Night Hawks presents it's monthly late night art extravaganza this Monday, June 18th. This month the theme involves technology and experimentations with artificial and/or mechanical elements. Like always, Night Hawks showcases its theme across genres and art. Basically this Monday will be a techno dance party like none other. And there will be video games. Don't miss these emerging artists:


Night Hawks is honored to bring to the party Laura Escude (Los Angeles) - A classically trained violinist who works with a variety of software, all controlled by MIDI devices such as the UC-33e and a MIDI glove. Found sounds, sampling, and the violin affected by different types of hardware all make up her body of work going back 20 years.


Organ Music of the Organ Corporation (San Francisco) - The music collective takes their name from a 1970s organ manufacturer and draws from the traditions of free jazz and musique concrete. Night Hawks' plan to showcase their noise elements and abstractions of frequencies in the unique Bootleg ambiance.


DSS Improv (Los Angeles) is a trio of improvisational electro-acoustic musicians. FM transmitters tie together their mixer feedback sessions, DIY circuitry, amplified viola and audience involvement all "to diffuse the notion of control amongst the group and audience". I can't picture a better setting for this experimentation than the high-caliber crowds Night Hawks draws in.

[image from art-rash.com]


Orgone Resonator by Samuel Partal and Damien Johanson (San Francisco) is an installation in which audience members may be inserted into the resonating chamber to experience the musical performance as part of the sculpture. Partal and Johanson both multimedia artists explore the controversial theories of Wilhelm Reich. (I had to wikipedia that one.) The notion of Orgones - a theorized energy source responsible for neuroses, rain and sexuality - is quite intriguing.


"Burlap I-IV" by Philip Stearns - Another Cal Arts alumni makes his mark on the circuit-bending community by continuing his installation. Burlap combines sculpture and circuitry where each piece produces tones, sequencers, and dynamically behaving oscillators. The natural element of the burlap material is a beautiful contradiction to the notion of circuitry as something cold and calculated.


Electroacoustic Installation by Cooper Baker - Straight from the Cal Arts faculty, Baker currently manages the school's Music Technology department. Circuit Bending fans have probably seen his work at REDCAT and the LA Circuit Bending Festival. Cooper brings his diverse background and knowledge from software writing to photography to the Bootleg for this one night only where he'll creates a sound-art installation/ multimedia work of art.


Aaron Myers, a recent USC grad, has always been fascinated with video games, including information visualization, artificial life and generative image-making. TorrentRaiders was his MFA project - an arcade stylization of bit-torrent waves. You can also go play his live action video game Mobzombies before the arcade madness hits Monday. He'll be showing a new 2-D piece with light patterns that react and self-generate.

[image from Flickr]





Volum (UK, Berlin, Detroit, Los Angeles) of the world renowned electro duo Volsoc brings his proclaimed "breakdance music for aliens". Playing the night's DJ will be Jean-Paul Bondy rocking robot beats and a slew of surprises. See jbondy.com - the man's also quite the accomplished animator.

[image from properlychilled.com]


Night Hawks presents Hawktronics
Monday, Jun. 18th 10:00pm
Bootleg Theater
2220 Beverly (Just West of Alvarado)
Echo Park, 90057
$10 cash only

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Night Hawks opened a Flickr photo gallery this week from our last event Le Cirque du Titty Titty Bang Bang. The handful of photographers will be uploading their pics so check back often for new ones to grab for your myspace page or personal collection. If you have photos you'd like
to share of the event, contact me and I'll pass on the password.




The next Night Hawks is June 18th and the theme is Hawktronics - an electronic dance party. We're still taking artists submissions, especially DJ's, dancers, and installation artists. Send your pitch to nighthawksla@yahoo.com Attn: Danielle Holland.

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Don't forget:
LE CIRQUE DU TITTY! TITTY! BANG! BANG!
Night Hawks' monthly art event has quite the full lineup sure to satisfy all the freaks at the freak show.




LIVE MUSIC BY:
D Numbers -- Santa Fe, NM
We Drew Lightning -- Santa Fe, NM
HowardAmb -- Project Runway's Santino Rice loves these guys and so should you.
Catherine Campion -- A veteran of stage & screen and the most delightful person you'll meet.

