A long time ago, a music reviewer said an if thousands performance, “was like watching a couple of mannequins.” Very true. The reason is (and at the risk of sounding horribly pretentious) during a performance, it’s all about the music if thousands is creating, not what their doing. They’re doing a lot more than it looks like, but it’s really not as interesting as what you’re hearing. That’s why if thousands sometimes uses visuals. They’re trying to take the focus off themselves and force audiences to focus on the sounds. This is an odd concept, perhaps, but oh well…. that’s how they do what they do and why they do it in a live setting.
Still, if thousands does move onstage. Honest. Even more than when they first started. Which isn’t much.
As for photos, when if thousands old .com site was hijacked, so were all of their old photos. Please bear with us as we try to find backups. They’ll be posted if/when they are found. For now, this all there is.
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Found a handful of old shots thanks to the wayback machine. Here they are:
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| Norshor Theater Duluth, MN (2001) |
Norshor Theater Duluth, MN (2001) |
Kitty Cat Klub Mpls, MN (2003) |
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| Kitty Cat Klub Mpls, MN (2003) |
Knitting Factory New York (2003) |
Promo Shot Duluth, MN (2002) |
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| Kitty Cat Klub with Haley Bonar Mpls, MN (2003) |
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| On tour with Alan Sparhawk, Haley Bonar & Marc Gartman Baltimore, MD (2003) |
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| Kitty Cat Klub Mpls, MN (2003) |
Norshor Theater Duluth, MN (2003) |
Norshor Theater Duluth, MN (2002) |
For a nice group of photos from about 2004-2006, please check out the archives on joecunningham.com
He’s got a whole boatload, not to mention many other Duluth, MN artists of that time period.