Brad Bechtel wrote:
>
> Plastic People Power
> Czech band that helped spawn revolution comes to San Francisco
>
> URL:
>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/03/07/PK80634.DTL&type=music
>
which included:
>
> The tunes are hard-edged, crunching rockers with a metallic throb and pile-driving
>beat. The numbers are > also characterized by a jamming vibe, with young guitarist
>Joe Kararfiat (a new Plastic member) serving up > funky, fiery psychedelic riffs and
>Brabenec soaring into free-jazz saxophone excursions.
That's a good description of what the Plastic People sounded
like on Friday in Chicago, playing to a packed house at the
Empty Bottle. First time I've ever been to a show where
audience members called out requests in Czech.
and, quoting sax player Vratislav Brabenec:
>
> ``Democracy is a long ways off. People are looking for freedom and what it means.
>I'm still trying to figure > that out for myself.''
They did a pretty amazing show, which to me was even more
amazing since I had never imagined I would see them play
live.
Local writer Jim DeRogatis said:
> Would the music be quite
> so gripping if you didn't
> know the history and the conviction behind it? I think so, but it's hard to
> separate these factors.
Kind of like seeing a Velvet Underground reunion, if Nixon
had thrown them in jail back in 1968.
If you have any interest in free jazz / avant garde /
progressive rock, then don't miss the remainder of this
tour.
> 7 Winnipeg, MB;
> 8 Calgary, AB;
> 9 Vancouver, BC, at Richard's on Richards;
> 10 Seattle, WA. at Sit And Spin;
> 11 Portland, OR, at The Satyricon;
> 12 San Francisco, CA, at The Bottom of the Hill;
> 13 Los Angeles, CA, at Spaceland;
> 14 San Diego, CA, at The Casbah.
> Tickets available at Ticketmaster outlets. For more info,
> call (212) 780-0287, or visit: www.tamizdat.org.
http://www.czech.cz/washington/cult/eventemb.htm#plastici
http://www.suntimes.com/output/rock/05live1.html
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