flyer:
... and details can be found
HERE. See
you tomorrow!
Further in the future... Northern Liberties have another
show coming up in Philly on Saturday April 15th. at Century Bar (1350
S. 29th.) with Dronez and Pushin' It 2 The Limit. Flyer
here:
... and more info
HERE.
Friday May 5th. will be a release party
for Invasive Species new song "Walk Outside" - which comes packaged as a
download card inside a package containing milkweed seed! This
recording is being sold as a benefit for
Let's Get Free, A Pennsylvania
group that advocates for the rights of women prisoners and to end Life
Without Parole (death by incarceration) sentences. Each seed packet is hand
printed with original art by Invasive Species singer
Mandy Katz.
The release show will be in Philly at LAVA,
4134 Lancaster Ave., Philly PA. w/ Westboro Baptist Choir, and others to be
revealed!
SUNDAY MAY 14th., Geb the Great
Cackler make a return to live performance after a short pause. We'll be
joining
Stinking Lizaveta and Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac, and more to come! There will
be food, a silent auction, an art sale, and a film screening. This is a
benefit show for our old friend Brujo de la Mancha which will help him to
relocate to Canada! It's at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St. Philly, and starts
at 8 PM. DETAILS
HERE. LEARN MORE ABOUT BRUJO'S SITUATION AND
MAKE A DONATION HERE!
There are some other things in the summer I can't
remember right now but I will put them here next time I make an update! And
of course Friday Sept. 15 - Sun. Nov. 12, 2017 I have a Solo
art show at Philadelphia's
Magic Gardens!
That's
all for now. Don't stay too tuned in. Do Earth a favor and put an end to the
Trump administration.
UPDATE - January 26, 2017
Tomorrow, Friday Jan. 27, I will be giving a talk at the
Center for Architecture and Design, at 1218 Arch St. in Philadelphia. It's
presented by "Creative Mornings" and is part of a speaking series on the
topic of "mystery". My talk will cover the intersection of art and mystery,
with some thoughts about the cultural evolution of storytelling, and how
stories are lost and found. It will include first-hand anecdotes from my
research in regards to the Toynbee tiles, Herbert E. Crowley, and local
artist Renee Leshner. The event is from 8:30 - 10:30 AM. It's free but you
have to register. READ DETAILS AT THE LINK
HERE.
Meanwhile, The Invasive Species have our first show
planned since taking a short break since the summer. It's a benefit for
Standing Rock's
Water Protector Legal Collective. I will also have some artwork
in an art show at this same event! This is
Friday, February 10th, 7:30pm - midnight at Hot Yoga Philadelphia, 1520
Sansom St. I will also have some artwork included in an art show at this
event! $5 - $25 at the door - proceeds to the good cause!
MORE DETAILS
HERE. Here's the flyer:
UPDATE - October 11, 2016
Today is the launch for fundraising for the Herbert
Crowley art anthology which I've been researching, writing, and compiling
for more than six years! Please take a look at the
ONGOING CAMPAIGN HERE and share the link with others!
UPDATE - September 18th., 2016
First: apologies for such a long gap in updating! Many
music and art events have come and gone with nary a mention here on the
wide-world-web. MANY more are being woven on the loom right now though. The
details for everything aren't set yet, so please feel free to email me at
eulogycontact@hotmail.com if
you're curious about a specific event for which details aren't here yet. OK.
Coming up:
Thursday October 24th.,
Geb the Great Cackler
will have the great honor of sharing a bill with a very
special evening of crankies (moving panorama puppetshows) & music with
Liz Downing from
Baltimore performing her crankie show "Piggly Wiggly", her musical duo Lurch
& Holler, and Joshua Marcus
(from Providence). Also a triptych of ballad-crankies from the local trio of
Shaina Kapuleck, Erik Ruin and Julius Masri. At the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut
St., Philly PA. Doors at 7. Sliding scale donation of $5-10 requested.
FECE-BOOK
"EVENT".
Friday October 28th. - I am VERY excited to
announce that my entire Interconnecting Story-Scroll, in its black and white
large-format photocopy form, will be viewable by the public as part of the
Poe Arts Festival. The scroll
tapestry will be on displayed in gorgeous auditorium of the Philadelphia
German Society at 611 Spring Garden St.
Friday, November 11 -
Northern Liberties
have a show in Kutztown PA. Details forthcoming!
Saturday, November 12 - Northern Liberties
have, or are working on finding, a show in Boston MA.! Details forthcoming!
Sunday, November 13 - DIY fashion show and
clothing swap at the Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St. Early, 3 PM. I am going to
strut the cat-walk.
