
At last year's Ecstatic Music Festival, Dan Deacon created a bit of a stir when, for 10 minutes, the audience listened to the sound of soda draining from microphoned two-liter bottles. Things got uncomfortable. Grievances were audibly uttered. Deacon likes to stretch things out, to see how far they'll go, to make people a little uncomfortable. But his aim is true: He does it for fun, and he hopes you'll see the humor and absurdity of his twisted ideas and find some joy in them. Deacon was back for more humor and absurdity but much less [...]