The latest exciting report from writer Emily Currier, about a hot night on South Street -Adam
Solo Doctor Zero Show at Copabanana South Street, Tuesday July 12
Report By: Emily Currier
Even on a sweltering hot Tuesday night in July, South Street’s cheap drink specials and interesting people watching are able to draw a modest (yet scantily-clad) crowd. Without having to contend with hordes of Jersey tweens, even locals make an appearance on the “so over” street, as attested to by the turn out at Tuesday’s Solo Doctor Zero Show at Copabanana.
Despite the stifling heat and unusual venue, rock band Solo Doctor Zero and their guests attracted a large group of people who clustered in one of the Copabanana’s second floor’s three rooms (who knew?). The lure of a free show was clearly not the only factor in the turn out, as most of the audience seemed to be friends or acquaintances of the performers.
Sponsored by the Community Cultural Exchange, the night’s billing was the diverse collection of Stiofan Moriarity, Lora Bloom of Radio Eris, the band Invincible, along with the headliners. In addition to enjoying live music, the audience was supplied with paper, crayons, markers, and even Cray-Pas to add their own contribution of art to the night (being unable to find a pen, I scrawled my notes about the show in giant red Crayola).
As my friend sucked down the last of her Pina Colada, we missed the opening act and walked in during a spoken word performance (possibly by Lora Bloom?). The performer spoke of insanity and sex, topics that lacked the hoped-for shock value in a bar filled with tattooed locals. Solo Doctor Zero came on as a tall, thin woman with green and pink hair backed by three older men. With the woman churning out a dark bass line, the other bandmates kept up the energy. Occasionally the music sounded overly muddy but with a crowd of people out for a good time on a Tuesday, Solo Doctor Zero was easily forgiven.
Emily Currier
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