FFG - DRUMS #1

I wish i could be in the NYC on 777




Legendary Japanese iconoclasts BOREDOMS, a visionary band who has spent over twenty years pushing itself toward new frontiers, will stage the most extraordinary concert of their career on July 7, 2007. A once-in-a-lifetime performance featuring 77 drummers, and meant to be performed just once (on 7/7/07), BOREDOMS will create 77BOADRUM as a free show in the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Located directly on the East River and majestically framed by the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, the Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park section of Brooklyn Bridge Park provides an arresting stage for this audacious performance.  The free show will begin at 4pm and will feature performances by First Nation and Soft Circle and DJ sets from Gang Gang Dance before the 77-minute 77BOADRUM commences.



A volunteer army of 74 of the best players in New York City's avant and experimental underground were selected by the event's music director Hisham Bharoocha, including members of Gang Gang Dance, No Neck Blues Band, Sunburned Hand Of The Man, Excepter, Sightings, Onieda, and more.  They will join BOREDOMS drummers YOSHIMI, YOJIRO and SENJU, alongside with 77BOADRUM mastermind EYE on electronics, effects, and vocals. A live sculpture built of musicians, BOREDOMS stand at the center as 77 drummers on full 5-piece, 3-cymbal drum kits snake around them in spirals, like the coils of a boa constrictor.

The number 7 resonates on many levels to BOREDOMS.  The Japanese people descended from the Amur, a primitive people living on the Amur River in Russia, to the North of Japan.  The Amur were followers of Amaterasu, the sun god.  The Amur River snaked down from North Russia to what's now known as the Sea Of Japan, delivering the Japanese people to Japan, who celebrate a cosmic connection with all that's north, or above, the world.  77BOADRUM helps reconstruct the river into a river stars in the heavens.  On July 7 all of Japan celebrates Star Day.  "7 is the number when we try to express sun as sound," says Yamatsuka Eye.  "When I look at the sun, I see number 7."

The influence of BOREDOMS in underground, experimental, noise, and performance-based music cannot be overstated. Starting in 1987 as a hyperactive unit blasting quick sonic punches of chaotic intensity, their early albums and violently happy live shows won them great support in the Japanese underground and art scene.  This incongruously lead to being one of the strangest major labels signings in music history, as Warner Brothers started releasing their albums both in Japan and the US.  With support from bands like Sonic Youth, Beastie Boys, and Nirvana, the band built a following in the US and won a spot on the 1993 Lollapalooza tour.  Around this time BOREDOMS were beginning to evolve away from the chaos-rock of their past, zeroing in on tribal percussion, electronicized krautrock, and trance-inducing power rock, exemplified in the Super Roots series (1993-1999), recently reissued by VICE Records.  Their most recent studio album, 2005’s Seadrum/House of Sun (VICE), and their recent live shows, takes another step toward the cosmic in the way of ecstatic long-form ceremonies of percussive intensity.  77BOADRUM marks another new chapter in the constantly evolving soundworld of one of music's most imaginative bands.

77BOADRUM music director Hisham Baroocha is a writer, photographer, and musician who collaborates frequently with BOREDOMS. The Japanese-born Baroocha was previously a member of Lightning Bolt and Black Dice, and performs currently as Soft Circle and in Pixeltan.

7BOADRUM is being produced by JellyNYC and VICE. JELLYNYC was founded on true creativity and the integration of many talents and ideas. The company is an inter-media collaborative specializing in creating one of a kind experiences for their audiences and partners.  They seek to create and support projects of the highest artistic quality that resonate across the lines.  The members of JELLYNYC are constantly pushing through barriers, seeking out new ways to bring people closer together on many different levels whether that is through great music or authentic brands. VICE is an independent media company founded in 1994 which encompasses Vice Magazine (distributed in 18 countries worldwide); VICE Records; VICE Films; VBS.tv, an online video network; and VIRTUE, a creative agency.  VICE Records released seven BOREDOMS records in 2006 and 2007. 77BOADRUM is made possble by generous support from Nike Vintage Running, Scion, American Apparel, Sapporo, Howling Monkey Cola and Slingerland Drums.

more info:
http://www.viceland.com/77press

SO SICK!!!
I really hope this is filmed...

