Gerry Fialka
Suzy Williams
GERRY FIALKA by David Healey

GERRY FIALKA and the PXL-2000 Fisher Price Toy Video Camera by Alfred Benjamin

 BRAD KAY & SUZY WILLIAMS by David Healey

Suzy- by Kristy Campbell

To download hi-res pics go here.
CONTACT: Gerry Fialka 310-306-7330 pfsuzy@aol.com

check out Suzy and Her Solid Senders' new cd: MUSIC IN THE FIRST DEGREE

FREE Monthly Cultural Events 310-306-7330
7 Dudley Cinema - First Thursdays at Beyond Baroque 7-10pm http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html
Documental - 2nd Mondays at Unurban 6-10pm http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html
MESS Interviews - 2nd Saturdays at Unurban 4-6pm http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html
Subversive Cinema - Last Fridays at 212 Pier 7:30-10pm http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html
Suzy Williams - 2nd Weds at Dannys 7-10pm  http://www.laughtears.com/
McLuhan-Joyce -First Tuesdays at MDRey Library 6-8pm http://www.venicewake.org/
MOM - 3rd Weds Media Fun at Beyond Baroque 7-10pm http://venicewake.org/Events/current.html

VENUES codes:
u= unurban 3301 pico blvd santa monica ca 90401 310-315-0056
ts= talking stick 1411 lincoln blvd venice ca 90291 310-450-6052 http://www.thetalkingstick.net/
mdr= MDR library 4533 admirality way MDRey ca 90292 310-821-3415 http://www.colapublib.org/libs/marina/
d=dannys 23 windward av venice ca 90291 310-450-6052 http://www.dannysvenice.com/
bb=beyond baroque 681 venice blvd venice ca 90291 310-822-3006 http://www.beyondbaroque.org/
2= 212 pier coffeehouse 212 pier, santa monica ca 90405 310-314-5275 http://www.212pier.com/

w= witzend 1717 lincoln blvd, venice ca 90291 310-305-4792 http://www.witzendlive.com/

Dec 2011 events info:

Dec 18, SUN 2:30pm Suzy & Her Solid Senders at Jazz Forum at The Moose Lodge 1600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica Ca 90405 (1-4pm) $10. westsidejazzforum.org

bb= Dec 21, Wed, 7-10pm: MOM at http://www.beyondbaroque.org/ & http://venicewake.org/Events/current.html

ts= Dec 23, Friday, 6-10pm: Winter Solstice - Lisa Green & friends, w/ Black Shoe Polish around 8ish for 30 minutes, free

2= Dec 30, FRI, 7:30-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

Jan 2012 events info:

mdr= Jan 3, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/

bb= Jan 5, Thurs 7-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema - 9th Venice & Sponto Film Fest & Live Music at http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

u= Jan 9, MON, 6-10pm: DOCUMENTAL - FISHBONE & Funk Films http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

d= Jan 11, WED, 7-10pm: SUZY WILLIAMS at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

u= Jan 14, SAT, 4pm: MESS- Author Terry Wolverton interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

bb= Jan 18, Wed, 7-10pm: MOM at http://www.beyondbaroque.org/ & http://venicewake.org/Events/current.html

Jan 20, FRIDAY, 8pm till late - Suzy Williams, Brad Kay and special guests at The Moose Lodge, 1600 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405, 310-306-7330

