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Amazingly, I was the first person in line at 9:30, when they opened up there were no more than a dozen people waiting outside, while more showed up the venue wasn't much more than half full at most I think. I took my spot in the 2nd row and had a great view of the screen, then the band came up, then this guy with a huge fathead sat down right in front and suddenly I couldn't see much of the screen. The images I did see were really cool, they were using various experimental films from the 20's and 30's, and the musicians seemed to somewhat adjust their sounds to somewhat reflect the images or movement on the screen, for instance large masses of seaweed waving in the current were matched by large wails of distortion by Lee. It took 'em 10 minutes to get into it, i thought, but then my attention was fully engaged by the trio for the next 40. Nicely done. In addition to the Stone benefit Cds, they also had some copies of Lee's latest chapbook and also copies of the CD of the threelobed boxset, although I can't recommend the boxset high enough.
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