Aside from being the most nominally perfect matchup — a fact I'm sure will not be lost on the artist, Susan Dietrich, herself — this is definitely a show not to miss: Space Lady at UFO Factory this Saturday, May 2. The tag line for her website reads "Ethereal street musician who plays space music wearing a winged helmet," but this is no mere novelty show.
Metro Times music editor Mike McGonigal has written about music since 1984, when he started the fanzine Chemical Imbalance at age sixteen with money saved from mowing lawns in Florida. He's since written for Spin, Pitchfork, the Village VOICE and Artforum. He's been a museum guard, a financial reporter, a bicycle...