Unknown Pleasures

Went to check out The Unknown Theater in Hollywood last night. A cool space with a very large stage (it is a theater!) and about 10 rows of banked seating. Thursdays are hosted by a band called Elemenope (think about it... L,M,N,O,P) - a couple of guys who rotate between acoustic guitars, drums, bongos and whatever else they can lay their hands on all in the space of one song! Think Tom Green and Jack Black on speed and you get the idea. One song blended seemlessly in and out of Bowie's Young Americans without missing a beat... Overall though, two guys using all that equipment on such a big stage and having the other artists play in the bar seemed a little self-indulgent - and the modest crowd reflected this. Now if I was running a night down there...