pre pobavenie, riport z koncertu (bohuzial nie moj) kap. LOVAGE (=mike patton, kid koala, dan the automator, jenifer charles) (2002)
snad nevadi, ze je to v aj
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Lovage -- Bowery Ballroom -- January 17, 2002

I don’t even know how one can write a decent review for a live experience of such magnitude, but I’ll give it a shot. Lovage consists of producer Dan the Automator, turntablist Kid Koala and vocalists Mike Patton (Mr. Bungle) and Jennifer Charles (Elysian Fields). They just released an album on 75 Ark called Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By, but the music was only a single aspect of the show. After an opening set by DJs Ming + FS, and a brief coming attraction for a classy X-rated movie, Lovage came onstage (with a guitarist and bassist who also helped the Automator and Koala on the Deltron 3030 tour) and the party began. Automator and Patton were dressed in lush robes and smoking cigars, with Patton adding a huge gold-like chain and a hair net to his ensemble. Kid Koala went with some pajamas and Charles had on a tight dress. The set consisted of a majority of songs from the album, such as "Pit Stop," "To Catch a Thief," "Anger Management," "Strangers on a Train," and Berlin’s "Sex (I’m A)." However, the antics of the band were just as important as the music was. Dan brought at least two bottles of Courvoisier, and kept his and Mike’s glasses constantly filled throughout the show.



Towards the end of the set, Patton told the crowd that Dan was doing a whole lot of nothing, then corrected himself and said he was doing a whole lot of drinking, both to which Automator took a generous swig from the bottle. At one point, Patton brought a "lonely" guy onstage and tried to hook him up with a girl in the crowd. The girl then was asked to deep throat a banana (which Patton decided he would do) and then a cucumber. Charmelle Carmel (aka Maseo from De La Soul) came onstage to observe the proceedings and to donate some liquor to the front row. The girl was dismissed and the guy scored a slow dance with Mr. Patton. Kid Koala did a little solo performance on the turntables, and a tip basket for him was passed around. What follows is just a quick synopsis of some other things that happened during the show: girls eating chocolate from Mike’s mouth, going into the crowd with the Automator and pouring chocolate syrup and whipped cream on them and licking it off, and then doing a mini conga line back to the stage. The highlight of the show came when Patton and Charles did a lovely rendition of Jennifer Lopez’s and Ja Rule’s "I’m Real," with Mike mimicking Lopez and Charles Ja Rule.