Chicagogogo

So I took a week outta town in Chicago to meet up with some people and have time to record. We went to the Chicago Zinefest and stopped by some interesting shops off the beaten trail.

Some asshole stole my wallet on the first day being here. Was an interesting time.

Creepy mason building.

Recording with the band We The Surreal

Clusterfuck store.

Lite bar noise setup

Chicken-Essence.

Winter has been acting strange

This Mall is abadoned, ya hear?

So yeah I've mostly been going here and there for the past few months, recording stuff, taking pics. whatever.

Here we have an abandoned local mall that my friends and I enjoy hanging out at from time to time.

There are no operating stores - everyone has moved out. A creepy/surreal atmosphere permeates this place.

 Ghost Town Mall

 

Food Court.

Broken fountain area.

Central atrium.

One of the "non-walkable" areas.

Looks like it'd be a fun place, if it weren't for this creepy guard who followed us into this even sketchier location. He followed us into here -

You can just faintly make him out...

Go into the light.

The best place here is the arcade. 

It's pretty massive, has pinball tables, a Punch-Out arcade machine, among much more.

Place rules.

http://arcadelegacy.wordpress.com/

Near to the mall is our favorite place, Jungle Jim's.

It's my thing.

We couldn't help but stop in to get some "Assorted Seafood Mix".

Seafood Mix (assorted)

'Whole Cleaned Octopus'

Mmmm!

Ay yO Innernet Peopul

Hmm I haven't really been posting recently, but there's no time like the present so....

Come one, come all!

Happy Holidaze!

I stumbled upon this bizarre basement treasure trove of Christmas VHS material... enough to make an interesting channel! Tune in to whatever happens to be on, http://betamaxmas.com/

If it's coming in with a bit of static, just jiggle the antenna.

Hazy Holidays

Strange Memorial//Plush Tree

So I took a walk to the gas station in between mixing sessions to nab some munchies, and came across this odd tree...

meh, looks ok from a distance

My guess is somebody crashed a car into it and a child was killed, sadly. This tree has some weird mojo going on with it; several dozen stuffed animals are strapped to the trunk. What a peculiar thing to find...

Strange times in Ohio.

Dark Times at the Unholy Goatclub

On Saturday I traveled with a friend in our hippie van to a satanic pagan ritual/experimental noise performance somewhere on the outskirts of Dayton, Ohio. There was a surprisingly decent turnout of people at this spot, totally ready to party, despite the show taking place in an abandoned shack out in the boondocks of Ohio.

There were actual goats at this Satan shack, too, though none were sacrificed.

Here is a picture of what was traveling in the back of our hippie van...

He's somewhere in yr room right now...

Decked out lighting for the goatvan

...terrifying amirite?

A two person project called Mandible "performed", strapping contact mics (http://i.imgur.com/Io4e4.jpg) to pumpkins and gourds... when they rubbed their hands on the vegetables it made the gnarliest rubber friction sounds. Not really 'musical' in the least but it was very ritualistic. A very tense/eerie quiet desolate atmosphere. They cut into the pumpkin/gourd and stuck the piezo mics into the goop inside. It was gross and sounded like vomit/turds.

There was also a fantastic five piece freak folk band that we managed to have play, and as a unit they had their shit together. Total legit freak rock n roll, this stuff was flawless. Danced like there was no tomorrow! Danced for the unholy goat lord >:3

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My friend from Chicago, the gentleman behind Unitronics, met up with me at this show (I had him booked to play in Cincy yesterday at my venue space). He brought along a badass video rig, which we projected onto the outside wall of the shack/windows.

In the second pic, the projection is displaying 'video feedback'. Totally warped colors!

-Mooch