Friday, March 18, 2011
Crickets / Music The Mopery RIP on DVD
Posted by Miles Raymer on 03.18.11 at 03:49 PM
- Gonzo Chicago
- The Mopery's last show
Despite the sometimes aggressive amount of weirdness on display (see the aforementioned people living in tents), the Mopery was pretty widely beloved, and the venue's final show last August brought out a crowd that filled pretty much every square foot of it, extended down the lengthy flight of stairs leading up to it, and spilled out onto the street. The air was a dense miasma of sweat and smoke, compounded by the considerable background humidity of a late-summer Chicago night, and though I was only there for a little while I walked out completely drenched.
The event featured 13 Mopery favorites providing the soundtrack to the loft's sendoff, including Loose Dudes, Paper Mice, and Mark Solotroff. One attendee, Victor Spatafora, brought along what the blog Gonzo Chicago refers to as "a completely ridiculous" high-def video camera to document the action. Spatafora has recently put out a DVD of his footage for anyone looking to relive (or piece together memories of) that night.
Copies of the DVD are available at Reckless for six dollars, or through Gonzo Chicago for a suggested donation of five (e-mail hotmetaldobermans@gmail.com).
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Suggested donation of $5, whiskey, or hugs. I will have them in my trunk, always. <3
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just the last night! i don't think k.k played....not on the poster....i don't remember a whole lot from this. this dvd, however, is SUPER GOOD!! A few snippets from myself in the mix, including john bellows screaming on a huge speaker along with 50 of you. will also accept whiskey, and hugs. e-mail or hit me up at a show. it'll be a mainstay in my trunk. <3 - John Yingling
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