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  • BARR / THIS SONG IS A MESS BUT SO AM I / MEN WHO CAN’T LOVE

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    BARR: (from vice mag)

    BARR is this kid Brendan Fowler from Baltimore via New York, but he  lives in Los Angeles, which is where he belongs. Not because LA is  full of bronzed robots who won’t hug you unless you make at least 

    $300K a minute, but because LA is always sunny and so is BARR. He is kind of, sort of, a rapper, but more of a motivational speaker  for lapsed indie and punk kids, like if Paul Barman played with  Bedroom Productions. He’s in a band called New England Roses with JD  from Le Tigre and their other friend Sarah Shapiro, but Brendan’s  full-time job is being BARR. And BARR is a full-time ambassador from  the People’s Republic of Warm Huggy Vibes.

    website:  www.barrbarr.com
    press: http://www.barrbarr.com/press.html
    sounds: http://www.barrbarr.com/mp3.html

    THIS SONG IS A MESS BUT SO AM I:

    Using crashing synthesizers, drum machines in a state of disarray,  blasts of white noise, and morose lyrics, the one man project of This  Song Is A Mess But So Am I paints a vulgar picture of life. Twenty  year old Freddy Ruppert has been playing out as This Song Is A Mess  But So Am I since May of 2003, and this January saw the release of a  split 7″ with Xiu Xiu. Mixing the electronic music styles of noise,  electro, and IDM with the urgency of punk, he creates a very bizarre  brand of anxiety filled synthpop. His songs are very personal, honest  and bring a heavy emotional weight to electronic music. His live  shows are known for being filled with the bursting energy of a  nervous breakdown.

    website:  www.thissongisamess.com
    photos: http://www.thissongisamess.com/images.htm
    sounds: http://www.thissongisamess.com/sounds.htm

    MEN WHO CAN’T LOVE

    Men Who Can’t Love are an ever revolving cast of Los Angeles noise musicicans.  There is no center core, anyone is free to leave the group or anyone is free to join it.  The sets are filled with chaos and pure violence, as each member throws down a set of some of the most exciting harsh noise to have cropped up recently.  Using pedals, circuit bent instruments, and even a modified acoustic guitar, the set is certain to be one of the most dangerous 10 minutes of your life.

  • “PANTHER”

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    The year is 1966, the place, Oakland, California. The Blacks living in the ghettos are tired of being harrased by the police. They react by forming a group called The Black Panther Party of Self-Defense. The Panthers introduced a number of social programmes to the ghettos, propogated for electoral participation and in-structed in law and civil rights, so that blacks could help each other during illegal arrests. Panther ventilates the question of whether change should be fought for from within, or outside of, the system. It also deals with the theory that the drug culture has been planted in the black society to make people easier to contain. It is a drama-documentary, a military spectacle about young blacks who for the first time in their lives—and in American history—find themselves armed to the teeth. 1995, 124 min.

     

  • Street Level Tv

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    StreetLevel TV: Episode 16

    Still haven’t seen StreetLevel TV yet? Now is your sweet 16th chance, don’t miss it! This month, StreetLevel TV brings you a cool breeze of independent news and information in these sweltering days of August. Okay, it’s the Bay Area and its rather chilly in August. But, these segments will make it seem hot anyways…

    Sunny Angulo brings you the news from around your neighborhood and around the world. This month, we shot the newsdesk on location at Oakland’s Jack London Square. Lookout for a special glimpse of the hot G8 footage that everyone’s been talking about.

    Luxomedia brings us a fabulous musical montage of Pride 2005.
    Also, from Luxomedia is a report from the Biodiesel car show and information from the Berkeley Biodiesel Collective.

    A. Mark Liiv brings us an update on the federal Grand Jury happening in the Bay Area, for which ten local activists have been subpoened.

    Kent Howie and A. Mark Liiv report from the Mission Market. Their footage explores the up-side of capitalism, including unbelievable deals and really bad music.

    We are proud to present another kickass segment from D.A.M.N, a youth media group from NYC. This month, D.A.M.N. reports on the consequences of the fashion industry on young people.

    Be an intrepid reporter for StreetLevel TV.
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