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AVALANCHE AND EARTHQUAKE – Michael Ruppert and the Lifeboat Hour
Posted: April 16, 2012 | Filed under: Andy Kravitz, Cara Tompkins, Kristen Vigard, Malia Luna, Michael C. Ruppert, New White Trash, Phil Maggini, Robit Hairman, Wade DeVoid | Tags: alt, alt music, alternative music, art, collapse, demockery, dogs, kristen vigard, lifeboat hour, los angeles, los angeles music, malia luna, michael c ruppert, michael ruppert, mike ruppert, music, new white trash, nwt, pit bull, poetry, post-paradigm, rock and roll, social commentary, venice, venice arts club, venice arts club music, venice beach, venice CA |
The LIFEBOAT HOUR, hosted by Michael Ruppert, is now one of the top rated shows on internet radio. Broadcast over the Progressive Radio Network, the Lifeboat Hour can be heard live Sunday evenings at 9pm Eastern. The subtext for the Lifeboat Hour is ‘A Nightclub At The End Of The World’, a theme Ruppert developed due to his love of fresh, relevant music. As many listeners know, Ruppert is a founding member of the New White Trash (NWT), a music project from Venice, CA. Other members include Wade De Void, Kristen Vigard, Andy Kravitz, Cara Tompkins, Malia Luna, Michael Jost, Robit Hairman, Phil Maggini. DOUBLEWIDE, the 37 song, double CD debut release from the NWT chronicles the slide of the former American middle-class down a steep and slippery slope to the ‘new white trash’, a place impartial to race, religion, creed or color. Since its release on January 11, 2011, Doublewide, dubbed ‘music of the post-paradigm’, has sold thousands of copies (independently of any record company) to listeners and fans around the globe.
For the show airing, Sunday, April 15 2012, Ruppert chose to play AVALANCHE AND EARTHQUAKE, a song from disc 1 of Doublewide. A&E is also Ruppert’s theme song for the show and is heard each week at the top of the show, as an introduction to the hour. The video for Avalanche & Earthquake features two of the Venice Arts Club mascots, the dogs Rags and Squishy at play in the VAC studio. Enjoy Avalanche & Earthquake. NOTE: the version of the song as it is heard on the video is a slightly different version than what appears on the final release. Doublewide is available here. Thanks for tuning in!
NEW WHITE TRASH – Avalanche & Earthquake
NWT co-founder Mike Ruppert in the VAC Studio. Image/Cara Tompkins
NWT founders Mike Ruppert and Wade De Void. Image/Cara Tompkins
NWT/VAC Mascots RAGS and SQUISHY. Image/Cara Tompkins
NEW WHITE TRASH
HELLO LIFE – Kristen Vigard and the New White Trash
Posted: April 10, 2012 | Author: Venice Arts Club | Filed under: Andy Kravitz, Cara Tompkins, James Mathers, Kristen Vigard, Malia Luna, Michael C. Ruppert, New White Trash, Phil Maggini, Robit Hairman, Wade DeVoid | Tags: alt, alt music, alternative music, andy kravitz, art, collapse, demockery, james mathers, kristen vigard, lifeboat hour, los angeles, los angeles music, malia luna, michael c ruppert, michael ruppert, mike ruppert, music, new white trash, nwt, poetry, post-paradigm, robit hairman, rock and roll, social commentary, venice, venice arts club, venice arts club music, venice beach, venice CA |
The song HELLO LIFE is from DOUBLEWIDE, the 37 song, 2-CD release from the NEW WHITE TRASH. The music of the NWT can be heard each week on Michael C. Ruppert’s LIFEBOAT HOUR broadcast every Sunday evening at 9p Eastern on the Progressive Radio Network.
