Radiograffiti presents:

RGW-001
Stagediver-”No Magic Here: Various Livesets ’07-’10″

http://radiograffiti.org/Stagediver-No_Magic_Here.torrent

Almost four hours of slamming Amigacore from your good friend (who never returns phone calls) in Milwaukee, WI. Some of these sets have been making the rounds through file trade for a while but are now available direct as a half-assed torrent file for your listening pleasure (?). Included are a few random pics taken on buses, in Chicago, in Milwaukee, nothing special. What you really want here is the music and holy christ does it deliver.

The recordings themselves are from several different sources so things are not perfect, but volumes are generally continuous. For the trainspotters: much of the material presented was played as a one-off performance or had been lost in various hard drive crashes. Some of you might even recognize early versions of songs later released on vinyl in a much different form.

To anyone who cares enough: you can donate to Radiograffiti server costs/pick up a Stagediver 7″ or rage at the shows if you’re feeling generous. Spread the word, seed, listen and enjoy.

Total Playing Time: 3:56:31

Too timid to download? Samples can be heard at the Stagediver Soundcloud profile.

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-Folder (Livesets)

01 1 – Stagediver – 01.09.10.mp3 (24:13 – 60.5MB – 320 kbps)
02 2 – Stagediver – 10.06.09.mp3 (44:57 – 107MB – 320 kbps)
03 3 – Stagediver – 03.28.09.mp3 (38:30 – 93.2MB – 320 kbps)
04 4 – Stagediver – 08.29.08.mp3 (31:36 – 77.4MB – 320 kbps)
05 5 – Stagediver – 6.13.08.mp3 (18:02 – 46.3MB – 320 kbps)
06 6 – Stagediver – 4.13.08.mp3 (37:01 – 89.8MB – 320 kbps)
07 7 – Stagediver – 12.27.07.mp3 (7:29 – 22.1MB – 320 kbps)
08 8 – Stagediver – 10.31.07.mp3 (10:30 – 29.1MB – 320 kbps)

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Stagediver – No Magic Here

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Don’t Forget:

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Short Circuit

Start Time:
Saturday, December 26, 2009 at 8:00pm
End Time:
Sunday, December 27, 2009 at 2:30am
Location:
THE CACTUS CLUB 2496 SOUTH WENTWORTH, BAY VIEW (MILWAUKEE) WI

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=199524547293&ref=mf

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Date:
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Time:
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Location:
The Borg Ward 823 W National, Milwaukee USA

Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=208088486221&ref=mf

(I’m opening…for real this time I swear. New material.)

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Upcoming events…

Stagediver:

Expressive Media Express is a weekend long interactive slate of programs designed to encourage creative use of digital tools and simultaneously showcase Chicago’s energetic New Media community. It will include two workshops, a screening, live performances and an ongoing media installation online and at The Nightingale, organized by jonCates (School of the Art Institute of Chicago), Christy LeMaster (The Nightingale), and Nicholas O’Brien (Interactive Art and Media, Columbia College).

Screen.Grab2 | CHIcast ::
PART I – ONSCREEN

The Nightingale
1084 N Milwaukee
October 23, 2009 8PM
$5 suggested donation

Organized by Nicholas O’Brien (PART I) and jonCates (PART II)

ARTISTS INCLUDED IN PART I:
Nick Briz
jonCates
Jake Elliott
Arend deGruyter-Helfer
Emily Kuehn
Jesse McLean
Michael Morris
Jon Satrom
Micah Schippa

ABOUT Screen.Grab2:

Screen.Grab2 presents a sampling of Video and New Media work using the visual vocabulary of network and digital culture. From glitch to screen savers to realtime audio-video noise to experimental dance pop movies, CHIcast converses with the multi-vocal presence of screen based art located within Chicago. Screen.Grab2 is part of a weekend long slate of programs (including two free New Media art making workshops) called Expressive Media Express as part of Chicago Artists Month.

In PART I of Screen.Grab2, Nicholas O’Brien has curated a screening program of digital works by artists based in Chicago.

During In PART II of Screen.Grab2, jonCates has organized a series of performances of digital and analog computers and electronics that will pop offscreen and into the physical space of the Nightingale.

“Although Screen.Grab is designed to enable a dialog between New Media and Experimental Cinema, this installment is also intended to bring together discourses from various mediums through creatively engaging in the familiar frameworks of online and digital tools. The ubiquity of graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and digital iconography evident in CHIcast is approached with a playful inquisitiveness and criticality. The work examines our digital interactions through questioning the supposition of the reliable, accurate, personal, and informative qualities found in New Media environments. In repositioning these characteristics away from the initial excitement and subsequent skepticism of New Media, the material found in this screening steer the conversation into a more colloquial and casual shared exploration.” – Nicholas O’Brien

MORE INFO ON PART II:
Screen.Grab2 | CHIcast ::
PART II – REALTIME

ARTISTS INCLUDED IN PART II:
Rainbo Video
Tyler St Clair (Stagediver/Dispyz)
Aaron Zarzutzki
Mark Beasley and Tamas Kemenczy

Rainbo Video (dance pop audio video from Chicago)

http://www.videopopmusic.com

Rainbo Video is a musician, filmmaker, and audiovisual artist based in Chicago. Forging everything from dance party pop to euphoric mash-ups and melodic ambient, he makes brightly colored candy for the ears. His films and art are just as kaleidoscopic, integrating optical illusions, cognitive puzzles, found footage, guessing games, cryptograms, and 3-D excursions into surrealism.

