[Floor2] 6/8 thru 6/14

[Chlöe Mandel]

Hey there,
Remember how difficult it is to leave your house during the  
wintertime? All that preparation and planning and psyching yourself  
up so you can face the weather? Well, I don't want to scare you, but  
it would be worth it to mentally prepare yourself in the same way for  
these shows happening at AS220 this week. They're just that intense.

You'll pound your fists in the air as Armageddon Shop presents  
Clockcleaner, Brain Handle, Breathing Fire and Hulk Out this Friday  
night. Clockcleaner is punk music for people tired of punk music,  
unpredictable and brutal, definitely not to be missed.

Monday night gets cerebral to the electro-accoustic music of Shawn  
Greenlee, SKIF++, Area C and Forbes Graham. SKIF++, a collaborative  
outfit from The Netherlands with members from OfficeR, feature  
computer music, electro-accoustic improv and video.

Plastic Crimewave Sound, a psychedelic acid punk band out of Chicago,  
is gonna get you feeling groovy along with MV +EE with the Bummer  
Road and Eyes Like Saucers . By the end of the night, you'll believe  
Mars had it's own Summer of Love.

So there you go. Don't say I didn't warn ya.

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Friday, June 8, 2007
8:30pm Armageddon Shop presents: Clockcleaner, Brain Handle,  
Breathing Fire and Hulk Out
http://www.armageddonshop.com http://www.clockcleaner.net
$7

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Saturday, June 9, 2007
11am-1pm My Magical Territory: an artist talk with Giovanni  
Macchiahttp://www.easyjetinflight.com/features/2005/may/village.html
FREE

2-6pm BSS Muzine Fundraiser - Release The Press
http://www.myspace.com/muzine http://www.as220.org/bss/
$4

9pm Your Roots Are Showing featuring: TBA
http://www.yourrootsareshowing.org/ http://www.lucky57.com/
$5

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Sunday, June 10, 2007
8pm The Empire Revue
http://www.myspace.com/empirerevue
$6

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Monday, June 11, 2007
9pm Shawn Greenlee, SKIF++ (The Netherlands), Area C and Forbes Graham
http://www.hardhatarea.com/SKIF++.html http://www.steim.org http:// 
www.shawngreenlee.com/ http://www.areacmusic.com/ http:// 
www.polyrhythmatics.net/
$6

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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
6-9pm Life Drawing
$6

10pm UM: Jazz with Hal Crook, Bob Gullotti, Dave Zinno and Leo Genovese
http://halcrook.com/
$7

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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
4-6pm Films by visiting Italian Artist Giovanni Macchia
FREE

9pm Plastic Crimewave Sound, MV + EE with the Bummer Road and Eyes  
Like Saucers
http://www.myspace.com/plsticcrimewavesound http:// 
www.ecstaticpeace.com/artist.php?id=8 http://www.eyeslikesaucers.com/
$7
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
6:30pm Free Speech Thursdays at AS220 featuring: Open Mic + Songs In  
The Key Of Hip-Hop
This week:
*6:30-9p: Providence Slam: Open Mic, NO COVER
*9p: Songs in the Key of Hip Hop, $4
http://www.myspace.com/ministerref http://www.myspace.com/ 
providencepoetryslam
$4 cover starts at 9pm

