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| How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being. - Oscar Wilde |
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| Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. - Albert Einstein |
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| Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge. - Mark Twain |
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| I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him. - Mark Twain |
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| Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence. - Albert Einstein |
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| Thursday, September 21, 2006 |
| Dresden Dolls - Adelaide Show |
One word: 'kenAwesome!
The first ever Adelaide show by the Dresden Dolls had 2 support acts: Jason Webley and The Red Painters
I have seen Jason before at the fringe festival in 2000. He was a street performer then, and the skills he gained in working a crowd have more than paid off - funny, clever and incredibly musical, both on the piano accordian and guitar.
The Red Painters had suffered their personal adelaide curse, each time they visit their van gets broken into and stuff stolen. On this occasion the lead singers guitar, costume and all their painting gear was nicked. It was recommended that they invest in better locks, a rottweiler or security guards over their initial suggestion that they give Adelaide a miss from now on. They are incredible artists (musically and paintings) - their strings were amazing - of particular note is their version of Mad World (sung in the encore as a duet between Trash (lead singer TRP) and Amanda (DD). I also liked their tune which I'd heard on TripleJ 'The Revolution's never coming'.
Dresden Dolls played a mix of tunes from both the self titled album and Yes Virginia. A couple of my favourites were included: Missed Me and Coin Operated Boy. The encore was particularly memorable though. The first song was the Mad World duet mentioned above, the second was done by Brian & Amanda (DD) and Jason; a cover of Bon Jovi's Living on a Prayer interspersed with philosophical debate regarding the contradictions within the lyrics. The evening concluded with Girl Anachronism.
I don't often get out to see bands anymore - but this was more than worth the effort, a true combination of performance art and amazing music. I've been pretty useless today, but I can't wait until they come back. |
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