As of Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at least 4,080 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
It was an interesting mix: gutter punks, a Red Sox fan, a girl straight outta Bay Ridge circa Saturday Night Fever and lots of young boys. It’s the NO FUN FEST , which this year moved from Brooklyn to Tribeca, finding a suitable home at The Knitting Factory.
boasts a bill that includes Cluster themselves ("at sunset"), Lungfish's Daniel Higgs, Black Dice's Eric Copeland, Keith Fullerton Whitman, and Tickley Feather, among others.
Philip Jeck works with old records and record players salvaged from junk shops turning them to his own purposes. Since the early '80's he has made soundtracks and toured with many dance and theatre companies as well as his solo concert work.
Matmos leave acoustic instruments, concepts, microphones †and most importantly, themselves †behind in their synthesizer-infused Supreme Balloon, which comes out May 6 via Matador.