Live Show History- 2006

2006

Thursday, January 5-

• at the DNA Lounge in San Francisco, California with the Azoic/Specimen and Flatline Transmission!
• Marzia, James and Lucas were attended on by three retainers for this show. Marzia had her hair styled and primped during the performance by Douggles the Super Stylist, Lanthier was waited upon by his faithful butler, Alex Rest-Upon-Repo the third, and James was rather adhered to by a ruthless paparazzo name of Matt Pee.
• Here are some photos of the performance...

Friday, January 20-

• at Spaceland in Los Angeles, with Frank the Baptist and Michael Ribiat!
• This was a very health-conscious show, with the Ensemble (James, Lucas, and Marzia) decked out in fitness gear, and pumping up the audience in between songs with phrases like, "You owe it to YOURSELF to get off your booty and start burning some calories!"
• Also on stage were Douggles and Matt Pee, doing their damndest to keep fit with various stretches and calisthenics...

Saturday, January 28-

• at the Cabaret Playhouse in Montreal, Quebec
• Lanthier was playing some acoustic material on his own for this show, although he was joined on stage by Martin Lysy, who instructed the audience on the finer points of the art of origami.

Saturday, May 6-

• The first show on the "Giant Monster vs. Cities" tour, in NY City at the Albion
• Also playing were Din Glorious, Bell Hollow and Frank from Frank the Baptist, doing some solo acoustic material
• Full lineup for this show, with James Powell, Marzia Rangel and Lanthier, plus Yi-Hsiuan Lee, who played the erhu on a couple songs.
• Here is the script that was used during the tour.
• And here is an illuminating tour diary, documenting the adventure.

Sunday, May 7-

• at Club Hell in Providence, Rhode Island
• Also playing were Gein and the Graverobbers, Holy Cow, and others...
• This show was split into two parts. The first part was on the stage, where the group adapted to a malfunctioning PA by rearranging songs. The second part was at the end of the night, when they performed acoustically in the room.

Tuesday, May 9-

• at the Galapagos Art Space, in Brooklyn, NY
• also playing were Din Glorious and the Opposite Sex

Wednesday, May 10-

• at the Rotunda, in Philadelphia, PA, with New Minority
• The last show on the "Giant Monster vs. Cities" tour

Saturday, May 13-

• at the Cabaret Playhouse again, in Montreal
• Lanthier was doing solo acoustic material for this show, supplemented by dramatic readings from the English dictionary
• Yi-Hsiuan Lee joined in on a couple tracks, performing on the erhu

Monday, June 5-

• at the Schauspielhaus for the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig, Germany!
• The Ensemble consisted of Lanthier, James Powell and Marzia, plus the addition of Yi-Hsiuan Lee for a few songs.
• Also playing were Katzenjammer Kabarett!

Sunday, June 3-

• at the Knitting Factory in NY, NY for Day 3 of the Drop Dead Festival
• the full troupe was accounted for: Lanthier, Powell, Rangel, and Lee
• The theme for this show was "Sport In History" and featured, among other things, a chess match, a dog fight, how to bully people, a ball game, and ice skating
• also playing that night: Bell Hollow, Submarine Fleet, Bohemien, Lene Lovich, Holy Cow, Signal and Report, and Din Glorious

Eurpean Tour, 2006- "Und jetzt, das Wetter!"-

• For the following shows, a usual pattern was established where James Powell was a robot, Lanthier was a militant weather man and Marzia was embarrassed by the antics of her bandmates. The weather was reported quite accurately, though, and the group made much progress into the study of musical robotics.
• Here are some photographs of the adventure.
• September 15th- Zuurich, Switzerland at Werk 21 w/Katzenjammer Kabarett
• September 16th- Kriebstein, Germany at the Burg Festival w/Katzenjammer Kabarett and others
• September 17th- Berlin, Germany at the K17 w/Katzenjammer Kabarett
• September 19th- Vienna, Austria at the Monastery w/Katzenjammer Kabarett
• September 20th- Erfurt, Germany at Unikum w/Katzenjammer Kabarett
• September 21st- Bochum, Germany at Zwischenfall w/Katzenjammer Kabarett
• September 22nd- Zapfendorf, Germany at Top Act w/Katzenjammer Kabarett
• September 23rd- Waregem, Belgium at the Steeple
• September 24th- Freiburg, Germany at Cafe Atlantik w/Katzenjammer Kabarett
• September 26th- Vilnius, Lithuania, at Tamsta w/Linoja

Sunday, November 12-

• at Casa del Popolo in Montreal, with Shanghai Triad and members from Liederwolfe
• the full troupe was accounted for: Lanthier, Powell, Rangel, and Lee
• there were also short films playing throughout the evening, some by Zoe Brown and some by Lucas Lanthier

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