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

New Suzy Article

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/

May 2012 events info:

u= May 12, SAT, 4pm: MESS- Joel Issacs interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

u= May 14, MON, 6-10pm: DOCUMENTAL - MUSIC AS MENIPPEAN SATIRE music & comedy films http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

bb= May 16, Wed, 7-10pm: MOM at http://www.beyondbaroque.org
/ & http://venicewake.org/Events/current.html

May 17, 8pm: PXL THIS 21 toy camera film festival at http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/

May 18, 8pm: SUZY WILLIAMS & STEVE WEISBERG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Weisberg and Friends at Moose Lodge 1600 Ocean Pk Blvd, Santa Monica CA 90405, 310-306-7330, $10

May 22, Tues: 9pm til 12 midnite - Suzy & Her Solid Senders at JOE's great american bar & grill
4311 w. magnolia bl burbank 91505 http://marktortorici.com/dance_atjoes.html

May 24, Thurs, 5pm - Gerry presents DOCUMENTARY AS POLITICAL ACTIVISM 1744 Pearl St, SMC, email pfsuzy@aol.com for more

2= May 25 , FRI, 7:30-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html


June 2012 events info:
bb= June 2, 7:30pm: Messin' with MEZZ MEZZROW at http://www.beyondbaroque.org/

bb= June 7, Thurs 7-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema - Rejoyce Bloomsday films & readings http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

u= June 9, SAT, 4pm: MESS - Emmy Collins interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

u= June 11, MON, 6-10pm: The Book As Live Comedy- films & live comedy http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

mdr= June 12, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/
 
d= June 13, WED, 7-10pm: SUZY WILLIAMS at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

June 15, 8pm: SUZY WILLIAMS & BRAD KAY and Friends at Moose Lodge 1600 Ocean Pk Blvd, Santa Monica CA 90405, 310-306-7330, $10  

June 17, SUN, 10am - 1: The Backboners at Santa Monica Farmers Market, free, Ocean Pk & Main St

bb= June 20, Wed, 7-10pm: MOM at http://www.beyondbaroque.org/
 & http://venicewake.org/Events/current.html

ts= June 24, SUN, 6-10pm Jazz Funk Fest http://www.laughtears.com/jazzfunkfest.html

2= June 29, FRI, 7:30-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

July 2012 events info:
mdr= July 3, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/

bb= July 5, Thurs 7-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema - LIT SHOW Film Fest at http://beyondbaroque.org/events.html

u= July 9, MON, 6-10pm: DOCUMENTAL - Conceptual Art films http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

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

u= July 14, SAT, NOON (note early time) - 2pm: MESS - Author Jules Minton interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

bb= July 14 SAT, 7:30pm: SUZY WILLIAMS in THE LIT SHOW at http://www.beyondbaroque.org/

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

July 20, 8pm: SUZY WILLIAMS & BRAD KAY and Friends at Moose Lodge 1600 Ocean Pk Blvd, Santa Monica CA 90405, 310-306-7330, $10  

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

Aug 2012 events info:

Aug 2 Stromin Norman & SUZY at Red Lion http://www.redlioninn.com/ and other east coast shows contact Norman realstorminnorman@gmail.com for details

bb= Aug 2, Thurs 7-10pm: TBA films http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

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

u= Aug 11, SAT, 4pm: MESS - TBA interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

u= Aug 13, MON, 6-10pm: Hippie Revolution films http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

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

 Aug 17, Friday, 8pm: SUZY WILLIAMS & BRAD KAY and Friends at Moose Lodge 1600 Ocean Pk Blvd, Santa Monica CA 90405, 310-306-7330, $10  

2= Aug 31, FRI, 7:30-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

Sept 2012 events info:
mdr= Sept 4, TUES, 6-8pm: McLuhan-Finnegans Wake Reading Club http://www.venicewake.org/

bb= Sept 6, Thurs 7-10pm: 7 Dudley Cinema - POETRY FILMS  at http://www.laughtears.com/7dudleycinema.html

u= Sept 8, SAT, 4pm: MESS - Poet Wanda Coleman interview http://www.laughtears.com/mess.html

u= Sept 10, MON, 6-10pm: DOCUMENTAL - Cinema Abstractions & Avant Garde Films http://www.laughtears.com/documental.html

 d= Sept 12, WED, 7-10pm: SUZY WILLIAMS at Dannys http://www.laughtears.com/

bb= Sept 19, Wed, 7-10pm: MOM at http://www.beyondbaroque.org/ & http://venicewake.org/Events/current.html

Sept 21, 8pm: SUZY WILLIAMS & BRAD KAY and Friends at Moose Lodge 1600 Ocean Pk Blvd, Santa Monica CA 90405, 310-306-7330, $10  

bb= Sept 23 SUN 7:30pm: TBA at http://www.beyondbaroque.org/

2= Sept 28, FRI, 7:30-10pm: SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER http://www.laughtears.com/documental_subversive.html

(programs subject to change)

Latest Linkage:

STORMIN' NORMAN & SUZY http://www.zamcheck.net/snandsuzy.html

Gerry on Occupy & Wake in OtherZine http://www.othercinema.com/otherzine/?issueid=27&article_id=148 

BSP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWurl-ISMxY & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ywANZ2ECl0


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:  
     

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 - June 24, Oct 30, Dec 23, 2012 at Talking Stick

 
     

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
What the programmers and participants are saying about Gerry Fialka

 
     

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/

 
 
 

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
 
 
 

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

 
     

ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL History Book Project & Workshops

 
     
PXL THIS 18 - toy camera film festival  
     

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
 
     

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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