The book is absolutely brilliant and covers all the eras of Bill’s career, from Yes to King Crimson to UK to Gong to Genesis to Bruford to Earthworks, and we’ll definitely have lots to talk about on East Village Radio on Thursday at noon eastern, so be sure to tune in!  Plus I’ll be giving away a copy of the book to one lucky winner.  Email me your favorite Bruford tune at beyondbeyondisbeyond (at) gmail (dot) com for your chance to win it!

Bill Bruford – The Autobiography on Jawbone Press

Bill Bruford’s website

BBiB on EVR

BBiB on Twitter

]]> http://beyondbeyondisbeyond.com/archives/2137/feed 0 http://beyondbeyondisbeyond.com/archives/2115 http://beyondbeyondisbeyond.com/archives/2115#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:28:53 +0000 Mike Newman http://beyondbeyondisbeyond.com/?p=2115 Just had the Growlers on Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio on Thursday and man, was it wild!  There was a record 10 people our tiny little booth:

1 – vocal

2 – guitar

3 – guitar

4 – bass

5 – drum

6 – tambourine

7 – Mindy on sound

8 – Me on DJ

9 – EVR videographer, Tito

10 – Growlers tour documenter

Whoa…

Click through for some pics of the affair…

I’m happy to announce that this week Beyond Beyond is Beyond will welcome So-Cal bent rockers, the Growlers to the show.  I’ve been diggin’ these guys ever since Everloving sent me their new Are You In or Out? record.  I lifted the ‘bent sound’ description from the Everloving website because it really fits the Growlers’ sound nicely:

…this “bent sound” has been perfected in their live act that some onlookers call “groovy” and or “sick”. The groovy unexcelled value in Lo fidelity sound is their stock and trade.

So get yourself further acquainted below with the “Something Someone Jr” video and then bring your ears to the far out reaches of Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio on Thursday, 2/18, from noon to 2 EST.  Here’s how to get there…

If you’re in NYC, catch their show at Piano’s…

Feb 18 2010 11:00P

Pianos w/ Treasure and Magic Magic New York City, New York

Feb 20 2010 8:00P

RONY’S BAR chicago, Illinois

Feb 21 2010 11:30P

Replay Lounge Lawrence, Kansas

Feb 22 2010 8:00P

Hi Dive – The Growlers w/ Astrophagus Denver, Colorado

Feb 23 2010 9:30P

Belly Up Aspen w/ Backyard Fire Tire Aspen, Colorado

Feb 26 2010 8:00P

Noise Pop at Café Dunord San Francisco, California

Mar 27 2010 9:30P

East of Eden w/ Mikey Selbicky Monterey, California

by Chilly Gonzales live on Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio

Remaining Joe’s Pub dates this month:

Feb 11 w/ guest Andrew WK
Feb 18 w/ guest DJ A-Trak plus surprise guest
Feb 25 w/ guest Princess Superstar

Fresh from his Guinness World Record for longest live piano performance by any individual (27 hours, 3 minutes and 44 seconds), his piano battle with Andrew WK in New York, and a sold-our run at London’s La Pigalle Club, Paris-based pianist and showman Chilly Gonzales crosses the Atlantic for four “Piano Talk Shows” in New York City in February.

The self-proclaimed “Entertainist” will play every Thursday at Joe’s Pub, finally giving NYC a full-on taste of his futuristic cabaret performance. Each show will feature a guest from Gonzo’s extended musical family, each promising to bring fresh surprises of their own!

Feb 4 w/ guest SIA
Feb 11 w/ guest Andrew WK
Feb 18 w/ guest DJ A-Trak plus surprise guest
Feb 25 w/ guest Princess Superstar

Chilly is currently celebrating two new releases: a spellbinding 7” piano remake of Erol Alkan and Boys Noize’s club banger “Waves” (coupled with a spoken music lesson on the B-side) and his 4-album live Guinness World Record set “The Works” (released through Believe digital). Listen to the “Waves” remake here!

Meanwhile, the Grammy-nominated arranger/producer’s collaborations continue to multiply: he’s co-writing and producing the major-label debut of Thecocknbullkid, co-writing songs with Jarvis Cocker for “Get Him to the Greek” (a Russell Brand rock-movie spoof) and shooting new episodes of his cult web-TV show “SUPERPRODUCER” (presented exclusively with DailyMotion). Watch the hilarious sketch with gay British rapper Dorian (ahem) Gay here.