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Friday, June 8, 2007
8:30pm Armageddon Shop presents: Clockcleaner, Brain Handle,  
Breathing Fire and Hulk Out
CLOCKCLEANER is a Punk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band  
consists of John Sharkey III on vocals/Guitar, Karen Horner on Bass,  
and Richie Charles Jr on drums. The trio has drawn comparisons to The  
Jesus Lizard, Big Black, Nirvana, Flipper and even harsh noise band  
Whitehouse. Their influences include Cromags, gg allin, Sun Ra,  
Brainbombs, Albert Ayler, and the first Skrewdriver LP. Formed in  
2004, Clockcleaner released an EP called The Hassler on the now  
defunct Philadelphia hardcore label Manic Ride Records. The album  
echoed early 90s noise rock, with high pitch guitar sonics and a  
thumping bass sound. Last year, they released a record on Baltimore's  
Reptilian Records and now the band has a new 2007 release on  
Providence's Load Records. BRAIN HANDLE: "The Pittsburgh band  
delivers furious hardcore in the spirit of early '80s pioneers like  
Black Flag and the Adolescents, who, when punk was dying, took it up  
a notch and raged against authority, boredom and the status quo.  
Brain Handle formed three years ago, originally as a side project,  
among a group of friends with slightly disparate musical pursuits:  
guitarist Jeff Gentle and drummer Mike Ovens came from the metallic  
grind band Warzone Womyn; guitarist "Intense" Andy Perlman, from  
hardcore band Intense Youth; singer Ed Steck, from an abrasive punk  
band with an unprintable name ending in "Mayor"; and bassist Mike  
Siciliano, who arrived late, from post-rockers Young Men's Department  
(YMD), which Siciliano says was described as "the Butthole Surfers  
trying to play King Crimson." As a departure from all that, Brain  
Handle was devised as a throwback to something more straight-ahead  
and visceral." Armageddon Shop is Providence's premier independent  
record store. Located at 436 Broadway on the West Side. (ph/\fx: 401  
521 6667). Open Mon-Sat 12-8 pm, Sunday 12-6pm Buy-Sell-Trade New and  
Used music on all formats...

http://www.armageddonshop.com http://www.clockcleaner.net
$7


Saturday, June 9, 2007
.11am-1pm My Magical Territory: an artist talk with Giovanni Macchia
"My Magical Territory" Artist Talk with Giovanni Macchia featuring  
films and videos and a presentation on the artist colony of Calcata,  
Italy. http://www.calcata.info/ http://www.easyjetinflight.com/ 
features/2005/may/village.html
FREE

2-6pm BSS Muzine Fundraiser - Release The Press
AS220 Broad Street Studio's Muzine will be hosting their first youth  
run fundraiser. The publication has always been a big part of AS220  
so the youth of Broad Street Studio. Decided to launch the press back  
into the community. The uncensored voice of Rhode Island should be  
heard once again. So put your ear to the paper because its time to  
release the press. http://www.myspace.com/muzine http://www.as220.org/ 
bss/
$4

9pm Your Roots Are Showing featuring: TBA
** This is the last YRAS for the Summer! This 2nd-Saturday showcase  
will return September 8, 2007** YOUR ROOTS ARE SHOWING, Providence,  
Rhode Island's monthly roots-twang-Americana series, which started in  
2003. YRAS happens on 2nd-Saturdays. Hosted by LUCKY 57, from  
Providence: Grounded in post-punk, but with a love of pop and a soft- 
spot for traditional country music, Lucky 57 draws on both genres for  
a sound that's guitar-driven, melodic, and rootsy--so aptly proven on  
the band's debut CD(Looseground Records, 2001), a 9-song collection  
of twang-tinged pop produced with Boston rock icon (David Minehan ,  
Paul Westerberg, Aerosmith) and Carl Plaster (Old 97s, The Ramones)  
-- as a band that navigates the fine line between rock and twang with  
hooky, guitar-laden melodies and memorable, well-executed songs.

http://www.yourrootsareshowing.org/ http://www.lucky57.com/
$5


Sunday, June 10, 2007
8pm The Empire Revue
SPECIAL 2nd-SUNDAY VERSION - don't worry, the Empire Revue will  
return to the first-Sunday-of-each-month in July. HOOORAY
THE EMPIRE REVUE, a variety show at featuring music! burlesque!  
performance art! nouveau-vaudeville! more! Hosted by Keith Munslow, a  
veteran performer in the Providence arts and music scene, has revived  
the art of the variety show with this cabaret featuring a cavalcade  
of local talent, every first Sunday of the month! Like the fabled  
Porkchop Lounge, the EMPIRE REVUE features a variety of styles, from  
burlesque to sketch comedy, improv to musical acts in a fast-paced 90- 
minute show featuring local artists. Featuring: sizzling music by:  
Superchief Trio and comedy and mayhem by: The Sparkling Beatniks  
(Marya Errin Jones, Richard Goulis, Hannah Devine, Eric Fulford) plus  
a special-guest appearance by Sonny Roelle (of the Sentimental  
Favorites, and wire art fame!), and a raft of talented local  
performers! Empire Revue is sponsored by: EMPIRE LOAN North Main  
Street, Providence RI.

