"Sumatran Folk Cinema" Screening in Portland w/new Moroccan film

PORTLAND. OR. 11/15 Screening of "Sumatran Folk Cinema" and new SF Moroccan film

Sublime Frequencies and Exiled Records present:

At the CLINTON STREET THEATER
2522 SE Clinton St., Portland, OR 97202

Musical B'hood Shows at 7pm

Sumatran Folk Cinema Shows at 8:15 pm

General Admission $5 for one/ $7 for both

WED 11/15: SUMATRAN FOLK CINEMA + MOROCCO: MUSICAL BROTHERHOODS

"Sumatran Folk Cinema" A Film by Mark Gergis & Alan Bishop (60 minutes)
A psychedelic collage of images and sounds from the heart and soul of Sumatran culture. Witness classic Dangdut rock music, street and country scenes, Pop culture, raw TV excerpts, Minang Orchestras, night markets, folk music, and much more wrapped in a 60-minute kaleidoscope complete with an epic soundtrack. Filmed in and around Medan, Padang, Bukitinggi and beyond with some of the most amazing pre-tsunami footage ever captured from Aceh province. Shot by Mark Gergis and Alan Bishop on location in 2004 with a segment from Bandah Aceh filmed by David Martinez in 2003.
www.sublimefrequencies.com

MUSICAL BROTHERHOODS FROM THE TRANS-SAHARAN HIGHWAY
A Film by Hisham Mayet (57 Minutes)

An assortment of spectacular musical dramas presented live and unfiltered on the home turf of the world's most dynamic string/drum specialists performing and manifesting the ecstatic truth! Ancient mystical brotherhoods have been flourishing for centuries in and around the cities of Marrakesh and Essaouira in Morocco where the trade caravans have gathered from their long journeys across the Trans-Saharan Highway. This is some of the last great street music on Earth.

Sumatran Folk Cinema and new Moroccan Sublime Frequencies Films at ATA in San Francisco-Nov 4. 2006

Sublime Frequencies Presents:

SAT. 11/4: SUMATRAN FOLK CINEMA + MOROCCO: MUSICAL BROTHERHOODS Alan Bishop and Mark Gergis introduce two of the newer titles in their Sublime Frequencies catalogue, a refreshing hybrid of ethnography, travelogue, and field recordings, made possible with lightweight cameras and increased access to indigenous cultures. The hr-long Sumatran collage constitutes a cultural kaleidoscope of the sounds and images from that Indonesian island. Minang orchestras, Dangdut rock music, regional television, and night market scenes share space with a segment of pre-tsunami Bandah Aceh, recorded by David Martinez. Hisham Mayet’s hr.-long Morocco: Musical Brotherhoods from the Trans-Saharan Highway affords an assortment of musical dramas, live and unfiltered, on the home turf of the world’s most dynamic string/drum specialists…ecstatic performances for string aficionados of electric ouds, banjos, mandolins, and the gnawa sentir. Come early, meet the makers, and immerse yourself in a sumptuous, transporting music and food mix.

Porest Myspace account DELETED

That's right. To my surprise I received an email, without previous warning, from Myspace informing me that
the 4 month old Porest Myspace site had been deleted....ERASED for "violations". I had received threats to "report me to myspace" by Zionist nationalists here in the United States after they discovered I had openly criticized Israel. They attacked me in my blog. I defended myself properly and their weak revenge was to report me to myspace who immediately erased the Porest account without warning. Well, needless to say, this hasn't really changed my mind about Israel or given me a refreshing perspective on its supporters. Nor has it made me want to end my criticism, but I hope it helps open some doors to those who may not have thought about it before...that the criticism of Israel in this country is not allowed. There is machinery in place that is both systematic and diabolical that ensures that you do not criticize Israel, even if you have a tiny mouth. What does this mean to music fans or musicians that could care less? Maybe nothing.............Don't forget that there is always porest.com in case I'm shut down again. I have re-established the myspace site with the same address (myspace.com/myspaceporest), which of course can always be deleted again.

Audio Works by Raed Yassin in Beirut

I am honored to be hosting the wartime audio works of Raed Yassin on the Porest site as they come in.
Go to www.porestsound.net/yassin to listen.

and

The clip below features Raed, Mazen Kerbaj and Charbel Haber and was shot in January of 2006 in Beirut....

