OLD NEWS
12.15.04
I've posted 3 songs from my 1999 Christmas cd for download on the mp3 page. You can find another at MySpace.
12.14.04
For the last month Jane and I have been practicing and writing – we're trying some different arrangements on a few of the songs. Last weekend Jane (Best Pedestrian) played at the Mockbee (while balancing a cake on her head) and I got to join her for a song - "Rodentia Revue". Our next And How performance will be this Saturday, December 18, at our friend Jamie's birthday/Christmas party. Hopefully we'll have some dates in the new year to announce soon. In the meantime we're working on recording and writing a few more new songs.
11.17.04
Show went great last night despite lots of talking through everyone's sets – thanks to all who came.
11.15.04
On Saturday night Jane and I played a set for some friends to try out the songs in front of people. Everyone clapped nicely. Don't forget about the show at Crush tomorrow night!
11.12.04
And How will be making our debut public performance on Tuesday, November 16th opening for Kimya Dawson (of the Moldy Peaches) at Crush. Should be fun. Tonight I have a piece in a show at the Mockbee. The show is called Versus and was put together by the Art Directors Club of Cincinnati. I was paired up with another deisgner, Julie Carson, and we traded back and forth on a design together. I haven't seen the finished piece but it might be interesting. Details on the shows page.
11.09.04
At And How practice last night Jane and I worked on some different vocal arrangements for the clock song... we have eight songs almost completed now.
11.08.04
Last week Josh Flowers and I went over some ideas for a short film we're going to make together. It's Tentatively titled, "Love Me, Don't Sit on Me". Today I typed up our notes to create a rough first draft and sent it off to get his feedback.
11.06.04
Today Jane and I (And How!) practiced at my house with mics & full amplification to get a better idea of how things are going to sound live. We went through our whole set and worked extensively on "Story About the Ocean" and "Rodentia Revue". We also spent sime time jamming on Pachelbel's "Cannon in D" & Neil Diamond's "Love on the Rocks".
10.30.04
Today we finished filming my scenes for the "One From None" short film. Editing will begin soon.
10.28.04
More time spent today editing I invented it! footage. I have 11 full shows on tape as well as some snippets from tour, etc so trimming it down to a manageable amount has become quite a chore.
10.25.04
I've been busy with a few projects lately... we're putting together a DVD for Cicada: The Musical and I've edited together some supplemental material for it – including outtakes from the Bruns & Son Funeral Home Commercials. I'm also sorting through I invented it! video footage for an eventual DVD and trying to clear space on my hard drive so I can really dive into editing The Haircut footage. In between all this video editing I'm also filming a small part in a local short film, "One From None", and practicing practicing practicing with my new band, And How! – it's a project I'm working on with Jane Carver who some people might know as Best Pedestrian. We've been practicing since the beginning of August, writing all new material together, recording demos and hope to play some shows in the near future...
09.27.04
I updated the images page with a new invitation I designed for the next Contemporary Arts Center show as well as a poster I designed for an upcoming show at the Southgate House featuring Q and Not U, El Guapo & Voyageur.
09.10.04
The Josh Flowers Show was great! It will repeat on Staurday night at midnight and Tuesday at 7p.m. for the next two weeks in Kentucky on Insight Cable channel 21 and will eventually show in Cincinnati and Dayton as well – I'll post it when I find out.
09.03.04
On Tuesday, September 7, I'll be the guest on The Josh Flowers Show on Insight Cable channel 21 at 7:00p.m. Should be interesting.
09.02.04
My Mario Tube sculpture has been found and returned to me. It's damaged and was obviously intentionally disturbed but at least it's no longer missing.
08.25.04
Saturday at the opening of Awesome!!! at The Mockbee someone stole my contribution to the show, a sculpture. Mario Tube is made of PVC, wood and felt. It's 4-1/4 inches tall. If anyone knows where it is or what happened to it I'd like to know. There are some photos below – they're not great but they'll have to do.
I moved all The Haircut pictures to the images page. I'm going to try to post all the entries eventually...
08.13.04
The Haircut is now posted. Please come to the Awesome!!! show this Saturday at The Mockbee. I have a new piece!
08.13.04
The Haircut winning entry has been posted – it was a very close vote and the judges passionately debated prior to casting their ballots. Corinne Dean designed the winning entry. Thanks everyone for entering – I'll be posting a picture of myself with The Haircut soon.
08.09.04
The Haircut top two finalists have been posted. After these two were selected the judges discussed their views and each was allowed one vote for their favorite. Check back to see how they voted. Also, I'm in a group show at The Mockbee (formerly SSNOVA) on Saturday, August 21 – details in the shows page.
08.05.04
Judging of The Haircut has been completed and I'm trying to get the 10 finalists scanned and posted for everyone to see... check back soon... or click on the webcam link for a sneak peak.
OK – the final ten are now posted! The final two and the winner will be revealed in the coming days – check for updates.
08.04.04
Judging The Haircut tonight!
07.28.04
The Haircut entries are in and now it's time for judging. Judging will take place Wed, Aug 4th. I'll post the finalists online prior to announcing the winner.
Judges of The Haircut will be:
Sally Bruns – my
mother
Matt Distel – Assistant Curator of Exhibitions at the Contemporary Arts
Center
Kimie Pitrelli – my hairstylist at Identity Spa & Salon
Patrick Romelli, Jr. – my boss at Romelli Design
Tricia Suit – Associate Editor at the Sunday Challenger
There's an interview in the August issue of Cincinnati Magazine about The Haircut. There's a scan of the article on the images page. I've also added a new video, Bruns and Sons Funeral Home, to the site. I made these three commercials for Cicada:The Musical and they also were shown this past weekend at The Lite Brite Indie Pop And Film Test at the Southgate House.
07.20.04
I'm going to San Diego for a couple days – when I get back it's Haircut judging time.
07.13.04
There's one week left to get in your Haircut entries – don't delay!!! If anyone would be interested in being interviewed on videotape about this project to tell me about your entry, interesting haircut stories or how brilliant or pathetic you think I am please let me know and we'll set up a time. Also, today there's an article mentioning The Haircut in CityBeat – Look Here!: Art, Artists, Etc.
07.09.04
There's a nice article about The Haircut in the weekend section of today's Cincinnati Enquirer. Keep those entries coming...
07.08.04
I added some new images today – including a scan of the recent CityBeat article.
07.07.04
I'm featured in CityBeat's What RU Listening 2 this week.
07.01.04
There's some new press links regarding the Rock & Read Fest 2004 at Rohs St Café. Check it out tomorrow night – I'll have something new plus some Haircut entry forms for those who don't want to bother printing their own. Also, I'll be performing with The New Cicada Brass Band in the Northside 4th of July Parade on... the 5th.
06.30.04
In the past week I've been interviewed by The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati Magazine & CityBeat – be on the lookout and keep those Haircut entries coming in!
06.27.04
Thanks to the crowd of over 700 people who were at the 80's Pop...Rocks! benefit – definitely the biggest crowd I've played in front of – and extra thanks to Super77 for letting me share the stage with them.
06.24.04
Cincinnati CityBeat and Cincinnati Enquirer articles about the 80's Pop...Rocks! benefit show on Saturday have been added to the press page. You can also find The Haircut Press Release there.
06.23.04
I've started a new project called The Haircut. It's an unscripted artwork where I'll be letting people submit ideas for my next haircut. You can download an entry form in pdf format here.
