Dorks, Untitled and unCAGEd

Burnlab and Blackbx are proud to present the launch of Les Infants Terribles Friday, March 12th at the all new Peacock Lounge in the basement of the Broderick Tower at Grand Circus Park and Woodward Ave. (The building with the stupid whale mural.) Les Infants is the bastard child of Untitled and this very web community. An evening of postpunk, sleazy synthesizers, strong drinks and general weirdness provided by Rob Theakston, Jon Ozias, myself and infamous guest DJs every month, including Ersatz Audio artists. The culmination of almost every bad idea we've ever had, expect all the sass, bad behavior and quality control that made Untitled one of the most talked about club nights in the country, the seedy vibe of New York City's rock scene, the total dorkiness of three bloggers badly mixing Big Black and The Cars, and a true Motor City freakshow of a crowd. Best of all, its absolutely free.

To kick things off early, there will be a special Dorkwave set in the back bar at Untitled this Saturday night (code named "Jumping the Shark"), in addition to Poker Flat/Trapez/Spectral recording artist Jeff Samuel guest DJing in the front room at The Shelter. The drill.

Most unfortunately the Les Infants Terribles kick-off is the same night as unCAGEd: the exploration of non-intention, a multi-media event presented by [this other organization I'm proud to be involved in] The Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit. unCAGEd is a night of art, music, dance and spontaneity, honoring the week-long residency of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, with whom John Cage famously collaborated. The event features a varied group of Detroit and Ann Arbor-based exploratory artists, musicians and performers working/playing in the Cage frame of chance. After choosing 10 artists, the curators of this event paired them up into collaborative teams of two, literally picking names out of a hat. Set into motion by a Cageian preset of "the exploration of non-intention," each pair acts out their interpretations, and the possibilities of mixed-medium collaboration are endless, reflecting the pure energy felt in Cunningham's guided improvisation. 10pm Friday, March 12, 2004, Dance Gallery Studio, 815 Wildt St., Ann Arbor.