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Posted by The G on October 30, 2010 under G Videos | 
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On October 27, 2010, Mt. Desolation (featuring Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin from Keane) played their first ever headlining gig at Mercury Lounge in New York. Their music is indie-alt-country and the band definitely knows how to rock. My favorite song of the night was “Platform 7″ and it looked and sounded just like this…
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See this new Fumero while it’s fresh!
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Henry Winkler
I’ve met Henry Winkler a bunch of times. Every time, without fail, he was always really nice. One of the things I love about meeting celebrities is seeing if their off-screen personalities match with their on-screen personas. You’d think that Henry Winkler would be too cool for school like his character The Fonz was on the enormously popular show “Happy Days.” I’m here to tell you that in person, Henry Winkler is as cool as The Fonz. So cool that I forgive him for misspelling my name. Henry Winkler turns 65 on October 30, 2010 and we at According2g.com wish him a very happy birthday! AAAAAYYYY!
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Edward Ka-Spel of Legendary Pink Dots
The Legendary Pink Dots are one of those bands that everyone talks about, everyone seems to reference, and yet I seemed to know nothing about them. I decided I would remedy that and judge for myself if the band lives up to its name by going to see them live and I have to tell you – they do! The Legendary Pink Dots (LPD) played New York’s Le Poisson Rouge (LPR) on October 29, 2010 and it was an enchanted evening. The band is avant-garde, electronic, ambient, post-punk, industrial, experimental, noise and synthpop and a lot of these styles are present at the same time in their songs. From the second they hit the stage, I was mesmerized by lead singer Edward Ka-Spel. He moves around the stage subtly but he is able to take the audience on a journey with him. I was standing in my usual spot (front row, center) and Edward came right up to me during an early song in the set and sang it right in my face. I saw people taking video of it, so hopefully they’ll post it. The lighting was minimal but effective throughout the show. As this band began in 1980, I kept thinking of all the bands that have clearly been influenced by this band. It’s pretty amazing to think of how ground breaking this group is to pioneer these sounds decades before bands such as Dresden Dolls, MGMT and Skinny Puppy existed. Speaking of the Dresden Dolls, The Legendary Pink Dots are playing with them on Halloween at Webster Hall – so that’ll be a night filled with great entertainment. I met the band moments after the show and they were both very nice. Photos of that encounter are coming soon as well as a video of “Third Secret.” So stay tuned.
Phil Knight (aka The Silverman)
The setlist from Setlist.fm was:
The Unlikely Event / Third Secret / Rainbows Too? / Remember Me This Way / Gods and Machines / Russian Roulette / Cubic Caesar / Hauptbahnhof 20:10 / Soft Toy / Choke / Torchsong / New Tomorrow.
Encore:
White Coats and Halos (Tear Garden Cover) / Birdie
Posted by The G on October 29, 2010 under Street Art | 3 Comments to Read
Photo by G. Art by a pill popper.
Pray For Pills
Have a happy and safe Halloween weekend everyone. What are you praying for?
I’m praying that people start leaving comments on this site instead of on Facebook or via private message and will click on the external links I kindly provide. It’s enough to drive one to take pills!
xo
