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PA Senate hearing on voter integrity by Diana Grubbs
No May Meeting; ACORN statewide judicial candidates forum at Captal this Tuesday by David Grubbs
PA HEALTHCARE REFORM FORUM, APRIL 4 IN LANCASTER by David Grubbs
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  David Grubbs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Grubbs, guitarist, pianist, and vocalist, was a founding member of Squirrel Bait, a 1980s Louisville, Kentucky punk rock group.
Grubbs has also contributed music to the Red Krayola’s soundtrack to Norman and Bruce Yonemoto’s film Japan in Paris in LA as well as to the soundtrack of Braden King and Laura Moya’s film Dutch Harbor: Where the Sea Breaks its Back, and John Boskovich’s film North.
From 1997-99, David Grubbs was a part-time instructor in the Liberal Arts and Sound departments at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/David_Grubbs   (466 words)

  
 David Grubbs - The Coxcomb/Avocado Orange EP (Blue Chopsticks)
However, Grubbs has done a masterful job of turning the story into verse, making the most out of the natural rhythm of the language but never forcing or terribly altering the prose to fit the song.
Grubbs finds the most poetic lines in the story and makes them the focal point of the song.
Grubbs provides the voice of the Swede along with Stephen Prina as the Narrator and Sasha Andrè as the Cowboy.
www.fakejazz.com /reviews/2001/grubbs2.shtml   (601 words)

  
 * Dusted Reviews - David Grubbs *
I would never offend David Grubbs’ sensibilities by referring to him as a ‘multimedia’ artist, but he is one of the few artists extant who is in his element when sifting between art forms.
Grubbs has worked alongside artists Stephen Prina and Albert Oehlen in The Red Krayola, releasing Oehlen’s own recordings (with his brother Markus, as Van Oehlen) on the Blue Chopsticks label; Grubbs’ own Thirty Minute Raven is an edited highlight of an hour-long piece installed at the Centre Pompidou.
Grubbs’ instrumental compositions sound as though they are repeatedly questioning their own decisions; there is a critical internal rigor to Grubbs’ work, and his compositions shift slowly, taking on new meanings as they connect with varying contexts.
www.dustedmagazine.com /reviews/2601   (401 words)

  
 David Grubbs - Rickets & Scurvy (Drag City)
Grubbs' pontificating has allowed him to carve out a distinctive musical vision, with a focus sorely missed in the majority of contemporary independent music.
But while Grubbs' precision may be one of his biggest attributes, it may lead some to accuse him of a lack of feeling or emotion.
On "Aloft," Grubbs sounds downright sentimental when singing, "How sharp those steeples, and how fucked those peoples." On Gastr del Sol records and other solo releases, Grubbs' voice battled with angular guitar and piano lines, leaving the listener appropriately anxious.
www.fakejazz.com /reviews/2002/grubbs3.shtml   (447 words)

  
 David M. Grubbs - Russia
David Grubbs has compiled a list of known churches and cell groups that have been begun by CYI leaders.
David Grubbs explains that this strategy is crucial to retaining the fruit that has already been cultivated.
Grubbs reported on a newspaper article which recently appeared in Russia which presented a picture of the former Soviet Union becoming the most religious and spiritual nation on earth.
www.csica.com /david/russiahomepage.htm   (13540 words)

  
 Eye - David Grubbs - preview - 01.15.98
This leaves Grubbs to care for a record that overthrows their reputation as kings of all things "experimental," "avant" and "non-linear" in favor of, believe it or not, pop.
Grubbs has replaced his vocal monotone with crooning worthy of Andy Williams, and imaginative arrangements from a variety of contributors gives the album a unique flow.
Grubbs has a solo record (tastily titled Banana Cabbage, Potato Lettuce, Onion Orange) out on his Table Of The Elements label, but the distinction between Gastr and Grubbs is nebulous.
www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_01.15.98/music/grubbs.html   (827 words)

