DJ Hummingbird Feeder

Perpetual Moon Battle.


James Ford aka DJ Hummingbird Feeder aka the current force behind Nailgun Media has put together what promises to be the supreme dance party of the month. In his own words:

Hi friends,

I'm throwing a dance party at Dust this Friday. Dust is the UTZ potato-chip warehouse on the corner of East Market St. and Meade. Friday is tomorrow! Dancing is fun. Music will be provided by myself, and my good friends Billy and Will.

Will McCutcheon is an old friend of ours, a former Cviller now based in New York, who has spent the past year touring with (and doing lighting + sound stuff for) M.I.A. and The Faint. He plays smart mashups of popular dance songs and rap classics. expect a lot of pitched-up Biggie samples synced to Daft Punk beats.

Billy Hunt is a notorious man-about-town, a reformed former goth kid who is now the king of guilty-pleasure jams. He will almost certainly play a lot of Adam Ant, probably also some Duran Duran and George Michael songs that you forgot you liked. Some newer dancey-pop stuff as well. He and I have made dance parties happen before.

I play an eclectic mix of fun hits and obscurities; 60's soul and r&b classics, underground 70's funk explosions, 80's rap phenomena, jamaican ska, groovy moog goodness, and misc. weird stuff, but weird stuff that is charming and fun to dance to. I'll probably play a warm-up set at the beginning and some floorclearing madness towards the end. the three of us may also get drunk a do a round-robin DJ trade-off set thing in the middle, which is always fun.

So it's at Dust, starting 9pm-ish and continuing through 3am, hopefully. It's a "Nailgun Media Presents" thing, which basically means that I helped put it together and I think it'll be fun. We made a silly sci-fi poster that actually looks pretty cool and you can look at it here: http://www.nailgunmedia.com/posters/dance_at_dust.jpg

I hope to see some of you there.

cheers,
James

Humble Thanks.

Hey folks,

The show last night went really well, thanks for coming out. Quiet My Dear delivered a set of solid rock songs with nice melodies. Me and Aaron were delighted to play you our noise/blues numbers under the Clarence Thomas Action-Adventure Unit moniker. And Adam Smith and the Invisible Hand started out with a Krautrock-y drone smorgasbord by Mr. Smith and James Ford; then me, Steve Snider, and one David picked apart the drums and did that tribal thing over Adam and James's noisy bits. And James rounded out the night with a DJ set that was part Squarepusher part Bomb Squad Productions part middle school sock hop. The room was packed, everybody was nice, and we raised nearly 400 dollars for the Charlottesville Free Clinic. YES!

A surprisingly listenable Minidisc recording of our set was made, so that'll hit the 'zine in a few days. In the meantime, check out what Dave and the Olde English Boys are getting into:


Benefit Show + CLARENCE THOMAS MIXTAPE

Folks!

I have organized a benefit show and will be performing in it too. This is a rare and near-final performance by me and my frequent collaborator, Aaron Albin; and the other acts on the bill should deliver an excellent smattering of musical delectations. Here are the details:

BENEFIT SHOW FOR THE CHARLOTTESVILLE FREE CLINIC
APRIL 05th
8 PM
$5
@ The Bridge (209 Monticello Rd)

3 Bands + 1 DJ
Adam Smith + The Invisible Hand (Tunefulness + Zigging where others Zag = Cville-by-way-of-Philly Indie Rock Mainstay)
Clarence Thomas Action-Adventure Unit (me + Aaron playing guitar, vox, drums, megaphone, toy laser gun, iPod, sampler, handheld tape cassette recorders)
Quiet My Dear (Cville Melodic Indie Pop)
DJ Hummingbird Feeder (the mighty James Ford kicks out the interludes and the post-show jams. Dance party?!?!)

You can hear the other acts at their respective MySpaces. But since me + Aaron have no MySpace page, I present you with the CLARENCE THOMAS MIXTAPE, a series of tracks that are either sampled in our live act or that provide some kind of influence on what we'll be doing. Peep it:

CLARENCE THOMAS MIXTAPE:
1) Justice -- "Genesis"
2) Blind Willie Johnson -- "Lord I Just Can't Keep From Crying" (an old gospel blues we cover live)
3) Madvillain -- "Accordion"
4) Michael Jackson -- "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"
5) Charles Mingus -- "Myself When I Am Real"
6) AMM -- "Radio Activity" (an important avant-garde act from the late 70's/early 80's, this track comes from a radio broadcast that I got via Neil John Eric L. The track is 26 minutes long, so keep that in mind when downloading.)

Right click the above links to download any and all of the tracks. Enjoy and I hope we see you at the show this Saturday!
-K

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