Hiro
24th June 2002, 22:46
I saw a rather absurd, (funny as hell) show the other week-
Mr. Quintron and Ms. Pussycat came to Toronto and after a warm-up puppet show that featured a squirrel and death facing off in a guitar battle (clearly death should have won, in my mind- but I understand the need for these stories to end in a childlike safe zone)- we were thrown into a Vegas lounge sleaze meets quirky, cheerleader, rock/organ-overload nut-bar set. Mr. Quintron/Ms. Pussycat are from New Orleans- and this is the first I had heard of them- Anyone else catch these two?
The tools he was using were what had my jaw on my shoes... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory style casing over some modified drum machines- Which he tortured endlessly- to produce some pretty wacky sounds... Later, he chose the pyro route and set his "drum buddy" on fire- Fucking great.
fr/
http://www.skingraftrecords.com/bandhtmlpages/quintron.html
<<Mr. Quintron is the contemporary mad scientist idealized, toiling maniacally
with circuitry and gadgets in his workshop. His laboratory work in the 9th
Ward of New Orleans has escaped the notice of the popular
electrical-engineering circles and has allowed him the solace needed to take
his work in directions overlooked by his contemporaries. Here he tampers
with his organs and constructs new toys, each more demented and spectacular
than the last. But thanks to his latest marketing campaign, multitudes now
recognize the possibilities inherent in such "Quintraptions" as The Drum
Buddy, a rotating oscillator / drum-machine activated by rhythmic light
exposure patterns. Building and adapting his own instruments is a very
practical skill for Mr. Quintron. For instance, commercial Theremin kits are
currently being sold for amounts in excess of $600, allowing "real"
rock'n'roll bands such as Dinosaur Jr. and Blues Explosion to build and use
the recently popularized instrument. According to Quintron, a transistor
Theremin that you can run through a tube amplifier can be built for
approximately $6 with parts from Radio Shack.>>
Toys rule.
Mr. Quintron and Ms. Pussycat came to Toronto and after a warm-up puppet show that featured a squirrel and death facing off in a guitar battle (clearly death should have won, in my mind- but I understand the need for these stories to end in a childlike safe zone)- we were thrown into a Vegas lounge sleaze meets quirky, cheerleader, rock/organ-overload nut-bar set. Mr. Quintron/Ms. Pussycat are from New Orleans- and this is the first I had heard of them- Anyone else catch these two?
The tools he was using were what had my jaw on my shoes... Charlie and the Chocolate Factory style casing over some modified drum machines- Which he tortured endlessly- to produce some pretty wacky sounds... Later, he chose the pyro route and set his "drum buddy" on fire- Fucking great.
fr/
http://www.skingraftrecords.com/bandhtmlpages/quintron.html
<<Mr. Quintron is the contemporary mad scientist idealized, toiling maniacally
with circuitry and gadgets in his workshop. His laboratory work in the 9th
Ward of New Orleans has escaped the notice of the popular
electrical-engineering circles and has allowed him the solace needed to take
his work in directions overlooked by his contemporaries. Here he tampers
with his organs and constructs new toys, each more demented and spectacular
than the last. But thanks to his latest marketing campaign, multitudes now
recognize the possibilities inherent in such "Quintraptions" as The Drum
Buddy, a rotating oscillator / drum-machine activated by rhythmic light
exposure patterns. Building and adapting his own instruments is a very
practical skill for Mr. Quintron. For instance, commercial Theremin kits are
currently being sold for amounts in excess of $600, allowing "real"
rock'n'roll bands such as Dinosaur Jr. and Blues Explosion to build and use
the recently popularized instrument. According to Quintron, a transistor
Theremin that you can run through a tube amplifier can be built for
approximately $6 with parts from Radio Shack.>>
Toys rule.