Minnow's been in the studio working on their new EP, and it sounds amazing so far. Think Zeus throwing lightning bolts at rainbows and the explosion that would result from that.
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Minnow @ The Avalon Bar
Hey Costa Mesa! Go see Minnow on April 27th at The Avalon Bar. It's free so why the hell wouldn't you go?
The Avalon Bar is located at 820 West 19th Street
Meet Dally
Sans Gravity couldn't be more honored to count Dally amongst their list of amazing friends. Listen to their music, go to their shows, like them on Facebook, be a cooler person.
Mini-Minnow Tour
Minnow will be gluing the cosmos to the eyes and ears of audiences from San Francisco to Santa Monica the first week in May.
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Ghosts by Nili Barton
this ghost in the corner of my room does nothing but the laundry
there the same damn load in
the same tin bucket banging
against
the same damn washboard
splintered so horribly
it's hard to imagine
the weakened tattered
rags don't rip its
hands trudging through
shirts through pants
through ties through
bras through briefs
through soaps extracted
out of
a peculiar world rising
from the bucket
scents fluctuating
with the temperature
separating articles of
clothing is thrown
anywhere it'll fit
waking up tomorrow morning
with a sock in my mouth
she says this feels like
sledding without the sled
a depleted membrane of
viscous wives
and
cancerous husbands
making
pinkishly jovial
public appearances shaped
by
back-room curiosities and how-to-books
artfully scattered
across the floor
This is How N.B. Writes
Nili Barton works at an elementary school in Seattle, Washington. He started an after school creative writing club that is about to begin its second six-week session. At this point, Mr. Barton has twelve creative writing exercises that probably went over the heads of his fourth graders, but are perfect for you. Thus, he decided to compile and release the instructional chapbook, 12 Creative Writing Exercises That Probably Went Over The Heads Of My Fourth Graders But Are Perfect For You Volume 1. 12CWETPWOTHOMFGBAPFY is slated for release at the end of May.
Here's a bit of what can be found in the book...
For this prompt I want you to open a dictionary and randomly select a word. Then use that word in a sentence. Open to a different page, randomly select a different word, and use that word in another sentence. After a couple sentences you will probably notice that you’re starting to form an idea. Either an idea for a story, or a poem, or just a new set of thoughts that never would have occurred to you if you didn’t start with those random words in the dictionary. Despite the fact that you’re picking words at random, the sentences you create probably won’t be as random. Your brain will start to create logical relationships from one sentence to the next. Continue picking out words and writing sentences until you feel as though you’ve generated a good idea. Then just roll with it. If you get stuck, open the dictionary back up and start again.
Here's a bit of what can be found in the book...
Week 2: Every Idea Starts With a Word
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes once said, “We cannot think about things, but only about the names of things.” What he meant is that we can’t even begin to think about something unless we have the words or names to explain that thing. We can’t think about a tree unless we all have a similar understanding of what a tree is, so the idea of the tree starts with the word tree. This might seem a little confusing, but what I’m trying to suggest is that words are building blocks for larger ideas, much like molecules are the building blocks for our bones, blood, brain, body and so forth. Without words, without molecules, there can be no ideas and no body.
Gerry Green Presents King Baby
Gerry Green has announced a ?tentative? release date of ?5/7/13? for his new album, King Baby. We're all very excited. Here's a teaser...
facebook: facebook.com/gerrygreen
youtube: youtube.com/mrgellyphish
bandcamp: Gerry Green
facebook: facebook.com/gerrygreen
youtube: youtube.com/mrgellyphish
bandcamp: Gerry Green
Minnow in the Bay Area
If you're in the Bay Area be sure to catch Minnow from San Francisco to Santa Monica during the first week of May. Dates after the video.
facebook: facebook.com/minnowmusicThursday May 2nd (SF):
Thee ParksideOther bands are unknownPrice unknown21+
Friday May 3rd (Oakland):The Legionnaire Saloon10pmFree21+Caldecott, Minnow, The VlietsSaturday May 4th (Santa Cruz):Feedbands House Show9pmFreeAll AgesThe Vliets, MinnowSunday May 5th (Bakersfield):Sandrini'sFree21+The Nature, MinnowMonday May 6th (Santa Monica):Central SAPCPrice unknown21+Minnow, The Vliets, Kisser Her Little Sister, Jules & Verne
twitter: @minnow_music
instagram: @minnow_music
soundcloud: soundcloud.com/minnowband
The Birth of Sans Gravity
Let's face it, there's a fucking feast of art out there that wants to be consumed. Slow roasted photography dripping with a ukelele glaze. Painting au gratin and a steamy side of poached poetry. A million tables over, stacked to the ceiling, towers of well-done dish's contents are crusting over the plates and bowls that were served. Everyone eats at this table. Everyone serves at this table. It's the democratization of both publishing and publicity. It's social networking. It's all of that art quite actively, quite shamelessly, asking you to consume it.
It's quite vehemently demanding your attention,
or positioning itself at your feet and just laying there.
Leaving smudges of its hair, its skin, its heart, on your shoes.
And you just walk away.
And you keep walking.
Until at some point, something strikes you.
Some name or image or story or song.
How do you decide;
What to listen to?
What to watch?
What to read?
What to look at?
How do you decide what to devour, and what to feed to the dogs?
Is it a certain aesthetic quality?
A certain subject matter?
Maybe it was the time,
or maybe it was the place,
that you were introduced?
Whatever it was it happened.
And it will continue to happen.
You will continue to stumble down certain streets,
taking detours now and again,
in your pursuit of artistic viability.
You will pass through a dense city,
topographically heavy,
swarming with merchants and street performers.
This city will grow around you
and there will never be enough
hours in your day to consume it all.
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There's a group of friends in Los Angeles
They're in a band
They have some friends in the Bay Area
one of them is a photographer
the other is a graphic designer
They created the art for the band's first EP
This band from LA
and the graphic designer
and photographer from
the Bay Area have
a friend in Seattle
who writes poetry
one time
the poet from Seattle
opened
for the band from LA
with
a poetry reading
It was a memorial show for their friend
who had passed away
and the graphic designer
and the photographer
were there they had both
created posters for the event and
the posters were hanging on a wall
with other works of art
There were other bands too and a lot of other friends
This story is
just one of the ways
in which Sans Gravity
was brought together
&
it mentions only
a handful of the
people involved the
rest is better told
through the art that has
&
will continue to come
from it
THIS
IS
SANS
GRAVITY
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