Category: Music

  • “The Surprise Return of Delta of Venus”

    Arts writer Rick Koster wrote a spectacular article on Delta of Venus, to be published in the print edition Friday 2 May, 2025.

    Here is the online link: Check it out!


    The Surprise Return of Delta of Venus by Rick Koster

    Delta of Venus: From Left to Right: Shawn Fake (drums), Rich Freitas (guitars), Mat Tarbox (bass and sequencer), Issy Paterson (vocals and lyrics)

    Listen to Delta of Venus here:
    Disengaged b/w Slipping

    From Left to Right: Delta of Venus with Shawn Fake (drums), Rich Freitas (guitars), Mat Tarbox (bass and sequencer), Issy Paterson (vocals, lyrics), and actresses for the video: Fiona Morrison, Emma Bishop, Maya George, and Izzy Nowakowski. Missing from photo: Nora Lichter (actress). Band Photo top and Group Photo by Michelle Gemma. Cover art by Rich Freitas.

    Check out the music video here at Mistuxet TV!

  • Ellery Twining- Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection (Official Music Video)

    Video at Mistuxet TV

    On RESULTS, Ellery Twining follows up his critically acclaimed solo debut REVENGE with an exploration into the soundscapes of Post Pop.

    The third track on RESULTS is Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection.  Twining says, “Working at the  Mystic Disc record store since 1995 has brought many memorable moments of musical importance. When the store bought Dusty Springfield’s record collection, it was an indelible moment.”

    The music video for Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection introduces a young fan of Dusty Springfield’s music as she searches for her records at the iconic Mystic Disc record shop in Downtown Mystic on a recent afternoon. Unbeknownst to her, the ghost of Dusty Springfield will also pay a visit to the Mystic Disc.

    Written and directed by Mystic photographer Michelle Gemma
    Edited by Jim Canty
    Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection song credits:
    Released June 1, 2023

    all noises by Ellery Twining
    Except: David Bentley / The Bass Guitar

    Produced and Recorded by Eric M. Lichter for Dirt Floor Recording & Production – Haddam, CT
    Recorded between December 2022 and April 2023

    Dusty Springfield’s Record Collection video credits:
    Released August 17, 2024
    All photographs and video by Michelle Gemma
    Except video footage of 17 Relics from Disc40 by Frank Fulchiero for SEC-TV in Groton, CT on September 30, 2023
    Models: Carly Straub as the young fan and Issy Paterson as Dusty Springfield
    Mystic Disc workers: Emma & Maya & Fiona
    Mystic Disc owner: Dan Curland
    Filmed on June 30,  July 16 & August 7, 2024 at Mystic Disc  in Mystic, CT USA
    Appearing in the photographs: Mystic Disc, Carly, Issy, Glastonbury Grove, DJ Shecky, DJ Jimmy K, DJ Mark Amado, Emma, Maya, Fiona, James Maple, and the Dog Dan Curland.

  • S.B. Butler (Official Music Video)

    S.B. Butler (Official Music Video)

    S.B. Butler is the first music video from Ellery Twining’s second solo album “RESULTS”, released 1 June 2023

    Check it out at Mistuxet TV!

    On RESULTS, Ellery Twining follows up his critically acclaimed solo debut REVENGE with an exploration into the soundscapes of Post Pop.

    He has described the work as “A contextual dissemination of the Generation X transformation into the Post Generation.” Further elaborating, he conveys that there are underlying themes of popular culture, childhood survival tactics, and the consequences of “socially acceptable divorce.”

    “This group of songs illustrates the experience of seeing through the eyes of Generation X kids during their childhood, and its reflection.”

