Is This Anything?: Dandi Wind

nobody@vox.com(Krissy) — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:18:40 -0700

You know that segment on Letterman where they pull the curtains back, show Paul and Dave some sort of object or action, and then they answer the question: "Is this anything?" I ask myself that question from time to time, especially when it comes to music.

.tiff's post reminded me of what's going on at Mezzanine tonight, which includes a screening of Daft Punk's Electroma and a performance by Riot in Belgium (who .tiff recommends). But the subject of this post is another performance on tonight's bill, Dandi Wind, featuring the vocal stylings of Ms. Dandilion Wind Opaine. In my SFist column last week I described her as (pardon the use of the royal "we"):

a truly unique musician and performing artist. Imagine electro-art-punk delivered by a leotard-clad woman whose moves are equal parts Mick Jagger and Jazzercise. (We'll spare you from our impulse to coin the term Jagger-cise. Or will we?)

See what I'm talking about here:

Dandi Wind Live @ 333

I'm not really recommending Dandi Wind, I'm not even sure how I feel about it. Is this avant garde performance art with a great beat, or a case of style over substance? Yeah, so. Is this anything?

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Is This Anything?: Dandi Wind