Fun fact about me: I require high levels of stimulation in order to stay awake past 11 pm. Loud music, fast cars, loose women, etc. I don’t do well with sitting quietly in dark rooms and staying conscious.

What I’m trying to say is, I slept through most of Mirah and Spectratone International’s show last night. The well-mannered crowd’s polite applause woke me up at the end of every song, I pried my eyes open long enough to marvel for a few moments at Britta Johnson’s incredible little stop-animation bug films, shown on a round screen next to the musicians, then Mirah’s sweet voice and the strings and accordian of Spectratone promptly lulled me back to sleep again.

I would’ve loved to have seen this show in the morning or afternoon, coffee or Bloody Mary in hand—Johnson’s films were marvelous, and the 12-song cycle composed by Mirah and Spectratone to accompany films was touching; the musicians brought humor and pathos to their soundtracking of insect life (at least I think they did. The parts I was awake for, I kinda got that). But man, it sure wasn’t the dance party I needed after a long day of TBA. Hopefully tonight’s Anna Oxygen show will be a little more lively.

If you missed the show last night, or slept through it, here’s some YouTubage from Share This Place.