This week (FOR REAL! sez Ricardo) a very special "What's This Called?" with your host Ricardo Wang—a fabulous reviewer for 2GQ's print journal—for Saturday, December 27th from Noon to 1 PM Pacific Time on KPSU...
the show that was snowed out but refuses to die...
A WHITE NOISE CHRISTMAS.
Smegma, Moodring, Yellow Swans, and John Zorn will be on deck along with lots of other treats, up to and probably including the unreleased sweet sounds of Flail, a 1990s noise and vocal experiment of Soriah (Enrique Ugalde) and Passiflora (Tiffany Lee Brown), who have been suspected of collusion with of 2GQ and Gyrlz.
Radio: 1450 AM in the Portland OR/Vancouver WA metro area
98.1 FM on the Portland State University campus
or! any ol' time! STREAMING SLUSHY AUDIO HERE!
ARTISTS ACROSS THE NATION PERFORM freedom of information 2008:
A PERFORMANCE/PROTEST/RITUAL IN RESPONSE TO THE WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
DECEMBER 31, 2008........LOCATION: VARIOUS, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
IN PORTLAND: TAHNI HOLT AT PERFORMANCE WORKS NW ~ FREE
In response to the continuing U.S. led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, choreographer Miguel Gutierrez has invited artists from across the country to perform freedom of information 2008: a 24 hour performance/protest/ritual of continuous movement improvisation performed while blindfolded and ear-plugged, which is intended as a contemplative act of solidarity with those displaced by the wars.
This action takes place over the last 24 hours of 2008, from midnight to midnight of December 31st. It ends with the ringing in of the New Year.
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The one and only Captain Bootybeard presents an evening of piratey mayhem early in the evening on Sunday, December 28, at Dante's in downtown Portland, Oregon. Pirate chanteys will be sung, and performance artist Tirana Gjuha will present "Via Crucis Piraticus" based on recent findings that Jesus was a female pirate.
Wear your eyepatch. This early show will be followed by the weekly gyrations of Sinferno Cabaret.
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Head over to the Cooley on Monday the 8th for performance, music, art, and a film screening. "Love: Personified" promises a "live and virtual encounter" by Stephanie Gervais and Alexandra Schmidt (4 pm) followed by Zoe Roller (5 pm) and two David Reed videos (6-9 pm; BYO cushions and pillows for lounging). One piece, "Judy's Bedroom," was inspired by and appropriates from the Hitchcock classic "Vertigo," so the gallery is showing that film as well. Admission is free.
The Cooley Gallery is in the library building at Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard in Portland, and online at www.reed.edu/gallery .
As you may have heard on NPR the other day, proper Tarot readings with genuine Tarot readers are making a comeback (something to do with that tanking economy). Get a reading & help raise funds for 2GQ projects.
Popular among the cynical, depressed, confused, and bewildered, along with spiritual seekers and people who still haven't dropped out of their yoga shalas. The perfect gift! Buy your tarot gift certificate today at Etsy.com with your Paypal account or fancy credit cards.
About the reader: Miss Magdalen of Mystical Mayhem has been reading the cards for 18 years, and has written about oracles, astrology, and the like for Stim, Digital Living, BP magazine, and Rob Breszny's Free Will Astrology website. She is the creator of the original Burning Tarot deck at Burning Man. (Free tarot decks available soon - keep reading for info.)
May be redeemed in person (in Portland, Bay Area, NYC, and of course on Easter Island, Chile) or over the phone.
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A poem/story by Leanne Grabel. Click "continue" to read the whole, fine piece (and a note from yesterday).
Grenade gray and cold as the buckles of the aged and the legless and the
puffy who pranced by down the left lane on Sandy...
The president elect, Barack Obama, and his vice president, Joe Biden, consider themselves "champions for arts and culture." Click "continue" below to read their Platform in Support of the Arts.
2GQ does not endorse or support any politicians, ballot measures, etc. This information is provided as a courtesy to the arts and literature community.
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So whatcha doing November 13, 14, and 15? Maybe sitting around waiting for the November rain doldrums to kick in? Buying turkeys?
Not enough. You'll also be checking out the new tEEth show "Grub" at the IFCC to find out what their latest performance-dance-aural-mindfuck project is all about. --Tif
Portland Eclectic Art Comic Opening
A presentation, gallery exhibit, and book signing with Jesse Reklaw, Shannon Wheeler, Graham Annable, Joëlle Jones, Jamie Rich and Carolyn Main in conjunction with the Wordstock literary festival.
Thursday, Nov. 6th, 6-10pm, Fuzzy Glamour Art Gallery, 625 NW Everett St #111.
DELIGHTFUL HOLIDAY GIFT PACKAGE
~ Tarot reading, in person or over the phone
~ Limited edition "Art is a Hammer" print
~ Customized, hand drawn certificate
~ 2GQ bookmark
HOW TO PURCHASE
The Tarot Reading Gift Package is available via the "seedcake" shop on "Etsy.com," along with the 2GQ/Clare/Tiffany book "A Compendium of Miniatures." You can buy using PayPal or credit card.
ABOUT MISS MAGDALEN
Miss Magdalen of Mystical Mayhem has 18 years' experience reading the cards, and is the creator of the Burning Tarot deck for use at the Burning Man festival. She has written articles on Tarot and other oracles for Stim magazine, Digital Living Today, and for the Free Will Astrology website of Rob Breszny.
BENEFITING
Benefits 2GQ's computer expenses and the 2GQ-sponsored "Easter Island Project" by moi, Tiffany Lee Brown.
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Hello, fellow word geeks, zine dorks, and letterpress nerds! Next weekend, wear your hardcopy at The Text Ball, the annual fundraiser for the Independent Publishing Resource Center. Saturday, November 8 at Left Bank (near Wordstock).
Music from Portland Cello Project, temporary text tattoos, food and games, costume contest, raffle silent auction, and more, with the theme "Figures of Speech."
More info and tickets at IPRC.org or click "continue."
One image, one paragraph, headed for a book. Join in at ourportlandstory.com.
Melissa Delzio is heading up this project, which she hopes to publish as a coffee table style book. No news yet on production/distribution details, or whether it will be an old-school PDX-stylee self publishing number or if she'll go with a publisher. But the project sounds *fun* regardless!
