BIFF'N'BAKER: Biff Blumfumagagnge w/ Wilhelmina Baker

Art in the cafe...

Laurel Statz


"The Spectator"


December 2025



Laurel Statz is a painter and Madison area native. Her work, while figurative, is influenced by abstraction and minimalism. The paintings often have a quick and instinctual nature, capturing just what’s needed. While she often times herself to eliminate extra details and over-precision, she has ventured into more detailed works as well. Laurel does not attach narrative to her pieces. Rather, she thinks of them like a journaling process for her scatter-brained psyche. The figures in the pieces are meant to be processing tools for the artist and the viewer. She hopes that seeing these figures helps the...
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Saturday, July 9, 2005

Biff Blumfumgagnge (Reptile Palace Orchestra, Gomers, Jambeau, Eugene Chadbourne, Adrian Belew, Willy Porter, Headpump, Brad Fish, Killbilly, Appliances-SFB, Fuzzy Logic) will cajole various electronic devices and manipulate his Mac iBook to do things musical and naughty. He'll also feature his world instrument collection, so be ready for Nyckelharpa, Oud, Manjo, Handsonic, Therolin, Airsynth and Electronic Tanpur & Tabla sounds - think world beat and loop grooves with organic live solos plus a blend of musical and celebrity vocal samples.

Wilhelmina Baker will open with her own special blend of operatic performance art that is sure to stun and please.

$6 cover

Music