Nilina Mason-Campbell posts:
At ten to seven, more than half the band had yet to arrive at the vacant lot on Belmont designated for the Starfucker Lost Gospel guerilla gig. At seven pm there were twenty or so people milling about on the sidewalk and green tile. So what did it look like at 7:30? 200 people surrounding Starfucker with a couple of people watching from their apartment windows. Safe to say the second installment in the Lost Gospel concert series was a success! While Starfucker couldn’t quite fit in the plastic kiddie pool that sat in the corner of the lot, two thirds of the trio did adorn goggles in homage to the pool party theme. The band ran through a 40-ish minute set that included the first ever live performances of “Florida” and MTV-gracing “Pop Song.”
After a quick heads-up that they had seven inches for sale, the gig was over, magic still in the air. Don’t even ask me to guess-timate how many cameras and phones caught the action as it happened, but regardless there was definitely a vibe that the magical feeling would live on – documentation or not. A man (presumably from the Thai restaurant next door) soon appeared to inform all us revelers that the police had been called, but they never arrived. However, that semi-irate tip-off seemed to dissipate a good portion of the crowd. Still, many hung around to chat over a soundtrack of Ratatat remixes, which was an occurrence definitely in tune with the community building goals of Lost Gospel. Not until 9:45 was the lot – now decorated with intricate chalk designs – vacant once again.
