Man, I'm a full month behind. So I'll sweep up September with a couple more weekly posts, and then full-month October posts for all three papers.
So, in this week's CP, I had an Artspick for Hans Rickheit's Chrome Fetus Comics, which he was projecting images from in a Puppet Uprising show; an essay on Van Halen's reunion tour, and why I had to attend*; Soundadvice mentions for German trumpeter Birgit Ulher's show under Gene Coleman's Soundfield umbrella and a solo set from violist Jessica Pavone; a sidebar on the inaugural Wildwood By the Sea Film Festival, focusing on George Manney's Rufus Harley doc Pipes of Peace; and three reviews, a feature on Peter Berg's The Kingdom, a short on Robert Benton's Feast of Love (also see my Metro interview with the director) and another for the Traffic knock-off Trade.
*I must say that while I more or less dismissed Michael Anthony's absence in the piece, his presence was sorely missed during the show, which was otherwise a blast, a solid two hours of good songs with barely a breather being taken. Wolfie held his own, but looked nervous and uncomfortable (as any 16-year-old forced onto the world's largest stages would be). Anthony's personality was the loveable Sancho Panza to the battle between Diamond Dave's smarmy, spotlight-hugging asshole and Eddie VH's back-of-the-room whiz kid, and without him, the balance was subtly thrown off.
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