Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen Dedication Ceremony

From Kathy:

So for everyone who would like a place to go, be close, or see a place he spent a lot of time I'm putting a bench, picnic table and plaque in Cherokee Park in his honor. I am having a dedication ceremony on the anniversary of his death. OCT 16th. The ceremony will be held in Cherokee Park in St. Paul, MN where Mikey enjoyed his childhood to adulthood. As a child i would take him there to play, swing, just be in nature. When he was a teen we would go sit on the bank and just be silent. He would ride his bike there, take the dog for walks, and by adulthood he would write music there. The money I'm hoping to raise will go towards the bench, picnic table and plaques. I have asked some people to come play, some to tell stories about Mikey and a few speeches.

I'm doing this so those of you who don't live here or do will have a place to go and be close to him, get inspired by him, see the things he saw, a place that will last until they tear down the park which will be a very, very, very, long time.

Thank you,

Kathy Averill

For more information.

Cherokee Park website.

Benefit for the Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen Dedication Ceremony Tonight.

Tonight there will be stories from family members as well as a screening of the never before seen documentary on the making of the final Face Candy album.

As well as performances by:

Kill The Vultures
Unknown Prophets
Carnage the Executioner
Desdamona

The Loft
711 Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 333-6100

the facebook.

All proceeds help fund the Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen Dedication Ceremony.

Coloring Time Presents: An Evening of Improvised Music & Art

A night of improvised music featuring the following musicians:

Peter Pisano (Peter Wolf Crier)
Brian Moen (Peter Wolf Crier, Laarks, The Shouting Matches)
Joe Horton (No Bird Sing)
Bobby Mulrennan (No Bird Sing, Chastity Brown Band)
Graham O'Brien (No Bird Sing)
Casey O'Brien (Face Candy, Carbon Carousel)
Alexie Caselle (Roma di Luna, Kill the Vultures)
Martin Dosh (Dosh, Andrew Bird)
Mike Rossetto (Spaghetti Western String Co., Pines)
JT Bates (Alpha Consumer, Pines)
David Huckfelt (Pines)
Benson Ramsey (Pines)
Jake Hanson ('Halloween, Alaska', Wishbook)
Jeremy Ylvisaker (Alpha Consumer, Guitar Party, Andrew Bird)
Maya Ylvisaker (Guitar Party)
Michelle Kenny (Jelloslave, Mississippi Peace)
Chris Cunningham (Mississippi Peace)
Chastity Brown (Chastity Brown Band)
Adam Svec (Adam Svec)

with live art performed by Michael Gaughan (Ice Rod) and Zach Koss

The Cedar Cultural Center
Thursday, August 11 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
All Ages | $5 Advance | $10 Day of Show
Sponsored by Radio K

The Facebook

The Micheal Larsen Tapes.

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A month or so after Mike passed Brady came over to the house with an unopened 2 terabyte hard drive. He was very tranquil when asking that I pool together all of the recordings I had assuring me that there was no particular hurry. He was extremely busy archiving any existing audio and video for the Family and would end up going on multiple national tours with Kristoff Krane. As daunting as it felt to collect everything I had on 4 separate hard drives I knew it was an important task that needed to be done but the procrastination began. Everything was still too fresh and the last thing I wanted to do was sit down with hours of Mikey related recordings. I would tell myself that I was busy with work, recording shows or whatever my excuse would be that week...as weeks past.

Finally yesterday I sat down and began going over a list I had made last winter. I had 2 internal drives and 2 external drives to go through. It felt productive and I started to really get into it. I soon realized that instead of filling me with even more sadness the process actually filled me up with happy memories of Mike and the times all of us shared together. Coming across certain recordings would remind me of a joke or an anecdote Mike told in the green room for example. I kept seeing his huge smile flash across my mind over and over. I began to hear his laugh. I'll never be able to forget it nor would I ever want to. The mannerisms he would use while telling stories came flooding back as if I had talked to him yesterday. For an instant he was alive in my room. From behind my shoulder I heard "Hey Johnny, you tapin' tonight?!" I turned around in my chair but of course no one was there. I guess you could say for a split second I was expecting him to be. Suddenly any happiness I initially felt turned into sadness and then into anger. I was angry that he wasn't with us anymore but I couldn't let that trigger another bout of procrastination.

The external drive everything was being loaded onto was extremely fast so I just kept coping and pasting, coping and pasting. Eventually I had compiled 54 gigabytes of .WAV and .FLAC audio. Some of the groups represented are; Abzorbr, Carbon Carousel, Eyedea & Abilities, Face Candy, Guitar Party, Hyder Ali, Kristoff Krane, Mel Gibson and the Pants, No Bird Sing, Oliver Hart, Puppy Dogs & Ice Cream and Sector 7G.