Saturday, December 17 - Northern Liberties
in Delaware.... look out!
Friday Sept. 15 - Sun. Nov. 12, 2017. Solo
art show at Philadelphia's
Magic Gardens! Yes this is just under one year away, but I am really
excited to announce it. I hope that I, and you, and this world and cosmos
will hold together long enough for this one!
That's all we know for the time being. In time we will
know more, until knowing ceases, at which time there will be no more time.
UPDATE - May 11th., 2016
A few upcoming music and FILM events to announce! First
up, TOMORROW, Thursday May 12: The Invasive Species
return after a brief pause to play this show with Nature Boys, Todd Killingz,
and Enamel. Here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/479554398902029/
Sunday June 12: Northern Liberties play outdoors at Dock Street Bar in
West Philly. Music starts at 3 PM, not sure where we are in the line-up.
Here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/601302696687263/
Sunday June 19: Video screenings/release party for new Geb the Great
Cackler recording, "Disco for Dolls." Videos for all ten songs (plus some
which have two videos!) will be screened, with q & a from folks who made
them, art will be shown from people who contributed videos, and there will
be music performances from some of the video contributors, including Laura
Baird and Buck Gooter! This will be the unveiling of so much work by so many
incredible talented people, so be there! The new recording will be available
as a download and on a thumb-drive which will include the music and the may
videos! Here:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1086996961359686/
Thursday June 30: Geb the Great Cackler are honored to be playing a show
at The Random Tea Room (http://therandomtearoom.com/events/)
with Larkin Grimm/Jesse Sparhawk and Sherie Ruppersberger. 7 - 10 PM.
UPDATE - March 13th., 2016
Two upcoming shows for Northern Liberties -
one with
Grandchildren and Sleek Machine at Boot and Saddle on March 25th., and
one at LAVA April
21st.
Geb the Great Cackler will play a show in Kutztown on May
the 8th.! We're very excited to share a bill with the incredible
EVIL SWORD and BLEEDERS will surely
be amazing! Email
eulogycontact@hotmail.com for inquiries about the precise location.
The Invasive Species return after a few weeks of silence
with one of our favorites,
NATURE BOYS! This show is still being put together so the venue isn't
settled yet but please stay tuned!
Meanwhile, Geb the Great Cackler have a new ten song
recording ready to be released, tentatively titled "Disco for Dolls" and
we're having friends of ours make videos for (hopefully) all ten songs! The
videos and music will be released - likely only in digital format, though
perhaps on very-limited DVD-R, sometime in early summer!
The Herbert E. Crowley book is in the process of being
edited and constructed. Hopefully more news on that front soon!
UPDATE - January 17th., 2016
Apologies for a lag in updates here -
The Invasive Species
went on a short East Coast tour beset by illness and car troubles (though we
had wonderful shows in Asheville NC., Chapel Hill NC, Baltimore MD (REVIEW
OF THE SHOW HERE!), and Philly on Jan. 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th,
respectively. We toured with our friends
A Stick and a Stone and
the shows we were lucky enough to be able to play were incredible!
Meanwhile, there are two music shows on the horizon which
I'm proud to report!
On Saturday January 30th.
Northern Liberties will
make a rare out of town appearance in Pittsburgh, PA. with
Come Holy Spirit
and MoonBaby at Baby Land - 3577 Beethoven St., Pittsburgh PA. 8 PM.
"EVENT PAGE"
HERE.
Then on Sunday February 7th. in Philadelphia,
Geb the Great Cackler
are excited and honored to be playing with our friend
Lara Buckley, from
Buffalo NY. Also on the bill are
The Philadelphia Slavic
Women's Ensemble, which Mandy of Geb/Invasive Species also sings in, and
Erik Ruin's Broken
Mirror Splinter Faction. This show happens at The Wooden Shoe - 704
South Street, and runs from 6:30 - 9:30 PM - so get there early!
Geb the Great Cackler have recorded a NEW ALBUM of new
songs! We recorded "studio live" in the historic barn at Bartram's Garden in
Philly. The recording was engineered by our friend Kellzo, who also recorded
our previous batch of songs as well as a Northern Liberties record etc. We
aren't quite sure how to offer it yet - perhaps fortune cookies with digital
downloads. Getting tapes or other physical media seems wasteful and hard to
justify given how many of the previous ones we still have!
Stay tuned and as always thanks for all your interest.
Hope to see you/meet you/meet you again!
UPDATE - November
19th., 2015
Sunday November 19th. my most recent
musical endeavor The
Invasive Species will play a show with the reunited (for one show only!)
