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John Ashton formerly of The Psychedelic Furs brings his new band to the Iridium. Check out our VLOG Episode 1 an interview with John Ashton before the show. Video and Audio produced by Lance McVickar for Iridium Live

Written by Scott Collins, VR graphics by Frank Coleman. Excerpt from The Dark Art of BENTMEN, featuring performances from our most recent appearances, along with rare and previously unreleased footage, is an all-new, career-spanning retrospective.Watch The Dark Art of BENTMEN here: https://youtu.be/EG4dsaZrP3A

Video by Frank ColemanGeorge Hall – vocal, guitar, words, music Joe Cardoza – bass Dennis Monagle – drums Joe Kessler – violin Mike Castellana – lap steel guitarProduced by George Hall Engineering, mixing & invaluable production assistance by Warren Babson GH, Joe C & Dennis recorded at Bang-A-Song Studios, Gloucester MA Joe K & Mike recorded at their respective homesMastered by Jeff Lipton & Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering, Boston MA1/2 of a 2 song single, available at Bandcamp & (eventually) elsewherePreviously recorded by the Elderly on “Congealin' with the Elderly” (RPM Challenge entry, 2009)© & ℗ 2023 George Hall

SECRET AGENT – PortofinoSpecial Agent Duncan Kilburn – Sax Special Agent Jo Quail – Electronic Cello Special Agent Robert Holmes – Guitar All other instruments and video by Bureau Chief Frank ColemanRecorded at an undisclosed location. Mastered by John Ashton at Highwoods Audio, Woodstock, NYAll footage shot handheld by Frank Coleman inside a VR environment, created with Tilt Brush and Oculus Medium.Transcript: What do you want from me, Colonel? The girl…. and right away! In my life of nightmares, Portofino really seems like a dream.Isn't it possible they may be sharper than we are? Now it's obvious they must have an informer… One of the three of us! I've got a job for you right away. In my life of nightmares, Portofino really seems like a dream.A dead traitor can be useful. She might be smarter than we think. That's just the kind of film I like – short and significant.For further updates, request Level 1 Security Clearance at http://SecretAgentBand.com(c)(p) 2020 Secret Agent / Mi5 Recordings (Universal Music Group) All Rights Reserved Worldwide

My name is Frank Coleman, and I created the first interactive music site on the Internet. Here, at long last, is proof.I've been searching for a long time for as much concrete proof as I could find to support this assertion. It was October 30, 1995, coinciding with the release of the 1st version of Shockwave that supported two layers of audio, and it was for my brilliant, visionary friends, The Young Gods. I was on the Macromedia beta team, so I had early access to the technology.I have my original handwritten notes from when I was working out the design, and screens from the wayback machine that go back to '96, but earlier archives are lost.At last, thanks to Valentin Schmidt of the still-running Direct-L mailing list, I now have the original source files up and running on my desktop! My code still compiles error-free after nearly 30 years, mammajammas. 😉 Anyway, I feel like Georges Melies in HUGO, when they play his movies for him that he thought were lost forever.If you want to skip ahead to where I actually start playing the thing, it's a little after 00:17:00, but the preceding context is important the first time around, at least. I've salvaged all the code and will be publishing it, along with a deeper dive video on that later.Adobe wiped out 30 years of civilization when they deplatformed Shockwave, and later Flash. Companies should make their orphaned software open source!Referenced:The home page of my website in 1996, from the Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/19961223175032/http://www.21ca.com/The Shockwave page that housed this when Shockwave was a thing. Now just an empty shell: https://web.archive.org/web/19961223175032/http://www.21ca.com/Macromedia Brings Multimedia To World Wide Web – October 30, 1995: https://web.archive.org/web/19990910043226/http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/proom/pr/1995/shockwave.htmlWired article from 1996: https://www.wired.com/1996/12/for-interactive-artist-its-lonely-on-the-edge/"Adobe Fandom" page on Shockwave: https://adobe.fandom.com/wiki/Adobe_Shockwave_PlayerShockwave end-of-life announcement: https://helpx.adobe.com/shockwave/shockwave-end-of-life-faq.htmlJohn Henry Thompson, the inventor of Lingo. http://www.johnhenrythompson.com/homeMore at https://frank-coleman.com . . . . #interactiveMusic #TheYoungGods #music #band #interactive #history #internet #first #industrial #Switzerland #Geneva #ivtv #21ca #21stCenturyArt #Macromedia #Director #Lingo #Adobe #rock #rockmusic #retro #90s #90stech #90sMultimedia #90sMusic #programming #Bryce #3D

