Dr. Wallace Wrightwood: I'm gonna say this once. 'Gonna say it simple. And I hope to God for your sakes you all listen. There are no Abominable Snowmen. There are so Sasquatches. There are no Big Feet! [the family begins to giggle. Unbeknownst to Wrightwood, Harry is standing right behind him] Dr. Wallace Wrightwood: Am I missing something?

Monday, November 24, 2008

Of Montreal...

...See them live if you have the opportunity. They offer a very engaging and entertaining show that includes mythical creatures, a mock hanging, an almost naked Kevin Barnes, one act skits, music, art, and all around awesomeness.

From Wikipedia:

With of Montreal, Barnes has always tried to cross the bridge between his love of theatre, comedy, and music, often resulting in interludes between songs - skits, slow-motion sword fights and surreal interaction between band members. Since the release of Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, Barnes has been performing as his on-stage glam rock alter ego, Georgie Fruit, first mentioned in "Labyrinthian Pomp". The second half of the album comes after the twelve minute dark epic, "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal", a track which stands out in the album and the rest of the of Montreal repertoire because of how it succumbs to dark thoughts of suicide and chemical imbalance, themes hinted at more cheerily elsewhere on the album. Kevin has said that the album shows his transformation to Georgie Fruit, as is evident in the variation in musical style from in album leading up to "The Past Is a Grotesque Animal" and the two songs after. He has described Georgie Fruit as a black man in his forties who has undergone multiple sex changes. Georgie, Kevin told Pitchfork Media, was in a funk-rock band called Arousal back in the seventies.

This is a terrible video a shot on my camera. I think this one is in-between songs.

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