06.16.04
I've got two shows coming up... first there's the 80's Pop...Rocks! benefit show at The Historic Southgate House on Sat, June 26. I'll be performing Moog with Super77. All profits of this show will be going to AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, Inc. (AVOC) and there are a ton of other bands perfoming as well: Spiff, Kelp, Scratch Resistance, The Green Room, Paperback, Seven Speed Vortex, Vital Idol, Culture Queer, cari clara, Mill, Me Or The Moon, The Fairmount Girls, Abiyah, Campfire Crush, Third Law, Lovely Crash, The 13's, Montana and McDeviltoast, The Staggering Statistics, The Matthew Shadley Band, Messerly and Ewing, fotos, Patrick Ewing, wussy, The Gravity Car, Wolverton Brothers, The Waywards, Dave Storm (of The Screaming Mimes), The Whitney Barricklow Band, Gremlins, Montclaire, Ass Ponys, DJ Empirical
Then, on July 2 there is the Rock & Read Fest 2004 at Rohs St Café. This is an event put on by the Cowgirl Superstars that combines music with tons-o-zines. This year they've invite non-zine experts to make something for the show and that's what I'll be doing.
06.15.04
I invented it! is on Myspace.com. You can hear a song there...
06.13.04
My Cicada:The Musical poster was on national television!
06.11.04
Steve Ramos gives his take on seeing Cicada:The Musical in the new issue of CityBeat - link in press. Remember to tune in to CBS News Sunday Morning.
06.07.04
Cicada:The Musical played to over-sold crowds both nights - good. I hope people enjoyed it. We should be featured on CBS News Sunday Morning next week so tune in. There was also a camera crew from the BBC but I have no idea what they plan on doing with the footage. In other news, I've updated the I invented it! page with some images from our final show (courtesy Matt Mooney) and other assorted tidbits.
06.02.04
Cicada:The Musical is merely days away, more press is kicking in AND we've been told a camera crew from CBS News Sunday Morning will be visiting us for our dress rehearsal and opening night... if you don't have tickets yet it's time to start scrambling as I think we've almost sold out both nights...
05.27.04
I recently designed the invitation for the new Contemporary Arts Center exhibition. It's a Paul Kos show and you can see the invite in the images section.
05.24.04
My good friends, Super77, had their cd release this past Saturday and upon receiving my copy of the cd I found out that Matt (singer) used one of my photos in the cd booklet - check out the images section to see. I think this was taken at Never On Sundays when I invented it! played a show with them.
05.21.04
I designed some postcards to help promote Cicada:The Musical. You can see an example in the images section. I also added an image of the new banner I made for Fizzgig a while back.
05.18.04
Today I added images from the Appropriately Enough show. Revised Note is Kurt Cobain's suicide note re-written with a happier ending and Slutsongs:Screw Music is a series of 25 cds of screw music, the style popularized by Houston's DJ Screw. Other random images added as well.
05.17.04
There are three new songs available for download on the mp3 page. These are all three songs that have been around for while - particiularly "17" - but these are brand-new-just-finished recordings. I'm working on lots of other new songs right now so hopefully I'll have more to share soon. Also, Cicada:The Musical is starting to get press - there are links on the press page to articles from CIN Weekly, The Cincinnati Enquirer and Wired.
05.16.04
Cicada:The Musical was discussed on NPR's Weekend Edition today.
05.14.04
I changed the look of the images pages a little and in general have been slowly changing everything on the site to be a little more streamlined - hoping to add a bunch of new content soon...
05.11.04
If you ended up making my Honey-Milk Treats after reading the article in CIN Weekly I'd love to hear about it...
05.06.04
I finally created an images2004 page... more to come.
05.04.04
I just finished a poster for the Super77 cd release show at York St. Cafe on May 22 - check it out - http://www.kendallbruns.com/2004/040522_Super77.jpg
04.28.04
All kinds of crazy stuff happening... Cicada:The Musical plans are in full swing - there will be 2 performances, June 4 & 5, 2004 at College Hill Town Hall, 1805 Larch Ave Cincinnati, OH. Shows start at 8p.m. You can get your preshow tickets for $5 from Ali's Boutique & Avant Garage in Northside. Tickets will also be for sale for $10 at the door the night of the performance. You can check out the poster I designed for the show here. Things are really heating up with this - we recently were asked for info and media by both National Geographic Television and NPR's All Thing's Considered - I'll keep you posted if we find out about anything actually getting aired. On a totally unrelated note - check out the new issue of CIN Weekly - there's an article with my Honey-Milk Treats recipe and a short interview.
04.09.04
www.cicadathemusical.com
04.07.04
Today is my birthday.
03.31.04
New band activity - I'll post details when it's official.
03.17.04
- RRRachel made this...
03.16.04
Messing with the look a little... more to come.
03.15.04
The opening reception for Appropriately Enough is this Friday, March
19 from 6-9p.m. at the Warsaw Project Space. I'll have at least two brand new
pieces in the show which also features six other Cincinnati artists doing work
that incorporates appropriation.
03.01.04
OK - new stuff - I just designed a poster for the Plush show being held at the
Southgate House on March 19th - I'll post it here soon. Also, the group show
I'm in at the Warsaw Project Space is titled Appropriately Enough and
I think the opening is on March 19th as well. Stay tuned...
02.29.04
Thanks to all who came to see I invented
it! one last time.
02.24.04
The Playhouse show was... interesting. Don't miss the show this Friday as it will be our last. Also, check out my page on gigposters.com - it's a great site where you can post... gigposters.
02.13.04
Someone yelled at me for not updating so here we go... I
invented it! are playing two shows in the coming weeks that you should check
out. First, on Monday, Feb 23rd we'll be at the Cincinnati
Playhouse In the Park performing as part of the Alteractive Series. We'll
be doing a short 15-20 minute acoustic(!) set @ 7p.m. SHARP. We'll be opening
up for Charlie Bethel’s one-man performance of Beowulf. Cuddly-D will
also be providing entertainment that night. AND THEN on Fri, Feb 27th I invented
it! are playing the Southgate House Parlour with our good friends Ghost Kite
and Sump Pumps (Bloomington synth-noise people). Do not miss this show as it
will be one of your last times ever ever probably forever to see I invented
it! perform. Oh yeah, we have cds now too. In non-music news I just finished
designing the invite for the next show at the Contemporary Art Center and I'm
working on some new pieces that will be in a group show at Warsaw Project Space
in March - but more about that later.
01.19.04
It's a new year and new stuff is happening and I'll tell you all about it...
but not right now - I'm busy.
12.26.03
Once again, Andrew Loughnane mentions me in Artspike
Magazine - twice in the Dec 17th issue! First, in "Come,
My Friends, 'Tis Not Too Late" he mentions the Relics show
as setting a nice precedent for Southgate House gallery openings being accompanied
by relavent musical performances in the Parlour and then in "Top
Ten Local Art Moments in 2003" he has at #3, "Kendall Bruns’
haughty Relics show getting vandalized at the Southgate House Gallery...twice!"
12.05.03
In the Nov 20th issue of Artspike
Magazine, Andrew Loughnane namechecks me while discussing Keith Benjamin's
current show at the Linda
Schwartz Gallery. He calls me a "designer/musician/relict" ...whatever
that means. Anyway, check out Keith's show - it ends Dec 19th.
11.11.03
There are some cool I invented it! shows
coming up including one tonight at Shirley's with Kites.
