Video: A week worth rounding up.
Enough interesting stuff came up this week on video that it merits a post. Check it out (bandwidth warning!). Read the rest…
Enough interesting stuff came up this week on video that it merits a post. Check it out (bandwidth warning!). Read the rest…
Photo credit: Heidi Holzem
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MP3: Chairlift – Evident Utensil
I wait outside Sixth and I Historic Synagogue, observing a few peacoat-ed young crowded together in an attempt to light their Camel Filters, trying to distinguish hot breath from cigarette smoke.
I’m usually not that hyped up during the holidays, but DC in the winter is hard to resist—
bare branches woven with lights and red ribbon. There was just this warmth radiating from the historic synagogue that had an intense effect on the performances of the night.
From where I am sitting, I notice a string of translucent Papier-mâché bulbs that hang above the stage, changing from red to blue to yellow and back again, reflecting rainbow beams across an enlarged Star of David: all of it nothing short of an Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.
Yeasayer welcomes Chairlift on tour—that new indie-pop band from the Nano-chromatic iPod commercial. Read the rest…