Thomas Lehn & Gerry Hemingway

[Steve Reynolds]

my comments:

Thomas Lehn is a fucking lunatic - whatever brought him to a life that includes doing what he does with that crazy monster might make the thoughts in my head seem rather tame. He didn't seem comfotable that everything was right at the beginning as there seemed to be a small unwanted buzz that was eminating from some of the wires that connected his briefcase like thing that I would imagine is hooked up somehow to a couple of other boxes, the analogue syntheziser keyboard thingy and a laptop type thing - a few glowing lights here and there and someelse maybe - and once the thing is turned on or activated somehow, how he controls this monstrosity of wires, tubes and whatever the hell else is there is beyond me -

almost like he sets the sound off and has to control it, let it loose, reign it in, and mainipulate it the best f his ability to somehow make music that might seemingly make no sense or more sense than anything that exists in sound - sometimes all at the same time - and whatever happened at the end of the almost closing third piece would have changed a few perspectives of some if they had been sitting in the room last night - then again, nobody hears anything the same with this stuff I call music of almost complete immediate invention - and despite having thought that the *great* Gerry Hemingway had reached a peak with his hand drumming earlier in the piece (after being sure nothing could top whatever the hell he invented on a little steel drum type instrument placed on his snare during the epic like second 20-25 minute second piece, somehow I knew that there would be an explosion of sounds that only Gerry Hemingway is capable of when he decides to go what might be called full bore - well my head almost fucking exploded when the hammer dropped - and for about 6 or 7 minutes, it was better than ejaculating twice

lordy lordy

only complaint is that the opening improvisation (at 12-14 minutes) didn't really gel, and I thought for sure that Anthony's friend must have certainly thought us insane and after having pizza with us previously) certainly thought me insane as some people have thought that before about me - and I am - but in a good way

By the time the hour+ set was done - as they closed with a beautiful short somewhat quiet improv with Hemingway blowing into something or other into his snare drum, the circle was completed - now I wish I could hear it agina, and decide whether to watch and listen or not to watch and listen - instead of sometimes doing both - and I still sometimes find myself wondering what the hell Lehn is doing rather just accepting what he does - he is certainly an incredible musician with a range and creative imagination that makes me think that almost anything is possible in this world

what a night - special, special night for me.....