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As all great stories do, the tale of Moving Picture Show began with a solitary want ad in a Los Angeles paper. "Guitar Player Wanted”, it read. And with a few half-forgotten prayers from Sunday school, a handful of sweaty rehearsals, and some slyly won Ebay auctions of rusty marching band instruments, Moving Picture Show was born, as if sprung from the loins of the City of Angels herself.

In these cynical days there are precious few tricks that will ignite the butterflies in your stomach, but this stylish band of indie rock upstarts knows at least a handful. Frontman Matt Kap floats his car crash Bowie-meets-Byrne baritone in smart couplets, and dispenses guitar riffs like shotgun blasts or liquid caresses, depending on whether you were naughty or nice this year. Amy Oliver is the girl-next-door keyboard prodigy, with an arsenal of buzz saw new wave sounds and fevered vocal harmonies. Jeremy Nesse, ever the hunter gatherer, dominates the bottom end - via pluck and/or slap, his throaty bass grooves will throb in time with your dance-addled blood vessels. And Scott Aguero is the solemn pharaoh on drums and percussion, a human blitzkrieg who doesn't so much play the drums as make them cry for mom.

Moving Picture Show is a school bus sing-a-long if the Police, Peter Gabriel, Danny Elfman, and the Cars were all in 1st grade together. Their songs are seared by the peach fuzz sounds of the early 80s and pulse with modern dance rock energy, but don't lump Moving Picture Show in with all the four-on-the-floor revisionists making the rounds these days. Or better yet do, and then cough/sputter/exhale from the band's sober understanding of what makes a song memorable – lyrics that might help you remember your past lives and melodies undeniably coated with cranial krazy glue so they stick in your head (in the best way possible of course).

Moving Picture Show's mission is simple: to make you spasm, shout, and drop your jaw with their songs, spirit, and fierce joy that could make your over-stimulated world-weary heart forget itself for a moment and pound a little harder. Moving Picture Show. Take as directed.

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April 18, 2007 @ 4:30pm

The Rant

I love you guys!!!

That is all.

~T~
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