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Joe Coleman and the Shadow Self

2019

New York Night Train and Scenic present
JOE COLEMAN & THE SHADOW SELF CELEBRATION
SUNDAY, OCT 27, MARKET HOTEL 8PM

- JOE COLEMAN & THE SHADOW SELF (performance)
- TANDOORI KNIGHTS (KING KHAN, BLOODSHOT BILL, NADEEM KHAN, & JOSHUA JOHNSON)
- WOLFMANHATTAN PROJECT (KID CONGO POWERS, MICK COLLINS, BOB BERT)
- FLASYD
- JONATHAN TOUBIN (dj)

Tonight we celebrate the opening of iconic painter/performance artist JOE COLEMAN’s exhibition at Andrew Edin Gallery with a rare night of music from his friends and fans from around the world! JOE COLEMAN has consistently been one of the most distinctive and compelling voices in contemporary art and culture and we’re thrilled to present a star-studded night of underground rock’n’roll legends befitting to the occasion!

Norton/Slovenly Records’ TANDOORI KNIGHTS curry it up with their first NYC show in years and their only east coast show of this tour! KING KHAN, BLOODSHOT BILL, NADEEM KHAN, and JOSHUA JOHNSON fly in from for corners of the globe and join forces to blow your mind with their flaming rock’n’roll vindaloo!

These almighty Punjabi paladins go head to head with another supergroup…

In The Red Records WOLFMANHATTAN PROJECT! this unholy trinity of subterranean legends features KID CONGO POWERS of THE CRAMPS, THE GUN CLUB, NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS, etc, MICK COLLINS of THE GORIES, THE DIRTBOMBS, etc, and BOB BERT of SONIC YOUTH, PUSSY GALORE, etc grinding out some of the most powerful raunch of their respective careers. This rare appearance is also their last howl of 2019!

Tonight’s constellation of timeless stars kicks off with something new! The unique cacophony of NY Night Train Records’ own FLASYD!

Plus the 21st Century's most popular and prolific rock and soul party dee jay JONATHAN TOUBIN will also be there turning his most exciting and exquisite o.g. 7-inch rock’n’roll vinyl platters all night long!

One of the most uncommon events NYC has seen in a long time and a night you don’t want to miss!

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Asia Argento & Friends at Salo/Paris

2017

Asia Argento presents two nights of perfomrances featuring, Joe Coleman, Lydia Lunch, Anthony Bourdain and more,.

One on One installation at the KW Institute for Contempoary Art Berlin

2013

Visitors entered a room in total darkness. A bright light shines on a man sitting at a table and painting toy soldiers. The table is covered with a brutal battle scene.
Joe is portrayed by several actors of different genders and ethnicities.

Retinal Stigmatics: An Evening With Joe Coleman

2005

A live multimedia midnight mass. Fantasia Festival, Toronto, Canada.

Someplace in Nowhere

2001

"Festspillene-Bergen International Festival" Bergen, Norway May 30th and 31st, 2001 Joe's "opera" performed with original score by norwegian band, "Motorpsycho"

Someplace in Nowhere

2001

Coleman’s opera. A film created by Coleman featuring his paintings. The first section, of humanscapes, was accompanied by the music of Carlo Gesualdo, Coleman’s favorite medieval composer and performed by a live choir, The Clerk’s Group. The second section, of portraits, was accompanied by specially composed music performed live by of The Delgados. “Outsider/Music” at the Barbican Theatre, London England.

The Coleman/Ward Wedding

2000

The American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore on 11/11/00. Marriage as spectacle, celebration, and performance art. Trapeze artists, dwarves, sword swallowers, guests in costume, and catered delicacies— only of foods with their heads still attached. A ventriloquist’s dummy performed the ritual.

Click HERE to view a slideshow of the wedding.