For those brave enough to stick through the weirdness

Date: 5/9/07
Location: Spot 6
Bands: Earwig Spectre and Environmental Encroachment
DJs: Quantazelle, Mr. Bobby, Livewire, DJ Demchuk, Mister Fuckhead
Drinks: $3 Blue Moon
Things I missed to be there: To Live and Shave in LA with Lovely Little Girls at Nihilist; Bike-In Cinema at Heaven Gallery; Cesario Magnifique's disco jam
Reason for going: My bike broke down over there



I had this dream one time, about an avant garde party happening in the basement of an abandoned church around goose island. Highlights included a man eating an apple and masturbating at about 1/1000th of the speed he would normally do either, and a man tying ropes around various objects, fixtures and people to make webs of fractals that became whole new levels of space with usable rooms for those willing to climb up to them. No one was specifically hyped as a part of the show. You were there and you had the option of watching, participating, or participating by act of watching. EE's performance in the Spot 6 basement reminded me of this dream, because there seemed to be that same blurred distance between fan and member.

It's been a while since I've seen EE ascend the steps of the Nervous Center onto Lincoln Avenue, or descent the steps at Buddy to lead a parade down Milwaukee, so it wasn't surprising to see them climb out of the Spot 6 basement and single file onto Clar Street, but it did tae me back. I lingered upstairs for a while and when I came downstairs, everyone was lying on the floor, playing their instruments, or writhing, or juggling blacklight globes on their back, until they picked themselves up again. The barjers bared and the dancers danced. The band was in full form.

Unfortunately, Demchuk and Fuckhea stll haven't figured out a solution for getting people to stick around for the DJs when the bands are laying, leaving Android Kult's Livewire and Mr. Bobby in the dust. The only time (while I was there) that the upstairs was really being well-utilized was when EE came up and for a brief moment, had their music reach a synergy with what Quantazelle was playing, and it was truly dope.

Before EE got on, Earwig Spectre played a fun set of wonk cabaret, full of singalong songs about insects. It looked like the kind of thing a high school kid would have cooked up in his basement, but being an adult man, standing at a keyboard crowded with fake nsects and plush, stuffed bugs, it somehow wored, for those brave enough to stick thrugh the weirdness.


[EE playing with the Dolphin at UIUC]