From John Bush Sent Wed, May 26th 1999, 19:33
From John Bush Sent Wed, May 26th 1999, 19:33
> What's the connection btw Illusion of Safety and Jim O' Rourke? > > Any? Ummm, I saw both of them this weekend! -- Illusion of Safety opened up for KK Null (mmmmm....noise....) and O'Rourke opened for Tom Ze/Tortoise. But seriously, O'Rourke worked with Illusion of Safety five (?) or so years ago and appeared on "Probe" (Staalplaat), I think. As far as the shows go, Illusion of Safety crapped all over O'Rourke -- some serious metal machine mutations and beat carnage to rival any of yr IDM-ier groups. O'Rourke shuffled around the stage, looked sheepish, tuned his guitar, and did a couple of pop songs. Tom Ze on the other hand was out of this world -- jumping around the stage, taking his shirt off, etc. For the last song, he and the geeks from Tortoise dressed up in construction gear (helmets, goggles) and started hitting each other to create a miniature percussion ensemble. Then the lights went down, two table-saws were wheeled out (!), and Ze began sharpening knives to add to the percussion ensemble (and create some insane showers of sparks). Needless to say, it was one of the most entertaining shows I've been to in ages... Null was quite good too, with just a patch cord hooked in to about 20 boxes, pedals and what have you to create an ungodly racket. I think he's in Detroit tomorrow. .John.