Posts by Rich
Polyamorous
Here’s a video taken by Jim Birch of Caffeinated Recordings. This is a piece called Polyamorous and it was performed at Deagan Music on the 14th day of October, 2011. Jim, you are an amazing man!!!
Frozen
Here are some photos that my wonderful friend Liz Bustamante shot at Deagan Music the 14th day of October, 2011 for the Polyamorous set. This performance was an audio portrayal of the complexities of a Polyamorous relationship. Some people are able to pull this off by being in a relationship with multiple partners, the closest [...]
A Fast Death in Slow Motion – Samuel “Poker Face” Hayworth
Here is a video from the PRF BBQ show at Klas Restaurant in Cicero, IL. The piece was entitled A Fast Death in Slow Motion and you can read about the story behind it in a previous post. It was a pleasure to perform this piece with Nicole Miller on theremin, she has an admirable [...]
Solofest #2
I will be playing a show at Deagan Music on the 14th day of October, 2011. Deagan Music is located at 1770 W. Berteau Ave. in Chicago, doors are at 9pm and I go on first at 9:30pm. This will be a part of the second Solofest at Deagan music put on by Tomasz Jurczak [...]
Time for rest
Performing this past weekend at the PRF BBQ Auktoberfyst was a wonderful experience with Nicole Miller on theremin. The piece that we performed was called A Fast Death in Slow Motion and it is about a fictional character from the 1800′s who commits a bank robbery and murder and after he is caught he is [...]
The introduction of Life on Mercury
Life on Mercury started out as an idea that I had years ago, even before starting Bear Claw with Rob and Scott, I’m guessing about 10 or 11 years ago. Over the past decade I’ve had it stuck in my head that I needed to find people to start an actual band but now I’ve [...]
The Harmoniums
Life on Mercury is a very simple and calm existence taken on by creatures called The Harmoniums. They are very happy at home on the cave walls of Mercury, their lives spent feeding on the sounds of the planet. To live such a life must be a spectacular thing.