Red Devil. Red Devil was/is a
Philly band with my friend Jon (who made the 'Resurrect Dead' movie) on
guitar. Their singer Eleanor lives in England now and Jon lives in NYC, so
this reunion is pretty unexpected and I'm looking forward to it! Also on the
bill are Philly legends/stalwarts
Stinking Lizaveta who've played shows all around the world since 1992.
Corrupt Justin are a 90s West
Chester PA. band also re-formed for this show. It's a MATINEE show - starts
early at 4:30 PM -
it's at Beaumont
Where-House (50th. & Beaumont Ave.) in Philly.
Friday, December 11th.
Northern Liberties
continue our decades long musiological meandering at The Fire (412 W. Girard
Ave. Philly) with Dares (NYC) and
Repelican. It's at 8 PM. We
have some new songs and we'll be totally renewed.
January 1st. through the 7th. The
Invasive Species are planning a tour of the East Coast of the United States
with A Stick and A Stone.
We may need help with some dates but we're still planning it right now....
UPDATE - September 17th., 2015
Events/activities pending, and
long-term plans slowly, slowly ripening:
Coalition Ingenu presents a
group show in Winter Haven Florida at
Outer Space Gallery. I
will have several pieces of art in this show. If you're in the area please
be encouraged to go. Opens Friday October 1st. and runs through November
14th.
On Wednesday October 7th. Geb the Great
Cackler are BESIDE OURSELVES to be sharing a bill with the great
Diane Cluck and
Shannen Moser. We're hoping
to unveil some new special songs and dances just for this show. Not to be
missed. (at Robot Pirate Island, 902 Carlisle St. Philly) doors 7:30 music
at 8.
Saturday October 17th. will be the tape
release party for a new band I'm drumming in -
The Invasive Species.
We'll have our brand new recording for sale, and we'll be sharing the night
with
WESTBORO BAPTIST
CHOIR and 60 DAY SENTENCE. It's at Beaumont Where-House (5027 Beaumont)
in Philly. Starts at 8. Please come get our new tape - we're proud as
peacocks of this recording and can't wait for "the world" to hear it!
Wednesday October 21st.
Northern Liberties
play a show with our long-time friends
Buck Gooter in Philly at Wolf
Cycles. 4311 Lancaster. There'll be another band I think, who I don't know
yet.
A few days later, Saturday October
24th., Northern Liberties head off for a rare out of town show (though
nearby) in Allentown PA. at Allentown Brew Works (812 Hamilton St.) We'll be
playing with
Horse
and someone else I think.
Northern Liberties new record "Errant
Ray" has gotten a few reviews, so far positive.
READ WHAT MAXIMUM
ROCKNROLL and RED GREEN YELLOW blog say HERE..... but don't take their
word for it, order the record
HERE!
Meanwhile research and labor continue
in fits and starts of discovery, wonderment of unbelievable proportion, and
odd happenstance in the creation of a Herbert E. Crowley art book/biography.
I've put a few things on a blog HERE...
more will come in the fullness of time.
Thanks for reading, please stay in tune
in time.
class="Update">UPDATE - Aug. 8th.,
2015
Several music events are pending - some
soon and some distant. My new(ish) band
The Invasive Species
are playing THIS
FRIDAY AUGUST 14th. in Philly at the
Blue Grotto, an incredible
art environment located inside the CEC Center, 3500 Lancaster Ave. We'll be
sharing the bill with Eric Chocolates and
Travis Woodson. - starts at
8 PM, $5.
The Invasive Species return on
THURSDAY AUGUST
20th. at LAVA - further up Lancaster Ave. at 4134 Lancaster. We share
the billing with EVIL SWORD,
BIKE CRASH, and
ALTHEA BAIRD (of
SWARM) - starts at 7:30 PM, $5.
On Saturday August 22nd.
Steve Weinik and I will host an
"Atlas Obscura" event - a walking
tour of Toynbee tiles in Philly. It starts at 12 noon and begins at Logan
Square. Click
HERE for details!
In October there will be a tape release
show for The Invasive Species debut recording - probably Sat. Oct. 17th.
Northern Liberties will play a rare out-of-Philly show in Allentown on
Saturday Oct. 24th. - details forthcoming, watch this space!
That's all for now.... more will be
revealed in the fullness of time.
UPDATE - Friday, June
5th., 2015
... a little late on the news update...
I've been in a deep trance working on the Herbert Crowley book and on new
artworks & musics. In the gap since last I wrote here Invasive Species
played a show in Philly at Wolf Cycles on May 27th. with Anachristie, Shitty
Summer & Mike Bruno. Sorry for the too-late notice!
