Mark Solotroff
13 January 2006
Pure Hype
WHPK 88.3 FM
University of Chicago
with:
Oscillating Innards
Vertonen
+
BLOODYMINDED
14 January 2006
Enemy
Chicago
with:
Oscillating Innards
Climax Denial
Wilt
Is
Death Factory
+ DJ War Bride
01. “IN THE MOOD”
02. “ANGEL OF DARKNESS”
03. “GENITAL PANIC”
04. “LAKE STREET”
05. (PROVISIONALLY TITLED) “GIRLFRIEND ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN SCHIZOPHRENIC EPISODE BY REVEALING CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE”
06. “HEAD”
07. “PRO-ANA”
08. “PRO-MIA”
09. “YOU SUFFER” (NAPALM DEATH)
10. (PROVISIONALLY TITLED) “VISITING AN EX-GIRLFRIEND IN THE HOSPITAL – AIDS WARD”
11. “A SONG FOR LISANNE, A YOUNG MODEL”
12. “TROPHY”
13. “MIND THE GAP”
14. “TEN SUICIDES”
BLOODYMINDED
Rob “Misfits Robby” Kerr - Synth
Ed Knigge - Synth + Vocals
Chris Mack - Synth
Mark Solotroff - Vocals + Synth
Here is a quick wrap-up of the weekend... Thanks to Gordon Ashworth/Oscillating Innards, for two really intense performances in Chicago. Thanks to Blake Edwards/Vertonen/DJ War Bride, for all of his assistance with getting things set up, for the great radio set, and for the atrocious DJ work! Thanks to Ben at WHPK, for his great engineering assistance. Thanks to Jason Soliday, for kindly hosting another great show at Enemy. Thanks to Marlene, for videotaping. Thanks to all of our friends, for the continued support. Thanks to all of the other band/artists for participating in Saturday's show.
The radio show was short and sweet. OxIx and Vertonen played great sets that sounded really strong going out over the air. The no-audience thing was a bit strange for me, as it has been years since I have played at a radio station, but it probably affects my solo stuff drastically less than it would if the band played... which we probably would not. The lack of massive amps was probably the biggest drawback, but there was still a ton of feedback.
Saturday's show was well attended, if "under-donated," and the line-up provided decent diversity to the types of styles and sounds that were seen and heard. I am happy to be a part of more mixed-up shows, and I hope that with the upcoming autosuggestion series, we can add even greater variety to the experience. All of the performers were cool about playing short-enough sets that we managed to get all six acts done in three hours. BLOODYMINDED wrapped our set up in just under 21 minutes, FYI...
The night also offered an opportunity to meet a lot of people and to catch up with some folks that I have been out of touch with for a while. Overall, the crowd was really involved and the energy was pretty high. I have a stack of CDs and cassettes to get through, and I hope to quickly get back in touch with people regarding music that they handed me...
