http://arcanecandy.com A Zine About Unusual Music and Art. Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:15:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Black Heart Procession. The Queen Mary Long Beach, California November 8-9, 2003 As I write this in October 2008, half a decade after the fact, my memories of this event are not fuzzy at all! It's just that most of them have slowly evaporated up into Earth orbit and eventually found their way ... http://arcanecandy.com/2008/10/28/all-tomorrows-parties-2003/ Los Angeles, California October 13, 2003 Brendan, Dude, I fully watched you walk by when I was in line for Lightning Bolt last night. (I was around the corner, about 20 feet away from Sunset.) When I saw you, I thought to myself, "Dude, Brendon is so rad! Look at him walking by ... http://arcanecandy.com/2008/10/20/lightning-bolt-at-the-echo/ Laetitia Sadier handles the vocals. Solana Beach, California November 19, 1999 Stereolab: They came, they saw, they played, and everything was just fine and dandy...until the end of their set, that is. As the band retired backstage and the Belly Up began to defecate most of its patrons, I leaned over the front ... http://arcanecandy.com/2008/09/29/stereolab-at-the-belly-up/ Markus Popp of Oval and Jim O'Rourke at Spaceland, Los Angeles, California, 1998. Photos by Rich Jacobs. San Diego, California Friday, May 29, 1998 It was odd enough that a rock band, Creedle, appeared on a bill with three electronic artists; and even stranger that they played at a rock club like the ... http://arcanecandy.com/2008/09/20/jim-orourke-oval-the-electric-company-creedle-at-the-casbah/ Tony Conrad at Spaceland, 1998. Photo by Rich Jacobs. Los Angeles, California March 11, 1998 In between a week's worth of matinee performances at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art's Temporary Contemporary, Tony Conrad performed one night at Spaceland. With friend Alexandria Gelencser on bodyless cello, Tony tried to saw his violin ... http://arcanecandy.com/2008/09/20/tony-conrad-at-spaceland/ Los Angeles, California Saturday, August 23, 1997 Louder and friendlier than Casper, Tokyo’s Ghost delivered over an hour of awesome psychedelic folk rock on this night. Opening with a long, ambient, atmospheric piece, the hunger to rock was strong. The thirst was finally quenched as they exploded into the blistering “Rabirabi.” With ... http://arcanecandy.com/2008/09/14/ghost-at-spaceland/ Nels Cline at the Smell, circa early 2000s. Los Angeles, California Monday, July 28, 1997 Nels Cline is a very tall, strangely talented man that hosts New Music Monday every week at The Alligator Lounge in Santa Monica. Treat Night, as I’ve never thought of calling it, features out-jazz, improv, and occasional all-out ... http://arcanecandy.com/2008/09/14/nels-cline-at-the-alligator-lounge/ Thai Kevin, a Thai Elvis impersonator, circa 1996. Photo by Rich Jacobs. Hollywood, California Circa 1996 Thai Kevin was a very suave man. He wore the color purple better than most. The restaurant in which he did his Elvis impersonation was inside a mini-mall full of different Thai eateries in Hollywood. I even ... http://arcanecandy.com/2008/09/12/thai-kevin-at-palms-thai/ Tony Conrad et all, 1996. Photo by Rich Jacobs. The Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois November 7, 8, 9, 1996 Since the early 1990s, the Atlanta independent label Table of the Elements has been very busy issuing many important minimal, drone, noise, improv and other experimental recordings from the past, present and future. They hosted ... http://arcanecandy.com/2008/09/07/table-of-the-elements-festival-no-2-yttrium/ Bardo Pond, All Tomorrow's Parties, 2003. San Diego, California Thursday, September 19, 1996 The effects pedal industry won’t slump as long as Bardo Pond is around. Each member laid out at least eight or nine of the things, which, at the command of their feet, transformed the room into a languid aquarium of ... http://arcanecandy.com/2008/09/02/bardo-pond-at-the-casbah/