Best of all, Chilly is currently putting the finishing touches on his new full-length, Ivory Tower, will is expected to be released in the US later this year.

Having already bagged the (also self-proclaimed) title of President of the Berlin Underground, Chilly Gonzales can now add another notch on his belt after successfully challenging Andrew WK to a piano-off at Joe’s Pub in New York last September and premiering his Jarvis Cocker collaboration “Francophobia” at London’s La Pigalle Club in November.

For a taste of the musical mayhem and unique extreme entertainment in store for Chilly’s upcoming New York City shows, check out his piano dual with Andrew WK here (or here).

All Piano Talk Shows will feature PianoVision, a video installation created by Nina Rhode, aka Ninja Pleasure. Reminiscent of a silent movie, PianoVision allows the audience to see a video projection of the piano’s 88 keys, along with the master’s finger work.

So tune in to Beyond Beyond is Beyond on East Village Radio on Thursday at noon eastern-time, and listen to us shoot the shit.  I’m bringing a Casiotone keyboard in hopes that Chilly will tickle our ivory fancies a bit!

See ya then…

Cheersy!

Mike

I’m proud to say that this silver-throated Irish rockabilly knockout was on my Beyond Beyond is Beyond show on East Village Radio back in September, so I just thought I’d share the interview again.  She and her husband and amazing guitarist, Darrel Higham, also performed an exclusive acoustic tune for us at the end of the interview.

Check out the news piece on the EVR website where there is a link to the interview

OR

Go straight to the interview

I also chose her Love Tattoo album as one of the Best of 2009.

See some of my Imelda pics…

*all photos (c) Mike Newman

Hey there, psych-friendly Beyonderz,

The Entrance Band, the psychedelic rock trio hailing from Los Angeles who recently signed to Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace Records and who I love to play on Beyond Beyond is Beyond, is stopping off on their tour this Saturday, January 30 at Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory…and you can win a pair of tickets right now.  Here’s how to enter to win (choose from the following):

a) Email me at beyondbeyondisbeyond (@) gmail (dot) com, with your favorite sandwich in the subject line, OR the preferred method…

b) Twitter a sentence using all the following components: @EVRadio, @BBiB, @theentranceband, and the word ‘fuck’ used politely

Good luck and I hope to see you at the show.  Look for me.  I’ll be the guy with the face.

Cheers then!

Mike

P.S. >>>> LISTEN LIVE AT NOON TO BBIB on East Village Radio! <<<<

(Dig this…)

THEN, if you dig that, listen to the whole album on YouTube.  It’s all HERE.  Pretty amazing.  Then, after you’re blown away by how good it is and surprised at how modern it is, BUY that shit bro.  I’m def looking for Astra to head to the East Coast!

Cheers!

As seminal progressive rock band Yes gets ready to head out on the North American road for a tour that will last exactly one month, we get the chance to talk to Yes bassist, Chris Squire, on Thursday on Beyond Beyond is Beyond.  So tune in to East Village Radio on January 14th at noon and hear me cower before another one of my idols.  Okay not really, but yeah, kinda.

Stuff I wanna talk to him about: current lineup, studio plans, Jon Anderson, Fish Out of Water, XYZ project with Jimmy Page in the early-80s, Benoit David, Oliver Wakeman and what modern music Chris listens to.  So let’s see if I have time, or just the memory, to ask him about all these things.

YES FEBRUARY CONCERT DATES

• February 2            Poughkeepsie, New York,           Civic Center
• February 4            Concord, New Hampshire          Capitol Center for the Arts
• February 5            Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania                   Penn’s Peak
• February 6            Washington, DC                        Warner Theater
• February 9            Boston, MA                               House of Blues
• February 10           Montclair, NJ                            Wellmont Theater
• February 12           Atlantic City, NJ                       Tropicana Casino
• February 13-14      New York, NY                            Town Hall
• February 17           Cleveland, OH                           House of Blues
• February 18-19      Chicago, IL                               House of Blues
• February 20           Detroit, MI                                Motor City Casino
• February 23           Dallas, TX                                House of Blues
• February 24           Houston, TX                              House of Blues
• February 25           New Orleans, LA                       House of Blues
• February 27           Orlando, FL                              Sea World Orlando
• February 28           Boca Raton, FL                         Sunset Cove Amphitheatre

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UPDATE : Dig the archive of this show.