Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Today's Special: De- evolution!



Wow! I checked out my favourite band of all time this past weekend. Devo is playing seven odd cities in North America at the moment. The only Canadian date is in Toronto, so I took a trip south to catch them in the historic Moore Theatre in Seattle.

For this first of two dates in S Town, the five spuds played their dubut album, "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo" in its entirety. Monday night was the more popular "Freedom Of Choice" album, but I wanted to see the punk rock Devo nerdiness. When the five geeks got on stage, I thought, "Man, these guys are grandpas!" They were pot bellied and grey haired. Mark Mothersbaugh even got down on all fours for a couple of minutes, seemingly winded from his lead singer duties.

But these old buggers rocked it like any act a quarter their ages. They may not be as relevant as they were in 78', but they'll never be another D-E-V-O. And that's probably a good thing.

Daily Epiphany: Random Art



So my bro sent me this photo of this crazy fence of random art in Seattle, Washington. He says it's been like that ever since he's known, and nobody seems to mind. I thought it was a pretty cool idea. I've started taking pictures of random art around Vancouver. I'll be posting them in the weeks to come. If you have any pictures or stories of random art, send them to me at randomrobotart@gmail.com, and I'll post them.