Jim Thirlwell (aka Jim Foetus) plays in town way too infrequently so it is a pleasant surprise to see that he has a series of shows scheduled this week.

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JG Thirlwell's commission for string quartet and robot instruments
at Three-Legged Dog Art and Technology Center

The string quartet for JG's piece will consist of Leyna Papach, Elena Park, Karen Waltuch and Okkyung Lee

LEMUR: League of Electronic Musical Urban Robots
Creators of New York's Finest Robotic Musical Instruments
presents
Robosonic Eclectic: Live Music by Robots and Humans
May 31 - June 2nd

Performing Live:
JG Thirlwell : Robots + string quartet
They Might Be Giants: Robots + John and John
Morton Subotnick: Robots + live percussion
George Lewis: Robots + virtuoso jazz trombone

Plus Solo Robot Works by
R. Luke DuBois and Brendan Adamson

3-Legged Dog Art and Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street, NYC
May 31, June 1st & June 2nd, 8:00 pm
Tickets: $20, available from http://brownpapertickets.com

Robosonic Eclectic is presented as part of the New York Electronic Art Festival (NYEAF), a month-long celebration of cutting-edge electronic music performed at various venues from May 12 - June 10, 2007.

http://lemurplex.org/

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* June 3 2007

J.G Thirlwell's Manorexia
at the Bang On A Can Marathon at the Winter Garden at the World Financial Center, New York City.

This year's Bang On A Can Marathon is an incredible 26 hour concert. It is free and will feature performances by many artists including the Bang on a Can Allstars, Ethel, Real Quiet, The Books, Iva Bittova, Mashriq, ICE, Dalek, Yo La Tengo and many more. There will also be performances of works by Steve Reich, Brian Eno, Louis Andriessen, Edgar Varese, Thurston Moore, Meredith Monk, Alvin Lucier, Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, David Lang and many more.

Manorexia will perform on Sunday afternoon at around 2pm.

This version of Manorexia will comprise of David Cossin-percussion, Felix Fan - Cello, Andy Russo-piano , Leyna Papach - violin , Elena Park - violin , Karen Waltuch - viola and JG Thirlwell - laptop. (Cossin, Fan and Russo also comprise the ensemble Real Quiet)

for full lineup visit
www.bangonacan.org

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Foetus' most recent CD Damp was released last year and is available through the webstore on Foetus' website. (The CD is also streaming on the website).