robert beatty “solos” long playing record

• art damage lodge, cincinnati oh
  
• the ufo factory, detroit mi
  
• now that’s cass, cleveland oh
  
• skylab, columbus oh
  
• woodchuck’stoledo oh
  
  
• cactus club, milwaukee wi
  
• big v’s, st. paul mn
  
• 204 north gilbert, iowa city i
  
• apop, st. louis mo
  
• the fact house, lexington ky

what the..? press release...

artist: robert beatty title: "solos" format: lp catalog: what009 in spring 2009, robert beatty (of solo three legged race and band hair police) travelled as a collaborating and touring member of burning star core -- with whom he has collaborated and toured as a member of for a number of years as well. written into the setlist performed every night was slot for an improvised solo by robert, on his special electronics rig, synthesizer, space echo, question boxes, etc.  anything sound he wanted, "make it sing."  so imagine similar to three hour stadium show, the moment for the bass solo or perhaps drum solo, except this is a few minutes out of a 30 or 40 minute long set. except the stage doesn't rise up or no additional smoke blows across. so imagine if almost every burning star core performance was recorded on this tour and these "robert beatty" solos were cut out and strung along into an work of their own ?  this lp "solos" realizes that concept.  it is live, but it is not collage; it is a document, but it is not comprehensive to the originating context.  so ten complete solos, in chronological order, on two sides of lp, about run time of 35 minutes. paste-ons jacket with creepy robert poster to get to know. 166 copies of this work for fans of detailed-driven minimum electronics.

justin lieberman / c. spencer yeh “object lessons” picture disc long playing record

• circle of friends
  
• gazing globe
  
• space heater
  
• bird in a gilded cage
  
• the tunnel
  
  
• dell inspiron laptop
  
• krusty bong
  
• slurpee lamp
  
• wheelbarrow
  
• letter to an antique water pump

what the..? press release...

artist: justin lieberman & c. spencer yeh title: "object lessons" format: picture disc lp catalog: what008 "object lessons" and what of this ten-song collaboration between artist lieberman and yeh ?  perhaps the influenced musically discussed is somewhere starting between mutual love of various artistic and musical genres certainly -- sound poetry, psychedelic rock, japanese scum noise, japanese psychedelic rock, listy lists, but certainly embodies more the present-time sensibilities and whims of both between the two artists to combine for something perhaps neither strictly adhering to any imitation. perhaps to this record appropriately let's step back to new york artist justin lieberman's 2009 sculptural and multimedea work "the corrector's custom pre-fab house" -- a description from the debuting gallery follows -- the corrector's custom pre-fab house is inspired by robert venturi and denise scott-brown's 1972 book, learning from las vegas, which provides an in depth examination of what they call 'the decorated shed,' a simple structure with elaborate signage. using the urban sprawl of las vegas as an example, they posit this architectural style as a means to enrich the symbolic content of post-modern architecture. the corrector's custom pre-fab house is a steel dwelling covered with a multitude of objects including a 1970s snowmobile, a life sized jolly green giant, foam filled inflatable toys, an illuminated fedex sign, and a 7 foot shark. accompanying the house is a sculpture of the 'corrector,' a character inspired by the fictional figure, nobusuke tagomi, from philip k dick's novel, the man in the high castle. the novel follows tagomi in a fictional future fifty years after germany and japan defeat the allied forces in world war ii. lieberman's interpretation of taogmi is that of an avid collector of all things pop culture, whose collecting habits extend to the exterior of his home. within the house, there is a computer equipped with a program that enables the 'corrector' to archive each object with an informational text about the object's history, which is then projected onto the adjacent wall of the gallery. created in the style of a katamari video game, the program features texts on each object taking various forms such as objective accounts, plagiarized product descriptions, aesthetic meditations, poetry, short fiction, satire, and prose. these texts were then transformed into the record, object lessons, a musical collaboration between justin lieberman and c spencer yeh. the record is a spoken rendition of select object descriptions that were reworked into an ... musical format. full-color gatefold jacket, depicting abovementioned objects piled up in a grassy field, and the empty dome waiting for occupancy, and inside special ullistrations for both ten tracks -- with fullcolor picture disc lp showing the corrector statue's head in both sketch and final form. manufacture stopped around 250 copies.

c. spencer yeh “songs 2002” one-sided long playing record

• the butter day (3:51)
  
• lose air / flip backwards (7:14)
  
• remember (2:27)

what the..? press release...

artist: c.s. yeh title: "songs 2002" format: 1-sided vinyl lp catalog: what006 "songs 2002" are recorded from 2001-2002, having no home and no direction, just being one big question it was decided to pass along and eventually have released, so that the matter is settled and we can all move along to the next. guitars and words. another language to learn breathing and another see what dreams to come! artist paul coors designs and silkscreens ghostphoto symmetry cover, 135 copies total at last count.

speculum fight “live in tokyo ‘95” long playing record

• 4.11.95 at la mama shibuya (1)
  
• 4.11.95 at la mama shibuya (2)

excellent, archival lp containing damion romero’s set from this event ::