:: propagandART ~ may 11. 2006 ::

so jen and i celebrated the second anniversary of our first date last night.
our first date was david bowie concert at the startlight theater in kansas city.
exactly two years later, we were back at the startlight to see depeche mode.
what a fiasco...
our tickets weren't very good. we were way off to the side.
the set was mediocre...it was like a bad high school sci-fi video from 1981.
the band was pretty stoic. the sound was bad...lots of feedback.
they had to abort a song after a few bars because the synthesizer that was
playing the leadline wasn't working.
the lead singer (dave gahan) wasn't singing the hooks, but letting the audience sing them.
this made me feel like we'd bought expensive tickets to a depeche mode karaoke night.
so, after about 5-6 songs, martin gore (primary songwriter and secondary vocalist) got
to sing a couple. fine. great. then he starts the intro to the next song to bring back gahan.
well, two guys in black ran up and whispered in his ear. he reports some technical difficulties
stops the song and starts another one that he sings. fine. great. he finishes and on come
the men in black again. then the announcement is made that they've "lost the man in the middle."
show's over.

it was one of the more memorable and entertaining concerts i've been to in a long time.
what a strange, interesting, chaotic and utterly rock and roll trip that was somehow
fitting for the kind of adventures that we keep getting ourselves into.

through it all, i was going to take the week off from sending out a prop,
but my good friend wendy is having an art opening on friday.
it's really going to be something else...she's been working really hard
for the last few months on her new work. i hope you can swing by...

:: wendy jane bantam's magnolia gray: new works in oil ::

Wendy Jane Bantam's work is a whimsical mix of dream imagery, anthropomorphism, and a Saul Steinberg-like abstraction. She has had her paintings exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States. She is currently pursuing an MFA. Bantam has just recently interpreted American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis, for the Banned Books exhibit in Omaha. http://www.wendybantam.com

This solo exhibition, her first in Nebraska in two years, will show 73 new works from the heart and mind of one of our treasured artists.

MAY 12th, 2006 ~ 6:30-9:30 PM
KIECHEL ART GALLERY ~ 34th and Old Cheney

Party to follow the show.