Inwood Art Works On Air podcast presentsOn Air Artist Spotlight: Frank ColemanWelcome to Inwood Art Works On Air! Where we meet the musicians, filmmakers, writers, theater makers, and artists of all stripes that make their home in what we call affectionately "Upstate Manhattan." Hosted by Aaron Simms. Recorded at the Good Shepherd Convent in NYC.Frank Coleman has had a long career collecting hyphens. He's a musician-composer-writer-editor-filmmaker-animator-producer-director-designer and software developer.A former child actor, Frank appeared in two productions picked by TIME Magazine as Top of the Decade in 1969 before retiring at age 10. He studied percussion and electronic music at Berklee College of Music, eventually developing an interest in integrating technology into live performance. This led to a long and successful career in new media, encompassing over 500 projects since 1990, including the first CD-ROM, the first interactive music site on the Internet, and the first website to receive an Emmy nomination.He’s also a professional rock drummer with an extensive discography, and has performed in front of over 40,000 people, most notably with John Ashton, formerly of The Psychedelic Furs. Returning to his theater roots with his partner, playwright Bambi Everson, they've released six volumes of her work in paperback in the last year, had a sold out run at the 2019 NY Fringe Festival, and co-host a web series on cinema. Check out more from Frank at www.frank-coleman.comInwood Art Works On Air podcast is a free program produced by Inwood Art Works. You can support this program by making a tax-deductible donation at www.inwoodartworks.nyc/donate.This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Inwood Art Works programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Taken from the album "Love Decayed" OUT NOW! ► Listen on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/35wYwJ7 ► Order "Love Decayed" HERE: https://nocut.shop/de/NightNight-Love-Decayed-CDFollow NightNight: ► Homepage: https://www.nightnightmusic.com ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nightxnight ► YouTube: www.youtube.com/nocutentertainment ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nightxnightx/ ___________________________________________________________Find more NoCut-Artists on: ► Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3q9CNPu ► Facebook: https://facebook.com/NoCutEntertainment/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nocut_entertainment/ ► Website: http://nocut.de/ ► Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NoCut-Entertainment/ ► Merchandise: https://nocut.shop/Lyrics: Ashes fell from cigarettes like snow upon your lips. Neon lights illuminated the veins inside your wrists. Words your uttered follow me like a wound that doesn’t heal. I read it twice, to make sure it was real…In the back of a magazine.Ashes fell from cigarettes in a hall for aged men. First time I had seen you happy since I don’t remember when. Words you uttered follow me like some forgotten lore… Last time I would see you, before…He shot you down In a fit of jealousy. I heard about it In the back of a magazine. He shot you down In a fit of jealousy. I heard about it In the back of a magazine… In the back of a magazine… In the back of a magazine…You only ever brought me home with one eye on me and one eye on the road.He shot you down In a fit of jealousy. I heard about it In the back of a magazine… In the back of a magazine… In the back of a magazine…

Plight of the Planemo is the first of three songs in the story that is "Project Serpo" the debut EP from Jacksonville, FL based Surf Rock band The Surfer Novas.

00:00 VoodooChile beat 00:31 Mondo Mambo beat 01:54 Fast Jazz beat 04:45 Firestarter beat 04:59 Take 5 beat 06:27 Ringo beat 06:59 Portishead dub beat 09:03 VoodooChile beat revisitedThey finally reopened the playground across the street after nearly two years of construction. It was 70 degrees on Saturday, and I was a very happy boy. Some longer chunks, as it's not just the beat, it's the way I try to develop it.More: https://frank-coleman.com

Chapter 4. Blistering beats from the hot tarmac. Stratospheric code for a thermonuclear guitar. We can see everything better from up there.For Further Updates, Request Security Clearance at http://SecretAgentBand.com (c)(p) 2020 Secret Agent / Mi5 Recordings (Universal) All Rights Reserved WorldwideSECRET AGENT Buenos Aires International AirportRecorded at an undisclosed location. Mastered at The Cutting Room, NYCMusic and Video by Mr. Big Special Agent John Chmaj – Flute Special Agent Robert Holmes – GuitarSpecial thanks to Field Agents Tim Lucas and Patrick Ermlich.

