Camp Revival

We were bored with our about section, so we pulled in his freshness: Spaceman to do it for us. This Camp Revival short will serve as the first of many artist video shorts that we will be filming. We’ll present them in our main blog feed, but they will live in our about section; as that is what Camp Revival is about: Art.

I attended Sasquatch on Saturday. Being the poor planner that I am I brought zero food, I didn’t slam any shots in the parking lot and I brought $0 in cash with me to pay the obscene $9 beer price. All of these failed efforts meant that I was most likely the only sober person at Sasquatch. Wallowing in my sobriety I made my way to the Wookie stage to get a good spot for King Khan & The Shrines. I had heard a lot about this band prior to Sasquatch, but had never acted on any opportunities to see them live. This band kicked so much ass live. Despite the lack of alcohol in my system King Khan & The Shrines had me feeling drunk; so drunk that I started movin’ my hips to the music, which is an incredible feat for a 25 year old white male.

If you are unfamiliar with King Khan & The Shrines, I’ll make it very simple for you. James Brown’s soul has been reincarnated into a Canadian (King Khan). Some of my favorite songs that the group performed were: “Land Of The Freak”, “Welfare Bread” and “I want to be a Girl”. One antic of note was when The Shrine’s saxophone player fully depantsed himself during “I want to be a Girl” and played the remainder of the song with his parts blowing freely for the entire audience to see. Although they are strange, it’s antics like the aforementioned that set apart King Khan & The Shrines from traditional Motown acts. They are Motown without the rules. The next night Mark Sultan played a show in Seattle and was accompanied by a couple members of The Shrines. We were able to chat with some of them at the show and they turned out to be incredible guys.

I caught some photos of King Khan & The Shrine’s performance. I also posted my favorite King Khan live video (thanks Punkrockvids.com). Enjoy!