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We dropped by the house and studio of brilliantly inventive composer Klimchak to talk about his upcoming show CooksNotes. Starting March 5th, CooksNotes is an innovative twist on an intimate chef dinner. The chef-composer’s self-designed musical instruments were made out of kitchen equipment. An original piece of music was written to be played on each of the home-built cooking implements. For CooksNotes, Klimchak will give a concert of that music WHILE cooking food on each of the instruments. By the end of the concert, he will have made a complete meal for the audience to eat and enjoy. Klimchack gave us a tour of his amazing basement studio which was full of vintage electronics and handmade instruments. Afterwards we went up to the kitchen to preview some of the instruments and performances he's got in store for his show in the Rodriguez Room. Thanks to Klimchak for his time and the tour! His previous recordings help fill out the music and provide all the tunes for this episode. You can find more of his work at klimchakmusic.com C O O K S N O T E S / / A Performance Art Cooking Show featuring composer & chef K L I M C H A K Thursdays-Sundays, March 5th - March15th at 8:00pm PRICE: $35, seating is limited to 25 people PRE-PURCHASE TICKETS ONLY: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-goat-farm…ets-14737980697 Samples of the Instruments and Music Concepts from CooksNotes include: •• A xylophone made out of glass bowls, which drain into a single large container. Ingredients for punch are poured into the bowls, which are played as they drain & mix up punch. •• A large cutting board with different-sized compartments inside so it will make a variety of pitches when food is chopped on it. The sounds are fed into a looper pedal so different percussive & vocal sounds can be layered. The cutting board will be used to chop the ingredients for an appetizer spread. •• A set of 12-24 electric blenders, each of which is tuned to a specific pitch. They will be filled with the ingredients for a chilled soup, which will be blended together as the different pitches of the blenders make a composition. •• A 24-inch wok with an attached high temperature microphone is used to stir fry rice & vegetables. The sounds of the sizzling ingredients and the metallic sounds as spatulas toss them are fed into a computer for looping & sound manipulation, controlled by a set of experimental electronic gloves that Klimchak is beta-testing for Imogen Heap especially for this show. •• A sound score for video projections of a series of fights and battles edited together from old martial arts movies. Salad is made onstage using the rhythms of the fighting. This live foley score uses the amplified sounds of vegetable tearing & cutting to imitate & accompany the punches & kicks of the on-screen action. •• Crisp flatbread made over a flame tube that changes appearance as music is played into an attached speaker. Klimchak will control the flames with some home-built instruments and a theremin. •• A composition for vegetable woodwinds. Root vegetables are carved into flutes/whistles to be played by the audience. Each of the audience instruments will have a single pitch. The audience is taught a simple hocket-based melody/rhythm line to play on their instruments. As they play, Klimchak plays a lead line on full-tuned vegetable clarinets, flutes and duduks. At the end a dip is provided so the audience can eat their instruments. CooksNotes is a recipient of the Goat Farm Arts Center’s Arts Investment Package (AIP). The Goat Farm’s AIP vehicle funds, produces & presents experimental & innovative works that “pattern-break” & excite new thinking. The Goat Farm’s Review Board recognizes that consistent vanguard arts programming contributes to Atlanta’s global relevancy. CooksNotes is supported in part by the Mayor‘s Office of Cultural Affairs.

Chamber Cartel plays present the piece "But I'm Doing It Anyway" by Aaron Jay Myers. This was premiered by Chamber Cartel at Erickson Clock in March of 2013 as part of their Arcana season.

Blacksmith Mark Hopper talks about his early days in the UK, Kenya and France, and how travel has affected his outlook on his craft. This is part 1 of 2. In the next episode, Mark talks about the new direction his work is taking and how you can be a part of it. Check out the Goat n Hammer website for information about his work along with schedules for Hammer Therapy. www.goatnhammer.com

