Sean Carnage
Sean Carnage | |
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Born | Sean Carney Los Angeles, U.S |
Education | National Endowment for the Humanities[1] |
Known for | Director Concert promoter[2] |
Website | www |
Sean Carnage, born Sean Carney, is a director and producer living in Los Angeles. He is also a concert promoter, hosting "Sean Carnage Monday Nights" at Pehrspace in Echo Park, Carnage has also hosted his "Monday nights" in the past at Los Angeles venues The Smell and the il Corral, and currently at the Pehrspace[3]
His feature-length video 40 Bands 80 Minutes! was released in 2006.[4][5][6]
Early life and career
Sean Carney grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. He dropped out of Case Western Reserve to hang out at the Euclid Tavern and listen to underground rock groups like Craw and the Jesus Lizard. He'd played in bands, written about music, and booked shows at the funky DIY venue Speak in Tongues. He helmed local monthly music magazine U.S. Rocker for a year before it folded in late 1998.[7][8] In October 2002, he headed west to Los Angeles, hoping to find work in publishing and break into TV and video. Shortly after landing in L.A., Carney responded to a newspaper ad seeking an assistant to the editorial director of a "top men's magazine." [9][10][11]
As a producer
Carney produced Queer Edge with Jack E. Jett and Sandra Bernhard at Queer Television.[12] In 2006 Carney produced 40 Bands 80 Minutes! a rockumentary about the Los Angeles underground music scene.[13] Carney was also the director of the film. The sequel to 40 Bands 80 Minutes! was filmed in 2007 but never been released.[14]
Awards
Carnage is a Cannes Gold Lion award-winning digital producer of Stance x Star Wars “Shop with the Force” mobile app.[15][16]
References
- ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=gatCP2rDCWoC&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=sean+carney+national+endowment+for+the+humanities&source=bl&ots=qm7R6wN2_a&sig=ACfU3U2XAQHf_T4ayG6GT6FjXiqxl6yNow&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiN1Pm9y7npAhUWu54KHbBGCSkQ6AEwAXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=sean%20carney%20national%20endowment%20for%20the%20humanities&f=false
- ^ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=lXxjCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT49&lpg=PT49&dq=Sean+Carnage&source=bl&ots=VOXKsgylmy&sig=ACfU3U1iplrpReGniNXg3lk4jV3knJs7mA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwig6LThzrzpAhU9_XMBHT13BNw4KBDoATADegQICRAB#v=onepage&q=Sean%20Carnage&f=false
- ^ Carnage, Sean (July 5, 2009). "SEAN CARNAGE: NOISY AND GAY RIGHT FROM THE START". L.A. Record (Interview). Interviewed by Drew Denny. Los Angeles. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ Pierce, Tony (22 December 2006). "Sean Carnage's Angelenos Who Inspire Him To Be Bad". Gothamist. Archived from the original on 9 January 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Critics' Choice". Detroit News. March 2, 2007. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ https://www.laweekly.com/pehrspace-in-trouble-sean-carnage-to-move-monday-nights-temporarily/
- ^ https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/lust-all-access/Content?oid=1534759
- ^ https://www.drewtewksbury.com/new-blog/los-angeles-experimental-music-the-smell-history
- ^ https://www.drewtewksbury.com/new-blog/los-angeles-experimental-music-the-smell-history
- ^ https://www.cleveland.com/pdextra/2007/02/maverick_exclevelander_finds_h.html
- ^ https://books.google.co.in/books?id=zdDPAcmS9XUC&pg=PA380&lpg=PA380&dq=Sean+Carnage&source=bl&ots=0M3uoBxt0X&sig=ACfU3U3o0Faa4whBPBW3nzOn1nCkOqIXoQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwig6LThzrzpAhU9_XMBHT13BNw4KBDoATAEegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=Sean%20Carnage&f=false
- ^ https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/lust-all-access/Content?oid=1534759
- ^ https://www.drewtewksbury.com/new-blog/los-angeles-experimental-music-the-smell-history
- ^ https://www.popmatters.com/various-artists-40-bands-80-minutes-dvd-2495776431.html
- ^ https://www.thelaegotist.com/news/shop-for-socks-using-the-force-stance-socks-and-la-based-creative-agency-zambezi-team-to-pay-homage-to-star-wars/
- ^ http://www.lebook.com/creative/stance-socks-starwars-collection-advertising-2015
External links
- Sean Carnage at IMDb
- The Official 40 Bands 80 Minutes! webpage
- Director Sean Carnage's blog
- July 2009 Interview with L.A. Record