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• Saturday, November 17th, 2007 time TBA at Green Line Cafe , 4239 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia PA (West Philly)
  The Fermented Cabbage Show
  Please join us as we perform for the first time in 6 years, and as we debut our new act! We will take you on a mystical, yet common-sensical, journey using common household objects.
  Also on the bill this night is Autocratic Forcefeed and Br'er
  
  

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• Saturday, October 27 2001 6PM at Failte Coffehouse, 37 West Broad Street in Hopewell, NJ
  Halloween show
  Ray Ashley has put together yet another musically frightening night in New Jersey. Come see Paul Mimlitsch, Three Hour Detour and Unsound get devoured by demons. Failte's number: (609) 466-6681.
  
  
• Friday, December 15 2000 8PM at The Rotunda, 4012 Walnut Street in Philadelphia
  Invasion of Time at Gate to Moonbase Alpha
  Free show - All ages - Potluck
  Jim and fellow stick-playing looper Paul Mimlitsch will appear along with Meisha, Seaweed Soup, Overdrive Date Master. There will also be 16mm films and a Singing Bowls Cacophany Party hosted by our beloved Aharon Varady.
  For more info, visit the Philadelphia Ambient Consortium.
  Also sponsored by the Foundation.
  
  
• Saturday, August 5 2000 - 7PM-2AM at CEC, 3500 Lancaster Avenue in Philadelphia
  Art Party II
  From the same people who brought you the last Art Party comes a grudgingly respectable extravaganza... a queasy melisma of sight, sound, and touch... bands, DJs, light shows, Tarot reading, puppets, and whatever we can think of to raise your brain waves above 14Hz.
  Performers include flashbulb (benn l. jordan), meisha, ! transient !, Kneel, Secession Movement, Mall, The Beach Balls, digita'lis phlox, Unsound, spintronic (jim l. jones), Lumpy Balboa Condition, and Kabuki 5000.
  CEC is a lovely building and a great organization in the University City area. Their phone number is (215) 387-1911.
  
  
• Saturday, May 20 2000 - 8PM-2AM at Killtime, 3854 Lancaster Ave in Philadelphia
  Art Party: Bands, DJs, art, and more
  All ages, $5 Admission.
  Unsound will play from 9:50-10:20PM, according to the schedule.
  Live performers: I'm Your Man, Secession Movement, Dyke, The Beach Balls, Lexicon, Pussyliquor, Unsound, Jim L. Jones, Lavender Hill Mob.
  DJs: The Black Oil, Ultra, DJ Jane Erik, DJ Niku, Thorn, shok, Aharon Varady (aka DJ spaceling).
  Art will include installations, video, puppets, photos, paintings, and poetry.
  See the event webpage for details on artists and performers.
  
  
  
• Friday, March 3 2000 - 5 to 9PM at NEXUS, 137 North Second Street, Philadelphia
  The Battlefield Sequence: New prints by Nick Cassway
  The first Friday of every month is when many galleries and performance venues in Old City Philadelphia hold art openings and special events. There's plenty to see, and if you stop into Nexus, you'll find Jim and Mike of Unsound playing music specially composed for Cassway's awesome black, white, and grey print series.
  Gallery info: (215) 629-1103
  
  
• Friday, October 29 1999 - 8:30PM at Down To Earth Coffeehouse, 82 High St., Mt Holly NJ
  Halloween Apocalypse Special
  Unsound will join Three Hour Detour once more in a strange and terrifying event. You would be well advised to make it, because we're calling the Old Ones to come and devour the earth afterwards.
  Directions provided by Three Hour Detour.
  
  
• Friday, October 15 1999 - 8PM at the Rotunda, 4012 Walnut St. in Philadelphia
  Gate to Moon Base Alpha
  The first in a series of monthly ambient music events sponsored by the Philadelphia Ambient Consortium and The Foundation, this show featured Jim and Mike of Unsound with Dominic Zappa, the Perfect Pieces of Fruit, and multimedia artist Andrew Eisenberg.
  
  You can read the reviews or listen to this show.
  
  
• Saturday, August 7 1999 - 8:30PM at The Red Room at Normal's, 425 E 31st St in Baltimore, MD
  A Nautical Tale
  The Red Room is once again hosting great improvised music concerts in Baltimore! We will at last complete our two city tour of the Tale. Even if you're not from the area, it will be well worth the trip.
  
  
• May 9, 1999
  Mac O'Hara and the Happy New Ears will perform a short piece as part of the Zapatista festival in West Philadelphia.
  
  
• Saturday, April 24 1999 - 7-11PM at Highwire Gallery, 147 N. 2nd Street in Philadelphia
  Open Wide Highwire Performance Showcase
  The complete Unsound will join with other musicians, performance artists, dancers, and visual artists in a performance extravaganza to benefit the gallery. Yet another fine product of IMP!
  