LIVE ART BY:
Ashley Huizenga (video)
Christina Amezquita (photography)
Shon Kim (video/drawing)
Andy Ayala (mixed media)
Annie Terrazzo (mixed media)
LD Grant (painting)
Teresa Moore (painting)
Portland, OR Free Music Project (video)
Nichole Navar (video)



LIVE PERFORMANCE BY:
Gumby Girl (contortionist)
John Monastero (clown)
Nameer Khadi (juggler)
Zoe Nissam (fire)
Mimi Moss (fire)

BURLESQUE BY:
Bobby Burlesque (burlesque)
Lolita La Vey (burlesque)
Lola Ramona (burlesque)


All appearing at Night Hawks
This Monday May 14th
10:00pm
Bootleg Theater
2220 Beverly Blvd.
LA 90057
$10 donation

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Night Hawks is proud to present another band from the Santa Fe, New Mexico High Mayhem family. Formerly known as Derail, We Drew Lightning takes instrumentation to new highs. Loud feedback, dreamy vocals, and even an old school light show follow them on tour these next few months. Art geeks and rockers alike will be deeply left in their powerful wake. As has become Night Hawks' signature, we pack the stage with the highest quality musicians who have the most heart. This Monday's circus will not stop buzzing once these guys leave the stage.

We Drew Lightning
performing at Night Hawks
Monday, May 14th 10:00pm
Bootleg Theater

Also at...

Pehrspace, Echo Park
Friday, May 18th

The Smog Shop, San Diego
Saturday, May 19th

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Paul Groetzinger, Ben Wright, Brian Mayhall make up the members of D Numbers, the experimental band that's gathered quite the local following in Santa Fe, NM. They now bring their signaturely singular sound and lovey-dovey energy to the rest of the west. Catch their only LA appearance at Night Hawks next Monday.

Groetzinger, aka DJ Feathericci, handles his drumset with a natural grace and keen ease missing from most line-ups. And he spins a mean turntable. Mayhall on lead guitar puts any music school grad to shame and has been known to dabble in keyboards and experimental processing. Wright completes the neo-wall of sound and writes music and unique beats. You'll have to see the men in action to find out what they're really made of. A guess? Slugs, snails, mad beats, puppy dog tails.

With the backdrop of a burlesque circus behind them, this trio will bring a kind breath of fresh air to our California heatwave. Be sure to grab their new CD before the rest of the touring darlings snatch 'em up.

Monday, May 14th
D Numbers
10:00pm

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Named after our favorite Roller Derby gal and inspired by circus freak shows along with vintage burlesque, next Monday's Night Hawks will be the biggest party yet.

Prepare to be awed. You'll want to dress up and you'll want to make sure your costume is fire-retardant.

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A little guide to the bands ----

The Battle of Land & Sea are local town heroes. The folk inspired duo plays with plenty of heart and soul. I can't wait to see them in Bootleg's beatific lobby.

We bring back the experimental/improvisational flavor of last month's event when An Endless Contortionist takes the stage.

Saint Motel (formerly known as Turkish Rocket) make all the teenage girls go hello kitty with their catchy blend of modern rock. But come late Monday night who knows what these boys will have up their sleeves?

Become their myspace friends. Bands love that.

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To my loyal pudgy readers:

I'm so sorry. My day job has consumed my time and energy. No postings for a week! I'm more disgruntled than any of you are, I know. But just felt like an apology was in order. No word on the apartment contest yet. But I'm checking apartment therapy every other minute. There's been some inspiring (and intimidating) entries so far. Much better than that finale of Bravo's Top Design, but I digress.

Night Hawks is upon us once more!!! The theme is "Over The Edge" inspired by the 1979 cult favorite film of the same name. Prepare for a late night of beautiful music, dancers, bizarre performances, all with a bitter edge of surburban dissillusion. Cupcakes and comics will be on sale again courtesy of Matt Melis (Isolated Instances of Non-Gravity). The proceeds are all going to charity (Cystic Fibrosis Walk For A Cure) so gobble 'em up with your libations. Yum.
This Monday 4/16 10pm $10.

And speaking of the Bootleg Theater (Night Hawks' home away from home) they're opening quite a show this weekend. Who Killed Bob Marley? by Roger Guenveur Smith is performance set to an original film about an enlightening trip to Jamaica. Previews tonight thru Friday 4/13. Opening night Saturday 4/14 8:00pm $20.

Any other plans as the weather gets warmer and the winds get creepier? Please share. No bogarting allowed.

