Links

Surf on over to these sites recommended by your friends at Flywheel!

Band Resources & Listings

 

Comix & Other Amusements

  • WMUA WMUA supports Flywheel; Flywheel supports WMUA – UMass's community-oriented radio station. Some of our best friends have shows here. Listen online.
  • Emily Strange It's EMILY! Comix, games, and Emily merchandise.
  • My New Fighting Technique Is Unstoppable Small site with funny, sardonic cartoons. Raise your cynicism shields.
  • This American Life Listen online to radio documentaries and stories. It’s just good.
  • Turn It Up! Great local source of reasonably priced used CD’s and more.
  • Westernmassachusettsmusicstories Video of many underground bands playing in the valley
  • WFMU NYC-based eclectic radio station that plays pretty much every genre that exists, and has even created a few of its own. A benchmark of independent radio. You can listen online!
  • allmusic.com Sure, it's mainstream, but it's a great, mightily cross-referenced source of info on bands big and small that can make you seem reeel smart to your music geek friends.
  • Jim Woodring Beautiful site by the creator of Frank, the surreal cartoon cat. With animation & free downloadable wallpaper for your computer screen.
  • Retard Riot Noah Lyon artwork, paperodeo, musick, clothes & more...

Bands/Performers/Labels

  • Diana Davies: Music for the People An article about Flywheel icon Diana Davies (she designed our logo, painted our sign, and inspires us all), by a Flywheel member. From the site of Valley DIY legends Red Hot Records.
  • xbxrx A really fun band website that has a keyboard that you can play with your computer keyboard! They also think that Palmer, MA is the best place they have ever played.
  • The House of Tomorrow The official web site of Stephen Merritt and all his exceptionally cool music (Magnetic Fields, Future Bible Heroes, Gothic Archies, the 6ths...).
  • Dischord Records Stalwarts of the Washington DC DIY music scene. 20 years and counting of ethical, challenging music and politics. Whoever says it can't be done should look no further than here.
  • Eremite Records A local label featuring new music powerhouses like William Parker, Alan Silva, Jemeel Moondoc, Sunny Murray, Glen Spearman, Raphe Malik & more. (Eremite artists Sabir Mateen & Assif Tsashar have played Flywheel.) Eremite is part of the Conway New Music Society, which has been bringing these outstanding musicians to our little Valley for many years.
  • Matt Weston ex-Local musician/composer/general annoyance (he said it, not me). Matt Weston's site includes mp3s of his percussion and electronics work.
  • Feeding Tube Records Easthampton based vinyl label "on the fringes of obscurity"
  • Apostasy Recordings This is the page that houses all of the projects associated with the Apostasy Label. Artists include Shackamaxon, Son of Earth-Flesh on Bone, Itchy Pits, and other bands made up of the same seven people.
  • Official Nels Cline Page Friend of Flywheel and mind-boggling guitarist Nels Cline has his own page. He's on the Flywheel benefit CD, and it's his guitar work that takes the disc into the stratosphere!
  • Freedom From Records Very groovy low-fi/noise label from Minneapolis. Mostly tapes and CDR's, a few LP's. Music by folks who've played Flywheel: Thurston Moore, Scott Foust, Reynols, and more!
  • Sonic Youth Download rare mp3s and videos and tons more from these Friends of Flywheel.
  • Teddy DuChamp's Army Energetic upbeat hardcore out of Philly.
  • Sadaharu Screamy hardcore.
  • Off Minor
  • Hot Cross
  • Ebullition Hardcore label and distribution. Also puts out the Heartattack zine.
  • Clean Plate
  • No Idea Hardcore/punk label with very affordable distribution.
  • Level Plane
  • Ecstatic Peace

Culture-Resources-Politics-Fun!

