Please get me into the REDCAT tonight
The almighty Lou Reed and musical experimentalist/saxophonist Ulrich Krieger will be on stage at the REDCAT tonight (Oct 2nd). According to Krieger's website, the two will

"...take the stage together for the first time to improvise music and make soundscapes. The pair use guitars, saxophones and an array of electronic treatments to venture into deep acoustic space, drawing on new music, free jazz, avant-rock, noise and ambient in a set of intense conceptual pieces and intuitive improvisations. The artists first met in 2002 for the premiere of Krieger's transcription and arrangement of Metal Machine Music — Reed's seminal guitar feedback epic — for the chamber orchestra Zeitkratzer."

What!? Krieger transcribed Metal Machine Music for a chamber orchestra? Holy hell! That's like making a movie out of Finnegan's Wake.

For those who don't know who Ulrick Krieger is, and would like to know more about this impressive character, I suggest you read his bio. And for those who don't know who Lou Reed is, please, I urge you, to change your mind about voting for McCain and Palin. Educate yourself.

The Reed/Krieger duo will also be playing a show Friday (Oct 3rd), so if you're not going to the Smell to see the Urinals and No Age, you should probably be buying tickets at the REDCAT.