patriots. boomwaggle.
two satirical music-theatres on American politics
"Haunting and humorous. Patriots begs to be witnessed live, with its inherently dramatic delivery, humorous moments, and text-driven narrative." -I Care If You Listen
More American than guns. More American than antiquated electoral systems. More American than mass incarceration and a fear of socialized medicine! A double helping of virtuosically twisted song and spoken word from the New York elite vivifying the swindle and swampiness of American politics.
PATRIOTS.
A half-hour political satire framed as a town hall debate featuring poetic grandstanding, singing, wild instrumental virtuosity, improvisation and questions from the audience, the ridiculously titled Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patriots, Run for Public Office on a Platform of Swift and Righteous Immigration Reform, Lots of Jobs, and a Healthy Environment: an Opera by Paul Pinto and Jeffrey Young has become an all-too-real reflection of today's bad behavior surrounding issues of immigration and national identity.
Created and performed by Jeff Young (thingNY, World/Inferno Friendship Society, LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI) and Paul Pinto (thingNY, Thomas Paine in Violence, The Great Comet of 1812), Patriots delivers fast-talking pointed critiques of the political zeitgeist, a minimalist score of violin, percussion and electronics, tight vocal harmonies, and extended musical and textual improvisations amidst an array of cardboard boxes and the stars and stripes.
BOOMWAGGLE.
A literary and musical Washington D.C. swamp of Pete Seeger fetishes, lobbyist cocaine parties, magic paintings, and unfettered capitalism. Boomwaggle features storytelling, atonal psychedelia, and infectious pop-songwriting to render a thoroughly lurid vision of American politics.
Composed by Joseph White (Ding Dong: It’s the Ocean, Of Government) in collaboration with Emma Meltzer (Ghost Stories, Good Men Wanted), and performed by both, the work weaves together disparate threads of form and style, drawing from 70s concept albums, 12-tone compositional techniques, experimental opera, and folk storytelling. Over the course of a rapid-fire 35 minutes, Boomwaggle delivers laughs, winces, and nods of recognition as the debauched tapestry of American society unfurls.
More American than guns. More American than antiquated electoral systems. More American than mass incarceration and a fear of socialized medicine! A double helping of virtuosically twisted song and spoken word from the New York elite vivifying the swindle and swampiness of American politics.
PATRIOTS.
A half-hour political satire framed as a town hall debate featuring poetic grandstanding, singing, wild instrumental virtuosity, improvisation and questions from the audience, the ridiculously titled Jeff Young and Paul Pinto, Patriots, Run for Public Office on a Platform of Swift and Righteous Immigration Reform, Lots of Jobs, and a Healthy Environment: an Opera by Paul Pinto and Jeffrey Young has become an all-too-real reflection of today's bad behavior surrounding issues of immigration and national identity.
Created and performed by Jeff Young (thingNY, World/Inferno Friendship Society, LUCERNE FESTIVAL ALUMNI) and Paul Pinto (thingNY, Thomas Paine in Violence, The Great Comet of 1812), Patriots delivers fast-talking pointed critiques of the political zeitgeist, a minimalist score of violin, percussion and electronics, tight vocal harmonies, and extended musical and textual improvisations amidst an array of cardboard boxes and the stars and stripes.
BOOMWAGGLE.
A literary and musical Washington D.C. swamp of Pete Seeger fetishes, lobbyist cocaine parties, magic paintings, and unfettered capitalism. Boomwaggle features storytelling, atonal psychedelia, and infectious pop-songwriting to render a thoroughly lurid vision of American politics.
Composed by Joseph White (Ding Dong: It’s the Ocean, Of Government) in collaboration with Emma Meltzer (Ghost Stories, Good Men Wanted), and performed by both, the work weaves together disparate threads of form and style, drawing from 70s concept albums, 12-tone compositional techniques, experimental opera, and folk storytelling. Over the course of a rapid-fire 35 minutes, Boomwaggle delivers laughs, winces, and nods of recognition as the debauched tapestry of American society unfurls.
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Patriots video by Matt Bernard; Boomwaggle photos by ??? ; Patriots photos by Ben Semisch