This site began simply as a vehicle for fans to download Mystic Knight rarities. Alas, it is morphing into something more---the Sixth Dimension of Myspace! But only with the help of the fans can it fully blossom. So be active, guys and gals, and add whatever you can to make this myspace a better place for a smile on that face!"One of my favorite nights is when the mystic kights performed at an Artist and Lawyers Ball, I think it was at the Embassy Hotel. I am not sure of your configuration now, so I will retell the tale.
So maybe you will apperiate the comic bit.
A guy dressed in a barrel is chased by a horny large female campy gorilla. All around the stage and the dance floor. Your lively music provides the chase music. It's all very campy and very funny. A change in the music and the attitude of the actors change, the guy in the wood barrel starts chasing the now coy female gorrila. Funnier still. The whole action builds till the guy in the barrel takes center stage gets out of the barrel turning slowly revealing an enourmous plastic dick with balls which rises from flacid to erect by means of an obvious string. All this is right in front of rather the pruddish lawyers seated in front of the band at tables. Huge Laughter. When he waves the dick from side to side and it shoots an enoumous stream of shaving cream into the hair dos of the overdressed legal matrons and they react with unmitigated shock. Well all I can say is I cannot remember hearing such laughter, it was a volcano of belly laughs that even won over the victims of the gag. The laughter peeled and rebounded so hard that people were doubled over with tears. It was on of my favorite theater moments and I have a lot. Congratualtions and Kindest Regards."
-LeeNow Available!!!!Thanks to Wikipedia:
The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, formed in late 1972 by Richard Elfman, was a musical theatre troupe in the tradition of Spike Jones and Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, performing an eclectic repertoire ranging from Cab Calloway covers to instrumentals in the style of Balinese Gamelan and Russian ballet music.
The name was inspired by a fictional secret society on the Amos 'n' Andy TV series called "The Mystic Knights of the Sea." Most of the members performed in whiteface and clown makeup; a typical show would contain music ranging from the 1890s to the 1950s, in addition to original material. This version of the band employed as many as fifteen musicians at any given time, playing over thirty instruments, including some instruments built by band members.
Few recordings from this period exist, although they did produce a novelty record about kidnapped heiress Patty Hearst, "You've Got Your Baby Back." As Richard's interest shifted to filmmaking, he passed leadership of the band to younger brother Danny Elfman, who had recently returned from spending time in Africa playing violin and studying percussion music. They gained a following in Los Angeles, and appeared as contestants on The Gong Show, winning the show with 24 points out of 30 without getting gonged [1].When the group began to move away from its cabaret style towards a more pop/rock format, Richard Elfman decided to capture the essence of their live shows on film. The result was the 1980 movie Forbidden Zone. Filmed in black and white with a cast mostly made up of band members and friends, the movie's music and visuals elaborated on the spirit of the Mystic Knights' concerts. In one scene Danny, as Satan, sings a version of Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher" with modified lyrics integrated into the plot of the film. In another Richard sings the 1920s novelty song "The Yiddishe Charleston." The movie attained cult status, captured the essence of the Mystic Knights, and provided a springboard for the film and music careers of Richard and Danny.
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