And WHY did you meet Snooks?

[wileypeter]

The Tiger Lilies...

I suppose after having seen them play, thanks to the evangelical impulses of one snooks, I might describe them as a cheerfully vulgar circus cabaret trio. The ringleader, Martyn, was apparently less animated than usual due to a leg ailment, but as I'd never seen them before this had no effect on my near-constant chuckling.

It was a seated show, a new thing for me at The Doug Fir Lounge. This meant my usual immobile behavior was reinforced, so you will get all of one photographic vantage point. I took about a hundred photos, a low number for me. However, the music was a bit less deafening than most shows I shoot, so I didn't want to inflict the KLACK of the SLR on my fellow audience members. (To this day I remember the reproachful glance Bill Bruford shot me at an Earthworks gig. Sorry, Bill. An acoustic jazz gig is no place for a Minolta SRT-201. I know this now.)

Also, the lighting was more subdued than one sees at more RAWK shows, so the visuals were somewhat static and less conducive to photography. Result: fewer photos by far.

I sifted through those, shrunk the better ones, and here they are.









Workin' the theramin.

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[outlaw-jesus.livejournal.com]

wow ... is that a ... uh ... what i THINK he's holding in #10?
lol!

for such low lighting, i think you got some good ones. it's hard to imagine what you'd have gotten were martyn actually WERE more animated.

i love those guys. they haven't come back around this way, but i saw them years ago when they did "holy body tattoo". i've been tooting their horn ever since.

:)

[wileypeter]

Black, rubber, not quite rigid...yes, I do believe it is. It was both a prop and a pianistic aid.

The lack of movement dovetailed with the lack of light. Any more activity and all you'd see would be a stage with blurs on it, so all in all this worked out well.

They were signing CDs after the show, but they had so many I wasn't able to think to make a selection. In retrospect, I think The Gorey End might be my entry point.

[snooks.livejournal.com]

Circus Songs is always my starter recommendation, but Gorey might be a good bridge to capture the wife, seeing as she's into the bizarre kiddie books at the moment.

Your pictures are superior to mine. DEATH TO YOU.

[wileypeter]

Piss!