Hi De Ho Show
Expect stellar swings from the '30s to the '70s. This year's Hi De Ho Show promises to reach new highs–and likely some new lows (on the musical scale, of course)–as John Goddard, the maverick maestro behind Village Music, veejays the night away with gems from his personal music video archives. Just when you thought it couldn't get weirder or wonderfuller, this year's theme, per Mr. Goddard, is “one-hit wonders, no-hit wonders and gone…but forgotten.”–no Coltrane, no Hendrix, no Joplin but marvelous mambo bands and unknown soul singers. This is all about the ones who had a hit…and then disappeared into the wurlitzer of obscurity; the ones for whom every side was a B side; and the ones whose wax just waned. The talents you may encounter in this evening of mellifluous melodies and staggering style will be variously brilliant, maudlin, wacky and truly, endearingly dreadful–you can decide which is which. — Z. Elton
