C/D Charalambides

benefit for tom tonight in brooklyn @ zebulon, featuring pigeons, k. salvatore with d. charles speer, orleans/gunn duo and zaimph.

western mass showing the love

Friday, July 6, 2012.

8:00pm.
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Our friend, guitarist Tom Carter, was recently hospitalized due to complications from pneumonia while on tour in Germany. Due to the nature and length of his recovery, the hospital bills will be quite extensive. We are organizing this event to help defray his costs.

Music from:
Body/Head
Hush Arbors
Sunburned Hand of the Man
Magik Markers
Six Organs of Admittance
Dredd Foole

With readings by:
Byron Coley
Elaine Kahn
Matt Krefting

$10 admission

at the flywheel in easthampton

benefit in SF July 16th at the Hemlock. Common Eider King Eider, John Porras, Meridians, and Bill Orcutt.

6pm show

Just in from Christina Carter within the past hour:

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Doctors are going forward with the plan to keep Tom in intensive care for an additional two weeks, and then transfer him to a medical rehabilitation facility in another town in Germany through the end of July. If all progresses well with recuperation at that facility, he will be sent back to the US to continue evaluation, treatment and recovery.

Tom’s health continues to improve, and the doctors have been able to continue to reduce medications and other treatments. He is finally breathing entirely on his own and beginning to receive physical therapy. At this time the prognosis is good, although there is some question as to whether or not there has been some type of long-lasting heart complications due to the pneumonia. Evaluation and any treatment or therapy to address this question will most likely take place in the US. The doctors in Germany are also recommending that Tom not return to work and, I assume, pre-illness activity levels until January 2012.

I still have not spoken directly with Tom, but through his mom, he wanted you all to know how much he appreciates all of the benefits that have been and are being organized (everyone who puts together, plays at, and/or attends); he also wanted you all to know how much he appreciates the messages of concern and friendship. The outpouring of love and support is, I believe, directly connected with his recovery and he seems to be in relatively good spirits, despite this ordeal, largely because of this love and support. He is already looking forward to coming back to the US, and hopefully NY, in August.

The PayPal account for The Robert Thomas Carter Irrevocable Trust is finally up and running. Anyone can contribute to it by going to:

https://www.paypal.com/

The email address to donate to is:

tomcartertrust (at) gmail (dot) com

If anyone has questions specifically about donating, please write the above email address.

David Daniell is helping to develop the updated helptomcarter.org website, and when that is completed there will be a convenient donation button there. Donations can continue to be made through Jump Arts until that process is complete.

Volcanic Tongue will continue to post updates as well.

Thank you all so much,
Christina Carter

And, as always, please forward to anyone that is interested and concerned.

ty for posting, glad the paypal's finally hooked up. poor tom <3

thanks ned, sounds like promising if not 'good' news. really lovely to see how many people care and want to offer what they can to help tom.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcE-JVEVnIU

Thank you Ned, hang in there Tom Carter

But in brief, Tom is continuing to improve and thanks everyone for their help and efforts.

And! He just now started posting again on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/OmtayArtercay

Okay here's that public message:

One week ago, Tom, accompanied by his mother, was transferred to a medical rehabilitation facility in Germany, near the Baltic Sea. Tom will receive medical care, monitoring and physical rehabilitation at the facility until the end of July.

It is still unknown whether Tom will be able to return to New York immediately after the rehabilitation, or if it will be necessary for him to, instead, reside elsewhere with his family for a time. Although his condition continues to improve, Tom is still weak and his condition must come closer to what his normal baseline health will be, in order for doctors to assess what type of further treatment he will need in the US. It does seem to be certain that Tom will require follow up care once back in the States.

Tom and I were able to have a few short conversations on the phone in the last week. He stressed, again, to let everyone know how much everyone’s caring and support has meant and continues to mean to him. He appreciates all of the benefits that have been organized and all of the messages wishing for his recovery. He is able to receive email messages at the facility, however computer access is limited there, and so he may not be able to reply for some time.

