[atlantaprog] Re: atlantaprog Digest V1 #99

Wow.  That sounds pretty interesting.  Don't know if I can swing tonight
on short notice, though.  Too bad, cuz $26 is a great price for a show
these days  :?/



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Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 23:59:04 -0400
From: nick douglas <nickd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [atlantaprog] Re: Rundgren

Andrew, Todd is playing the Roxy tomorrow night! 
According to the Roxy's ad in last week's Creative Loafing: Todd
Rundgren & The Liars Friday May 14 
9:00 PM 
$26
Seated GA
404-233-ROXY (7699)
Box office and doors open one hour prior to show

Pollstar says The Liars are his backup band.  That's all I know about
them.

I do like both albums you mentioned.  I've seen video of some nice
improvs with TR/i interacting with talented audience members.  The
interactive concept could (sometimes) work, but he had better results
with it in the multi-day installations he did than in one-night-stand
concerts (or remix-your-own CDs).

The one time I saw todd-in-a-pod live, Todd was great.  The "pod" had
MIDI controllers and video cameras operable by audience members. The
video cameras were suspended from arms 15 feet or so from the stage but
the musical controllers were bolted to the outside of the pod/stage
surrounding the solo performer.  I have a sort-of sad memory of standing
next to a big, tall, talented drummer amongst a little cluster of
musicians about 3 meters from the pod, gazing across an uncrossable
crush of bodies to where deliriously ecstatic fans were beating on
things with sticks like excited, rhythmless monkeys, while a frustrated
TR-i would try coaching them, "one...two...three...four!" before fading
the mindless monkeys out of the mix.

Nick

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