  • On Conflict and Consensus A guide to formal consensus process.
  • AVERT Site for teenagers with info on birth control, condoms, sex and relationships, AIDS, gay & lesbian issues, puberty (ah, puberty!) & more.
  • The Yeast Infection Homepage Save money & beat those yeastie beasties the natural way with the home remedies on this entertaining site.
  • zefrank An amazing online art-toy/game/social experiment site. You could blow hours on this site, hours I tell ya!
  • nologo A home for not only the best-selling book by Naomi Klein, but a catch-all networking site for the whole anti-globalization movement.
  • Bastard Nation Alt.adoptee rights, resources & humor, minus the oozing sentimentality of many other adoptee sites.
  • Astronomy Picture of the Day Groovy pix from space updated daily!
  • Men's Resource Center of Western Massachusetts Lots of resources for fathers, abuse survivors, gay/bi men, teenagers, and men seeking to overcome violence. A great organization! (Flywheel precursor Valley Arts & Music Alliance held several performances on the MRC's front lawn in 1999.)
  • Infoshop A large site dedicated to putting forward anarchist views.
  • NewPages.com A portal to hundreds of alternative press links and more! Perfect for workdays when el jefe is away.
  • Street Librarian The website of Utne librarian Chris Dodge. The surrealism and zine links are especially good.
  • Slingshot We carry their paper, we sell you their organizers, we give you their webpage.
  • Protest.net An activist calendar with the latest updates on anti-war rallies, marches, teach-ins, etc. going on all over the world.
  • An Anarchist FAQ Webpage Think you know about anarchism? One of the best explanations anywhere of anarchist history, theory, and practice. Brilliantly debunks misconceptions characterizing anarchists as unsophisticated, disorganized, and (ugh) terrorist.
  • Weekly World News Bat Boy, The Musical! Answer to the question, "Why doesn't my horoscope ever seem right?" Looking at breasts makes men live longer! And more!
  • The Onion Indispensable satire.
  • Sticker Guy Cheap vinyl stickers.

Flywheel-Like Organizations

  • The Shed | Old Store "one of the best places to play on earth", so sayeth many a band who has graced the 4 walls of this Palmer, MA institution. A loosley based collective of groovey people, all the money from shows goes to bands or local charities. Yes it is a shed.
  • R5 Productions R5 Productions is a "Do It Yourself" show promotions agency owned and operated by Sean Agnew whose main goal is to provide the Philadelphia area with cheap, friendly, all ages shows, in an honest, intimate setting.
  • Berwick Institute Boston-based organization.
  • Evos Arts Lowell, Mass. Evos Arts is a 30,000 square foot artist-run alternative space boasting seven exhibition spaces, a theater, live music, independent film, a video gallery, function space and 3 bars.

Easthampton

  • One Cottage Street Artisans, artists' studios, human services, women doing kung fu. Some of our best friends work in this building.
  • Eastworks Move to Easthampton! Live with us! Here's a start if you're looking for living or studio space.
  • Nashawannuck Pond View the beautiful pond just down the street from us.
  • Pascommuck Preservation Trust Learn about Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, Mt. Tom, the Community Preservation Act, the effort to protect our aquifer, the future Manhan Rail Trail, and more.

Alternative News & Commentary

  • Adbusters Slick & stylish desconstructors & subverters of advertising, consumer culture & more.
  • The Gully Unique news & commentary on international issues from a queer perspective. Also in Español. Recommended for all persuasions.
  • CounterPunch "Muckraking with a radical attitude."
  • Z Magazine Excellent news & analysis by one of the premier radical left websites.
  • Wired News Hackers & geeks unite!
  • Common Dreams Columns by many of the best progressive journalists.
  • Anti-war.com Breaking news from the war. Has links to coverage both by U.S. corporate media and the international press. A good opportunity to compare the differences.
  • ColorLines: Race/Culture/Action A national, multi-racial magazine devoted to covering the politics and creations of communities of color.
  • Guerrilla News Guerrilla News lifts the veil and peeks behind the conventional stories presented.
  • The Guardian Excellent London-based paper. Left-leaning with lots of good reports and columnists.
  • The Independent Features the top-notch reporting of Robert Fisk, who has extensive familiarity with the politics and culture of the Middle East and Central Asia.
  • NYC Independent Media Center An alternative news site with contributions by one of Flywheel's founding members! Links to 60+ Independent Media Centers around the world.

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