    Written and directed by Mystic Photographer Michelle Gemma

    Edited by Jim Canty

    S.B. Butler song credits:
    Released June 1, 2023
    all noises by Ellery Twining
    Except:
    David Bentley / The Bass Guitar
    Mixed by Eric Lichter for Dirt Floor Recording & Production
    Recorded at The  Dirt Floor Studio
    Haddam, CT
    Recorded between December 2022 and April 2023

    S.B Butler video credits:
    Released April 1, 2024
    All photographs and video by Michelle Gemma
    Except childhood photos from the Freitas Family Albums

    Model: Carly Straub

    Photographed August 2023 at S.B. Butler Elementary School and on Ocean View Avenue in Mystic, CT USA, and at the Odetah Playground in Bozrah, CT USA

  • RESULTS PRESS

    THE PUNK HEAD

    Ellery Twining is ahead of his time. He foresees a post-pop era before the genre is even defined, but here and now, RESULTS convinces you that a new aesthetic is the inevitable. Before, the post pop genre hasn’t had an artist who can truly define the genre, at least not until Twining entered the scene.

    Twining has something very special to share with RESULTS. Following his acclaimed debut release, the sophomore album further pushes the experimentation of form and texture. To answer the question what post-pop is, you need to first listen to his album. The album sees a translucent form of childhood nostalgia combined with a cynical look at past generations in reflection with modernity, pop, and pop culture.

    The influences of RESULTS, or more accurately, its rising aesthetic is also echoed throughout different forms of contemporary art. In literature, there’s a rising of non-linear storytelling and expressiveness, which focus on individual artistry and creativity and sees narratives bend the rules of genres. RESULTS share the same thread of individuality, liberation, and expressiveness. Twining’s non-fiction, personalized narrative is entered through a fluid-like deformation of pop and folk lyricism and carried out by the heart of a poet.

    RESULTS in a way reminds you of glam rock, avant-garde, and punk, of which forms all share the confrontation and seeking of a more conclusive expression as new movements and changes are emerging across the globe. We are too at a change of time, and RESULTS articulates these lost and undefined feelings. Its form might still be viewed as edgy by many, but it’s well-supported by the change of narratives that are happening in the world. RESULTS doesn’t lack universal appeal. It’s more than ever resonating and needed to be heard.

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  • From The Day’s Archive 26 December 1995 by Scott Timberg

    My first big scoop! Scott Timberg, RIP, was a force upon the Mystic Art & Culture scene in the 1990’s, seemingly at every rock show, poetry reading, art exhibit, with pencil and pad in hand.

    Thank you to the Day for digitizing its archive!

    Next up- ads from Stitch in Time Boutique, circa 1979

  • CELLAR DOOR

    CELLAR DOOR

    I heard you knocking
    at our cellar door
    shakey made a run to New York
    and he had scored
    and you were desperate

    how did you know?

    acceptance proceeds at
    its own pace
    perception is constantly
    a step behind
    a step behind

    the bottle,
    empty.
    friday evening.

    the needle,
    empty.
    thursday night.

    it was a secret
    until it wasn’t

    the neighborhood kids didn’t hear our warnings
    they were simply kids
    tired of warnings
    tired of fighting
    tired of trying
    some survived
    some were revived
    and some of you died

    credits

    lyrics by Ellery Twining

    https://ellerytwining.bandcamp.com/music

    from RESULTS, track released June 1, 2023

  • Free From Gravity

    Django Django are a British art rock band based in London, England. Formed in 2009, the band has released four studio albums starting with their self-titled debut in 2012. Their latest album Glowing in the Dark was released on 12 February 2021. This music video was shot in Stonington, CT and released 24 January 2021.

    Written, Directed, and Produced by James Canty

  • Chicago 1893 Overview

    Chicago 1893 Overview

    “The future is now Old Man!”, he said to himself.

    Official Website: http://chicago1893.com

    Documentary Film: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JCPFJ54

    Paperback/ebook/audiobook: https://amazon.com/dp/1082413585

    Merchandise: https://teespring.com/stores/1893-chi…

    Soundtrack: https://chicago1893.bandcamp.com

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chicago.1893

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/Chicago_1893

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicago.1893

  • REVENGE

    the debut Solo LP from Rich Freitas

    REVENGE

    https://ellerytwining.bandcamp.com/releases