465. "The Ticket that Exploded @ Art Rat"
- Ralph Eaton's Art Rat Studio, Roanoke, VA, us@
- Saturday, April 4, 2026E.V.
- When I was 15 years old I 1st heard the band The Soft Machine on the radio with their song "Hope for Happiness". I loved it, I was also a bit astounded because the rock radio station I was listening to at a friend's house wasn't one that I expected quality music from. It wasn't until something like 5 years later that I saw William S. Burroughs's novel "The Soft Machine" in a chain bookstore & realized that that was where the band took its name from. I bought the book & read it & found its subversiveness extraordinary. I was 'hooked' on Burroughs. To this day, 57 years later, I stil enjoy te band & listen to the many recordings I have of them from time-to-time. It's probably been decades that I've daydreamed about starting a band called The Ticket that Exploded both in homage to the band The Soft Machine & to the Burroughs novel that came after "The Soft Machine" novel.
At the beginning of 2020, I finally started the project with a band that consisted of myself (tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE( on ekectronics & percussion, Ben Opie of Alto Sax, Roger Dannenberg on trumpet, & Jeff Weston on contrabass. I lined up a paying gig for us at the Music Department of the Carnegie Public Library & TWO paying gigs for us the Children's Museum. Things were looking good. I made a movie of our 1st & only rehearsal:
611. "The Ticket that Exploded Who Unit? rehearsal January 18, 2020"
- featuring: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE: Ben Opie; Roger Dannenberg; Jeff Weston
- 1:06:37
- 1080p HD 29.97, Stereo
- edit finished January 30, 2020
- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/612.-ticket-rehearsal
& of the library event:
612. "The Ticket that Exploded @ the library"
- featuring: tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE: Ben Opie; Roger Dannenberg; Jeff Weston
- 1:05:59
- 1080p HD 29.97, Stereo
- edit finished February 1, 2020
- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/613.-ticket-library
& then the QUARANTYRANNY hit & our gigs at the Children's Museum were cancelled. The 2 weeks rhar rhe lockdown was announced to be dragged on for years & The Ticket that Exploded ceased to exist.
SO, finally, I decided to try to regain a little momentum & I arranged this gig to happen at Art Rat Studios in Roanoke, a place that welcomes the avant-gard more than anywhere else I know of. In the past, I've rejected the label of avant-garde for various reasons: 1. I didn't want to refer to the military, 2. I wantd to be newere than the avant-garde. Now, for better or worse, I accept the label - largely because people who like the avant-garde (an increasingly rare sunculture) like what I do & I'm happy to have their company.
SOO, The Ticket that Exploded as reborn with members in Pittsburgh: myself (tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE):electronics, moviemaking, violin, etc; Eric Lipsky: violin; Roger Dannenberg: trumpet & computer; &, In Roanoke, Richard Dannenberg: electric violin, cello - with a special guest appearance from Olchar E. Lindsann: voice.
See the info below about where my movie of this gig can be witnessed & where Ralph Eaton's movie of it can be found on his YouTube channeL:
793. "The Ticket that Exploded @ Art Rat"
- finished April 7, 2026
- 1920 X 1440, 30fps, Stereo
- 1:36:26
- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/793.-ticket-art-rat
- Ralph Eaton's footage: https://youtu.be/eIjA5mU2m-E
In addition to the main purpose of this UNCERT being to revive The Ticket that Exploded, ir was alos my desire to premier 5 new pieces of mine + one of Roger's. Hence, the program consisted of:
"THE TICKET", a movie of mine presented with its own soundtrack & no additional live element
The original movie is here:
609. "The Ticket"
- the 'theme song' for the Usical Group "The Ticket That Exploded"
- 10:00
- 960 X 720 / 60fps
- edit finished December 10, 2019
- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/theticket10min
A 'costume change'
"mud", my interabilities violin quartet presented, alas, as a trio
My solo realization of "mud" is in movie form here:
776. "mud"
- an interabilities violin quartet performed by tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE
- 1080p, 29.97fps, Sereo
- realization made December 11-13, 2025
- 6:16
- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/776.-mud
"ELECTRONICS", a movie of mine giving 88 examples of my ELECTRONICS work from 1976-2024 with its doundtrack turned off & a live soundtracked provided solo
The original ELECTRONICS movie is here:
734. "Electronics"
- 4K 30p Stereo
- 44:14
- edit finished February 8, 2024
- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/electronics-final
"Pointillsm", a piece of mine intended for a minimum 0f5 players but presented here with only 4
"Inflection Reflection", a piece of Toger's for trumpet echoed & accompanied by sounds produced by Roger's software
"11 Minute Ticket", a piece of mine with a 4 minute section originally composed by me to be played by Ben, Roger, & Jeff but now played only by Roger
The original movie can be found herez:
614. b. "11 minute Ticket (revised)"
- edit finished April, 2020
- on the Internet Archive here: https://archive.org/details/615b.-11-minute-ticket-revised
An additional element, not called attention to, were a sign I posted & costume changes. I'd recently purchased a t-shirt, some hoodless sweatshirts, & some hooded sweatshirts. They all have flashy designs. I wore those & a kimono & took one element off at a time to expose something equally as flashy underneath until I got to the t-shirt for a bowling league. The kimono was hung over the back of a sign that read: No Loose Clohting While Operating Machinery but, thanks to my collaging, the "machinery" is a theremin. I'm not sure anyone in the audience noticed.
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