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I will be playing a show (flying solo) with White Rainbow on Aug. 1st, 2010 at The Knife Room in Kelly’s Olympian in beautiful downtown Portland.  Starts around 9pm.  Come if you can!

So I was putting our daughter to bed, and the muse spoke to me about an arrangement for one of Sean’s new songs that we played last year at the TBA show

I imagine a bunch of violins and bowed double basses, like 40.  For the verse they are played mostly drone, but heavy on the vibrato and harmonics, maybe 2 or 3 parts. It would pick up a little for the chorus, melodic, but not lush (think John Cale rather than Spiritualized).

The ending could go in a couple of directions- either ascending pitch a la Day in the Life or Ligetti (not positive about that reference)..

…. or it could go all atonal/microtonal, still very drone, but more intense- distorted & harmonic.

Jimmy’s awesome drumming keeps everything moving.

Just an idea, might be mush in practice.

Sean will be playing a number of shows in Europe in early March.

The Kraak festival in Belgium on March 6th

March 10th in Gent, Belgium

March 11th @Loppen in the free city of Christiania, Copenhagen.

The Jarvik vii was a free jazz ensemble inspired by the Art Ensemble of Chicago. There was a revolving door of participants, but it was primarily Sean (Bugskull), Sam Coomes (Quasi), Aaron (Sone) and Brendan (bugskull).  Guests included Travis Kurtz & Tres Shannon (Kurtz Project) and on one occasion, we were joined by Gino Robair (Splatter Trio) which was an unexpected surprise.

Many joyous sunday afternoons were spent skronking away at the bugskull house, and a good deal of it was captured on tape. Judicious editing provide some decent moments here.

• Jarvik vii-Track 01
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Sean will be performing in Aalst, Belgium as Part of the Kraak 2010 Festival. Also on the bill are the Homosexuals and the Strapping Fieldhands.  The show is on March 6th.. more details here..

Drop Sean a line if you want even more details

Roadcone records released a series of Split 7″ singles. This one featured California (Aaron from Sone) and Capital Eye (Sean from Bugskull)- though in my mind there is no difference between this and bugskull. It’s a great track!

Capital Eye – Subplot

For your pleasure, here is the complete Bugskull live show from September 12th 2009 from the PICA TBA festival in portland, OR. Our thanks goes to Craig for filming, editing and posting all this footage.

#1 – Shorty, Next Wave

#2 – Old Towne, Fearless (Pink Floyd), The Bloat

#3 – Inhuman, Dope Smokin’ Son

#4 – Woves

#5 – Pure Love, Sit on this

#6 – Almost Blue

#7 – Disclaimer, Exit Wound

#8 -  Charmed Life

#9 – Stiff as a board

#10 – To be the head and not the tail

Credit soundtrack by Ralf Youtz covering the Bloat

Storm the Fort

Pretty Boy’s Tent

The Lost Patrol Relax in the Sun

Maggot ♥’s Pretty Boy

The Lost Patrol’s Psychedelic Experience

The Cactus Corps

The Lost Patrol Return Home

Sunny Day Song

False Alarm

Next Wave

Here’s a gem.. Bugskull were never the most “precise” live unit, but man there were some moments of intensity/hilarity/absurdity. Highlights of this tape include:

a blistering Almost Blue with a (criminally) rare appearance of Jimmy on violin.

an indulgent Stiff as a board with the immortal lines: ” wondering where I am, in a foreign land. wondering how the hell I got here I rode in a van”

2 never released tracks:  “What I had in mind” and “Krush Groov(ie)” featuring our neighbor Greg on Tuba (awesome!) .. the list goes on.

Side 1:

Lewis (KSPC)

The Bloat/Inhuman (X-Ray))

Pure Love (Albina Project)

Rocking Chair (KSPC)

All Members Please Rise (X-Ray)

Side 2:

Almost Blue (Albina Project)

Stiff as a board (KSPC)

Old Towne (Albina Project)

What I had in mind (John’s)

Next Wave (Satyricon)

We’ve got tonight (X-Ray)

Side 3:

Dope Smokin’ Son (X-Ray)

Space Shuttle (KSPC)

Disclaimer (Satyricon)

Krush Groov(ie) (X-Ray)

Side 4:

Bugskull – Demon Love