Just got back from the Dan Deacon show at the Drunken Unicorn. And to all those that missed out, let me just say that you, uh, missed out. It was an amazing show, more like being at a giant party than a concert. We were encouraged to pretend as if our parents had just got divorced and dad had a sweet new place and he was letting us use the basement for a party. In a weird way, it kinda felt like that.From A to Z opened with a short set that was long on 'sass'. They did a pretty good version of "Killing in the Name". Fuck you I won't do what you tell me indeed. Video Hippos played fast and loose, and while I liked what I heard it all went by in so fast that
it didn't have time to sink in. Deacon himself got to a shaky start with an off key, audience assisted take on the Star Spangled Banner. He told a story that somehow incorporated a car wreck, a cop pissing a swastika in the snow, and an entire universe made of hair. They ride around on combs there. Apparently he had never been to Atlanta before and was nervous that only 2 people would show up. Luckily he had plenty of napkins on hand. Also more than 2 people showed up. Song by song he built up steam and audience good will until he climaxed with a 10 minute rendition of 'Wham City" from his album Spiderman of the Rings (the highlight of the evening as well as the album). Passing out cloaks and lyric sheets is one way to get the audience involved and, hell, it worked.Another highlight was the spirited dance off led by none other than Hawk Stevens (see below). Dan led the crowd in a countdown of ten 'Hawks' until zero when he said, "the hawk flies at
midnight". Classic.I wish he would have played a few more songs from Spiderman of the Rings, like "Woody Woodpecker" or "Pink Batman", but as he said after the first (and only) encore: "No more of this Bruce Springsteen encore shit". Take that Boss.
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Dance boy!
James AKA Hawk, spoke of the radical new girls group A2Z. What is your take on these radical ladies? Are they really all that?
they were rad, but not radical if you know what I mean. novelty value for sure, entertaining certainly - revolutionary not so much.
I was told those two girls threw that act together for fun because one was visiting from New Orleans for a week. They made up those songs as a joke years ago and the musicians that played with them had only learned them a couple days before. I liked them even more after learning that. Having fun and making fun for the sake of fun is rad if you ask me. I doubt it will happen again, though.
-TTG
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