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Saturday, May 20, 2006

Late Night Fun and Frolic

By Blair Lovern

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The Dallas Museum of Art, as usual, puts on a great Late Night series. Check out the photos and videos from this past Friday. For example, I must confess I did not know precisely what a vibraphone was. Is it a xylophone? No. Is it a glockenspiel? No. Is it a marimba? No. Is it a - oh, please just shut up. Anyway, Ed Smith - on the music staff at SMU and who teaches vibraphone at the University of North Texas - explains very well in the video below what it is.

Ed Smith explains what the heck a vibraphone is

Ed Smith explains what the heck a vibraphone is

Smith played for about an hour Friday (I noticed the countenances of several portraits who were as mesmerized as I was), including this version of "When You Wish Upon A Star".

Ed Smith plays "When You Wish Upon A Star," vibraphone-style

Ed Smith plays "When You Wish Upon A Star," vibraphone-style

Starting the night at the Atrium Cafe was Shanghai 5, and you can sample them here:

Late Night at the DMA with Shanghai 5

Late Night at the DMA with Shanghai 5

Finally, below are a few photos from the night.

S5's Reid Robinson lookin' seersucker suave at the keyboard.

S5's Reid Robinson lookin' seersucker suave at the keyboard.

S5's Bill Longhorse on guitar, Earl Darling on drums and whoa! - I don't know who he is, but it appears as if the dude in the background hopped right out of a <i>Terminator</i> movie. Look how determined he is trying to assassinate the mother of the yet unborn John Connor. Rarely has such raw emotion from a cyborg been captured by modern photography.

S5's Bill Longhorse on guitar, Earl Darling on drums and whoa! - I don't know who he is, but it appears as if the dude in the background hopped right out of a Terminator movie. Look how determined he is trying to assassinate the mother of the yet unborn John Connor. Rarely has such raw emotion from a cyborg been captured by modern photography.

S5's Gregg Prickett on bass and the prismatic Amy Curnow.

S5's Gregg Prickett on bass and the prismatic Amy Curnow.

Dude I don't know gazing at the waterfall in the DMA sculpture garden.

Dude I don't know gazing at the waterfall in the DMA sculpture garden.

My father-in-law points out in this modern painting to my wife, Liz, what he sees as a sheep with a long, pointy tassled nightcap on its head (circa whenever Charles Dickens wrote his stories, which I'm not going to precisely look up right this second. Let's say 1841-ish.) I have circled the alleged sheep in red. And in blue I have circled the part of the painting which I think is crap. Look, I love the DMA and many of its treasures. But the modern room there and/or at any other museum is not my cup of tea and/or Dr Pepper, since I don't like tea either.

My father-in-law points out in this modern painting to my wife, Liz, what he sees as a sheep with a long, pointy tassled nightcap on its head (circa whenever Charles Dickens wrote his stories, which I'm not going to precisely look up right this second. Let's say 1841-ish.) I have circled the alleged sheep in red. And in blue I have circled the part of the painting which I think is crap. Look, I love the DMA and many of its treasures. But the modern room there and/or at any other museum is not my cup of tea and/or Dr Pepper, since I don't like tea either.

Austin’s Palm Elementary School Choir has appeared on NBC’s <i>Today</i> show, performed with Lyle Lovett and opened for Neil Young at SXSW. But when you've graced the glorious and award-winning web pages of TexasGigs, you know you've made it.

Austin’s Palm Elementary School Choir has appeared on NBC’s Today show, performed with Lyle Lovett and opened for Neil Young at SXSW. But when you've graced the glorious and award-winning web pages of TexasGigs, you know you've made it.

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