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20th September 2010

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There were many epic moments during Friday’s Of Montreal show at Terminal 5:

1) When my friend and I went totally beserk upon hearing the first blurpy, ectastic notes of ”The Party’s Crashing Us!”, flailing around maniacally like a pair of black wizards. This is probably the moment when the bell sleeve on my new party dress was doused in some unidentifiable liquid within proximity. It was also the moment when another pair of ladies next to us assessed our silly, carefree twirlings and quickly departed from the area. I had become one of those people and I didn’t even care.

2) Kevin Barne’s incredibly moving cover of Sibylle Baier’s “Tonight”. A semi-circle of moon-shaped, skullchildren crowded around to quietly watch his performance via black-and-white video screen as if it were a transmission outside of space or time. Like the power of music itself. This subdued moment in the show, a departure from the high-energy, hedonistic free-for-all, was all the more powerful because of its earnest simplicity. The haunting, restrained performance was a vivid reminder that Barnes is perfectly capable of capturing the dark beauty in one’s mundane and external reality, as well as the sexually-charged, near dangerous whimsy of one’s interior one.

3) The MICHAEL JACKSON encore. I am sure at this point I probably irritated even more fellow concertgoers with spirited choreography brought to you by rum and nostalgia. 

4) Janelle Monae’s inhabitation of Klaus Nomi’s soul by the way of Outkast flavor and unadulterated James Brown showmanship.

5) But no epic moment rivaled the sighting of Andre Leon Talley, the former Editor-at-Large and current contributing editor of Vogue magazine! As he stepped out of his luxury vehicle in front of the venue, I immediately became a giddy fashionista wannabe. He was wearing some shiny kimino jacket-shorts combo and celebrity shades, his hulking mass of glamour and guts towering over all of us little people. His literally larger-than-life, extravagant aesthetic was very appropriate for the fantastical coupling of Janelle Monae and Of Montreal. During “Tightrope”, I caught sight of him in the VIP mezzanine, tapping one outrageously expensive loafer.

  1. paultron said: Show of the year! I haven’t danced around that much in seemingly ages.
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