La Casa Grande Colectiva

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  • house concert – This Must Be The Place

    Last Wednesday, May 13, we put on House Concert VII (seventh in “recent memory”), the final act of which was all of us La Casans covering the Talking Heads, This Must Be The Place.  Heather got the whole thing on her point-and-shoot; thanks Heather!

    More videos from Heather’s youtube:
    A New Inspired Poem, by Snow Leopard.
    This is the Title of the Story, read by Michael Phelps.
    Hoprock, by Jacob Barton.
    5 songs of fish (but in this instance, four), by Nodal Nim.

  • House Concerturtle

    Last Friday, March 6, La Casa (under the MCery of friend & former resident Anna) hosted Concerturtle (!) – an evening of performances of (mostly) new experimental works.  Three residents (including your humble narrator) participated in music-making.  We packed our living room with delightful human beings, kept our guests in grape juice & popcorn, & followed the festivities with a talk-back session & a bonfire in our garden.  I (for one) thought it went swimmingly.

    The “Program”:

    Hi there,

    Do you remember this assignment?  Here are two versions:

    “Write a statement that you want to be true.”
    “Write a statement that is unfortunately false in current society.”

    I want this assignment to linger in the air for a while.  I find that  I’m never quite done with it.  Dr. Parenti recommends exercising your  “desiring muscles” frequently enough that they at least don’t atrophy.

    So, I’m starting a weekly bulletin:  This Week in Desire Statements.   Send false statements and related artworks & project links to unfortunately DOT… false AAT… gmail DOT… com, and every Friday (I hope) I’ll put
    together something out of it.

    Thanks,
    Jacob Barton

    • The Solution to the Problem btw Israel & Palestine, by JARband.

    More about this piece here.

    • Playing (with) Policy, by AnAndR.
    • The Squirrel’s Nut, a story composed & told by elizaBeth.
    • Bagatelle No. 1, performed by Snow Leopard & Jacob.
    • Duke of Uke & His Novelty Orchestra, performed by Dave, Lorene & ?.
    • Rigadoo, performed by JP, Erin, Charlie & Kendra.

    Rigadoo plays some hot bluegrass & Celtic music with traditional instruments & a set of mesmerizing “chakra bowls”; the Duke of Uke plays funky tunes on ukulele (accompanied, in this instance, by electric bass, tuba, & backup singin’); Snow Leopard arranged Bagatelle No. 1 (by whom?) for keyboard & udderbot; elizaBeth shared a draft of a story for children pointing to the absurdities of capitalism with talking rodents!

    We six La Casans have inherited a tradition of house concerts – a tradition I happen to adore.  I can think of no better venue for a show than a good friend’s living room!

    UPDATE: some photos from the event,

    concerturtlethumbs