 20050202 The Arcade Fire
I have been waiting since last September, and finally I saw The Arcade Fire last night at Webster Hall. I even toted my cumbersome camerabag along for what I expected to be a great night of shooting -- and it should have been! -- but unfortunately I didn't realize until too late that the body of my camera wasn't inside my bag. :( I was stuck lugging around my lens all night.
I didn't get any pics, but others did. I really enjoyed myself. Singing outloud in unison with everyone else at a show never seemed as fun. The Arcade Fire's music is conducive for spontaneous audience choirs with their vareity of soprano "Wooo wooo's" and "Ahhhh ahhhh's". I was also very impressed with the openers Man Man and Final Fantasy. I am desperately seeking the latter's EP, but I can't find much about him online. Any leads would be appreciated. The music was great, but really, the only thing I can't stop thinking about is Webster Hall's light kit. They provided the most visually arresting display and are unlike any other stage lights I have ever seen. I am wondering whether they are proprietary, because I would like to find their source and perhaps get a set for our living room. I would never leave the house. Again, any details would be helpful. 4
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Dominic said... That's awesome that they rock live. They were just announced to play Coachella here on the left coast, so I look forward to seeing them soon. I believe a friend of mine at Universal has a Final Fantasy CD, he was raving about it last week. If I can mingle my hands on it, I will drop a line. 12:14 PM meg said... They're playing here in Portland on the 10th. You've convinced me to make attend. 1:21 AM Surrender2Lola said... I went with Tiffany to the show at the Cradle. She and I both have the Final Fantasy CD. It's bangin. 8:43 AM Amy Rose said... I remembered you mentioning them way back when on the invite to the house opening and I looked the band up. Now they are everywhere especially getting good magazine press. You should come to Coachella--like someone mentioned they will be there with 90 other hot talents for a two day festival of fantastic music. 4:12 AM Post a Comment |
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 Hi, I'm Zach. I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Wake Forest. After college, I moved to Manhattan to get serious about a company I ran with friends. We sold it to Barry Diller's InterActiveCorp in 2006. I just wrapped up with a project I co-founded called Vimeo and left CV to focus on being a twenty-five year old. I have another blog called Copy and Taste, where I post about learning to cook. I live in Brooklyn now.  Del.icio.us My Flickr Me on Flickr Last.fm Linked in MySpace Netflix History Vimeo  Amir Blumenfeld Chris Bodenner Mareen Fischinger Fort Wayne Observed Nick Gray Hype Machine Jake and Amir Jakob Lodwick Oh My Rockness Jonathan Marcus Youngna Park Megan Scheminske Eliot Shepard Shorpy Signal vs. Noise Alex Soth Stereogum Ricky Van Veen Khoi Vinh Eugene Wyatt   Postal Skype SMS (via AIM) |