Next Tonguing gig is Saturday, 04/02/11 at Now That's Class

Sat. Apr 2nd 9pm
D.RIDER
(incredible Chicago rock band that defies all rules and cliches, w/ ex-US Maple Todd Rittmann, 1 of the best live bands to grace NTC’s stage) / TONGUING (trio w/ Bbob Drake, Scheible, Klimek)
$5 donation

All Go Tonguing (Obliquely)

Tonguing's next gig (concert, show, etc.) will be Tuesday, 01/25/11*, at the All Go Signs Warehouse, 1936 W. 96th St., Cleveland (north of Madison), along with the Oblique Orchestra.  It's a loft space but with a decent P.A.; it's free and BYOB (not to be confused with Bbob).

(I like this picture because of the spacing of the three bald-headed gentlemen.)


*01/25 is the birthday of Witold Lutosławski, 

Speedy West, Terry Chimes, and Andy Cox

Weirdly enough, it would not have been impossible for one of the members of Tonguing to be brothers-in-law with one of those musicians (not likely, just not impossible)...

What do you expect from catgut and horsehair?

As many (!) of you may know, Bbob is a creator of instruments, many of them electronic in nature (you can go check out fluxmonkeydotcom/electronoizedothtm for more info), but he has also made some a bit more instrumental in a somewhat traditional sense, such as the 'cellhole, which was a kind of 'cello built on the body of an old acoustic guitar (a Harmony?).  There was also a metal potlid involved, and a pickup.  The tones tended to be a bit harsh, but some sweet sounds could be coaxed from it.

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Anyway, back in the 80s, when Bbob was Luigi and I was thin, we had a duo called the Whistlepigs from Zenar which specialized in old-timey music (Bbob on banjo and me on acoustic guitar).  After one of our gigs, Bbob and this sad-faced young old-timey fiddler of our acquaintance came over to my house to hang out.  The fiddler was, you could say, a tad more serious about his old-timey music.  I loved the stuff, though my playing of it was spastic, but I was also interested in a slew of other musics...So, I put on this record by Polly Bradfield, and the young old-timey fiddler exclaimed "I've been trying to make the 'cellhole sound like a violin, and she's making her violin sound like the 'cellhole!"

Click on the header to hear some Polly Bradfield...

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L-R Bbob, a very young Nate, & Andrew.

G In On Gut

FOR A DRUMMER

• (For Eric) 1966. Drum on something you have never drummed on before / Drum with something you have never drummed with before.
• 1966. Fluxversion 1. Performer drums with drum sticks or drum brushes over the surface of wet mud or thick glue until brushes or sticks get stuck and can't be lifted.
• 1966. Fluxversion 2. Performer drums with sticks over a leaking feather pillow making the feathers escape the pillow.
• 1966. Fluxversion 3. Performer drums over drum with 2 ends of slightly leaky water hose.
• 1966. Fluxversion 4. Performer drums over drum with rolled newspapers until the rolls disintegrate.
• 1966. Fluxversion 5. Performer dribbles a ping-pong ball between a hand-held racket and drum skin.
• 1966. Fluxversion 6. Performer drums with mallets or hammers on a helmet worn by another performer.
• 1966. Fluxversion 7. Performer drums with brushes inside a vessel filled with cream until cream is thick.

by George Brecht

Tingo Gun?

Gin unt Go

Tonguing