http://www.myspace.com/empirerevue
$6


Monday, June 11, 2007
9pm Shawn Greenlee, SKIF++ (The Netherlands), Area C and Forbes Graham
SKIF++ (from Holland): Robert van Heumen (laptop LiSa) and Jeff Carey  
(laptop SuperCollider) are the electronic backbone of the electro- 
acoustic sextet Office-R(6) that uses structured improvisation in a  
unique way. Forming SKIF in 2004 (because the rest of Office-R(6)  
left the building), they work with similar ideas but under a purely  
digital pragmatism: sonic bursts, melodic melancholy, and beautiful  
carpets using joysticks and self made controllers to keep it all in  
line (most of the time). SKIF++ is the collaboration of SKIF and Bas  
van Koolwijk's (laptop Max/MSP/Jitter) aggressive attack on the  
illusion of video itself. Independently, and processing the SKIF  
sound into video, he exposes the face of the machine which lives  
behind the often-placating veil of the televised image. SHAWN  
GREENLEE (Providence) is a composer and performer of experimental  
music. His work centers on freestyle performance with computer  
systems for both sound and image. Since 1992, Greenlee has been  
standing at the epicenter of Providence’s panicked music scene, and  
is best known for his solo electronic music, under the moniker,  
Pleasurehorse, as well as for founding and performing in the frenetic  
rock group, Landed (est. 1997). Other points of reference include his  
membership in the band, Six Finger Satellite (1999-2001), and his  
role in Providence's warehouse community of the late 90s including,  
the art collective and venue, Fort Thunder. AREA C (Providence) was  
formed in 2003 by Erik Carlson. AREA C's compositions examine the  
texture and tonal characteristics of sound, working with live loops,  
their cyclical relationships, and the details of their decay over  
time. The work blurs boundaries between digital and analog as well as  
electric and acoustic, foregrounding sound sources from out of the  
way places. Using looping tools, effects pedal and real-time tape  
recorder manipulation, AREA C strives for the creation of subtle,  
textural and dynamic sounds through acts of sonic manipulation,  
disintegration and recombination, applied in the studio and during  
performances. Improvisation also plays an important role for AREA C,  
with live performances often based on extended explorations of  
minimal thematic starting points or clusters of note and melody.  
FORBES GRAHAM (Providence) has appeared on over 30 recordings,  
ranging in style from contemporary classical, metal, and jazz. His  
compositions are extremely mathematical, highly contrapuntal,  
vivacious, and invigorating, drawing from the cross-cultural  
experiences he has lived. His solo trumpet performances explore micro- 
climates created from deconstructing the trumpet and the utilization  
of extended techniques. He has performed or recorded with a diverse  
group of musicians, including Roger Turner, Kayo Dot, The Flying  
Luttenbachers, Rakalam Moses, Daughters, Jim Hobbs, Erase Errata,  
Thoughtstreams, and Raqib Hassan. He is currently a member of the  
Interdimensional Science Research Orchestra and the Full Metal  
Revolutionary Jazz Ensemble. He can also be found sitting in with the  
Fully Celebrated Orchestra from time to time. Festival appearances  
include High Zero, Full Force (curated by John Zorn), and The Wire's  
Adventures in Modern Music festival.

http://www.hardhatarea.com/SKIF++.html http://www.steim.org http:// 
www.shawngreenlee.com/ http://www.areacmusic.com/ http:// 
www.polyrhythmatics.net/
$6


Tuesday, June 12, 2007
6-9pm Life Drawing
Come and draw from a live model.
$6

10pm UM: Jazz with Hal Crook, Bob Gullotti, Dave Zinno and Leo Genovese
UM's weekly live jazz gig at AS220 is now into it's 13th year! That's  
right - every Tuesday since 1994 - come on down and check it out.  
"Trombonist Hal Crook is a marvel. He has evolved a singular musical  
voice echoing past masters... impressing as a modernist with  
chops." (Jazz Times) http://halcrook.com/
$7


