Ask anyone in Milwaukee what band has completely blown up locally in the past year, and the near-consensus answer will be The Scarring Party. Brew City’s entry into the recent resurgence of old-tyme megaphone crooner/junk/jug/sea chanty revival bands (and if you don’t believe there’s a resurgence, check out Bellingham’s Dandelion Junk Queens or fellow Milwaukeeans Wooden Robot), The Scarring Party mix an early 20th-century sound with lyrics about zombies and death, melding together a sound that’s equal parts creepy and fun as hell. Accordionist/guitarist/vocalist Daniel Bullock was kind enough to answer our five questions with an assist from the rest of the Party:
what will they say?
2. If you could play a show with any band/musician living or dead, who
would you pick and why?
3. What is the strangest band-related dream (one of) you have had?
4. What do your fans look like?
5. What bullshit do you run into at most every show that makes you
think “man, this bullshit again?”
Bonus Question: What the hell is the deal with “Lost” this season?
Mike Carey (upright bass):I’m going to go out on a limb here and admit, I haven’t hated the third season though I haven’t loved it either. The first six episodes probably had to be way over the top in order to keep people interested until the main season began, as such *spoiler warning* they ended up killing Mr. Eko, possibly the coolest character on the show*end spoiler.*Â I like to believe that they’ll find their footing in Febuary and return to being the great show it once was.
Probably one of my biggest problems with this season has been that characters seem to consistently do things that weren’t in character for them, for example, the way Jack has acted all season. What’s up with that? What’s with Sawyer completely having his wings clipped. You’d think he’d work out some new con to play on the Others.
And what was the deal with the listening station at the end of season 2? Are they saving that for some grand Deus Ex Machina?
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They only have two shows listed right now on their MySpace, but one of them is tonight in DeKalb. How snowed under are you right now? Hop in a car or find a ride or whatever and go!
um, i’m not going to dekalb. but thanks.
Good Job Mr Robot!
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Comment by joiezabel — December 1, 2006 @ 10:50 am
i have been wanting to check out this band ever since you started waxing eloquent about them, dj. especially if they have an upright bass. you know if they are playing chicago any time soon?