July 22 - ♪gd = 1996 - Unexpected Encore with a Radio Simuldescrip: Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms, then gd live on stage with René Lussier et ami/es for "Carte Blanche", Montréal
THE LAST SIMULTANEOUS DESCRIPTIONS CAME AS A SURPRISE as it was January 1996 and I had not only fallen out of favor with the only two regular avant-garde music festivals within a thousand miles of my hometown, but linguistic politics got me jettisoned from the board of the only avant-garde art gallery in my home town of Moncton, New Brunswick.
I had attempted to parlay my France trip’s success to journalists and the local Acadian arts folks, but the former found me too confusing and the latter found me too controversial given I had not left the gallery on good terms. By my count, four journalists interviewed me, only to return with a no-go issued by their supervisors.
Around that time, Montrealer Jean Derome had formed a new ensemble, the Dangereux Zhoms and when I gladly provided a text for the cd release, he also let me know that he was…