Slumber party in a snaunted snous.

January 26, 2006 8:02 AM

Kevin Blechdom is a girl. Along with Blevin Blectum, she was once 1/2 of the duo Blectum from Blechdom (R.I.P.). Kevin is now a solo artist (as is Blevin) living in Germany. Her website is chock full of fun and embarrassing things, such as dirty comics, her homemade patches for MAX/MSP (an amazing virtual synth program), the Blectionary (in case you need help deciphering her world), and four songs from the hit Broadway and theatrical musical 'Annie' as performed by a (hopefully) preteen Kevin. Complete table of contents here. (note: some links may be NSFW. Please be careful.)
posted by item (20 comments total)

To hell with that, I just found out Lez Zeppelin are coming to my town. All girls! All Zep!
posted by furtive at 8:18 AM on January 26, 2006

I saw her in Montreal. There was not a lot of people there and she was opening for Sole. She sat alone, writing in a book, until showtime, jumped up on stage, freaked out for thirty minutes, and then went back to writing.

It was entertaining.
posted by jon_kill at 8:20 AM on January 26, 2006

when I look at my anus, I look at myself.
when I look at my anus, I look at myself.
aah!
posted by carsonb at 8:33 AM on January 26, 2006

YIKES
posted by BobFrapples at 8:35 AM on January 26, 2006

Yes! Also take a look at planningtorock, with whom she performed here in Berlin in early December. Both very fun!

Some of Blechdom's releases can be found on chicks on speed records.
posted by beerbajay at 8:36 AM on January 26, 2006

My favorite show of the past five years included Blevin Blectum performing Talon Slalom at the Black Box theater in Oakland. I wish I could get my hands on that video.
posted by eddydamascene at 8:36 AM on January 26, 2006

Speaking of Max/MSP, anyone know what happened to Netochka Nezvanova?
posted by Rothko at 8:40 AM on January 26, 2006

I don't know how I'm going to explain the nipple and guts picture to my IT guy. THANKS A LOT ITEM!
posted by splatta at 8:46 AM on January 26, 2006

any time, splatt. any time.
posted by item at 8:48 AM on January 26, 2006

Oh, and of course you could use pd (by Miller Puckette) instead of Max.
posted by beerbajay at 8:58 AM on January 26, 2006

Netochka Nezvanova

i think she, or someone much like her used to be on the csound mailing list, too ... she was far too puzzling to be frightening, but i never interacted with her
posted by pyramid termite at 9:26 AM on January 26, 2006

Thanks, item. Haven't listened to or heard about Blectum from Blechdom for years but I did enjoy their work. Caught them opening for Le Tigre at Justice League in '01. Talented, but odd little girls, to say the least.
posted by shoepal at 9:27 AM on January 26, 2006

Kevin Blechdom writes some awesome weird out banjo-fied electro pop. Ive been a fan for a while. Also worth searching for: heidi mortenson and/or lederhosen lucil
posted by psychobum at 10:02 AM on January 26, 2006

Speaking of Max/MSP, anyone know what happened to Netochka Nezvanova?

Nope, but she was the subject of my first MeFi post, almost three years ago. Kinda weird to see that name again.
posted by Dean King at 10:23 AM on January 26, 2006

:: Download the video
:: Stream video
15 minutes, 50megs, Realmedia
self promotion galore...
posted by vporter at 11:13 AM on January 26, 2006

Interesting stuff. The intro splash screen is horrible and people should be warned of such. Otherwise a great post. Thanks.
posted by horseblind at 11:41 AM on January 26, 2006

vporter: your page deserves a post unto itself regardless of self-promotion. oh and holy shit, i don't know george chen, but half of my friends seem to...
posted by beerbajay at 12:30 PM on January 26, 2006

I've sort of lost track of the pair since they stopped working together, so thanks for this reminder.

And blimey vporter, judging by the episode giude on your site, I can't wait for that download to finish!
posted by jack_mo at 2:42 PM on January 26, 2006

what a visually busy site *spins*
posted by moonbird at 3:04 PM on January 26, 2006

thanks so much!
posted by es_de_bah at 11:27 PM on January 26, 2006