This month Chamber Cartel present performances of "Still Life, 2009" composed by Mischa Salkind-Pearl. Chamber Cartel will be premiering a new Mischa piece in May. Details coming up! After that, a live recording of Marcos Balter's "Uptown", a piece about the uptown neighborhood of Chicago. For more information on Marcos Balter - http://www.marcosbalter.com or Mischa Salkind-Pearl - http://www.mischasalkindpearl.com/mischa Both pieces were featured in the Chamber Cartel performance Riding with Death in May of 2014. Pictured is the painting "Riding with Death" by Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Goat Farm resident Solomon Chase is a film maker and visual artist. In addition to that, Chase is a big proponent of new digital money. He's even installed a Bitcoin ATM in the Warhorse Coffee shop. We talked to him recently about the weird world of crypto currency. Check out some of his work here http://work.batteryfire.com ///// "Solomon Chase is an Atlanta based visual artist. His work is focused on motion design, animation and cinematography. His most recent motion work tends towards organic hand-drawn elements mixed with film. Music videos are a major interest, his latest work for “White Hinterland” being selected for the Unsigned Directors Showcase at the Ciclope Festival in Buenos Aires. He has also directed various short films that have featured at major film festivals." -----///----- Thanks to Solomon along with Nick Pantano (www.soundspaceatl.com), Mike Stasny (http://www.mikestasny.com), and David Baerwalde (http://davidbaerwalde.com) for their musical contributions.

Chamber Cartel's Adam Scott Neal takes over hosting duties to preview two tracks from his upcoming cd release. Adam Scott Neal (b. 1981, Atlanta) is a composer, video artist, and improviser. His theoretical research focuses on modes of practice in experimental music, music and philosophy, and popular music analysis. He earned a PhD at the University of Florida and previous degrees at Queen's University Belfast and Georgia State University. Adam has enjoyed over 100 performances of his music in 23 states, as well as the UK, Canada, China, Italy, Mexico, Slovenia, and Switzerland. He is Production Manager for the Charlotte New Music Festival and one of the Artistic Directors of Terminus Ensemble (Atlanta). Find more info about Adam at http://www.adamscottneal.com

Atlanta Artist and Goat Farmer Mike Stasny is making quite a name for himself in the Atlanta art scene. His shows at Dashboard Co-Op, Kibbee Gallery and the Goat Farm have featured his amazing "creatures". Check out his piece, the Know Monster, from a past Scoutmob Halloween party. bit.ly/1AOULno But in his earlier days, Stasny was part of a global internet phenomenon, a project that even made it on to an episode of South Park. In his own words, Stasny tells us what its like to live through a viral video. Then check out his current works at mikestasny.wordpress.com All the music in the piece (with the exception of Bird is the Word) is produced or coproduced by Stasny. You can find his music at msif.bandcamp.com

December - "STRENGTH" What does the word STRENGTH mean to you? The holiday season of Giving is now screaming out of the bag, the stores filled with red and green before the orange and black had even cleared out. Soon, you won’t be able to escape that fucking Drummer Boy song, the sound of sleigh bells pulling on your ears until you begin to bleed from the nostrils. Pointless pressure to spend will crush our poor fingers as we long for the bleak empty days of January when things will finally Still once more. This season is also full of seeing people we love most in the world, mistletoe, too much food and booze, nostalgia, and hoped-for moments of reflection on the year behind us. What will you Take? Nagging from your Great Aunt? Joy in childish things? Third helpings? Stay tuned to https://www.facebook.com/NCAtlanta to see when 2014's first show happens in January! The What: Naked City is a monthly, crowd-sourced, literary performance variety show. Your humble hosts, show up with prizes, games, bits, snappy banter and a theme. You, the Citizens, show up with spoken word pieces, stories, songs, poems, extemporaneous monologues, comedy routines, interpretive dances or whatever the Hell else you want to do that ties into our theme. Theme:"STRENGTH" We give you 5 minutes on the mic to do whatever it is you’re gonna do. If you go over 5, you need to spin the "Wheel of Consequences" If you go over 6 minutes, we boo you till you stop. All in love, of course A bunch of you will get to sign up. It’s First Come, First Served, so try to get there early (8:00 pm). We spend the rest of the time shuckin’ and jivin’ for your amusement. Cost is $5-$15 Pay what you can. Parking is free and plentiful.

