I have the Unwed Sailor : Firecracker cdeps, so pre-orders will be shipped out shortly. Denison will be at South by Southwest tomorrow. Here’s the info: SXSW breakfast party Friday 11-4 at Mercury Hall (Cardinal and S. 1st Street). A wholesome party with stained-glass windows, hardwood floors and a distinct possibility of coffee and lemon squares. Guests include Matt Pond PA,Centro-Matic, Nad Navillus, Palaxy Tracks, Shearwater with Cinders chamber trio, Denison Witmer, and more TBA. :::scott:::
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Denison Witmer : Of Joy & Sorrow debuted at #160 on the CMJ top 200 this week. Thanks to everyone who is playing this record. Be sure to get out and see Denison with The Six Parts Seven at a place near you. He will now be playing Friday morning, 15 March, at SXSW in Austin, TX, more details to be announced. I’ll be seeing him at the shows in Tampa and Orlando, so hopefully I will see some of you there. :::scott:::
Denison Witmer : Of Joy & Sorrow was #20 on the CMJ Add list. Thanks to all of the stations that are playing this cd. Our good friend Douglas Witmer (and brother of Denison) is an amazing painter: Douglas Witmer : Recent Paintings, April 1-27, 2002 Reception: First Friday, April 5, 6:00-8:00 pm The Peng Gallery presents recent work by Philadelphia artist Douglas Witmer. The exhibition runs from April 1-27, 2002, with a First Friday artist’s reception on April 5 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. Witmer’s large-scale works take their cues as much from early Renaissance devotional panels as they do from high Modernist color-field painting. Pared down to simple shapes, his abstract compositions create sensations of architectural spaces receding away from the viewer. They may evoke images such as rooms, doors, and stairs; or ideas of dwelling or passage. But through the choice of color and an emphasis on the physicality of contrasting surfaces, they are painted in such a way so as to make any illusion fail easily. Despite their bold and sometimes imposing design, this flip-flopping spatial activity plays with the viewer’s perspective, inviting a process of inquiry into the nature and meaning of painted “reality.” Douglas…