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What’s in Your Fridge: Lisa Mariko Gelley and Josh Martin of Company 605
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What’s in Your Fridge: Lisa Mariko Gelley and Josh Martin of Company 605

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What’s In Your Fridge is where the Straight interviews interesting Vancouverites about their life-changing concerts, their favorite albums, and most importantly, what’s next to the Heinz ketchup in their 20-inch Big Chill Retropolitan refrigerator .6 custom cubic feet.

Lisa Mariko Gelley and Josh Martin

We are co-directors of Company 605and we have been creating and producing various dance projects in Vancouver and abroad for 15 years. This month we go back and present our most recent complete body of work, with lossfor one evening only, November 20 at 8 p.m., to launch the Dance In Vancouver biennial, organized by The Dance Center at the Scotiabank Dance Center downtown. with loss is a wild and intense piece for seven performers, with big highs and crushing lows, set to an equally powerful and imaginative sonic score by Matthew Tomkinson (Mathoms/magazineist).

(Josh) My dad took me to see Bruce Springsteen in Edmonton in 1992. That was the first big event anyway. It was epic for an eight year old. I remember being really confused, asking my dad why the hell all these people were booing the boss. “They’re not ‘boos’, they’re shouting Bruuuuuuuuce!

(Lisa) This is the first time I’ve seen Radiohead live. It was at Thunderbird Stadium for their In the rainbows tour in August 2008. I literally had to surrender my body to the experience, riding the waves, pushing, bending and being carried across a field turned to mud at the end of the concert. I had to wait until the second encore to hear my favorite song from the album, “Reckoner,” totally muddy in my mustard pants. I don’t remember the color of my shoes, but it didn’t matter, anyway, they were changed forever.

(Jos) Crazy villain Madness It’s so goofy, but with such clever beat and sample work. You can’t help but instinctively follow the movement, through the twists and turns. The album is so distinct to me that I don’t know of much else that fits that vibe in the same way that they do.

(Lise) Good Iver For Emma there is always/Radiohead In the rainbows Because the two albums allow a multiplicity of experiences at every moment

(Jos) Radiohead Child A It’s probably a must-have, but I’m still impressed. I think it’s because of how much I feel and appreciate, even today, the real artistic risk they took after OK Computer. My first listen was like a discovery. Finding something I never knew I needed. It has to be said, wow, that was a bold choice, and it takes both courage and a very clear direction as to where they wanted to take their sound.

Beastie Boys Video – Sabotage

(Jos) The “sabotage” of the Beastie Boys Ultimate exaggeration. All the wigs, all the mustaches, all that low-budget goodness.

(Lise) Missy Elliott “Pass that Dutch”/Gossip “Folks”/Janet Jackson “Rhythm Nation”/Atoms for Peace “Ingenue” I can’t choose a better one. Some memorable ones, all for dancing:

(Jos) A pack of old Polaroid films. I heard you were supposed to do this to keep it longer? I don’t even have the right camera to set it up, but I can’t throw it away or bother finding someone to use it. This is the moment that will come.

(Lise) Five different brands of soy sauce. Kikkoman, San-J, Heiwa, Shirakiku and Yamasa.

(Lise) My first attempt at homemade marinated daikon. It’s been stripping for about a week now and I haven’t tried it yet.