November is here, the chill is in the air and the tingle of impending winter holidays hangs in the air. This is the week for some amazing events so check out of calendar and don’t miss out.
Continue reading ‘New Stuff 11/03/07′
Monthly Archive for November, 2007
| Nov ’07 |
| 3 |
| 7:00 pm |
Get Born at Quimby’s!
Saturday, November 3rd, 7:00 PM
FREE
This is the first official day of a reading tour embarked upon as the Get Born Collective makes their way up to the East coast to promote their monthly book of poetry entitled Get Born and their local literary collective of the same name. Join readers: Joseph Sulier, Joe Wetteroth, Mathieu Paul, and Jim Swill as they read selections of poetry.
Get Born is both a monthly book of poetry, and an outlet for the various creative endeavors of young local poets in the city of St. Louis. There are readings held regularly at various locations in St. Louis, there are recordings of readings and noise manipulations, there is art, there is danger, there is youth, and above all there is a pure genuine love for the written word in any form.
The Performers:
Joseph Sulier
Other info from Get Born:
You can find all of our press and current news material here and here also videos from all of our readings here
| Nov ’07 |
| 4 |
| 7:30 pm |
Dear Target Demographic,
Sponsorships got you down? Lackluster branding no longer giving you the thrill it once did? Psyched to join the revolution . . . the shopping revolution? Did the murky stench of corporate advertising upset the partygoers at your last soiree? Confused about which big business best correlates with your lifestyle? Can’t get rid of those greasy stains since that last meeting with the major label A&R rep? Want to sell out, but not quite sure where to turn?
Well, the good people behind Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity can help: Just attend one of these focus groups now forming in your area, which just happens to be at The Hideout.
This event is not happening at Quimby’s but rather, Quimby’s will be selling Unmarketable at The Hideout (1354 W. Wabansia) during this event.
Authoress Anne Elizabeth Moore will read from Unmarketable. Opening acts Betsy Crane, Richard Fox, Mairead Case and others have some disgusting but strangely appealing offers you do NOT want to miss out on.
ACTUAL INFORMATION FROM THE BACK COVER of Unmarketable: Brandalism, Copyfighting, Mocketing, and the Erosion of Integrity:
“Cultural resistance” and “DIY” (do-it-yourself) now denote both a recognizable demographic to target and a strategic way for marketers to promote their products. As the endless pursuit of the youth market demands ever-edgier tactics, whole social networks, communal economies, and value systems are put in jeopardy. Unmarketable is both a powerful critique of corporate marketing’s appropriations of and alliances with the cultural underground and a highly entertaining depiction of the absurdity produced by our advertising-saturated, late-capitalist wonderland. A longtime member of the underground, Anne Elizabeth Moore traipses through this upset landscape, interviewing the perpetrators, the victims, and the not-so-innocent bystanders of phenomena both hilarious and troubling in order to examine the underground’s changing relationship to the commercialized world and its impact on activism and integrity.
For more info:
| Nov ’07 |
| 5 |
| 7:00 pm |
A Year at the Wheel presents Steven Leyba at Quimby’s!
Monday, November 5th, 7:00PM
A Year at the Wheel invites you to join Rev. Steven Leyba as he unveils his new documentary, and reads from his book. He will also display some of his incredible art montages and gladly sign copies of his DVD and book.
About Steven Leyba from the blurb about Unspeakable the documentary about his life and work:
Reverend Steven Johnson Leyba is the kind of man who will paint all over the American flag then remind you that “flag etiquette” has been royally pissed on by most major designers without anyone raising an eyebrow. He will have a swastika cut into his back while reminding you that this is an ancient symbol… then he’ll wonder aloud how many people were killed in the name of the sanctified Holy Cross. Reverend Leyba is a legally ordained Priest in the Church of Satan. He is known in the underground art world as the “Father of Sexpressionism”. The man views every kind of bodily excretion as a viable medium with which to paint. He is deeply in touch with his Native American ancestry. These juxtapositions may seem like a lot to ponder, but they represent just a scratch on the surface. For nearly two years, Reverend Leyba permitted the filmmaker’s cameras to observe his life, his art, and his infamous personal rituals. Some of this extraordinarily unique footage charts a terrain of human behavior that has rarely, if ever, been explored within the documentary form. The Reverend’s prolific and varied artistic output reflects his unyielding political and religious opinions. “UNSPEAKABLE” captures the unusual behavior of this Satanic Priest and takes a firsthand look at the issues that propel his work. The film hops from one inimitable character to the next as they grapple with topics ranging from the denial of the “American Holocaust”, to the discovery of new ways to make an explosively sexual/ political statement with a whiskey bottle. Such luminaries as Church of Satan High Priestess Blanche Barton, photographeranthropologist Charles Gatewood, and President of the Tom of Finland Foundation, Durk Dehner, guide us through a journey of Sex and Satan…a sneak peek of Radical Art and Raging Performances. The resulting portrait is of an artist with a perversely brilliant vision. He is both humor and fury. He is grotesque, yet possesses the UNSPEAKABLE beauty of a man free enough to confront and embrace his own humanity.
More info and samples of his art at www.stevenleyba.com
Also, in addition to Steven Leyba, the one and only MIKE DIANA will be there, as will Shane Bugbee and Amy Bugbee. They will also be signing books and answering questions.
For more info visit: www.ayearatthewheel.com
1. Epic Battle Trading Cards $1.00
2. Greenzine #14 $2.75
3. Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine (Drawn+Quarterly) $19.95
4. Bizarre #129 Nov 07 $8.75
5. Before You She Was A Pit Bull $5.00
6. Comic Art #9 $19.95
7. Caboose #6 $1.00
8. Hiding Out by Jonathan Messinger (Featherproof) $13.95
9. Slingshot 2008 Organizer – small size (Slingshot Collective) $6.00
10. Schotts Miscellany 2008 by Ben Scott (Bloomsbury) $26.95
