TR, kind-of-interactive

[andre <andre@monmouth.com>]

as regards Micheal Peters question about Rundgren's interactive tour - it
was a great idea, but was more unique from the perspective of the "stage" -
a 'pod' with todd inside, this way people could view from 360 degrees, as 
it
was in the middle of the floor (at least where I saw it) i'm a big TR fan,
but it wasn't that interactive  other than some goofy stuffed toys &
balloons that people could hit, and in "bang the drum' he gave out drumstix
so a few folk could come up and jam - i heard at some shows audience 
members
came up and pressed keys & switches on selected 'devices'.

His 2 subsequent tours featured an occasion or two per night where he 
waould
hand a random audience member a little compouter numeric keypad - altered 
to
trigger predetermined notes/chords.  This was pretty interactive i guess.

Finally - his 2 latest CDs are of course Mac/Pc ready enhanced cd's and you
can mess around with the mixes, tempos, track sequence, etc( he's about to
tour the US west & south again soon, he's doing solo shows in Japan right
now, see www.roadkill.com for more info...

BTW here's a guy who, if you're not into, bears checking out - in terms of
early use of cool synth, effects, looping and programming stuff in the 
early
to mid 70s. Using computers, synths and even the theremin are some of the
things on Todd's plate....