We talk to Push Push Theater's Shelby Hofer and Tim Habeger as they prepare for the last Atlanta run of their latest show, The Hillary Game. \\THE GOAT FARM ARTS CENTER PRESENTS// THE HILLARY GAME A live thriller about technology and human connection. The newest creation by PushPush and Padua Playwrights. Soup is served. Viewer discretion is advised. Man...we love it when PushPush comes around. Outlandish. Always risky, in-depth & fearless. To purchase tickets: hillarygame.brownpapertickets.com/ On PushPush: “This company has always liked to keep us guessing. It succeeds wildly.” ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION “Uncompromising and audacious, it’s theater for adults.” ATLANTA MAGAZINE “...cutting-edge writing and acting... as well as a source of intriguing theater.” CREATIVE LOAFING On THE HILLARY GAME: A live psychological thriller told through the training of a female drone operator. Their twisted game is a fast-paced, complex adventure that collides technology-driven anxiety with a longing for human connection. THE HILLARY GAME takes you on a rich journey into modern language, our relationship with machines, and the automatic processes that are defining the future of humanity. A Partnership between PushPush and Padua Playwrights Written by Guy Zimmerman for PushPush Performed by PushPush Founders Tim Habeger and Shelby Hofer Soup is served. Viewer discretion is advised. Padua Playwrights (Los Angeles) and PushPush (Atlanta) were already discussing a project about the hard-core ways in which technology collides with human psychology when the 2012 photo of Hillary Clinton watching in awe as American troops stormed the Bin Laden compound appeared in The New York Times. The implications of that photograph sparked a deeper dialogue between playwright Guy Zimmerman and PushPush, which ultimately led to Zimmerman's script for THE HILLARY GAME. As a follow-up to a successful 2013 project, The Black Glass, THE HILLARY GAME is a work-in-progress with a long production plan that includes a public ramp-up to the 2016 election, both U.S. and international tours, and numerous community engagements. Though PushPush and Padua have been constructing the production for nearly a year, the production has become even more relevant, timely and absolute given the recent world events. PushPush advises that some imagery and content in THE HILLARY GAME may not be suitable for all - viewer discretion is highly advised. "The production is dark, gritty, fast-paced, sexy at times, and entertaining - even in light of its subject matter. The path is the goal here, and there are no pat answers. It's a deeper discussion. And it will grow over the next year as we develop with new collaborators. But this is not an easy subject. And we are all dealing with it in big and small ways. We want people to come dig in with us. Plus, the soup is good." Says Shelby Hofer, PushPush Co-founder. THE HILLARY GAME is a recipient of The Goat Farm Arts Center Arts Investment Package (AIP). The Goat Farm's AIP provides funding for, produces and presents experimental and innovative works that break patterns and excite new thinking. The Goat Farm's Review Board recognizes that consistent vanguard arts programming contributes to Atlanta's global relevancy. -THE GOAT FARM ARTS CENTER: Dec 3-6, 2014 PushPush Theater: www.pushpushtheater.com/ Padua Playwrights: paduaplaywrights.org/about/the-company/ Guy Zimmerman: paduaplaywrights.org/about/guy-zimmerman/

The Naked City November episode of The Cylinder with the theme of "Charity" If you enjoy, the next Naked City is Dec 1st in the Warhorse at the Goat Farm. The theme for December is "Strength". www.facebook.com/events/1469071996691101/ The What: Naked City is a monthly, crowd-sourced, literary performance variety show. Your humble hosts, show up with prizes, games, bits, snappy banter and a theme. You, the Citizens, show up with spoken word pieces, stories, songs, poems, extemporaneous monologues, comedy routines, interpretive dances or whatever the Hell else you want to do that ties into our theme. Theme:"STRENGTH" We give you 5 minutes on the mic to do whatever it is you’re gonna do. If you go over 5, you need to spin the "Wheel of Consequences" If you go over 6 minutes, we boo you till you stop. All in love, of course A bunch of you will get to sign up. It’s First Come, First Served, so try to get there early (8:00 pm). We spend the rest of the time shuckin’ and jivin’ for your amusement. Cost is $5-$15 Pay what you can. Parking is free and plentiful. Naked CityAtlantaliteraryLiveGoat FarmGoat Farm ArtsArtsWest MidtownErikson ClockWarhorse

