July 15th, 2006
Hello Radio Comarades!
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Our first guests of the day came from the art world. Zefrey prattled frankly with Christian Frock from Catharine Clark Gallery and Trena Noval from SF Camerawork. They talked about their respective galleries, some New Year’s resolutions, the up-and-coming ISEA show and the Oakland art scene.
Christian Frock and Trena Noval
We had some music until Whizz was joined by a long lost acquaintance, Sanxe. They talked about colonialism, Indian Mexican food and the Bayview.
They vacated the microphones to make way for Frank Prattle, installment two. However Kathy Grayson from Deitch Projects, Zefrey’s planned guest, was stuck in traffic, so Chris Perez and Jose Alvarez stepped in at the last minute for a brief chat.
Jose Alvarez and Chris Perez from Ratio 3
The arrival of people carrying speakers, instruments and other musical accoutrements suggested something LOUD was about to happen at the art space that is ATA. This was an unforeseen development and one that became somewhat worrying when it turned out it was a punk rock show with six bands and lots of NOISE. But NPR overcame the worry and decided to carry on, even inviting one of the band members to come and tell us what it was all about.
Punk rockers collect outside ATA before their show
Last week the ISA students did Friends in Spanish, but this week they did their interpretation of classic tv shows in a completely different kind of language - the language of music. They persevered with their take on Seinfeld (the Friends DVD wasn’t at the rental store), in spite of the throbbing punkadelic symphony behind them.
ISA students ching and chime to Seinfeld
Katina gets close to the mic
No karaoke this week so Katina and DJ Intro talked about their NPR shows to date, their plans for next week (a BBQ with kids from the YMCA) and then joined the crowds outside the ATA to watch some performance art and provide a commentary of the wild goings-on. The following set of pictures should help you visualise the scene. It practically stopped traffic and shortly after, a couple of police men were seen wandering passed the ATA. Sorry boys, you missed the action.
Interesting placement of the water bottle
The artist gets down low
He emerges from the….thing
Professional plumber Erik Nelson brought some practical DIY talk to NPR with the help of our Zefrey. Erik shared some basic knowledge about how to keep everything flowing nicely through those household pipes and how to choose a good plumber from the phone book. He recounted some of his stranger experiences while on the job.
Get a union plumber like Eric “Knucklescraper” Nelson…
Tony from Honeycut
Whizz talked to new Bay Area band Honeycut to the accompaniment of 16 Bitch Pile-Up, who were taking their turn on stage in the ATA space behind NPR’s studio. Initially Tony was solo in the hot seat but fellow band members Bart and Herve turned up to talk about their new band, gigs, a little bit of punk rock and a little bit of football.
A member of 16 Bitch Pile-up makes a genteel signal through the glass
Ooo, he’s such a shy lad is our Milton
DJ Milton Parker picked up on the noise-core theme of the day at the start of his set but then headed through some pop, into Beethoven. Only a top-notch blender can liquidise such an eclectic bunch of beats, don’t you think?
Frank Prattle with Zefrey:
Featuring Christian Frock (Catharine Clark Gallery) and Trena Noval (SF Camerawork)
Whizz and Sanxe
Frank Prattle with Zefrey:
Jose Alvarez and Chris Perez (Ratio 3)
Music and then Adam talking about a rock show at ATA
Independent School of Art:
Interpreting a Seinfeld episode with instruments
Katina and DJ Intro, Prowling the Scene
Knucklescraper’s Plumbing Tips with Eric
Whizz interviews new Bay Area band, Honeycut
DJ Milton Parker