  
 David Grubbs: The Spectrum Between - PopMatters Music Review
David Grubbs has been kicking up dust for more years than he would like us to remember.
I am imagining that was sometime in the mid-eighties and Moore found Grubbs to be "this snotty punk rocker." Today Grubbs is a sensitive introspective composer and songwriter.
Grubbs isn't wistful about his years with O'Rourke, only that on his own he feels less restricted.
www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/g/grubbsdavid-spectrum.shtml   (495 words)

  
 David Grubbs Irish Tour Details. - Thumped
DOORS: 2.00 PM Import Promotions is proud to present the return to Ireland of David Grubbs, formerly of such acclaimed acts as Gastr del sol, Bastro and Squirrel Bait.
Grubbs’ trademark guitar stylings take their place alongside emotive piano motifs, subtle, intricate rhythms, and his most confident use of electronics to date.
David Grubbs is also known of course for his work with Gastr Del Sol (alongside Jim O’Rourke), Bastro (with Tortoise’s Bundy K Brown and John McEntire), The Red Krayola, Squirrelbait (with Britt Walford and Brian McMahon of Slint), and the likes of Tony Conrad, Will Oldham, and Pauline Oliveros.
www.thumped.com /bbs/showthread.php?t=2827   (731 words)

  
 David Grubbs: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
David Grubbs: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic
(and vocalist David Grubbs was a founding member of Squirrel Bait, EHandler: no quick summary.
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www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/da/david_grubbs.htm   (495 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: David Grubbs
David Grubbs is someone I've admired for a long time.
At the age of 16, Grubbs made a ruckus in Louisville with Squirrel Bait.
Grubbs found his way into Bastro, along with Bundy K. Brown and John McIntire, and then Gastr Del Sol, alongside the now ubiquitous Jim O'Rourke.
www.ink19.com /issues/november2000/inkSpots/davidGrubbs.html   (1884 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Spectrum Between: Music: David Grubbs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
En definitiva, vemos que Grubbs no teme hacer canciones que a simple vista podran parecer ingenuas, porque sabe dotarlas de una serie de recovecos, matices, pausas, desviaciones que las hacen fascinantes; todo, adems, cubierto por un ligero tono de melancola general.
P.D.: Junto a David Grubbs participan aqu Nol Akchot, guitarra; Dan Brown y John McEntire, batera y percusiones; Daniel carter, trompeta; Mats Gustafsson, flueteophone y saxo; Charlie O, rgano y Quentn Rollet, saxo.
I am not sure if that is praise for Grubbs or a lamentation for the paltry amount of good recordings to come out this year.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004VWXC?v=glance   (950 words)

  
 Aquarius Records: Search Results for Keyword:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Maybe David Grubbs thinks that if he can release enough solo albums record stores will be forced to give him his very own bin card, thus increasing his credibility, thereby generating album sales.
The first of Grubbs' many problems is that he forgot that country and folk music (especially John Fahey's purposefully avantgarde bluegrass) is often the result of hard living and hard drinking.
David Grubbs' previous collaboration with the Swedish improvisational reedist Mats Gustafsson, who's played with Ken Vandermark and Peter Brotzman, resulted in "Apertura," with Grubbs on harmonium and Gustafsson on tenor sax.
www.aquariusrecords.org /bin/search.cgi/289|25/Keyword=   (2961 words)

  
 Watchman Staffmember David Grubbs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
David began his association with Watchman Fellowship as a high school volunteer.
David eagerly awaited each issue, which he would read several times from cover to cover.
David has a B.A., in English at Southeastern Bible College and is currently completing a M.A., in English Literature at the University of Alabama in Birmingham.
www.wfial.org /index.cfm?fuseaction=abtStaff.david   (294 words)

  
 FatCat Records : David Grubbs
Louisville-born and bred, David Grubbs currently resides in New York.
In the mid-80s, Grubbs was guitarist and songwriter in the widely influential punk group Squirrel Bait, which also featured Britt Walford and Brian McMahon, later of Slint.
David Grubbs has participated in the Red Krayola since 1993.
fat-cat.co.uk /fatcat/artistInfo.php?id=2   (341 words)

