amazing: www.blogotheque.net , "take-away shows"
baktash introduced me to this site. it is fantastic for a couple of reasons:
1. the bands that videographer vincent moon records are phenomenal (and some of my favorite bands)
2. he records them in random places, not using all of their equipment, so they are more adhoc, etc.
3. they are really creative and fun to watch. (way better than MTV music videos--hey! do they even play music videos anymore???)
4. i believe all the videos are shot only once , one shot. vincent moon tells a story about each video he shot, and how alot of times, they didnt even have electricity, or something so they have to bang on plastic buckets or their heads. hee.
here are a couple of my favorites:
#80.3 - VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Walcott / One
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#80.1 - VAMPIRE WEEKEND - Mansard Roof
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#40.3 - The National - Start a war
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i was going to mix it up a bit, and not show you two VAMPIRE WEEKEND vids, but the fact of the matter is that they both rock. plus, you can go onto the site and find some of your own favs.
and now for two creepy things:<>
some secrets just dont need to be shared. (weirdo):
some photographs don't need to be shared (except by me, to you with the understanding that this is creepy, not cute):
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I'm gonna go see Vampire Weekend tomorrow. Maybe I'll like them better in person :)
I think we can all agree, Mariah Carey is the creepiest, with or without her Disney posse.
i thought the same thing when i read the post secret about eating the last page. uhm wtf? so weird.
yeah people are really strange. and postsecret just exposes them.
gus: awesome you are going to see them. i hope you enjoy it!
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i think that's the same guy who did the beirut ones!! look up the video for nantes and in the mausoleum.. they're awesome.
shirin: i DID remember that beirut vid when i was browsing their site! thought of you right away! i even looked for that vid, didnt find it though...cool site though, right?
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about the postsecret eating the last page thing... it reminds me of how Gail Wynand in The Fountainhead would purchase any artwork he loved and put it in a room in which no one else was allowed to prevent the beauty from being tarnished by the supposedly unqualified praises of the masses, following the book's theme that it's better for a great thing to not exist at all than to exist in a compromised state. anyway, something else to chew on.
Hey Layli,
I love that website!!!! I showed Baktash it when I was down south. Check out the Sufjan videos...that is what got be first obsessed with the site. Hope all is well.
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