Hello Life features NWT member Kristen Vigard on vocals. Kristen is also a founding member of the Venice Arts Club. Check out the video for Hello Life
HELLO LIFE – NEW WHITE TRASH
NEW WHITE TRASH – DOUBLEWIDE
NEW WHITE TRASH – MUSIC OF THE POST PARADIGM
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BACK ROAD – Mike Ruppert and New White Trash at Venice Arts Club
Posted: March 20, 2012 | Author: Venice Arts Club | Filed under: Andy Kravitz, Cara Tompkins, Doug Lewis, James Mathers, Kristen Vigard, Malia Luna, Michael C. Ruppert, New White Trash, Phil Maggini, Robit Hairman, Wade DeVoid | Tags: alt, alt music, alternative music, andy kravitz, art, back road, collapse, country, demockery, doug lewis, james mathers, kristen vigard, lifeboat hour, los angeles music, malia luna, michael c ruppert, michael ruppert, mike ruppert, music, new white trash, nwt, post-paradigm, rock and roll, venice, venice arts club, venice arts club music, venice CA |
Mike Ruppert’s song of the week on the Lifeboat Hour for Sunday, March 18, 2012, is BACK ROAD from DOUBLEWIDE, the debut release from the NEW WHITE TRASH, a music project Ruppert founded with Wade De Void and Andy Kravitz. Other members include Cara Tompkins, Kristen Vigard, Malia Luna, James Mathers, Michael Jost, Robit Hairman, Phil Maggini. The 37 song 2-CD collection was recorded at the VAC and mastered by Bob Rice. NWT producer Doug Lewis says this about Back Road: “I liked it immediately and was surprised by the strength of Mike’s performance and how he poured himself into the music. I kept thinking, ‘Meatloaf, Bat Out Of Hell’! And Back Road fit a theme of the NWT which is ‘where the heart is’ as opposed to the apparently more immediate themes of Meltdown, or Running With The New White Trash, or Realize The Lie of war. Back Road is a cousin song to Wherever There, One Good Reason and Trailer Light On, and maybe a couple more.”
In introducing the song Ruppert mentions how a musician friend, Jim Sullins, sent him a hummed hint of a melody over the piano track. From that Ruppert fashioned Back Road.
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REALIZE THE LIE – Music of the Post-Paradigm with the New White Trash
Posted: March 18, 2012 | Author: Venice Arts Club | Filed under: Andy Kravitz, Cara Tompkins, Doug Lewis, James Mathers, Kristen Vigard, Malia Luna, Michael C. Ruppert, New White Trash, Phil Maggini, Robit Hairman, Wade DeVoid | Tags: alt, alt music, alternative music, andy kravitz, collapse, demockery, doug lewis, enough, james mathers, kristen vigard, lifeboat hour, los angeles, los angeles music, malia luna, michael c ruppert, michael ruppert, mike ruppert, music, new white trash, nwt, post-paradigm, propaganda, protest, robit hairman, rock and roll, venice, venice arts club, venice arts club music, venice CA, war |
DOUBLEWIDE, the 37 song, 2-CD debut album from the New White Trash, chronicles the slide of the former American middle-class down a steep and slippery slope to the New White Trash, a place impartial to race, religion, creed or color. Dubbed, ‘music of the post-paradigm’, NWT members include Wade De Void, Michael C. Ruppert, Andy Kravitz, Kristen Vigard, Robit Hairman, Phil Maggini, Malia Luna, Cara Tompkins, Michele McVicar, Michael Jost.
About the New White Trash and the Post-Paradigm era:
“The New White Trash (NWT) demographic is the outcome of the former middle class being folded in with the working poor and, for good measure, the unemployed and uninsured. The NWT defines and represents a majority of people whose common bond includes and exists beyond the demographics of age, race, location, education. The people of the NWT are the new ‘have-not’s’, and by its nature and size, this vast swath of population (99%) is now squarely at odds with the 1% who own, operate and dispense our corporate universe, big pharma, big food, big oil, big defense and big government included. ‘By the people for the people’ is receding. The Post-Paradigm Era describes the vacuum left by the sudden disappearance of the former American middle class. It is in this vacuum we now find ourselves, tumbling in turmoil as home losses mount, bank balances shrink, and shelters are jammed with the likes of you and I. The good old days are done and dusted. That party is over. The coming chaos of the post-paradigm era will lead to a radical and immediate rethinking and remaking of America or it will lead us to complete devastation.” (from NWT Manifesto/VAC.com)
The durge-like quality of REALIZE THE LIE underscores the message: Running with the dogs of war/We’ve run this race before/It’s rotten to the core/When only War can save you – Realize The Lie
Realize The Lie features Wade De Void, Michael Ruppert, Kristen Vigard, Cara Tompkins, Malia Luna, Michele McVicar. Produced by the VAC. Mastered by Bob Rice.
