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@Root Cellar (Greenfield, MA) 7pm All Ages $7
april 21-22
Boston's 3rd Annual ZINE FEST
Sometimes the earth gurgles, splatters, and bursts, producing sonic anomalies that fail to fit within what one might call “standard descriptors.” Sure, there are Although not completely comprehenkeywords here that we can relate to: scrappy, now thru 5/12 sive—1985’s sublime Ozu homage Tokyo-Ga lo-fi punk; noise-infused pop; jagged experin particular will be missed—the HFA’s Wim imentalism—the point is, this bill truly runs the Boston’s 3rd Annual New Zineland is back Wenders retrospective, put together to complespectrum promising a special and intimate at Cambridge Elks Lodge. This year the two day harvard film ment the filmmaker’s pair of Norton Lectures (sched- night of soundwaves that only the mystical fest (April 21-22) is bursting with vendors touring from uled for delivery on April 2nd and 9th at the Sanders archive woods of Western Mass could produce. Chicago, DC, Baltimore, Philly, NY, NJ, VT, ME, RI, CT, and, Theatre), is a plenty extensive one, offering up not only Hollow Deck, the exceptional duo of of course, MA. That means you have two days to get there april 21-22 a rich, career-spanning selection of works—about evenly Mia Friedman and Andy Allen, bring and hit up your local zinesters plus meet and greet those Regular split between features and documentaries, interspersed with afar. Programming will include a bookbinding workscreenings shorts—from one of Germany’s most key (and keening) post-’68 such a wide range of instruments, from shop, DIY lino-printing with Kitsch Collins (Medford); a pan- cambridge elks sounds, and concepts to each of $9; In-person their arrangements that each el discussion on race and small publishing lead by Unbag screenings $12; filmographies, but also a totally FREE screening, on May 12th, of lodge Lectures free the five-hour cut of Until the End of the World (1991), the time- and production brings out the (Brooklyn); basic self-publishing 101 with Inkroot Studio (but tickets space-defying (and, it seemed to many at the time, sense-defying) sci-fi mind’s interpretation (Brookline); and a talk on comics, sequential narratives, required) wundersprawl with which Wenders crashed his brief commercial crest. Said of a Pollock painting and character design with Hal Gaucher (Cambridge). This FREE and open crest, eternally recurring at peak-swell, is represented here by Paris, Texas more than your is an all-ages event, so drop in with the kids, parents, and to all!!!!!!!!! (1985) and Wings of Desire (1987), each accompanied by a discussion with the standard im- neighbors! Soak up all this knowledge and make a zine. Yes! filmmaker. At the heart of the entire operation is the rightly-revered Road TriloYo u ca n j o i n th e z i n e s ce n e to o. age of what gy—Alice in the Cities (1974), Wrong Move (1975), and Kings of the Road (1976)— New Zineland was started out of Caitlin Kenney’s love and appreciation for constitutes three ramblingly discursive, mostly monochromatic exercises in after-the-goldrush a “song.” self-publishing. As Kenney stated, “the fest is a great way to bring together and kraut-blues that together comprise a set of haunted variations on Wenders’ Electronic, strengthen the self-publishing community while also giving the public the tools abiding theme of uncertain selves at shifting intersections of history and culture. and inspiration to start their own projects or just appreciate what’s out there.” ex p e r– Matthew Martens imental bliss abounds when they’re alongside What is out there? You won’t know unless you stop in and show your support to these artists for one or both days in April. the inimitable Angela Sawyer. Her unholy squeals and sharply concise – Deb Step outbursts could soundtrack an exorcism-induced car crash. Rounding this all out, yet still on the fringes of experimental obscurity, is the Wow. We just put up a whiteboard, a chalk- most “rock” oriented group of the night. ZEBU is a true chameleon of board, AND a corkboard at the office, and I a band, ranging from power pop explosions to jam induced, think I can hear them talking to each oth- avant-garde meanderings, the duo blends so many influer. My name is Tony, BRAIN Art's newest ences under the broadest umbrella of punk that your feeble intern, and when I'm not putting up all mind can comprehend. If you’re in Boston, make the trip. kinds of boards, I help book the Hassle If you’re anywhere west of Worcester, emerge from your gigs. I'm too stoked to den. This one falls under the rare category of “can’t miss.” share with you what we – Mike Achille have in store for April, so sit down! with To kick off the Melanie month on April Bernier with 2nd at Dorchest o I decided to stop making trash in 2013. It was