From: "steve abrams" <sapuppets-AT-gmail.com> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 13:15:33 -0500 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet superstars! At the PofA festival in St Paul You would have seen Quintron and Miss PussyCat They definitely rock Then there are some rock musicians who have at least paid some attention to puppetry Winton Tong who worked with a band called Tuxedmoon in the late 70s did extraordinary work with puppets In 1984 Frank Zappa had a program called "A Zappa Affair" with puppets by John Gilkerson In 1986 David Byrne provided music for a project with puppets directed by the great Robert Wilson In this century there are quite a few The amazing charismatic Tiger Lillies provide music for the British puppet troupe, Improbable Theatre At the famous NY punk rock venue CBGB their were occasional puppet events In 2005 Eminem did a video that included Triumph the Insult Dog They Might Be Giants had a children's video with puppets in 2005 Beck included puppeteers in his 2006 tour Danny Elfman (composer for Nightmare Before Christmas, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, and the Simpsons) worked with musician/puppeteer Eric Sanko (more jazz than rock) I'm sure there are more Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mathieu René" <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca> To: <puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 11:14 PM Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppet superstars! >>> All this talk of puppets and rock and not one of you puptscholars >> mentioned the name Big Nazo. That company out of Providence RI is the >> closest thing the puppet world's got to an arena rock act. >> Check out the video clips on their website and you will see just what I >> mean. Yay, Ermenio! >> >> Stephen > > > I didn't know they were rockin in the musical sense too! > > I've never seen them perform, but I was in Providence briefly at the end > of > 2007, and saw many of their puppets and costumes in their huge window > display. WOW!!!!! > I wish I had been there to see them perform live! > I'll check the videos! > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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