Gunther-Palozza in Boston?

I was over a friends place the other weekend, in one of his roommate’s bedroom/attic spaces watching videos by Gunther. 

I had only become aware of him once before when I was over there. But out of sheer chance it turns out that Boston is the city that is tentatively being considered for the first ever Gunther-Palozza on May 20th (which is ironically my friend’s birthday..)

I feel confident that going would consist of me wading through a sea of gay men and college girls whipped up into a Gunther-fervor.

Since i’m entirely out of the loop on popular music I have no idea if Gunther is a social meme for anyone in the 18-22 demograph. While I have a fetish for obscure electronic music centered around out of date image identities from the 80s, I find Gunther to be too far pop for me to actually listen to (even if done for the sake of comedy).

The videos on the other hand are fucking hilarious. I must have watched his videos at least 6 times each since saturday night. Close inspection shows whoever did them has a good hand for pausing on picturesque frames that amplify the cheese as some mock drama goes down, such as two men fighting for the rights to neck a girl.

If Gunther-Palozza actually happens I dont think I can afford to miss it. I’m already missing Cut Copy and I feel that this has the potential to be absolutely horrid. I always have a begrudging respect for those who really lay it all out there to lampoon life as nothing more than the lila that it is, whether its Gunther doing euro-club culture or someone like Electric Six poking fun at David Lee Roth style cock rock.   

A quick wikipedia run through notes that he is actually a model and club owner from Sweden named Mats Soderlund. He portrays himself as a swinger and claims to be 29 on the Gunther website but according to other sources he is actually closer to 40 and has two kids.  

Further References:

Gunther post at oddculture.com