#mazen + jesse.

[ofviolentsdelights]

betrayal w / @starseren​ !

jesse didn’t like to be double-crossed. sure, he could dish it, but could never take it. he had been crossed in his life before and swore it would never happen again. all his life people made him feel small--- made him feel defenseless. but now, he wanted to make it known you couldn’t betray him without paying for it. “yo mazen,” he called out. jesse rolled up his sleeves as he stalked towards him. large hands move to push the other’s chest until they were backed against the wall. “what’s this i hear about you working for the pigs? think you’re too good for me now?”

[buttererer]

Jesse Kudler & Graham Stephenson - Apposite Rejoinder

Recorded pre-pandemic but evoking its rollercoaster moods - tentative calm, nervous anxiety, claustrophobia, and confusion giving way to moments of excited release - "Apposite Rejoinder" is the debut release from the duo of Graham Stephenson and Jesse Kudler. Long-time free improvisers and staples of their respective Chicago and Philadelphia musical communities, Stephenson and Kudler bring their distinctive approaches together for the first time in the studio. Stephenson plays amplified trumpet, close-mic'd to reveal a wealth of interior detail derived from circular breathing and other extended techniques. Kudler performs in stereo on guitar, radios, transmitters, tapes, and electronics. "Apposite Rejoinder" was improvised live to multi-track in two sessions before being carefully mixed and edited by Kudler for maximum hi-fi impact. A world of layered and shifting spaces is revealed from the sundry amplification techniques at hand: a microphone close on the trumpet's piping, the pickups of electric guitar, contact and cassette recorder microphones, and live room sampling on tape. At a moment of renewed appreciation for in-person group activities and live collaboration, "Apposite Rejoinder" is a thrilling reminder of the possibilities of collective free improvisation. Carefully-honed voices join to create a unique music, where individual contributions are frequently impossible to distinguish within rushes of noisy energy. *** Graham Stephenson uses amplification to bring interior aspects of the trumpet to the fore. Through the use of highly pressurized breath, valve rotation, and extreme embouchure, the instrument becomes an unpitched sound generator adaptable to improvised settings combining acoustic and electronic sound palettes. He was initially influenced by Greg Kelley and has performed with Zoots Houston, Carol Genetti, Fred Lonberg-Holm, claire rousay, Jason Stein, Richard Kamerman, and others. Recordings are available on Erstwhile Records, Pilgrim Talk, and Hideous Replica. Jesse Kudler is a musician, composer, performer, and sound artist working in improvisation, collaboration, and site-specificity to examine authorship, intention, agency, ambiguous affects, and modes and practices of listening. He uses guitar, electronics, recordings, keyboards, synthesizers, radios, tapes, movement, and text. Kudler lives in Philadelphia, PA. Current projects include solo acoustic guitar improvisation, solo church organ performance, and performance duo with dancer Christina Gesualdi. Kudler has also performed with Tim Albro, Ian Fraser, Chandan Narayan, Matt Bauder, Kyle Bruckmann, Chris Cogburn, James Coleman, Tim Feeney, Brent Gutzeit, Bonnie Jones, Jason Kahn, Mazen Kerbaj, Matt Mitchell, Toshimaru Nakamura, Pauline Oliveros, Bhob Rainey, Vic Rawlings, Christine Sehnaoui, Mike Shiflet, Jason Soliday, Howard Stelzer, Christian Weber, Matt Weston, Jack Wright, Jason Zeh, and many others. JMY81 Limited edition of 200 CDR in digipak

released April 1, 2022 Jesse Kudler: guitar, electronics, radios, tapes Graham Stephenson: amplified trumpet Recorded and mixed by Jesse Kudler Photo by Graham Stephenson Mastered by Bill Harris

[noloveforned]

looks like we're back on track for 3pm on wednesday this week on wlur. maybe posting this a little early will commit me to it and prevent anything from going wrong in the next few hours... even if something does come up there's always last week's show below!

