This past Saturday I went up to Austin to see the Legendary Pink Dots and was surprised to see their show had a live image component. They had two 8mm projectors and two slide reels being operated by what I assumed to be the wives/girlfriends and cohorts of the band members. Educational films from the 60's and still images of countless esoteric objects and scenes collided on the sheets behind the band to form a psychedelic and sometimes syncopated visual counterpart to the music. Despite the jankness of the presentation (something I actually enjoyed), both aspects of the performance blended very nicely. Apparently, Ed Ka-Spel, the Sliverman, and the rest of the Pink Dots haven't lost a step since their beginnings almost three decades ago. Big ups to Anglo-Dutch neo-psychedelia!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Pink DOTS
This past Saturday I went up to Austin to see the Legendary Pink Dots and was surprised to see their show had a live image component. They had two 8mm projectors and two slide reels being operated by what I assumed to be the wives/girlfriends and cohorts of the band members. Educational films from the 60's and still images of countless esoteric objects and scenes collided on the sheets behind the band to form a psychedelic and sometimes syncopated visual counterpart to the music. Despite the jankness of the presentation (something I actually enjoyed), both aspects of the performance blended very nicely. Apparently, Ed Ka-Spel, the Sliverman, and the rest of the Pink Dots haven't lost a step since their beginnings almost three decades ago. Big ups to Anglo-Dutch neo-psychedelia!
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