MARTIN TIELLI

For those of you living in Toronto, there is much activity surrounding Martin in the next week. Don't miss out on the Rivoli shows this weekend, featuring his band, Operation Infinite Justice, Fri. Oct. 11 and Sat. Oct. 12. Tix $12 at the door.

Opening the shows are the Faceless Forces of Bigness, a spontaneous collective of four visual and aural polluters, or so they say. Featuring wunderkid Michael Phillip Wojewoda on vintage synths/filtering/vocoding, video artist Justin Stephenson (the man responsible for the haunting video for I'll Never Tear You Apart by Martin Tielli and P.I.N. by the Rheostatics) on laptop video/text generation, Chris Stringer in charge of analog filtering and operating an instrumentless console, and Tom Heron also on the instrumentless console. What ever that means! Sounds cool, though. It'll be a rare appearance for this avant troupe, not to be missed.

And speaking of Justin Stephenson and the bewitching video for "I'll Never Tear You Apart", Toronto folks can see it on the big screen on Wednesday, October 16th at the Royal Cinema on College Street at 7 pm as part of a Bravo! sponsored evening of short films. Tickets available at the door.