Flagpole. (Athens, Ga.) 1987-current, July 13, 1988, Image 5
Flagpole • July 13/ 1988 Page 5
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They were having fun — that's
what they started playing for in
the beginning. Their nervousness
about about their performance was
quickly won over by their own
musical joy that marked all Pylon
songs. They looked strong and
shining new and bold like gods
showing us revelations of how
things were and can be again in
this jaded musical society.
Strong, fawning praise — but all
it took was seeing monoliths come
alive. Vanessa seemed to be the
Pygmalion it took to end the
reign as statues by just dancing
her dervish-inspired trance that
caught the band back up in its
fury. She didn't even notice she
had cut her foot and was bleeding
all over the stage. She was
bleeding out of her soul and the
band played on.
Now that I feel embarrassed by
such a string of incessant
superlative heaping, we can get
back to, as Sgt. Monday would
say, "just the facts”. This was
not a one-time reunion. Pylon
plans to play several times in
Athens and some other favorite
spots before they decide where
they are going. They don't want
to commit to recording or touring
until they decide what they can
and want to do given the demands
of their current lives and the
music industry five years later.
Now they know that they can still
do it and don't have to be just
relics.
*- Jared
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cartoon by JT Superstar
WED 13
ALLGOOD MUSIC CO.
THRU 14
PORN ORCHARD /
THE OTHER SOON
FRI. 15
B.B.Q KILLERS / PHANTOM 309
SAT 16
MERCYLAND
MON. 18
MICHAEL LACHOWSKI
DANCE PARTY
TUE. 19
VIC CHESTNUTT AND FRIENDS
WED. 20
ALL/ RAY UGLY
THU. 21
LOVE TRACTOR
FRI. 22
GRAVITY CREEPS
SAT. 23 CLOSED
MON. 25
DANCE PARTY
TUES. 26
VIC AND FRIENDS