Here’s some fun that’s happening tomorrow – Weds 8/8 – wanna join me? I’m psyched to finally see a Mime Troupe show…and quite excited to see Ricky Lee play at the Uptown. Figuring we’ll do a little potluck-picnic-in-the-park action during the play.
San Francisco Mime Troupe presents “Making a Killing”
7pm (music at 6:30) – FREE!
Lakeside Park – Oakland (Grand Ave between Bellevue and Perkins, in the park on Lake Merritt, Oakland)
Ricky Lee Robinson - Jennifer Gentle (Subpop) - The Dodos
8:30 doors/9:30 show - $6 (21+)
The Uptown Nightclub - 1928 Telegraph (19-20th Sts), Oakland
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About “Making a Killing” and SF Mime Troupe:
"Part savagely acute political satire, part living newspaper and all broad, tuneful and timely musical comedy, "Killing" is the Mime Troupe's most direct grapple yet with the war in Iraq. It's very funny and equally politically engaged...in the best tradition of agitprop theater." San Francisco Chronicle
"Making a Killing" is one of the Troupe's best... it's a tightly plotted military 'murder-most-foul' mystery..." San Francisco Examiner
The San Francisco Mime Troupe does not do pantomime. We mean 'mime' in the ancient sense: to mimic. We are satirists, seeking to make you laugh at the absurdities of contemporary life and at the same time, see their causes. We’ve done shows about most of the burning issues of our time, generally shows that debunked the official story. We perform everywhere from public parks to palaces of culture, aiming to reach the broadest possible audience.
About Ricky Lee Robinson:
New York-via-San Francisco rocker Ricky Lee Robinson is a one-man band, but not like Prince or Lenny Kravitz or any of those other 'geniuses' notorious for fussily neat-freaking themselves into playing every instrument on their records. Performing and recording several instruments simultaneously—including a foot-controlled three-piece drum kit and a guitar specially rigged with a 'polyphonic octaver' to cover the high and low ends—Robinson’s an old-timey one-man band, like that sad guy in the straw hat at Six Flags whose eye contact you and your punk friends made sure to avoid. But instead of barking out dixieland ditties or knee-cymbal soloing to When the Saints Go Marching in, Robinson uses this unusual performance style to revel in his serious jones for obscure 60s- and 70s-era Nuggets-friendly pop. Busking his heart out in a double-tracked voice reminiscent of a less-sexed Diamond Dogsera Bowie, Robinson’s debut disc of mostly original material (following a 2003 self-titled all-covers release) is sparkling with inspired energy—a record so sunny that two of its nine tracks (Welcome Home Sunshine and Hello Sunshine) speak directly to our solar system’s big (fiery) cheese. While Robinson indulges his love of rare and unusual ’70s pop covers early on here—opening with the heartfelt Crabby Appleton rocker Go Back and Jeans on, a minor U.K. hit by 'Lord' David Dundas that originated as an ad jingle for Brutus Jeans—it’s the seven originals that follow those fun exercises in pop nostalgia that really shine. Robinson’s sharp ear for classic pop chord progressions pays off in spades—whether he’s singing about mysterious ladies (the serpentine stomp-rocker Psychic Woman, with a wicked falsetto Barry-Gibb-on-a-bender hook) or absolutely nothing (Nana Nanana), he fills every corner of Mushu Pork with sticky hooks, reverb-drenched guitars, and the joyful noise of someone doing what they truly love. PlaybackSTL Magazine
www.myspace.com/rickyleerobinson
San Francisco Mime Troupe presents “Making a Killing”
7pm (music at 6:30) – FREE!
Lakeside Park – Oakland (Grand Ave between Bellevue and Perkins, in the park on Lake Merritt, Oakland)
Ricky Lee Robinson - Jennifer Gentle (Subpop) - The Dodos
8:30 doors/9:30 show - $6 (21+)
The Uptown Nightclub - 1928 Telegraph (19-20th Sts), Oakland
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About “Making a Killing” and SF Mime Troupe:
"Part savagely acute political satire, part living newspaper and all broad, tuneful and timely musical comedy, "Killing" is the Mime Troupe's most direct grapple yet with the war in Iraq. It's very funny and equally politically engaged...in the best tradition of agitprop theater." San Francisco Chronicle
"Making a Killing" is one of the Troupe's best... it's a tightly plotted military 'murder-most-foul' mystery..." San Francisco Examiner
The San Francisco Mime Troupe does not do pantomime. We mean 'mime' in the ancient sense: to mimic. We are satirists, seeking to make you laugh at the absurdities of contemporary life and at the same time, see their causes. We’ve done shows about most of the burning issues of our time, generally shows that debunked the official story. We perform everywhere from public parks to palaces of culture, aiming to reach the broadest possible audience.
About Ricky Lee Robinson:
New York-via-San Francisco rocker Ricky Lee Robinson is a one-man band, but not like Prince or Lenny Kravitz or any of those other 'geniuses' notorious for fussily neat-freaking themselves into playing every instrument on their records. Performing and recording several instruments simultaneously—including a foot-controlled three-piece drum kit and a guitar specially rigged with a 'polyphonic octaver' to cover the high and low ends—Robinson’s an old-timey one-man band, like that sad guy in the straw hat at Six Flags whose eye contact you and your punk friends made sure to avoid. But instead of barking out dixieland ditties or knee-cymbal soloing to When the Saints Go Marching in, Robinson uses this unusual performance style to revel in his serious jones for obscure 60s- and 70s-era Nuggets-friendly pop. Busking his heart out in a double-tracked voice reminiscent of a less-sexed Diamond Dogsera Bowie, Robinson’s debut disc of mostly original material (following a 2003 self-titled all-covers release) is sparkling with inspired energy—a record so sunny that two of its nine tracks (Welcome Home Sunshine and Hello Sunshine) speak directly to our solar system’s big (fiery) cheese. While Robinson indulges his love of rare and unusual ’70s pop covers early on here—opening with the heartfelt Crabby Appleton rocker Go Back and Jeans on, a minor U.K. hit by 'Lord' David Dundas that originated as an ad jingle for Brutus Jeans—it’s the seven originals that follow those fun exercises in pop nostalgia that really shine. Robinson’s sharp ear for classic pop chord progressions pays off in spades—whether he’s singing about mysterious ladies (the serpentine stomp-rocker Psychic Woman, with a wicked falsetto Barry-Gibb-on-a-bender hook) or absolutely nothing (Nana Nanana), he fills every corner of Mushu Pork with sticky hooks, reverb-drenched guitars, and the joyful noise of someone doing what they truly love. PlaybackSTL Magazine
www.myspace.com/rickyleerobinson
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