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Hot Fun June 11, 2009

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Long time no post, friends. Some upcoming movement in Moviolaland in upcoming months. We’re playing twice here in Columbus in July, first on July 11 with a long list of other acts at the Surly Girl/Columbus Music Co-op Parking Lot Blowout show, and then on July 18 with good friend Eve Searls and her band Bird and Flower for her record release party at Wholly Craft. First time ever playing in a craft store, that one. Eve just sang some vocals on a new Moviola song, and the results were fantastical. We also had some horn players, Jason and Billy, just record some honkin trumpet and sax parts on a couple other songs, and they may turn up at one of these shows soon, who knows. A couple other guests recording with us soon, which we are very stoked about, but we don’t want to spill the beans on that one just yet. Other than that, Parker Paul (who mans the keyboards in Moviola) is playing a rare show soon, you should go see that, and a long-simmering project Jake has been working on with Jerry DeCicca is finally coming out on Drag City soon. Hooray for that. Talk at you soon.

Paul takes a shower, May 2009 May 18, 2009

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Hola, mi amigos. Off come the sweaters and we’re hot and heavy for summer weather in Moviola-land. We were holed up in Used Kids for the winter hammering out some new songs, and set to recording them a few weekends ago up near a ravine in north Columbus. You can see a few posts about it over on the newfangled twitter feed if you like. Follow us, if you dare. It was a great time. We all set up in a big room, even Sparky the mutt, and ran quickly through about seven songs which are all sounding aces. We even had time to cook out, Paul took a shower, and we coined a new verb: “garthing.” A few more overdubbizations to do, surely. We’ll be playing a show this summer in July, details soon…

DJ Jerry-Jer and the Low Bandwidth Radio Show December 4, 2008

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Jerry did the Pat Radio show over the Thanksgiving holiday to talk about our upcoming Dec. 5th show with D. Charles Speer from NYC.

Here’s the Columbus Underground mention + links.
http://www.columbusunderground.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=219452#219452

@ Surly Girl Saloon November 18, 2008

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@ Surly Girl Dec. 5

Everyone needs a graphic designer – here’s why April 29, 2008

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Greg took it upon himself to produce our first “stage plot (PDF).” We were in need of one for the Nelsonville Festival, May 16th – May 18th, in Nelsonville, Ohio. He noticed we were a little behind the times as far as “stage plots” go.

Moviola Stage Plot

Muxtape April 27, 2008

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The Catbirdseat posted Dead Knowledge as a muxtape for your enjoyment.

“the Music From Big Pink-y Cosmic American Music of Moviola’s Dead Knowledge”

Double Dip February 26, 2008

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Esteemed online musichead journal Dusted posted a lengthy double review today of Dead Knowledge and Broken Horses. Nice when folks get what’s going on, and what has been goin’ on, in this clear a manner, yes.

Next Best February 22, 2008

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A very nice bit from Next Best Records blog on Broken Horses. The blogo-phere-o-rama comes through again. Copies of this just starting to sift out there, in the shops and in the mail.

singles, looking to mingles January 19, 2008

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all right friendlies, this is out now. available from Spirit of Orr. That cover image is from Jake’s old (now Bela’s) garage on Dodridge behind the plasma center, where we used to bash it out around the turn of the century. We hope you enjoy. We’re quite happy with how this holds up, but we won’t be playing any kind of release show for this. Those were different times. Notes from Ron below.

broken horses

MOVIOLA Broken Horses (Early Rarities) CDR (SO66r) limited to 300.
Anyone following along with the trajectory of the Spirit of Orr ’scene’ is already deeply and keenly aware of the vital role our friends MOVIOLA play in the puzzle. Any methods that result in uncovering truthful moments and in turn inspire the listener to uncover the same for themselves, are methods hard found and precious. This is what we champion, and Moviola was among the earliest and most dependable creators. These tracks (23 of them) collect many of the highlights of the harder to get material by MOVIOLA, mainly recorded in the later years of the 20th century. At 23 tracks this album does not in any way serve as a complete guide to their non-album output during this period. You would be likely to estimate that this is roughly one-third of material that has never appeared on CD previously. What we all do (finally… this first collection has been an 8 year wait) get here certainly does serve as almost a missing album, a lost album if you will. — Ron Schneiderman, Brattleboro, VT, January 2008

He can stand up straight, and drink his body weight December 20, 2007

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Things have been laying low in Moviola-land of late, woodshed phase, for every peak must have a valley, if you like, but as noted down below here, a cluster of early songs of ours from singles, comps, and abandon reels of tape is coming out on the fine Spirit of Orr imprint sometime in Jan/Feb 08. It’s nice to hear these songs again, as they all rush good images and thoughts to our brains. Our kemosabe Ron House forwarded along his take:

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Moviola – Broken Horses (early rarities)

This record sounds like people finally getting to do what they want. It’s a late night with the ones you want to be with. After a long dialogue on The Simpsons or God, the instruments are assumed, pipes are fired up,and whatever powers there are are summoned and glow.The influences don’t press heavily;the Moviola idea is not asked to be more than it is, essentially a rustic indy rock band unique in the way the spotlight is shared amongst members. The song “Broken Horses” is excruciatingly nostalgic for me because I remember how I thought it truly nudged Civilization forward. But that didn’t really happen. We are happy now with our families and Power Tools. But at 1AM once something happened that is still inexplicable.

– Ron House, Columbus, Ohio 43201, December 2007

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Hot Fun June 11, 2009

Paul takes a shower, May 2009 May 18, 2009

DJ Jerry-Jer and the Low Bandwidth Radio Show December 4, 2008

@ Surly Girl Saloon November 18, 2008

Everyone needs a graphic designer – here’s why April 29, 2008

Muxtape April 27, 2008

Double Dip February 26, 2008

Next Best February 22, 2008

singles, looking to mingles January 19, 2008

He can stand up straight, and drink his body weight December 20, 2007

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