  
• Friday, April 23 1999 - 8PM at Highwire Gallery, 147 N. 2nd Street in Philadelphia
  Mac O'Hara & the Happy New Ears opening for Koichi Makigami
  Bring flashlights to this show! You will receive instructions during a special audience participation section of the performance.
  Not an official Unsound gig, The Happy New Ears features Toshi Makihara, Camino D. Estada, and Cap'n Mikee. If you haven't seen Makihara yet, this is your chance. There's no one else like him- a percussionist with energy, irreverence, and depth.
  Makigami Koichi is leader/vocalist/cornet player for rock band HIKASU. He is also a solo improviser known for his virtuosic vocal range and expression and his unique incorporation of elements of theatre, performance, and entertainment.
  As with many IMP! shows at Highwire, all the performers will join in a collective improvisation at the end of the evening.
  
  
• Sunday, February 7 1999 - 1-9PM First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia
  SONIC LOGOS 99
  A festival of poetry, visuals and ambient music! Unsound will probably go on very early. The door charge will be a piffling $2 and food & soft drinks will be sold inside.
  The lineup: Jeff Waring, Chris Rice-Ian Nagoski-Azusa Plane Project, Charles Cohen-Elliott Levin DUO, Flowchart, MALL, Magnet F, Dave Champion, UNSOUND, Paul Woznicki (WOZ) and John Phillips. Poets include Lisa Sewell, David Moolten, Brenda McMillan, Jeff Loo, Lori-Nan Engler and Mytili Jagannathan.
  SONIC LOGOS 99 is produced by the following 3 organizations: NotCoffeeHouse Poetry Series, IMP, & Philadelphia Ambient Consortium. Contact Toshi Makihara (215) 836-0874 for more info.
  
  
• Saturday, January 2 1999 - 8PM Lionfish, 614 N. 2nd St. in Philadelphia (215) 829-9103
  The Clever Sheep Auxiliary Stable Show, a mini stick night featuring Unsound and Three Hour Detour. Come to Broadside Electric's favorite coffeehouse and enjoy fabulous food, original art and incredible music from us and the jazz/prog band that includes the fiddler from every Clever Sheep band ever. With the addition of Jessie and Heather, this will be Unsound's first music-only show to represent all four voice parts.
  
  
• Sunday, November 22 - 7PM The Arts Council of Princeton at 102 Witherspoon St in Princeton, NJ. $5
  
• CANCELLED Saturday, November 21 - 8:30PM at The Red Room at Normal's, 425 E 31st St in Baltimore, MD
  A Nautical Tale Two-City Tour
  A sudden, unexpected conflict has cancelled the Red Room show! Hopefully, we'll get another chance to play at The Red Room, the much-raved-about place for improvised music in Baltimore. The Sunday show is still on: we are putting the Tale on in Princeton thanks to an alliance between Trenton Avant-Garde and the Arts Council of Princeton.
  For Red Room info, call John Berndt at (410) 889-5854.
  For the Arts Council of Princeton, call (609) 924-8777 or get directions online.
  Details of the last Nautical Tale performance.
  
  
• Monday, September 14 1998 - 6:30-7:30PM at Highwire Gallery, 147 N. 2nd Street in Philadelphia
  Before the main Fringe show there will be a new incarnation of the Unsound Funhouse, an interactive low-budget installation where everybody gets their own personal soundtrack on headphones! This piece, which was a hit at last year's Trenton Avant Garde Festival, will be completely re-worked for its Philly premiere. Another fine part of IMP's contribution to the Philly Fringe Fest.
  
  
• Saturday, September 12 1998 at Joe's Mill Hill Saloon, Trenton, NJ
  Invasion of Time at the '98 Trenton Avant-Garde Fest
  Not actually an Unsound event, but worth mentioning here. Invasion of Time is a giddy swirl of ambient menace created by Jim and fellow tapper & looper Paul Mimlitsch. The TAGFest is a wild all-day event that takes place in and around Trenton's lovely Mill Hill Park. For directions, call the Trenton Visitor's Bureau at (609) 777-1770.
  
  
• Wednesday, Sept 9 1998 - 8PM at Highwire Gallery, 147 N. 2nd Street in Philadelphia
  Why Don't We Know Any Wood Owl? - A Toy Opera in Five Parts
  We've been working closely with Mike Benedetti on this toy opera. The event will take place as part of IMP!'s Fringe Activities, an 'out of sky' diversion from the Philly Fringe Fest (which goes from September 9 to 19). Mr. Benedetti has provided us with a full schedule of these events.
  
  
• Friday, July 17 1998 - 9PM at A-Space, 4722 Baltimore Ave. in Philadelphia
  

  A Nautical Tale: An Unsound After-School Special Told in the Traditional Linear Fashion Months in the making, this is Unsound's most ambitious project to date: 120 fun-packed minutes of lights & action, food & drink, sound & fury! Joining us for this landmark event will be several guests, including performance artist/accordion player Mike Benedetti, star of the illustrious West-Coast industrial/zydeco band, Stale Urine.

• Sunday, June 7th 1998 - 2PM at First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia:
  Unsound and Mike Benedetti will be presenting a short preview of The Nautical Tale at the NOTcoffeehouse Poetry and Performance Series. There will also be readings by poets Deborah Burnham, Lori-Nan Engler and Jeff Loo, ending with an open reading for all. Come, watch, listen and join in!

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