On Monday night, I went to (le) poisson rouge to see The Best Band in the World. MUCH to my surprise and delight, it seems György Ligeti has risen from the dead to perform at LPR this week! Elizabeth & the Catapult, Deerhoof, Doveman, LIGETI! What a crew.
And there’s the man himself on the table-tents:
Here’s foul-mouthed Arvo:
And lovely Cosima:
I think it’s hard being Cosima Wagner. R seems pretty high-maintenance.
There’s also @FakeLenny and @_Elliott_Carter, neither of which is as funny as the two above.
Friend of Life’s a Pitch Daniel Stephen Johnson is even hawking Fake Arvo Part t-shirts:
Unrelated and back to the Deerhoof concert for a moment, David Byrne showed up:
…so that was “killer” etc. etc..
And perhaps more importantly, it occurred to me during the concert that Nels Cline kind of looks like Ethan Stiefel?
OK, maybe it was just dark in there.