No.Fest : Nu.Music.Arts St. Johns June 21, 2008

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6th, 2008
Portland, OR.

New Arts in St. Johns and KBOO turns 40.

No.Fest : Nu.Music.Arts St. Johns 2008> Saturday June 21st.10am-Midnight> Admission donations suggested>all ages.

The first "ST.JOHNS NO.FEST" is happening this June to expose artists who push the boundaries in innovative art and music. Using 4 alternative venues, entirely localized (hence"No"), free, and all ages, we are determined to lead the arts back to the community. The festival program shall run from 10am to Midnight. Performances shall be broadcast in parts on KBOO, 90.7 FM, Portland, celebrating 40 years of community service with a series of events, including the usuals Waterfront Blues Festival, Pickathon, Boo Bash, but adding to it this year with No.Fest and PDX Pop Now!

In addition to the scheduled performances there will be an installation from EcoMorti and a "circuit bending workshop" from Jason Plumb. All the towne square space will be made available as an art and vendor walk for artists and craftsmen who wish to set up for sales. All Shows to take place in the PM. Performances from Noon to Midnight at latest.

Here is our event schedule* starting from the closing act at 10pm and moving downward:

10.Proper Eats: White Rainbow.ambient focused energies.

9.Towne Square: Evolutionary Jass Band and the 20-foot Man: party jass for the revolution and a special collaboration with the 20-foot Man.

8.45.Legong: Montana Sacra debut.orbiting space stations.

8.30.Proper Eats: Dead Air Fresheners.rarajazz theatre.

8.Towne Square: Brizbomb.megalithic electronic-sonic sculptors.

7.45.Proper Eats: Million Brazillians.party dirges for rock and roll.

7.30.Towne Square: Eternal Tapestry.psychedelic rock asks the ages.

7.15.Legong: Dr. Id.your sonic inner-child. (He's in Smegma ; )

7.Proper Eats: Boyd Anderson Method.skronk-core death-jazz.

6.Towne Square: Fly Fly Fly Fly Fly.knitted jazz transgressions.

5.30.StJohns Booksellers: Readers and performance art block: Jennifer Robin reports from a world three-thousand light years from home, Mykle Hansen reads from Help, a Bear is Eating Me, Spirit Duplicator performs the impossible, plus the return and finale of "Pixie Storm Stand-up Shaman" also known as Shane Schneider.

5.Proper Eats: Death Worth Living.Improvised primitive harmolodic-arkestration.

4.30.Towne Square: Exit Collapse.Raw rock rattling decibel systems.

3.30.StJohns Booksellers: Portland New Music Society Presents Branic Howard, Jay Deridian, Matt Marble. Cage-ala page turnings, solo sonatas, and chancy compositions.

2.45.Towne Square: Paulie Think.white-Rap-Punk-Fusion.

2.30.Legong: Stepmother debut.explorations at the onset of noise.

2.StJohns Booksellers: Local Readers hour with G.M. Holder and D.C. Smith.

1.45.Legong: Shurpa.trances.

1.30.Towne Square: Interstices debut.pounding drums and guitar.

1.Proper Eats: Doug Haning w/Tim Duroge.Improvised piano and drums wizardry.

12.45.Legong: Someone. multimedia environment creationism.

12.30.Proper Eats: Riprap debut.metal meditations.

Noon.Towne Square: Cexfucx.harmolodic funk festival opener!

10am.Proper Eats: Sean Ongley's Free Jam Toasted featuring Fiasco.open improvisation for any and every performer, onlooker, and etc. human.

*Schedules and artists are subject to change with cosmic shifts and artist whims. This is our best representation at the moment. Please check our myspace before printing the above schedule in your publication.

Some Links for info include: www.myspace.com/stjohnsnofest, www.propereats.org, www.kboo.fm

Official Website: http://www.myspace.com/stjohnsnofest