NEW WHITE TRASH, ‘MUSIC OF THE POST-PARADIGM’. Artwork/Cara Tompkins@EWC
NEW WHITE TRASH – DOUBLEWIDE. Artwork/Cara Tompkins@EWC
NEW WHITE TRASH HEADQUARTERS, VENICE CA USA. Image/Cara Tompkins@EWC
ANOTHER KID WITH A GUN – Music & Social Commentary in the Post-Paradigm Era
Posted: March 13, 2012 | Author: Venice Arts Club | Filed under: Andy Kravitz, Cheeters, Doug Lewis, Fell Music, Gunter Vile, Jamie Cohen, Kristen Vigard, Malia Luna, Michael C. Ruppert, New White Trash, Phil Maggini, Robit Hairman, Venice Arts Club Music, Wade DeVoid | Tags: alt music, alternative music, andy kravitz, cheeters, collapse, doug lewis, gunter vile, james mathers, jamie cohen, kristen vigard, lifeboat hour, los angeles music, malia luna, michael c ruppert, michael ruppert, mike ruppert, new white trash, nwt, post-paradigm, robit hairman, rock and roll, social commentary, the cheeters, venice, venice arts club, venice arts club music, venice CA |
Music as narrative, social commentary, and as a voice and act of protest threads a particular path through the American cultural and political experience. Venice Arts Club promotes recording artists who use music and song as tools of recognition, and who forge rebellion and revolution through song lyric, rhythm, and melody.
The tone of much of FELL MUSIC is apparent by song title, including War Eternal, More War Now, Dangerous Ground, American Lite, Big Bird Over Baghdad, Made In The USA, Frontline.
Likewise, THE CHEETERS, a rock and roll ‘art band’, covers similar ground with Lies In High Fidelity, Baton Rouge, Bombshell Breakup, and Bring Me The News.
The NEW WHITE TRASH, a music project produced by Venice Arts Club, and whose members include activist Michael C. Ruppert, musician Wade De Void, grammy-nominated Andy Kravitz, and recording artist Kristen Vigard, released DOUBLEWIDE, a 2-disc, 37 song collection of ‘music of the post-paradigm’. Tracks highlighting such a paradigm are Running With The New White Trash, Don’t Dig Too Deep, Meltdown, Running On Rumor, to name a few.
Likewise, the 8 volume Venice Arts Club Music Project includes By Degree, Appointment In Samarra, Liberty, Got Your Gun Yet, Paralyze Me, No Love In Haiti, and Another Kid With A Gun, a song featuring VAC regulars Michael Jost, Spring Groove, Malia Luna, Michael C. Ruppert, Doug Lewis.
Check out this video for Another Kid With A Gun:
LU LU LEMONS – Phil Maggini and the New White Trash
Posted: March 9, 2012 | Author: Venice Arts Club | Filed under: Andy Kravitz, Cara Tompkins, Doug Lewis, Kristen Vigard, Michael C. Ruppert, New White Trash, Phil Maggini, Robit Hairman, Wade DeVoid | Tags: alt music, alternative music, andy kravitz, demockery, doug lewis, kristen vigard, los angeles music, malia luna, michael ruppert, new white trash, phil maggini, robit hairman, shadowfax, venice arts club, venice CA, wade de void |
PHIL MAGGINI, bass player from Grammy winning Shadowfax, was in the VAC house for a New White Trash recording/party session and laid down his signature sound on LU LU LEMONS. Video and pics below.
