Jeffrey Lewis Objectified
To Be Objectified – Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
“We’re only boats. And the boats are only empty…”
So I saw Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard at Bowery Ballroom a few weeks ago and although I was bummed he didn’t perform “Williamsburg Will Oldham Horror,” it was an awe-inspiring performance complete with slide shows of his renditions of world history and a duet with Diane Cluck. At one point he joked that the show was going to go on for hours a la Adam Green – and it kinda did. By the end of the show I found myself standing at the foot of the stage wishing I was an anti-folk star too! Boy what fun it must be – such self-deprecation and extremely profound observations of the universe – whoever said ignorance was bliss never wrote a Jeffrey Lewis song. Check out his new album ‘Em Are I here.
Yeah I had been hoping for the Will Oldham song, too. Especially since Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy had a show at Santos Party house the same night. But yeah… Jeffrey Lewis never ceases to entertain.