Gelsey Bell made her first appearance that evening with a song excerpted from her work in progress, Within. His breakneck recitation of the installment, alongside outbursts from the band, imbued the saga with caffeinated whimsy. McCorkle paced in front of the band, a battered copy of the Perfect Lives libretto in hand, preaching the details of the topsy-turvy robbery as though the text were second nature. Like funk troubadours in their neon bomber jackets, wigs, and sunglasses, Varispeed - with Gelsey Bell on vocals and keyboard, Paul Pinto on drums, Dave Ruder on guitar, Aliza Simons on tuba, and Brian McCorkle as the narrator - threw themselves into the work.
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