I know, right? Who would have thought that they haven't done this already? It all seems so simple! Step one: Organizers of Tokara The Sun & Moon Festival book themselves a boat. Check. Step two: they google the internet to find the most sun worshippin'-est band on the planet. Double check! Step three: Boredoms (along with New York's Gang Gang Dance and Japan's Goma) show up at their doorstep wi...
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Truth is, no other band generates as much excitement for the Gregorian Calendar as Boredoms. As you may recall, Boredoms (or V∞redoms...) revamped their original 77 drummers event (on 7/7/07) with this year's 88 BoaDrum (TMT Review), with performances in New York and Los Angeles. Rumors about some sort of DVD for both performances have lingered for quite some time, especially since they were ho.
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There is good news and better news. The good news is that the Los Angeles edition of 88BoaDrum featuring the Boredoms was a smashing success, an outstanding experience with a beauty and power not to be understated and a couple thousand happy customers. The better news is that if you saw the Boredoms within the last several months, you can stop kicking yourself for missing 88; you saw a slightly...
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On 7/7/07, a lot of couples got married, a lot of bands played at Live Earth, and Tupac Shakur did not, as far as we know, "return to the world from his faked death." But the gathering of superstars and their supersongs at Live Earth was, to some, practically a sigh of apathy compared to the cosmic gathering at the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, against the backdrop of the Brooklyn Bridge. A...
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Thrill Jockey just signed the Boredoms for all their label needs outside of Japan. The first release will be the Super Roots 9, a live recording of the Boredoms with a 20-person choir in Japan on Christmas Eve 2004. This will be the first official live recording of the Boredoms to be released! Of course the sleeve will feature artwork by eYe, and a press release states that all the upcoming ...
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--- - |- Photos by Sung Kim; Above: BoredomsWith 176 drummers spread across two coastal hotspots, Boredoms' 88BoaDrum bonanza succeeded in one-upping last year's 77BoaDrum spectacle in pretty much every way. The Los Angeles edition kicked off at precisely 8:08 p.m. local time on August 8 (08/08/08!), with 88 drummers in all doing their drummy thing. At the eye of the storm, naturally: Eye hims...
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A recent conversation with Mogger soulrocket inspired this post otherwise christened as my top 5 Asian cinema filmmakers who are music pimps (i.e. who make excellent use of music in their films). A few things of note: a) this is not a "best of all time" but a "most recent best" list; b) it is a list of filmmakers in East Asian cinema, technically speaking; and c) Bollywood is an entirely differ...
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Boredoms - Super Roots 9Commmons, 2007I know there isn't much a man can say that will convince an average so-and-so to order a CD on import. So unless you're impulsive like that, or unless you're an out-of-the-loop Boredoms fan, or unless you're in Japan, treat this as a reminder to get your hands on this release in any reasonable fashion when you can (and I'm a modern gentleman, so "reasonable...
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Three of the Los Angeles installment of 88Boadrum's 88 minutes above and a minute of Zach Hill (he of the octopus arms) after the jump. Madness, right? See my photos here. [Continue reading...]~~
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On Friday night, I attended the Boredoms' 88BoaDrum, on the Williamsburg Waterfront, conducted by Gang Gang Dance.I had missed out on last year's 77BoaDrum and was excited to hear that they were doing it again this year. Thanks to Lady Luck and Oh My Rockness, I was able to do so.The show was very impressive and very powerful. A spiral of 88 drummers surrounded the small gazebo-like stage, wh...
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All photos by David Greenwald88 drummers. 88 minutes. If I'd been stoned, I probably would've spent the Boredoms' 88Boadrum event seeing the face of God; as was, shit was pretty epic. Kudos to the Boredoms for composing an 88-minute drone marathon that wasn't boring and even more kudos to the 88 drummers, who hammered away for an hour-and-a-half with the enthusiasm of Olympic athletes -- and to...
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A recent conversation with Mogger soulrocket inspired this post otherwise christened as my top 5 Asian cinema filmmakers who are music pimps (i.e. who make excellent use of music in their films). A few things of note: a) this is not a "best of all time" but a "most recent best" list; b) it is a list of filmmakers in East Asian cinema, technically speaking; and c) Bollywood is an entirely differ...
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This past weekend, while millions watched Live Earth from their air-conditioned homes or took gasoline powered cars to the New Jersey/New York concert, thousands of cool kids bridged the gap between hippie and hipster beneath the Brooklyn Bridge at the Bordom’s 77-person drum circle. Drumming out! Photo by Charley Rogulewski The line to get into the Emprie Fulton Ferry State Park, billed as 77B.
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