Before they dropped off the face of the Earth at the turn of the century, Mediaassassin's Little Helper and I flew all the way to Chicago solely for the purpose of catching their live act. And what a show it was. It was at The Abbey, and we meandered from the floor to the balcony and back as the 11+ piece orchestra wove dirge after dirge against a backdrop of multiple film loops playing behind them, some simultaneously.
It was probably the most expensive ticket for a show I've ever bought, and it was totally worth it. Despite the plane, hotel, rental car, and towing charges for parking in the wrong place after the show, it was all fine in the end.
Now this post-everything collective of musical alchemists is back, and they're playing in Hollywood this coming February. We will be there. And if you can handle the sheer ripping emotion that a show like this will bestow upon you, you should too.
It was all instrumental that night at The Abbey back in 2003, until the very end of the show when Efrim stood in front of the single microphone. The crowd fell silent.
"Right now, somewhere in Iraq, there's a kid holding a gun, he's got a house full of fucking furniture that he bought on credit. And right now, there's a woman in Iraq, she can't go outside her house to buy food because the bombs won't stop dropping. This song is for the two of them."
Presale starts today at 10:00.
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