February 2009
February 21, 2009G Train (Late Night)
- By Fredrick
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I have a good friend, well, he's more like a great friend, who lives out in Bed Stuy. It's not that far on the G Train, even closer on bike. Still, a short trip on the G turns into an eternity when they start late night service.
This video follows us (Miranda, Ian Cronin, and myself) as we attempt to get back to Williamsburg from the Myrtle-Willoughby stop. It also makes me think I need to spend more time with my friends.
Also, I think I'm not going to use Vimeo anymore. I can't, for the life of me, figure out why it does that retarded line thing when there's movement. Also it took me so many attempts to upload this simple video. Any thoughts?
Music by Olivia Tremor Control.
February 14, 2009
Exit 2008: Episode 7 - Denouement
- By Fredrick
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de⋅noue⋅ment [dey-noo-mahn] -noun
1. the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
2. the place in the plot at which this occurs.
3. the outcome or resolution of a doubtful series of occurrences.
Finally back in New York, Miranda safely asleep in Brooklyn and Alex presumably safe at her sister's in Virginia, the only order of business left is returning the rental - an order of business that can't wait until I've had some sleep, seeing as how it needs to be done before 10, and we only made it into New York around 7.
So with everything cleaned out I took off, once again, across the Willimasburg Bridge and into Manhattan. The office is off of University Place, a street I know all too well, so I made my way across the east village and then, on foot, to the Union Square station. Still, I was met with the concept every subway commuter hates to encounter, "late nights and weekends" service. So, despite the fact that I was dead beat I had to wait 20 minutes for the next train.
Still, I made it home, things kind of mellowed out - I'm still broke from it all, though. I still have no car. All I've got are these memories, which, I guess, count for something. A friend of mine said it was worth the price of the car just for the shot of my running back with the oil. It might take me a year before I'm able to appreciate it like that.
This concludes the series. Music by No Kids.
February 9, 2009
Exit 2008: Episode 6 - The East Coast (in one day or less)
- By Fredrick
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Having spend the previous five days on a tumultuous journey from New York City to Athens, Georgia. After a phenomenal concert and a short day of rest it was time to turn around and do it all again, but faster. The car we rented from the airport in Athens was due back in the East Village the following day at 10 AM. It was a crappy day and I was unhappy to leave Athens so soon after such a strenuous trip. I was also unhappy to be leaving in a rental car instead of the beautiful car I left home in.
But the rental was fast and new, even when it was running it was silent and still, so it was no surprise when I got nabbed in a speed trap for going 90 (a speed 10 mph under what I caught myself going from time to time). We drove through the afternoon and into the night, covering hundreds of miles in amazing time, with little more to do than watch the landscape go by. I felt a tinge of pain passing across the South Carolina border and past the King's Mountain exit. I wanted to burn the place down.
In Virginia we stopped to let Alexandra off at her sisters house. It was late and it wouldn't have been a terrible idea to stop then, but we pushed on. The hours trickled by, sometimes crawling and others slipping away two at a time when I wasn't looking. Three became Six and the dawn was less symbolic than it was the first night on the road. We snuck into New York before rush hour, and I brought Miranda home before returning the car to University Place.
Music by Laura Veirs.
February 7, 2009
Exit 2008: Episode 5 Bonus
- By Fredrick
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DJ SUX
of Montreal
February 6, 2009
Exit 2008: Episode 5 - of Montreal NYE Cover Set
- By Fredrick
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Yes, I apologize for the tardiness of this latest video. I have a score of reasons, none of them of any consequence. The most viable excuse I have to offer is that I attempted several times to upload this to Vimeo to no avail. Furthermore I apologize for my offering; I do not claim to be a great concert cinematographer. Sometimes my fingers weren't quick enough to catch the first few seconds of a song, sometimes I was jittery or moved by music, other times the thrill of a Zeppelin song whipped the audience into a frenzy and a sea of hands would crowd my viewfinder. I was pretty far back.
But in case you were curious about what we were traveling for, rather, our initial goal, here it is. Three songs from the set, two covers and an original from the encore. I have to offer you a cover of Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song, Kim Wilde's Kids in America sung by the BP, and oM's own Id Engager off the new Skeletal Lamping.
Again, I'm sorry I don't have more to offer. I've got a 7 minute shot of people leaving the club, which I found fascinating, but thought it a little tacky to include the whole thing, especially since I had little place for it. As for the show itself, I think they played exceptionally, but the choice of covers was a little bit of a let down. With mediocre picks like Aerosmith's 'Sweet Emotion', to doozies from U2 and Nirvana. I would have liked some Neil Young or maybe something from T. Rex or Love. In any case, they played solid, and the encore was great. It was very interesting seeing the theatrical aspect omitted from the act; in this smaller venue, it was almost like being in a time machine. Vintage of Montreal.
