Pop-Art in the Canteen

For all Rotterdam inhabitants interested in Pandora's Music Box: Walhalla Theatre is hosting a talk show about the festivals on Thursday 4 October. The festival initiators and programmers Berry Visser, Willem Venema and Carlos van Hijfte will all be part of the panel. The event promises "unique archive footage and music" so your humble blogger will do his best to be there too...

Musical guests are the most excellent Rats on Rafts - possibly with the help of Ger Sax, saxophone player in KIEM who are covered on Rats on Rafts' new single Moneyman.

More information on the event here.

Theme from Pandora's Music Box 84

Following the vinyl 12" in 1983, Mojo Concerts produced a short film (5 minutes) as the theme to Pandora's Music Box 1984.

The Dutch film database lists it, here: http://nfdb.akris.nl/nfdb/servlet/FrameSetter?lang=nl&cols=2&url=search&target=col1&action=search_simple_film&words=pandora%27s&way=and

"Film-clip naar aanleiding van '1984' van Gerge [sic] Orwell, met als rode draad een invalide meisje, dat samen met Big Brother door een bepaalde sfeer wordt gereden. Komt onder meer terredcht [sic] op een ereslagveld van popartiesten."

According to Eastbird, the music was again performed by the Music Box Orchestra and written by Berry Visser & Michel Waisvisz. The movie has funeral scenes, a lady dancing amongst gravestones, burning crosses for John Lennon, Jesus Christ, Chas Elliot and many more dead pop artists. Eventually the lady turns to drink?

Theme from Pandora's Music Box 83

I was amazed to discover today that there was an official Theme from Pandora's Musix Box 83. The artists were called The Music Box Orchestra, and I have no idea who they were.

A one-sided 12" was released on a label called either Pandora Records or Pandorecords. Apperantly, a limited edition "rare Berry Visser production". Visser was one of the founders of Mojo Concerts, the organisers of Pandora's Music Box. Willem Venema was in charge of music, Visser was in charge of the "phenomena", alienating musical and theatrical effects in the venue.

Tijdens zijn Mojo periode bedacht en gaf hij samen met klankmagiër Michel Waisvisz vorm en inhoud aan de 'verschijnselen' tijdens Pandora's Music Box en Ein Abend in Wien [Pandora's Music Box successor, only one single edition in 1991 - P@ndora]: vervreemdende muziek- en theatereffecten in de openbare ruimten van twee legendarische festivals voor vernieuwende popmuziek in de Rotterdamse Doelen (1983, '84, '85 en '91). (http://www.musicfrom.nl/magazine/nieuws/7218/berry-visser-nadrukkelijk-terug-als-veelzijdig-kunstenaar.html)

If anyone could lend me $162, I could get a copy from these guys http://www.musicstack.com/item/40637141/music+box+orchestra/theme+from'pandora's.