Homegrown Hullaballoo
March 2, 2008 at 3:50 p.m.
On any given day, the Artisan is filled with students plugging away at their laptops and bottomless cups (of joe), but tonight it was a different crowd. The hummus was still served, and alma mater seekers were still the meat of the audience, but rather than the isolation of headphones, cell phones, and laptops – the music of Homegrown Hullaballoo held the undivided attention of the packed (as usual) Cherry Street Artisan.
I’m not sure what ‘homegrown hullabaloo’ means besides a whole lot of something, but I do know that acts like Timbawolf were original, hilarious, and had the perfect combination of skill and self-deprecation for to laugh and give him musical props. Dressed in full on giddy-up cowboy gear I couldn’t tell whether his pre-song banter of ‘This one’s for freedom’ were poking fun at the Country Western American culture or just his off the cuff personality. My favorite of all though, would have to be his lyric, “I had a dream. That I was taking a bath, with Dracula.” Regardless of his lyrics that came out of left field, the group was still able to sing along. The group of fans turned out to be friends from his hometown of De Soto, MO.
Another artist on the venue was high-pitched honey, Penny Marvel. With a voice ranging somewhere between the likes of Regina Spektor on her highest notes and the airiness of Imogen Heap, the accompaniment of her ukulele made for perfect back-up. It would have been better to hear in a completely silent setting, but she stuck to her guns and carried on with her pianissimo performance waiting for the crowd to stop their conversations and tune in.
One local was enjoying the open-to-the-public festivities because he waited to long to buy any movie tickets, and didn’t want to pay the money for passes.
The combination of different flavors of the musical set list was what one could expect from True/False: unique talent that you probably haven’t seen before.
-Natalie Durkovich
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