Nicholas Marcilio World: Tudedomoon

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The Weird Library of Art's first show was opening for Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon at the Opera House in Toronto in 1992.

We played with Steven again a few years later. He guested with us opening for Spectrum at Club Shanghai.

Steven Brown

Steven Brown, Myself Nicholas Marcilio (with bad hair) and Malcolm Abbow Lewis

Here is a shot of Spectrum. I'm not sure whey everything looks red from this show, it didn't seem that way at the time.

So a few days later Weird Library Of Art played at Symptom Hall for a Tuxedmoon film release party, but still no performance by the complete Tuxedomoon. At that point they were all over the place. Steven in Mexico, Blaine in Athens, Peter in New York. We almost convinced Steven to get Peter to come to Toronto; but he said something like "Peter only does things that are well organized".

A few years later (August 14th 1999 to be specific) Weird Library of Art

played with Peter Principle's band Echo Bravo at the Knitting Factory at 74 Leonard St in New York, opening for that il fated Colin Newman & Malka Spigel tour.

Image may contain: 1 person, standing, on stage, playing a musical instrument and guitar

Image may contain: 1 person, standing, on stage, playing a musical instrument and guitar

I have photos of that but I'd feel bad posting them because everyone has the "Why are we traveling around in such a crap van" look on their face. Though that back seat of the van did become my sofa for a few years afterwards, long after the Chevy Astro, that Elio Gelmini sold me, went to van heaven. Elio was the one who organized that Steven Brown show at the Opera House and Steven had done some music for a couple of Elio's movies. I also heard stories from Malka about how Minimal Compact had borrowed a former ambulance from Tuxedomoon to tour Europe in. That was supposed to be a "well it could be worse" story; at least she tried.

So I finally got to see a full Tuxedomoon show, Blaine Reininger included, just like the folks in Europe get to do, more often than us at the Leonard St Knitting Factory in 2004 or 2005. I have a video somewhere of most of that show. I'll post or transfer it some day.. catches a few great moments, I think there are some stills from the next night when they played unannounced at the Tribeca Grand Hotel.

Well here are just a few pictures from Tuxedomoon's last appearance in New York City at Le Poisson Rouge September 18th 2008 . Their most recent visit to New York and North America. I think they have some shows in Mexico in November. maybe i can talk Carlos into sending them north in the cold, or better yet figure out how I can get to Mexico and see them there.

iPhone 1's limited quality makes for blurred memories.

The Amazing Visuals and lighting effects were by Tuxedomoon collaborator The Weathermen's Bruce Geduldig. If North America is ever lucky enough to get a return visit from the living legends, Tuxedomoon, it will not be the same. without Bruce, but Tuxedomoon has never been about being the same.