Our May 12 Show
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This show was as good as it gets: 3 great guests, 3 kinds of performances, and 3 great interviews. . plus, a surprise drop-in. First, LA girlfriend-seeker Dave Kessler stopped by to update us on his love life in the wake of national attention for his "romantic stimulus payment" (answer: still looking). Musician/improv performer Joshua Raoul Brody made music theory entertaining (!) with an excerpt from his solo work-in-progress, The History of Music Since The Beginning of Time (or something like that). We heard about "karaoke for designers" from SF Pecha Kucha co-founder Paul Jamtgaard, who not only showed but told: 20 slides X 20 seconds is all you need to break down the barriers between different design disciplines. And indie lit mag impresario Todd Zuniga blew everyone away with his fascinating tales of life on the cutting edge of the literary scene: the co-founder of Literary Death Match and Opium Magazine also proved he could walk the walk with a 2 minute-49 second "green reading" (direct of his blackberry!) of his short story.If that seems like enough for one night, think again! We had not just one band, but two: our own Cafe Americain before the show, PLUS the featured musicial guests Tango No. 9 playing their incredible brand of tango during and after.
About the May 12 guests
JOSHUA RAOUL BRODY
Musical Renaissance man Joshua Raoul Brody moved to San Francisco in 1974, where he began his career with the Rick & Ruby Show, touring nationally, playing network television (including Mork & Mindy, Merv Griffin and Mike Douglas), and acting as musical director for their theatrical productions, backing up such artists as Boz Scaggs and Pee-Wee Herman. Over the years, he has provided musical services for Lily Tomlin, Penn & Teller, Florence Henderson, The Residents, and Tom Waits, and created scores and songs for theater and films. He's also played in a wide variety of settings including the Universal Amphitheater, El Teatro Campesino, the Guthrie Theater and New York's Copacabana. Brody's theater work runs the gamut from fully composed scores to instantly improvised accompaniment with groups such as True Fiction Magazine (of which he is a co-founder). TODD ZUNIGA
PAUL JAMTGAARD
Architect and Pecha-kucha SF co-founder Paul Jamtgaard practices with Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning in South San Francisco. After attending a Pecha-kucha event in Tokyo, Paul brought back the concept -- which he describes as "karaoke for designers" -- to San Francisco in 2006, and he's been co-hosting it once a month ever since. At each edition, designers in all discliplines (product design, interactive media, illustration, fashion, graphics, film, architecture & landscape - virtual and real) are invited to present their work in a format that uses 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide
TANGO NO. 9
Tango No. 9 is an all-star Bay Area ensemble (members have played with The Residents, Tom Waits, Club Foot Orchestra, Eric McFadden, Extra Action Marching Band...) united in a love for a famously elusive non-native art form. Since 1998, the group has delved deeply into the world of tango, playing countless concerts and milongas, collaborating with many of the top dancers on the west coast, and recording two critically acclaimed albums — the all-Piazzolla All Them Cats in Recoleta (lauded by JazzIz Magazine as one of the best modern tango CDs of 2002) and 2006’s exploration of early tango, Radio Valencia.The quartet is Joshua Raoul Brody on piano, Isabel Douglass on accordion & bandoneon, Greg Stephens on trombone and bandleader Catharine Clune on violin.