  
 Pitchforkmedia.com: Interview: David Grubbs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
When I first heard David Grubbs' work with Gastr del Sol, I was amazed by the fluidity with which he and bandmate Jim O'Rourke employed sound.
A few weeks after grabbing a few words with him after a remarkably well-played acoustic show at the Knitting Factory, I met up with David Grubbs at Ozzie's Coffee in Brooklyn, one of the few good coffee houses that have survived the Starbucks-ization of New York.
On Apertura, a record released on Grubbs' own Blue Chopsticks label, insanely cool Swedish reedist Mats Gustafsson lends his immeasurable talent to Grubbs' harmonium, resulting in one of the most engaging improvised jazz pieces to come out in years.
www.pitchforkmedia.com /interviews/g/grubbs_david-00   (1918 words)

  
 * Dusted Features [ Listed: David Grubbs ] *
One would be hard pressed to find a musician with a career as versatile than that of David Grubbs.
However, his skills are not limited to rock, however "avant" it may be, and Grubbs has also performed and recorded with luminaries such as Mats Gustafsson, Tony Conrad, Markus Popp, and many others.
Grubbs, who spent much of his musical career in Chicago, currently lives in New York and has released a number of solo albums during the past few years, including 2002's Rickets and Scurvy (Drag City), which brough him great critical praise - something he's had no shortage of during the course of his career.
www.dustedmagazine.com /features/225   (772 words)

  
 David Grubbs MP3 Downloads - David Grubbs Music Downloads - David Grubbs Music Videos
Late in the career of Gastr del Sol, David Grubbs and Jim O'Rourke sought respite from their experimental habits.
The resulting Camoufleur (the group's swan song) was the perfect balance of their cerebral musings and wide-eyed pop.
There are enough protruding edges on Spectrum to remind the listener of Grubbs' more experimental leanings.
www.mp3.com /albums/436593/summary.html   (489 words)

  
 Browse by Artist: GRUBBS, DAVID
"David Grubbs has worked simultaneously at records of songs and records of longer, immersive instrumental pieces.
Matching experimentation with articulateness, A Guess At The Riddle is to David's other solo records what Gastr del Sol's Camoufleur was to their preceding records.
The two pieces by David Grubbs are beautiful and intricate works in which the original Antonioni soundtrack, the translations of the film in other languages, and his own sound palette come together.
www.forcedexposure.com /artists/grubbs.david.html   (668 words)

  
 WBKO | Grubbs, Charles David   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
MUNFORDVILLE — Charles David Grubbs, 56, of Leitchfield, formerly of Munfordville, died at 12:42 p.m.
The Hart County native was a son of the late Charles Herman Grubbs and Gertrude Pennington Grubbs.
Survivors include a sister, Jane Thompson and her husband, Arvin, of Munfordville; two half sisters, Della Mae Dorsey of Munfordville and Evelyn Smith of Horse Cave; and two half brothers, William C. Philpott and his wife, Ruby, of Munfordville and Daymon Grubbs and his wife, Elizabeth, of Hodgenville.
www.wbko.com /obituaries/1270227.html   (114 words)

  
 SportsShooter.com - member: David Grubbs
Bozeman's David Demo, top tangles with Kalispel's Zach Reimnitz during their match Friday at the Montana state all class wrestling tournament in Billings, Montana.
The images below are from the portfolio of David Grubbs.
Bozeman's David Demo, top tangles with Kalispel's Zach Reimnitz during their match Friday at the Mon...
www.sportsshooter.com /members.html?id=2287   (332 words)

  
 Outer Sound: Features: Back To School
David Grubbs has enjoyed a long and unparalleled musical career, appearing on over fifty records since the first Reagan administration.
Grubbs first gained notoreity with his Louisville high school punk band, Squirrel Bait, before going on to front Bastro and subsequently Gastr Del Sol.
Since last year's demise of Gastr Del Sol, Grubbs started his own label, Blue Chopsticks, and released three solo records: The Thicket (Drag City), The Coxcomb (Rectangle) and Apertura with Mats Gustafsson (Blue Chopsticks).
www.outersound.com /features/forms_sounds/99-10-grubbs.html   (1043 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Rickets & Scurvy: Music: David Grubbs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
With Rickets and Scurvy, David Grubbs has put together one of the most compelling albums I've heard in years.
O'rourke and Grubbs not only draw you into their pensive thoughts, they keep you there, and when its all over, they leave you alone, but also comforted, melancholy, but also joyous, and they certainly leave you begging for more.
Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is the fact that Jim O'rourke and David Grubbs are both incredible mavens in music, providing the world with hallmark albums to enjoy forever.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000065UO5?v=glance   (688 words)

