ATA's 2008 ANNUAL YEAR-END FUNDRAISER
Help us kick off our 25th year of experimental and independent media art at ATA’s annual year-end fundraiser extravaganza on Sunday, December 14, 2008. We will spend a full day indulging in a smorgasbord of musical genres and performances, from the all-male a capella chorus of The Conspiracy of Beards to the digital mayhem of Eats Tapes. Throughout the day there will be a range of surprise performances and a raffle of cool gifts! So grab your utensils, head down to the Mission and feast your senses!
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2008
2:00PM-11PM
Admission: $10
Artists' Television Access
992 Valencia Street (at 21st St.)
San Francisco, CA 94110
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10PM: CONSPIRACY OF BEARDS
San Francisco's Conspiracy of Beards is 30-man choir from that performs gritty, original arrangements of the songs of Leonard Cohen. Transforming Cohen's simple melodies into complex 4- and 5-part harmonies, the group achieves a sound that is both robust and tender. One can hear influences of indie rock, jazz, gospel, barbershop, classical and even doo-wop in the unique arrangements the choir selects. Using the genius of Cohen's words, the Beards inspire their audience members to ponder romance, politics, sex, longing and spirituality, all amid laughter and cheers.
http://www.conspiracyofbeards.com/
9PM: ASH REITER
A voice like honey and whiskey, lyrics like... well, honey and whiskey.
http://www.myspace.com/drunkenboat
7PM: MANICATO
Founded in SF's Mission district in 2004 by Israel Matos. Manicato, a word derived from the native people of Puerto Rico known as The Taino, means a bold and valiant person of a good heart. The band Manicato lives up to this Taino ideal with it's socially conscious lyrics backed by a mixture of Salsa, Timba, Reggae, Hip Hop, and Rock.
6PM: LOS FULANOS
"Los Fulanos, (Cuarteto de manos)" are a band of two guys (and four hands) that can't be tied down to a specific gender or flavor. Interspersing themselves throughout the streets of the Mission, they get entire blocks on their feet with just a guitar, a cajon and a fresh sound created from a diverse range of recycled rhythms but never losing the fundamental importance of the spoken word.
5PM: EATS TAPES
Eats Tapes specialize in noisy, spazzy techno bangers with irresistible hooks. Fusing a variety of influences, they comfortably straddle the San Francisco Bay Area's myriad club, psychedelic noise, and art-rock scenes.
http://www.myspace.com/eatstapes
4PM: MOE! STAIANO
Moe! Staiano is a percussionist who usually uses found objects, but has moved to doing drumming on found objects on his trap set (i.e. prepared percussion). Moe! has experimented through the years though solo percussion using pipes, food pans, pressure caps, sheet metals, nick-nacks & other stuff that has been found, given or stolen. One can expect to see Moe!'s show as a visual eye pleaser: running around throwing pipes on concrete, walking on pans with his feet to mute sounds or running amok, throwing his body into old cassette tapes or two dozen cymbals in any given performance.
http://www.sleepytimegorillamuseum.com/moe/
3PM: THE DOWNER PARTY
Sierra Frost, guitar and vocals, (ex- indie teen-pop duo Two Seconds and Elephone) and Sam Francisco, bass. Based in San Francisco and have been playing together for five minutes. They are currently recording their first EP at Popsmear Records. Their live show will kick you in the balls and you will like it.
http://www.myspace.com/downerpartytime
2PM: GRIMACE AND THE FAKERS
Rock band from the South Bay. Their original music combines the best of Alternative, Blues and Punk Rock to make the nuclear bomb that defines them. They are: Grimace at the guitar and vocals, Pedro at the bass and keys and Less at the drums.
http://www.myspace.com/grimaceandthefakers
Artists' Television Access is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, all-volunteer, artist-run, experimental media arts gallery that has been in operation since 1984. ATA hosts a series of film and video screenings, exhibitions and performances by emerging and established artists and a weekly cable access television program. Artists' Television Access is supported in part by Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, The Christensen Fund, individual members, donors, and volunteers.