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Xiu Xiu / mcdazzler / J Lesser (PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA, October 14, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: October 14, 2024] Xiu Xiu / mcdazzler / J Lesser

I’ve been intrigued by Xiu Xiu for quite a while.  The band is an experimental art-pop group of Jamie Stewart, Angela Seo, and David Kendrick.  Although I don’t really know all that much about them, I’ve heard their live shows were pretty wild.

But it seems like I’d probably never actually go to a show of them.  Especially if there were other shows going on that week.

Although seeing the opening acts, maybe a future show should be investigated.

mcdazzler is someone I’d never heard of.  She sounds like a wild and fun show–she is in the video for Xiu Xiu’s latest song (it is quite NSFW).

Behind the @mcdazzler handle is Alicia McDaid, a self-proclaimed “disgusting feminist” who has been making confessional, character-driven performance art since the late ’90s. After a stint at Smith College and some time in London she ended up in Portland. While working as a traveling puppeteer touring the Pacific Northwest states she found herself lonely and unhappy, and with a friend’s camcorder embarked on a series of videos where she simply cried on camera or performed monologues in character

J Lesser is the stage name for Jason Doerck–between 2003 and 2006 Doerck was a member of the laptop group Sagan, alongside Blevin Blectum, Wobbly, and video artist Ryan Junell.

He was listed as Lesser on the bill, but there is a band called Lesser from the UK.  It’s not that band.

I listened  to some of his stuff on Soundcloud, and I guess it’s exactly what you might expect a laptop musician who is opening for Xiu Xiu to sound like.  Lots of noises and sounds and no beats or rhythm.  If I was in the mood, I’d have enjoyed this, but I definitely wasn’t.

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Negativland and Sue-C: Live Performance of We Can Really Feel Like We’re Here / J Lesser (PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia, PA, May 28, 2024) [DID NOT ATTEND]

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[DID NOT ATTEND: May 28, 2024] Negativland / J Lesser

I saw Negativland in 2000.  I was a big fan of  them in the 1980s and 90s.  So seeing them live was a real trip.  Hearing and seeing The Weatherman in person was something I never thought I’d be able to do.

I didn’t really realize they toured from time to time (they played PhilaMOCA in 2022!).  I really haven’t paid too much attention to them in the last twenty years, so when I saw this tour announcement I jumped at the chance to see them again.  It would have been cool to see them 24 years later.

I didn’t realize that it was the same night for a show that I really wanted to see, Francis of Delirium.  So I debated on which artist to check out.  A seated show at PhilaMOCA or a bouncy show at Johnny Brenda’s.  Logically, this was the show to go to, but I went with my heart and went to Francis instead.

Sue Slagle (SUE-C) is an award-winning artist, engineer and educator whose work in “real time cinema” presents a new, imaginative perspective on live performance. Her performances blend cinema and technology into an organic, improvisational and immersive act, created from live cameras, light pads and video algorithms. She has always pushed the boundaries of human-computer interaction, employing emerging technologies and inventing many of her own, both through performance and tinkering with hundreds of students in her well-established teaching practice.

I mean, it does sound like a cool show.  I’m just not in that headspace anymore. (more…)

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