jd e (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jkndrkn) wrote,@ 2009-06-27 09:22:00 |
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MMK:
Shows 1, 2, 3 of 4 down.
Report!
Cool-Cool show 4: http://www.electronicsubsouth.com/mb/vie
ASIDE I:
Do first dates/encounters with strange internet folk ever get less awkward? I'm hoping I can manage OK today.
ASIDE II:
Ugh, there were ASIDEs II, II, and IV as well, but LJ ate them. They involved canopies and swimming pools and discs and tori aaand. Musings on productivity and alocohol and dating and stuff. But they are lost now!
MMK:
Shows 1, 2, 3 of 4 down.
Report!
- A Story House show. A neat building. I"VE BEEN TOLD, it's from the late 19th century. I was also told that at the corner of 34th and Archer was a city named Daysville that was gradually absorbed into the greater Gainesville endoplasm. Lysosomes. Well, the building has less life now that Celino's sculptures are removed. Much dimmer, too. Since his sculptures were literally luminous (lamps). The space wasn't the same without Enzo, the noise dog. I met Jesse (Jessie?) and she spoke at me and I managed to speak back at her and we had a massive case of humorous and painfully frustrating T.O.T. symdrome. We... it start's with a "C"; has a sort of "la" ending; you know, he came like before Nero; one of the first crazy ones. We had to query various people. Someone finally knew it: CALIGULA. Getting through a case of massive Tip-Of-the-Tongue is like a long-delayed sneeze or like a... yeah. NEWAY: the bands: Deep Trench brought deep pulsing detuned vinyl record loops and thick oscillator squaks vying for space under harsh distorted vocals and keyed synthesizer. Nice full bass and squeal action. Next was a fellow Aaaron Zarzutzki with very impressive "micro noise" built from hand-built electronic devices. Much stutter and white-noise hashing and RF-frequency buzzings. Third was Globular exploring some entertaining but fairly standard "woo, I've got a vintage synth" sound waves. You know, arpeggiator goin' and tweaking knobs and layering on the echo. Fourth was beat-driven! And danceable and silly with vocals and lyrics about Pornoworld and Frankenstein. They were named Skeleton Warrior and sported keyboards and fashionable dress.
- Abort! The show was mis-run. Musicians *arrived* at 8 when show was supposed to *start* at 8. Said musicians had enormous quantities of musical equipment all synchronized and layered and twinkling lights that required of them to set it up for at least an hour and forty-five minutes. During the set-up interlude we went to a new Gainesville eatery on their very first "soft-opening" night. This eatery will be hosting a couple Cool-Cool shows in August, including one where I'll be playing as part of Hydrogen Arm with Sir Dubbio of Fort Knack. The show will consist of silent films paired with musicians that are tasked with giving them a soundtrack. Should be fun! The place is named The Laboratory and is immediately adjacent to Hear-Again CD's on University. Well... we ended up skipping the show because show 3 was about to start. I popped in next-door at the CMC and looked over some cool art and had a chat with Superman's papa. ANALOG VS> DIGITAL and all that. Photochop?? I liked the brushes-in-mouth one best, I think. Maybe we'll see more of her prints around town now ^_^ It was unfortunate that so much stuff was going on that night cuz the art show was set up as a dance party and most dancers were clubbin' it elsewhere or attending Cool-Cool show 3.
- Ahhhhh, good show. Sarcastic was fun. Enjoyed the drum sequencing. Could use some live musical performers, though. Maybe a cyborg on synth drums and a zombie on keys. Oddknock's new songs were pretty cool. He's definitely mastered the dance music format and the manipulation of energy levels in a live setting. Was not aware that he triggered changes in the sequencer on-the-fly! Very cool/impressive. Ctrl+Space's visuals were hampered somewhat by all the black-velvet paintings and kitschy-cool gewgaws that form that backdrop to the stage at The Atlantic. Entertainment was very cool and fulfilled a personal need of mine to see a bass-driven proto-goth rock band perform live. He was channeling a Thunderbird through what looked like a delay set up for very subtle slap-back, I think some kind of Danelectro flanger, some kind of high-end overdrive pedal (that sounded a bit too thin and tame in my mind) and some kind of vibrato chorus, or flanger or rotary-speaker effect. The bass was super Peter-hooky in places, super David J-ish in places, and straight-up rockin' in other places. Drummer melded very straight danceable kick/snare patterns with energetic fills and occasional rock flourishes. Guitarist played sparsely and sparingly very much in a Bauhaus / No Wave compatible way. The band was all glammed out and making the appropriate poses and goofy lofty-serious-sexy-gothy faces. My friend the Bat Sage commented that they probaly have occasional spats when one of the members starts slacking on his clothes/hair ^_^ Funny scenario to visualize. OK and then Girls on Film, which haven't changed much during the three or four years since I last saw them. Their dance moves are stronger, they are one-less member, and the lead singer's angry/detached/menacing thing has sharpened somewhat. Still enjoyable. Nice to see goth-night folk actually coming out and enjoying live music for once ^_^
Cool-Cool show 4: http://www.electronicsubsouth.com/mb/vie
ASIDE I:
Do first dates/encounters with strange internet folk ever get less awkward? I'm hoping I can manage OK today.
ASIDE II:
Ugh, there were ASIDEs II, II, and IV as well, but LJ ate them. They involved canopies and swimming pools and discs and tori aaand. Musings on productivity and alocohol and dating and stuff. But they are lost now!