no love for ned on wlur – june 6th, 2019 from 1-3pm

artist // track // album // label francis macdonald and harry pye // cork in the ocean // bonjour // shoeshine evripidis and his tragedies // pao lipon piso // mia triti stin cantina // mo.mi. chris weisman // high-low yo-yo // valence with tassels // (self-released) kenny knight // whiskey // crossroads // paradise of bachelors caroline spence // who’s gonna make my mistakes // mint condition // rounder hiss golden messenger // saturday's song // lateness of dancers // merge jess ribeiro // rivers on fire // kill it yourself // barely dressed schande // clearly you do // pedigree cassette // everything sucks team dresch // your hands my pockets // (bandcamp mp3) // (self-released) neutrals // technical college // kebab disco // emotional response pip blom // don't make it difficult // boat // heavenly * mount trout // i have everything // shelter belt // rough skies body/head // abstract // coming apart // matador stefano battaglia // processional // pelagos // ecm dire wolves // in and out of den gärten he goes // paradisiacal mind // feeding tube mazen kerbaj, ingebrigt håker flaten and tony buck // manito // mot // catalytic sound david wertman and sun ensemble // earthly delights // earthly delights // barely breaking even damon locks black monument ensemble // solar power // where future unfolds // international anthem karl hector and the malcouns featuring vovotinha // roads of otumpa // can't stand the pressure // now-again blossom // betty rizzo // maybe // eyrst injury reserve // best spot in the house // injury reserve // loma vista * smoke bellow // feet first // isolation three thousand // ehse louis cole // everytime // time // brainfeeder tredici bacci // minimalissimo // la fine del futuro // nna tapes dois // cosas // fenómeno ep // discos de kirlian sacred paws // the conversation // run around the sun // merge * tennis club // pink sweater! pink shoes! // pink // elefant kitty kat fan club // happy now, loving you // dreamy little you // asian man *

* denotes music on wlur’s playlist

[smashpages]

Davis, Ostertag and more take home 2018 Ignatz Awards

Eleanor Davis, Richie Pope, Molly Ostertag and Carta Monir are among the winners of the 2018 Ignatz Awards, as presented last night at a ceremony held in conjunction with the Small Press Expo (SPX) in Bethesda, Maryland.

The Ignatz, named after George Herriman’s brick-wielding mouse from his long running comic strip Krazy Kat, recognizes exceptional work that challenges popular notions of what comics can achieve, both as an art form and as a means of personal expression. The nominees for the ballot were determined by a panel of comic artists: Mita Mahato, Carolyn Nowak, kevin czap, Leila Abdelrazaq and Taneka Stotts. The votes for the awards were cast by the attendees at the show

The complete list of nominees can be found below, with the winner in bold.

Outstanding Artist

Yvan Alagbé – Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures

Ivy Atoms – Pinky & Pepper Forever

Tommi Parrish – The Lie and How We Told It

Richie Pope – The Box We Sit On

Sophie Standing – Anxiety is Really Strange

Outstanding Collection

Beirut Won’t Cry – Mazen Kerbaj

Blackbird Days – Manuele Fior

Language Barrier – Hannah K. Lee

Sex Fantasy – Sophia Foster-Dimino

Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition – Julia Kaye

Outstanding Anthology

La Raza Anthology: Unidos y Fuertes – edited by Kat Fajardo & Pablo Castro

Comics for Choice – edited by Hazel Newlevant, Whit Taylor and Ø.K. Fox

Ink Brick #8 – edited by Alexander Rothmans, Paul K. Tunis, and Alexey Sokolin

Bottoms Up, Tales of Hitting Rock Bottom – edited by J.T. Yost

Lovers Only – edited by Mickey Zacchilli

Outstanding Graphic Novel

Why Art? – Eleanor Davis

Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom – Marcelo D’Salete

Uncomfortably Happily – Yeon-sik Hong

The Lie and How We Told It – Tommi Parrish

Anti-Gone – Connor Willumsen

Outstanding Series

Ley Lines – Czap Books

Nori – Rumi Hara

Bug Boys – Laura Knetzger

Gumballs – Erin Nations

Frontier – Youth in Decline

Outstanding Minicomic

Dog Nurse – Margot Ferrick

Greenhouse – Debbie Fong

Common Blessings & Common Curses – Maritsa Patrinos

Mothball 88 – Kevin Reilly

Say It With Noodles: On Learning to Speak the Language of Food – Shing Yin Khor

Outstanding Comic

Recollection – Alyssa Berg

Hot to Be Alive – Tara Booth

Hot Summer Nights – Freddy Carrasco

Whatsa Paintoonist – Jerry Moriarty

Baopu – Yao Xiao

Outstanding Online Comic

Woman World – Aminder Dhaliwal

The Wolves Outside – Jesse England

A Fire Story – Brian Files

Lara Croft Was My Family – Carta Monir

A Part of Me is Still Unknown – Meg O’Shea

Promising New Talent

Yasmin Omar Ata – Mis(h)adra

Tara Booth – How to Be Alive

Xia Gordon – The Fashion of 2004, Harvest

Rumi Hara – Nori and The Rabbits of the Moon

Tommi Parrish – The Lie and How We Told It

Outstanding Story

Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures – Yvan Alabge

Why Art? – Eleanor Davis

Rhode Island Me – Michael DeForge

How the Best Hunter in the Village Met Her Death – Molly Ostertag

The Lie and How We Told It – Tommi Parrish