4 stars
The first collaboration between fringe circuit stars T.J. Dawe (Tracks, Slipknot) and Chris Gibbs, the stone-faced half of Hoopal, is essentially a seminar by a master ignoramus named Vaguen. Alone on stage, he extolls the power of ignorance - "Ignorance was what made our childhood happy." The earnest Vaguen offers further truth in the little-known fact that the only human beings using 100 per cent of their brains are cannibals. He celebrates total ignorance - "If you don't know who you are, you can be anyone you want to be."
Gibbs leads us on a truly offbeat journey to find inner confusion which he says can be found down the boulevard of ignorance, along the path of naiveté, towards the corridor of questioning, through the double doors of ... . Vaguen is unable to complete his lecture but in doing so proves beyond any doubt that he is a master ignoramus. Gibbs is his usually eccentric self and makes a compelling case for the old saw, ignorance is bliss.
Kevin Provosh
Winnipeg Free Press
