Biff Blumfumgagnge presents "An Evening of BIFFSCAPES"

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, October 6, 2007

Biff U. Blumfumgagnge (Gomers, Reptile Palace Orchestra, Jambeau, Yammer, Headpump, etc.) presents "An Evening of BIFFSCAPES:" music made with an electric mandolin, violin, a few synths and some midi trickery... Think Keller Williams on Uranus, or maybe a Fripp/Eno soundscape crossed with a one-man-bourbon street band. This is a rare and unique one-time show with interactive elements. A question / answer / demonstration of how it all works at the end of the concert is also promised.

There's a special guest online as well.

It's Blumfumgagnge's first solo show in Madison about 10 years. He recently returned from Japan & Mexico with the Adrian Belew Power Trio, and will be touring w. Robert Fripp & The League of Crafty Guitarists again at the end of October through mid-November (playing the Majestic in Madison on Nov 10).

Music