Frank and I have a long history with the movies, and with each other. This is our first video podcast together. It's about our first date, in third grade, watching DEAD OF NIGHT at one of my father's long-running Saturday night screenings in our living room.We are both quite passionate about continuing dad’s work in edifying the next generation, and stressing the importance of preservation. We agreed that if this were to have value, rather than regurgitate every detail of the production history, we should talk about what these films meant to us, and why people might enjoy them now.If you enjoy this and want to see more, please subscribe to this channel. We'd also love to have your support on our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/frankcoleman).Follow our further misadventures at http://BambiEverson.com and http://Frank-Coleman.com.Thank you!

Films discussed: 00:47 KING KONG (1933) 04:28 ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN (1948) 06:33 THE INNOCENTS (1961) 11:16 THE EXORCIST (1973) 16:33 LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (2008) 20:24 BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (1935) 23:58 CURSE OF THE DEMON aka NIGHT OF THE DEMON (1957) 27:40 THE RETURN OF DRACULA (1958) 29:15 HORROR HOTEL aka CITY OF THE DEAD (1960) 31:18 EYES WITHOUT A FACE (1960)Frank and I have a long history with the movies, and with each other. This is our 2nd video podcast together. It's about our Halloween favorites.We are both quite passionate about continuing dad’s work in edifying the next generation, and stressing the importance of preservation. We agreed that if this series were to have value, rather than regurgitate every detail of the production history that can easily be found on IMDB, we should talk about what these films meant to us, and why people might enjoy them now.If you enjoy this and want to see more, please subscribe to this channel. We'd also love to have your support on our Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/frankcoleman).Follow our further misadventures at https://BambiEverson.com and https://Frank-Coleman.com.Thank you!

BENTMEN are legendary and notorious for their apocalyptic live shows, a sonic and visual assault on the senses. Since 1983, BENTMEN have been thrilling and bewildering audiences with their intense tribal drumming, pyrotechnic guitars and mind-bending immersive theatrics. This special presentation, featuring performances from our most recent appearances, along with rare and previously unreleased footage, is an all-new, career-spanning retrospective.Edited by Frank Coleman with Bill Desmond (c) 2020 Sound Museum Records For more, visit bentmen.comBENTMENDes – Lead Vocals Katherine Desmond – Keyboards, Guitar Crazy Eddie Nowik – Guitar Scott Collins – Guitar George Hall – Guitar Andrew Padua – Bass Geoff Chase – Drums Frank Coleman – Drums, Multimedia Paul Robicheau – Drums Chris Burbul – Backing Vocals, Crowd Agitation Officer Ross Kennedy – Crowd Agitation Officer Tracey Stark – Crowd Agitation OfficerAlumni and co-conspirators: Woody Trenholm Reeves Gabrels Adrian Belew Dark Mark White Jeff Friedman Dave Tronzo Greg McMullen Keith "Kato" Martinelli Ken Winokur Larry Dersch Larry Harvey Matthew Gruenberg Patty Barkas Scott Getchell Tom Hall Cynthia von Buhler Leesa Coyne and many more

SATELLITE PARADISO – TOUCH THE SKY From the critically acclaimed first album. Buy it now on iTunes: http://apple.co/28R8UcI or Amazon: http://amzn.to/28UoO8HFred Schreck – Vocals. John Ashton – Guitars, Samples, Loops. Frank Coleman – Drums, Tablas, Piano. Gail Ann Dorsey – Bass. Duncan Kilburn – Sax. Jo Quail – Cello. Roger Morris – Additional Guitar.Written, Arranged, Produced and Engineered by John Ashton. Lyrics by Fred Schreck. Video by Dave Furneaux.Through the windows of a foreign train Look around Look around Destinations with unfamiliar names At the speed of sound Nowhere boundIn the distance I see lighted signs Advertising the life I want to leave behind Looking forward to the other side Where no one can sell youNight falling and I see Apollo rise Hand into heaven Turn away with a heavy sigh How can I Touch the sky?I lay back in my seat and dream No way of knowing Where this foreign train is taking me Taking me Taking meTouch the sky(c) 2014 Interstellar Sound. Original Sound Recording (p) 2014 Super Anti Hero. All Rights Reserved.Satellite Paradiso is the new all-star music project from John Ashton, formerly of The Psychedelic Furs. Featuring past and present members of David Bowie; Iggy Pop; Killing Joke; Gang Of Four; Mercury Rev; X-Ray Spex; Lou Reed; The Ancients; The Bentmen and of course, The Psychedelic Furs…For more info, visit http://satelliteparadiso.com

