For the first time in a while you have an opportunity to get into business with us—56STUFF announces the beginning of conversion of electronic cash into cartoon money. Here’s how it works:

1. You transfer any amount of money (as little as one dollar or euro) through Paypal to our account. Don’t forget to indicate your real email address.

2. Shortly thereafter you receive an email with a link to download a subject-related poster in resolution high enough to be printed in A3 (Tabloid) format. The poster was made by Yellowhead. You can take a look at the slightly bigger version of it if you click the image on the left.

3. All funds collected through this initiative will go on paying for our internet hosting. That way we’ll be able to make this site even better—add more free music, interesting videos and other great things.

This event is not named by a word or even a letter but a symbol. A question/exclamation mark called 'interrobang' slyly expresses two opposite emotions thus being excessively expressive.

The organizers are glad that it allows them to avoid writing press-releases (which, as we know, no one reads anyway) and coming up with some sort of a conception.

So here's the gist: 56 STUFF artists Idiosync and Yellowhead are going to be performing their own music, and Disconorte will play a disco dj set.

Interrobang
Yellowhead (live + videoart); Idiosync (live); Disconorte (DJ-set)
February, 27th, 2010 | 23:00 – 06:00
Atelier Bar (St-Petersburg, Lomonosova str., 1)
Free entrance

ABC Galaxy, which refer to themselves as a duo of discreet pranksters, are playing a gig in St. Petersburg again. Roman Skarednov and Vladislav Tsvetkov promise 'surreal lounge and paradoxical disco'. A nonthalantry disguised VJ Whitehand will also support Izhevsk musicians with a video performance.

For those who for some reason cannot attend the concert, ABC Galaxy have prepared a consolatory bonus—a web-version of their album 'Glambrainwow' comprising fourteen tracks which they put online for a free download (ifolder, 95MB).

February, 13, 2010, Saturday
ABC Galaxy (Izhevsk, live)
Begins at 21:00
Entry fee: 150 rubles
Stereobar (SPb, Gorohovaya str., 49)

Two times a month online radio station from Birmingham with a perfect name Rhubarb Radio presents a show called “Press Selection”. As the annotation says, it “covers a selection of tracks from 4 different areas of forward thinking, new, underground and experimental music”.

In one of January issues the author and host of “Press Selection”, Justin Kacey, tells among other things about “56 STUFF” and plays tracks by Digital One, Foolk, The Great Mundane and Snow Slow Party.

If you follow the link below you'll be able to: get more information, take a look at playlist, listen program recording and enjoy Kacey's true British English.

Rhubarb Radio: Press Selection, January 18th 2010 (beware of autoplay!).

The film director Anastasia Kopylova made her animated film “Behind the Wall” available for online watching.

This film was made in 2009 as a part of the international short film competition “Crossing Boundaries” (and won the 2nd prize) organized by Goethe-Institute in cooperation with “Rememberance, Responsibility and Future” Foundation.

Among those who took part in a production process, there are two people which are known for observant visitors of 56STUFF.com. They are: Anton Drozdov — he was a director of photography, and Yellowhead — he composed the music for this film.

You may watch a full version of “Behind the Wall” (the duration is just under eight minutes) with a help of vimeo.

“Theory and practice” — a project that unites people in search for new knowledge and those who is ready to share their experience and skills — organizes a presentation of its branch in St-Petersburg.

T&P promotes the knowledge exchanging method called ‘edutainment’ (education+entertainment) by organizing and supporting various lections, seminars and masterclasses which are opened for everyone and can be held in any kind of venue.

On a Friday evening in November T&Party will gather friends of “Theory and practice”, lecturers, lecture-organizers and interested audience. Some interesting conversations are expected to happen. Musical support will be realized by Denis Davydov aka Shtukk, DJ Greenleg and Hoopa.

T&Party
November 6, 2009 | 19:00
'Feelin Good' bar (Liteiny prospect, 64/78)
Free entrance