Visiting Kids - Microwave Babies live

Very rare video of Vieiting Kids playing live in late 1988 at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa, CA, opening for Sparks.

Visiting Kids was comprised of Nancye Ferguson on lead (adult) vocals, Bob Mothersbaugh on guitar, Tom Corey on bass, Mona Lia Ventress on keys, David Kendrick on drums, and three little girls on vocals (Bob's daughter, Alex Mothersbaugh, among them).

Video shot by Catherine Doyle, from the personal collection of David Kendrick. The entire show will soon be available from Booji Boy's Basement.

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Music

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• nancye
• ferguson
• bob
• mothersbaugh
• david
• kendrick
• devo
• sparks
• kids
• trilobites

[mlventress]

Hello,

I wrote this song (Microwave Babies) and am also playing on stage here. You can hear my keyboard parts (especially in the breaks) but somehow, because I am stage left I am personally hidden.

Oh well - cool to see a song and band I played in and wrote songs for so very long ago (over 15 years) still lives on in cyberspace!

Mona-Lia Ventress

[ReverendBeastly]

Very cool to hear from you! Microwave Babies is a favorite song of mine, I think it's hysterical. I got this video from David Kendrick. If you'd like, I can send you a DVD copy of the full thing. Just send me a private message and we'll work it out.

[apnye]

wait are you the microwave babies

or do you want to microwave babies

[ReverendBeastly]

Cool! I'll have that off to you soon. Last I checked, David still lives there. We haven't spoken in a year or so, but last time I did, he was doing quite well.

[mlventress]

great!

By the way, what is your real name? DO I know you?

[ReverendBeastly]

Ha, no, you don't know me. I'm Alex Brunelle, and I run Booji Boy's Basement, which is dedicated to freely distributing non-commercial DEVO audio and video recordings (i.e. bootlegs). I've kinda wormed my way into knowing various DEVO peoples over the years and got to know David when we flew him to Ohio for the 2005 DEVOtional fan convention.

[TheNewMusicNetwork]

lol what is this?

[1devo6587]

wow! you guys got to proform with the bob mothersbaugh! how awsome was it!

[mlventress]

I have another live version of this song from a L.A: Street Scene performance (same line-up).

I'll send it to you if you like. There's even a glimpse or 2 of me playing, mainly during the breaks. I also have a Visiting Kids LIVE on the Late Show singing the song "Nepotism" if that interests you.

I have no reason to post these videos, but you are welcome to. Just tell me how to email them to you directly.

[mlventress]

I'm not sure how to reply privately here, so I'll do it publicly. I live in Barcelona. My address is:

Mona-Lia Ventress

Calle Martinez de la Rosa #28 Bajo 1

Barcelona 08012

Spain.

How is Kendrick's doing? Please say hello to him for me if you're in touch. I believe he still lives on Orange Dr. (where I still own a house but rent it out). His son must be a big kid by now... weird.