Jalopy, BKLYN, stage center

And on stage last night at Jalopy was your hero and mine, Pete Stampfel with his Ether Frolic Mob. I'm guessing that last link <= is subject to rot, so let me say the mob included John Cohen this time, and I'll quote from the blurb:

What is Ether Frolic?? Ether Frolic is when ether came into use in the 19th century, it was widely introduced by Ether Frolics--a stage would be rented, the audience would be charged, the ’show’ involved people inhaling ether on stage and carrying on in a manner not common to 19th century behavioral norms. Audience participation was encouraged. Sort of an old-timey Acid Test. I also chose Ether Frolic in an ironic sense, because I was given what I later found out was an overdose of ether for a tonsillectomy in Minnesota in 1945. This remains the single most painful and terrifying experience of my life. I knew beforehand that something truly awful was going to happen, but tried to be brave. My last words before they clamped the rubber ether mask on my 6 year old face was… This is the life.

Bound to lose.