FUCK YOU ISRAEL

So the CANCER known as Israel is showing it's disease to the world again (for those who didn't already know).
Porest leaves you with links to a few Lebanese friends I was fortunate to meet in Beirut this past January.
Here's wishing Mazen, Raed and the rest the best and hoping that Lebanon can push the Israeli fucks back
until backs are broken. Everything is not alright....
http://mazenkerblog.blogspot.com/
Also check:
http://www.remarkze.blogspot.com/
and the incredible Raed Yassin's blog:
http://www.raedyassin.blogspot.com/
All Lebanese. Viva Lebanon, Palestine and everyone else under fascist Israel's doomed thumb
(which probably includes you, dear reader...wherever you are).

By the way-THIS just in from http://www.innworldreport.net/# ** Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs has contacted pro-Israel Internet users, worldwide, with a new software tool designed to allow supporters to put a positive spin on Israel's image. The software program, "Megaphone," sends online activists daily updates, as well as instant links to Internet polls and articles that criticize Israel. Megaphone will allow supporters of Israel to respond immediately to real or perceived slights directed towards the country by web users across the world. ****

So....to all you "Megaphone" folks......Spin THIS! FUCK YOU ISRAEL!

Porest Report #5 Summer, 2006

Sure as the sun bores into our sorry skins, Summer is here in California. Anyway, up in Seattle, "Radio Thailand:Transmissions From the Tropical Kingdom" a double CD on Sublime Frequencies has been unleashed along with another incredible batch of disc and DVD and is now available at shops or at (www.sublimefrequencies.com) for your listening. Disc 1 assembled by Porest. Disc 2 assembled by Alan Bishop.

There are two new compilations featuring Porest this season.

1. "Femme Toupee"-issue #1 a compilation book/CD-R put together by Oakland's Jorge Boehringer (Core of the Coalman)
(http://www.myspace.com/coreoggthecoalman) and features two cuts from Porest's "Mood Noose" CD along with exclusive
tracks by Liz Allbee and others.

2. A Japanese compilation called "Hip Hop Shop Sweepers Vol.1" CD-R on the 777was666 label features 2 exclusive Porest
tracks: "Dim Timplet" & "Halfway to Palestein"
www.777was666.com

Porest will be performing live and the new film by Mark Gergis and Alan Bishop will be premiering in the Bay Area.
See the posts below for details....

Porest permorfs live at the Hemlock in SF 7/15/06

Reserve your tomb now for the first announced Porest show of the year. Porest as you've never seen it before. Bring the kids, bring the cops! I don't fuckin care. Just be there at 9:30PM sharp so you don't miss anything, cause the Seattle contingency is coming down here to stir the sauce! The lineup is as follows:

Herb Diamante/Porest/Climax Golden Twins/Sea Donkeys

Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk Street @ Post
San Francisco

Also: Don't miss Herb Diamante and Climax Golden Twins at 21 Grand in Oakland on Thursday, July 13

"SUMATRAN FOLK CINEMA" Bay Area Premiere 7/14/06

SUMATRAN FOLK CINEMA - A film by Mark Gergis and Alan Bishop -will make its Bay Area debut at ATA (Artist Television Access) on Friday, July 14th, 2006 at 8PM- screening with Rob Millis' incredible new film shot in Northeastern Thailand, "Phi Ta Khon-Ghosts of Isan". It's a double feature not to be missed if you're in the Bay Area.

See the trailer here:



Sumatran Folk Cinema is a flowing psychedelic collage of images and sounds from the heart and soul of Sumatran culture. Witness classic Dangdut rock music, street and country scenes, Pop culture, raw TV excerpts, Minang Orchestras, night markets, folk music, and much more wrapped in a 60-minute kaleidoscope complete with an epic soundtrack. Filmed in and around Medan, Padang, Bukitinggi and beyond with some of the most amazing pre-tsunami footage ever captured from Aceh province. Shot by Mark Gergis and Alan Bishop on location in 2004 with a segment from Bandah Aceh filmed by David Martinez in 2003.
www.sublimefrequencies.com

Porest Report #4 May, 2006

A Porest Myspace site has been established–which means that Porest now EXISTS!
www.myspace.com/myspaceporest

Porest Report #3 February, 2006

Porest: "Tourrorists!" CD is now available from Abduction
www.suncitygirls.com/abduction