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Summing up the Haunted Cologne tour

1/25/2009

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well, the whole trip was very surreal and weird. pretty much everything that happened felt like a dream and made me say to myself or someone else "is this really happening?" or "did that really just happen" or "people aren't going to believe me if i told them about this"

on this road trip we listened to some pretty great albums. which made me incredibly thankful for the friends i have that have great taste in road trip jamz. i will list the ones i brought that we listened to:

-all girl summer fun band "self titled"
-james kochalka superstar "spread your evil wings and fly"
-they might be giants "self titled"
-old skull "get outta school"
-dead kennedys "fresh fruit for rotting vegetables"
-beat happening "black candy"
-they might be giants "Lincoln"
-the violent femmes "viva Wisconsin"
-the dead milkmen "metaphysical graffiti"
-treasure mammal "self titled cd-r"
-the squirrel nut zippers "the best of... as chronicled by shorty brown"
-madness "absolutely"
-ray reeves "the wait is over"
-randy newman "harps and angels"
-kids of widney high "lets get busy"

we also jammed out to jonathan richmand, the pogues, this terrific studio one ska/reggae compilation, a mix cd made by the members of jjcnv, the toadies, tom waits, kepi ghoulie, the vinegar sting and others... almost all of which was accompanied by the four of us (tristan + andrew jemsek, james and i) singing back up vocals the whole way through. it was one of the many things on the list that was just so good / weird that it felt like a dream.
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There are a lot of good shows coming up

1/19/2009

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JANUARY 30TH
BIKE SAVIOURS CO-OP BENEFIT SHOW!:
w/malakai, pools, soft shoulder and djentrification
@THE TRIBE
2238 N. 24TH ST.
PHOENIX, AZ
DONATIONS / 6:00PM

AND

SKINWALKERS:
w/bolt!, sinister optic, the unfiltered sound and the slackers agenda
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$5 / 7:00PM

JANUARY 31ST
BLACK DEATH MUSIC ALL STARS:
w/the music box, ray reeves and porches
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$6 / 7:00PM

FEBRUARY 1ST
LAUNDRYMAT SHOW!:
w/little bunny feefee music box along, skinwalkers, josh moke, food by mario, the coitus, the hunger artist, the best friends, wingnut, andrew jemsek, johnathan standiford and a bunch of other artists.
@THE WASHHOUSE
7TH ST.
AND PORTLAND PHOENIX, AZ
FREE! / 8:00PM

FEBRUARY 3RD
FUCKED UP:
w/hour of the wolf, andrew jackson jihad, george moshington, fathers day and pigeon religion
@THE PHIX
1113 NW. GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$10 / 8:00PM

FEBRUARY 6TH
FATHERS DAY:
w/ray reeves, jjcnv, skinwalkers, haunted cologne, former friends of young americans and the slackers agenda
@RAY'S
7TH AVE.
AND MCKINLEY PHOENIX, AZ
FREE! / 9:00PM

FEBRUARY 9TH
THE COITUS:
w/au, hello the mind control and more
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$6 / 7:00PM

FEBRUARY 14TH
FRENCH QUARTER:
w/porches, kevin greenspon, clark 8 and hell-kite
@THE YARDS
402 S.
ROOSEVELT TEMPE, AZ
FREE / 8:00PM

FEBRUARY 18TH
JASON ANDERSON:
w/special guests
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$6 / 7:00PM

FEBRUARY 28TH
LIAMS BIRTHDAY SHOW:
w/jjcnv, the children of hell, fathers day and other bands
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$6 / 8:00PM

MARCH 5TH
GRAND AVE.LIVE:
hosted by pete petrisko
special guests include...
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$5 / 8:00PM

MARCH 13TH
JASON WEBLEY:
w/vermillion lies, dangerville and more
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$6 / 7:00PM

MARCH 23RD
THE MAE SHI:
w/pre, soft shoulder and pigeon religion
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$6 / 8:00PM

MARCH 25TH
AIDS WOLF:
w/past lives, white mice and other bands
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$6 / 8:00PM

MARCH 28TH
ALONE IN JEROME SHOW!:
w/quarter inch crown, necronauts, yaya boom, ultramaroon, porches, jjcnv, scorpian vs.tarantula, skinwalkers, fathers day, ray reeves, the hooves, the basement family, riff, barry grahm, shawnte o'rian, aaron johnson and little bunny feefee music box along
@CREMA CAFE
917 N. MAIN ST.
JEROME, AZ
$5 / 5:00PM

MARCH 29TH
PEELANDER-Z:
w/fathers day, jjcnv, ripptyde and skinwalkers
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
$8 / 7:00PM

