Transtagonist

Because this site has been getting lots of spam comments recently, I've disabled comments, forum posting, and new user account creation. This is probably my fault since I never made the long-recommended security upgrade to Drupal (this site's engine).

This will probably have little effect since Transtagonist has been completely inactive for the past year. I have decided to focus on the development of my personal projects instead of this organization, and I'm still not 100% certain what its fate should be...

Transtagonist's application to be an exhibitor at Alternative Press Expo (APE) this year has been approved.

This is our first opportunity to exhibit our wares in such an organized manner, and the fact that it's at APE is awesome. Best known for adults of all ages pedaling their indie comics, APE is a great place for people to share and discover all sorts of unique media -- such as our new secret project! The details of this major TT release will be disclosed later, before APE.

We'll be neatly tucked away behind a three-foot table in the former railway station, but because of our immodest sign made from burnt wood and steel, we won't be easy to miss.

The event will be held November 1-2 in the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. More information is available on the APE website. We'd love it if you came and stopped by.

Sole City of the Asleep songwriter Igliashon Jones has pumped out another new free album. This official Transtagonist release is entitled The Miss Adventures of Baron Womb, and the sound and words are every bit as raw, raunchy, wet, and playful as the name suggests.

A total departure from the awkwardly danceable dark disco style of Soundtrack to a Deleted Dream World, Baron Womb follows through on the path to noise that Igliashon's previous album The 5ound of De5olation was walking. However, all computerized and synthesized aspects of the music have been stripped away, leaving a minimal rock arrangement poetically saturated with tape noise, emotion, and heavy distortion. Among the lyrical themes are heartbreak, commitment, and abortion.

If you're in need of a soundtrack to your cathartic headbanging, look no further: The work is available in MP3 format at no cost on the City of the Asleep releases page.

*Note: The meeting time has been corrected to 2:02 PM!

Our last event was the Public Marching Band, way back in February. Although there have been no new Transtagonist events since then, PMB apparently caught the attention of our new friends The Cacophoney Society. They had enough interest in the bizarre and hierarchal power to quickly and professionally organize a Public Marching Band no. 2, as well as the collaborative spirit to involve Transtagonist's coordination.

I present to you:

Public Marching Band 2
Sunday, June 22
2:02 PM
in front of the Ferry Building in SF

Check out The Cacophoney Society's site to learn more about them. Also take a look at the design by thisisstar.com.

Three new releases this week on 1t1d, all of which were made over the course of seven days:

• Seven Faces, Seven Days - a series of realistic pencil portraits.
• Better Than Music - music/narration/sonic-landscapes, and is frigging hilarious.
• Unbucketed - my new one.

Go grab them. Please.

TT contributors have been keeping themselves very busy the past couple of months, with things both relevant and personal. Finally there is evidence! Go get some free art and music at the 1t1d project page.

1t1d, or "one thing one day" is a little project that has turned into a bit of a habit lately. There are two currently released instances, but the more fun of the two is a slideshow of some music and art Epershandrea and I did over two weeks, called Tales From Over There. Take a look and tell us what you think.

Three more should be available in just over a week from now.