Yes - it was Kippi Kaninus...I suppose it was only bad from the performance
perspective. Let's just say that he played thoroughly non-engaging
background music and popping in his CD in a single deck on the middle of the
stage would have been equally as enjoyable. Not a knock on the music so
much as the performance.
Yawn...
JS
quoted 60 lines From: "M Mercer" <vletrmx@hotmail.com>
>From: "M Mercer" <vletrmx@hotmail.com>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: Re: [idm] worst live show
>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:46:36 -0400
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>>From: "Jason Stickel" <j_stickel_otfp@hotmail.com>
>>To: ryan@octanedetroit.com, idm@hyperreal.org
>>Subject: Re: [idm] worst live show
>>Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 13:02:46 -0400
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>>I have heard similar complaints about 606 in Detroit not long ago when he
>>was touring with Gold Chains, although I was not there personally. What a
>>shame.
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>>Not sure of the performer's name (sorry), but the opening act for Mum in
>>Columbus awhile back was the most boring live act I have ever seen. Good
>>musically I suppose, but he looked like a manequin on stage and the crowd
>>was practically lulled to sleep.
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>i actually disagree with this.... I saw the same show in Chicago, and I
>thought Kippi Kaninus was quite good. Yes, a bit dry on the visuals, but
>his music was really nice I thought. I hadn't heard it before and I was
>pleasantly surprised and engaged. And the venue was about 110 degrees, so
>that says a lot.
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>I thought that Gold Chains outperformed anyone on the recent 606 tour. He
>so obviously enjoys what he's doing and doesn't compromise his ideas. 606
>was fine, I thought, a bit boring (very long set as I recall), similar to
>his recent album (which is basically more of the same pop mashup
>"appropriation"), but GC was awesome. I also enjoyed Lesser's foray into
>laptop death metal.
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>The worst show I've ever seen? Gosh. I usually forget about that type of
>stuff. I think the absolute worst show would be this goth show I went to in
>Cleveland... I went to see my friend's pseudo-trip-hop group open up the
>night (not realizing this was a $20 event for multiple bands) and was soon
>treated to some of the most mediocre electro-industrial music. I used to
>love that stuff but man, this was bad. Then I started to feel ill and ended
>up puking my guts out in the bathroom; at first I thought it was a physical
>reaction to how bad the music was, but actually I'd apparently gotten food
>poisoning from my lunch. ;-)
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