Photos: Pat Jarrett http://www.flickr.com/photos/patjarrett
Polaroids: Lexie Moreland http://www.lexiemoreland.com/
If you missed it, check out our Gil Mantera’s Party Dream interview here.
Tuesday night, a packed crowd at The Red and the Black, there to see the synth-rock striptease dynamo Gil Mantera’s Party Dream. Although everyone quickly warmed up to the oddly paired opener, Kodiak, who put on a damn fine opening set of indie rock/blues/country. All wore plaid, drummer was shoeless. Definitely worth checking out.
Gil and his brother Ultimate Donny headed to the ladies room to change after a quick soundcheck. The cute bartender left her post to set up mics and cables. Ghetto. They got some serious love from the audience as they took the stage in their porno goth outfits and began doing their thing. The tunes followed a pretty standard formula - kicking off some retro beats, Gil playing some sparse synth and singing through a vocoder while Ultimate Donny shreds some Sonic Youth riffs and sings sans effects.
They do this while prancing around on stage doing interpretive fag dances, high kicks, stripping down to their panties, continually drinking from their beer bottles in creative ways, and giving each other bizarre foot rub rituals. And the dudes in the audience are going crazy over it. It’s all pretty magical really. The star of the show is actually Ultimate Donny, who while not as flamboyant or pretty as Gil, provides all the stage banter. And it’s the best stage banter I’ve ever heard. He channels Mitch Hedberg whilst on an acid trip. I f only their musical skills were on par with their showmanship. But alas, they are too loud, too sloppy, and just can’t write a decent hook. Don’t get me wrong, it was probably the most entertaining concert I’ve been too all year, yet I left feeling it could have been the greatest concert I’ve been to all decade.
Choice Ultimate Donny quotes follow.
“A lot of people think my father was the pope. But he wasn’t.”
“Man, not enough room up here to do cartwheels like I normally do.”
“Just because you play a lot of Halo 2 doesn’t mean you can’t get laid. Look at Gil, he plays all the time, still get’s laid.”
“Pac-man and pickles! Pac-man and pickles - how come they go so well together?!”
“DC! Where Asians and Pollocks can finally get along.”
“Princess Di told me I was sexy once, I let it get to my head for 10 years.”
“Man, my favorite party in Spider-Man 18 was when Spider-Man and the Green Gobbler finally reconcile. I mean that movie had all that cussin and prostitution, but the favorite part for me was that touching moment. When Green Gobbler said forget about all that shit with the mask I used to do. We need to put our difference aside. Man I love that Spider-Man 18. Green Gobbler always gobblin’ up fried chicken and oatmeal.”
great pics! and thank god someone was writing down those quotes.
December 6, 2007 at 2:41 pmthanks for thisss!!!
girrrll i totally saw you rockin out with the polariods!!
December 6, 2007 at 2:45 pm::clasps hands together and shakes to the right then left shoulders at you pat:::
your shot of the stage ruiner in blue undersaggs is one for the money.
Wow that is a whole lotta manflesh.
December 6, 2007 at 2:52 pmThat was one of the most fun shows I’ve ever been to. Ultimate Donny is too funny. I lost it when they were giving each other foot rubs and when they talked about how even Halo players get laid.
December 7, 2007 at 10:32 am
Everything that came out of Ultimate Donny’s mouth was golden. I loved when he talked about doing cartwheels “seven—ty five years before I was conceived”
Also, Lexie-your polaroids kick so much ass I don’t know what to do.
December 6, 2007 at 10:48 am