4/17/09

UPCOMING: Loco Gnosis presents MAYDAYS @ The BOHOUSE - May 1st/2nd 2009


LOCO GNOSIS PRODUCTIONS

"MAY DAYS. A WEEKEND CELEBRATING DETROIT CULTURE; IT'S ART, JAZZ, POETRY
AND ROCK 'N' ROLL HOSTED BY JOHN SINCLAIR AND THE PINKEYE ORCHESTRA"

2 NIGHTS: FRIDAY MAY 1st 2009 - SATURDAY MAY 2nd 2009

THE BOHOUSE (historically the Bohemian National Home)
3009 TILLMAN
DETROIT, MI 48216

DOORS: 6PM
SHOW: 7pm
COVER: $5 (nightly)
ALL AGES

-FRIDAY'S PROGRAM FEATURES:

IN THE GALLERY:

7:00 AHH CHARLIE *Adam Fuller from Woodman
http://www.myspace.com/www_slapdashtrash_com
8:15 RED CHINA
http://www.myspace.com/redchina
9:30 SLOW GIANT
http://www.myspace.com/maxdaley

IN THE LIBRARY:

7:20 OUTDATED FATE
http://www.myspace.com/outdatedfate
7:55 HELL BLOWER *named by Mike from the Hentchmen for their debut show
http://www.myspace.com/hellblower
8:30 BLACK LODGE
http://www.myspace.com/blacklodgedetroit
9:05 THE SUMMER PLEDGE
http://www.myspace.com/thesummerpledge
9:40 HOT DAMN!
http://www.myspace.com/hotdamnoh
10:15 BARS OF GOLD *BEAR VS. SHARK
*THROUGHOUT THE EVENING, JAZZ,
POETRY & RANDOM/CHANCE HAPPENINGS
presented by James Semark & the DETROIT ARTIST'S WORKSHOP:

THREE PIECES BY JOHN CAGE (performance art)
LUCIDO - SEMARK - WILLEM COLLABORATION (jazz)
RON ENGLISH ENSEMBLE (jazz)
JOHN SINCLAIR (poet in residence)
WARDELL MONTGOMERY (poet)
DONNA VINSTRA (poet)
BILL HARRIS (poet)
DOCTOR DETROIT (poet)
http://www.detroitartistsworkshop.com
-sponsored by DETROIT LIFE
http://www.myspace.com/holicepwoods

SATURDAY'S PROGRAM FEATURES:
IN THE GALLERY:

7:00 DANDYLYON WHINE
http://www.myspace.com/dandylyonwhine
8:15 INDIAN GUIDES/JURA
http://www.myspace.com/indianguides
http://www.myspace.com/juramusic
9:30 ROOT BEAR
http://www.myspace.com/rootbearband

IN THE LIBRARY:
7:30 MOTHER WHALE
http://www.myspace.com/themotherwhale
8:05 OATMEAL
http://www.myspace.com/thebandoatmeal
8:40 AL SCHEURMAN
http://www.myspace.com/alanpatrick
9:15 THE MANTONS
http://www.myspace.com/mantons
9:50 GARDENS
http://www.myspace.com/gardensforfree
10:25 OBLISK
http://www.myspace.com/oblisk
11:00 BLUE SONG
http://www.myspace.com/bluesongband
11:35 DUENDE!
http://www.myspace.com/duendetroit
12:10 PIGEON
*Leslie Hardy from the Murder City Devils
*Tony Vega from
the Hi-Fi Hand Grenades
http://www.myspace.com/murdercitydevils
http://www.myspace.com/hifihandgrenades
12:45 FRIENDLY FOES
http://www.myspace.com/friendlyfoes

IN THE BALLROOM:
9:00 DUTCH PINK
http://www.myspace.com/withagainst
10:00 RED CHINA
http://www.myspace.com/redchina
11:00 MADAME XD
http://www.myspace.com/xdwei
12:00 MAZINGA
http://www.myspace.com/xmazingax
1:ish JOHN SINCLAIR & THE PINKEYE ORCHESTRA
http://johnsinclair.us

DISPLAYING UPSTAIRS(entire weekend):
STEPHEN LIGOSKY (fine art painter)
CARL LUNDGREN (rock poster artist & fine art painter)
GARY GRIMSHAW (rock poster artist)
LENI SINCLAIR (rock photography)

DISPLAYING DOWNSTAIRS GALLERY(entire weekend):
ROBIN VERESH (fine art painter)
GLEN ALLEN (fine art painter)
CHRIS KENNINGTON (fine art painter)
JEN THOMPSON (fine art painter)
ALANA CARLSON (fine art painter)

BACK STORY:
"This chance meeting with Jeff Howitt had turned into a thing of great
beauty-a tremendous artistic experience deeply rooted in my own personal
geography and brought to bloom through the robust energy and intelligence
of these young musicians out of the old bohemian tradition." wrote John
Sinclair for the liner notes of
TEARING DOWN THE SHRINE
OF TRUTH AND BEAUTY;
his collaboration with PINKEYE last summer.
The sessions were released through LOCO GNOSIS on Sinclair's 67th
Birthday Party held at THE BOHOUSE where he was named Poet-In-Residence
and given a key so he has an actual room of his own to live in when he is
in the United States.

"Fast forward 40 years and here I am again, in the same neighborhood with
exactly the same sort of people I'd grown up with at the(Detroit
Artist's)Workshop and doing the exact same thing!"

With that sentiment Sinclair asked Howitt to help him design an event for
"May 1st and/or 2nd". Howitt(whose inaugural event for LOCO GNOSIS at the
Masonic Temple in 2006 featured 12 bands on 2 stages volleying sets for 8
hours of unbroken music)immediately knew it had to run 2 days. Howitt
recruited band mates Jason Worden and Frank Stephens and MAY DAYS started
to take shape.
They invited the Detroit Artists Workshop and Detroit Life
to help keep one eye on lineage, another on friendship and the third on
the spirit of this city and how it reflects in it's people and culture.

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