We're also working on a short Winter tour - stay tuned. Today I added scans
of the X-Ray Cincinnati interview to the images
section.
11.07.03
The new X-Ray Cincinnati magazine has a nice 2-page spread with pictures of some of the music posters I've been doing as well as an interview. Find it for free on the streets of Cincinnati.
10.30.03
I added a few new images today
including posters for the SSION show on Sunday (also featuring I
invented it!) and Freezepop Nov 9th. I strongly encourage people to come
to both of these shows.
10.27.03
The October 22 issue of Artspike features an article
about the Art Academy of Cincinnati's Mad Hatter Ball. There's a tiny blurb
about I invented it! having technical
difficulties and you can see my arm in one of the pictures... exciting stuff.
10.13.03
I recently designed a poster for a show at the Southgate House on October 17th. Performing will be Ozma, Fizzgig, The Natural History, Schatzi & The Oranges Band. Check out the poster and flyer on the images page.
10.01.03
DJ Death from 91.1 WRUV in Cleveland has been playing my solo track, "On Your Own", on her Tuesday radio show - check it out. Also, I invented it! is playing a FREE show tonight at Big Pappy's Pizza - show starts @ 10p.m.
09.22.03
I did two remixes for the Fudgie & Fufu remix album a while back but unfortunately I didn't make the deadline so... they are now available for download at http://www.fudgieandfufu.com in the audio visual section. Also check the shows section for a few updates.
09.11.03
Well I'm back in Cincinnati after a nice 2 week vacation in Hawaii. I made a flyer for the show with Grand Buffet coming up in a few weeks - check it out in the images section. Other stuff in the works...
08.27.03
The new issue of Cincinnati Citybeat has me listed as one of Cincinnati's "Next Influentials". They ranked me in at #17 out of their 25. You can see for yourself at http://www.citybeat.com/2003-08-27/cover3.shtml. Also, I'm pleased to announce that I invented it! will be supporting Grand Buffet and Oxymoronatron at the Southgate House on Thursday, September 25th. This show is not to be missed!
08.19.03
I invented it! will be playing a show without me while I'm in Hawaii for my brother's wedding. After I return we'll be playing a show with Tears On Sunday @ Never On Sundays - details on the shows page.
08.13.03
The show last night was memorable - I broke two strings by the time we started the third song. I had a nervous breakdown but eventually continued and it was a mess but, you know - it was messy with CONVICTION.
08.08.03
I'm going to have a table at the Rock & Read Festival tomorrow at SSNOVA. Also, I invented it! will be playing a show on Tuesday at Eazy Rider.
07.31.03
Thanks to all that came to the Southgate House last night. I've designed some fliers for the 2nd Rock & Read Festival which will be at SSNOVA on Aug 9th.
07.30.03
Tonight - Southgate House w/25 Suaves!
07.25.03
Tonight I invented it! is playing at Publico. I think we're going to play two short sets with the first one at 8pm. the artwork on display has been top secret but I'm sure it will be great. Hope to see you there.
07.21.03
07.18.03
I updated some info on the shows page including the show we're playing with 25 Suaves at the Southgate House July 30th.
07.04.03
Tonight - another show with I invented it! @ Hollister with some good bands... please come.
06.26.03
The band I play guitar in (I invented it!) is playing a show this Saturday... details on the shows page.
06.18.03
Hello everyone. Therapy sessions went well - thanks to everyone who participated. I'll try to post some pictures and documentation in the near future. I'm currently working on a new body of work and also am busy with my still unnamed band. As soon as we have some shows scheduled they'll be posted here.
05.28.03
I've heard from a few people who think the performance I'm doing this weekend makes light of mental illness. That's not my intention and I will be taking precautions with anyone who participates to make sure they understand this.
05.23.03
I've added my press release for Kendall Bruns, Artist/Therapist to the press page. I am currently scheduling therapy sessions for May 29-31 at SSNOVA. My hours will be: Thursday 6-11pm, Friday 6-8pm, Saturday 12-8pm. Email kendall@kendallbruns.com or call (513) 305-8399 to schedule an appointment. I will also be accepting walk-ins.
05.22.03
Check the images section for some new content including the invitations I designed for the Grand Opening of the new Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art.
05.21.03
There's an interview in the new issue of Cincinnati Citybeat with Sue Spaid where she talks about Nowhere Better Than This Place. You can read it online at http://www.citybeat.com/2003-05-21/art.shtml.
05.14.03
OK, I'll be doing a performance at SSNOVA May 29-31st. It's a participatory type thing so stay tuned to find out how you can be a part of it. It's for a large group show being curated by Sue Spaid called Nowhere Better Than this Place. There are some details on the shows page with many more to come...
05.13.03
Well, I'm back from the Artboat and it was a pretty good time. There were some placement issues and for a while they were trying to use our sculpture as a traffic blocker but other than that... sold a bunch of I Love Water buttons as well as some of the cds that Autumn and I made of improvised duck music. While in Chicago I also visited my friend Josh who writes and publishes the new GI Joe comic through his company, Devil's Due.
05.08.03
So way back a long time ago it seems like I was an extra in a film called Three Barbecues and that little film is having it's premiere this Saturday, May 10th at the Madison Theatre. If I wasn't going to be on a boat that's where I'd be...
05.07.03
I added the press release for Artboat2003 and the Trained Monkey Press review of my A Mild And Crazy Guy cd to the press page.
04.28.03
Today I recorded some demos with my new yet-to-be-named band. Looks like we'll be having our first shows in July...
04.25.03
I'm featured in the May issue of Cincinnati Magazine (in my mailbox yesterday and on newsstands soon). I'm part of the cover story that's about the creative class in Cincinnati, "young, passionate people shaping Cincinnati's future." There's a small picture and bio about me. There's loads of other stuff in the issue as well including an article about the soon to be opened Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art which I recently finished designing the Grand Opening Invitations for.
04.22.03
I've made many updates to the images section of the site with more to come - I've been sort of neglecting it for a while but now I'm cleaning up and adding a bunch of things that have fallen through the cracks. I'm also starting to add context to some of the images that might have confused people in the past...
04.20.03
Someone told me that an issue of Trained Monkey Press had a review of my Reform Now! cd. If anyone knows how I could get a copy let me know...
04.18.03
Today I added a new mp3. It's from my The Beatles cd. You can still check out the entire piece at Semantics on Saturdays from 12-4pm or by appointment until the end of the month. Check the shows page if you need more info.
04.14.03
I’ve done some tinkering with the site... updated many of the sections and added a new guestbook. Also new - check out the store - you can now buy A Mild And Crazy Guy and Reform Now! cds via Paypal.
04.07.03
It’s my birthday. The openings this Saturday both went well. You can see the show at Semantics through the rest of April on Saturdays, 12-4pm or by appointment.
04.02.03
I’m in two group exhibitions this Saturday. At Semantics I'm included in a show titled, Evidence divided by ephemera is greater to or equal than experience: A show about process. The piece I'm presenting is a cd of The Beatles’ entire full length lp output from 1963-1970 that has been compressed in duration without being modified in pitch or edited so that it can fit on a single cd and experienced in one sitting. It includes 169 songs from 11 different albums and you can hear it all in about 72 minutes. These are numbered in an edition of 25. Other artists included in the show are: Russell Ihrig, Andrea Wohl, Kim Humphries, Debbie Brod, Sarah Colby, Andy Marko, John Ennis, Dave Rohs, Krista Gregory, the surds, Andrew Loughnane, Kevin Poole, Andrea Sparks, Steve Zieverink, Fred Ellenberger, Susannah Rosenthal and gregory/murphy. It's being organized by Julia Ranz.
