It’s been a pretty busy week here at Moo Corner. Even though none of us are working this week, we’ve been doing Fringe shows every night (except Tuesday, our one night off). Some of us are even doing two Fringe shows–Devin and Jago are also either performing, hosting, or doing tech for #YEGprov, and Stan is … Fringe 2014
It’s two days til our first show of Fringe, the first of 9 classic Apocalypse Kow shows of silliness and song. Opening ceremonies are tomorrow, the first of one classic Fringe opening ceremony of… openness… I guess? Today’s rehearsal consists of loading up all our equipment, merch, and concession materials and trucking them all to … Fringe prep, part 3
Hooray, it’s August! … Holy cats on a pogo stick, it’s August! Fringe is in two weeks and we haven’t even tested the trampoline yet! Or the tightrope! Or the oboe goats! It’s a darn good thing, then, that we don’t have any of those things in our Fringe show. This year, we’re taking things … Fringe prep, part 2
So I was traipsing around YouTube and came across an intriguing new way to sing well-known songs. And I thought to myself: Self, I says, Apocalypse Kow has always been about different and fun ways to interpret or present well-known songs. Should we try something like this? And then I thought to myself: self, why … Is this something we should do?
Kow fans who have seen us perform in the last year or so, particularly those who have seen us at the Fringe, have seen our cover of Kirby Krackle‘s “In Another Castle,” a love song from Mario to a lovely princess who keeps moving from castle to castle. Well, it seems nerd rockers Kirby Krackle has … Kirby Krackle likes Apocalypse Kow