I tried the best I could to include sets even if Mikey only sat in for a song or two et cetera. The goal was to locate every recording I had made during the last 4 years of his life and soon that goal was being realized. It all lead up to the October 9th 2010 Guitar Party performance at The Cedar Cultural Center as part of Bill Mike's Modern Guitar Festival 2. A while back I had given Jeremy a copy of this recording and it's my understanding that this was the last public performance he took part in. It means more than words to me that there is a document of it no matter who's responsible. At one point Mike was encouraging Mijah to dance. He could sense that she was a bit scared (if that's the right word) of performing in front of so many people but he assured her that she was doing a great job and the Rock show continued. The tears came back but then an eerie sense of closure came over me. Not having him in the room anymore will never feel right no matter how many recordings I dig up but it does feel good knowing that my contribution to the Micheal Larsen Archive is with his Family now.

This past year I've been receiving emails asking if I would repost old recordings. The interest is no doubt greatly appreciated but at this point I really don't want to do anything without the Family's permission so please understand and respect that. I am certain that more of these recordings will be made available given time.

The new Face Candy album Waste Age Teen Land as well as many other releases are available on micheallarsen.com.

Larsen Family Benefit Details.

"Tickets for the benefit honoring the life of Micheal “Eyedea” Larsen on November 9th at First Avenue go on are now available." Online tickets have SOLD OUT and can now only be purchased in person at Fifth Element (2411 Hennepin Avenue South - 612.377.0044).

A Celebration of the life of Micheal “Eyedea” Larsen
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Location: First Avenue Mainroom, 701 1st Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55403
Doors: 5:00PM
Ages: All Ages
Donation: $20

More information available on Rhymesayers.com and you can RSVP here.

Dosh Releases His New LP "Tommy"

Dosh releases his 5th album "Tommy" with a series of three shows around town this weekend. The first of those being tonight at The 7th Street Entry. Face Candy and Ghostband will support. Doors at at 9pm with a $12 admission. Dosh's band for the evening will include none other than Mike Lewis on sax, Jeremy Ylvisaker on guitar and J.T. Bates on drums. Who knows who else will join them?

You can also catch up with Dosh at MacPhail Center for Music Saturday night at an early All Ages show at 7:30pm including a Q&A session with a $12 admission. Dosh is ending the weekend with a show at The Bedlam Theatre on Sunday night. This show is 18+ with doors at 8pm and a $12 admission. Out of town folks, are you ready for the good news? This is all leading up to a 25 date tour with White Hinterland from Portland, OR supporting.

If you are unable to make it to any of the shows this time around "Tommy" will be available through anticon. as well as iTunes eventually I'm sure. If you live in the Metro area I'd also encourage you to check The Electric Fetus, Cheapo, Roadrunner Records or Treehouse Records for a hard copy.

Apr 14 The Cactus Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Apr 15 Empty Bottle Chicago, Illinois
Apr 16 THE PIKE ROOM at CROFOOT Pontiac, Michigan
Apr 17 Beachland Tavern Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 18 Drake Hotel Toronto, Ontario
Apr 20 Casa Del Popolo Montreal, Quebec
Apr 21 Great Scott Allston, Massachusetts
Apr 22 Union Hall Brooklyn, New York
Apr 23 Mercury Lounge New York, New York
Apr 24 Kung Fu Necktie Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Apr 25 DC9 Washington DC, Washington DC
Apr 27 Grey Eagle Tavern and Music Hall Asheville, North Carolina
Apr 28 529 Atlanta, Georgia
Apr 29 The Circle Bar New Orleans, Louisiana
Apr 30 Emo’s Austin, Texas
May 01 Hailey’s Denton, Texas
May 03 Solar Culture Tucson, Arizona
May 04 The Rhythm Room Phoenix, Arizona
May 05 The Echo Los Angeles, California
May 06 Bottom of the Hill San Francisco, California
May 08 Mississippi Studios Portland, Oregon
May 09 High Dive Seattle, Washington
May 11 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City
May 12 HI-Dive Denver, Colorado
May 13 The Waiting Room Lounge Omaha, Nebraska

HAPPY NEW YEAR

May 2010 be better than 2009!

Live musics to follow from the likes of; The Good Life (holy shit?!), Old Canes, Where Astronauts Go to Hide, Face Candy, No Bird Sing, Kristoff Krane, Puppy Dogs & Ice Cream.