SATELLITE PARADISO – ANGELIC From the critically acclaimed first album. Buy it now on iTunes: http://apple.co/28R8UcI or Amazon: http://amzn.to/28UoO8HFred Schreck – Vocals John Ashton – Guitars Paul Garisto – Drums Sara Lee – Bass Mars Williams – Sax Amanda Kramer – KeysWritten, Arranged, Engineered & Produced By John Ashton Lyrics By Fred SchreckMixed By Anthony Molina & John Ashton Mastered By Anthony MolinaVideo by Frank Coleman(c) 2014 Original Sound Recording (p) 2014 Super Anti Hero All Rights ReservedFor more, visit http://SatelliteParadiso.com

Music and Graphics by Frank Coleman.I took the largest print I could find of Jackson Pollock's "Summertime 9a," broke it out by color spectrum in Photoshop, exported the pieces as separate PNGs with transparent backgrounds, imported those into a virtual reality environment (Tilt Brush), built a “room” out of the pieces in 360 space, then did a fly-thru, in one unbroken five minute take, using Tilt Brush's handheld virtual camera, which saves it out as standard 720p video. So it's "shot on location" inside VR.The music came from an undeveloped song idea I wrote for Satellite Paradiso a few years ago. Everything you hear is me, multi-tracked, all from one keyboard.For more, visit https://frank-coleman.com

First video from the latest M'lumbo album: The Summer Of Endless Levitation on Hell Yeah Records.A beautiful Ambient excursion. Video by Frank Coleman https://mlumbo.bandcamp.com/album/the-summer-of-endless-levitation https://www.mlumbo.com https://www.facebook.com/Mlumbomusic https://www.facebook.com/mlumbo https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9lBWgURqqmzA26octF7vSQ https://hellyeahrec.bandcamp.com https://www.frank-coleman.com/?fbclid=IwAR1KZb7taVdU6Tq-kvdCZmdcQPwUpONr5rWE9yZA0t9vBS8q55cnHPcASFg

A compendium of classic Bentmen footage, assembled for a 20th anniversary tribute at the Boston Music Awards.Music: "Stress for Success" (Live) Photography by Michelle Forrestall, Franchot Lubin, Dave Gutt, Ted V. Mikels, many others. Video Editing by Frank Coleman.Bentmen:Des – lead vocals, words, hammer dulcimer, keyboards, programming, found objects Katherine Desmond – keyboards, guitar, guitar/synth, vocals Crazy Eddie Nowik – lead guitar George Hall – lead guitar Andrew Padua – bass Geoff Chase – drums Frank Coleman – drums, samples, interactive video, vocals Ross Kennedy – human prop, crowd agitation officerAlumni and co-conspirators:Reeves Gabrels Adrian Belew Dark Mark White TXP (Neil E. Graham) Scott Collins Larry Dersch Matt Gruenberg Greg McMullen Keith Martinelli Paul Robicheau Patty Barkas Tracey Stark Leesa Coyne Peter Choyce Scott Getchell Ken Winokur Woody Trenholm Tim Halle Bill T. Miller John Breglia Tiny TimGenre: Rock, Weirdass.Hometown: Boston, MA.Record Label: Sound Museum (Indie)More: http://www.bentmen.com Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bentmen/104344652141 Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45138426993

John Ashton formerly of The Psychedelic Furs brings his new band to the Iridium. Check out our VLOG Episode 1 an interview with John Ashton before the show. Video and Audio produced by Lance McVickar for Iridium Live

