Here is some video from Crazy Quilt 2009, held in the New Deal city of Greenbelt. Members of Playa Del Fuego are fire dancing for the grand finale. Hope to see you next year!!!


posted by Bev  # 4:01 PM | Perma Link
0 comments

On Saturday June 27th I will be DJing between live musical sets as part of the Crazy Quilt Festival held at Roosevelt Center in Greenbelt Maryland. Last year was a blast, with fire dancers and falafel.

I am on around noon until dark! Schedule and directions here.

Hope to see you there!
posted by Bev  # 7:58 PM | Perma Link
0 comments

Saturday June 13th, 4th floor/east
Host: Rita Elsner (courtesy of Artomatic.org)
Start Time: Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 7:30pm (ALP spins 9pm until 11pm)
End Time: Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 12:00am
Location: Artomatic 2009 - 4th floor/east
Street: 55 M St. S.E.
City/Town: Washington, DC

Description:
You are invited to Artomatic's MEET THE ARTIST NIGHT Sat. June 13. There are over 1000 artists showing, so this is a great opportunity to meet the people behind the work. I'll be hovering within the 48 sq. ft. allotted me at my exhibit on the 4TH FLOOR/EAST SIDE, from 7:30 to 12. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE ... ARTHUR LOVES PLASTIC will be there from 9 to 11p - providing the sounds that you. want. to. hear.

Getting There: Artomatic is right above Navy Yard Metro (green line). So makes things easy - take metro. Or drive... but its easier to metro.

Is this an opportunity to buy original art and CDs?: Yes, though the 2D art must stay on the wall for the duration of Artomatic.

Is this an opportunity to buy lovely and affordable reprints?: Yes - cash and carry, or place an order. There will be snacks!!!

(Can't make it on the 13th? Hang in there - Artist's Social Night is Sunday, June 21. Same venue, with the return of ARTHUR LOVES PLASTIC. And Snacks. Stay tuned.)
posted by Bev  # 12:21 PM | Perma Link
0 comments

I will be spinning Arthur Loves Plastic tracks and playing bass with the Window Shoppers on June 7:

QUEERING SOUND 09 [ Q U I X ]
Sunday 07 June : 7 PM
Pyramid Atlantic : 8230 Georgia Avenue : Silver Spring MD 20910

Doors open at 6:30

The ninth installment of Queering Sound again gathers together local, national and international artists - with a non-exclusive curatorial focus towards gay, lesbian and post-gender-identified participants - who explore alternative avenues of expression through sound, the digital arts, noise and spoken word; two nights of both established and upcoming local talents as well as serve to introduce Washington audiences to new sounds and visions from across the globe through digital contributions.

Compact discs, recordings, and other merchandise from contributors and performers will also be available for sale. ALP will have an EP preview of the upcoming CD Give It for sale.

Admission is $5.00 and available at the door.
Metro : Red Line - Silver Spring

LIVE PERFORMERS + DIGITAL CONTRIBUTORS

# Arthur Loves Plastic [ DEEJAY SET _ 07 June ]
# Regie Cabico [ SPOKEN WORD _ 07 June ]
# Danielle Evennou [ SPOKEN WORD _ 07 June ]
# The Grapefruit Experiment : Charlottesville VA [ LIVE PERFORMANCE _ 07 June ]
# Eryca Kasse [ SPOKEN WORD _ 07 June ]
# Dan Vera [ SPOKEN WORD _ 07 June ]
# The Window Shoppers : Baltimore MD [ LIVE PERFORMANCE _ 07 June ]

Click here to read the Metro Weekly piece on last year's Queering Sound.
posted by Bev  # 8:56 PM | Perma Link
2 comments

Last night I got to perform at the Washington Area Music Awards. One of my favourite production clients, Cletus and Lori, invited me to play live on one of their tracks for which I had done loops and programs. The laptop and midi controller shtick went over really well considering that just less than two decades ago my synth pop band was routinely heckled for using a drum machine. The ALP CD Brief Episodes of Joy got the WAMMIE for electronica recording. You can get it on iTunes here.
posted by Bev  # 10:54 AM | Perma Link
1 comments

CD Baby

I will be having the CD release party at Lucky Bar in Dupont Circle, Washington, DC. They serve the best fish and chips I have had this side of the Atlantic as well as Guinness on tap. Here is the info:

Arthur Loves Plastic CD Release: King Shag
1221 Connecticut Ave. NW
Washington, DC

Date: Sunday, January 25, 2009
Time: 8pm to 11pm

NO COVER!!
posted by Bev  # 1:47 PM | Perma Link
0 comments

Filmaker Shawn Postoff has just released the third episode of his queer erotica series "Sir Richard Wadd" and it features Arthur Loves Plastic's track Klondyke 5. I am going to paste the code for the non-explicit version here for all you "work and surf" office stiffs:

The ALP track starts around 7:43. And for those who can surf the web without inhibition, the uncut version is here.
posted by Bev  # 12:47 PM | Perma Link
0 comments

The mega-talented Canadian filmmaker Shawn Postoff features the ALP track "Afterglow" in "To Suffer is to Slip Unnoticed," the latest episode in his series of smart, funny, non-mainstream gay erotica film-poems inspired by the Psalms. "Afterglow" starts in at around seven minutes, but you need to watch this clip from the beginning for full effect!!


posted by Bev  # 6:22 PM | Perma Link
0 comments

ALP is going to be a featured artist on Free Radio Jackson tonight, October 20th along with The Who. Check it out around 5 pm.
posted by Bev  # 3:09 PM | Perma Link
0 comments

Below are details about the listening party/laser light show under the stars being held Saturday September 27.

WHAT: Arthur Loves Plastic Listening Party
WHERE: Montgomery College Planetarium, 7651 Fenton St., Takoma Park, MD
WHEN: Saturday night, September 27, 2006 8pm

THE EVENT IS FREE

Refreshments will not be provided but consumption is recommended before the show. ; )

Here is a map.

The Silver Spring penguin gives the gig a plug here.

(photo credit: Jane Buscher)
posted by Bev  # 7:01 AM | Perma Link
0 comments