kent,
we will not take this sitting down on our jaded hipster asses...
;)
and it was dave siska on the tables, for those that are/were interested
m/j
At 05:30 PM 8/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
quoted 27 lines I'll resist the temptation to review this show in the voice of Wesley Willis.
>I'll resist the temptation to review this show in the voice of Wesley Willis.
>Just a quick word though -- Richard Devine and Phoenecia rule live. Rich
>is onto some s t r a n g e other shit -- obviously there is the Autechre
>connection, but while they, despite their pointellistic cut-up beats, are
>at heart minimalists, Rich Devine is a maximalist. A typical track has
>a foreground of obsessively detailed percussive clatter and odd screeches
>and grunts, and a background of barely perceptible poppy vamping.
>
>Phoenecia's set was marred by losing the subs about halfway through
>unfortunately, but it was still quite a tastey performance of the far
>side of electro.
>
>Thanks to Mike Javor for setting up this date and letting me pass out
>on his couch. It is only through the dedication of people like Mike that
>we in the midwest will get to see cutting edge acts.
>
>An aside about Chicago crowds -- just because the candy ravers dance, does
>that mean all you jaded hipsters have to sit on yer asses all night? Both
>sets (and the DJ'ing in between by Dan Siska -- don't know if I remembered
>the name right). When Rich gets out to Iowa this fall we will show Chicago
>a thing or two about crowd enthusiasm, even in the face of extreme sonic
>terrorism.
>
>kent williams -- kent@avalon.net
>
>
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