Last Friday I witnessed a culture clash at a punk show when Human Eye performed with the SubHumans (an English punk band from the eighties)at the Magic Stick.The place was sold out, teenagers were there to see the SubHumans and the other bands they knew about. Tim Vulgar brought an Eye out and tried to put it on his head. This was very difficult to watch especially when the eye broke to reveal the black hoses that looked like snakes eating his head. All of this accompanied by a freakout climax. Human Eye played five songs and ended in a cloud of white dust. The event was reminiscent of the eighties punk revival vs. the seventies punk which moved into the electronic and experimental genres in the eighties. I wish I had a picture.
Sunday night I went to the Bohemian National Home to see a piano concert by Thollem McDonnas. Thollem played the entire set straight through and the polyphonic and polyrhythmical music was like some heard in Carnegie Hall or some other famous venue. Using the pedals of the instrument Thollem created a loud ocean of sound that could be heard throughout the entire Bohemian National Home. Check out Thollem McDonnas's record, if you can find it. The comprovisational piano music is a soothing revelation.
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