I'd be remiss, though, if I didn't mention how blown away I was by Mucca Pazza on Friday night. They played as part of the Literary Rock 'n' Roll event at AWP, after readings by ZZ Packer, Joe Meno, and Dorothy Allison. This is another (outdoor) performance of theirs, and doubtless a whole different vibe than a huge ballroom of non-rhythmic writer types.
The audio is a little distorted, and the video doesn't convey their full brash joyousness, but believe me when I say I've never seen anything else like them, ever.
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Heh, I was at that show! That was the first time I ever heard them, and they were a couple songs into their set when I arrived. I remember thinking that I needed something to do while waiting for a performance from The Frames, who were that evening's headliners, and Mucca Pazza's sound and spectacle totally captured my attention.
Needless to say, they made a fan out of me in an instant.
Ha--no way!
I've been thinking a lot about them as a colony, or some kind of leftover civilization from an alternate galaxy--the guys with the loudspeakers on their headgear in particular. The Web site calls them the "freaks."
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