Wednesday, June 13, 2007
4-6pm Films by visiting Italian Artist Giovanni Macchia

FREE

9pm Plastic Crimewave Sound, MV + EE with the Bummer Road and Eyes  
Like Saucers
PLASTIC CRIMEWAVE SOUND from Chicago is a 4-5 piece space punk unit  
lauded in Mojo, Wire, Julian Cope's head heritage, etc. Plastic  
Crimewave also does the Galactic Zoo Dossier mag, soundscape duo  
Goldblood, Secret History of Chicago Music strip and radio show,  
Million Tongues Festivals, sits in with ensembles like Scarcity of  
Tanks and DRMWPN, yadda yadda. Mark Lux was in the formative Temple  
of Bon Matin and twiddles knobs with Folk and Violence. Nick Myers  
also heads up street toughs Vee Dee. Lawrence Peters does everything,  
including swell country bands like Hardscrabble and the Lawrence  
Peters Outfit. Andy Ortmann is Panicsville, runs the fine Nihilist  
label, and does a zillion other sick things. MV + EE WITH THE BUMMER  
ROAD: From the deep wilds of New England, specifically lower Vermont  
and western Massachusetts, MV/EE and the Bummer Road, an enclave  
consisting of Matt Valentine (ex-TOWER RECORDINGS), Erika Elder,  
Michael Ehlers and a revolving/evolving auxiliary of men, women, dogs  
and stars has been exploring, developing and investigating the lost- 
and-found art of what they describe as “lunar blues, sometimes  
fingerstyle noise/space” for a few years now. After a host of  
recordings issued by various cosmo-song inspired labels, particularly  
MV/EE’s own Child Of Microtones imprint, which has released an  
awesome array of hand-made CDRs not only of their own exploits but  
that of the howling spirit-community they run with, Ecstatic Peace is  
positively glowing to announce what may be the heaviest, most sky- 
minded recording in MV/EE + the Bummer Road’s oeuvre - a stunning  
follow up to the critically acclaimed MOTHER OF THOUSANDS record  
released earlier this year and WE OFFER YOU GURU, voted one of the  
best avant rock records of 2005 by THEWIRE. “GREEN BLUES may be the  
ultimate and most genuine artifact of what the media has proffered as  
“freak folk” as it not only makes manifest all that is desirous of  
said scene but, in true nature, goes well beyond any known parameters  
as such. An already classic and legendary move.” - quoteth Thurston  
Moore. EYES LIKE SAUCERS (Providence) just finished a new CD release  
for the local Last Visible Dog label. Eyes Like Saucers is the solo  
project of Jeffrey K., formerly the farfisa organist for Secret Eye  
recording artists - Urdog. With Eyes Like Saucers, the darker and  
more organic regions of inner space are explored via a slightly  
modified indian pedal harmonium, effected voice, assorted percussion  
and electronics. Drawing inspiration from such artists as Nico,  
Robert Wyatt, Carl Orff, and early 20th century German poet, Georg  
Trakl, the incessant and labored breathing of the ancient harmonium  
evokes a bleak and troubled age that, ironically, can best be  
surmised as a post-apocalyptic era that we have as yet to arrive  
upon. Jeffrey has toured the USA and Europe extensively, and has  
shared the stage with artists as varied as Sir Richard Bishop (Sun  
City Girls), Circle, Boris, Six Organs Of Admittance, Sunn-o, Jim  
O'Rourke, Acid Mothers Temple, and Merzbow.

http://www.myspace.com/plsticcrimewavesound http:// 
www.ecstaticpeace.com/artist.php?id=8 http://www.eyeslikesaucers.com/
$7


Thursday, June 14, 2007
6:30pm Free Speech Thursdays at AS220 featuring: Open Mic + Songs In  
The Key Of Hip-Hop
This week:
*6:30-9p: Providence Slam: Open Mic, NO COVER
*9p: Songs in the Key of Hip Hop, $4
SONGS IN THE KEY OF HIP HOP, Hosted By: The Minister Of Reference -  
An Open Mic And Floor Showcase Feat.... Local Dj's, Emcees, Breakers,  
Graff Writers, Spoken Word & YOU! Showcases T.B.A. Yeah, we're back  
in action with the BANG, BANG all things hip hop event! If you want  
to rock the open mic....Bring original beats/music....i.e. NO  
INDUSTRY BEATS! ALL MUSIC MUST BE ORIGINAL!!! 5 minutes sets. Every  
second Thursday of the month at AS220 as part of FREE SPEECH  
THURSDAYS! http://www.myspace.com/ministerref http://www.myspace.com/ 
providencepoetryslam
$4 cover starts at 9pm