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Yacht (band)
Yacht (stylized as YACHT, Y△CHT or Y▲CHT) is an American dance-pop band from Portland, Oregon, currently based in Los Angeles, California. The core group consists of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans, and when touring expands to include Bobby Birdman. Yacht has released albums on States Rights Records, Marriage Records, DFA Records, and Downtown Records. History Early history Bechtolt chose the name YACHT in reference to Y.A.C.H.T., an alternative school in Portland, Oregon. Bechtolt told ''Spin'', "It stands for Young Americans Challenging High Technology. It refers to an education program that was held in Portland, Oregon. I was enrolled when I was 16, back in 1996." 2002–2007 YACHT was Bechtolt's solo project from 2002 to 2008. During this period, he released three albums, ''Super Warren MMIV'', ''Mega'' and '' I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real'', on record labels in the Pacific Northwest area. In January 2006, YACHT was commissioned for two performances ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treefort Music Fest
The Treefort Music Fest is a five-day, indie rock festival which is held at numerous venues throughout downtown Boise, Idaho in late March. The inaugural 2012 festival took place March 20–23 with the featured acts Built to Spill, The Joy Formidable, and Poliça. Treefort has been called "the west’s best SXSW alternative" and "Boise's preeminent artistic, cultural and musical happening" which has "morphed from quirky music festival to consuming community event." It has also been characterized as having become a "nationally renowned gathering just by maintaining its personable close-knit vibe" and a "music lover's joyous mayhem" which showcases and amplifies the soul of Boise. Given its track record, by its seventh year Treefort was being hailed as "the greatest music festival in the country" and "an absolute gem of a festival." History Although the idea of a multi-day, multi-venue music festival has been bruited since the mid-'80s, Treefort itself had its roots in trage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jona Bechtolt
Jona Bechtolt (born December 2, 1980) is an electronic musician and multimedia artist based in Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon, United States, best known for his band Yacht (band), YΔCHT. He is a former member of The Badger King, Dirty Projectors, and The Blow. YΔCHT began in 2003 as a vehicle for his solo work, but in 2008 became a duo with the addition of singer Claire L. Evans. Background Bechtolt was born in Madison, Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin and was raised in Astoria, Oregon, Astoria, Oregon. Bechtolt began playing music as a teenager. He never attended high school, instead opting to play drums and tour the U.S. with his brother Joel Bechtolt in their punk rock, punk band, Allegro. He started working with electronic music, electronics in the late 1990s. He has been a vegetarian for most of his life and a vegan since 2000. YACHT In January 2006, Yacht was commissioned for two performances for the New York City, New York based art and technology platform Rhizome (org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clear Cut Press
Clear Cut Press was a small press based in Astoria, Oregon. About Clear Cut Press was founded by novelist Matthew Stadler and Up Records co-founder Rich Jensen in 2002. Jensen began talking to Stadler while taking a poetry class in 1997. Their mutual interest in cultural movements and the role of books lead to a discussion resulting in the press. Stadler realized that he knew about "a dozen writers who weren't reaching the audience the could--or weren't being published at all." Stadler noted that, "as a business and artistic venture, Clear Cut is inspired by early 20th century subscription presses, such as Hours Press and Contact Editions, and by the mid-century paperbacks of New Directions and City Lights." A series was available by subscription. Individual volumes were distributed to the trade. As part of what Stadler referred to as the cultivation of "a long-term conversation that makes a community of readers (and therefore a market) that isn't reached through the nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Modern Art
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of the largest and most influential museums of modern art in the world. MoMA's collection offers an overview of modern and contemporary art, including works of architecture and design, drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, prints, illustrated and artist's books, film, and electronic media. The MoMA Library includes about 300,000 books and exhibition catalogs, more than 1,000 periodical titles, and more than 40,000 files of ephemera about individual artists and groups. The archives hold primary source material related to the history of modern and contemporary art. It attracted 1,160,686 visitors in 2021, an increase of 64% from 2020. It ranked 15th on the list of most visited art museums in the world in 2021.'' The Art Newspaper'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhizome (organization)
Rhizome is an American not-for-profit arts organization that supports and provides a platform for new media art. History Artist and curator Mark Tribe founded Rhizome as an email list in 1996 while living in Berlin."Digital Artworks that Play Against Expectations" New York Times, September 30, 2002.The Rhizome email list was hosted by Desk.nl in Amsterdam starting February 1, 1996 by Mark Tribe. The list included a number of people Tribe had met at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Believe In You
