August 30, 2007
Some Fine Madness
Looks like a primo line-up Saturday September 9 at Lemp Arts Center (and their shows generally start after Rough Riders games ... GO ROUGH RIDERS! There's nothing I love more than hearing a newly-assembled high school marching band practicing before a game).
So, this I gotta see: the headliner is HARPTALLICA!, a Metallica tribute harp duo. Adding to the madness is the loveable but terrifying one-man band, Super Fun Yeah Yeah
Rocketship; Dank Saturday, which I know nothing about - it doesn't pop up in a search engine; and drummer Robert Fishbone. I've marched with this guy in Mardi Gras drum corps during the Grand Parade, and was rather intimidated by his percussive chops. Fishbone's an amazing guy - he makes his own instruments and even though I have watched him play more than once, I've never been able to figure out how he gets the sounds he does. He's also the guy that invented those inflatable Edvard Munch "The Scream" dolls, as well as a "Pin the Ear on Van Gogh" party game. Now, how could I make this show more appealing than it already is? The only thing that would make it totally perfect is if the Rough Riders marching band also made an appearance, but hopefully it will be possilbe to catch some of their tunes floating out of the schoolyard earlier that afternoon ...