Sleepyime is almost here

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum is next Wednesday at the Middle East in Cambridge, MA.  I am going.  If you can spare the time and the 12 dollars, I suggest you go too.  They are a weird, uncategorizable group of artists that defy labels.  They are difficult to get into just by listening to a CD.  However, through their live performances they have gained many fans, including me.

I truly believe Sleepytime Gorilla Museum are one of the greatest bands in the world working today.  They are my favorite thing about Oakland, California.  And they play home-made instruments!

The first time I saw them live in San Francisco their performance was even more theatrical than it usually is.  I felt briefly like I was back at Mass Art watching a multimedia performance.  It involved a candlelit procession to the stage, some audience participation via handed out pamphlets, and perhaps the best of all, traditional Japanese Butoh dancers.  Butoh is a style of dance that evolved in post-Hiroshima Japan. 

More on Butoh here.

I'm not guaranteeing it is going to be like that.  But it will be awesome.  And how about a side-dish of some ex-Mr. Bungle Middle Eastern Psychedelic Grindcore with the Secret Cheifs 3 opening?

I, the perennial hermit, am briefly leaving my hovel in Cow Hampshire for this.  It MUST be worth it.