 Christine Habermass - 1998 A multimedia artist named Caeser Pink leads this band, although they call themselves a community, which started on the campus of the Penn State University. They are now based in Brooklyn, NY. Their pamphlets promise a raging party at performances, and an open invitation to all to lose all inhibitions. The first song on their demo CD is called "Dionysus Rising" and is a strange opening - people chanting different thoughts about sex and love. ("I want you." "I want your every breath to be a sigh of desperation"). "Mamma Down" has a great beat, like a Parliment-Funkadelic song. Losing yourself to sensuality is the main theme of the lyrics. I liked the music overall, it is original and unpredictable. One track that I didn't like is the spoken-word "The Daily Grind" in which Pink condemns people sitting in a coffee shop for being pretentious. But isn't a spoken-word piece about a coffee shop a little pretentious? Other than that I am curious to see how Caeser Pink's music translates live. I'm sure it's as wild as they proclaim. |