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Review: Saturday, Nov. 1 at The Wind-Up Space
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Part one of a two-part review...
Last Saturday, the Wind-Up Space, one of Baltimore's newest bar/performance spaces, hosted a show. But not just any show. Oh no. This was a ridiculous, ridiculous lineup of novelty acts (so much so that I needed to use the word ridiculous twice, and make this a two-part review). Davey G. and the Keyboard, Bene Gesserit Witch, The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad, and Markitect all put on solid performances that would have made any normal person say "What the &%#$?" (and I'm pretty sure that's what they had all set out to do).
Bene Gesserit Witch set the tone for the evening, as a band devoted entirely to tributizing/parodying the science fiction cult classic, Dune. But little can prepare you for the sheer power of seeing a grown man run around a bar in nothing but shiny blue underwear, impersonating a character from the Dune movie played by the musician we all now know as Sting. Or better yet, a seamless transition into a fatsuit between songs to impersonate Baron Harkonnen, another memorable character from the Dune universe. To complete the spectacle, the movie Dune was actually being projected onto a wall behind the band, with subtitles in lieu of audio. I found myself cracking up at the absurdity of it all on more than one occasion. Bene Gesserit's only weakness is that if you're not already mildly familiar with the insanity that is Dune, it might just all fly over your head.
The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad came on next, breaking from their traditional full-on electric style to perform a largely acoustic set. Two things struck me as interesting about this performance. The first was that three of the band's five members left the stage after a few songs so that the two remaining members – HorsePower and Grandma's D-Word – could play a few tunes from their new side project, Wild Bonerz. The act consists of both men singing harmonized vocals to banjo accompaniment, and was surprisingly, very entertaining. The second thing that struck me was that when the group announced that they were going to play a song about child molestation, a lone voice in the crowd screamed out in enthusiastic support – proving once and for all, that you truly can judge a band's greatness by the quality of their fans.
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