APRIL 25TH
THE REAL COACHELLA:
w/more info to come
@THE TRUNKSPACE
1506 GRAND AVE.
PHOENIX, AZ
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January 17th, 2009

1/17/2009

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LIME OR LEMON HOUSE GETS TO STAY OPEN TILL MAY!

so earlier this week we were told that the lime or lemon house (which emily, elle, migel, iggy and i all live in) would be foreclosed and that we would all have to move out within a couple weeks. but we just found out today that everything is taken care of until may! HOORAY! so now we arent forced into the streets (or new homes away from each other) until right before fathers day goes on tour! ISNT THAT AWESOME! we will probably have a big farewell show to the house before we move at the end of april but i am just so thankful we have more time before being kicked out of our house! HOORAY!
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THE BEST FRIENDS!

THE BEST FRIENDS ARE PLAYING THERE FIRST OFFICIAL SHOW BACK FROM A 32 MONTH LONG HIATUS ON FEBRUARY 1ST @THE LAUNDRY MAT ON 7TH AVE. AND PORTLAND AREA... (don't know the exact address sorry.) LOTS OF OTHER GREAT ACTS WILL BE PERFORMING THOUGH. AND ITS FREE!

FATHERS DAY!

WE WROTE 6 NEW SONGS TODAY! AND WE HAVE A TON OF SWEET SHOWS COMING UP! HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE SO FAR!
-JAN 17 @THE TRUNK SPACE (PHOENIX, AZ) W/TREASURE MAMMAL, SKINWALKERS, WHITMAN AND A TON OF OTHER BANDS
-FEB 03 @THE PHIX (PHOENIX, AZ) W/FUCKED UP, HOUR OF THE WOLF, GEORGE MOSHINGTON, ANDREW JACKSON JIHAD AND PIGEON RELIGION
-FEB 06 @RAY'S HOUSE (PHOENIX, AZ) W/JJCNV, RAY REEVES, SKINWALKERS, HAUNTED COLOGNE AND MORE!
-FEB 28 @THE TRUNK SPACE (PHOENIX, AZ) W/THE CHILDREN OF HELL, JJCNV AND MORE
-MAR 28 @??? (JEROME, AZ) W/ULTRAMAROON, SKINWALKERS, JJCNV AND A TON OF OTHER BANDS
-MAR 29 @THE TRUNK SPACE (PHOENIX, AZ) W/PEELANDER-Z, JJCNV, RIPPTYDE AND SKINWALKERS
-APR 01 @??? (PHOENIX, AZ) W/REALICIDE AND HIGHER LOVE
-APR 25 @THE TRUNK SPACE W/A TON OF BANDS (REAL COACHELLA)
-APR 28 @THE TRUNK SPACE W/NEW THRILL PARADE AND SKINWALKERS
-MAY 14 @THE SPELL CASTER LODGE (NEW ORLEANS, LA) W/QUINTRON AND MISS PUSSYCAT AND CHAIN$ THE GANG (FEATURING CALVIN JOHNSON AND IAN SVENEOUS)
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Phoenix Circuit Bender Corey Busboom Creates Funky Instruments for Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh

1/16/2009

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Corey Busboom and one of his photo theremin creations
Last week, local artist and musician Corey Busboom got a rather interesting phone call.

It was from Mark Mothersbaugh, the eccentric frontman for 80s hitmakers Devo.

The legendary keyboard player wanted to purchase, sight unseen, a dozen of his circuit bent instruments that Busboom is about to showcase at an upcoming art exhbition at the Trunk Space in downtown Phoenix.

Needless to say, Busboom was absolutely shocked.

Mothersbaugh's interest in Busboom and his madcap machines began after the Devo godhead member purchased a microphone built into a telephone handset (similar to what Bob Log III uses) that the funky Phoenix artist was selling on eBay. (It isn't the first time Mothersbaugh has been involved with out local scene, as he exhibited his twisted series of photo-manipulations at Perihelion Arts a few times over the past couple years). Busboom specializes in devices such as these, taking old toys, appliances, and playthings and making them into musical instruments (colloquially known as circuit-bending).

One of Busboom's photo theremins built on a tennis racket.
One such gizmo he dreamt up was lo-fi synthesizer made from Radio Shack breadboards (and his own twisted genius) which was then installed into the shell of a 1960s adding machine. Busboom sent this homebrew synth to Mothersbaugh, who then rang him up inquiring about any other circuit-bent or homemade instruments he might have in stock.

Busboom says Mothersbaugh paid him approximately $1,400 for all 12 pieces, which is a far cry from the 12-packs of Sprite that he sometimes accepts in exchange for his work.

