here are select pics from my san francisco vacation. as you can see, i mainly took "show" photos & the only "landmark" photos i took were of a mcdonald's in the mission that was covered in latin murals... pix from the rx gallery show are pretty bad; it was really dark & i had to turn up the brightness 50% in photoshop to see all the details, which means they're pretty washed out. i didn't even bother posting half of them.

seth warren/dave dupuis
seth warren/dave dupuis
seth warren/dave dupuis
blevin/lesser/wobbly
blevin/lesser/wobbly

connie in red
connie in red (big)

kpfa studio
mr hate & stAllio! at kpfa
mr hate & stAllio! at kpfa (big)
stAllio! at kpfa
stAllio! at kpfa (big)

mcmural's
mcmural's

stAllio! on kpfa tonight!
a bit short notice, but...

bad taste artist and animals within animals founder stAllio! will be on KPFA "no other radio" with host russ kent TONIGHT (aka wed morning) at 12am PST (3am EST)

http://kpfa.org/
KPFA broadcasts on 94.1 FM and KPFB 89.3 FM, Berkeley, and KFCF 88.1 FM, Fresno, California.

if you already downloaded spamouflage, you should probably download it again because there was a nasty panning problem in the original version that made the first minute all right-heavy. it's now been fixed & the new version has passed the headphone test. for more details see the latest entry in my personal blog.

finally! a new finished data track from stAllio! this might even be the mythical "fourth track" that will let me finish up that 12" i've been talking about for, oh, the past year or two....

download "spamouflage"

noiseman433 has posted a nice summary on imn of sumthin' fierce, including a few pictures, like this beauty:

wow what a show! unszene started things off right with some raucus noise, humdrum took over with some vicious beats, i played some abstract noise for about an hour, failure to thrive rocked the house, the button tranced us out (their first time ever in indiana; i hope dg picked up a baggie of dirt), bobby vomit/TEC/noiseman433 did a seamless set of great noise, dj intuit spun some rave breaks, & then drbmd capped it all off with a finale so spectacular that i can't put it in print. you had to be there (& you probably weren't). thanks to all our performers, our wonderful moderate sized crowd, & especially ck1 for putting it all together & finding such a great venue.

the latest, up-to-datest flier:

here's text-only show spam for easy posting onto mailing lists & shiz... note the official addition of dj intuit to the lineup. & if you're wondering who failure to thrive is (i know i was wondering), no, they're not emo... in fact you might know them better as backstatic featuring ankill snipah or maybe masochistic ear minus drbmd...

***begin spam***

sumthin' fierce
*an evening of noise & avant-garde electronics*

sat. november 22, 8pm
at the bloomington playwrights project
312 s. washington st, bloomington indiana

$3 - all ages - 2 rooms of audio madness

featuring

bobby vomit
the button
unszene
stAllio!
dr. butcher m.d.
failure to thrive
noiseman433
humdrum
T.E.C.
dj intuit

fliers:
http://www.animalswithinanimals.com/sumthin_fierce2.gif
http://www.animalswithinanimals.com/flier2.jpg

artist links:

http://www.pressthebutton.com
http://animalswithinanimals.com/stallio/
http://noiseman433.com
http://www.freewebs.com/tec
http://badtaste.gabber.org/tour.html

for the latest info:
http://animalswithinanimals.com/news.html

***end spam***

the battle of the fliers:

mp3.com has announced that the site will basically shut down on dec 2 or so, & all the zillions of mp3s hosted there will be deleted. deleting all that content is in many ways a crime against art, but it would've been a much bigger tragedy if this had happened a few years back when anyone gave a fuck...

so if you're looking for the 3 mp3s of mine still hosted there, you'd better get 'em soon.

& where else will we get wonderful content like this "bad radio" station, where the station owner challenges you to email him if you can make it all the way through my live version of "lavatory safety tip". (it hardly seems a coincidence that there are no other noise artists on the station... let this be a lesson to you: if you don't like or understand something, it must be crap)

i'm still trying to find whatever source out there is giving us so much traffic for pirates of the internet... for a minute i thought i'd found it but no, after thinking about it, i haven't just yet... or at least not the original source.

what i did find, though, was a link to california uber arnold on indymedia, of all places. i guess someone (presumably in san francisco) uploaded a copy of the track to the indymedia server, so i can only imagine how many copies of "urber_arnold.mp3" are out there.

the stAllio! site revamp is mostly done, with the final chunk being the newly revised stAllio! discography (not to be confused with the animals within animals discography). i spent a lot of time this weekend cleaning it & other parts of the site up, but if you notice any other bugs or dead links, let me know

stAllio! subsite revamp underway, beginning with the new stAllio! "personal" blog, for no other reason than because some people seem to enjoy reading my blather.

yes, i got rid of the old "handshake" intro page because just directing people here is far more useful... all the links from that page should appear above, & this way you get all the latestest updates & shiz. (okay, if you really desperately need to see that page again, it is still online here, you freak)

in other news i (stAllio!, read the byline) will be in the san francisco bay area dec 12-17, & while i'm out there i just might do an interview on a certain massively cool freeform community-based radio station out there... more data tba. while i'm not looking too hard for other bookings while i'm out there, if you know of something cool then i am very willing to listen. jot me a note

take a gander at the recycled rainbow art gallery for recordings & other memories of a great event. my set is already up (i got a lot of compliments) & you simply must check out prantershifter.

i'm leaving for rr7, like, any second now. if you're an insomniac like me or dave attel, tune in to wruw at midnight eastern sunday night (10/19)

inspired by current events, fellow pirate MPEG-leg (aka murkbox) has turned in this, the first new pirates of the internet track in however many months:

california uber arnold

preflier for november show:

new T.E.C. mp3s!

