I took out the trash today and I'm on fire

[sovay]

Dresden Dolls at Toad's Place tonight. I haven't seen them live since their concert at Lexington High School last April; before that, the 2002 Ig Nobels where I heard them for the first time. I remember they performed "Good Day" and "Christopher Lydon," and I had no idea who they were. Now, of course, they're one of my favorite bands: unlike anything else out there. Do yourself a favor and go hear them. Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione. Punk cabaret and painted faces. A keyboard named Weill.

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[sovay]

They are fantastic live. (I believe their website has a couple videos of songs performed live, along with the music videos for "Girl Anachronism" and "Coin-Operated Boy.") They also do some of the most intriguing covers I've ever heard -- in April, David Bowie's "Port of Amsterdam" and a version of Maurice Sendak's "Pierre" that I dearly want recorded. I'm hoping to hear tonight some of the songs that I haven't yet heard, as I'm familiar primarily with material from The Dresden Dolls and A Is For Accident (the title of an Edward Gorey album if ever there was one). But I'm a Dresden Dolls junkie: everything will be good.

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

Dresden Dolls make me so very happy, especially 'Girl Anachronism' and 'Half Jack'. I keep meaning to go see them live; I'm glad to hear they have a good show.

[sovay]

The two songs I remember from the Ig Nobels were what caught my attention. But "Girl Anachronism" (the demo version, actually) was what made me love them.

"But I might be catching, so don't touch / You'll start believing you're immune to gravity and stuff . . ."