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Simply AMAZING new posters from Sasha Kellner-Rodgers, who designed them specifically for our Tuesday show. See the posters in their original size at our flickr. More details on the show to come, but it’s going to be an amazing night!!

This weekend, Cornell University will “Born in the Bronx: A Conference Celebrating Hip Hop at Cornell.” This unique event will be held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1, marking the opening of a new permanent collection located in Cornell’s Rare Books and Manuscripts division.
Titled “Born in the Bronx: The Legacy and Evolution of Hip Hop,” […]

Sorry for the delay, but the full transcript of our conversation with visual artist Marc Swanson is now up in our interviews section. From the article:
Brooklyn-based visual artist Marc Swanson will present a lecture on his solo exhibition, “Hurry on Sundown: The Multimedia Work of Marc Swanson,” this Thursday, Oct. 16. Swanson first stepped into […]

Quite a few things happening tonight. This evening kicks off Cornell’s ‘Born in the Bronx: Celebrating Hip Hip History,’ a conference on hip hop culture of the Bronx in the late 70s / early 80s. Cornell Cinema is screening Charlie Ahearn’s excellent hip hop documentary ‘Wild Style,‘ a film that is widely recognized as the […]

In case you’re interested in getting involved, here’s IU’s press release:
So, I’d like to ask for everyone’s participation in rallying together to
start a ZINE.   A recent acquisition has brought us the capabilities and
we’d like to turn to you all for content.  What are we looking for??
Mainly this:
- A NAME FOR THE ZINE!!
- Review Ithaca Underground […]

And now, a message from Tapeworm Tapes:
just wanted to announce the upcoming EVENINGS / SLITHER east coast tour coming up in early november.
TW-45 EVENINGS - EMPTY GRAIL C30 will be available on tour only. there will also be an evenings private synth tape available along with other goodies.
bring the crew and hang.
SLITHER IS CHRIS POTTINGER […]

Really looking forward to this weekend — Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Caz, Jeff Chang, Tony Tone are all going to be here, for starters. I’ll post more information on the schedule of events tomorrow, but for now, your (semi-)daily youtube zen to help you get through this rainy Tuesday.
Also, Tom Carter photos from Sunday now up […]

Have a great weekend everyone!

Portland-based singer-songwriter Mirah recently played a concert at Castaways with Vancouver trio No Kids and local musician Jennie Stearns. We had a great time interviewing the energetic songwriter for the Ithaca Times (yes, she is as sweet in conversation as she is in her pop songs), and we finally posted the complete transcript of our […]

[Photo by Luis Ruiz] A quick sidenote to my announcement for Sunday’s show with Tom Carter of Charalambides. A year or two ago we interviewed both Tom and Christina Carter before a Charalambides show at the Soundlab in Buffalo. We have yet to post the full transcript of our nearly 2-hour long conversation (we promise […]

[Photo from shoegazer flickr] am happy to announce one final show for the month of October. This SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 I am thrilled to present experimental guitarist TOM CARTER at the LOST DOG LOUNGE. Hudson-based musician CYRUS GENGRAS and Ithaca’s own AMERICAN SPHINX will open. This show will be a unique opportunity to see a […]

We just found out last night that Brooklyn-based folk musician Viking Moses will be playing a show tonight at 8pm. The last time Viking Moses came through was about half a year ago when he went on a lonnnng tour with Golden Ghost, and they played No Radio. They will be playing No Radio again […]

Happy hump day!
….We recently discovered a nice photo blog called Through My Looking Glass by an Ithaca resident named Stacey Shackford. You can see her flickr here and her main website here…
….We also recently discovered that Michael Ludgate has a forum! It’s connected to his folk music blog, Canaan Institute. Great, it must be the […]

And now, a word from the Fanclub Collective….
WHITE MICE w/ FIASCO
THIS SATURDAY
9 PM
JAM (Just about music) DORM, CORNELL NORTH CAMPUS
$6
Thrash like you’ve never thrashed before.
WHITE MICE hail all the way from Providence, RI to stomp your head in with monstrous bass and an oscillator instead of a guitar, and provide enough unbridled ferocity so you […]

Our big Michael Chapman / Jack Rose show is tonight. I should make one important addendum to my press release, which follows. There is a free poetry reading featuring Cornell MFA students also held at No Radio Records that is happening immediately before my show. The reading will run from 7-8pm.
My show will begin PROMPTLY […]