Invisible City

2007-08-05T09:47:00.001-07:00

After a lengthy silence, due in part to occupying occupations & projects (I'm sure the internet savvy among you can surely relate), we are back online and gearing up for a resplendent NEW series of INVISIBLE CITY! We're changing our frequency slightly and will now be a MONTHLY EVENT. Same Buddha. Same time. Same bunch. However, we are planning to crank up the dial a little and make each and every event worthy of a call home. These will be the sort of events that your bit-part screen-time once-removed cousins will envy you for.

next city is MONDAY AUGUST 13TH

------THE AZTEC AVOCADO------

In celebration of both Jodorowsky and the Aztec aphrodisiac (ahuacatl) we will have a guacamole taste-off. Bring your verdant dip and chips to share and to compete for a cool prize!

screening: El Topo, Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre

We are 1001 boys and girls!

Nuit Bricolage

2007-04-11T09:05:00.000-07:00

Bring your scissors, glue & imaginations next monday for Invisible City's first BRICOLAGE NIGHT!! Unleash your inner Schwitters & Ernst! We provide the magazines, images & music and you have the whole night to cut-up and re-assemble the zeitgeist. $3 fee for supplies. Things will start snipping at 9pm.

Best collage wins a $25 gift certificate to The Monkey's Paw bookstore www.monkeyspaw.com

In other news: Last monday's live show went amazingly well. I can still see Aidan backlit by Brakhage's solar flares! BIG THANKS!! to all the musicians and people who helped out on monday. I hope Thomas made it back to Tulsa alright, he was carrying a Vincent Gallo interview transcription in his carry-on...

We are Solar Flares, we burn for you!

Arc Under Heaven

2007-03-29T09:26:00.000-07:00

Here it is. The flyer for the upcoming show on April 9th at the Buddha. Hope to see you there!

Also, coming soon...

Collage Night!

The Bass Bins of History

2007-03-21T07:41:00.000-07:00

Here it is, the most famous bass speaker in history; King Tubby's Hometown Hi-Fi! It's unbelievable that it went for only $617 on ebay. I'm sure the resin that you could scrape off this monster would be worth more than that! If only we could have convinced Wayne to buy this for the smiling Buddha then we could really shake the foundations of Dundas West.

Next monday we are set to light up the dancefloor for James Lindsay's Bday Bash. If you haven't already picked up a copy of James' incredible Issue zine (http://www.myspace.com/issuezine)this may be your last chance to grab one before they're all gone. We're also expecting another James to DJ, but we're all a little dubious after a flake out last time. I for one hope he makes it; he's always running up to me and telling me what MF DOOM track samples my spins, and I can't wait to hear his special herbs. That man knows his hiphopstory!

We're also putting a show together April 9th that will feature The Domestic Front (Chicago/Belsona Strategic), Arc (Aidain Baker/Nadja) & Tropical Disease (yours truly!/Bien Victor). Hopefully there will be another Toronto improv band on the bill, but I'll wait until I get confirmation to announce it. The show will cost $5, a small price to pay for hours of sonic bliss!

We are all astronauts in love!

La Nuit Sauvage!

2007-03-07T09:01:00.000-08:00

Thanks to Ian & Simone who gave an amazing performance monday night! Their set twanged with intimacy and country-fried humour. They sang ballads with timeless themes of love, sexual failure, war & economic displacement giving them a real sweaty immediacy. Drivin' Homer through Woody Guthry! I'm still singing 'Why do we fight' in the shower and worrying about the migrant fruit pickers working conditions! Next week Rache will be guest DJ, playing hard beats and french soft rock. Where else will you hear Biggie back to back with Brigitte Bardot?

Hope to see you there!

We are the ocean liner.

OUR FRIEND WHEAT

2007-02-28T08:10:00.000-08:00

Wow, what a week! First of all last monday's Invisible City was a great joy. Nice dirty little breaks, milky-white Neu! grooves & scintillating conversations. I even learned how to contact mike a musical saw. I guess you never know when that skill will come in handy!

Last night we went to see Aidan Baker play at the ongoing Ambient Ping series currently held at the Drake Hotel. Aidan played a wonderful dream-set and even covered a Swans song from Soundtracks For The Blind. The atmosphere was great and reminded us of some of our favorite venues in Tokyo. I even felt a little Keiji Haino vibe in Aidan's set. Natsukashi!

Also later this week I'm stoked about the Singing Saw Orchestra's cover of Faust/Tony Conrad's Outside The Dream Syndicate which they'll play at the Tranzac Club this thursday. I hope they break the half hour mark! Another greatly anticipated show is the MV&EE show this saturday at the Music Gallery. With Jon-Rae & Eric Chenaux also on the bill it promises to be one of the best shows so far this year.

GET UP TO GET DOWN
Next week is gearing up to be the biggest night yet for Invisible City. We are celebrating DAN'S BIRTHDAY & filling our crates with our grooviest sure-fire ass-shakin' records. In addition to this dance conflagration we are proud to present the TENDER YEARS & FRIENDS otherwise known as Ian & Simone (Jon Rae & the River/Singing Saw Orchestra/L.S.Double D). They'll break your heart with country ballads about bad sex & migrant workers in Southern Ontario.

Come celebrate with us, we are the glue!

RULE OF THUMB

2007-02-23T08:31:00.000-08:00

Hot pee in a snowbank! Monday was yellow sizzle and smoke. As usual the sounds kissed the images and Jean-Jacques Beiniex' s Diva held us captivated while Eric Dolphy & Mystikal flexed their superlungs. And Donovan, oooh Donovan. I love my pants. I love my shirt. We all love transcendental meditation!

Next monday our ears will be tickled by special guest DJ James. Also we'll have another love-set from Naomi who promises more scintillating Iroke Kayokyoko & samurai dance moves from Yamasuki.

Special thanks to James from Culturatti http://culturatti.com/ for a great review of our night!

JOURNEY IN SATCHICANADA

2007-02-14T12:23:00.000-08:00

We here at Invisible City would like to thank everyone who came out last Monday for making it hotter than Dubai in summer.

Next week we'll continue to bring the good noise and will be joined by special guest James Lindsay aka DJ Breece Pancake (Issue/Exploding Face) http://www.exploding-face.com/. We'll also be screening more celluloid gems including Matsumoto Toshio shorts & Ira Cohen's Invasion of the Thunderbolt Pagoda.

Come join us as we deceive midnight!

THE MOORINGS OF STARTING OUT

2007-02-12T13:42:00.000-08:00

Every Monday Night

@ the Smiling Buddha
961 College St.

Thanks to everyone for coming out to our first night! We had a fantastic time and hope to see you next time.

THE WINTER, IT'S COLD, IT'S COLD

This week we are proud to present Naomi's DJ debut featuring rare japanese pysch & exotica. Not to mention the heart-warming voices of Wendy & Bonnie, our favorite audio-tonic to fight off the cold Toronto winter! We will also be screening Chris Marker's 'San Soleil' and Wim Wenders' 'Tokyo Ga' to help stretch your imaginations all the way to the rising sun in the East.