Well I presided over a show that was The Perfect Debacle. NO ONE showed up.
No. One.
And I feel bad about it not because I didn't make any money -- I rarely do --
or that I flyer'ed and poster'ed around town repeatedly -- but because the
headliners The Badger King had no audience and they do a really job live, and
are in my opinion doing something original and enjoyable.
You can hear some of their songs
http://www.thebadgerking.com but I think
they sound even better loud and live. It's a guy -- steve and a girl --
ritchey -- he holds down the powerbook and airfx duties, she sings and plays
a bit of guitar. The result is lovely synthesized and synthetic Pop, with some
almost proggish tendencies ... their ear for melody is dead on, and at turns
they come off as a less jokey The Might Be Giants, and a warmer, less
bug-eyed Devo. Or like Kid 606 discovered song writing ... I don't know. You
substitute your own Record reviewer Oxymoron...
But anyway they are playing ALL OVER THE PLACE -- all you out there who
live in towns like DeKalb IL, North Manchester, In, Ithaca NY, and Jacksonville
FL who are always saying nothing interesting comes to your town, go check
out the tour schedule and represent. And they're playing places like
Cambridge, Brooklyn, and Baltimore for all you urban bohos ...
And you Texans step up -- they have a show at Rubber Gloves in Denton on 12/4,
but are looking for someplace to play in Austin, Houston, and El Paso.
They'd even do a house party. Surely you can get more people in your living
room than I was able to get up to Gabe's for them...
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