Highlights from the Bash Back Photobooth

the Bash Back Bash was something I wanted to happen for a while, a punk show that blended into a dance party. Maybe blend isn’t the right word, but it did start out as one with the queercore band Bromance and end as the other, with dance sets by DJ Demchuk and Marat 14k. Inbetween, the Cabaret of the Nameless provided the weirdest burlesque I’ve ever seen, starting with three robed monks rubbing ash crosses on the audience’s face to the tune of "Ave Maria", removing their robes to show off vintage 60’s cocktail dresses, which were quickly shed in a nude gogo dance number to coincide with a Thai cover of Nancy Sinatra’s "These Boots Are Made for Walking" that ended in them pulling out a coffin, opening it up to reveal a dead Jesus Christ inside, reviving him with a bottle of whiskey, filling the room with balloons, and then leading the crowd in a conga line to the tune of that song from the end of Beetlejuice. For each section of the night, which also included routines from Chicago’s own radical cheerleaders and anarchist backpacker Eric Antifa’s (whose brief hip hop set was surprisingly dancey), the dynamics of the crowd changed, and shiny hipsters filed in to take the place of crusty travellers filing out. Still there was enough crossover to make it a truly special night, and we were happy to be a part of it.




















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The whole set can be found here and our website, tentatively named GLITTER GUTS, is coming soon



[currently listening to The Best of Billy Stewart]