Smog Veil Clearing The Air Newsletter #74, March 2010

The March, 2010 It-News for the It-kids:

1. HERE WE GO:

Pre-orders are now being accepted for the new Rocket From The Tombs 7-inch. 2 songs: I Sell Soul and Romeo & Juliet. Strictly limited to 2000 units with absolutely no repress, black vinyl. Get it here:

ROCKET FROM THE TOMBS pre-sale LINK

Another Dimentia 13 exclusive download release is live, TV Screen Head. Here's what Brad wrote about it, 20 years ago!: "This album is a collection of previously unreleased 4-track home demos. None of this material has ever been made public before. Not on compilations, flexi-discs, cassettes — nothin’! However this is not Dimentia 13’s Dead Letter Office (REM’s then-current album of rejected songs) as I’m quite proud of most of this stuff and happy to see it included as part of the Dimentia 13 canon. Since this stuff is all from cassette masters the sound quality is kinda rough. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! But it’s not so bad. Listen at your own peril. Enjoy it in your cave of black discontent. That’s what it’s for. By the way I’m writing these liner notes on August 31, 1989. I have a bad cold and it’ll be several months before this is released. My opinions will all have changed by then."

Brad tells me that actually, his opinion hasn't changed at all on these recordings: it's still a great lo-fi creeper! Check out the full story here:

DIMENTIA 13 TV Screen Head LINK

Brad has also just made live a Dimentia 13 web site, check it out:

DIMENTIA 13 web site LINK

New gig dates have been announced for Pere Ubu, Cheetah Chrome, THOR and This Moment In Black History. Note that the Pere Ubu and This Moment In Black History gigs on March 5th at the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern is a special dealio. The club, our personal favorite, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. And, that night, Pere Ubu will perform all the songs from it’s groundbreaking release, The Modern Dance.

North American screenings of the Complaints Choir documentary are set for this week, check it out if you’re nearby:

MARCH 3: Cineqest Film Fest, San Jose, CA 9 PM

MARCH 5: CIMM Fest, Chicago, IL 6 PM (FREE!)

MARCH 6: Cinequest Film Fest, San Jose, CA, 11 AM

Additional North American screenings are scheduled for April and May, we’ll update next month.

Here’s what we have going for SXSW, track me down, buy me a drink, rock ‘n’ roll!:

March 16: Paper Cuts In The Plastic Age panel discussion, 12:30 PM

BATUSIS: this is Cheetah Chrome and Syl Sylvain’s new band!:

Thursday, March 18: Prague Bar, Austin, TX, SXSW (with Miss Derringer, Kid Congo Powers and The Bellrays)

Friday, March 19: Cheapo Music, Austin, TX, 5 PM (free!)

THIS MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY:

March 18: Apparition Skateboards, Austin TX (w/Sun God) FREE!

March 19: Plush, Austin, TX (w/Sun God) FREE!

Updates for all the new stuff, reviews, mp3 samples and video is updated daily at the Smog Veil Facebook fan page. Check it out:

Smog Veil Records on Facebook

hearpen.com has a new release this month, a live Pere Ubu set from 1981 titled “I Walk The Line”. Here’s what we know of it: Recorded May 22 and 23 1981 at Tiffany's in Glasgow and Tiffany's in Edinburgh. Two songs recorded at an unknown location prior to these shows. The tour was in support of The Gang Of Four. "Not Happy" was designed in this way for the tour. Check it out here:

PERE UBU I Walk The Line LINK

2. Gigs galore!!:

Check out a Smog Veil band in your area:

DAVID THOMAS:
http://www.ubuprojex.net

Pere Ubu

Fri, Mar 5 Cleveland, Beachland Ballroom 10th Year Anniversary Special Event: The Modern Dance In Its Entirety

March 24: Chicago, IL, Lincoln Hall (performing The Modern Dance and Long Live Pére Ubu)

March 28: New York, NY, Poisson Rouge (performing Long LIve Pére Ubu--The Spectacle)

TELLERVO KALLEINEN AND OLIVER KOCHTA-KALLEINEN

http://www.complaintschoir.org/

Complaints Choir

Nov. 28, 2009-March 7, 2010: Complaints Choir video installation, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (Roppongi) (info: http://www.mori.art.museum/eng/exhibition/index.html)

Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen

12 February - 9 May at Hämeenlinna Art Museum, Finland: »I am a socialist-anarchist-individual-collectivist-individualist-communist-cooperative-aristocrat-democrat.« - A show curated by Tellervo Kalleinen and Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen

19 February - 18 April 2010 at TENT, Rotterdam, Holland: The People United Will Never be Defeated (Complaints Choir - European premier for the completed installation) 5 March at Artra Gallery, Milano, Italy: Solo show of Tellervo Kalleinen & Oliver Kochta-Kalleinen (retrospective works)

27th March - 20th April at DA2-Domus Artium, Salamanca, Spain: Arctic Hysteria

14. April - 19 September at Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland: Swedish and Finnish Contemporary Art (I Love My Job-installation) (More info of the project: www.workhorror.org)

May 5 Trøndelag centre for contemporary art; Trondheim, Norway (retrospective works)

1-23 June at IG Bildende Kunst, Vienna: The Exhibition: Screen Realities, The Work: In The Middle of A Movie

18-20 June at atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany: " isn't everything after all a part of our inner life", positionen bildende Künstlerinenn aus helsinki und aus Frankfurt Main (Off Art Talent Show by JOKAklubi http://jokaklubi.blogspot.com/, Recycling You-solo performance by Tellervo Kalleinen)