"T.E.C.=Turntables, Electronics and Cello

T.E.C. is a spacey ambient blend of experimental madness with Bobby Vomit on modified turntables, broken records, electronics and Noiseman433 on cello, electronics."

http://www.freewebs.com/tec/

upcoming shows:

october 18, lakewood ohio: recycled rainbow 7, featuring a performance by either stAllio! or AWIA (depends on whether humdrum or any other animals make it out there). i should also be on press the button the following night.

november 22, bloomington indiana: big bash in b-town! this will be the first/biggest "venue" show we've had in a year or more. that makes it a special occasion, so dammit, come on out. featuring performances by the button, all your favorite hoosiers, & more tba? stay tuned for more info

can anyone tell me why the pirates of the internet project is suddenly so popular? i'm thinking someone must've linked to it somewhere, because damn if the pirates aren't currently getting more hits than anything else on this site (quite an accomplishment considering that project has only one finished track, plus a remix of that track by zoke)... but my google searches haven't located any such link yet. maybe net piracy is just a hot issue & people are simply finding it on their own...

...in case you didn't know, pirates of the internet is a newish project by mp3beard (aka stAllio!) & MPEG-leg (aka murkbox; actually i haven't run that MPEG-leg name by murky yet). the good news is that we are working on new material; the bad news is that we're procrastinators so you might not see those new mp3s anytime too soon.

stAllio! site has been updated slightly; at least i cleaned up some links & finally added a link to possibly my anthem, a track i must've posted to snuggles months ago...

look for a revamp to the stAllio! site, possibly including a "personal" blog for those out there who miss my old sermons.

yay!

this site will be seeing a lot more action in the coming weeks or months, now that bad taste is currently on hiatus (a little burnout; it happens to the best of us). but that doesn't mean your favorite bt artists aren't still active. so i'll be updating this blog more often now, hopefully to bring you the latest news for all things AWIA, including individual animals' solo work & other projects...

more updates coming very soon

mp3s of stAllio! & bobby vomit at rr6 are available! go to the recycled rainbow gallery to get 'em.

then...

bad taste & INK recordings present:
sunday august 10, 8pm
525 wheeling, muncie IN
$3 donation

karlheinz
Dr. Butcher M.D.
murkbox
unszene
unusable signal
bobby vomit
noiseman433
stAllio!
more tba?

here it is: stAllio!, the playboy scans (for those too cheap to buy the actual magazine)

the full page (2mb)
just the sidebar (329kb)

bling bling, stAllio! in playboy

p.47 of this month's issue (aug 2003) has a stAllio! namedrop in the sidebar underneath an article about clear channel. scans to come soon.

ironically, i spend months writing sex material & the one that's mentioned in playboy is a political track, we will iraq you.

this saturday in pittsburgh! an actual awia performance, even!

you call that a tour? bad taste 2003

saturday, june 28, 8pm
@ kiva han, 420 s craig st, pittsburgh PA
all ages. $5 suggested donation

featuring:

animals within animals [too many cooks spoil the flavor]
Dr. Butcher M.D. [now insured for musical malpractice]
stAllio! [blazin' hip-pop & piracy]
Bobby Vomit [guinness book of broken records]
backstatic [lowest-fi fork-in-the-eye]

& wrecked distro just might be there with a box
of records for your capitalist ass (if i don't buy them all first).


http://badtaste4life.com
http://rhinoplex.org/repulse/
http://rhinoplex.org/wrecked/

you have no excuse not to be at this show, unless you don't live near cincinnati, or you do but just don't feel like it.

friday june 20, 2003, 10pm-2am
@ sudsy malones, 2626 vine st, cincinnati OH
18+. $5

starring:

Dr. Butcher M.D. [now insured for musical malpractice]
stAllio! [blazin' hip-pop & piracy]
machinegirl [all the way from djibouti]
Bobby Vomit [guinness book of broken records]
backstatic [lowest-fi fork-in-the-eye]

http://badtaste4life.com
http://sonicterror.net
http://sudsys.com

new bad taste domains! check out badtastesucks.com or badtaste4life.com

& remember, the new site is "under construction"...

come out to see us on saturday in ann arbor michigan! check the bt tour page for more info...

new stAllio! mp3 up!

last night was a great show at the festivilla... too bad you weren't there.

