Robin Enrico's Jam in the Band

Another amazing review of my courtesy of Rob Clough. I like the Rob calls the piece a “quiet character study.” In a way the writing on that book was very influenced by the character study that is Abel Ferrara’s Bad Lieutenant.

Anyways, the book is available in stores in NYC and Portland, so go get yourself a copy.

Will be debuting at MoCCA 2010. I hope to see you there! If not, look for it in stores soon. And on this here website in like a year.

After watching Fall ‘95 I have been inspired to watch all of the videos on Ubu Web, to reeducate myself in art video and avant garde film. As all of my work is so reference heavy I felt it might be good to have a discussion on the use of homage /influence / sampling / stealing. To stir up discussion I present to you Sonic Outlaws from the Ubu Web site

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I had seen this video back in my under graduate days, but only now, nearly a decade later can I truly process it correctly. Having now read more about cut-up technique and culture jamming and situationalism, the message of the film is far clearer now than it was to my 19 year old self. Also, I have come to know the seeds spun off from these ideas. For a documentary made in 1995, it is frighteningly prescient about the media culture we would come to like in. One can’t look at TV Carnage without looking to Concrete TV, but you can’t really look at Concrete TV with remembering EBN. And mash ups? Well, “he was a little dog named snuggles”.

Last time I talked about my love of wrestlers. But they’re not the only ridiculous personalities I love. Where would I be without video artists. And above all Alex Bag. For all the hundreds of films I have watched, few will ever approach the magic that is Fall ‘95. Let’s watch some of it now.

The obnoxious acting, the bad wigs and cheesy sets. These are the elements that have always endeared me Alex’s work. But underneath it all, there’s such a brutal truth about being a disenfranchised youth.

I feel like all video artists have to live in the shadow of Fall ‘95. I really don’t think it can be topped.

So as the Monday Night Wars have started up again, I figured I might as well cop to my love of wrestling. Ever since I was a kid I have been fascinated by the pageantry and showiness of this male soap opera. And I of course love the extreme personalities.

Jam in the Band is another soap opera about extreme personalities. When I think about Bianca, and her vision of her own destiny, I cannot help but think of this Steve Austin promo:

To me, this is THE greatest promo in all of wrestling. When he delivers the line about, “I’m going to be the superstar I always knew I could be. Because there’s no one, no one, that can stop me,” It sends chills down my spine.

So with all this talk of documentaries and using the documentary structure in this comic, I felt it was time to show you how well versed I am in that structure. In other words, I have edited a lot of documentaries. Sadly they have almost all stalled out at the end, which always leaves me feeling unfulfilled if not unpaid.

But for your viewing pleasure today is a shortened version of the documentary / tour diary I am working on with NYC Bike-Core punk band Team Spider.

I am pretty proud of the high energy, whip pan style I have going with this documentary. But I have watched this footage so many hundreds of times, that it’s hard to tell if it works anymore.

As there’s been so much of Jennet in the story lately, here in all its 5 times revised glory is Stupid and Unkind. Which serves as a bit of a back story for Jennet, but also as my test run for many ideas that would later gel into Jam in the Band

Hey, it’s my birthday! But as a present to you the readers I have my 2009 Diary Tunes mix CD. I hope you enjoy it.

Download here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RB7APR8M

Track Listing:

No Culture Icons – The Thermals
Who was in my room last night – Butthole Surfers
Bust In – Mortals
Hell - Tegan & Sara
Combat Baby – Metric
Zero (RAC Remix) – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Cruel Intentions (feat Beth Ditto) – Simian Mobile Disco
Natural’s Not In It (Ladytron Remodel Remix) – Gang Of Four
My Delirium (LIVE) – Ladyhawke
I Die: You Die - Gary Numan
Wrong – Depeche Mode
Kids – MGMT
First Train Home – Imogen Heap
People Got A Lotta Nerve – Neko Case
Camp Out – An Horse
Our Frank – Morrissey
Daniel – Bat For Lashes
Bombs Bombs Away(alt. version) – The Sounds
Gary’s Note – Shell Shag

So every year we do this whole mix CD trading club and as we lead up to my 2009 edition, I am re-posting all the old mixes.

Download here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QNA0AEUY

Track Listing:

We’ve Had Enough – Alkaline Trio
Like Knives – Fashion
One Beat – Sleater-Kinney
Fluorescent Adolescent (Arctic Monkeys Cover – Live Lounge) – Kate Nash
Union Pool – The Measure (SA)
The Truth About Cats And Dogs (Is That They Die) – Pony Up!
L.E.S Artistes – Santogold
Black Flag – Duchess Says
Mercury (CSS Remix) – Bloc Party
Needy Girl (Lifelike remix)SHORT – Chromeo
Vanished – Crystal Castles
I’m Good, I’m Gone (Fred Falke Remix)SHORT – Lykke Li
Hurrican [Camp America Remix] – Athlete
Back In Your Head (R.A.C. Remix) – Tegan And Sara
Why Don’t You Find Out for Yourself – The Killers
Soft Rock Star (Jimmy vs. Joe mix) – Metric
Now. Now. – St. Vincent
We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives – Los Campesinos!
nogoodlove – Touchdown Eagle
End Result(Mastered) – Jeffrey Lewis
My Rights Versus Yours – The New Pornographers

So every year we do this whole mix CD trading club and as we lead up to my 2009 edition, I am re-posting all the old mixes.

Download here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PB48EEAC

Track Listing:

None Shall Pass – Aesop Rock
Blue Sky Mine – Midnight Oil
Behind the Wall of Sleep – The Smithereens
Dr. Botwinic – Broadband
Our Velocity – Maximo Park
Rocket Keronian – eX Girl
Stronger (heavy edit) – Daft Punk feat. Kanye West
2 More Years (MSTRKRFT remix) – Bloc Party
Who is it (vitalic remix) – Bjork
When You were young (thin white duke remix) – The Killers
Everything Counts – Depeche Mode
Someone Great – LCD Soundsystem
Crier la vie / Slipping Away – Moby et Mylene Farmer
Challengers – The New Pornographers
NYC – Interpol
Our Time – Yeah Yeah Yeahs