For this month's New Ears episode, Chamber Cartel previews a track from their upcoming release The Shape Distance. This piece was composed as part of a series of collaborations between Marc Yeats and Chamber Cartel The Shape Distance [1-7] is a set of pieces written by Marc Yeats and commissioned by Chamber Cartel. The piece is scored for two flutes, clarinet, viola, harp, piano, and percussion. All instrumental parts in the piece are unsynchronized so any moments of fortune that happen in the music are unique to that performance. The section you'll hear on this podcast is #7 of the Shape Distance series. Chamber Cartel will perform other compositions by Marc Yeats this Saturday at Erikson Clock, a satellite location of the Goat Farm Arts Center. More Info: www.facebook.com/events/488039851339117/

Once a month we'll be bringing you a story or two from Naked City, a live literary event at the Goat Farm. This month's theme is TERROR! Naked City is a monthly, crowd-sourced, literary performance variety show. your humble hosts, Gina Rickicki and Berny Clark, show up with prizes, games, bits, snappy banter and a theme. You, the Citizens, show up with spoken word pieces, stories, songs, poems, extemporaneous monologues, comedy routines, interpretive dances or whatever the Hell else you want to do that ties into our theme. We give you 5 minutes on the mic to do whatever it is you’re gonna do. A bunch of you will get to sign up. It’s First Come, First Served, so try to get there early. Its the first Monday of each month and Nearly always at the Goat Farm Art Center's Warhorse Cafe. (or sometimes at Erikson Clock) Wanna sit in the audience and catch a few pieces of candy? Or maybe get your 5 minutes of fame? Willing to risk a spin of the Wheel of Consequences? Then head on over to www.nakedcityatlanta.com.

Wade Tilton and Raymond Carr take a break from rehearsals to talk about their newest production, This Darker Life. THIS DARKER LIFE is a performance emersion devised from five original stories. Told by accentuating the tension between light vs. dark and radio drama vs. theater it becomes similar to listening to your favorite NPR show while being shown captured glimpses from your own imagination. • Aerial projections • Lazy susan seating • Giant puppetries • Stories everywhere • In near total darkness Performances: //Thur October 23rd 8PM & 10:30PM //Fri October 24th 8PM & 10:30PM //Sat October 25th 8PM & 10:30PM // Sunday October 26th 8PM Tickets are general seating and $7 This Darker Life is a collaboration between Raymond Carr/Ninja Puppet Productions and Raymond Tilton (W,). This multi-media theatrical experience features stories by: - Raymond Carr - Bill Taft - S. Bedford - Dani Herd - Brian Griffin - Gregg van Laningham - Victor Wilson www.facebook.com/events/594165054039525/

Mark DiNatale talks about the difficulties of installing a 10 dumpster art piece in downtown Atlanta as part of Elevate 2014. We also speak to 4 of the artists to hear the stories behind their particular dumpsters and get a taste of the marching band from Friday's block party. D_MPSTERS is a Goat Farm Arts Center curated program utilizing 10 dumpsters to create visual art environments scattered throughout the Atlanta cityscape. D_MPSTERS will be on display as a part of the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs week-long ELEVATE 2014 public art celebration. The exhibitions will be open to the public Friday October 17th and continue until Thursday, October 23rd. All exhibits are free and open to the public. Music courtesy of the Elevate Block Party marching band, Caleb Heron and the Relay Social Synth. For more information on D_MPSTERS and a schedule of events head over to goatfarmdumpsters.com

The second in a series of live performances from Atlanta's Chamber Cartel. Each month as part of their New Ears series, we'll bring you a live recording from the Goat Farm or its satellite location Erikson Clock. This month's feature is a segment of The Immeasurable Space of Tones. In addition to this recorded performance, Chamber Cartel will be playing this piece live as part of Elevate 2014 and the Goat Farm's Dumpsters series. Head over to GoatFarmDumpsters.com for more info and schedules. To hear the entire piece without interruption, check out the Cartel's own Sound Cloud at soundcloud.com/chamber-cartel Chamber Cartel performed John Luther Adams' amazing piece at the Goat Farm Arts Center on March 30th 2013. It was raining that night as you can hear in the recording which seemed to suit the evening perfectly. The performers are Paul Stevens, Bill Pritchard, Amy O'Dell, Alexandra Tadros, Cecilia Trode, Gabe Monticello, Caleb Herron. Catherine Hofius conducted. Recorded live by Jon Ciliberto. Thanks to Caleb Herron and Jon Ciliberto

