True/False Friday Night
March 3, 2007 at 1:07 p.m.
Perhaps it was just me. It could have been that my own excitement and anticipation created a false perception of liveliness in others, but I don’t think so. Maybe people weren’t talking louder and more hurriedly than usual. Perhaps there weren’t more people out and about downtown. No, I think it was pretty evident: downtown Columbia was electric.
Every year, the True/False Film Festival turns Columbia into a well of excitement and energy, and this year is no different.
As I hurried around downtown trying to take in everything I could, I couldn’t help but laugh and say aloud, “This is awesome.”
The Artisan hosted four bands with varying takes on the singer/songwriter, folk-pop genre. And even in the subdued environment the music created, the Artisan was still a buzz.
At the Blue Note, people waited outside to see the Reverend Horton Heat and Murder by Death.
But the prize of the night was the No Quarter party, which took place at the former Lumia Gallery on Walnut St. Inside, the white walls were decorated with varying sizes of antlers, four different projection screens, and in one corner, a forest of tree branches. There were two bars set up, each dedicated to its corresponding sponsor: Belvedere Vodka and Schlafly Brewing (I feel it is worth mentioning that the drinks were free). Bodies were packed in close as the Water Babies of Chicago, shook the house with their infectious electro-afro beats and calypso soul.
One thing is certain- there were no disappointments.
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