TONIGHT! - Friday June 5th. - 6 -
9 pm. Art show reception... I have several pieces of art - a few very large
and several "medium" in an art show in Philly at Little Berlin Gallery -
2430 Coral St. The show is up until the end of the month, I think.
SEE HERE.
Friday June 26th. -
Fountainsun & Geb the Great Cackler in Philadelphia at Bartram's Garden
Barn! This is a super special one-of -a-kind show. Fountainsun is a duo
comprised of artist/musician Fumie Ishii and artist/musician Daniel Higgs,
also known for his work with Lungfish, Skull Defekts, The Pupils, and a
varied array of solo music. Bartram's Barn is an incredible location
we're very lucky to be able to have this show there. Bartram's Garden is at
5400 Lindbergh Blvd. - follow the lane back past the first parking lot to
get to the Barn. Refreshments will be provided by Random Tea Room. Doors at
7 pm, music at 8.
Friday June 26th. - Art show reception
6 - 8 pm - I have three or four pieces of art in a show at the Mount Dora
Center for the Arts in Florida. Address is 138 E. 5th. Ave., Mount Dora, FL.
The show is up through July 28th. It's called "Raw and Ardor" and is
presented by Coalition Ingenu, a non-profit for self-taught artists formerly
located in Philly.
DETAILS HERE.
Meanwhile... Northern Liberties sixth
record "Errant Ray" can be ordered
HERE or
HERE.
And even deeper in meanwhileville....
The Invasive Species are recording and mixing with our friend Kellzo. We may
have a show in Philly July 17th., but it's not set yet. In October Northern
Liberties might play in Allentown PA.
UPDATE - Friday, April
3rd., 2015
Three music shows coming up in
Philadelphia in April and May.
First, Friday April 10th., a new band
I'm playing drums in, The Invasive Species, will play a birthday
show/benefit at 5236 Chester Ave. in Philly with
Shitty Summer and
Suzy Subways Begins at 8
PM, and $5 goes to Human Rights Coalition.
Secondly, Thursday April 30th., Geb the
Great Cackler will play at a truly incredible location - and one very, very
special to us for personal reasons. This will be at the Drexel University
Picture Gallery, 3141 Chestnut St. Starts 7 PM. The show will be
non-amplified/electrified. We'll be playing with
Drone Ranger and
Laser Background. $5
benefits WKDU, free-format non-commercial
radio in Philly!
Thirdly,
Northern Liberties will play a
RECORD RELEASE SHOW for our sixth full-length, "Errant Ray" on Friday May
29th. at Jonny Brenda's. It's at 1201 N. Frankford. We'll share the bill
with S.T.A.R.W.O.O.D. and
Westboro Baptist
Choir. $10, 21+ Please go and get the new record!
- Thurs. Feb.
12th., 2015
Several impending events to announce,
and a few glimmers of futures yet unformed:
Geb the Great Cackler are playing show
TOMORROW/TODAY - Friday the 13th.! It's at 1336 s. 51st. St., and we'll be
sharing the bill with Douglas Fur (from Pittsburgh), a banjo/tuba/vocal duo,
Josie Harrow who sings and plays accordion, and Reade Bookes will play
ballads. Starts at 8 PM.
I have an art show coming up! It's
called "The Geometry of Time" and will mostly consist of copies of my
interconnecting scroll drawings. The opening reception is the way to see it,
as otherwise it's open by appointment only. Reception is from 6 - 9 PM @
House Gallery - 1816 Frankford Ave. The show is up until Sat. March 28th.
Email them to make an appointment.
THE GALLERY SITE IS HERE.
My band Hex Nine have a new recording,
available only on the internet for now and for the forseeable future. Three
songs recorded in 2014 by Seph at C.O.D.E., and two songs recorded at
practice in 2010 and 2012, I think. It's called "Omniscribent Wyvern:
Cyberspatial Gaspings from the Maw of the Hex Nine Hive."
PLEASE FIND IT HERE.
I will also be interviewed on G-Town radio, the
VOICE OF GERMANTOWN, on Wednesday March 4th. from 9 - 10:30. They're
going to interview me about my artwork
for the "Geometry of Time" show, and you can
listen via the internet:
http://www.gtownradio.com/
The band Northern Liberties has
recorded a new album titled "Errant Ray." It is getting pressed right now
and we hope to have a record release in May. More on that as it is.
My research into artist/musician/etc.
Herbert E. Crowley is ongoing and is reaching some sort of apex, I think.
I'm hoping there will be an art book to hold in one's hands in Spring of
2016. Keep dreaming about it!
That's all for now, thanks for reading.
goodnight/evening/morning, *J*
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