You know how you can smell the heat in water right before it begins to boil? That smell is the odor of potential. That smell yields one conclusion: the inevitable explosion of heat and intensity that will swallow up and transform anything in proximity. This same scent of uncontrolled potentiality blanketed Stage 3 at FFF Fest last Saturday night with Girl Talk’s performance. It took seconds for the excited crowd to rush on-stage and commence in a wild dance party once DJ Gregg Gillis bawled “LETS GET THIS SHOW A LITTLE CLOSER!” The gig was absolutely absorbing.
This was my first time seeing Girl Talk, and I can say that I’ve never seen a more involved / totally chaotic audience ever. His endless mashups lasted for over an hour and evoked a compulsion towards mania, yielding dives from the 20ft rafters and at least a dozen security guards fruitlessly attempting to prevent gaggles of scensters from scrambling on-stage. I had a hoot.
So we took this video of Final Fantasy playing the Destroyer song “An Actor’s Revenge” featuring Dan Bejar and Cadence Weapon. It was off the chain. Could Dan Bejar look like any more of a badass with that nonchalant swagger?
I think Of Montreal might have been my favorite show that night, performing in all their psychedelic and suggestively androgynous glory. They played a solid hour+ set, and at certain choruses in the more poppy songs the entire crowd grooved as one cohesive funk-vehicle for Kevin Barnes’s molding. One of their last songs was a cover of the song above. Needless to say it was fulfilling.
Fun Fun Fun Fest most certainly lived up to it’s name. Though Sam and I saw only the Saturday segment of the festival we definitely witnessed some highlights of the show. Final Fantasy, Of Montreal, and Girl Talk were glorious. Pictures and more info very soon. In the meantime, enjoy some Of Montreal from Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?
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