A small site for the film and music work of Jason Noble and collaborators

ACTUALBLOOD.COM

October 2012

This video was made for the memorial service for Jason Noble on September 2, 2012 at the Clifton Center in Louisville, Kentucky. It is comprised of many moments from live shows of the band "rachel's", of which Jason was a founding member. Camerawork and editing by Greg King.

R.I.P. Jason Noble 1971 - 2012

"All is calm on the ocean of good."

JBN, from the booklet in the album "The Sea & the Bells"

JUNE / JULY 2012
THANKS for visiting ~ This site is a work in progress... it collects film work and musical projects produced by Jason Noble and friends (Rachel's, Shipping News, The Young Scamels etc). For more info please feel free to write: actualblood@gmail.com.

Please be well - JN

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{UPDATE}

* BENEFIT ALBUM * Our friend Gordon Withers has assembled an incredible compilation of 23 bands for a brand new album called “In Pleasant Company” - It features many DC-area artists like Jay Robbins, The Pauses and Tone… and some colleagues from Louisville including Ryan Patterson and the band Black God. There are also two new covers – one of Shipping News’ early songs and one Rodan track.

Here is the website where you can pre-order the digital version of the album (and preview several songs). There's also one FREE download track >
http://jasonnoblebenefit.bandcamp.com/

*There is a limited edition CASSETTE version (yep, tape!) for all the nostalgic mix-tape lovers out there! The official release date is June 8th. All the proceeds will go to help Jason Noble & Kristin Furnish with their current medical expenses.

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{WRITING} To browse my recent LEO articles and new interviews please visit:

http://publicnoise.blogspot.com/

{NEW} PER MISSION SINGLE (free) :

"A REMINDER"

http://permission.bandcamp.com/track/a-reminder-orange

{FREE} Our friends INTERSTATES released a new remix of the Shipping News song "Nine Bodies, Nine States" > CLICK HERE for the FREE download!!

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RACHEL'S: The incredible students and music teachers at The Gap State High School in Brisbane, Australia did a new arrangement of the song "Water from the Same Source" (2003) for percussion ensemble. Please check out the link below... we are incredibly excited about this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAUf2btHHbs

More Rachel's updates can be found here: http://www.rachelsband.com/

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PER MISSION: Released a new (free) single on December 27th... a preview of the forthcoming EP "Blue Snow" - here's the link: http://permission.bandcamp.com/track/a-reminder-orange

SHIPPING NEWS is practicing / writing new songs for 2012.

Christian Frederickson's "THE PAINTED BIRD PT.2" album is almost finished being mixed... more soon on the release date!

WRITING: A new article about ear X-tacy records in Louisville was published on December 21st in the LEO - please check out the link below to read the full piece:

http://leoweekly.com/music/public-noise-private-noise-5

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FILM : Material related to the project "MATCHBOOK OF A HEART" (2008 DVD) can be found in the MATCHBOOK FILM folder (to your left). Click here to view the final 12 minute short film >>> {VIMEO}

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OCTOBER 6th : SUPER EXCITED - Here is a NEW ANIMATED FILM from the NPR RADIOLAB blog - featuring a few rachel's tracks. We are really happy to be part of this project - (created by Sweet Fern Productions) ... please enjoy...

http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2011/oct/06/world-undersea-cutouts/

June 1st, 2011

Jeff Mueller and Dexterity Press have just posted a new ART PRINT collection on-line. This is a fundraiser to help me and my wife cover medical expenses related to my cancer treatment (which started in 2009). We are profoundly grateful to the 18 amazing artists that very kindly offered their time and work. For a full description of the project please visit:

http://www.giveforward.com/jbnintensebehavior

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I will be writing a new (monthly) music column in the Louisville City paper - LEO - starting this week. The first article is an interview with the visual artist and musician LITTLE SCREAM - who just released an incredible album.

http://leoweekly.com/music/public-noise-private-noise

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Rachel's - along with several other indie bands - were used as the score for a CLASS of 2011 / COMMENCEMENT story on NBC Nightly News (05/31/11) - We're very grateful to be part of this project... please click here to view the broadcast!

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The new PER MISSION album "Skull Drones" (part 1 and 2) is available now (03/16/11) on BANDCAMP. It features music recorded from 1996 to 2011 - including soundtrack material from the films OUR HOUSE, VACATION, ROTATING MIRROR and DRIVER. I really want to thank all the guest musicians involved ... as well as DAVE COOK who made the cover artwork. Dedicated to the amazing GERALDINE K. PATTERSON (my mom!) - a true superhero and constant inspiration. Special thanks to KRISTIN for her generosity, good humor and support over the last several months of mixing/chopping/rewinding and remixing! http://permission.bandcamp.com/

Recent album news (2010)

The Young Scamels are Greg King, Christian Frederickson & Jason Noble (with special guests Amber Estes, Jeffery V. Thompson & Kyle Crabtree). The debut album collects music that was played live during Actors Theatre of Louisville's production of "The Tempest" (directed by Marc Masterson). The CD / Digital Download was released Sept. 21, 2010 (File 13/Carrot Top Records). For more information please visit: www.youngscamels.com
TO ORDER the "TEMPEST" CD please visit the FILE 13 RECORDS on-line store.

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SHIPPING NEWS released the new LP/CD "ONE LESS HEARTLESS TO FEAR" on November 9th, 2010.
It's our first collaboration with KARATE BODY and NOISE POLLUTION RECORDS - two of Louisville's excellent independent labels. The CD will be released in Europe by AFRICAN TAPE / RUMINANCE.

To order the VINYL please visit: http://www.karatebodyrecords.com/store

COMPACT DISC: http://www.louisvillenoise.com/v2/releases/noise45.htm

To preview the first single from the album - "THE DELICATE" - please click HERE . Also available to purchase on: bandcamp.
Please visit the main Shipping News website - http://www.shippingnews.org/
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RACHEL'S just reissued two long out-of-print EPs as digital downloads. Please check out the main rachel's website for the download links.

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For an archive of INTERVIEWS* and short ARTICLES written by J. Noble published in the LEO WEEKLY (Louisville) and the MAGNET magazine website please visit: http://publicnoise.blogspot.com/

* Featuring special guests/amazing humans JEFF MUELLER, DENNIS O'NEIL, MONO and many more...

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