AT THE VAC – New White Trash members Andy Kravitz, Phil Maggini, Robit Hairman
Bass player Phil Maggini playing the ’64 Precision.
New White Trash Headquarters at the VAC | Image/Cara Tompkins
ROBIT HAIRMAN – ‘Demockery’
Posted: February 26, 2012 | Author: Venice Arts Club | Filed under: New White Trash, Robit Hairman | Tags: book, cautionary tale, demockery, los angeles, novel, robert hairman, robit hairman |
VAC and NWT member ROBIT HAIRMAN is out with a new novel titled DEMOCKERY, The Prophetic Tale of Frank Witness.
“So, they didn’t knock the spirit out of me, no-siree! I was free of my father, surfing the wild waves of liberation, looking forward like a pilgrim, not back like a refugee. I luxuriated in the glory of the California summer where even Joshua trees glowed. I decided to roam the earth performing on the streets, sleeping where I fell, living on my wits, howling against the wind because it meant something, because someone heard, someone beyond explanation, no-one definable, definitely not God.”
– Frank Witness
NEW WHITE TRASH – ‘It Would Be Strange’
Posted: February 26, 2012 | Author: Venice Arts Club | Filed under: Andy Kravitz, Cara Tompkins, Michael C. Ruppert, New White Trash, Robit Hairman, Wade DeVoid | Tags: alt, alt music, music, new white trash, nwt, vac, venice |
It Would Be Strange’ was the New White Trash song of the week played by host and NWT band member Michael C. Ruppert on his weekly radio talk/call in show, The Lifeboat Hour for Sunday, Feb 12, 2012. Here is the video on the VAC You Tube channel for ‘It Would Be Strange’:
Wade De Void
Wade De Void of the New White Trash
Posted: February 25, 2012 | Author: Venice Arts Club | Filed under: Andy Kravitz, Cara Tompkins, Malia Luna, Michael C. Ruppert, New White Trash, Robit Hairman, Wade DeVoid |
Wade DeVoid at the VeniceArtsClub, Venice, CA, taking a break during the recording of ‘Doublewide’ with the New White Trash (NWT). Wade founded the NWT with uber-activist Michael C. Ruppert (featured in the film, CoLLapse), the grammy-nominated Andy Kravitz, Kristen Vigard, a recording artist who sings backgrounds and harmonies with the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone (Kristen was also the original ‘Annie’ on Broadway, and played Moran Richards on the Guiding Light!). Other members include Phil Maggini, formerly of Shadowfax, L.A. writer/musician Robit Hairman, Venice guitar god Michael Jost, photographer Cara Tompkins, visual artist Malia Luna. The 37 song project was mastered by Bob Rice, who learned his licks working for Frank Zappa and is currently on the road with Paul Simon. The New White Trash double-disc set is available through the NWT Bandcamp site, as download or in a hand-crafted paper-made set…with stickers. You can also tune into the NWT every Sunday evening at 6pmPacific on The Lifeboat Hour, hosted by Michael C. Ruppert available online at Progressive Radio Network . com.
NEW WHITE TRASH: AVALANCHE AND EARTHQUAKE
Posted: March 27, 2010 | Author: Venice Arts Club | Filed under: Andy Kravitz, Cara Tompkins, Malia Luna, Michael C. Ruppert, New White Trash, Phil Maggini, Robit Hairman, Wade DeVoid |
Avalanche & Earthquake, featuring Mike Ruppert aka Cross De Void, Cookie De Void aka Malia Luna, Cara Mia De Void, Andy Kravitz aka Phil De Void, Doug Lewis aka Wade De Void. And, of course, Squishy and Rags. Enjoy!
Posted: July 3, 2009 | Author: Venice Arts Club | Filed under: Robit Hairman |
Musician, artist, writer, raconteur, Robit Herrman at the mic singing up a blue’s stew of stellar VAC madness.