"Rumors Abound" by BENTMEN, recorded live at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, Dec. 6th, 2002. Part of the original rock opera, ULCER GULCH.Broke and broken, John falls in with an unruly pack of vagrants, whose antics place him under suspicion by the local constable. John narrowly escapes incarceration when a brawl erupts between the bums and the law over artistic differences.BENTMEN:Des – Lead Vocals Katherine Desmond – Keyboards, Guitar/Synth, Vocals Crazy Eddie Nowik – Lead Guitar Dark Mark White – Bass, Vocals Geoff Chase – Drums Frank Coleman – Drums, Vocals, Interactive Video Ross Kennedy – Human PropSpecial Guest appearance by Peter Choyce.Cameras: Dave Gutt, Annette Narciso, Luka & Miranda Video Editing: Frank Coleman Audio Mix & Mastering: Geoff Chase Lighting: Lexi Kahn, Hub Sinnock Live Sound: Jack Younger Set Design & Fabrication: James Edwards and a cast of thousands from Mass ArtMore: http://www.bentmen.com Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bentmen/104344652141 Facebook Group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=45138426993

Killing Joke – Snakedance (Youth 'Rattlesnake Dub' Remix) from the album "Pylon"Visuals by Frank Coleman Created in Virtual Reality with Microdose VRA spontaneous music video I created in virtual reality with Microdose VR, inspired by meeting Youth at last week's double-header Killing Joke shows in NYC. I'm painting in mid-air, and the graphics bounce to the music in real time.The software has been in development for three years and only released for initial testing in the last few weeks. Ultimately, they'll license it to VJs for public performance, so consider this my audition reel. 😉

I wrote my own program for my Roland V-Drums, using Macromedia Director and the Troikatronix MIDI extras, so that I could trigger and control images, videos and flash animations directly from the pads, with an interface that allowed me to easily map my musical performance to any visual accompaniment I wanted. I kept all the lookup tables and set lists in XML, so I could make changes on the fly with a text editor. Nowadays, this sort of thing comes in a can. Back then, everything had to be stitched together by hand. The demo says 2000, but it was really started around 1996.

THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY by BENTMENProduced, arranged and performed by Bill Desmond and Jeff Friedman Larry Dersch, Percussion Casey Desmond, age 4, Opening PrayerRecorded at The White Room, Boston Eric Masunaga, EngineerFrom the album "Gross Santa's Yuletide Favorites" (c)(p) 1990 Sound Museum RecordsVideo by Frank Coleman with Bill Desmond for 21st Century Art http://www.21ca.com(c) 2011 All Rights Reserved http://www.bentmen.com

Interactive art environment from 1993 using Macromedia Director and QuickTime. Unplayable for many years, resurrected as a video. From 21st Century Art (http://21ca.com).Additional technical information: QTVR was still a year away. This played pretty smoothly at the time. It was one big quicktime movie with a companion lookup table that preloaded the next set of frames (depending on where you were and which direction you were headed) and blitted them to the screen. I'd turn direct-to-stage on, so it would write directly to the video buffer, then off again and swapped out the QT movie for the requisite JPEG destination keyframe for the next scene.This was released on a CD-ROM so it ran on whatever the recommended spec of the time was. Probably 4MB RAM. Lingo is still the best scripting language I ever used, in my opinion. It's simplicity and readability by "normal people" is what gave it it's power. Some languages are so powerful that nobody can use them. 😉– FBC, NYC 2017

A Electro synth groove track, enjoy

Elizabeth McGovern – The Truth (excerpt). The title track from her new album on Mi5/Universal. Video editing by Frank Coleman.Academy Award Nominee, Emmy and Golden Globe Nominee film actress Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey, Ragtime, Ordinary People) is also an accomplished musician, singer and song writer. Mi5 Recordings (Universal Music Group) have signed Ms. McGovern to a distribution deal and this is the release of her new album "The Truth", produced by Grammy Award winning Guitarist/songwriter Kipper Eldridge (Sting, Gary Numan) and Ted Mason (former Modern English member, guitarist, multi genre producer – Pharrell Williams, Ne-Yo, Common, Mary J Blige, Jeff Beck, Cheb Khaled). Very Special thanks to the guest musicians on the Album include: Samuel L Jackson (The Suburbs), James Walsh (Cold Old World), Jake Morrel (The Truth), Barry Walsh (Accordian) and Smokey Hormel.//7:30PM, Sunday night. My phone rings.“Hey, we need a music video for Elizabeth by 9AM tomorrow morning. She’s going on TV to promote the new Downton Abbey movie. The only problem is we don’t have any footage.”“That’s not your only problem. It’s 7:30, the night before.”“We know. All we have is four other videos she did previously. The production values are great, but they’re four completely different songs, each with completely different lyrics and tempos than this one. Can you help us?”“Sure. I can give you ONE HOUR. Put everything in a bag and send it to me. I’ll figure it out.”[Two hours later]“Here’s your video.”Elizabeth: “It’s absolutely incredible. I’m amazed.”🙂 . . . . #DowntonAbbey #ElizabethMcGovern #Mi5 #FinalCut #MusicVideo #TheTruth #NinjaLife #VideoEditing

