What I did and why I did it

                                                          (Art by Jeff Johnson)

Recently, I was lucky enough to get a spot on the 2-day Raw Meet #5 Fest thing explosion in Boston. Two days' worth of some devastating and harsh shit from all along the Eastern seaboard. A really, really great weekend with some of the sweetest and enthusiastic people on earth.

For my "set," I took all the audio from the movie "Willow" with Val Kilmer and Warwick Davis (and don't forget Kevin Pollak, hello!), and tried to cut it up into tiny bits and then make it into something rhythmic and fun to listen to. I also made an outfit out of an old gross coat from Goodwill, and a shirt that Janine made for me. Finally, I built a prop that looked like a mixer, but if it had come from the forest.

There were a few reasons why I did it. One, I love "Willow." Two, I love building and collaging, even if it's with sound files. Three, after going to so many shows and watching all of these wonderful people twisting knobs, pushing buttons, and fiddling with wires and things, to me it always looked like magic. MAGIC. I don't understand how it all works. I don't understand what the devices do. I don't know how they make all those sounds with just a box with buttons on it!! It's like a MAGIC SHOW and I don't know how they do the tricks! So, my "performance" was like an ode to their witchery. I treated my prop mixer like a holy talisman, an amulet that made the sounds happen!! WITH LIGHTS!!

That was my one and only "show" for that project. The next project will have a different name based on whatever movie I pick next. I have no idea if or when I'll get to perform it for people, but it'd be really fun if I did. 

Here's where it lives on SoundCloud. 

RAW MEET 5 DAIKINI BABY FINAL 4 21 2012

Feel free to share it and laugh. Thanks very much to Elise, Janine, and Morgan for help with construction. 

(Hey, it's a little side boob. Get over it.)