Yesterday I publicly (with two close friends) attacked the Flugtag as a commercially despicable waste of time. Why jam yourself into a crowd of ten thousand under the burning hot sun (it’s pretty gray today actually) to watch a bunch off fools take running jumps into the heavily polluted Willamette? Especially with the red bull costing money and the senses attacked from every direction by corporate advertising. The more I talked about it the more I realized I sort of did want to go. It’s stupid but it’s kind of funny. I only wish you did not have to wait so long between flights…
Then I was listening to a band called Music Video? and I wanted to hate them for the name. Or how darned earnest they sounded , the whole page screamed collage-indy-cotton candy. The more I listened the more I liked it, building instrumentals, little electronic loops and a voice that was a little too close to Ben Gibbard (more Postal Service then DCFC, thank god) for comfort. That pedigree I just endorsed makes it sound like they are going to be HUGE.
Music Video? is playing at the Towne Lounge on August Tenth.
Music Video- Seasick
Posted By Sasha
I went. Loved it. Friends and I heckled whenever there were product placement plugs. Gotta admire the teams though for their creativity and enginneering. Some of em were really clever. The whole “being surrounded by 50,000 people” kinda sucked though