movies opensource_movies Hal McGee 50th Birthday Sonic Improvisation, January 19th, 2008 Hal McGee, Phil Klampe, 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 the Transitions Art Gallery in Tampa, Florida, on January 19th. The participants are Hal McGee, Phil Klampe (aka "Homogenized Terrestrials"), and Charles Rice Goff III. Santo Di Piazza (aka "Big Sugar Victorious") shot the original video on a hand-held camera, extensively documenting the entire evening's activities, both on and off stage. The video presented here was excerpted and edited from Di Piazza's video by Goff 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/HalMcgee50thBirthdaySonicImprovisationJanuary18th2008 .............................. Hal McGee; HalTapes; Santo Di Piazza; Big Sugar Victorious; Taped Rugs Productions; Charles Rice Goff III; Phil Klampe; Homogenized Terrestrials; Otolathe; Transitions Art Gallery; Tampa; Florida; Improvisation; Improv; Experimental; Electronic Music; Noise; Avant Garde; Synthesizer; Moog; cassette culture; home recording; home taping; for fans of Brian Eno; for fans of The Residents; for fans of Harry Partch; for fans of Henry Cowell; for fans of Fred Frith Hal McGee, Phil Klampe, C. Goff III 29 minutes 12 seconds sound http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ HalMcgee50thBirthdaySonicImprovisationJanuary19th2008 schmitaly@sbcglobal.net 2012-01-26 04:39:51 2012-01-26 05:26:33