From: tsdavies@rodan.syr.EDU (T.S. Davies)
Subject: CONCERT REVIEW: Knitting Factory Tour - Binghamton, N.Y.
Followup-To: rec.music.industrial
Summary: Amy Denio, Roy Nathanson & Anthony Coleman, Negativland
Organization: Sam Hill Cabal, DS
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 92 03:52:07 EST

(Review of the opening date of the tour.  Note that followups have
been redirected to rec.music.industrial, as I suspect most will
concern Negativland.  Feel free to reset them.)

Certain parts of this review (related to the "big secret" Negativland
planned to announce during this tour) have been ROT-13'd to allow you
the option of not knowing ahead of time.  Most newsreaders have some
method of decoding this.

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Knitting Factory Tour
Amy Denio - Roy Nathanson and Anthony Coleman - Negativland -
Wednesday, 4 November 1992 - SUNY-Binghamton, Binghamton, New York -
Susquehanna Room - ~9:15 PM - 1:00 AM 

This was the opening show of the 1992 tour, and, as such, there were
some bugs to be worked out.  Luckily, they seemed to be confined to
some trouble with the monitor speakers and an occasionally annoying,
occasionally amusing ring in the sound system.

Amy Denio was the first act, and she played songs off her upcoming
album, as well as material from earlier in her career (she mentioned
playing with the Tone Dogs).  She played bass and saxophone,
accompanied by a drum machine.  Probably her most popular song was
"When George Bush Was The Head Of The CIA".

Roy Nathanson and Anthony Coleman were next, playing material off
their new CD, _The Coming Great Millenium ... It's Gonna Be Greater
Than Any Of 'Em_.  Their music is pretty basic jazz -- kind of
bebop-y, I think -- soprano and alto saxaphone played by Nathanson
with keyboards (piano and sampler) played by Coleman.  They used the
sound system's ring to good effect in one or two pieces -- building up
a powerful reverberation, and stopping just short of causing major
problems.

Finally, Negativland.  As with the others, they had some minor
problems, but as far as I'm concerned, the show was excellent.  It
focused on the _U2_ lawsuit, and the threat posed by the current
copyright laws to artistic creativity.

The show was basically one long piece, with three songs I recognized
(all off of _Escape From Noise_), and featured heavy use of the Casey
Kasem tape, along with tapes of George Bush on U2, and Bono and Kasem
from telephone calls.

Big Announcement:

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pnoyr-npprff xnenbxr fubj.

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vafhenapr cbyvpl; gur zbarl jnf rneznexrq sbe gur perngvba naq
cerfragngvba bs gurve arjrfg zhygvzrqvn cerfragngvba.

The majority of the show revolved around the _U2_ lawsuit, and the
impact of current copyright laws on artistic creativity.

Set list:

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  pngrtbevmrq ol zrnaf bs qrngu.  Sbyybjrq ol n pbzcyvpngrq cvrpr jvgu
  npbhfgvp naq ryrpgevp thvgne, naq npghny fvatvat, nobhg gur penfu
  naq Qvpx'f srryvatf qhevat vg.  Srngherq fnzcyrf sebz n Puevfgvnavfg
  cvrpr nobhg "Syvtug S-V-A-N-Y".
Version of "U2" -- plenty of samples (esp. of Casey Kasem,
  supplemented wih what sound like tapes of telephone conversations
  made to try to settle the lawsuits.  Accompanied by film of U2
  performing.
"Time Zones" -- accompanied by slides showing clocks and floor tiles
  with various numbers (1-11, and, of course, 4).
Piece on the U2 spy plane -- accompanied by computer-modifed video of
  the U2 taking off, flying, etc.
More of "U2" -- Pastor Dick on video searching for household
  cleansers.
Piece involving the copyright law, with samples about "musical
  freedom" and the "right to copy".
"Proud To Be An American" -- lip synched, with samples and tapes;
  accompanied by a film showing wholesome American families, Fourth of 
  July parades, Columbus discovering and claiming America, etc.
  Hilarious.  (Is this a Pat Boone song?)
"Nesbitt's Lime Soda" -- ends with smashing of empty bottles.
  Audience beware!
Piece about making scrambled eggs -- features the "I said I want a
  piece of MEAT!" sample.  Also plenty of broken eggs and milk.
  Again, audience beware!
"Christianity Is Stupid" -- accompanied by films and slides.  The
  slides feature a version of the standard copyright notice from
  videotapes, in various colors, along with toasters, clocks, numbers,
  assorted signs, and overlays of "JUST SAY NO", "JUST SAY BONO", and
  "NO".
Cleanup -- tape about the dangers of industrial factory equipment,
  accompanied by a film.

For those who missed them the first time, here are the dates and
locations for the rest of the tour (from a post made by Joshua Houk
<houk@athena.cs.uga.edu>):

Nov  5		Toronto, Ontario		Opera House
Nov  6		Montreal, Quebec		FouFouNes Electrique
Nov  7		Albany, New York		West Hall (RPI)
Nov  8		Boston, Massachusetts		Johnny D's

Nov 10		Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Manchester Craftsman
Nov 11		Oberlin, Ohio			Oberlin College
Nov 12		Cleveland, Ohio			Peabody's
Nov 13		Morgantown, West Virginia	Nyubingi Dance Hall
Nov 14		Chicago, Illinois		Lounge Ax
Nov 15		Madison, Wisconsin		RR Station

Nov 17		St. Louis, Missouri		Graham Chapel
Nov 18		Athens, Georgia			40 Watt
Nov 19		Richmond, Virginia		Metro
Nov 20		Chapel Hill, North Carolina	Cat's Cradle
Nov 21		Norfolk, Virginia		Lewis
Nov 22		Washington, D.C.		Wolf Trap
Nov 23		New York, New York		The Knitting Factory

--
	Sam Hill Cabal, DS		   tsdavies@mailbox.syr.edu
"It don't matter, Sail, ... Could be worse.  The fam'ly might be donatin' the
proceeds to the Cath'lic Church, or the Mormons or somethin'.  One cult's the
	same as another." -- Lula Pace Ripley, in "Consuelo's Kiss".