Bill and Brian gave me the rundown on Gary Wilson's performance and I kept asking about the music. His LP is a cult item because it's really good, eccentric music--not because he wore two pairs of sunglasses and had someone sprinkling flour on him onstage. The fact that he had a backup band of young musicians playing his tunes (like the Wondermints doing Brian Wilson) while he did his stage schtick from 25 years ago doesn't bode well for him as a creative force.
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- tom moody 5-23-2002 10:31 pm