FFG - SIMPSONS #1

MOEFACE



THIS JUST IN...
NECKFACE is now rumored to be the deranged 1/2 brother
of Moe Szyslack...

FFG - ADVERT #1

Hungry Team Aqua Time light up signs.




Nice advertisments.

FFG - LOGO #1

Kostas' Logo is very nice.

FFG - FILM STILL #4

Actually Film Stills...

FFG - INTERVIEW #5 - FRNKKZK

Mr. Frank Kozik took a few minutes out of his hectic schedule
to answer a few questions about one of his newest toys,
the Usagi-Gon series.

We here at FFG really enjoy this monster toy.




FFG: Usagi-Gons, can you tell alittle about this new creature, what his name means, where he came from, what he was inspired by & any special powers.?

FK: "Lil Rabbit (monster)...basically its a kaiju version of my labbit character...special powers include power napping , bad attitude and excellent taste in hats.

FFG: Do you remember the 1st Japanese Monster movie you ever saw? How did it effect you? Positive? Negative?



FK: -probably the original (raymond burr version) of Godzilla. The deal where they dissolved the fish with the poison fraked me out and the roar was scary.



FFG: A friend of mine saw an image of your Usagi-Gon figure & he told me of a film strip he once saw years back in medical school where they were studying animal husbandry & in this particular film the idea of breeding rabbits, which are obviously known for their breeding habits, with other animals - one being an iguana. He couldn't remember the outcome of the experiment, but he was happy to regain this long forgotten memory. Have you heard of or studied this project at all? Can you share your thoughts?


FK: *never heard of it but it sounds like a tasty hybrid. nuggets.



FFG: How many versions of this new character will be released? A number yet to be deteremined or has the future army been all planned out?

FK: * no idea maybe 6-8 versions.



FFG: Can you tell us a few of yer favorite monsters
& why you like them?



FK: Kanegan, Gamera and Zagolan are my favs. dont know why.



Frank Kozik makes a lot of toys.
Go get some.

FFG - LYRICS #1

A new feature here at FFG.
Pretty self explanatory.
We will post lyrics we enjoy & hope you enjoy them too.

I'm sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
Ive had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth

No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of hope
Money for dope
Money for rope

No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
Money for dope
Money for rope

Im sick to death of seeing things
From tight-lipped, condescending, mamas little chauvinists
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth now

Ive had enough of watching scenes
Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth

No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap
Its money for dope
Money for rope

Ah, Im sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now

Ive had enough of reading things
By neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians
All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now

All I want is the truth now
Just gimme some truth now
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth

'Gimme Some Truth' - John Lennon

FFG - TRIBUTE #8

You Will Be Missed...

FFG - TRIBUTE #7

Mr. Red Auerbach.






Larry Bird on Red:

"For a man to be there as long as he's been there and accomplish what he accomplished, it's mind-boggling,"





"He always said a year's not very long," Bird said. "As you get older you realize that. It goes by fast. And you're going to have ups and downs. But you've got to have a vision and see which way you want to go. Stay the course."
(from indystar.com)








Career Highlights:

— Coached the now-defunct Washington Capitols to two division titles in 1947 and 1949.

—The 1947 Capitols’ .817 winning percentage remained the NBA’s highest for the next 20 years. The team also won 17 straight games at one point during the season, a streak that would remain a league record until 1969.

—Coached the Tri-Cities Blackhawks for the 1949-50 season.

—Coached Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1966 winning nine championships, including a stretch from 1959 to 1966 when the Celtics won eight straight NBA championships. —In 20 years as a coach, he won 938 regular season games, a record that would stand until Lenny Wilkens broke it in the 1994-95 season.

—Led Boston to 99 playoff victories, fourth all-time behind Phil Jackson, Pat Riley and Larry Brown.

—Finished with nine NBA championship rings, later tied by Phil Jackson.

—NBA Coach of the Year in 1965.

—Coached 11 Hall of Famers.

—NBA 25th Anniversary All-Time team coach (1970)

—Coached in the NBA East-West All-Star Game 11 consecutive years (1957-67) and compiled a 7-4 record.

—Enshrined as a coach on April 13, 1969 in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

—Won the NBA Executive of the Year award with the Celtics in the 1979-1980 season.

—Named the greatest coach in the history of the NBA by the Professional Basketball Writers Association of America in 1980.

(Stats from Canada.com)



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