2= Jan 27, FRI, 7:30-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

Feb 2012 events info:

bb= Feb 2, Thurs 7-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema - Natasha Maidoff & Experimental films from SF at http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

bb= Feb 4, Sat - POETRY OF VENICE PHOTOGRAPHY 2-4 for panel discussion, 4-7pm PHOTO SHOW opening in gallery http://www.laughtears.com/Beyond_Baroque_Events.html

mdr= Feb 7, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/

d=Feb 8, WED, 7-10pm: SUZY WILLIAMS at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

u= Feb 11, SAT, 4pm: MESS- Mary Jane (Venice history) interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

ts= Feb 12, Sun, 7-10pm: Jazz Funk Fest http://www.laughtears.com/jazzfunkfest.html

u= Feb 13, MON, 6-10pm: DOCUMENTAL - Mary Beth Ross' film about radical feminist Kate Millett http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

bb= Feb 15, Wed, 7-10pm: MOM at http://www.beyondbaroque.org/ & http://venicewake.org/Events/current.html

w= Feb 22, Wed, 8pm STORMIN' NORMAN & SUZY at  http://www.witzendlive.com/

Feb 23-26 STORMIN' NORMAN & SUZY in San Fran & Stockton, CA

2= Feb 24, FRI, 7:30-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

March 2012 events info:

bb= March 1, Thurs 7-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema - Helen Hill films at http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

mdr= March 6, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/

u= March 10, SAT, 4pm: MESS- Poet/author Bill Mohr interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

u= March 12, MON, 6-10pm: Kubrick Odyssey & Terrence McKenna films http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

d= March 14, WED, 7-10pm: SUZY WILLIAMS at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

Gerry tours Michigan and Ann Arbor Film Festival

2= March 30, FRI, 7:30-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

April 2012 events info:

mdr= Apr 3, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/

bb= Apr 5, Thurs 7-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema - Rob Bradley films at http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

u= Apr 9, MON, 6-10pm: DOCUMENTAL - Films TBA http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

d= Apr 11, WED, 7-10pm: SUZY WILLIAMS at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

u= Apr 14, SAT, 4pm: MESS- Actress Mews Small interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

d= Apr 11, WED, 7-10pm: SUZY WILLIAMS at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

Gerry tours New Mexico - includes Pixelvision screening at Guild Cinema in Albq. Apr 16 info@guildcinema.com,

bb= Apr 18, Wed, 7-10pm: MOM at http://www.beyondbaroque.org/ & http://venicewake.org/Events/current.html

2= Apr 27, FRI, 7:30-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

Apr 29, SUN, 10am - 1: The Backboners at Santa Monica Farmers Market, free, Ocean Pk & Main St

(programs subject to change)

Latest Linkage:
Gerry at Other Cinema's PXL THIS 20- 2011 screening http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTUjjZ44rgo and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXCiTFC4Dhc

Gerry on Erik Davis' Progressive Radio show 9-8-11
http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/expanding-mind/2011/9/8/expanding-mind-090811.html
(a little static for first two minutes, then gerry comes in at the 4th minute, about 60 minutes total)

Gerry's interview with DJ Spooky
http://www.archive.org/details/PaulMillerakaDjSpookyInterviewByGerryFialka

Gerry's new article http://www.othercinema.com/otherzine/?issueid=26&article_id=135

Gerry's interview with M.A. Littler (who's new film features Noam Chomsky)
http://www.archive.org/details/M.a.LittlerInterviewByGerryFialka10-1-11

Gerry interviews Bishop Joey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOgX5RVR0EA&feature=email

Oldest Finngans Wake song http://vimeo.com/24018381 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASjG3pZzrcY

SUZY's What the Frack is Going On song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs-hKvEETFM

Suzy & Brad Kay's Pinchback Pixelvision http://vimeo.com/19769816

Phil Ochs Film review by Gerry & Suzy http://change-links.org/?p=1561

Gerry & Jon Rappoport - Progressive Radio Network 11-15-10
http://garynull.squarespace.com/the-jon-rappoport-show and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnscVLV1nNs

Gerry's McLuhan WikiLinks Other Zine article -
http://www.fivebodied.com/viewtopic.php?p=18650&sid=93d5b80cfb44c5d99ac1701e040f0a33
and, with graphics, at http://www.othercinema.com/otherzine/?issueid=25&article_id=123

MAP (live improv music/noise band) http://www.archive.org/download/MapAtTheTalkingStick/Track1.wma

