Northwest Oregon Different Arts and Music Showcase

09/25/2019

05/12/2019

See and hear the entire Seconds Out concert here. May 3, 2019, Eugene, Oregon, at Whirled Pies. Featuring performances by Beatbox Fred, Samuel Raining, Xapchyk, Intrinsic Quartet, The Giant Worm and Mini-Mutations.

07/01/2018

NODAMS 2017 is still being cablecast several times a week on CTV-29, Lane County, Oregon. Here is the schedule for the first week of July:
Sun 7/1 noon
Mon 7/2 4 am (1 & 2 only)
Tues 7/3 2 pm
Thurs 7/5 1 am (1 & 2 only)
Thurs 7/5 3 pm (1 & 2 only)
Thurs 7/5 7 pm (1 & 2 only)
Fri 7/6 midnight (Thurs night)
Fri 7/6 6 pm
Sat 7/7 1:30 pm

Community Television of Lane County CTV-29 cable access is cablecasting the entire NODAMS show several times this month. If you live in the Eugene-Springfield area and get cable tv, be sure to catch it! Schedule details in the comments below.

06/09/2018

Community Television of Lane County CTV-29 cable access is cablecasting the entire NODAMS show several times this month. If you live in the Eugene-Springfield area and get cable tv, be sure to catch it! Schedule details in the comments below.

05/26/2018

Moondog composed in both the jazz and classical idioms, often incorporating found sound and instruments of his own invention. Many of these works elude categorization, resembling everything from pop ditties to shamanic rituals. Others delve into minimalism and musique concrète.

The birth of Louis Hardin (1916-1999) into a farming family in Kansas, and his subsequent youth in Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa and Tennessee failed to yield yet another all-American, corn-fed boy to the Bible Belt. Instead, he re-invented himself as Moondog, an eccentric street person in New York City, busking his musical genius in a ridiculous Viking costume for the amusement of passers-by - even though he was welcomed to conduct and perform his works with the New York Philharmonic and in the great music halls of Europe.

Blinded by an accident with explosives at the age of 16, Hardin acquired his musical training at the various schools for the blind that he attended throughout the midwest. In 1943, he moved to New York City and remained there until 1972. Although he spent much of that time as a street performer, the rumor or legend that he was homeless is not true. He had an upper Manhattan apartment, as well as a country retreat in Upstate New York. In the early 70s he relocated to Münster, Germany, where he resided until his death in 1999.

While the bulk of his recordings are currently out-of-print, a few of his more popular titles can still be hunted down, or found on music streaming services. This brief little piano etude is a personal favorite:

From Moondog (1956)

05/01/2018

Sam Rainey performing at NODAMS 2017

Sam Rainey live at NODAMS 2017: Handmade Songs for Hammer Guitar To view the entire concert (almost 3 hours long) in the order that ...

05/01/2018

Don Haugen performing at NODAMS 2017

Don Haugen live at NODAMS 2017: To view the entire concert (almost 3 hours long) in the order that it happened, click here: NODAMS ...

05/01/2018

no-method performing at NODAMS 2017

no-method live at NODAMS 2017: To view the entire concert (almost 3 hours long) in the order that it happened, click here: NODAMS...

05/01/2018

Vortex Remover performing at NODAMS 2017

Vortex Remover live at NODAMS 2017: To view the entire concert (almost 3 hours long) in the order that it happened, click here: NO...

05/01/2018

Xapchyk performing at NODAMS 2017

Xapchyk (Хапчык) live at NODAMS 2017: To view the entire concert (almost 3 hours long) in the order that it happened, click here: ...

05/01/2018

Trembling Earth Contract performing at NODAMS 2017

Trembling Earth Contract live at NODAMS 2017: To view the entire concert (almost 3 hours long) in the order that it happened, click h...

05/01/2018

The Giant Worm performing at NODAMS 2017

The Giant Worm live at NODAMS 2017: To view the entire concert (almost 3 hours long) in the order that it happened, click here: N...