World of the Weird Pine Bluff Commercial (Arkansas) Pro-Choice on Mental Health Reviewed by Kristofer Upjohn (5/23/2003) It's actually scary that there's this much experimental music to be unleashed on the world. Heh heh. "Pro-Choice on Mental Health" is the name of a neurotically loungy offering from Peter Dizozza. The work is described as a seven song cycle with monologues and mini-play. The strange series of songs are strung together with intermissiony tracks of Peter's quirky satirical commentary. The lyrics are poetic, clever and engaging and would fit in nearly any style of music. I could see them in brutal metal music, angsty alternative, punk rock or - - or the zany music to which Peter chose to set his lyrical output. The core of the music is simply piano and Peter (which could have been a good album title, as well, though one is hard pressed to beat "Pro-Choice on Mental Health"), with a few other little back-up elements here and there. The oddness/experimentality of the music doesn't lie in any one element by itself. Peter could easily lay out a chilled out night club lounge set if he wanted. The lyrics, in and of themselves, are well-crafted but don't, on their own, relegate themselves to the fringe. It's when you fuse the disparate pieces together you get something more than ordinary and less than mainstream. Peter Dizozza is a talented song-writer who has made the artistic decision to live life on the fringe. |
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World of the Weird Pine Bluff Commercial (Arkansas) Pro-Choice on Mental Health Reviewed by Kristofer Upjohn (5/23/2003) It's actually scary that there's this much experimental music to be unleashed on the world. Heh heh. "Pro-Choice on Mental Health" is the name of a neurotically loungy offering from Peter Dizozza. The work is described as a seven song cycle with monologues and mini-play. The strange series of songs are strung together with intermissiony tracks of Peter's quirky satirical commentary. The lyrics are poetic, clever and engaging and would fit in nearly any style of music. I could see them in brutal metal music, angsty alternative, punk rock or - - or the zany music to which Peter chose to set his lyrical output. The core of the music is simply piano and Peter (which could have been a good album title, as well, though one is hard pressed to beat "Pro-Choice on Mental Health"), with a few other little back-up elements here and there. The oddness/experimentality of the music doesn't lie in any one element by itself. Peter could easily lay out a chilled out night club lounge set if he wanted. The lyrics, in and of themselves, are well-crafted but don't, on their own, relegate themselves to the fringe. It's when you fuse the disparate pieces together you get something more than ordinary and less than mainstream. Peter Dizozza is a talented song-writer who has made the artistic decision to live life on the fringe. |