The other show is a few doors down at a space run by Rachel Rampleman. Her show is titled, Work In Progress. My contribution here will be an ongoing project that involves credit card companies and financial security. Other artists include: Terry Berlier, Jay Bolotin, Fred Ellenberger, Krista Gregory, Marcus Knupp, Tony Luensman, Kevin McCarthy, Tim McMichael, Rachel Rampleman and music by Chalk at around 10-10:30pm.
There's gonna be a lot of stuff so come check it out + there's an opening at SSNOVA across the street. Check the shows page for more specific info about times and addresses.
03.11.03
I’m going to be in a few group shows coming up in the next few months - I’ve updated the shows page with info. One of these shows is Artboat2003 in Chicago. The show will be aboard the Anita Dee II, a 140-foot 3-level yacht docked at Navy Pier during ArtChicago. There will be work by artists from thirty young galleries, collectives, project spaces and artists from Chicago and various cities throughout the Midwest and elsewhere. I'll be doing a collaborative piece with Autumn Schrader.
03.04.03
I received an email from someone named Martin McRoberts today... I'm not really a snob...
02.26.03
Another nice Citybeat mention here.
02.21.03
The 4th Red Square Film And Video Show is this weekend, Feb 22nd & 23rd. Starts at 2pm both days at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Free show. Same program both days. Very exciting. I helped organize the show. Please come.
02.17.03
Southgate House Gallery Director, Andrew Loughnane, has put together a nice webpage with info about my current exhibition and prices.
02.14.03
Last night between 11pm and 2am someone(?!) vandalized some of the artwork in the Southgate House Gallery. They messed up a few pieces but things are ok overall and the show goes on. Also, and probably unrelated, someone left a question which I will now answer...
Q: Will there ever come a day when strangers walking down a street will spontaneously sing and dance in unison? Ode to the Musical
A: The Indonesians are amazing. The differences between Western and Eastern culture are sometimes huge, sometimes tiny: I challenge anyone to define the Asian mentality, as much as I challenge anyone to define the Western mentality. One thing's for sure: apart from a few bad eggs, Indonesians are a good people, always kind, considerate, interested and willing to chat. Yes, when the lonesome traveller is tired and wants some peace the overly-keen Asian instantly becomes a pain, but compared to Westerners, Indonesians are friendly beyond the call of duty.
02.13.03
The new issue of Cincinnati Citybeat mentions DISSENTCINNATI. You can read it online at http://www.citybeat.com/2003-02-12/musicspillit.shtml
02.11.03
I've contributed a track to a cd called DISSENTCINNATI.
02.10.03
The new issue of Artspike features a nice large full-color spread interview with some pictures. You can check the article out online but try to get a hard copy for the full effect.
02.09.03
Thanks to all who came to the opening and especially to all the bands who performed - it was a good night.
02.05.03
The new issue of Cincinnati Citybeat features an article about the Relics and Reform Now! shows at the Southgate House this Saturday. There's a link to it on the press page.
02.04.03
I put Quincy's posters on the front page. He designed and screenprinted these for me to promote the cd release.
01.27.03
I removed the Christmas mp3s today and have added some different stuff - including a new demo and my version of "King Tut" from the A Mild And Crazy Guy cd.
01.23.03
Things are getting hectic... the cd artwork is being finalized now - looks like there'll be two different covers to choose from. I have the Quincy screenprinted posters which I'll be posting soon. Everybody get ready it's gonna be cool.
01.17.03
Matt Mooney did a nice flier for the Reform Now! cd release show - it's currently on the front page. Matt did one of the remixes on the cd and his band, Super77 will be playing the show. Soon I should have some posters that Quincy Robinson is screenprinting for me & Thom Romelli is hard at work on the cd artwork as we speak...
01.06.03
My A Mild and Crazy Guy cds are finally finished. These cds include my entire Mild and Crazy Guy comedy routine including the song, "King Tut". They come in a slightly weathered LP-look packaging and include a "Best Fishes" photo. I'm only making 50 of these. They're numbered and signed. They'll be available for $5 each at the February 8th Southgate show.
01.05.03
I'm one of the jurors of the upcoming 4th Red Square Film & Video Show. The Red Square Film and Video Show is currently accepting submissions. The Red Square is committed to showing quality works of video and film art - accepting both short films (under 20 minutes) and feature length films. Entry deadline is January 15th. The show will be February 22-23rd at the Cincinnati Art Museum. Submission forms can be procured at http://www.artacademy.edu/redsquare For info email redsquareinfo@yahoo.com.
01.02.03
Some site problems... all ok now. Happy new year.
12.19.02
Tune in to WAIF 88.3FM tonight from 8-10pm for Kindred Sanction. They'll be playing some of my Christmas songs during the show.
12.17.02
I have added Christmas mp3s from my Maximus Christmas cd to the mp3 section. These are songs I recorded in 1998-99. The remix cd is coming right along and I'm putting together the lineup for the release show - many of the bands/musicians who contributed remixes will be performing. This will be happening Saturday, February 8th at the Southgate House. The same night I will also be having an art opening in the third floor gallery. I'll have more details on all this and more soon...
12.02.02
The Madonna Tribute show went really well - we performed Borderline. The Wolverton Brothers' rendition of "Music" was my personal favorite of the night. Tonight - Soviet.
11.25.02
Wed, November .27th, the day before Thanksgiving, I'll be performing at the Southgate House as part of a Madonna Tribute. I'll be playing guitar with 7 Speed Vortex. other bands performing include: Wolverton Bros, Fairmount Girls, Fudgie & Fu Fu, Burning Star Core, Haley Mill, Culture Queer, Little Billy Catfish, Montclaire, Jackass Austin Brown, Staten Island Faeries, 2 Middletonians & Josh... plus an after dance party with I Am The World Trade Center. This is a Fudgie & Fufu presentation and also wiil be the Official release party for the Fudgie & Fu Fu book, The Biography of Libbey A Miller.
11.07.02
I'll be having a show at the Southgate House's brand spanking newly remodeled upstairs gallery in February. I'm also hoping that the remix cd will be completed by this time as well as some other good stuff. Stay tuned for details. I'm also currently working on a remix of a Fudgie & Fufu song...
10.27.02
I saw Mallory play at Top Cat's last night as well as Readymaid and a band from UK called Bunny. Mallory keep getting better and better I think. I'm really looking forward to their cd coming out next month... I found out that Top Cat's is closing Dec 1st... sad. Tonight I'm checking out the Liars and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs at the Southgate House + I think Spencer has a DroneDisco show happening in the Parlour...
10.25.02
Halloween party. I am Richie Tenenbaum.
10.18.02
Electroclash was super-cool. Tracy and the Plastics, W.I.T., Chicks on Speed & Peaches + in between sets by Larry Tee didn't disappoint. Maybe they'll visit Cincinnati next year?
10.16.02
My brother's party went off without a hitch and everyone seemed to enjoy the music. Tonight I'm off to Columbus to see the Electroclash festival at the Wexner Center. I was just there on Sunday to see Clinic and really enjoyed their stage on the stage setup. Clinic was excellent - I highly recommend going out of your way to see them.
