Cabaret Voltaire - Micro-Phonies
#348
1984 Housekeeping
Cabaret Voltaire
Micro-Phonies
2 out of 5
When I was in college I somehow managed to find myself in the cast of an off-off-off Broadway show called "DaDaDaDaDaDa". It was a post-modern musical about the creation of the Dadaist movement. I played Tristan Tzara.
It was a weird show. I was proud of it. There was absolutely no good reason for me to be in it. I lost sleep, nearly failed out of school because the rehearsals knocked me out and it was highly mediocre.
The lead actress was going through a divorce and trying to sleep with every thing she came into contact with, myself and my roommates included.
The director and other main actress were a couple and were students with my teacher in Lawrence, Kansas. I have sporadic memories of the show. I rememeber Rusty, the comic relief and have wondered, often, what has happened to him.
I bought the Seven Dada Manifestos to better understand my character.
I fell in love with Tristan and the movement and it's embrace of chaos and the random.
They built their art movement at the Cabaret Voltaire in Vienna.
If they knew that there was a post-disco New Wave trance-dance band that named itself after that club and represents absolutely nothing ground breaking, art shattering or chaotic I believe none of them would be happy or fans.
I am not a fan of Cabaret Voltaire and cringe every time their name pops up on this list.
I found this dull and uninspired. The exact opposite of Dada-ism.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/micro-phonies-remastered/825385482
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