three snaps in the form of a 2008 quintet

recent uncovered photographic documentation of the Chicago Calling 2008 performance at AV-Aerie with our comrade williwaw with dan and jon godston, ben billington and greg o'drobinak. at some future point, select sonic snippets from that event will also be available right hereabouts.

these and other fine sights-of-life can always be found at the williwaw eyesore emporium

chicago is calling, will you accept the charges?

Distance be damned!

On heave-ho hiatus for far too long, beloved comrade williwaw will once again take part in Chicago Calling Cuatro, sending a flurry of zeros and ones through this Series of Tubes to that home so far away from home, Brown Rice, 4432 north kedzie ave, chicago usa, on Friday, 2. October 2009, after 10 pm. That's after 4 am on Saturday for those playing the trans-atlantic version.

The night - tonight, truth be told - is truly a night of stars, no matter what the clouds may think. Making a joyous din will be a true horde of haughty compatriots:

Ritwik Banerji - saxophone
Jimmy Bennington - batterie
Steve Dalanchinsky - poetry (New York City)
Jon Godston - soprano saxophone
Jayve Montgomery - saxophones and percussion
Gregory O’Drobinak - Arc of the Oven
Jim Ryan - kalimba (Oakland)
Michael Staron - bass
Ernesto Sturm Diaz-Infante - bajo sexto (San Francisco)

october folly

to paraphrase a review of the first williwaw release, sixty minutes of dolby (c) reduced noise, details are sketchy on the recent outing of williwaw at the final outing of third annual chicago calling arts festival at AV-aerie. there were some technical difficulties during the evening - strangely not associated with williwaw's usual festooning horde of failures. one of the difficulties involved playing the short films, which allowed the bounty of williwaw to fill time and space with ben billington on a few pieces of batterie, jon godston on soprano sax and greg o'drobinak on a device of his own fiendish crafting, the arc of the oven. we didn't even notice when the films finally started to roll. there is apparently no sonic proof of the evening, but there is this photogravure (courtesy rebecca mcallister):

o'drobinak, godston, williwaw & billington at AV-aerie, chicago usa.

williwaw dancer, your life is calling

williwaw will be taking part in the third annual chicago calling arts festival, playing sonic counterpoint to an experimental film by rona mark.

SUNDAY | 12. OCTOBER 2008 | 7 PM
AV-Aerie 2000 W FULTON #310

also taking part in the evening's aesthetic panoply are lisa abbatomarco, laura evonne steinman, dave awl, rachel thorne germond, insook choi, carol genetti, sid yiddish and the clean boys.