10.08.02
Time to catch up on some stuff... thanks to all who brought bags of sugar for the "Great Wall". My final count was 32 bags - many arrived during the opening. Pictures of the wall and the Spelling Bee are now up with more to come. The 151st Murderous Passion show went well - sparse attendance but the people who came were attentive. I saw Matt Sharp perform at the Buzz which was pretty exciting and caught Mitch Hedberg's perfomance at a comedy club in Dayton the other night. Very exciting. Looks like I'll be providing music under the name LLDJ at my brother's 21st birthday party this Saturday - if you wanna come, I'll email you the details upon request. Also, I should have new info soon regarding the remix project and a show I'll be doing in February.
09.29.02
I added bunches of bunches of pictures to the images section...
09.17.02
Tomorrow, September 18th, I will be performing live music as part of the 151st Murderous Passion: A Power Electronix tribute to Giorgio Moroder. The 151st Murderous Passion also contains members of IOVAE and Burning Star Core. This will be in the Southgate Parlour, $5, 9pm. Also performing are Sightings from NYC and probably others as well. Check out www.southgatehouse.com for info.
09.15.02
The "Great Wall of Sugar" received a significant boost at the opening on Wednesday. Thanks to those who contributed. My performance at SSNOVA afterwards was a spelling bee. I was the pronouncer, judge and also made the word list. There were 17 participants. The winner, Eric Puryear, won a trophy that I personally designed and built with a bee I commissioned local fly-tie expert, Thom Romelli, to make. You can read about the SSNOVA events on artspike.org. Pictures will be posted soon.
09.10.02
Tomorrow is the opening for the Proposed and Delivered show at the Chidlaw Gallery. It's not too late to bring bags of sugar for the Great Wall. The opening is from 6-8pm and will be followed by performances at SSNOVA from 9-11pm. At SSNOVA I will be holding a spelling bee. There will be signups at the opening for those interested in participating. Addresses and other info can be found in the shows section.
08.26.02
I'm back from London - had a great time... construction of the "Great Wall of Sugar" has begun. I need more sugar! Bring your five pound bags to the Chidlaw Gallery to be part of this project.
08.15.02
I'm leaving for London today.
08.14.02
I will be constructing a wall from bags of sugar in the Chidlaw Gallery at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. I'm asking for people to donate bags of sugar to be used in the construction. By donating bags of sugar you will help determine the size and scope of this "Great Wall". You can bring bags of sugar (5 lb granulated sugar in paper bags) to the Chidlaw Gallery, (located in the Art Academy's Eden Park building) 951 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202, starting today and put them in a box I have set up. I will begin construction of the wall on August 22nd - the first day of the show - and will continue building until September 15th. Details of the exhibition are in the shows section. I need as many bags of sugar as possible to build my "Great Wall" so don't be shy - bring me your sugar! The building hours are 9am-9pm Mon-Thurs, 9am-5pm Fri, 12-5pm Sat & Sun. Thanks and I'll keep people updated on the wall's progress as it develops.
08.09.02
Those pics from the Bear In Mind show are up now. If you missed the show, you have a second chance to see one of the pieces this Saturday August, 10th at Semantics. They're celebrating their 4 year anniversary with a giant benefit show that will feature lots of art and performances by Chalk, Black and Tan Carpet Band, Burning Star Core and much much more. The show will be from 7-11PM and there are other details in the shows section.
08.02.02
The new issue of CityBeat has an article about SSNOVA and it briefly mentions the Bear In Mind show. The article can be read here.
07.31.02
Thanks to everyone who came to see the Bear In Mind show - I'll be posting some pics soon.
07.16.02
Tiny updates today to the shows and press pages with info about the Bear In Mind show at SSNOVA on Tuesday, July 23rd.
07.07.02
I designed a postcard for a show at Semantics titled, Hi-Res. You can view it in the images section.
06.15.02
There's an article in the Summer issue or Sleep Matters Magazine about sleep related artwork that discusses some of my work. There's even a few nice color images.
06.05.02
I added images from the A.M. Holiday benefit and also an image of a poster I designed for The Rise concert at The Void on June 14th.
06.02.02
Last night was the A.M. Holiday benefit and I had lots of fun. Thanks to Matt from Mallory for setting up the show.
05.28.02
I've added a few images from my Void performance on Sunday.
05.26.02
I'll be performing at The Void tonight. Posters for the A.M. Holiday show at the Southgate House on June 1st have been added to the images section. Also, a few updates in the recording history.
05.21.02
A new show added.
05.20.02
Thanks to everyone who came to Mayhem at the Mockbee. I put a few pics in the images section.
05.11.02
I updated information on two upcoming shows.
04.30.02
A few new images today.
04.29.02
04.28.02
Today I updated the recording history to include two new songs I recorded last month.
04.27.02
I spent some time today un-mixing songs for the I-promise-it's-coming-someday-in-the-near-future Remix cd.
04.24.02
I added a few links to the press page. One is about the Rock & Read Festival and the other is in Spanish and seems to be about AfterMichaelMandiberg.com. I also added some new images.
04.17.02
I recently made some transit card art which will be appearing in Cincinnati Metro buses until late Summer of this year. You can see images of the cards in the images section... or just take a bus ride. There will be an opening reception at the Westin Hotel on April 26th where a Metro bus will become a "moving gallery", transporting gallery-goers to and from the Main Street Entertainment District, the Pendleton Arts Center and the Atrium.
04.13.02
I updated the camchive and images sections today.
04.02.02
The benefit I'll be participating in on June 1st is called A.M. Holiday. It will benefit the under-funded art and music programs in local Cincinnati schools. Information on this event can be found at http://www.amholiday.net.
03.20.02
I did a major overhaul of the images section - rearranged everything according to year and added a bunch of new stuff.
03.29.02
Cincinnati CityBeat's 2002 Best of Cincinnati issue came out yesterday and they picked me as...
"Hardest Working Artist in Cincinnati (Generation Next): Art Academy of Cincinnati alum Kendall Bruns mans creative exhibitions with clever performance pieces and composes avant-garde music, despite the fact that he also works to pay the bills. Isn't coffee wonderful?"
hmmm... I don't drink coffee... you can see the article at http://www.bestofcincinnati.com/outstaff.html.
03.27.02
My birthday is April 7th... I'm having a birthday party on April 5th.
03.21.02
I have found the missing 4-track tapes! They were under layers of sawdust... I'm in the process of reviewing them and mixing some tracks down.
03.17.02
I updated the camchive today.
03.16.02
More recording history page updates.
03.15.02
I wrote, recorded, and mixed a new song today. It's called Spinning...
03.13.02
Today I finished an ad for the Kailip cd release party that's going to run in next week's CityBeat. I'm also currently working on logos for Fizzgig and buttons for Autoshape. All that and I still found time to add some more stuff to the recording history page...
03.12.02
I finished adding details about the RT2K recordings to the recording history page.
03.11.02
I just received a copy of the new cd by a local band called Kailip. I did some layout on the cd artwork and also some promotional cards and posters for them. Their cd release party is March 22nd at the York Street Cafe.
03.10.02
I'm putting the finishing touches on artwork for the Mild And Crazy Guy cd. The audio is all finished and I'm hoping to have these printed soon...
02.27.02
I added a bunch of new stuff to the recording history page. There are still big holes and I'm having trouble because I can't find some of my master tapes(!).
