Paradoxal Pterodactyl
2016-03
Episodes
Thursday Mar 24, 2016
snacktime - catholic guilt @ dingus's house 7/19/2015
Thursday Mar 24, 2016
Thursday Mar 24, 2016
So last summer Dingus had a little mini-fest noise bbq thing at his house, you may remember hearing about it. Here's the closing set of the evening, a nice long hazy droney smear courtesy STL noise champs Catholic Guilt, joined for this set by special guest Larva Lu. Been sitting on this one, glad to put it out now. Dig it.
Catholic Guilt is Sean Burk, Joe Stein, and Nick Zengerling. Get more at: https://catholicguilt.bandcamp.com/
Wednesday Mar 23, 2016
snacktime - xome @ the way out club 3/8/2016
Wednesday Mar 23, 2016
Wednesday Mar 23, 2016
"Xome is a harsh noise music project conceived and operated by Bob Scott. Xome first started experimenting with dissonant forms of music in 1989 but the first organized live performance in Tokyo in 1994 marks the true activation of the project. Now based in Sacramento, CA, Xome has evolved into a highly refined and extremely harsh noise music unit by means of improvised manipulation of sound generating and processing equipment."
Here's Xome's brief but blistering set from the Way Out Club a couple weeks back, complete with PA failure at the end (we were pushing it pretty hard that night, first time we've had that problem since we started running shows up there last fall). It was lots of fun to host him and Boar on the final stop on their tour, two of the nicest guys in noise. For more, check out http://www.xome.org/
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
snacktime - the ursula gunn (selections from "aberdeen skye")
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
Four cuts from the brand new release "Aberdeen Skye" by The Ursula Gunn. St. Louis based experimental artist, Shannon Pease, mixes feedback and distortion with mangled percussion samples and live manipulation to create a "Power Drone" sort of feel. Shannon has worked with, and played live with Rosemary Malign, The Prairie Dogs, Arsenic Lullaby, DyeIreHne, Endotoxic Shock, Etwog, and is the newest member of the Paradoxal Pterodactyl podcast curatorial staff. This album marks the 5th official release by The Ursula Gunn.
Get the rest of it at: https://ursulagunn.bandcamp.com
Monday Mar 21, 2016
snacktime - undercurrent #13 (grand finale show)
Monday Mar 21, 2016
Monday Mar 21, 2016
We've been running a little behind here at PP central, what with our electioneering activities, booking headaches, influenza quarantine, and generally running on pterodactyl time (you thought punk time was bad). So we're going to make it up to you starting now with a full week of snacktimes! First up is probably our most significant piece of outstanding business- a special hour long mix of performances recorded at the UNDERCURRENT grand finale show on January 30, 2015 at the Schlafly Tap Room (the release party for the twelfth and final cassette in the series). If you'll recall, UNDERCURRENT was the critically acclaimed concert & mixtape collaborative series that was curated by Wrong Division and edited/arranged by Paradoxal Pterodactyl, with visuals by Chizmo.tv and pals, beer by Schlafly, and killer performances by just about a million of STL's finest acts across multiple genres. Actually that description barely begins to cover the UNDERCURRENT experience or all the work that went into it. This very special mix was completed the very next day after the final show, and then somehow got lost before we could post it, for over a year until Dingus found it hiding on an SD card a couple weeks ago. So here it is, the long awaited party re-cap featuring the debut performances of SKIN TAGS and HARDBODY, encore victory lap performances by CAVEOFSWORDS and TRAUMA HARNESS, and (wow you guys) the super slippery GHOST ICE! Thanks again to everybody who made this shit possible, that came out and enjoyed themselves (and talked nonsense into the mic for me), and especially to everyone who tried to take a little piece of that zeitgeist and run with it and make something new... it feels like forever ago since these shows, but we can still feel the echoes in the scene today, more than a year later. I guess what I'm trying to say is GO TEAM. GOOD GAME.
Monday Mar 07, 2016
snacktime - boar @ livery company 1/23/2015
Monday Mar 07, 2016
Monday Mar 07, 2016
Hey everybody! Legendary Dubuque, IA harsh noise artist BOAR is returning to St. Louis TOMORROW NIGHT! Paradoxal Pterodactyl is proud to present the harshest show of the season 3/8 at the Way Out Club (2525 S. Jefferson). STL knows BOAR from his many past appearances at NoisefeSTL and other shows at the Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center, where he established himself as a fan favorite for connoisseurs of the harshest of the harsh. Since then, he's broadened and diversified the focus of the project a bit, with astounding results. The last time Alex came through town, he dropped this killer set at Livery Company, which we are super happy to be able to share with you now in celebration of his triumphant return!
For this current tour BOAR has teamed up with the possibly even-more-legendary XOME, international noise star based in Sacramento, CA. When the possibility of booking this show came up in discussion, several STL noise bigwigs started practically hyperventilating at the mention of his name. One said he'd quit his job to catch this show if he had to. Local support is a veritable who's who of STL HARSH: FECAL DAM and BEAUTY PAGEANT of course were no brainers for such a lineup, Rusty Anderson & David Bell are debuting the genetically spliced amalgam of their respective solo acts as MONSTER SIZED EVIL LAMBS, and we even coaxed a set out of the elusive slumbering noise giant CHARLIE. Seriously, we heard/saw no less than ten people upon announcement of this show say "Holy shit, wait a minute- MONEYBAGS?" YES. THAT CHARLIE. Don't sleep on this shit.
Show starts at 9, for more details (including a wicked sick printable souvenir 11"x17" flyer with 10 color variants that Dingus made), check out the facebook event page at : https://www.facebook.com/events/1113320992032353/ and while you are there, go ahead and click "subscribe to events" so you don't miss hearing about any of the fabulously confounding concerts sponsored by this humble little podcast, including our ongoing "WAY OUT WEIRDO WEDNESDAY" mixed-genre showcase at the Way Out Club on the first Wednesday of every month.
Also, if you live elsewhere or have friends who do that may be interested, the event page for the full BOAR/XOME tour is at: https://www.facebook.com/events/954751764616658/
Alright. See you cats tomorrow!