2001 majusaban es 2002 oktobereben, mindket alkalommal a California-i Santa Cruz-ban, ahol lakom. Mindket alkalommal rendezo voltam, de a masodiknal mar kaptam rendes pass-t is, lasd alant.
A masodik koncert utan ezt irtam egy havernak ( Bocs, most nincs kedvem leforditani.)
There were about 500 people in the 700 room. They started at 8.15 and played exactly 100 minutes. Noone was allowed to make pictures so I didn’t make any neither. The best I can do is to show my pass and a ticket. Also at the end of this message is the flyer that lists what merchandise they sell on this tour.
I have to admit I don’t know their repertoire, but it was clear the most of the first 70 minutes was new material. This time they were mostly wearing military camouflage colors and styles. They are usually quite dark, but now they were even darker. They wrote most of the songs soon after 9/11 thus the show had a deadly quality to it. I think that the lyrics are rather important in their case and I couldn’t follow most of it, so don’t know what to make of it. Each song was a little drama as well, and 1-2-3-4 persons acted them out. The theme is “Demon Dance Alone” And indeed there was an acrobat with a Demon mask and body covered in red. He had two strong flashlights and was using it often to create a lighting effect reminiscent to expressionist movies. When I said “acrobat” I meant it. He moved like a professional dancer on stage and in and around the audience.
The back part of the stage had a military tent that you could peek in because its walls were made of some net. The front of the stage there were two poles, with hooks where the musicians put and took off their green lanterns.
The music of all the songs resembled each other to my untrained ears. I still liked, but became slightly boring after a while without grasping the details of the lyrics.
That’s about what I can say about the show. I had a good time.
WHAT ARE WE SELLING?
You might wonder what sort of items are for sale here...
here's a brief explanation...
the Kettles of Eish DVD -tour edition
This is a limited edition DVD sold only on this tour. It will again be available later this year as part of a bigger live box Set (coming with 3 more cds of music.) It's in 5.1 surround and contains live footage spanning the entire career of The Residents on stage
Icky Flix DVD
Last year's award winning DVD, in 5.1 surround, with new sound tracks to old songs (and old ones too) it's a must have for Residents fans.
Demons Dance Alone CD
The newest release that this show is based on. Most of the music in the Set is from this disc.
Demons Dance Alone DELUXE CD set
This is the same release, but comes with a bonus disc of bonus tracks. scratch versions of some of the material, songs that didn't make it etc, also has a beautiful hard bound book and faux suede slip cover. (not at every show, but online at ralphamerica.com)
Petting Zoo CD
This is a historical compilation of Residents tracks, from the early days to the present, including 2 songs from Demons Dance Alone. And what a bargain!
Roosevelt 2.0
Not at every show (but online at ralphamerica.com) this box (yes it's a wooden cigar box) has a limited edition disc inside with the rare tracks taken from Roosevelt (the 4th disc in 1997's Huddled Masses Box Set) plus an edited version of the elusive Pollex Christi. Some of these tracks date back to before Santa Dog 72.
Posters
The posters are designed as a dyptich, so to get the whole image you need a top half and bottom half...clever huh? anyhow, they are hand silk screened and limited to 80 Copies per version (150 copies total).lf you are a low number subscriber you will be getting your chance to match your number as soon as these are announced online (We are saving your number)
BUY OR DIE!
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