02.23.02
I've been keeping busy working on a few projects... I'm separating tracks of old songs for a remix cd I'm putting together. I've got some pretty cool people lined up and ready to contribute as soon as I give them the source material. While going through old tapes I found a bunch of really old demos and stuff and I've decided to put together a recording history page. This will list everything I've recorded so far and how many copies I've made, etc. This is a work in progress.
I'm designing catalogs for my solo Warsaw show and the Unit 2 group show from November. The Warsaw catalogs will probably be in limited quantities but should be very cool. The Unit 2 catalogs will be mass produced and hopefully available in the Spring.
A couple days ago I made buttons with Alex the button Girl to help benefit The Void. The Void is an all ages punk venue in Northside. It was recently shut down due to some problems with their air conditioning/ventilation. You can read about it here. Alex and I will be selling buttons at shows and record stores to help raise a little money and show support. I f you want one and can't find us, just send me an email.
There's tons of other stuff happening, so stay tuned...
02.11.02
Some of my music will be presented at Public Life, a London art center, as part of a program called Plug and Play on February 24th. Um... try to go.
02.10.02
OK. I didn't have internet access for a while there while I moved to a new apartment. All set now. New music is happening. I saw Fizzgig last night.
02.02.02
Lack of updates due to relocation.
01.28.02
Busy weekend. I went to Atlanta (or as I like to call it, HOTlanta... but I'll get to that later) to see Philip Glass perform Koyaanisqatsi on Saturday at the Fox Theatre. The score was performed live while the movie was also shown. "Koyaanisqatsi, Reggio's debut as a film director and producer, is the first film of the QATSI trilogy. The title is a Hopi Indian word meaning "life out of balance." Created between 1975 and 1982, the film is an apocalyptic vision of the collision of two different worlds -- urban life and technology versus the environment. The musical score was composed by Philip Glass." This was very cool. Anyway, I went to Atlanta with two specific goals in mind. My first goal was to go without packing anything. I just got up and went to work on Friday like it was a normal day, then left from work to go to Atlanta. No luggage. No packing. This worked out ok for me - I bought a toothbrush while I was there. My second goal was to find a shirt that said "HOTlanta". This shirt would also preferably feature a peach and the word HOT would be in flames. This did not happen. There was an amazing absence of "HOTlanta" merchandise in Atlanta. In fact, the only thing I found was one t-shirt that was so god-awful ugly that I had to pass on it (it featured puffy paint). I broadened my search to include postcards, keychains, snoglobes, anything that said "HOTlanta". I came home empty handed.
01.24.02
I found out today that my short video, It's So Easy, has been accepted to be shown in Underneath Cincinnati: An Exhibition of Local Film and Video at SSNOVA this Sunday, January 27th. The show was curated by Phil Morehart and Sara Mahle in conjunction with the Cincinnati Film Society. It's So Easy is a short documentary experiment about a kleptomaniacal acquaintance of mine. The show starts at 6pm. Directions and other info can be found at the SSNOVA web site.
01.22.02
We Are Hydra is now available to download in the mp3 section. I've changed around some interface things. You may notice a few new menu items and I'm trying to organize things a little better...
01.21.02
Hi. Major camchive updates!!!
01.13.02
I've got a few copies of Detritus left so if anyone wants one... today I've added a links page.
01.08.02
I invite everyone to come to the Rock & Read Festival at the Void this Saturday, January 12th. This is being organized by the superstars that brought you Vivid. There will be lots of music and zines including: Oil Can Boyd (Cincinnati athleticore), autoshape (Cincinnati experimental electronic awesomecore), sump pumps (Indianapolis new wave punk rock), shadyside (Daytonheartcore), introversion (Madison, Wisconsin powerpop), noarmsnolegs (Cincinnati experimental screamo)... +the following zines... Vivid, neus subjex, Theory of Everything, Recluse Zine (Columbus), Trained Monkey Press, Doo Wrong, Eugene Records Fanzine (Lexington), Friction Magazine (Akron), Existence, X-Ray Cincinnati, IronFeather (Lansing, MI), SChUeLL Fanzine (Lafayette, IN), archangel (Madison, IN).
I'll be there with something I've put together called Detritus. It's a collection of objects that includes writings, art objects, assorted junk and a cd of unreleased and hard to find music I've written. I'm only making 25 copies so if you want one... come to the show! Show starts at 8pm, is all ages and cost $5. For more info email afterbirth8@hotmail.com.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that Mike Breen's Spill It column in CityBeat mentions the Publikation uden navn...
01.03.02
In the news... my contribution to the Publikation uden navn is discussed in the Look Here! column in the new issue of CityBeat. I've also fixed some bad links and added a few more to the press section.
01.01.02
A man, a plan, a canal, Panama! I officially dub 2002 as the year of the palindrome.
12.29.01
coming soon... 2002.
12.27.01
Today's issue of CityBeat has an article, Arts Resolution for 2002: Give Youth a Chance, that includes a nice section about me. (P.S. - I'm actually 23 and I work at a design studio that isn't web-oriented...) Anyway, make sure you check out the article because it also mentions Emily Buddendeck, Lou Larson and Steve Zeiverink - three local artists who I've had the pleasure of showing with this year.
12.25.01
12.21.01
I've added a review of my cd, RT2K, from The Neus Subjex 40 to the press page.
12.20.01
I've added a Christmas song to the mp3 page... Check the January 3rd issue of CityBeat for an article that talks about my contribution to the Publikation uden navn.
12.10.01
A press release concerning my contribution to Publikation uden navn has been added to the press section.
12.01.01
IT? You should all know that I control the media...
11.22.01
I'll be presenting a performance of A Mild and Crazy Guy at the Buzz Coffeeshop in Clifton on Friday, November 30th. This will be part of an art opening for Emily Buddendeck (SSNOVA) and Mikey Bullard. The opening reception is from 7-9pm. My performance will be at 8pm.
11.21.01
The new issue of CityBeat is on the street featuring an article that mentions that the last chance to see my show at the Warsaw Project Space is this Saturday from 12-2pm. There's also a nice article about Steve Zieverink and Lou Larson's work from the group show I was in at Unit 2 earlier this month.
11.18.01
Last night I won four awards at the 2001 Art Directors Club of Cincinnati Annual Design Awards. I received a merit award, two gold medals, and a judges choice award. Eventually you'll be able to see all the awards on their website.
11.15.01
I'm contributing a piece to the second issue of the Publication With No Name. This is an international project that is organized by two artists who live in Copenhagen, Denmark. Produced in 400 copies, it will consist of two cd's - one data cd and one audio cd, plus multiples: Objects, prints, discs, etc. This will be completed Dec 1st and I hope to have some copies available here. My contribution is an audio piece titled Homo Sapiens Correctus. There will be a release party: 28th of november at i-n-k, Nørregade 7C, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Also, check out the Thanksgiving issue of CityBeat - there should be a mention about my Warsaw show.
11.10.01
Tomorrow (Sunday) is your last chance to see my Mild and Crazy Guy installation at Unit 2. Gallery hours are from 12-2pm.
There was a little snippet about what I'm currently reading featured in The Cincinnati Enquirer this past Tuesday. You can see it in the press section. I've also added a review of my RT2K cd from Theory of Everything #1.
11.07.01
Three pieces I designed have been chosen for the 2001 Art Directors Club of Cincinnati Annual Design Awards. The show will be on display in the Omni Netherlands Atrium from November 11-17th. There will be an awards show on the 17th - I'll keep you posted.