What I'm perhaps most excited about at the moment is NYE. Pretty sure I chose The Turf Club. Third Annual New Year's Eve Cover Night with Vampire Hands (Television), Leisure Birds (Monks), Daughters of the Sun (Jesus and Mary Chain), Marijuana Deathsquads (Brian Eno). Unfortunately Secret Language (Fleetwood Mac) was not recorded...it was however very Punk and uplifting. You missed out? It happens. Later on, at the dawn of the new year Finger Pressure's annual NYE set at Community Gardens was recorded into a little metal box. Let me just say that these 1s & 0s are far to good for the likes of MTV or top 40 radio. Be excited to check this out!

Closing out the year at The Turf Club...

I've spent many late nights at The Turf Club this year. I'm quite fond of the place and that's why I'm happy to say it looks like I'll be ending 2009 with back to back nights at The Turf.

Please join me at these two fine shows to ring in the new year...

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Kristoff Krane, No Bird Sing, Puppy Dogs & Ice Cream and Face Candy (first show in over a year)
Doors 9:00pm | $6 cover

Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Third Annual New Year's Eve Cover Night with Vampire Hands (Television), Leisure Birds (Monks), Daughters of the Sun (Jesus and Mary Chain), Marijuana Death Squads (Brian Eno)
with DJ's and Secret Language in the Clown Lounge
Doors 9:00pm | $10 cover

Face Candy :: Jam City (Volume 1)

Here's a link to the torrent.

Face Candy
Jam City Volume 1
The West Bank Tapes

Tracks 1-8
The Triple Rock Social Club
Minneapolis, MN
Friday August 3rd 2007

Taper: empty (neveragain1980 AT yahoo DOT com)
Location: DINish, 20cm, right drink rail, 20' back, ~10' ^
Source: Studio Projects C4's > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fade in)

01. ...intro
02. Shedding Light
03. the First Step
04. Ground Meets Walls
05. Know The Inside
06. Grips of the Ego
07. ...banter
08. the Mayor

Michael Larsen - Freestyle
JT Bates - Drums
Casey O' Brien - Bass

A couple of days after the bridge collapse. Playing with Abzorbr and the Bill Mike Band.

Tracks 9-20
The Nomad
Minneapolis, MN
Thursday December 27th 2007

Taper: me
Location: AB, 20cm, ~6ft LOC, 10' back, ~10' ^
Source: Studio Projects C4's > Mil Spec Silver Quad customs > UA-5 (BM2p+) > iRiver h120 (Optical @ 16bit 44.1kHz WAV)
Conversion: h120 > USB 2.0 > PC [WAV > TLH lvl 6 + Tested > FLAC]
Edit: CD Wave (tracking) Sound Forge 9 (fade out)

09. Carnage beatbox set
10. Icicles
11. I'm Awake
12. It Happened on a Nice Sunny Day
13. A Path to Break
14. The Damage
15. Wired in Different Ways
16. Jam 1
17. Jam 2
18. Jam 17
19. Jam 16
20. Jam 14

Michael Larsen - Freestyle
Carnage - Beatbox
Casey O' Brien - Bass
Kristoff Krane - Freestyle (12-20)

Playing with Mel Gibson & the Pants and Cecil Otter from Doomtree. The last night of MG&TP's December 07 residency at the Nomad.

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Freestyle meets free jazz and now that I have permission to release whatever I want it's time to kick out the jams. Face Candy shows are always an experience because you never know who's going to be on stage or what you're going to get. I thought about doing a two disc compilation with the best tracks from six or so shows but realized people would probably prefer full sets. Since we're talking improv all of the song titles are made up.

In 2006 Rhymesayers released Face Candy's first and only album "This Is Where We Were." It's a live album comprised of recordings made during an 8 date Midwest tour. The line up for the album included Eyedea (vocals), Mazta I (vocals), Kristoff Krane (vocals), Carnage (vocals), JT Bates (drums) and Casey O' Brien (bass). Face Candy have since continued playing shows in MN/WI as a trio featuring Eyedea, Casey and JT. With that said, Chris has always been a member and he's joined them for at least half of if not all of the set at 95% of the shows I've seen. I've also seen two shows that brought Carnage back to the fold to provide percussion in JT's absence.

Michael, Casey and JT are also in Carbon Carousel. Chris and Casey are also in Abzorbr. JT is in a dozen bands at any given time and I'd have to say he's my favorite Twin Cities drummer. Check out Carnage's solo material or anything he's done in Ill Chemistry.

The next Face Candy release is going to be a studio album culled from a non-stop 48 hour recording session that has yet to go down.