i’m performing three shows in the next eight days. each shall be a special and unique snowflake of multisensory musical magic. i hope to see some of your fine faces at some of these delightful events. here’s the nitty gritty:

Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 51 Third Street, Troy, NY - 10pm - 5 bucks :::: The HUDSON VALLEY SMASH grinds up lo-fi hiss, keyboard cacophony, and guitar hooks into a perfect pop concoction, served on a shimmering sonic platter for your entertainment pleasure. The HVS brings you some of the best indie-pop the Hudson Valley has to offer, with a little additional help from the strange utopian/bizzaro world called Cherry Valley. featuring: SCIENTIFIC MAPS, KING VIDOR, and THE COCONUT SHOW. Special guest DJ Jesse Stiles
(I play keyboards in THE COCONUT SHOW, in case you were wondering).

Wednesday, March 26th, 288 - Rendezvous - 78 3rd St, Turners Falls, MA - 9pm - Five Bucks! :::: The TROJAN PONY TOUR invades the Montague Phantom Brain Exchange! Featuring performances by Jesse Stiles, Ross Goldstein, and BenGeorge 7, films by Penny Lane, and a brief lecture by Jamie Berger about peepshows. This is gonna be awesome fun!

Friday, March 28, 2008 - Revolution Hall - Troy, NY - 9pm to 3am - Two Bucks! :::: SUPER BALKAN BLOWOUT! Featuring joro-boro, pandemic pete, face removal services [represented by senior operators jesse stiles + curtis bahn], DOSTOEVSKY’S PISTOLS, jenkins, and back from japan. hot!

recorded at revolution hall in troy, new york, on november 19, 2007. featuring jesse stiles (hacked electronic percussion) and curtis bahn (hacked dilruba/sitar).

wednesday, january 16 - 8pm - issue project room - brooklyn, ny - $10. jesse stiles will be performing extra-special-multichannel-ultra-pretty versions of songs from “the target museum” forthcoming on specific recordings. also on the bill: the debut screening(!) of “sittin’ on a million” a new documentary film by penny lane and annmarie lanesey. directions.

thursday, january 17 - 7:30pm - time & space limited - hudson, ny - $8 general/$6 students & members. jesse stiles performing songs from “the target museum” plus a screening of “sittin’ on a million” the new documentary film by penny lane and annmarie lanesey. directions.

saturday, january 19 - 7pm until laaaate - valentines - albany, ny - $8 or $6 with canned goods. this is a massive benefit show for local food pantries. downstairs: the jesse stiles 3000 will be throwing down riggety raw dance musics along with troy’s finest dj’s - back from japan and jenkins. upstairs: Ashley Pond Band/Scientific Maps/Sean Rowe/knotworking/Sgt. Dunbar and the Hobo Banned/Sarah Pedinotti Band. the goodship folks have done an excellent write up of this event with lots of videos/mp3s here and here. directions.

friday, january 25 - 9pm to 3am - revolution hall - troy, ny - free! the official unofficial troy night out afterparty continues kicking asses with face removal services, seth cluett, we are architects, back from japan, and jenkins. face removal services wrecked shit last time they played at rev hall, here’s some video. directions.

My multisensory organization FACE REMOVAL SERVICES will be kicking off an extremely hot night at Revolution Hall next Monday, November 19. FACE REMOVAL SERVICES (represented on Monday by myself and Curtis Bahn) will be taking the stage at 9PM, followed by back from japan, dr. jenkins a.k.a. spit n’ polish, and DC’s finest DJ - Tittsworth. I’ve been told by sources I trust that this will be greatest night ever. Yes.

I’ll be part of an extremely cool night at Eyebeam this Saturday. It’s the launch of MIXER, Eyebeam’s new quarterly series showcasing live audio and video performance. Featured will be a performance of Benton-C Bainbridge’s Brothers Islands (Places to lose people), featuring myself, Ross Goldstein, Ryder Cooley, and many other talented hooligans. Following the performance is a party featuring live electronic music by The Jesse Stiles 3000 and live video by Bill Etra and vade. That’s a hot ticket!

info/tickets

humans! i will be performing songs, musics, and sounds at ISSUE Project Room in Brooklyn, NY. also performing will be composer/artist zach layton. be there! (directions)

Attention humans! I will be performing live electronic dance music this Friday in the continuously hot TNO afterparty. Details here.

The Jesse Stiles 3000 will be performing with Troy Pohl (of the Kamikaze Hearts) and Suzanne Thorpe (formerly of Mercury Rev, currently of thenumber46 amongst other things) at this month’s Official Unofficial Troy Night Out Afterparty.* Also playing: The Amity Front, The Kamikaze Hearts, joro-boro, and dj back from japan. Admission is 5 American dollars. Party goes from 8:30pm to 3:00am. Word up.

*Officially the best afterparty in the capital district, at least according to the Metroland.