When does a rock band's "stage show" become "performance art"? When it transforms the material into something beyond what the music delivers on its own? I saw a couple of Laurie Anderson multimedia shows in the early 80's and they were great; more interesting than her gallery-based performance pieces (which were properly boring in the good old minimalist-era manner), or her stand-alone musical recordings (which were never as good as real rock n roll). Does Wilson's performance go beyond the music, or is it shtick? Do Anderson and Lou Reed exchange pop for art credibility between themselves? And how does Kembra go from LES to Penthouse to American Fine Arts?
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- alex 5-20-2002 7:25 pm