I Believe in You may refer to: Film * ''I Believe in You'' (film), a 1952 British film starring Celia Johnson Music Albums *''I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real.'', a 2007 album by Yacht * ''I Believe in You'' (Dolly Parton album), 2017 Songs * "I Believe in You" (Neil Young song), also covered by Linda Ronstadt, Rita Coolidge and others * "I Believe in You" (Don Williams song) * "I Believe in You" (Kylie Minogue song) * "I Believe in You" (Mel Tillis song) * "I Believe in You" (Nick Jonas song) * "I Believe in You" (Paul Haig song) * "I Believe in You" (Talk Talk song) * "I Believe in You" (Frank Loesser song), 1961 *"I Believe in You (Je crois en toi)", a song by Celine Dion and II Divo, 2006 *" I Believe in You (You Believe in Me)", a song by Johnnie Taylor, 1973 *"I Believe in You", a song by Agnes Carlsson from the album '' Stronger'', 2006 *"I Believe in You", a song by Bob Dylan from the album ''Slow Train Coming'', 1979 *"I Believe in You", a song by Brother Beyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mega (Yacht Album)
''Mega'' is the second full-length album released by electronic rock band Yacht. It was released on States Rights Records in 2005. The last track is a remix of the song "Now It Is All Over Like the Birds" by Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Philippines. It is also observed in the Netherlander town of Leiden and .... Track listing #"Hello? Hello?" – 0:09 #"Totally Stoked (On You)" – 3:39 #"Hot Dog" (Iron Cobra version) – 1:29 #"Roar" (Opps version) – 1:22 #"I Love a Computer" (Anacortes version) – 1:54 #"Dans Denmark" (2005 version) – 2:42 #"Moot Point" – 1:04 #"I Fought with My Friend (Call Back)" – 2:14 #"Why Do Trucks? Etc." – 0:24 #"Daydreams with Daffodils" – 0:55 #"Vacationland Guitaroo" – 2:23 #"Possessive" – 0:33 #"Night Terrors" (grunge version) – 1:28 #"DC November 2003" – 0:44 #"Now It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Warren MMIV
''Super Warren MMIV'' is the debut studio album from YACHT, released on States Rights Records States Rights Records is an independent record label founded in 2001 by Steve Schroeder. The Portland, Oregon label's premier release was "Come Along" by Little Wings. Later that year, the label released "Tongue and Tooth" by The Badger King. B ... in 2003. Track listing References External links * 2004 debut albums States Rights Records albums Yacht (band) albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spinner
Technology *Spinner (aeronautics), the aerodynamic cone at the hub of an aircraft propeller * Spinner (cell culture), laboratory equipment for cultivating plant or mammalian cells * Spinner (computing), a graphical widget in a GUI * Spinner (MIT Media Lab), software that can automatically edit video to fit a narrative structure Arts and entertainment * ''Spinner'' (album), a 1995 album by Brian Eno & Jah Wobble *Spinner (Blade Runner), a flying car from the film ''Blade Runner'' People *Spinner (surname) *Brian Spencer (1949–1988), Canadian National Hockey League player nicknamed "Spinner" Fictional characters * Spinner (''My Hero Academia''), a character in the manga series ''My Hero Academia'' *Spinner Mason, in the TV series ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' *Spinner, in the animated TV series ''Clutch Cargo'' *Dorothy Spinner, a DC Comics character. *Spinner, a villain of Batman from DC Comics Sports and games *Spinner (dominoes), a domino tile that may be played on fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin (magazine)
''Spin'' (stylized in all caps) is an American music magazine founded in 1985 by publisher Bob Guccione, Jr. Now owned by Next Management Partners, the magazine is an online publication since it stopped issuing a print edition in 2012. History Early history ''Spin'' was established in 1985 by Bob Guccione, Jr. In August 1987, the publisher announced it would stop publishing ''Spin'', but Guccione Jr. retained control of the magazine and partnered with former MTV president David H. Horowitz to quickly revive the magazine. During this time, it was published by Camouflage Publishing with Guccione Jr. serving as president and chief executive and Horowitz as investor and chairman. In its early years, ''Spin'' was known for its narrow music coverage with an emphasis on college rock, grunge, indie rock, and the ongoing emergence of hip-hop, while virtually ignoring other genres, such as country and metal. It pointedly provided a national alternative to ''Rolling Stone's'' more e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Birdman
Rob Kieswetter, better known by his stage name Bobby Birdman, is an American musician. Kieswetter is originally from Nevada City, California, and lives in Los Angeles, California. He has released albums on Hush Records, Not Not Fun, Fryk Beat, States Rights Records. He has played on albums by Bonnie Prince Billy, The Microphones, Yacht, Little Wings, Golden Shoulders, and VVRSSNN. Rob Kieswetter is a member of Yacht's backing band, The Straight Gaze. As Bobby Birdman, he has toured with Ratatat, Hot Chip, and Yacht. Discography * 2009 ''New Moods'' (Fryk Beat Records/Gnar Tapes) * 2008 ''Bust a Move'' - Slowest Ryhme Bobby Birdman Remix (Delicious Vinyl) * 2006 ''Victory at Sea'' 12" (Fryk Beat Records) * 2006 ''Giraffes and Jackals'' CD (States Rights Records) * 2005 ''Giraffes and Jackals'' vinyl (Not Not Fun) * 2003 ''Heart Caves'' EP (States Rights Records) * 2002 ''Born Free Forever'' (Hush Records) * 2001 ''Let Me In'' (Hush Records Hush Records is a Portland, Oregon based ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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