At the Anchorage last night I saw a pretty interesting show. First Jim
O'Rourke played a repetitive distortion guitar thing. Next was some guy from
Circuit Bible, who was really incredible. Does anyone know anything more
about him/them? Do they always do that kind of percussive stuff, not quite
jungle, but still fast and frantic? Next was a guy from EBN, who was pretty
good, but sort of repetitive. the best part was the video stuff that
accompanied it (drumming guy went with the drums, bass player with the bass
line, etc.) Does anyone who was at the show remember the voice sample that
went with the newscast lady, something about lsd, etc.?
Ben Neill went on next, which was decent at points, but mostly boring. Is
he actually a good trumpet player when he's playing for real?
DJ Spooky closed. I had never seen him before, and frankly I was
disappointed, if not very surprised after all the shit people have talked
about him. Really boring, didn't go anywhere. The most interesting thing he
did was further deconstruct Hendrix's national anthem, but really, what's the
point? So here are my questions-did I see him on a bad night? Is he always
like this? For those of you who were there, what did you thing of his set?
Is his music something that grows on you if you hear him spin a few times?
A guy from EBN did visuals the whole way through, except for Jim O'Rourke.
Pretty cool, especially for Circuit Bible and EBN.
Thanks much
Sam