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The Doctor Bob Concert Series ~
a series of shows featuring Edgetone Records’ Doctor Bob and special
guest artists.
Who:        Doctor Bob and Pamela Z
What:        Doctor Bob Concert Series Operation #1
Where:        San Franicsco Community Music Center
544 Capp Street Between 20th & 21st
San Francisco, CA 94110
When:        December 5, 2008, 8:00 P.M.
Cost:        $10, $5 students
For more information:        (415) 826-2765 or e-mail dmichalak@...
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THE PERFORMANCES
DOCTOR BOB is a project of avant cellist and vocalist Bob Marsh and
nouveau lap steel player and film maker David Michalak. They play songs
for a dark and turbulent world ranging from scary to the surreal. This
show will feature new material from their upcoming release called,
“Chance” as well as songs from their “Dark Times” CD on Edgetone
Records.  Andre Custodio will join the duo on drums and percussion.
http://www.edgetonerecords.com/dr_bob.html

PAMELA Z international composer, performer, sound artist, and extended
vocalist will feature some new works for voice, electronics, and video.
Ms. Z has been commissioned to compose works for new music chamber
ensembles: the Bang On A Can Allstars; Ethel, the California E.A.R. Unit;
the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble; the Empyrean Ensemble, and the St.
Luke’s Chamber Orchestra.
http://www.pamelaz.com/

SOME QUOTES

about Doctor Bob

"What can be said with an agreeable amount of certainty is that their
musical endeavors as “Doctor Bob” are light years from anything that
is currently being recorded, released, performed or even thought about
anywhere on this planet." ~ Tobias Fischer, Tokafi

"This disc is just more proof that it is indeed possible to achieve an
unsettling musical vision with a minimal set of tools, provided one has an
overabundance of demented vision." ~ RKF, Dead Angel

"Take a warped little ride with Doctor Bob...like some weird hybrid of
Captain Beefheart and Zeit era Tangering Dream." ~ Pete Pardo, Sea of
Tranquility

about Pamela Z
“…a vocalist who mixes street instincts with vestiges of operatic
singing and other between-style sounds, a gifted improviser and
manipulator of delay loops building up layers of sound.  ~ Josef Woodard
"Pamela Z is a wonderful performer. She was wired up like a suicide
bomber. I couldn't quite make out which wires led to where but every time
she moved a part of her body she triggered a sound bite…Her voice is
beautiful and her range is broad..." ~ Kenneth Goldsmith WFMU

THE ARTISTS
Doctor Bob
David Michalak
plays a Fender lap steel guitar and an assortment of odd percussion
instruments. While he is more commonly known as a filmmaker (50 films with
original soundtracks since 1971), the visual art side of him seeps
inherently into his performances and compositions characterized by
shimmering passages, abstract snapshots and haunting representations of
natural elements. Besides Doctor Bob, David plays in his instrumental
ensembles Reel Change and Ghost In The House.

Bob Marsh
is a well seasoned improviser whose work has involved shaping sounds,
words, images and ideas. Since his arrival on the west coast,
multi-instrumentalist and composer Marsh has been busy with several
projects: String Theory, Che Guevarra Memorial Marching (and Stationary)
Accordion Band, Robot Martians, the Quintessentials, and others. He
currently is active with cello, accordion, violin, voice, vibraphone and
electronics.

Andre Custodio
is a SF bay area native Drummer/Sound Designer who studied with Brian
Fergus, Bob Danielson and Karl Perazzo. He currently teaches and performs
in the San Francisco Bay Area and  has recorded with
Rudis/Custodio/Diaz-Infante, Tri-Cornered Tent Show, and Say Bok Gwai.

Pamela Z
is a San Francisco-based composer/performer and audio artist who works
primarily with voice, live electronic processing and sampling technology.
Processing her live voice through “MAX MSP” software on a PowerBook,
she creates solo works that combine operatic bel canto and experimental
extended vocal techniques with found percussion objects, spoken word, and
sampled concrète sounds. Her audio works have been presented in
exhibitions at the Whitney in NY and the Diözesanmueum in Cologne. She
has toured extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan.