Do you fancy taking your first
steps towards handsomeness? Oh and it’ll only cost you £60 with your prestigious
hosts, lothario’s and mentors Chest Rockwell (Prince Paul Huston) and Nathaniel
Merriweather (Dan ‘The Automator’ Nakamura). They not only preach the gospel
of handsomeness but under the collective Handsome Boy Modelling School
bring a pantomime of eclectic genre meshing, slick production and ultimately handsome
sounds to the Jazz Café. Collaborators of some repute Handsome Boy Modelling
School draw on a variety of friends and acquaintances alike to make this show
like no other. It’s not only the handlebar moustaches, the mid set game of blind
date or the walk on comedy of graduate modelling school students; like the penis
infatuated Manfred Winters, but there’s also some music along the way.
Although the majority of it takes a back seat to the quirky antics of Dan and
Paul, there’s the the excellent De la Soul collaborated ‘If It Wasn’t For
You and a particularly sexual cameo from Moloko’s Roisin Murphy. Oh and
everyone’s favourite jazz elf, Jamie Cullum also made an appearance if
you’re so inclined. With ‘White People’ criticised for promoting the tired
‘handsome’ concept, the HBMS live act also grows tired and fails to overwhelm.
Posed with the problem of calling on the Mars Volta, Franz Ferdinand’s
Alex Kapranos and RZA to make live appearances, the slick production lacks
presence and essentially a live element. Choosing instead to wallow behind their
alter ego’s, HBMS will at the very least have you feeling entertained. Relevant
sites:
http://www.handsomeboymodellingschool.com
Sherief Younis for Crud Magazine 2004©
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