movies opensource_movies Hal McGee 50th Birthday Sonic Improvisation, January 18th, 2008 Hal McGee, Mark McGee, Andrew Chadwick, C. Goff III To celebrate sound artist Hal McGee's 50th birthday, friends and associates from various places all around the USA came to revel and perform together in Florida between January 17th and January 22nd, 2008. This video features a performance held at Tim & Terry's in Gainesville, Florida, on January 18th. The participants are Hal McGee, Mark McGee, Andrew Chadwick (aka "Ironing"), and Charles Rice Goff III. The original video was shot by Phil Klampe (aka "Homogenized Terrestrials") on a camera which was mounted on a tripod near the stage. The video presented here was edited from Klampe's version into its present form by Goff III in 2012. Other audio, video, and still image documentations of the events surrounding McGee's 50th birthday celebrations are available for public perusal at the internet locations listed below: http://halmcgee.com/hal50thbirthdaymania.html http://www.archive.org/details/HalMcgees50thBirthdayExtravaganza http://www.archive.org/details/HalMcGee50thBirthdaySonicImprovisationJanuary19th2008 .............................. Hal McGee; HalTapes; Phil Klampe; Homogenized Terrestrials; Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Mark McGee; Andrew Chadwick; Ironing; Tim And Terry's; Gainesville; Florida; Improvisation; Improv; Experimental; Noise; Avant Garde; Punk; Moog; cassette culture; home recording; home taping; for fans of Einsturzende Neubauten; for fans of Sonic Youth; for fans of Harry Partch; for fans of The Residents Hal McGee, Mark McGee, Andrew Chadwick, C. Goff III 12 minutes 35 seconds sound http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ HalMcgee50thBirthdaySonicImprovisationJanuary18th2008 schmitaly@sbcglobal.net 2012-01-24 08:30:07 2012-01-24 08:46:53