March 9, 2010

David Bowie Tributon, Part 1 - Market Market, Rosendale, NY

By Fredrick
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First of all, let me welcome Rosendale, NY back to the world of the living. A torrential snowstorm managed to sever, not just Rosendale, but a large portion of the Hudson Valley's connection to the outside world via the internet or even power in some of the more desperate areas. Here in New Paltz I was temporarily disconnected from the internet, too, if just for an evening. Market Market, which managed to avoid, for the most part, the wrath of the storm, quickly adapted to host the refugees from the community. With the Rosendale Cafe out of commission, and most of Main Street in the dark, its no surprise that the Market should turn into a bustling internet cafe. The biggest problem with accessing the only connection in town, is that you're not the only one without. No one is sending you facebook messages or shooting friendly emails. In fact, when you get buried under so many inches of bitter, slushy snow there's not a whole lot to do anywhere.

Well, there wouldn't have been, save for, once again, Market Market's intervention. Six-some-weeks ago it was decided that the third Tributon would honor the prolific David Bowie, and the date decided on happened to be the same weekend of our ill fated weather. But as they say, the show must go on, and after a week of hibernation, everyone was eager and excited to get out of the house and be merry and entertained. Just as we had seen with the Prince Tributon, it seemed that just about everyone in the city came out to enjoy; among those in attendance were Carla Rozman and John Cox, who spearheaded the evening with a lovely number set to the tune of Suffragette City. Carla, who was also the host of the evening, kept things positively energetic and festive.

The growth seen between the Madonna and Prince Tributons continued tenfold for the Bowie event, and because of this I've had to split the set for my own mental health. Embedded in the playlist above you'll find a treasure trove of goodies from the first couple performers of the evening. Brian and Alan Macaluso, AKA The Techsmiths, did a lovely tribute to a tribute to David Bowie by covering 'Bowie's in Space' from Flight of the Conchords. Jude Roberts brought his golden pipes to the Tributon and rallied some lovely back-up girls for his covers. John Wirtz, who I met for the first time at the door just shy of 9pm, did a soulful rendition of 'Five Years', the song that finally made me a believer in Bowie's songwriting.

John Cox, who came into my life like a whirlwind with a miniature blue piano, played a couple songs that conjure up memories of campfire sing-a-longs (Lady Stardust, which was the first song he's performed in public in years, was removed out of respect to Cox's request, though if you're wondering it was quite wonderful). After a short break for technical reconfiguring, Wayne Montecalvo went up to perform the most avant and deconstructed covers of the evening. Using a voice modification box of some sort he gave us a seriously unique 'Panic in Detroit' and, with the help of John Wirtz, followed up with TVC15.

Like I said, the set list for the evening was massive, so you'll have to wait a while to see the conclusion. In the meantime I'd like to remind everyone of some other great stuff happening at Market Market between now and the April 10th Elvis Costello Tributon. This Friday, March 12, is Karaoke night, and Saturday is the R&B stylings of We Must Be. John Cox will be hosting Market Market's first Open Mic Night on Wednesday March 31st, and Wayne Montecalvo and I are hosting a community film fest on Friday, April 9th, which is still accepting submissions (So submit, dammit). For other listings, check the events calendar at Market Market's webpage, or stop in at 1 Madeline Lane off RT 32 in Rosendale NY.

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