February 21st/04
The Perfect Show (featuring MattP,
Ian Malinski, John Henville, and Second)
Tsawwassen Arts Centre, Tsawwassen
Photos (courtesy of brad pedwell, click to see larger):
Matt Solo Grand Piano Performance:
BOY OBSERVATIONS
RESTITUTION
OH GIRL
BURN THE BLACK DRESS (with brad pedwell)
FEELIN' GOOD (with brad pedwell)
SAVANA
MATH CLASS
WORLD IS WATCHING
Review:
The Perfect
Show was a great concept put together by Ian malinski! He wanted to have a show
that featured local acts performing together to make a great atmosphere and
ambience in a live performance. Tonight was the first attempt at the tsawwassen
arts center - and the four acts were Matthew, Ian Malinski, John Henville, and
the band Second. Tonight's attempt was successful - the stage was set with
tonnes of music gear, and incredible colorful lighting and decoration including
two large televisions with Nintendo games looping on them. The crowd was unfortunately
a little small, however, they were a great audience - for matt it was exciting
cause there were many who hadn't seen him perform before.
Matt's set was performed solo at the grand piano, and his
slightly drunken stage banter (a la feelin' good) made the show very
entertaining and enjoyable. He kicked off the set with a pounding BOY
OBSERVATIONS, and went right into RESTITUTION after - this is brad pedwell's
song that is performed weekly at feelin' good, but matt did a beautiful solo
piano rendition. It rocked. It rocked the cock. Next he performed OH GIRL which
was a kickin' good time as it always is. Brad Pedwell joined matt on stage for
the next bit and lead the audience in a rousing performance of BURN THE BLACK
DRESS. The duo then performed FEELIN' GOOD (solo piano, without the guitar -
although brad danced and played tambourine). SAVANA (matt's new song) was
beautiful, MATH CLASS was glorious, and then for the grand finale WORLD IS
WATCHING which was dedicated to andy roy even though the little pig-fucker
wasn't even watching! :)