Mama Coco's Funky Kitchen Sets Brooklyn On Fire

Things got so hot the Fire Department showed up and shut the whole thing down, but for a few sweaty, fun hours, three of the premier bands from Mama Coco's Funky Kitchen put on one hell of a show at a new DIY space in Brooklyn called the Mezz. The event was a fundraising kickoff for the Exquisite Corpse Company, a new theater company that hopes to be presenting more events like this as well as its own stage productions.

Pretty much everything that could go wrong did go wrong - the place didn't have air conditioning and it was a 100 degree, super-humid day, so the place was a sauna as soon as a few people started showing up. The p.a. was thrown together at the least minute and kept overheating, which turned Ghost Pal's set into a technical trainwreck. But there were $2 beer and cheap shots, and The Great American Novel and Sons of An Illustrious Father played awesome sets, showing off the deep and impressive pool of talent coming out of this small studio. Just as Sons of An Illustrious' Father's set was winding down, the Fire Dept. showed up en masse and shut the show down, although reports that the room was dangerously overcrowded were simply not true. The Harmonica Lewinskies, alas, didn't get to play, although they will be performing in Manhattan next week as part of the CBGB Festival. Check out our feature on Mama Coco's and enjoy these photos.

The Great American Novel









Ghost Pal







Sons Of An Illustrious Father