Orphans of the Storm – Sacred Mushroom of the Shaman Written, Recorded and Produced by William Desmond and Taylor Barefoot Remix and Video by Frank Coleman Created in Virtual Reality with MicrodoseVRWilliam Desmond • Acoustic and electric hammered dulcimer, bass dulcimer, psaltery, keyboards, percussion and chants. Taylor Barefoot • Acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards and treatments, electric sitar, bass and percussion. Frank Coleman • Additional drums, percussion, loops, keyboards and treatments.Special guest Tony Levin • Bass(c)(p) 2019 Sound Museum Records

The nice people at Dyckman Electronics have a new Tama kit in their window, and they let me come in and blow off some steam from time to time. Nothing beats real drums, but I love all the different flavors of electronica, and Drum n Bass beats are massive fun for the drummer. Big fan of Jojo Mayer. Bear in mind, the kit is set up backwards for me (I play left-handed).

Killing Joke – Money is Not Our God (Babylon Dub by Youth) from the album "In Dub"Visuals by Frank Coleman Created in Virtual Reality with Microdose VR

Frank Coleman explains Nim, the game played in the film, "Last Year at Marienbad" (1961). The film is famous for its enigmatic narrative structure, in which time and space are fluid, with no certainty over what is happening to the characters, what they are remembering, and what they are imagining. Its dreamlike nature has both fascinated and baffled viewers; many have hailed the work as a masterpiece, although others have found it incomprehensible. Much like the game itself.Clips provided for education purposes.Read more about this great film and order it for yourself here: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDCompare11/last-year-at-marienbad.htm

A deep dive into an incredible time capsule, in which your host finds hidden gems in the back pages of The Daily News from over 50 years ago. It begins with the discovery of a long-lost interview with director Alain Resnais, and quickly gets much, much darker as we get closer to the front page. Having the object in your hand allows for accidental discoveries that no suggestion algorithm could match. #NotFakeNews . . . . #History #Newspaper #World #UnitedStates #Resnais #Interview #Headlines #BostonStrangler #JFK #Oswald #Broadway #JulieNewmar #NYDailyNews #NewYork #Boston #Archive #Newsprint #LettersToTheEditor #AntiCommunism #FreedomOfSpeech

Heather 7 – Guitar, vocals Becky 7 – Bass, vocals Frankie 7 – Drums, vocalsFrom the "Feelin' Lucky" EP, (c) 2005

In early 2016, I prepared a lecture for the Music Department at Cooperstown (NY) Central High School, my alma mater, and present excerpts here in chapterized form. The theme of this one is "The Story of a Gig."

Drummer Frank Coleman gives an examination of how to think about playing odd meters in a musical, aesthetically pleasing way. Topics include Take 5 (Brubeck), America is Waiting (Byrne/Eno), Tomorrow's World (Killing Joke), Tattooed Love Boys (Pretenders), Scatterbrain (Jeff Beck), 13/8, 5/4, 7/8, 9/8, 31/8, and nested rhythms.

Brian O'Neill – Lead guitar John Chmaj – Keyboards Kevin Foley – Lap Steel, effects Mike Rivard – Bass Frank Coleman – DrumsAssistance from Scott Matalon and Karlo Takki.Recorded live while the band watched the movie with the sound off and improvised a score. Most of the musicians had just met for the first time five minutes before we started recording. Later, we went back and cut the video to fit the music. Included as an extra on the definitive CasaNegra DVD of the film (out of print). For fans of King Crimson, Ozric Tentacles, Pink Floyd.

Here's an excerpt from a talk I wrote for the Music Department at Cooperstown (NY) High School. The theme of this one is "Innovation is Unrecognizable." Cited along the way: Doug Englebart, Alan Kay, Apple, Xerox PARC and David Bowie.

Here's an excerpt from a talk I wrote for the Music Department at Cooperstown (NY) High School. The theme of this one is "Game Theory in Music" and features a previously unreleased video from The Bentmen.

