NEW PROJECT + ALBUM + MUSIC VIDEO!

Being Both is a collaborative (experimental by process) project between Brooklyn, NY writer/ photographer Shannon LaRue and Troy, NY multi-instrumentalist Christopher Simple (Brown). 

‘Her Words, My Mouth’ (released November 27, 2020) arranges previously written works of LaRue’s poetry and writings to Brown’s (separately & unrelated) previously improvised and recorded loops and noodles, and then crafted by Brown into songs with some overdubbed guitars, keys, and/ or percussion.
Sang by Brown, but LaRue does spoken word on a few tracks.  

Words – Poems & Writings – by Shannon LaRue 
(on Instagram as @being_both) 
See/ purchase her writing/ photography book 
‘Image of the Burning Image Set In Stone’ & more via 
New Humanisms Press at  www.ShannonLarue.com

Sounds – Keys, Guitars, Percussion, Vocals* – by Christopher Brown 
(on SoundCloud as ChristopherSimple) 
http://www.BadCultureFilms.com

*except tracks 1, 6, & 9 
Spoken word vocals by Shannon LaRue 

Recorded and Mixed by Christopher Brown at Send More Devo Studio 
Mastered by Paul Coleman at House of Sinkcharmer 

Album art by Shannon LaRue 
(photo of Christopher circa 2004)

“Picturing Picturing” by Being Both (Official Music Video)

Directed, filmed, edited by, & starring Christopher Brown

featuring images from ‘Image of the Burning Image Set in Stone’ (a creative writing/ photography book) by Shannon LaRue published 2019 via New Humanisms Press http://www.ShanonLaRue.com

from the 2020 album, ‘Her Words, My Mouth’ on streaming sites or free download/ donation for benefit via bandcamp: https://thekingofnothingnowhere.bandc…

©2020 Bad Culture Films/ Being Both

My squeeze Tessia aka Bunny Bones put out her first experimental electronics album in 2020 titled Vulture Matriarchy, and I made an (experimental) music video for the track “And so became magical persons.”
Directed, edited, filmed by, drawings by, and staring Christopher Simple (Brown).

You can stream/ download Vulture Matriarchy at http://www.BunnyBones.bandcamp.com

Been over a year now, there’s just too much to blog about with all of the wonderful music  things happening. No time to update/ post about any of it! Maybe i’ll get to something soon, but the Super Dark events on Mondays and Thursdays at Desperate Annie’s in Saratoga have been going great, as well as the monthly First Friday shows at Pint Sized in Albany. Both of my solo albums are on streaming sites for the heck of it. My bands Mr Cancelled and Blood Blood Blood both put out debut cassettes last year via Super Dark Records, and are also streaming, and Mr Cancelled is currently recording the next EP to hopefully split with Comrade Nixon. Also I joined Steve Hammond and His Rabid Children and we’ve been playing a bunch of shows around including a recent trip to Montreal in Canada. Super Dark and Queen of the Scene were supposed to co-host a bunch of South By SouthWest (SXSW) showcases in Austin, TX but the festival got cancelled due to the current Corona Virus freakout (to which I may be under quarantine right now for very silly reasons related to pharmacy work). Not much video happenings anymore but hopefully i’ll update that eventually as well. Catch ya later???

^Last pic of 2018.
Well this is by far the longest period I’ve ever gone without updating this site, but it has been a busy year!
The main website to check out is SUPER DARK COLLECTIVE.com
for all things shows/ flyers/ live videos/ & more!
I recently released a new/old experimental, nostalgic, live King of Nothing Nowhere album – Live Offerings from the Church of Errors on my recent birthday (free download).

And i’m psyched to say my collection of old, broken skateboards has finally found a home as a coffee table made by Delia, and a mural/ part of the wall at 51 3rd – a friend’s DIY space/ home that has been an important part of the culture in Troy, NY – previously (and now occasionally) hosting many awesome & experimental shows/ performances.

Currently getting ready to release a tape from the newly recorded Mr. Cancelled album ‘Every Town Has Its Dolls’ coming soon to the Super Dark Records bandcamp.
And other than that the Super Dark Live Video YouTube has hit well over 600 videos now!
There’s too much to keep track of… in the best way. Happy 2019!

SUPER DARK Collective is now hosting shows every Thursday at River Street Pub in Troy, NY starting 12/14/17.

With that there is a new youtube playlist for the Thursday series:

Videos shot by Christopher Brown. To see the latest flyers (made by Shane Sanchez), full event schedule, and other content visit the SUPER DARK Collective Tumblr Site.