In the absence of concert listings, my regular Monday dispatches have fallen off. After bringing some life to the blog with the "bumping into" series, I figure I should get back in the groove. I'm guessing that this will be a bit like what used to get shoved into the end of the post when I was doing listings — some bandcamp suggestions, nods to a few livestreams, and sundry community notes (email me if you have anything that needs broadcast in the latter category!). Plus maybe a look back through the MFS archives.
Community notes:
- Changes are coming quickly now in terms of restrictions on venues, especially with this week's news that Ontario venues can go back to holding shows at full standing capacity. This is obviously huge news for rock clubs, whose entire model is based on having full rooms. It will, however, feel like a shock for those of us still slowly feeling their way back into those old situations — for folks who were still leary about spread-out seated shows, this is a big leap back, even if things are generally looking safer in spaces with masked + vaxxed patrons. And while the rock clubs are feeling their way along trying to find sustainable and safe situations for artists and audiences, is there any chance of moving things back so shows start and end an hour or two earlier?
- Meanwhile, in venue-specific news, the Tranzac is starting to come back to life: "We... have more work to do in getting the Southern Cross bar ready, so for now we will be hosting small capacity, seated, ticketed events in the Main Hall where there is more room to spread out and enjoy the show." Keep an eye out for news of further developments as well as for info on shows coming up (like Concrete Cabaret's OBJECTO: Toronto's Festival of Experimental Puppetry, coming up November 26th and 27th).
- And on a more personal note, the elements are coming into place to get back to resuming Track Could Bend. Our hosts at Wenona are willing + eager to have us back. But: would you feel safe/comfortable at a TCB event in the next month or two? (Assuming requisite protocols in place incl vaxx check and being masked.) Would we want to put a hard cap on number of people in the space? Anything else that would make it feel more okay? Feel free to share your thoughts over on facebook or email me (mechanicalforestsound[at]gmail.com).
Livestream nation:
- Drop in tonight (Monday, November 1st at 9 EDT) to hear Karen Ng in conversation with Chicago's Experimental Sound Studio’s Option Series. (and "a couple silly vids" have been promised as well!)
Bandcamp corner:
- A T.O. classic is coming back into ready circulation with Idée Fixe's digital/vinyl reissue of Live at the Music Gallery, the debut album of Jennifer Castle (or Castlemusic, as she was known at the time).
It happened this week...
- ...on November 1, 2011 at The Drake Underground.
A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears
- ...on November 6, 2011 at Halo Halo Village (Medusa Editions Turn 2 Stone Nite Vol. 1).
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