Continuing his series of Hippy Fiasco streams and performances, Nathan Moore and his crew (Chad Galactic, Liz Bunny and Gypsy The Cat) aired the second of their five tightly edited “Hippy Fiasco Rides Again” webisodes on Sunday night. The video highlighted moments from the crew’s four-month-long 24/7 webcast/tour last year. As we hear in a TV sitcom parodying voice at the beginning of the Webisode, “Hippy Fiasco Rides Again was filmed in front of a live, webcast audience.”
As the quartet traversed the country certain themes resurfaced, In Sunday’s episode, “Dear Puppeteer,” we learn bizarre puppetry was one of these themes.
“The puppetry just happened,” Moore said as he introduced the webisode, “We never asked for it.”
Moore’s song “Dear Puppeteer” provided the soundtrack (a monster version culled from various live Fiasco versions). We were shown the origination of organic finger-puppet Digit the Miget (voiced by Galactic). Later in the webisode, we were shown more formal puppeteering featuring elaborate sock puppets provided by the host of last year’s Asheville Fiasco. The puppets attempt to impress upon us that, “dealing with the sour” is pivotal in getting through life (culminating with chants of “Sour To The People”).
There were other great moments—surreal marionette footage, a sheepish Moore explaining why he will never again lie about the amount of people in his hotel room, a couple of frisky puppets “getting busy” with each other and one particularly grumpy, grey misogynist puppet ranting about the dangers of he internet.
Later, we were treated to a live performance from the 17 year old Sarah Lynna and two members of her band The Misfit Toys. Lynna opened with a cover of Moore’s “Hollow” (to the delight of Moore who had not yet heard this) and then she tore through fifteen or so original compositions containing lyrical wisdom that greatly belied her young age. One song was so stirring it prompted Moore to ask sarcastically, “now you do realize you are only 17, right?” Over the course of the evening the band (which featured Ethan Hawkins on bass and Oliver Patrick on drums) supported her with strength, with Hawkins even at times providing some sparkling harmony. Toward the end they were joined by guitarist Bryan Elijah Smith and Nathan himself even lent some melodica colorings.
A night later, Moore reminded viewers of another aspect of Fiasconess: the surprise Fiasco. Sometime after 7PM, Moore flicked on the cameras and sat with his guitar fielding questions, speaking off-the-cuff on a variety of topics and performing requests until after midnight. His song selection included several brand new compositions as well as, “Safe To Say,” “Last One Ever,” “Little Boat,” “Long Bowel Serenade,” “Everything Must Go,” “Rock n Roll Demon,” “Tin Can Coffee Cup” and a cover of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright.”
This coming Sunday night Moore will host another webisode. “Next week’s webisode is titled “Fame Us,’ said Fiasco Tour Manager Chad Galactic, “and it is a window to the access that is allowed to the Fiasco and the musicians along the way.” The webisode will be followed by a live performance from The Judy Chops.
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