After a hugely successful IndieGoGo campaign, longtime Goat Farm resident Nick Pantano has opened Sound Space. In a completely remodeled room at the farm, Sound Space is Nick's vision of what instrument lessons should be. From guitars, bass and percussion to basic music theory, Nick's experiences in several instruction programs along with his time in local bands (including Sorry No Ferrari) have given him new perspective on how music and music lessons can be a part of student's lives. Reach out to Nick at http://soundspaceatl.com

As a new monthly feature of the Cylinder Podcast, we'll be bringing you a live recording of a Goat Farm performance by local ensemble the Chamber Cartel. Artistic Director Caleb Herron guides us through each performance, helping to put a spotlight on the modern, "new" music that they play. This month they bring us a performance of "Iris", a piece by composer Christopher Adler. If you like what you hear, the Cartel have a whole season of shows coming up at the farm and around Atlanta. Follow them on Twitter: twitter.com/chambercartel or on Facebook: Facebook.com/chambercartel Their next show happens Saturday at Goodson Yard. More information here - on.fb.me/1pzCcR3

This month the Cylinder takes a walk around the farm to talk with Joe Dreher aka Joe King. Joe is the farm's resident architect/advisor and has been helping with the restoration of Erikson Clock, the Goat Farm's satellite project in Castleberry Hill. Joe and his family have spent the last year or so volunteering in the local Atlanta arts scene and the results have been nothing short of amazing. For more information on One Love Generation - onelovegeneration.org And for more info on Free Art Friday Atlanta - www.fafatl.com Thanks to Dylan York for the photo. See more of his photography at @DylanYorkATL on Instagram. Thanks to David Baerwalde for some of the music in this one. Check out his art at dbaerwalde.wix.com/site

Dad's Garage improvisers Rueben Medina, Kevin Gillese and Amber Nash sit down to talk about the art of improv and the upcoming Dad's Garage and Friends benefit July 11th at the Goat Farm. More Info www.dadsgarage.com/shows/season-19…nd-friends.aspx Also check out Dad's Garage TV on youtube - www.youtube.com/user/DadsGarageTV And Rueben's new project with two other Dad's improvisers. www.youtube.com/user/edtomandrueben

This year's Hambidge Auction at the Goat Farm Arts Center was curated by Lance and April Ledbetter of Atlanta record label Dust to Digital. The Grammy winning label specializes in rereleasing rare, vintage music, or as they say, "high-quality, cultural artifacts." Lonnie Holley is the only living musician to be released on Dust to Digital. Starting in the 80s as a found object sculpture artist, Lonnie makes incredible but often difficult art. His music follows the same vein, not easily approached but ultimately rewarding. We spoke with Lonnie, Lance and Matt Arnett (art curator and owner Grocery on Home). Thanks to Lance, Lonnie and Matt! More info about Lonnie and Dust to Digital can be found at http://www.dust-digital.com. Lonnie plays this coming Tuesday, July 8th at Eddie's Attic in Decatur. Tickets available at http://www.ticketalternative.com/Events/27501.aspx

The Goat Farm is proud to announce it has selected its’ next AIP Recipient (Arts Investment Package Recipient), choreographer, T.Lang and the Atlanta premiere of Post Up. We caught up with T during rehearsals at Spelman College. More info about Post Up https://www.facebook.com/events/261718487346207/ Tickets available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/684147 Thanks to sound artist and musician John Osburn for the amazing sounds and tunes. Additional thanks to Goat Farm resident David Bearwalde for also allowing us to incorporate an original audio piece. http://dbaerwalde.wix.com/site

The Atlanta Film Festival recently hosted its Sound and Vision party at the Goat Farm Arts Center. Here are a few of the sounds from the amazing party.

For the premier episode of The Cylinder, we talk with Elizabeth Jarrett, a producer at Trick3D and resident of the Goat Farm Arts Center. To learn more about the Millennial Train Project or Common Ground click here