Silent Music Revival Halloween Edition

by | Oct 14, 2010 | POLITICS

On October 17th, Silent Music Revival presents another installment of improvised soundtracks to silent films.

October’s films will be a collection by the famed special effects artist Slavko Vorkapich.
These films have a distinct eeriness to them that is sure to embody the Halloween Spirit.

This month the musical artists are Silver Top Beauty with Antonia FD Vassar on vocals. Silver Top Beauty is the brainchild of Elliott Shelton, normally his solo work, he has expanded it into a collective to include Devonne Harris and Antonia Vassar.

After doing performances with the VCU guitar program, backup music for a puppet/theater show, and the Brian Jones’ music circus, he is ready to try his hand at the Silent Music Revival.

This is not Antonia Vassar’s first experience with Silent Music Revival. She performed with Jonathan Vassar and the Speckled Bird to the film “Menilmontant” over a year ago. Professionally trained as a classical vocalist, Antonia has preformed for the VCU Opera Theater Program and sang in the classical musical group, The Madrigalists.

I recently had the chance to Interview both Elliott and Antonia, and thought it fitting to have an improvised conversation in a public chat room talking about Silent Music Revival, while others talked about Brett Favre and Penises.

On October 17th, Silent Music Revival presents another installment of improvised soundtracks to silent films.

October’s films will be a collection by the famed special effects artist Slavko Vorkapich.
These films have a distinct eeriness to them that is sure to embody the Halloween Spirit.

This month the musical artists are Silver Top Beauty with Antonia FD Vassar on vocals. Silver Top Beauty is the brainchild of Elliott Shelton, normally his solo work, he has expanded it into a collective to include Devonne Harris and Antonia Vassar.

After doing performances with the VCU guitar program, backup music for a puppet/theater show, and the Brian Jones’ music circus, he is ready to try his hand at the Silent Music Revival.

This is not Antonia Vassar’s first experience with Silent Music Revival. She performed with Jonathan Vassar and the Speckled Bird to the film “Menilmontant” over a year ago. Professionally trained as a classical vocalist, Antonia has preformed for the VCU Opera Theater Program and sang in the classical musical group, The Madrigalists.

I recently had the chance to Interview both Elliott and Antonia, and thought it fitting to have an improvised conversation in a public chat room talking about Silent Music Revival, while others talked about Brett Favre and Penises.

INTERVIEW:

Welcome to the Chatting.com —- have fun and keep it clean!!!!*

elliott: jamesonnnnn
Antonia: hello
burba: yap
latinalove30 has joined. Welcome!
Jameson has joined. Welcome!
Jameson: hello
Cheeryleader_Vikings: ~waves
elliott: hey jameson and antonia, i just got asked if i’m hot and black
Antonia: are you?
BigJay: Cherry did you get txt from Favre? lol
Jameson: ha ha
Cheeryleader_Vikings: i wish
Jameson: Ok So Elliott and Antonia, how is the musical colaberation going?

BigJay: Cherry wanna be Favre’s babie mama, thats a hefty payday lol
Antonia: awesome. we practiced today. i found a bunch of serbian folk songs
elliott: it’s been going great, today was really fun and we did some stuff we definitely hadn’t done before
BanzaiMonkey: personally, there is a reason why this woman isn’t going to file charges against Favre. She got hired because someone from the Jets saw her on tv during a Florida State game… wearing a small shirt to show off her boobs and a cowboy hat.
elliott: yeahh, the serbian stuff is great material to work from
Jameson: So Elliot can you explain what Silver Top Beauty is?
chickalick: mia_chick101@hotmail.com-sexiest bitch out ,add me
Antonia: yes, what is silver top beauty?
Cheeryleader_Vikings: J~ i still think Favre bleeds packer green
meetbrandon: 20yrs8inches> I will suck that cock
elliott: Silver Top Beauty is the name i use to identify all my electronic music, but with antonia and devonne i’m trying to move away from just a solo thing
elliott: have more collaboration and have it be more of a collective
chocoholic1: will scissors cut that cock off
Antonia: what sort of other music do you do, elliott?

Jameson: Has Silver Top Beatuy become more of a collective now?
20yrs8inches: i’m not so much into guys
elliott: yeah, i’d definitely like to extend it to be that
sameer_hornii: any tight chut here for me
elliott: i’d have to identify the music as being electronic, i’m not sure what else you coul call it..beats?
Jameson: Antonia, you have some professional singing experience, can you talk about that?
Antonia: my background is in classical music
Antonia: small ensemble work
chocoholic1: can i stab my hubby
latinalove30: any single men in here from new york city
Rhiannon: hi sexyguywithcam1
Jameson: how has that going combined with electronic music?
Antonia: i really love the energy that happens in small group collaboration
Antonia: super fun
Sweetgentleman: am luking4 sexy-horny GF in KL Malaysia
Antonia: the guys are making me feel super comfortable
Antonia: (didn’t mean for that to sound sketchy)
elliott: what devonne and i are doing with antonia i guess is electronic in a way..but i guess maybmore electroacoustic
Antonia: electoacustic
handsome_25: God is good
elliott: devonne has been playing a wurlitzer piano and im playing electric guitar
Jameson: What are the challanges to playing to a film you have never seen like in Silent Music Revival?
handsome_25: God is goodddddddd
BigBadGuy41: any hot babe ? pm
handsome_25: God is good all the timeeeeeeeeee
Antonia: we practiced to some silent films last week
Antonia: just off of you tube
Antonia: the one that you showed last month?
jns4e1016: always bored
Jameson: Are you at all nervous about the event?
jns4e1016: who wants to hurt a penis thats not nice
elliott: i’m almost always nervous about any performance i have
jns4e1016: save the penises
Antonia: i was nervous about committing some embarassing gaffe not knowing the rules of improv

BigJay: penis’s should be loved and cared for
handsome_25: is this a naked siteeeeee
elliott: but i know it’s going to be very fun regardless of how nervous i am
elliott: i ususally relax once we start getting into the music
handsome_25: all ladies and gentlmen are naked here
Jameson: Well I am really looking foward to you playing
Antonia: i am really looking forward to it
jns4e1016: i agree cherish the penis
elliott: me, too!
Jameson: Do you have any suprises to add as a teaser?
BigJay: Worship it
Antonia: surprises . . . elliott?
jns4e1016: love it
crazy11: humiliateme pooped his pants
Antonia: cowboy outfits
elliott: hahaha
elliott: Devonne was sounding pretty Serbian today if you ask me, sounded great!
Jameson: Alright well everyone here come out to Gallery 5 on October 17th and check out this amazing preformance
elliott: do it do it do it!
jns4e1016: so what r we talking about today besides penises
Antonia: we’ll be there. in cowboy gear or otherwise
sweet_angel_girl has joined. Welcome!
Antonia: this is sketchy. are we done?
Jameson: Yes, we are done.
BigJay: thats all we discuss JNS, penis

WHAT: Silent Music Revival presents:
A collection of short films by Slavko Vorkapich.
WHEN: Sunday October 17th 2010 8PM (sharp)
WHERE: Gallery 5 200 W. Marshall St. Richmond, VA
FREE

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