Gerry on Music for Nimrods http://www.mediafire.com/?daa6kzkpdodm013

GF's Dream Awake Litquake 2009 http://www.archive.org/details/litquake_2009_1013_fialka
and Burroughs-Beckett http://www.archive.org/details/newnothing_2010_1021_Fialka

Essential reading - http://www.mcluhanonmaui.com/p/publications.html and
http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/health-headlines/2011/4/29/dr-carolyn-dean-the-medical-monopoly-its-not-about-whos-righ.htm

 


  Links:  
     
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7 Dudley Cinema - updates - archives - Monthly Venice film series at http://www.beyondbaroque.org/  (ABOUT US) (Link to the original 81x site for 7 Dudley Cinema)

  
     
● JAZZ FUNK FEST - Dec 4, 2011 at Talking Stick  
     
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Workshops by Fialka: List One and List Two and List Three and List Four- Upon reading these workshop descriptions, LA Weekly Art critic Doug Harvey declared that Fialka should have his whole own department at Cal Arts. Fialka has lectured on Music at USC, James Joyce & experimental film at San Francisco Cinematheque, Advertising as Art at New England Institute of Art, Pixelvision at MIT & several UK venues, The Art of Fakery in Documentary Filmmaking at SF's Academy of Art & New Zealand's Massey University, McLuhan's Percepts at UC Davis Technocultural Studies (Jesse Drew & Craig Baldwin), Culture Jamming at Flint Institute of Arts, Finnegans Wake at UC Berkeley, various subjects at numerous Ann Arbor Film Festivals and many more. Read accolades at these links. Inquire about Fialka's "Who Knew Genres" study program. Fialka's BIO
  
     
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DOCUMENTAL - updates - archives - Santa Monica ongoing film series at the Unurban Coffee House, Santa Monica

Beyond Baroque Laughtears.com Events 681 Venice Blvd, Venice, CA 90291, 310-822-3006, Monthly Films, monthly MOM discussion group, The Lit Show and more http://beyondbaroque.org/

SUBVERSIVE CINEMA  screens films last Fridays, 7:30-10pm at 212 PIER COFFEEHOUSE, 212 Pier Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90405, 310-314-5275, free admission, http://www.212pier.com/  July 29: DANNY PLOTNICK FILMS, Sept 30: Kingdom of Survival. Aug26, Oct28, Nov25, Dec30 - TBA

  
 
 
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Suzy Williams by Leland Auslender

Suzy Williams - LA's Diva Deluxe - upcoming shows, info 310-306-7330 pfsuzy@aol.com

***Second Wednesdays from 7:00-10:00pm at Danny's, 23 Windward Av, Venice CA 90291, 310-566-5610 http://www.dannysvenice.com/ free admission

***Upcoming shows with Suzy and Steve Weisberg TBA (call 310-306-7330 to confirm)

***Suzy & Her Solid Senders (<--Suzy's bio at this link) - Sun, Dec 18, 2:30-4pm at Moose Lodge 1600 Ocean Pk Blvd, Santa Monica CA 90405 (1-4pm) $10 westsidejazzforum.org

***STORMIN NORMAN & SUZY - West Coast Shows- Saturday, Oct 16 from 7-10pm at The Talking Stick, 1411 Lincoln Blvd (at California), Venice CA 90291, 310-450-6052, $10, First time ever on West Coast with FULL BAND
http://www.puddingbench.com/whats_hot.htm

*** Stormin' Norman & Suzy - East Coast Shows - info from zamcheck@aol.com,

***Suzy CD "Enjoy the Ride" available from here  http://www.worldsrecords.com/cgi-bin/storeR.cgi/specific=itemcode&phrase=65537&cart_id=06-03-10.28567 and read All About Jazz rave-
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=37211

