As we’ve reminded you over and over again, we will soon be publishing Bryan Parker’s brand new 33 1/3 on Beat Happening’s Beat Happening–in just 21 (20?) short days! Be sure to pre-order your copy, and if you need more incentive (though why would you?) check out this SNEAK PEEK of the foreword, by Phil Elverum of The Microphones:
The basic assumption that one is allowed to do whatever was taken for granted, and this certainty defines the feeling of Beat Happening for me, especially the first album. Listening to the recordings, it’s easy to imagine that at no point was the legitimacy of the project questioned by the artists. For music that sounds so extremely raw this assumption seems almost insane. This big certainty works as a permission slip to everyone that hears it, or at least a young me.
EVENTS
To celebrate the release of the book, Bryan will be touring the Pacific Northwest, home of Beat Happening and K-Records with band frontman and label founder Calvin Johnson et al, before returning to Texas to do a reading at Books-a-Million. Then, in November, Bryan will join us in Brooklyn with Miles Davis author George Grella as we return to Word bookstore in Greenpoint (fingers crossed there’s less snow this time around). He’ll also be at events in Houston and Austin in mid-November. For dates and times of all Beat Happening events, see below! For updates, check out our events page.
Beat Happening Book Release and Live Show w/ Calvin Johnson
Thursday, Sep. 24, 2015
Time: 7 pm
Location: Olympia Timberland Library, 313 8th Ave SE, Olympia, WA 98501
Bryan Parker at Anacortes Music Channel
Presented by Watermark Books & The Business w/ Bret Lunsford + Friends
Friday, Sep. 25, 2015
Time: TBD
Location: Anacortes Music Channel, 216 Commercial Ave., Anacortes, WA 98221
Bryan Parker at Powell’s City of Books w/ Calvin Johnson + Friends
Saturday, Sep. 26, 2015
Time: 4 pm
Location: Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St., Portland, OR 97209
Q&A w/ Bryan Parker at the Vera Project
Hosted by Seattle Weekly Editor Mark Baumgarten, w/ music from Young Pioneers + more
Sunday, Sep. 27, 2015
Time: TBD
Location: Vera Project, Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St, Seattle, WA 98109
Bryan Parker at Cedar Ridge High School
Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015
Time: 4:30 pm
Location: Cedar Ridge High School, 2801 Gattis School Rd, Round Rock, TX 78664
Bryan Parker at Books-A-Million
Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015
Time: 7 pm
Location: Books-A-Million, 422 W Loop 281, Longview, TX 75605
George Grella and Bryan C. Parker present Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and Beat Happening
Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015
Time: 7 pm
Location: WORD Bookstore, 126 Franklin St., Brooklyn, NY 11222
Bryan Parker at Brazos Bookstore
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015
Time: 7 pm
Location: Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet Street, Houston, TX 77005
Bryan Parker at Farewell Books
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015
Time: 7 pm
Location: Farewell Books, 913 E Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78702
Beat Happening Tribute Show
Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015
Time: TBD
Location: Cheer Up Charlie’s, 900 Red River St, Austin, TX 78701
Wow…too bad none of these events are in my neck of the woods.
Awwww… you used a Harvard Book Store image and got my hopes up, you tease 🙂 Here’s hoping that means something more northeasterly is in the works.
Awwww… you used a picture of the Harvard Book Store and got my hopes up, you tease! Here’s hoping something more Northeasterly is in the works. 🙂