Tyler St Clair (breakcore on obsolete hardware from Milwaukee)

http://radiograffiti.org

Tyler St Clair uses modified and circuit-bent gear including (but not limited to) a VIC-20 & MC-505. He also began work on several Atari 2600 sample playback utilities back in 2003 and has even been seen as a supporter of the UK hacking scene, evidenced by musical submissions to the Hackervoice UK podcast.

Aaron Zarzutzki (realtime noise and glitchery from Chicago)

http://myspace.com/aaronzarzutzki

Aaron Zarzutzki builds homebrew and hacked electronics, mixing together mechanics and codecs and causing analog and digital noise to feedback into each other. He also organizes The Myopic Music Series with Fred Lonberg-Holm and Brian Labycz.

Mark Beasley and Tamas Kemenczy (minimal VGA and CRT hacks from Chicago)

http://arcanebolt.net

Mark Beasley and Tamas Kemenczy bend naive cathode rays using Arduino microcontrollers handbuilt into VHS video cassette cases, Python programming and old CRT monitors from the beige days of computing.

!!! WORKSHOPS

Free Computer Arts Workshops For Kids Ages 8-15!

Many media savvy parents want their children to safely participate with computer and internet technology. Expressive Media Express aims to assist parents and youth by moving the conversation away from technophobia into creative energy.

Alex Inglizian’s BentBox workshop on Saturday October 24th at 10 am gives youth the opportunity to open up everyday toys and to sonically modify them for their own creative purposes.

Similarly, Jake Elliott’s Step Mania School on Sunday October 25th at 2 pm relocates youth from passive game players to active game makers, as well as lays the foundation for using free alternative software. Participants will work with an open source dance dance revolution program.

Both sessions are free and provide access to an expandable set of skills, as well as teach the importance of community and collaboration. Both workshops are suggested for kids aged 8-15 and each workshop participant will work with their own adult preceptor for the duration of the lesson. All materials are provided. Workshops will be held at The Nightingale (1084 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL 60642)

The accompanying installation is also educational by showing the vibrant history of electronic arts in Chicago through an interactive time-line of tactile technology. Kids will be able to interact with modified computers from several different eras of computer history to see first hand the progression of this technology and the art affiliated with it.

Those interested in participating in these free workshops should contact Christy LeMaster at christylemaster@gmail.com or by calling 573-289-4329. Early Reservations are encouraged, as space is limited.

Dispyz:

HEXADECI:

11/27/2009 8:00 PM at DIMENSIONAL SCHIZM

Voodoo Lounge, Plymouth, Southwest PL1 United Kingdom
Cost:??

(More info soon)

*and*

11/7/2009 8:00 PM at Invite only event!
(private rave in Devon)
Southwest PL1

Cost:??

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Upcoming Shows…

*It wasn’t a glowing review.*

Is this the reason for my attention? Of course not. We have something of a contradiction when one questions the integrity of the local music underground while falling victim to the ignorant trappings of mid-size city scene politics. Clearly, his words mean very little. Rambling dissection of the headliner’s aesthetic, coupled with Google-searched knowledge of the non-friend musical acts effectively negates any attempt at a reasonable review.

Was it the sampled dialogue of the stripper who could pick up twenties with her pussy lips? Only he would know.

*So what was there to take issue with?*

The sentiment that resonates very loudly within the review (and local art pseudo-movements):

“If I don’t know you, I’m better than you. If I don’t understand, I lie.” Passive-aggressive, shit-talking, friendship-conformity is in, while being honest is not.

*Why is this being addressed?*

Mostly because someone who had the power to fuck up momentum did what they could to see his own brainless ideals come to fruition. The blog in question is supposed to be a *resource* – not a soapbox. Nor a political podium for one man’s dream of a scene, screaming for unearned respect.

The uneducated hand-jobbery of the review shouldn’t shock anyone, as it’s a known fact the guy is in a promising local indie band which resides (and performs exclusively) at the venue in question. Maybe he was afraid that the slam-dancing kind of looked like fun. Maybe he was afraid of all the new faces who came out to see the new act, and as he even mentioned, was one of the largest draws in recent history for the venue. Maybe he was afraid that the sounds he heard that night were the sounds of Milwaukee’s past, rumbling in the distance, rushing closer and closer for a stake in the future.

Who knows?

The point is this – people have opinions. Some people have uninformed, intelligible opinions. Some people even lie. But there’s a measure of accountability here, and we’re ready to bust you the fuck out.

Article:

http://fan-belt.com/2009/10/09/review-realicide-the-borg-ward-10-7-09/

Facebook profile of writer in question:

*removed due to request*

Myspace profile of promising band in question:

http://www.myspace.com/dearastronaut

This is not meant to bring bad attitudes and bad vibes, as at no point did any of us ever feel unwelcome or unwanted on Wednesday, and the hospitality extended to us was more than generous.

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To The Victor Belong The Spoils…

This is why we can’t have nice things.

Remember, bring three people and receive both the dispyz/stagediver 7″s for **free**. Come check it out. We most certainly look forward to seeing you there with your war paint.

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Reminder… Realicide / Stagediver Tomorrow

Post ‘em if you got ‘em.

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Dorkbot = Success!

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Third Stagediver show announced..

Wed 7 Milwaukee WI @ Borg Ward 823 W. National Ave. – Realicide, Stagediver, xALLxFORxTHISx 7pm

Thr 8 East Moline IL @ Mixtapes 830 15th Ave. – Realicide, Stagediver, Sobou Shuu, Boar 5pm $5

Realicide

More shows to follow!!

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Two Stagediver Sets Just Announced!