*** The Backboners  CD available

***Suzy & Brad Kay do BESSIE SMITH -  http://www.myspace.com/christmaswithbessie   

***The Off Their Jingle Bell Rockers (with Suzy Williams) available for all your Seasonal Caroling needs
http://www.madamechocolate.com/jingle.html 

COVER ME -new original song by SUZY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEcUNc8hu8w
MORE new songs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwKFe6F6CUI

Suzy & Brad in SF Oct 2010 http://www.laughtears.com/sanfran.html

More press ready (hi-res) stills at Suzy Williams' other web sites - http://www.puddingbench.com/suzy.htm --- http://dobbstown.com/Suzy/  --- http://www.muralista.org/suzy 

Suzy WIlliams' new CD available from HERE

click HERE for hi-res ver for print and publication
  
 
 
 
SUZY WILLIAMS - THE LIT SHOW In her annual celebration of song and literature, LA's Diva Deluxe SUZY WILLIAMS & Brad Kay perform songs based on words by Kurt Vonnegut, Edna St Vincent Millay, J.D. Salinger, Samuel Beckett, Raymond Chandler, Truman Capote, Vladimir Nabokov, Rudyard Kipling and more. Dorothy Parker wrote a song that Billie Holiday sang. Tennessee Williams wrote a song that Marlon Brando sang as a rambling troubadour in The Fugitive Kind. Lonely House was written by Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes. Jack Kerouac & Allen Ginsberg wrote Pull My Daisy with David Amram. You've read the book, now hear the song. Beyond Baroque
 
 
 
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MESS - archives- (Media Ecology Soul Sessions) at Beyond Baroque

GERRY FIALKA's INTERVIEWS have been one-on-one and before live audiences (as in the MESS Series) since the mid-70's. "Fialka's cool questions are right at the heart of all my work. By far the best interview I have ever been treated to." - Ondi Timoner, only two time Sundance Grand Jury winner. Read Ondi's interview here. LIONEL ROLFE interview HERE

  
     
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ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL History Book Project & Workshops

  
     
● PXL THIS 18 - toy camera film festival  
     
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PXL THIS 19 - toy camera film festival- deadline for entry Oct 22, premiere screening Dec 7, 2009 - Toy Camera Fisher Price PXL-2000 Pixelvision Film Festival.

PXL THIS sites: http://pxl2000.blogspot.com/ and http://sites.google.com/site/pxlthis/ and http://www.youtube.com/user/pxlthis
and past festivals at http://willerokan.com/pxlthis.html

  
     
  PXL THIS 20, the 20th annual toy camera film festival featuring Pixelvision films made with the Fisher-Price PXL-2000 camcorder.  
     
 

PXL THIS 21, the 21st annual toy camera film festival

Councilmember Bill Rosendahl welcoming letter for PXL THIS 21 HERE
  
     
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Marshall McLuhan-FINNEGANS WAKE Reading Club and Robert Dobbs

Feedforward: http://blog.venicewake.org/  and http://www.mcluhanonmaui.com/ and http://mcluhangalaxy.wordpress.com/

DREAM AWAKE - James Joyce & Experimental Film Screening/Workshop MORE, REVIEWS & FOLLOW-UP

  
     
● Fialka in New Zealand 2008:
  		 
     
● SUNNY WAR  - myspace page and 30 min. concert produced by Gerry Fialka on youtube: Part 1  Part 2  Part 3  Part 4  
 

Read Michael Simmons' July 17, 2009 LA Weekly "Meet Sunny War" article
http://www.laweekly.com/2009-07-16/music/meet-sunny-war/

Check out SUNNY WAR - Social Suicide CD (2011) http://www.reverbnation.com/sunnyw4r
and the video Social Suicide Session http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlwrV7D3Nvs
produced by Gerry Fialka and Mark X Farina

View Will Erokan's experimental youtube for Sunny War Instrumental http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_8NbGp-wdE Peter Kubelka eat your heart out.

  
     
● ===San Fran events Oct 2010 - Suzy Williams & Gerry Fialka===  
     
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