Ariel Pink to makes his sci-fi debut

Ariel Pink to makes his sci-fi debut

When certain indie musicians decide to switch from the audio to visual medium, it’s usually at the very least surprising. Yo La Tengo as The Velvet Underground in I Shot Andy Warhol is an oft-cited one that comes to mind, and I also can’t help to think of the recent appearance of Teeth Mountain members on Judge Judy giving quite the convincing and hilarious performance. Oh, and who can forget JP from The Locust on Jerry Springer (although that one tends to slide a little under the radar, The Locust being who they are).

Nonetheless, when I was exposed to those performances, I found it slightly surprising that the given artists would go that route, but when news that lo-fi overlord Ariel Pink would be guest staring in an up-and-coming sci-fi series, my reaction was “well, of course he is!” Honestly, if I were told the dude came from another planet, I would hardly shrug.

So on May 1 that is precisely what happened at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles during the midnight screening of the brand new series The Multinauts. From what I’ve gathered, The Multinauts appears to be taking a bit of a throwback approach to the sci-fi series by using time-consuming analog and early digital techniques to show a more warm and hand-crafted touch. Here’s a quote from the show’s production house Telefantasy that sums it up better than I can: “The Multinauts involves time travel, holographic spaceships, and a rescue mission that sets up the story’s heroes to wage a battle against “a powerful mega-corporation and its mutant empire.”

There is no word on air dates or as to where Pink fits into the plot line, but shit, it sounds so ridiculous it’s worth a watch regardless. Godspeed Ariel and crew.

• Ariel Pink: http://www.myspace.com/arielpink

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