FEB 23
7:30pm sharp
Sea & Space Explorations
4755 York Blvd, 90042

They wanted something special. We’ll give ya…something!

Be blown away by the following mix of word, song, noise, and video by……

The poet Gedda Ilves was born in Harbin, North China, of Russian descent. She lived in Shanghai during WWII and then emigrated with her late husband via Brazil to Los Angeles in January 1951. She is 4″8 of gold with an accent.

Corridor plays epic music on cello accompanied by drums.

Aaron Drake will be there with a breathing, melodica playing battery powered noise machine.

Sarah Ibrahim improvises opera ‘inside water.’

Gerard Olson & Teira Johnson repopulate the planet with woolly mammoths.

Daniel Pelt follows Speed Racer up a mountain.

Daiana Feuer sees a squid invasion. Or it’s jellyfish.

Amanda Jo Williams recounts the heroics of Grace Light Warrior.

A pamphlet by Maxi Kim.

This event is made possible by the Reclamation chicks (Drew & Kyoung) and the feral cats of Explorsion.

Fortunately for the Echo’s insurance premium, The Fresh and Only’s were scheduled to spread their sticky rhythms and catchy bass hooks all over us all before Thee Oh Sees would have a chance to shatter our every bone. Like a Vietnam vet who’s been through The Shit and left a part of himself there, Fresh and Only’s singer Tim Cohen pulled his smooth bellowing voice from the pockets of his camo fatigue with a nonchalance that assured us all would be okay, at least until the end of their set.

As Thee Oh Sees began piling their amps and speakers clear to the ceiling, I realized the true meaning behind Cohen’s blasé demeanor: he had come to the realization there is no avoiding the type of guerrilla warfare born from John Dwyer’s frantic…everything. As soon as Thee Oh Sees powered up their equipment we were taken for a frenzied run through a springy forest teaming with reverb booby traps and tambourine tripwires until we reached the mansion where the head of state resides. Luckily, everyone figured out pretty quickly that the best way not to get destroyed is to just keep moving.

—Daniel Pelt