June, temperatures ter Art Project, ny show Lamp Land is book tira in Boston were already hitting 95, and I had spent a decade solo bass wondo in easily missed. extr freakin’ over climate change. Slouching about the apartment der, Solei (also aord g intern r inai one night, my partner Peaches interrupted a Friday Night Lights known as Brain It is a tiny inconspicuous hole in the re binge to show me a website about garbage. Colleen Doyle’s Trash Arts’ very own brick wall on Broadway right around Free Project taught me how a young artist (like me), living in a creative director, the corner from Sullivan Station in city apartment with sparse resources (like me), freakin’ on climate Emma Leavitt), is East Somerville. As soon as you enchange (like me), gets through her days without making trash. It playing a show ter you are barraged with a warm really ganked my gourd. It slithered my lizard. It “clear eyes, full with experimen- but chaotic scene: colorful rotating disco lights in every square inch, multiple radios playing Christhearts, can’t lose”-’d me. In the words of Jim Morrison, it lit my tal saxophonist mas music and Avril Lavigne simultaneously. You begin to squint and fire. I was both inspired and jealous of Doyle’s activism; throw ten Rob Magill and gradually gain consciousness of this bizarre scenario in which you years of climate change angst into the mix, and motivation levels left-field piano find yourself: in a literal gizmo paradise. Lamps, yes many lamps, linwere maxed. The Peachman and I jumped into trashless livin’ and pop outfit, Teer. ing the perimeter of a room about the size of my bedroom. All the have been doing it ever since. Later that week, don't miss out the best country and soul parbulbs are turned on and they are all different colors and/or changing Zero-waste is a meaningful practice with many rewards. It ty in town, Jesus Drinks Free, on April 5th at Jeanie Johnston colors. Not just lamps but every specimen of gizmo, gadget, adapprovides focus in a culture stuffed with consumer choices. It Pub (PS it's sponsored by Lagunitas, ie your favorite beer). tor, cable, battery, converter, and inspiring LED paperweight, ranging amplifies positive attributes such as empathy, efficiency, and Primitive folk band from Oregon, Die Geister Beschwören, from incredibly useful (stereos, mixers, $13 digital cameras) to bewilresourcefulness. It means eating healthier, learning a whole along with some of our favorite Boston local songwriters, deringly niche (a vintage underwater sports camera?). Everything lot about cooking and growing food, and saving money, and Sundog and Brittle Brian, are playing at Blue Bag Records in is neat and highly organized with concise self-printed price tags. spending more time creating and less time consuming. Working Cambridge on April 6th. On April 7th is an event I'm most exAnd it turns out there’s even more going on behind the scenes...A lot towards becoming trash-free has greatly improved our lives becited for: the opening reception for "Can't You See How Hard more. A quick convo with Joe our friend-behind-the-counter reveals to cause, in many ways, it has simplified them. I can't imagine going I'm Working?"—a group art show celebrating the many artists me the full extent of operations here. Event rentals for PA systems, lights, back to our old wasteful ways. who diligently work within the caverns of the DAP studios. recording, button-making. He will fix any random gadget you bring to Every month, TRASH IS TRAGIC will provide waste-cutting And that's only the first week! As always, don't miss out on our him, and install your TV. He gives me a pen that says LAMP LAND with wisdom to help anyone cut this shit out. Today’s lesson, Part 1: Black Market on April 15th, the best place to get homemade a laser beam built into the end of it, a brochure about the services, and Grocery Shoppin’, is available on the Hassle website now! bone necklaces and subversive collage art in the same room. pops my new $5 yellow desk lamp into A few more shows you cannot miss: a post-punk dinger with Preening, The Electrician, and a recycled Home Depot bag. You must Thighs on April 16th at DAP; an experimental electronic gig, featuring the legend Eric Copevisit this magical place. – Emma Leavitt land, April 18th at DAP; FEED THE PUNKS (THE punk party) April 19th at JJ; american primitive and noise night on April 19th at DAP; Dreamscape 14, a celestial celebration of meditative muTHIS PROGRAM IS SUPPORTED IN PART BY A GRANT sic and visuals at Hope Central Church, April 21st; and lastly, a trash-jazz experimental punk FROM THE BOSTON CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL AGENCY show, headlined by NYs Parlor Walls, on April 28th at First Church Somerville. cu at the gig ofc !!!!
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