Geoff and Kia - $6.00

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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, March 22, 2008

MUSIC! MIRTH!! and MORE!!!

Who are Geoff and Kia? The Steve and Eydie of Wisconsin? The Captain and Tenille of instrumental improvised music? The Steve and Tenille and Eydie and Captain of the 21st century? Which of these things

is Geoff and Kia??

Geoff (Brady) and Kia (Karlen) are a pair of Madison musicians who have previously occupied the stage at Mother Fool---s with such ensembles as Yid Vicious, Yammer, Dyna-Music and The Theramones. As a duo, the two put on a show crammed full of improvisation, married-people banter...and accordions! Plus, maybe puppets! Utilizing the vibraphone, the afore-mentioned accordion, plus various brass and percussion instruments, AS WELL AS the theremin and electro-acoustic resources, Geoff and Kia play a m--lange of new original music, soundscapes, a smattering of classical music from long ago, and lots and lots of filler. Plus, maybe PUPPET JOKES!

Geoff and Kia: You---ve got them, babe!

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