Ed Atkeson: This Ed's fourth appearence at The Monday Night Experimental Cabaret! Ed Atkeson is a painter, printmaker, performance artist, and an award winning book designer.You may remember his work as a member of Workspace Loft Incorporated, Albany’s Fluxus art group in the 70s. Recent activities include producing the much acclaimed puppet show Rhinoceros at Firlefanz gallery & at The Steamer Nº10 Theater. He is also know as Moaning Ed when he plays with Ramblin Jug Stomppers .Tonight he will be presenting:
"At the Controls" It's a single 30 inch rod puppet with both hands fixed to a big lever coming out of a heavy box. Ugly little man with shabby clothes. Inside the box is a motorized, vibrating, out-of-balance mechanism of some sort (yet to be invented but well visualized) You can move it to the left and right, and get different noises, rhym-ic thumping, Public Enemy squeal (as if) but some unpretty sounds which smooth out sometimes to a lumpy hum. Calliope music, alarm bells, a siren, building in volume with a few firecrackers going off toward the end.
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Connie Frisbee-Houde A photojournalist who resides in Albany NY & has traveled to Afghanistan for the past three years. In 2004 and 2005 she traveled deep into the heart of Afghanistan photographing the National Organization of Ophthalmic Rehabilitation (NOOR), the country's singular eye care program. She also travelled to Peru, China, Bosnia, Mexico, Germany, Vietnam, Cambodia, Jordan, Egypt & USA. Connie was recently awarded a 2006 New York State Council on the Arts Grant to photograph and record the harrowing and untold stories of escape and resettlement in the US, of some of the over 3000 Afghans who now live in the capital district. She will present:
The Midnight Traveller Shares Connie's love for Afgan poetry, stories, and the use of proverbs to describe everyday life. Sayd Bahodine Majrouh is considered the most important writer and poet of Afghanistan. His book Ego Monstre is a cross between fiction and poetry. Majrouh lived perilously, speaking his mind which cost him his life. In 1988 as a gesture of kindness, he opened his door to a stranger and was murdered. His words are the voice of those who had none. Connie will read excerpts from his work which address freedom and fear. This oral interpretation will be accompanied bythe haunting music from the rabab a traditional Afghan stringed instrument and Connie's photographs of the people and land of Afghanistan.
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"Fly me to the Moon " Fasten your seat belts, to the moon we go!
En route we will stop for a couple of very twisted standards before a landing extraordinaire into the 1902 Meliès silent movie Voyage dans la Lune. To make sure we have a safe trip, music & voice will be provided by two lunatics:
George Muscatello & Nicole Peyrafitte This collaboration between George and Nicole arised from their shared need to explore intersections between music, voice and images. Muscatello is a renowned jazz musician in the Capital District. Thier collaborations took them twice to tour France and many performance in the capital district. George Muscatello is a well know guitar player in the capital district area. He performs with The Brian Patneaude Quartet every Sunday night at Justin's, as well as solo performer.
Muscatello studied at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He honed his skills with Wayne Krantz and Rodney Jones while immersing himself in the music of modern classical composers such as Bela Bartok and Leo Brouwer. The guitarist has since become quite well known throughout the Capital District for his regular appearances at Justin's, in addition to performances with heavy hitters such as Nick Brignola, Chuck D'Aloia, and Dave Calarco. George brings a unique sound and compositional approach through his many musical influences ranging from free jazz to contemporary classical. He is a featured on Nicole Peyrafitte's latest cd for which he co-composed some tracks with Nicole.
