Blessing Moon concert this Thursday in SF

My Full Moon Concert Series which I'm curating for Outsound Presents and the Luggage Store Gallery moves on to the Blessing Moon concert this Thursday night.

At 8 pm we have Free Rein, focused on "earth music for space people". It's a new all-improv trio melding reeds/flutes, Danelectro 6 string bass, percussion, voice, cymbal, keyboard, and Theremin.

Brian Lucas from Free Rein says, "The surface area of the Moon is equal to that of Africa. The Moon is a spherical continent hanging in the sky. The Moon is the missing content of the Earth. Through the medium of gravity waves, the rocks of the Moon sing to the rocks of the Earth. Free Rein will spontaneously collaborate with the Moon in this endeavor, sculpting a sound that reflects back to Earth, playing tones that wax and wane through vibration, harmonic bodies phase shifting."

At 9 pm we'll have Valka, a battle of strings. Cellist Agnes Szelag & violinist Marielle Jakobsons say they'll unleash graphic scores and mood swings. With Noah Phillips on guitar, the trio's Blessing Moon rituals are inspired by ripe dreams and the balance between dark and light.

The Blessing Moon concert will happen at the Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street at 6th Street, San Francisco. Admission is $6.00 - $10.00 sliding scale, with no one turned away for lack of funds.

Now hear this!

I have known about Kitka for a long time. I am acquainted with Shira Cion, one of their members who's also their Executive Director, and I run into her frequently at non-profit gatherings. But up till recently I hadn't actually heard their music.

My new beau, Jeff, got to hear them this Summer Solstice at the Garden of Memory concert. I was playing in another ensemble at the same event so I wasn't able to go hear them. Jeff was blown away and bought me their new album Sanctuary as a present.

I have been listening to it regularly. It's vital, visceral, Goddessy choral music.

Eighteen months

Eighteen months, the technical name for a year and a half, doesn't seem like such a long time when written down.

But it is a lot longer than a year. The pace of change picks up. The past becomes smaller in the rear view mirror. The future gets closer, incomprehensible though it still is.

Persistence pays off in strange and awkward and wonderful ways. New experiences keep happening. Things that are wonderful are muted. Things no longer mean what they used to mean. Every momentous event grows a tail of "if only" or "what if".

Stumbling across shared online calendars like I did today is also awkward and throws things into stillness.

San Francisco Flip Quartet

Here's a gig report from Amar!

60 x 60 2009

I'm excited to announce that my spoetry piece, "Abdominal Cyclist Ultra", has been selected for the 2009 60 x 60 project. Full details can be found at http://www.voxnovus.com/60x60/Composers.htm.

Keep eyes and ears open (and subscribe to their mailing list) to find out about upcoming 60 x 60 performances in your home town!

Listen up! and down! and sideways!

This Sunday night, June 21st, at 11:00 p.m. Pacific, tune into KPFA and you can hear me talk about everything I'm up to on Dean Suzuki's Discreet Music show.

Dean was one of my profs at SF State countless eons ago. No, I don't want to count these countless eons. :)