Worldlines of Flight

The hole in the Arctic Ocean has been posited as an entrance or thoroughfare to the interior of the hollow earth, but it more likely corresponds to the idea of a navel of space-time, or a wrapping-around point for the folding continuum. Consequentially, or supersequentially, there is no directionality to the movement of time, just as there is no directionality in space other than approximations based on magnetism and paranoid scientific theories like “gravity.” And a worldline is better conceived as a worldcircle or maybe a worldspiral. No?

Two 506 shows this weekend. Links to all bands at local506.com.

Friday, June 27, Local 506, 10 pm: Dexter Romweber and the New Romans with Rat Jackson.
On their website Rat Jackson says something about having needed “to tone down their live shows to make them more digestible to the crowds they were playing to.” How respectful of them. Sort of like a lover who keeps asking if it feels okay.
The New Romans wouldn’t really want to presume anything about our crowds. But we do believe in putting on a dang good show. I believe we’re second of the two acts.

Sunday, June 29, Local 506, 9 pm: Savage Knights with Silver Apples and Loto Ball Show.
Legendary Silver Apples are headlining. Their first two records in the late ’60’s are unique, forward-thinking and just darn good music. And they continue to press in strange directions.
Loto Ball Show is an excellent, hard-driving, no wave outfit with a large ensemble of players.
Savage Knights will blow your fucking mind. Please note the 9 pm start time. That’s about when we’ll go on.

Coming in July: Judge Schreber’s Avian Choir peforming “Molt,” a doom metal chamber-snuff piece for rock’n'roll trio and 8 string players.

Robert Pence
Beekeeper General
retroactivedynamics.com

The Best of All Possible Worlds

All right all you god-pissin varmints out there let’s get two things straight right off the bat and then we can all go about whatever it is that we’re calling our business these days except for there’s less and less of a way to tell whose bid’ness belongs to whom what with virtuality claiming immanence to all the spheres of experience but that’s neither here nor there nor everywhere but it is nowhere in particular and always-already present and unaccountable for but I digress.

Wednesday, June 18, Nightlight, 10 pm: Savage Knights with Grasslung and Pelerine.
Yup. Your worst fears are realized. Double Muslims have canceled.
But I’m sure it’ll still be a bang-up show. The Savage Knights will treat you the way you deserve to be treated as a citizen of this here United States.
Grasslung are from Baltimore and bring some atmospherics and dronishness.
Not sure what John McCusker of Pelerine has in store for us, but he’s in Southern Man if that gives you an idea.

Friday, June 27, Local 506, 10 pm: Dexter Romweber and the New Romans with Rat Jackson.
Another throw down with Dex and the gang.
Rat Jackson are some full-bellied rock and roll.

More show announcements soon.

-Bob
retroactivedynamics.com

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Friday, June 6, Marsh Woodwinds, Raleigh, 8 pm, $5: Slicnaton; Shesha.

Here’s what Nic Slaton (Slicnaton) has to say about the evening:

“Come for an evening of Electro-Acoustic music in a listening room
setting. Expect compositions and improvisations which combine
electronic signal processing and sound manipulation with violin,
double bass,
clarinet and drums.

Performers are:

:::Trio slicnaton::: Mietek Glinkowski-Violin and Electronics, Bob
Pence- Bass Clarinet and Bari Sax, Nicholas Slaton-Electronics.
Ambient
Noise with Instrumental Improvisation www.slicnaton.com
www.myspace.com/slicnaton

:::Shesha::: Steve Burnett- Signal Processing and Looping of Bass,
Christopher Thurston- Acoustic and Electric Bass
“A Hundred-Headed Naga of Electro-Acoustic Double Bass”
http://www.subscapeannex.com/shesha/index.html

:::JMRD::: Members of Trio slicnaton and Shesha combine with
Drummer
Jon-Mark Ryan Dale and Percussionist Andrew Munger for a completely
improvised set.

Marsh Woodwinds, located at 707 N Person St (near Peace St.); is
Raleigh’s best new listening room.

The CD release party is from 8-10pm with a $5 cover that includes a
copy of the CD. It’s BYOB though some refreshments will be provided.

Thanks for reading and we hope to see you there. If you know of
someone
who might be interested in this sort of thing please forward it onto
them.

slicnaton Publishing.”

And on June 12, I will be playing with Dexter Romweber and the New Romans at The Station.

–Robert Pence