"There's been a few times I've sold instruments to people and gotten some Sprite in return," he says. "I went on the wagon from caffeine and it's the only kind of soda I drink right now."

Some of the many instruments that are showing at the Trunk Space this month and will later be shipped to Mothersbaugh include several freaky-looking photo-theremins mounted on tennis rackets and other DIY sound-making devices created from kids toys, cigar boxes, and other various and sundry thrift store junk.

Ryan Avery and his series of silkscreened prints of Wayne Michael Reich.
Busboom is sharing the exhibition (which is titled "Do You See the Rose in the Trash?") with downtown Phoenix art freakazoid Ryan Avery, who will be showing some oddly-inspired recent works. In addition to an 80-pound ball of ugly ties and some Polaroid photographic collages, he'll be displaying more than three dozen silk screened prints featuring the face of fellow downtown artist Wayne Michael Reich.
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In my 2006 feature on Avery, Reich was described as being something of an outspoken nemesis to the 21-year-old musician and artist. The two were frequently at odds over Avery's penchant for outrageous (and often disruptive) performance art and music. While their feud, which was also depicted in the 2008 documentary on Avery called Hi My Name is Ryan, has cooled off somewhat, Avery says the exhbition is something of a playful joke.

As such, the prints feature "severly out-of-context" quotes taken from the outspoken Reich's MySpace site, including the following:
- "Our art scene sucks like a catholic priest @ a boy scout jamboree."
- "You're poor? Not my fucking problem."
- "I'm too pretty for prison."

Part of me is hoping the show will piss Reich off something fierce, and perhaps will lead to a second documentary: Hi My Name is Ryan: The Revenge of Wayne. I know I'd pay to see that.
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"Do You See the Rose in the Trash?" will be on display at the Trunk Space (1506 Grand Avenue, 602-256-6006) through February 19.

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Feud for Thought

1/15/2009

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Ryan in front of a wall of waynes
Performance artist Ryan Avery and photographer Wayne Michael Reich used to get along about as well as Israel and Hamas. Around four years ago, the downtown artists engaged in quite the scenester spat: The ultra-serious Reich argued that the kooky 22-year-old’s goofy drawings and disruptive performances had no artistic merit. While a truce has been called in recent years, Avery decided to lampoon his one-time foe by silk-screening Reich’s face onto sheets of colored copier paper. The prints are included in the dual “Do You See the Rose in the Trash?” exhibit at Trunk Space. In addition to an 80-pound ball of ugly ties Avery collected during his recent Mormon mission, the exhibition features colorfully DIY sound generators by local musician Corey Busboom. Built from cast-off toys and vintage electronics, the funky devices are currently the property of Devo frontman Mark Mothersbaugh, who bought them from Busboom before the show even hung.
Fri., Jan. 16, 6-9 p.m.; Fri., Feb. 6, 6-9 p.m., 2009
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January 02nd, 2009

1/2/2009

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LAST MINUTE HI MY NAME IS RYAN PERFORMANCE!
TOMORROW NIGHT!
@THE TRUNKSPACE!
GALAPAGOS IMPROV GOES FIRST! @8ISH?
$5 MAYBE $6 MAYBE FREE!?
I GO ON AFTER IMPROV! SO SOMETIME AROUND 9PM?!
OLIVIA FROM CROOKS AND NANNIES AND A PARTICULARLY VICIOUS RUMOR MIGHT BE PLAYING TOO!
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BEST THINGS OF 2008

1/1/2009

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-Making new friends! (hamani hill, migel, jenna...)
-Voodoo Donuts / Ending my Two Year Donut Fast (By the way Voodoo Donuts is something i am looking forward too when i go back up to Portland next week)
-Fathers Day is alive and kicking and making amazing music and recording new material and practicing and playing amazing shows!!!
-I have lived with all my best friends (for the most part)!
-Discovering new local bands and discovering old local bands for the first time and re-discovering local bands again! (mainly Ray Reeves, Skinwalkers, Bolt, JJCNV, James Fella, Haunted Cologne...)
-Playing in LA!
-Lots of house shows!
-Becoming good friends with long time friend/acquaintance JASON SYKES!
-3 ART SHOWS!!!???!!!???
-Hi My Name Is Ryan writes and plays and sings real songs now!
-The Children of Hell played again!
-IGGY IS THE GREATEST HUMAN BEING EVER!
-Salena Got Baptized right before i went home!
-I VOTED FOR JESUS CHRIST!
-My friends and family all became better people and i learned to appreciate them all for reals!
-Going to MEMPHIS!
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