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Oh man are we excited. Tonight kicks off the brand spanking new monthly event - Night Hawks at Bootleg Theater.
Prepare to be dazzled. You're my boy, Maurice!

Monday Mar. 19th
Night Hawks: Where The Wild Things Are
Bootleg Theater
2220 Beverly Blvd, (1 blk. West of Beverly & Alvarado)
LA 90057
Plenty of street parking
Doors @ 9:00pm

The lineup:
10:00-10:30 Her Big Hard Jungle Monkey Presents (experimental improvisational rock)
10:30-10:50 Ten West (Vaudevillian comedy duo)
11:00-11:45 The Late Severa Wires (experimental improvisational hardcore rock outta Santa Fe, NM)
11:45-12:00 Artel (American-Russian theater troupe)
12:00-12:15 Illuminati Fire (Fire dancers on the outside deck)
12:15-1:15 Fish Circus (punk/rock/folk cabaret ensemble)
1:15-1:30 Sing Along with Anarchy Jordan & special guests (comedy sketch)

with your DJs: The Regulators of ASK-WEWONK (DJ KC Paradise and Rasputin the Swedish Tsar)
DJ Jason McCabe

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Fish Circus says: "There is only one Fish Circus but there is more than one way to fish circus."

If you've caught their act at the Silverlake Lounge or El Cid you know Fish Circus provides the most eclectic entertainment in town. Anais Thomassian (The Fishette) leads the boys in gorgeous gypsy-inspired costumes, quite a set of pipes, and often on accordion. Bassist Shahen Hagobian is one tall drink of water. Dan Graziani looks like a cast member of Carnivale and is known to do an impromptu jig while leading the group on fiddle. You're also likely to catch a group of gypsies on trombone, french horn, more accordions, more fiddles, in the group's every mutating repertoire. Night Hawks gives Fish Circus a chance to do what they do best, leave a weird cabaret flavor on the tongue of the crowd. Monday night, they'll hit the stage hard with a percussion-less set and a hardy slap. Don't miss it.


Fish Circus will also be performing the following weekend at The Gazillionaire Show in Las Vegas. Visit the New American Theatre Project for details. I hope the fishies fair well in the desert.

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Those lucky college students and daytime degenerates who get to hang out daily at coffee shops, especially those in the Echo Park/ Silver Lake area, have probably been lucky enough to encounter our very own Anarchy Jordan. Known for spreading his political rants through impromptu conversation and scaring yuppies away to get a table for brunch, Anarchy Jordan will be performing an original song for Night Hawks this Monday night. Expect hijinks similar to his now infamous Youtube videos, along with proletariat bashing. In fact, it'll be a sing-a-long. Follow the bouncing ball at Night Hawks and check out his hijacked videos. My favorites are the ones of the Ann Coulter variety:



TV makes me insane. Those ladies don't work. They just look good.


Several of Jordan's videos were removed by YouTube recently under the guise of "containing offensive material" but he just can't be stopped. He keeps creating and re-posting. You can read the arguments and comments from the past pages here.

Anarchy Jordan's website: Live Free or Buy Trying.

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The other day Miss Danielle Holland, the visionary of Night Hawks as well as my co-producer, sat down at her laptop. I sat down at my prospective laptop and we had a little iChat. These are the transcripts:

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Once upon a time, playwright Suzan-Lori Parks set out to write a play each day, every day for 1 year. She came up with a collection of very short plays and a very huge theatre movement. Already a hit at various theaters around town, directors take on one or two plays, often direct them in site specific spaces with amazing results. Mr. & Mrs. Kickass Productions with Bootleg bring to the Bootleg Theater seven choice choices. The show is late but short. Enjoy their bar and snacks while you're there and get a sneak peak of the lobby space where Night Hawks will be held.