coming up may 8 at the festivilla:
rotten piece
the glass-snake lizards
noiseman433
stAllio!
bobby vomit

czech out the flier hyere

tomorrow is the bbq... looks like this thing will be HUGE (by our standards anyway!)

for line-up & more, check the bad taste site

no more rave thingy on april 5... but cum n git it at the bad taste barbie queue april 12th in muncie indianana. at bobby vomit's house, no less.

also working on other shows before the tour kicks off. you should probably scope the bad taste site for show info.

bad taste is trying to organize a tour for mid-may through mid-june! just a microtour of the midwest, sticking to shows on weekends because our broke asses can't get enough time away from our corporate slave day jobs... if you can help us set up a show, etc, please get in touch with your favorite bt dreamboat. tour info can be found at the tour page. i will try to keep this as up-to-date as possible.

you know, for a tool that's supposedly revolutionizing the way people publish on the internet, i'm having one shit of a time getting blogger to even post my updates half the time. come on! if i'd just hand-coded my html the old-fashioned way i could've updated this damn page 5x by now.

the show last night was pretty good! too bad nobody was there to hear it... i counted 14 including the promoter, & 5 of us performed.

first off bobby vomit thrilled & confused with his hoosier turntablism... i thought he was just doing a sound check but he just kept going like a pink branded bunny & eventually we figured out that obviously he was performing.

i was up next; people seemed to enjoy my bush cutups & other sillyness... someday, i swear, i'll be playing at some big party & when i start playing all my material about taking off your clothes, people will actually take their clothes off. i guess i can dream...

then came noiseman433 with a classic noise set: tons of fx & a big slab of metal that he pounded, rattled, bent, & abused. there must've been a contact mic involved because he'd rattle the thing then tweak the fuck out of his pedals for a few minutes, then pound on the metal slab some more. there was also some informative material about murmurs. i was sad when i missed his set at indytron; i was very glad to see him perform this time. we got some video & i have it on minidisc; we need to check out those recordings...

finally melk the g6-49 played... they're a 2-piece w/drums & guitar, but definitely more interesting & avant garde than just some boring punk band. they would rock out ambient style with some nice feedback n noise, then suddenly things would go crazy, the drummer would wail like animal on the muppet show, & they would get super noisy for a minute. i usually am bored to tears by rock music & rock instruments but these guys are definitely alright.

(c'mon blogger, work dammit)

gabber.org is back up! unfortunately, that also means the bad taste site is back...

coming up at 8pm this thursday (march 27 2003) here in indy at the festivilla:

Noiseman433
Think Machine
stAllio!
bobby vomit
Melk the g6-49

$5 baby! all ages, so bring your underage sister for me to gawk at!

for a map to the festivilla & other crap, go here:
http://www.indianapolismusic.net/events_detail.php?current_id=2755

up next is some rave thingy in bloomington on april 5... i don't have the info for that here, but someone should post the info soonish i guess.

audio from rr5 is up at recycledrainbow.com. get it while it's hot!

i'll probably put up the awia mp3 here once it's taken down from there.

blogger is acting weird

upcoming live events:

sat march 15:
animals within animals live at recycled rainbow 5!
...a different kind of event. recycledrainbow.com

thurs march 27:
live at festivilla, indianapolis
Noiseman433
Think Machine
Melk the G6-49
stAllio!
bobby vomit

more details TBA

sat april 5:
dr. butcher m.d. & others at some event in bloomington
...i have more info somewhere, but not here.

sometime in may:
big bad taste event in ann arbor MI

the radio show went pretty well from what i can tell... the actual performance emanating from unszene's basement was pretty surreal... thanks to everyone who was involved, especially all who listened. mp3s might be up here at some point in the future.

the bad taste site is down because skinner's server has finally fallen after 5yrs of faithful service. go here to donate to the new server fund.

the artwork for stAllio! maura's milk chocolate bath is finished & the first copies of the cdr should start floating around in the next week or so, with an "official" release soon. new cds from dr. butcher m.d. & murkbox up next.

well i guess the coffee shop thing didn't happen as planned...
but the radio show is definitely still happening, so tune in... you know you have nothing better to do on friday nights.

new live shitz comin up soonish:

MON 2/24, @ mt cup, muncie IN
bobby vomit, unszene, & stAllio! have been asked to play at an art opening for josh lund around 5:30-8pm.

that's all i know about this right now; should have more info in the next couple days...

then
FRI 2/28, 12pm-3am EST @ wcbn 88.3FM ann arbor

animals within animals return to wcbn's electric kingdom, for possibly the last time. we will be broadcasting remotely & having wcbn retransmit our signal, blurring the lines between "live" & "meta-live" even further... listen online to the streaming webcast.

...more to come...

the biggest downside to the animals within animals site has been the sporadic updates, as well as the fact that there was no way to easily discern when the site actually had been updated.

thus this new "news" page, currently powered by blogger but perhaps soon to be powered by our gracious host's thoughtconduit software.

we're currently working on a weekend of performances in ann arbor michigan, including a hopeful return to electric kingdom on WCBN!

bling blang blung