All of the help that everyone is providing will most definitely make a huge difference in Tom’s ability to get back on his feet when the time comes, and has also made a huge difference in Tom and his family’s peace of mind (especially with the projected length of recovery time and additional medical care needed.)

https://twitter.com/OmtayArtercay/status/235119705709481984 !

Ahh, fuck yeah. Could be a special night, wish I could go.

I saw them a couple of months back & it slayed anyway, this should be really nice. w/tim hecker, too.

love charalambides, dig massdist, couldn't give half a flying fuck abt oneohtrix.never; early set and ducking out sounds about right...

Does "massdist" just mean Colin Langenus in some form? I know that is his label/email/twitter whatever, but dude is in like 5 bands. Which one is playing?

i think it's the Colin L Orchestra.

Col L. Orchestra is my favorite of his current bands, good deal.

Will be onstage tonight at 8:30.

someone post how it was if attending.

i really want to go to this but i have to do my radio show :(

i initially thought the show was friday -- friday was just the first night of the two day event

So there are at least two fundraising comps for Tom now kicking around:

http://featheredcoyoterecords.bandcamp.com/album/lunar-jams-for-tom-carter

http://musicfortomcarter.bandcamp.com/

And on top of those earlier ones! United Bible Studies have just released a massive tribute benefit comp:

http://desertedvillage.bandcamp.com/album/for-tom-carter

Ninety-nine performers. Go nuts.

wow, I will buy that as soon as I get home, thanks Ned

whoah. that line-up gives me excellent terrastock flashbacks

tom's new one numinal entry is lovely

Man Tom has been on a crazy roll this year. I cannot wait to hear that new solo LP.

This Tom Carter + Helena Espvall collaboration is so, so good.

Tom Carter totally opening up a universe of sound both solo + in a trio with Chris Corsano (!!!) and Carter Thornton here:

http://www.nyctaper.com/2015/12/tom-carter-chris-corsano-carter-thornton-december-5-2015-trans-pecos-solo-and-trio-sets/

I mean Tom's new record on Three Lobed is heavy as hell and just gorgeous, but live he is just knocking it out of the park these days.

Man, Tom's solo set is so good. Damn:

https://soundcloud.com/acidjacknyc/sets/tom-carter-live-at-trans-pecos-2015

picked up two vinyl reissues of 2007 cd-rs of 90s material at the (mind boggling) show last night--glowing raw and strangle the wretched heavens, on drawing room records. very attractive, sound great so far.

those are both great, I have the CDr versions. Emerald Message is v good as well imo.

is there a tour or was this a one-off show?

just a one off for now looks like. tom playing a couple dates soon, another in nyc and one in MA

Hope someone recorded that Charalambides show, would love to hear it.

looks like they're playing at the Empty Bottle in Chicago and with The Renderers in LA later this summer! too far away but jeez.

Seen this on Twitter a couple of times recently - new Bandcamp page https://charalambides.bandcamp.com/releases

huh all I see there at the moment is one album? would love to hear the earlier batch of CDRs, I don't know some of them

Aye. Assume they'll gradually populate it? Hope so.

The Charalambides page only went online two days ago or so; Tom has been gradually populating his own Bandcamp page for a while now, so yes, there'll be more.

excellent news

four more albums up now, just in time for the Bandcamp sale!

oh hey cool, vinyl versions of some CDRs - I really liked these two in particular

https://drawingroomrecords.bandcamp.com/album/strangle-glowing-raw-2-album-set

Tom Carter has launched a yearly subscription

https://tomcarterguitar.bandcamp.com/subscribe

oh my god

https://charalambides.bandcamp.com/album/charalambides-tom-and-christina-carter

What you do for money, what you do for rent _ take a look inside, are you all that’s spent

xpost Marvelous album, already gave it an ear.

tom carter subscription is a good time (though not the sheer onslaught of music that is the kevin drumm subscription)