365 Plays
by Suzan-Lori Parks
Showtimes:
March 9 & 10 @ 10:30pm
FREE
Bootleg Theater (aka host of Night Hawks)
2220 Beverly Blvd.
(213) 389-3856
Ample Street Parking

Directors: Anthony Byrnes, Michael Dunn, Jessica Hanna, Jennifer Li, Robert Prior, Kirk Wilson
Lighting Design: John Eckert
Sound Design: Adam Phalen
Players: Rob Adler, Don Allen, Joshua Allen, Ashley Blumstein, Sissy Boyd, Joshua Wolf Coleman, Patty Cornell, Liz Davies, Jenn DeMartino, Michael Dunn, Elizabeth Guilliams, Jessica Hanna, Danielle Holland, Marc Jackson, Daniele Watts, Jon Morris, Patrick Mapel, Robert Navarret, Tim Ottman, Avo Soltes, Andrea Tvetkov, Sarah Utterback, Kirk Wilson and Jabez Zuniga
Producers: Michael Dunn, Jessica Hanna and Kirk Wilson

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Wanna preview New Mexico's The Late Severa Wires before they play at Night Hawks? Of course you do. If you're a fan of new/experimental rock you'd be a fool not to catch the show at Pehrspace tonight.
Basically the scene has shifted from Il Corral to this all ages art gallery/performance space in Echo Park. Pehrspace not only hosts a full lineup of fantastic bands every weekend but also started an Indie record label, Pehrlabel.

The music tonight starts at 9:00pm and is only $5.

On the list:
Anavan - This post-modern power trio has been getting a lot of press lately as a pack leader in the revived LA all ages scene. Their signature Il Corral shows will all now be at pehrspace in the next couple months and they continue to tour the country bringing artful distortion to the little girls and boys. They'll be playing South By Southwest this year too.
Clipd Beaks - These Oakland-ers have been around for a little while and still refuse to be classified. According to the Beaks' myspace page they sound like "Jam knee deep in a stork's intestinal acid". After tonight's thrash psychedelia we all might have obtuse phrases to describe them too.
The Late Severa Wires - Hailing from New Mexico and spreading the spirit of the High Mayhem music collective, these four lads always promise to blow the roof off wherever they land and couldn't be more humble doing it.
Anchors for Architects - A band of like-minded artists and activists make up this music collective. Bring a children's book to any of their concerts and they'll donate it to The Wonder of Reading which helps spread literacy in California's public schools. The band's a sort of lyrical congregation and initiate a community of experimental/indie rock all over this town. It sounds like they're still looking for a new percussionist should one feel the need to be initiated.


To get to perhspace:
map: 325 Glendale Blvd.

2 blocks south of Temple in Historic Filipinotown. The freeway offramp is Glendale Blvd from the 101, about 3 blocks south of Echo Park Lake. Located behind the Glen Village parking lot, behind a short palm tree. You won't see it from the street, you'll have to come into the parking lot.

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Artel gets their name from two sources - 1.) the acronym American Russian Theatre Ensemble Laboratory - 2.) a nod to the Russian tradition of coop communities. Historically an Artel means
a Russian cooperative labor group that often provided protection for groups of fisherman or miners. The LA-based group brings a historical sense of justice to the performance art world while exploring on stage the possibilities of dance, movement, and puppetry with explosive affect.

Artel will be at the one-night only all ages event Nighthawks' Where The Wild Things Are Monday Mar. 19 at Bootleg Theater. Throughout the night you'll find members of Artel among the crowd and taking the stage for a variety of site specific pieces.

Check out their blog for more info on their exciting processes involving Commedia del Arte, Russian traditions, and ritual.

You can also find members of Artel marching against the war in Hollywood next Saturday in a fantastic resistance ritual.
The Butoh Surge Parade
Saturday Mar. 17
more info at corpusbutoh.org

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It's official. Monday is the new Saturday night. To celebrate all things up and coming, worth seeing, mind expanding, and unique, Pudgy Girl is producing a brand new night of performance art and experimental music. For the next week I'll be showcasing the artists you'll see at Night Hawks. This night is not to be missed. It's not your basic warehouse show, it's not your basic theater. Night Hawks is a new forum for emerging artists, not to mention the best party Monday night has to offer.

Night Hawks on myspace.com
Night Hawks Blog
email: nighthawksla@yahoo.com

Live Music by
The Late Severa Wires
Fish Circus
Her Big Hard Jungle Monkey Presents
The Regulators of ASV-WEWONK
Sing Along with Anarchy Jordan
DJ Jason McCabe of Club Stutter

Live performances by
Artel
Ten West
Illuminati Fire
Rawn Erickson II

Paintings by
Pedra Furmall
Alex Zakari

Photography by
Eric Cousineau


Monday, Mar. 19
Bootleg Theater
2220 Beverly Blvd.
10:00pm

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