At yesterday’s Dog Day Afternoons show (there was watermelon once again!) both acts that performed were solo musicians with music (and names) worthy of full bands. Phantom Buffalo’s Tim Burns (The Red F) played a beautiful set to a hushed crowd of friends and fans, huddled on the floor and gathered in the doorway, until for his last song he was joined by the Galen Richmond (Computer At Sea) to add complementary ambient sounds that bring the music up to a (still somewhat) quiet cacophony. Galen began his own set without much delay and had the crowd dancing as he wrestled casio beats, Game Boy beeps, and twisted synth tones from his custom bent array of electonic toys. Despite the lack of a microphone, he managed to sing and it all worked out great in the intimate confines of the SPACE foyer. The show concluded (in quite a timely manner, I must say) with a second collaboration from Computer At Sea and The Red F, this time Tim passed up the guitar to play… a joystick and a Speak ‘n Spell. Did we mention that these shows are free?
See more photos from this and other Dog Day Afternoons right over here.
Next Wednesday (July 23) at 6:30, the Dog Day Afternoons series continues with South China and White Light.