I knew nothing of the space film... saw them a couple of years ago, it was
awesome.
I bet we could get some of the New Hampshire fluxers (or phony fluxers)
together to try the Zaireeka event. Then we could try it with four
different CDs.
Full of dumb ideas...
Dan
At 02:13 PM 4/10/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>I like flaming lips too, I saw them last year in a concert...do you know
>that they had a space film project and they were asking people to donate
>astronaut customs???
>
>
>>From: Dan Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Scanners
>>Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:26:31 -0400
>>
>>Mmm, props to Pavement. They shall be missed...
>>I liked the Flaming Lips' 4CD EP Zaireeka. Now there's a project... get 4
>>CD players and 4 friends (well, 3 friends) and play all four discs at once.
>>
>>np: Kid 606 - Down With The Scene
>>
>>At 09:12 AM 4/10/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>>>I think that sounds brilliant. Didn't Beuys do some kind of documented
>>>trip to Iceland? I have that "We Go This Way" book packed away somewhere,
>>>and I seem to remember something about Iceland in it. You could do it as a
>>>reaction to that, replacing teaching with boxing as the means to make a
>>>social sculpture.
>>>
>>>Female boxers are the coolest bad-asses going, BTW. Good luck on your
>>>training.
>>>
>>>np: Pixies - Come on Pilgrim - 06 - Holiday Song
>>>
>>>y'know EP's are the way to go. Bands seem to find a lot freedom in them, a
>>>couple of catchy trcks, a couple of out-there experiments that they
>>>wouldn't release on a proper album, cover tunes etc. Pavement in
>>>particular has prefected the fine art of making an EP.
>>>
>>>>From: ann klefstad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Scanners
>>>>Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 10:40:30 -0700
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Sol Nte wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > well, that's it for me, I'm off to do some kung fu fighting
>>>> > http://www.uncarved.demon.co.uk/mp3/kungfu.mp3
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>>Dear Fluxabbies,
>>>>
>>>>So I've been going to the fights lately, a new boxing gym in town right
>>>>near
>>>>where my dad used to box, and finding that I love it. Folding chairs
>>>>around a
>>>>ring on the 3rd floor of an old warehouse. Really adorable ring-card
>>>>girls. Both
>>>>men and women serious boxers. I like it because, being an artist and a
>>>>critic, I
>>>>get sick of judgment, mine, other peoples', carping, etc. In boxing
>>>>there's no
>>>>arguments. You win or you lose depending upon a couple of real clear
>>>>parameters
>>>>that you can't fake or charm or imply. You just have to do it. So that's
>>>>nice.
>>>> So I hear that Horton, the promoter here, wants to put together a
>>>>team of
>>>>boxers to go to Iceland, where boxing is illegal, and put on exhibition
>>>>matches
>>>>there sort of in aid of the beleagered Icelandic boxing world (because
>>>>yes there
>>>>are boxers in Iceland) which feels like it needs liberation. So I'm
>>>>wondering if
>>>>a document of my training, boxing, and trip to iceland would be a good
>>>>Fluxproject? I'm actually not in bad shape--I can still do my 200 situps
>>>>and my
>>>>30 pushups, and run a few miles--and so it isn't too much of a stretch. I'd
>>>>probably get creamed though because I'm small and so my reach isn't
>>>>great. What
>>>>do you think? Is the absurdity of the project ample reward for a few
>>>>shots to
>>>>the head?
>>>>
>>>>AK
>>>>
>>>>By the way, re an earlier project proposal, I've recently been asked to
>>>>join
>>>>VACUM, the Visual Art Critics Union of Minnesota (a new group) and will
>>>>try to
>>>>persuade them to start a softball team, the Pariahs. So maybe that's how
>>>>I can
>>>>get the TShirts up and paid for. We'll see.
>>>>
>>>
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