Winter Light / Summer Heat #279 A Remote And Incorporeal World

The biography of the originator of the role Nosferatu was titled "Max Schreck -- Gespenstertheater" or "ghost theatre." There is something utterly compelling about the choice to use of that word to sum up a life. Ghost theatre on its face conjures spectacular images, a drifting, dreaming quality, where figures flash in and out and blend together in an eternal ethereal waltz. Schreck has cryptically noted that he resides in "a remote and incorporeal world." Another grabbing phrase.

The content of the show reminds me of these expressions. They have a transporting quality you would get by watching a ghost theatre or by listening as you would gaze into a faded, blurry photograph. These garage and beat tracks have an overtone of moodiness and angst punctuated by soft melancholic tones imbued in every instrument and harmony. For the best effect: experience while laying on your bed and staring straight up. So won't you take Max's hand and join him in his remote and incorporeal world?