FUN GRIP at Hideout... the return to Austin
Quick trip to Austin this past weekend to perform at the Hideout as part of the Friday night "Spectacle." We were on a bill with the house group Parallelogramophonograph.
Fun Grip had a good set. Our suggestion was "Sun Symposium" and we hatched a narrative about a guest speaker at the end of his rope, with father issues, giving a lecture on "The Meaning of the Universe" with the audience becoming the lecture hall. The vibe was good and there were a nice amount of audience members there. We definitely felt better about this set than we did about the calamitous last gig we did at the Hideout's "The Spectacle."
Parallelogramophonograph did a pretty entertaining set about a bunch of middle-aged tenured female researchers, their two put-upon young male interns and a troublesome poppy field.
As usual, everyone in Austin was that mix of professional and hospitable. Both Swearingen, Ruth and I stayed with the wonderful Chris Humphrey who regaled us with tales about how she recently learned the accordion, Mongolian throat singing and her acting in Richard Linklater movies.
Fun Grip had a good set. Our suggestion was "Sun Symposium" and we hatched a narrative about a guest speaker at the end of his rope, with father issues, giving a lecture on "The Meaning of the Universe" with the audience becoming the lecture hall. The vibe was good and there were a nice amount of audience members there. We definitely felt better about this set than we did about the calamitous last gig we did at the Hideout's "The Spectacle."
Parallelogramophonograph did a pretty entertaining set about a bunch of middle-aged tenured female researchers, their two put-upon young male interns and a troublesome poppy field.
As usual, everyone in Austin was that mix of professional and hospitable. Both Swearingen, Ruth and I stayed with the wonderful Chris Humphrey who regaled us with tales about how she recently learned the accordion, Mongolian throat singing and her acting in Richard Linklater movies.