Giancarlo Vulcano

Dekalb Avenue, Election Night 2008, 2am

Next Week - Photo Show in DUMBO

My good friend Lindsay Blatt has asked me to play for the opening of her new show of photographs.  It is particularly exciting since Hang the Lights will also be playing.  That is Josh Camp's project of breathtaking rock songs. 

Lindsay spent the year photographing Brooklyn shoe repair men.  The photos are great.  Next Thursday from 6-9.  33 Washington Street.  Rabbithole Gallery

Photos of LPR show

Here are photos from our show at LPR.  Plans are under way for another Vetro Live performance.  Thanks again to all who came. 

Me with the great Yvonne Troxler:

Vetro Live band (l to r) Josh Camp, Taylor Begren-Chrisman, Jesse Schiffrin, GV, Yvonne Troxler

Josh getting serious about his music:

Hebrew School

We should all go to hebrew school.  I mean, of course, David Griffin's blog.  He is a brilliant guy who puts real energy and thought into writing about music he is constantly discovering.   He is writing a cycle of songs about hebrew school.  He was kind enough to come hear vetro last sunday and write a bit about it.  The part about rugs was pretty smart, since I am totally obsessed with Morton Feldman and that's what he tried to do with some of his pieces.

This Sunday (10/5) at Le Poisson Rouge

Please come hear us play the music from my first album, Vetro, this Sunday at Le Poisson Rouge on Bleecker St.  It's a nice club, the sound should be great.  I don't know when this ensemble will come together next.  We'd love to see you there.  To get more info, and to buy tickets, click here.

Best Obama Song I Ever Heard

My good friend Omar (political pundit for omarsez) has outdone him self with this.  Onward to Victory!!!

Download Obama.mp3

Obama Volunteering

Yesterday a bunch of us went to Northeast Philadelphia to volunteer for Obama.  Our job was to knock on every door in this lower-middle class neighborhood, verify who lived at each address, make sure they were registered, register them if they weren't and try to answer any questions they may have had.  It was a tiring and sobering day.  The scariest thing we all found was that many people thought they had already voted for Obama and didn't have anything else to do.  They were confusing the primary with the general election.  It was also pretty shocking to go from house to house and see such vastly different poilitical views.  The McCain/Obama/Undecided people were pretty much equal in number.  And they are entrenched.  It seemed pretty obvious that people who told us they were undecided were not going to be voting for Obama.  It is definitely not like walking down a street in Brooklyn.  People told us they were registered, but they could have just been saying it to get us off their stoops.  There is also a great mistrust of giving your name to the government, which is understandable in light of the last 7 years.  Some of the registrations only happened after 20 minutes of convincing.  So, it is hugely important to try and go somewhere and slog it out for this campaign.  You will have great conversations with people, register new voters, eat a cheese steak.

If you want to buy the hippest Obama t-shirt around, go here

All profits go to the campaign.

Vetro LIVE!!

hey all - this is to announce that I will be playing at Le Poisson Rouge on October 5.  I am going to be playing my cd vetro, live, with a great group of players that is coming together as we speak.  This will be a very special event, and I really hope to see you guys down there.  I am gonna keep bugging you till then.  To get tickets: click.

Love and Roadkill

Thanks to everybody who came out last night for monologues for minerals.  Allergies hit me hard yesterday, but from what I could hear it came out alright.  Thanks again -

Here is my score to Love and Roadkill, a new film by John Allen.  Jonathon Schultz mastered it. Greg Stare on Drums and Ian Riggs on Bass.

Download roadkill_cd_091608d.mp4

More details on the film to follow -  Enjoy -

this SUNDAY: monologues for minerals

Julien Bismuth and I are doing another show performance of our monologues for minerals.  these are texts by Julien which I scored into 18 short radio plays.  they feel like old 50's detective stories but they go on very strange trips which I find fascinating to follow.  please visit my website to hear them.  we are hopefully going to premiere the opening of our new work, PICK'S ARREST, the story of travels of our man pick.  the show is at barbes this sunday, 9/21, at 7p - right before a show by my old friend janine nichols.

In other news, my good friend and collaborator Virginie Yassef is in town from Paris because she has a show up right now at the alliance francaise, at their fiaf gallery on 60th street.  I wrote the music for a film that's in the show, (Julien did the text, come to think of it) and Emily Hurst of Las Rubias del Norte narrates.  If you are in midtown, stop by.

http://www.frenchculture.org/spip.php?mot304

In any event, I hope to see you this Sunday.  We play one set - around 50 minutes.

www.barbesbrooklyn.com
376 9th street, corner of 6th ave