For an album that s quite the downer lyrically, Null s
2 for flinching released March 26 is a refreshing piece of DIY rock. The EP employs grittiness that doesn t get lost in itself, maintaining its integrity thanks to quick-changing melodic instrumentals from Val Brown and Chuck Pack and the clear, constant vocals of Emily Parr. Parr s voice is low and plain, a stable slab of sound against backing instruments that shift as a heart rate does when it goes from resting to fight-or-flight. And that suits a work whose themes lie in strife, both inward and outwards; on the opener Air Supply / Weeds, Parr sings tellingly, pleasing you is like breathing underwater. While many of the subsequent tracks on the EP race with rhythm, 404 starts out slow, as Parr sings I m no angel, I dream about killing you. An interruption of tense drums in the middle is a hint at how the song ends, with a grimy cacophony of release, battering drums and a downpour of guitar as Parr continues hope is r
Blue Man Group
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Behind-the-scenes look
After playing to capacity crowds throughout 2006 and 2007, Blue Man Group s How to Be a Megastar Tour hits the road again in 2008. The live rock show takes the audience through a satirical workshop on how to create the p.
more »erfect rock concert experience. In the process, they celebrate, skewer and
otherwise deconstruct rock stardom in all of its narcissistic glory. Expanding on the Rock Concert
Manual concept from The Complex Rock Tour, this time around the Blue Men download a new how-to
manual that takes the audience through a uniquely clever and interactive show that guarantees to
5Q: Blue Man Group
“5Q” is an online-only column featuring five questions about stage productions in the Metro Area with a special focus on the GLBTQ community’s relationship to the production. Periodically, “5Q” will take the form of an interview with actors, directors, writers, etc. to shed some light on the production process.
Blue Man Group is comedy, theater, rock concert and dance party all rolled into one. This wildly popular phenomenon delivers an unforgettable multi-sensory experience. The groups motto, “Dare to live in full color,” definitely applies. Audiences have been captivated by the mysterious blue men as they dazzle and captivate. Created in 1991, Blue Man Group grew out of a collaboration between three close friends, Chris Wink, Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
You might not immediately recognize Chris Wink’s name or face, but you know his hue. A co-founder (with Matt Goldman and Phil Stanton) of Blue Man Group, Wink has been steadily expanding Las Vegas’ feel for the surreal since BMG arrived at the Luxor in 1997. Photo: Laurent Velazquez Photo: Courtesy
Wink World at Area15
Though Wink stepped away from the BMG organization in 2017, he’s not done bringing the unexpected to our city’s entertainment scene. As Area15’s Director of Content and Cool Sh t, he’s bringing all his theatrical know-how to that entertainment, dining, retail and experience complex. With Area15’s Wink World: Portals Into the Infinite, a gallery of strikingly kinetic infinity rooms, Wink has widened his palette to include every point of the color spectrum. He spoke to the
Black Market after a five-year hiatus.
The show’s second season, premiering this fall, will see the Emmy-nominated actor (pictured;
The Wire,
Boardwalk Empire) return on a mission to investigate the complex factors that drive people into often dangerous underground economies and illicit trade networks.
Black Market‘s first season offered an intimate portrait of the conditions from which black markets arise and the cultural reasons behind why they persist, from carjacking in Newark, New Jersey to the poaching of abalone off the coast of South Africa
In all-new episodes, the series will showcase first-person access to the communities most impacted by the worldwide shadow economy.