11.05.01
Thanks to everyone who came to my openings this weekend. I'll try to have some pictures up soon. If you would like to schedule an appointment to see one of the exhibits feel free to contact me or visit during gallery hours (listed in the shows section).
10.20.01
Links to the press releases for my upcoming shows at the Warsaw Project Space and the Unit 2 group show have been added to the press page. I also added some links to two articles that were written about conceptual art and mention my AfterMichaelMandiberg.com website.
10.05.01
Kendall's correspondence with Vincent Gallo...
Kendall:
"Do you feel that your artwork(all the stuff you make - whatever you wanna
call it) is reaching the appropriate audience? Do you feel like by doing all
the various types of projects you undertake makes you less successful at any
one thing? How do you gauge your own success? I realize these are complicated
questions. Any response would be greatly appreciated. thanks."
Vincent Gallo: "sorry kendall to tuff to answer."
...at least it was a swift response... I saw Modest Mouse tonight...
10.04.01
the Strokes, the Greenhornes, the Moldy Peaches
10.01.01
Thanks to everyone who came to the Red Square Show yesterday. For those that missed it, you can view Writing Lesson in the video section.
09.24.01
The Red Square Film and Video Show at the Cincinnati Art Museum on Sunday will be showing my short video, Writing Lesson, instead of Gutzon Borglum Albert Einstein. The show starts at 2pm and is free.
09.18.01
I got into a car accident today... lost control... hit a house...
09.08.01
Today is the Ohio Zine Festival at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. The new issue of Theory of Everything will be available there and includes a compilation cd featuring Seven Days of Samsara, Hellnation, Suicide Note, The Socials, The Rebellious Band, Eleventh Symphony, Kill The Hippies, CD Truth, and others. A new song I recorded, "We Are Hydra", is also on this compilation.
The third Red Square Film and Video Show will be at the Cincinnati Art Museum on Sunday, September 30th, 2001. The show will feature my short (very short) video, Gutzon Borglum Albert Einstein. The show runs from 2-6pm. Admission is free. Directions and details can be found at http://www.redsquareshow.com.
Friday, November 2nd my solo exhibition at the Warsaw Project Space opens. The following day there will be an opening at an exhibition space called Unit 2 that will feature a large installation I am building. More details soon...
08.25.01
Lotsa new pics in the camchive.
08.21.01
Over the weekend I made my acting debut as an extra for the feature length film, Three Barbeques. Molly, the producer, calls it a cross between Valley of the Dolls and John Waters. It looked pretty interesting from my end. We'll all be able to find out when the film is done in six months or so... Also this weekend, the Vivid 'zine came out. It features a text piece I made called "Everything I Highlighted When I Read The Promise of SLEEP". I also contributed an interview with Oil Can Boyd.
08.15.01
www.theoryofeverythingpress.com
08.12.01
I have news regarding two 'zines that are coming out soon. First, I'll start with Theory of Everything or else I'll get in trouble... Saturday, September 8th, there's going to be an Ohio 'Zine Festival at Miami University. You'll be able to get the brand spankin' new issue of Theory of Everything there which will include a comp cd of some bands including (but not limited to) the Socials, Seven Days of Samsara, Sponge Monkeys, Kill The Hippies, Eleventh Symphony, and my own song, "We Are Hydra". There should be a website up soon with all the details.
On Friday, August 17th, is the Vivid 'zine release show at the Creekside Stage, Boone Woods Park, KY. Show starts at 6, goes until 9. ALL AGES! FREE! Damage Radio Kills, Kentucky Motor, Koan, and Dead Inside (not the London hardcore band) will be performing. Directions can be found at http://www.angelfire.com/indie/super/.
08.07.01
OK. Mark your calendars... Friday, November 2nd I'll be having a solo exhibition of new artwork at the Warsaw Project Space.
08.05.01
I went to a cool show put together by the Cowgirl Superstars in conjunction with their soon to be released 'zine, Vivid. It featured the first public performance by my life-long friends, Kentucky Motor, as well as Deceiving Ralph and a bunch of others. It was a good thing and they'll be putting on another show August 17th featuring Kentucky Motor, Eleventh Symphony, and others tba... they'll also have the 'zine there, which will probably include some content by... me. So, come to the show... check out their site for details.
08.01.01
There's a nice two page spread in the newest AAC Alumni Association Newsletter about AfterMichaelMandiberg.com. It's basically my press release with some screen grabs from my site.
07.28.01
I've added 41 brand spankin' new(old) images to the camchive.
07.27.01
I've finished recording a new song called "We Are Hydra" that will be appearing on a comp cd with the next issue of a 'zine called "Theory of Everything". Should be out the first week of September...
07.26.01
The following e-mail was posted to the Rhizome list by someone who is not a fan... http://www.kendallbruns.com/sucks.html.
07.22.01
"The 1970s, a period of fragmentation and soul-searching, produced exhilerating, fertile, laissez-faire growth in the arts. Though few neat, packaged trends emerged, many forms and ideas flourished. "Pluralism" was the catchword used to described these heterogeneous tendencies, which opened up a host of new possibilities, among them the idea of a dominant style or even of an artist adhering to a single style might be a thing of the past." - Lisa Phillips, The American Century: Art & Culture 1950-2000, Whitney Museum of American Art.
07.21.01
I saw another great show at the Ace Gallery in New York.
07.20.01
I'm off to NY City for the weekend... while I'm gone you can enjoy two new webcam collages in the camchive!
07.17.01
07.05.01
AfterMichaelMandiberg.com is in the news... somewhere. You can read an article about it at http://www.tijd.be/includes_redactie/cultuur_artikels/2001062501.htm. I'm not really sure what language this is...
07.01.01
AfterMichaelMandiberg.com, has been accepted for inclusion in the Rhizome ArtBase. It can be viewed at http://rhizome.org/object.rhiz?2545.
What is Rhizome? "Rhizome is an online community space for people who are interested in new media art. By 'new media art' we mean any type of contemporary art that uses new media technology. Rhizome's activities focus on: presenting artworks by new media artists, critics and curators; fostering critical dialog; and preserving new media art for the future." -rhyzome.org
06.23.01
I'm very pleased to announce that I've added a scan of another postcard from my trip last summer to the images page. There are still about 25 unaccounted for postcards so if you received one and would like to see it here on this site just send it my way...
06.22.01
Last night on Kindred Sanction they played Bigger Picture, Six Wars at a Time, Smoke, and Please Give Me Your Address of the new cd. They might play more in the future so be sure to check out Kindred Sanction on WAIF 88.3FM thursday nights from 8-10pm.
06.21.01
Tune in to WAIF 88.3FM tonight from 8-10pm to hear about 20 minutes of music from my new cd, RT2K, on Kindred Sanction.
06.16.01
Scans of all the buttons I've made can be found on the images page.
06.14.01
I've added three new mp3s.
06.05.01
The new cd is now available for $8 at Circle Records and CD World here on the West Side of town.
In AfterMichaelMandiberg.com news, there's a teacher at the University of Denver who referenced my site as part of a homework assignment for his Fundamentals of Design class. You can read their essays at http://www.du.edu/~marnoldm/2325/forum.html. On a related note, AfterKendallBruns.com now links to a pic of Cal Kowal, one of my old instructors from the Art Academy...
06.04.01
I'd like to clear something up... yes, the html code you see on this site is there intentionally. I know how to get rid of it. I put it there as a kind of inside/outside, behind the scenes, looks cool sorta thing. If this bothers you, feel free to let me know.
