musical interlude with bullitz + bonus randomness
Some shows:
The Knife
• a few months back at Webster Hall. The visuals were really high-production and theatrical, mostly projections on scrims to make for the 3-D effect. There was also a sculptural/video component that was a verbatim rip-off of Tony Oursler.
• Music-wise it did not deviate from their recordings one iota. The whole thing had to have been lip-synched... in fact, I don't think they ever even bothered to move their mouths. Maybe their lips were paralyzed?
• There was, however, lots of bouncing around in monkey costumes. and they poked at a keyboard once in awhile.
• Throw them to the lions.
Datarock
• at Studio B in Brooklyn last month. Ah, an actual live act, nothing fancy, just a really good, energetic show that exceeded expectations.
• The red track suits and wraparound sunglasses were a little stale, but the band is from Norway, so they probably don't have regular access to TV or the internet.
• You might remember I posted about them a while back. Back when my blog was better, before "the waning."
Kooks
• we're going to see them at Irving Plaza in May! yay. I am having springs implanted in my foot-pads especial.
• click here for an acoustic version of "Ooh La" that was shot in the streets of Paris.
Some other stuffs:
Jazz Butcher
Remembering the Datarock show made me think of the best live shows I've ever seen, which reminded me of The Jazz Butcher, which was definitely in the top 3. Maybe it was even the best. I saw them ten thousand years ago in the Pleistocene Era in a college cafeteria in Winsor, Canada and then again in Ann Arbor. Take a little spin in the way-back machine for a video from the golden age of MTV.
John Cooper Clarke
If you watched the Sopranos this week you heard his poem/rant/song Evidently Chickentown during the closing credits. Here's an a capella version.
Dessert
You have to watch at least part of this before you watch this.
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posted by sloth @ 4:27 PM
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