Post-Fire Works Plans!

After the sizzle, bright lights and explosions of this July 4th weekend, you may want to cleanse your "audial palate" with some free singer-songwriter fare. BT's (Bobby Trigg's) Bistro has just the thing: an intimate evening of singer-songwriters starting at 9 pm on Tuesday, July 6th. The line up includes Chris Harford, Clemens Knieper, Johanna Warren, and Christina Ward.

BT Bistro is located at 3499 Route 1. South, next to the Clarion Palmer Inn in Princeton, NJ (just south of the Princeton Marketfair.) 

Gi-tar Man or Woman Needed

internet image from Great Britain

Hey, musicians:

The Trenton Community Music School is seeking GUITAR TEACHER/S for two different time slots at two different locations:

Tuesdays 3:30 – 8:30 pm at the 716 Bellevue Avenue, Trenton location

and

Saturdays 9 am – 12 at the 520 Chestnut Avenue, Trenton location

To apply for one or both time slots, email your resume to: tcms.nj@verizon.net (the Director of the school is Marcia Wood). Questions can also be sent to that email.

Honky Tonk and Surfabilly Fun!

LENNY LOUNGE RETRO-REACTIVE

AND

DOGGY STILES PRODUCTIONS

PRESENTS

SATURDAY SEPT, 19

WAYNE "THE TRAIN" HANCOCK

ALSO APPEARING

"DEBRA DYNAMITE AND THE TORPEDOS"

"THE COPPERTONES"

TAKING PLACE AT THE BRIGHTON BAR

121 BRIGHTON AVE.

LONGBRANCH, NJ 07790

THIS IS A FUN JOINT AND IT WILL BE A GREAT NIGHT OF MUSIC

SO PUT YOUR HONKY TONKIN"- SURF/GARAGE - ROCKABILLY

SHOES ON AND C'MON OUT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME!!!

IT'S GONNA BE CRAZY MAN, CRAZY !!!

you can also check out the Brighton Bar on My Space.

Last Freestyle Music Show of the Summer

Jean Caffeine

This Wednesday, August 12th.

7pm Jean Caffeine

8pm Radio I-Ching w/Felice Rosser

9pm Elliot Sharp 3

10pm Fire of Love featuring Bobby Radcliff

11pm James Chance Trio

$10 ADMISSION

LOCAL 269 • 269 E. HOUSTON @ SUFFOLK ST. LES NYC • 212-228-9874

One Night Only: The Giants of Jazz

photo by m. stradling

From Wilbo Wright:

GIANTS OF JAZZ WED. JULY 1, MILL HILL (SALOON) BASEMENT!

BIG JAZZ ON LITTLE INSTRUMENTS, GET IT?

FEATURING: UNCLE "The Weather Up Here's Fine" HO - piccolo and curved soprano

WILL "Travelling Gulliver" CONSTANTINE - pocket trumpet

DOUG "Too Tall" MILLER - Schoenhut toy piano, miniature bakelite organ

JOHN "You People Look Like Ants" SHERIDAN - miniature Shredder guitar

WILBO "His Head In The Clouds" WRIGHT - cello as bass

CLAUDE "I Can See Your House From Here" COLEMAN - toy drums

PLUS GUEST APPEARANCES FROM OTHER MUSICAL GIANTS!

2 SETS starting at 8:30 PM, 5 measly bucks

This is a RARE gathering of this group, born years ago from an idea out of JOE Z's head, more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Please come out and forward this message to your friends who like music (they play on toys, but the jazz is great) and have a sense of humor. The Mill Hill Saloon is located at 300 S. Broad St. in Trenton, at the corner of Broad and Market. 609-394-7222

NOTE: This is part of Wilbo's on-going TAGNight in the Mill Hill Basement, taking place every first Wednesday of the month. This is the fourth TAGNight this year, and they've been terrific.

Floating Points of Sound

Stephen Moore's sound system for Issue Project Room

For those of you who are interested in sound -- or in the synesthesia of the audible and the visual -- the Issue Project Room in Brooklyn is a place that should be on your radar. This week they kick off their 4th annual Floating Points Festival -- a celebration of their "multi-channel hemispherical sound system" designed by Stephan Moore.

The Festival, co-curated by ISSUES founder/artistic director Suzanne Fiol and Moore, brings in emerging and established sound designers and composers who perform new works on the system which was created to help the listener "experience sound spatialization as a dynamic compositional element." Cool.

Just a few of the artists and musicians featured in performances over the next couple of weeks are: Hisham Bharoocha w/Ben Vida + Ateleia and Sadek Bazaraa, Alan Licht, Shelley Burgon. See Hear Now (David & Gisele Gamper), and Lesley Flanigan.

If this is your kind of venue, you should definitely subscribe to Issue's weekly e-news mailer when you're on their site.

West Windsor Arts Council

West Windsor Farmer's Market 2006, NY Times photo by Nick Longo

I just want to remind you that while they're still working tirelessly towards converting the historic Princeton Junction Firehouse into a thriving Art Center for the community, the West Windsor Arts Council is also in full swing, offering a remarkable series of (usually free!) cultural and fun offerings for the public. This weekend they'll be back with children's art activities (this time, print-making a la Andy Warhol) at their stand at the West Windsor Farmer's Market, and the next installation of their summer music concerts featuring Swingadelic at the Nassau Park Pavilion, between Panera Bread and Target, in the Nassau Park Shopping Center.

There's too much going on with this group to mention here, so visit their website or, better still (if you live in the area), email them at info@westwindsorarts.org and ask to be put on their WWAC Update broadcast.