Demo reel for director / editor Frank Coleman, comprising a small sample of recent video projects and a wide variety of roles.Portfolio site: http://www.21ca.com

A blast from the past – a guided tour through my Code Library that I built for myself using Inspiration (http://inspiration.com), a deceptively simple visual organization program that maps well to the way my mind works. The code is Lingo (Macromedia / Adobe Director), circa 1996, (!) but the real point here is the way in which it's organized.

Demo video showing the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative website overhaul, circa 2010.

Early 2014. Large scale LED video wall installation. Driven by four Spinetix HMP200s. My job: make it work.

From 2000: An ambitious web / television convergence project, based on the best-selling book of the same name. The first website nominated for an Emmy Award. Also won a BAFTA, an Apple Design Award and two Webby Awards.

An artifact from the vaults, circa mid-80s. Guitarist Robert Holmes describes the first time he met drummer Frank Coleman.

A demonstration of "Never Mind the Broderbunds, Here's 21CA" by Frank Coleman of 21st Century Art (1993). The first independent CD-ROM.Members: Frank Coleman, John Chmaj, Karlo Takki, Tim Halle, Scott Matalon, Micro Vard, Kevin Foley, Jon Golden, Andrew Woolf.

21st Century Art set out to create a multi-authored multimedia art "world" in 1994. Each member would design a geographical area of their choosing, and we'd all pitch in to build it. It was a sprawling concept to try to explain, especially in those pre-Internet days, and it was meant to be in the same vein as The Residents' CD-ROMs put out by Voyager, that were the pinnacle of multimedia art at the time (and today, unplayable). We put together this tongue-in-cheek travelogue demo and presented it to venture capitalists in NYC, who were, I suppose predictably, baffled. Most of the 3D animation was by Karlo Takki.

21st Century Art set out to create a multi-authored multimedia art "world" in 1994. Each member would design a geographical area of their choosing, and we'd all pitch in to build it. It was a sprawling concept to try to explain, especially in those pre-Internet days, and it was meant to be in the same vein as The Residents' CD-ROMs put out by Voyager, that were the pinnacle of multimedia art at the time (and today, unplayable). We put together this tongue-in-cheek travelogue demo and presented it to venture capitalists in NYC, who were, I suppose predictably, baffled. Most of the 3D animation was by Karlo Takki.

In 1992, we wired up a Mac to run Ovaltune, which converted the mouse's x/y position to MIDI notes while painting trails onscreen from imported graphics. You could link the graphics with specific sound banks, here on a Korg M1.It was the most pure example of my E=MC2 of Multimedia: "Any element of any kind of media can be used to change any other element of any other kind of media."Starts off as you might expect – angular, then morphs into… something else.In retrospect, it was the first iteration of the "musical paintbrush" seen in later products such as Kid Pix. We used it in live performance the following year.

IMPLANTS FOR SUCCESS from the CD-ROM compilation "Never Mind the Broderbunds, Here's 21CA" by 21st Century Art circa 1993Script by John Chmaj Narration and assembly by Frank Coleman Graphics from various clip art libraries of the timeA relic from the dawn of the interactive age, salvaged from a deteriorating VHS tape. Business as usual in 2010.

DISCOUNT HOUSE OF WORSHIP from the CD-ROM compilation "Never Mind the Broderbunds, Here's 21CA" by 21st Century Art circa 1993Script by John Chmaj, Frank Coleman, Kevin Foley & Tim Halle Narration and assembly by Frank Coleman Graphics from various clip art libraries of the timeA relic from the dawn of the interactive age, salvaged from a deteriorating VHS tape. Will quite possibly still piss people off in 2010.

from the CD-ROM compilation "Never Mind the Broderbunds, Here's 21CA" by 21st Century Art.Music by Blood Blister. Animation by Frank Coleman. Concept and Direction by Kevin Foley. Circa 1992.Kevin and I worked side by side putting this together after hours at the Kodak Multimedia Lab where we both worked in Lowell, MA. We were feeling our way with the new tools and technologies – 3-D Sketch, Adobe Premiere, etc., but I think we came up with something pure. I'm sorry it's our only such collaboration. Kevin died a few years later, and I miss him terribly. I've held him close in my heart every step along my subsequent journey into interactive multimedia art, trying to live up to his inspiration and vision.