05.27.01
Many changes to the site today... I've created a press section that includes links to articles and reviews, I added a few new images and now the archived webcam pics have their own page. Also new is the store. You can buy stuff. Right now I can accept credit cards through PayPal. I'm currently taking orders for the new cd, RT2K. Only $8 postage paid!
05.25.01
AfterMichaelMandiberg.com update. I've been in contact with Michael Mandiberg. His first message just said, "Well done." and then he sent me a copy of a more formal response. You can read it at www.kendallbruns.com/mandiberg.html.
The person who bought www.AfterKendallBruns.com is listed as being Yann Serandour in Rennes, France. The domain just links to the page you're on now.
If you visit www.scream.ca you can see another site similar to the one I created.
05.24.01
I've created a site called www.AfterMichaelMandiberg.com.
Here is my press release.
I discovered the Mandiberg sites on 05.21.01.
I registered the domain AfterMichaelMandiberg.com on 05.22.01.
I uploaded the site on 05.23.01.
www.AfterKendallBruns.com was registered by someone in France within hours of my purchasing the Mandiberg domain. This was before I even posted the site!
05.22.01
I've added a new video. It's called ASAP and stars Marc Umlauf.
05.21.01
I'm finished recording my new cd. It's called RT2K and should be available... soon. I'm still working on the artwork but I've put a sneak peak on the main page. Also, I've added an mp3 from the new album called... On Your Own. It can be found on the mp3s page.
05.20.01
I went camping in Red River Gorge this weekend and will post some new Holga pics soon.
05.12.01
Today I finished recording vocals except for one last track on my new album. The last song also needs guitar and then I'll just need to mix down about half the songs. It's looking like 14 tracks and about 45 minutes long.
05.07.01
05.05.01
Once again, I have added more images. I'm working hard on my new album and I have six songs completely finished now... soon. Now I'm off to see Grandaddy...
05.01.01
More images! I just finished a song called "Impossible" which will hopefully be showing up on a compilation in the near future. It's time for Bigfoot to come home...
04.27.01
I saw Gary Numan.
04.25.01
I got a new camera. It's called a HOLGA. It was $20. It's plastic. You cover it with tape. I put a few pics up.
04.23.01
Well, I've finished writing songs for my new album and now I'll be starting the recording process. I have preliminary recordings for a couple of the tracks but for the most part I'm starting from scratch. I'm excited about this. I'm going to try to keep my webcam on most of the time when I'm recording.
04.22.01
I've added some drawings and a couple more webcam pics to the images section. It's a beautiful day.
04.15.01
I've added a new video. It's called Writing Lesson and it is fascinating.
I've also added many, many images, including a section of past webcam images.
04.14.01
I've replaced the forum with a guestbook. I strongly encourage people to use it. Things are changing...
04.13.01
The new issue of Citybeat is on the street. I'm featured in Steve Ramos' Arts Beat column. You can read it online by visiting http://www.citybeat.com/2001-04-12/artsbeat.shtml.
04.12.01
I just finished a promotional cd for Riverbend Music Center. You can view it's content by visiting www.kendallbruns.com/riverbend.html.
04.10.01
They're rioting in the streets.
OK. I'm going to be doing some major redesigns of this site so that it's more exciting, reliable, and fun.
04.07.01
I strongly encourage everyone to visit Bigfoot at the Civic Garden Center. He'll be there until April 29th. The Center is open from 9am-dusk seven days a week! You can find it at 2715 Reading Rd - right across from the White Castle. E-mail kendallbruns@bigfoot.com if you need directions. Thanks to everyone who showed up at the opening.
03.10.01
I will be contributing a piece to the outdoor sculpture show that's held at the Civic Garden Center every other year. The opening of the show will be on April 6th. I found an article from October that talks about the Red Square Video Show and briefly mentions my Magic Trick video. It can be found at www.cincyring.com. On a related note, the Magic Trick video should soon be available in streaming format at the soon-to-be-launched website for the next Red Square Video Show. I'll keep you posted. Anyone who missed the 99 Cents or Less opening has another chance! I'll be watching the gallery on Saturday, March 17th from 12-2pm. Please visit.
03.02.01
In my junior year at the Art Academy of Cincinnati I provided my voice-over talents for a friend's thesis project. It's a short animation called "Space Monster X" and can be viewed on his website, www.stuffco.net.
02.17.01
OK. What's going on? I'm going to have a sculpture featured in an art show coming up here real soon. The theme of the show is that all of the work must cost less than 99 cents to create. The opening will be on Friday, March 2nd at the Warsaw Project Space. If anyone has questions feel free to e-mail me. I will also probably be participating in a show at the Civic Garden Center in May.
01.08.01
You should check out Kindred Sanctions on WAIF 88.3FM on Thursday nights from 8-10pm. They feature local music and interviews and they've been playing a few songs of mine recently.
12.21.00
Be sure to tune in to WAIF 88.3 FM tonight (Thursday) from 8-10pm. They'll be playing music from my Maximus Christmas cd. If you can't catch it, there is still hope... I've posted a Christmas mp3 in the mp3 section.
12.19.00
CHR IST MAS ISA WES OME
Christmas is a wesome?
11.25.00
I've recently added mp3s to some other sites on the web.
www.farmclub.com - Amputation, Fuelish Notion, Make Me Like It (NEW!)
www.rollingstone.com - Into The Wild, IAMAMACHINE, Ice Ice Baby (NEW!)
I encourage you to download, review and vote for these songs.
11.19.00
In September I did some traveling and sent some special postcards to about thirty people. If you are one of those people, I'd like to get the special postcard back for a little while so that I can document them. When I'm finished you'll get them back. I promise.
10.31.00
This is MAXIMUM ROCK N ROLL's review of the split 7" with Eleventh Symphony.
"What's this supposed to be? ELEVENTH SYMPHONY are about 80% pretension and 20% inspiration. "Ooh, we're so avant garde.You have no idea how we feel and can't possibly try to understand what we're trying to accomplish. We're deep.Did you hear me? DEEP!" Now I'm all for improvisation and the shock of the new and blah, blah, blah. But not when it's used to cover up the fact that there was never really a clue in the first place. I mean, shit, isn't one generation of emo fucking horrible enough? KENDALL BRUNS smoked some pot and fussed around with the four track and keyboards that his parents bought him for Christmas and decided in his intoxicated state that it was worthy of being commited to vinyl. Now that I've listened to this entire record, I'm really hoping that it's all a big joke." - Lance Hahn
Hmmm... I don't smoke pot.
10.24.00
The Fight is now available in Real Video format in the video section.
10.18.00
I found this review at www.listen.com.
"Cincinnati Singer-Songwriter Kendall Bruns creates whimsical electronic Indie Rock, and gentle, melodic Punk-Pop. His songs have a charming tunefulness to them, whether they are entirely electronic or feature a band." -Tom Heyman
10.13.00
I'm working on a comedy album. It's going to be limited to a paltry 50 copies, so reserve yours today!
10.06.00
I'm currently mixing down some tracks I recorded with the Eleventh Symphony in August. Look for an mp3 or two in the near future.
09.28.00
Don't miss my short video, Magic Trick, at the Red Square Video Show. It will be held at the Cincinnati Art Museum Auditorium on October 1st, 2000. The show features short films and videos by local and national artists. The show is from 2-5pm. Admission is free. For more info call Gary @ (513) 559-1019.