  
 Irene Trudel's Playlist for December 13, 1999: December soundscape provided by David Grubbs and friends.
Since leaving Gastr del Sol, David Grubbs has been recording a varied array of music.
Grubbs released a solo albumof songs titled "The Thicket" and has played with The Red Crayola.
David Grubbs recently moved to Brooklyn, NY, so hopefully he'll grace WFMU's airwaves more often.
www.wfmu.org /Playlists/Irene/irene.991213.html   (275 words)

  
 David Grubbs interview
It's always been a bit of mystery for me to figure out David Grubbs' work.
On one hand, he would easily craft sweet melodies and vocals but upon closer inspection, these were hardly crooning love songs but the kind of freewheeling psychedlica that comes naturally to a member of the fabled Red Krayola.
With the sorely missed Gastr Del Sol and now embarking on his solo career, Grubbs surrounds his sublime songforms with seemingly incongruous backgrounds which he managed to resolve nevertheless.
www.furious.com /perfect/davidgrubbs.html   (1946 words)

  
 eBay - david grubbs cd, Act Five, Scene One, CDs items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
David Grubbs - The Spectrum Between, CD NEW
GRUBBS, DAVID - ACT FIVE SCENE ONE - NEW CD
David Grubbs - The Spectrum Between - NEW CD
search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=david+grubbs+cd&...&krd=1   (328 words)

  
 Midheaven Mailorder | Browse by Label: Blue Chopsticks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Includes the breadth of Akchote's talents from free jazz to standards to power electronics to chewing the fat, as well as some collaborative material done with DAVID GRUBBS.
Included on this disc is a reworking of Grubbs' solo piece "Onion Orange" featuring Rollet, NOEL AKCHOTE, JOHN McENTIRE, and DAN BROWN.
***"Happy" Grubbs teams up with his Swedish reed heartthrob, Mats Gustafsson (seen performing in and around the windy city with such notables as Ken Vandermark, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Peter Brotzmann and Thurston Moore.
www.midheaven.com /labels/nonexc/blue.chopsticks.html   (413 words)

  
 Upcoming.org: David Grubbs, Rat Threads at Eyedrum (Wednesday, July 21, 2004)
Grubbs's upcoming projects include an album by the Wingdale Community Singers (a group with Rick Moody and Hannah Marcus) and a collaboration with the poet Susan Howe at the Fondation Cartier in Paris.
David Grubbs was a founding member of the group Gastr del Sol.
In previous lives, David was guitarist and primary songwriter in the widely influential mid-'80s punk group Squirrel Bait, whose two records have
upcoming.org /event/5716   (472 words)

  
 WhosWho Chicago: David Grubbs : CenterstageChicago.com - Chicago City Life in Chicago, Illinois
Best known for his work as a core member of the now defunct Gastr del Sol (as well as his membership in Squirrel Bait and Bastro, plus work with Richard Buckner and Will Oldham's Palace), David Grubbs has shifted his focus to his already healthy and expanding repertoire of solo material.
Though he will be spending the next six weeks in Europe, expect to see David Grubbs back at the Bottle, by late summer.
Whether solo or with accompaniment, he is always sure to keep the audience on their feet and attentive.
centerstage.net /chicago/music/whoswho/DavidGrubbs.html   (266 words)

  
 David Grubbs in NYC 9/21 - CMJ Bulletin Boards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
David Grubbs in NYC 9/21 - CMJ Bulletin Boards
David Grubbs is having a birthday bash at the Knitting Factory this Sunday, September 21st.
Anyone that is in the area should come and check it out.
www.cmj.com /ubb/Forum11/HTML/001215.html   (70 words)

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