Comments on: State of Play: Part 1 http://knotstiedinstrings.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/state-of-play-part-1/ A Grandiose Travel Blog in Two Parts Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:17:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sam http://knotstiedinstrings.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/state-of-play-part-1/#comment-668 Sam Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:25:45 +0000 http://knotstiedinstrings.wordpress.com/2008/01/15/state-of-play-part-1/#comment-668 I saw the national and then andrew bird the same week as bdo, it was all a bit much. in a good way. short sum up of bdo itself: arcade fire was very nice, the stripe-themed wardrobe worked beautifully for some of the band, but went into hallensteins 'distressed / vamped' mode for others. björk was incredible, and i don't even listen to her music very often, but i'd put that performance alongside nick cave's. unfortunately i missed 'all my friends' to catch the first couple of rage songs (which i guess was a worthwhile experience), and then watched as the boiler room emptied to the sound of 'new york i love you' which was apparently AMAZING for those who already liked the song, but TOTAL FUCKING PANTS in my opinion. good lord it was painful. the clean were great once they finished getting rid of any curious bystanders with a couple of droney ones. you are the only person i know who spells 'definitely' correctly on the internet. congrats. apostrophes, however... I saw the national and then andrew bird the same week as bdo, it was all a bit much. in a good way.
short sum up of bdo itself: arcade fire was very nice, the stripe-themed wardrobe worked beautifully for some of the band, but went into hallensteins ‘distressed / vamped’ mode for others. björk was incredible, and i don’t even listen to her music very often, but i’d put that performance alongside nick cave’s. unfortunately i missed ‘all my friends’ to catch the first couple of rage songs (which i guess was a worthwhile experience), and then watched as the boiler room emptied to the sound of ‘new york i love you’ which was apparently AMAZING for those who already liked the song, but TOTAL FUCKING PANTS in my opinion. good lord it was painful. the clean were great once they finished getting rid of any curious bystanders with a couple of droney ones.
you are the only person i know who spells ‘definitely’ correctly on the internet. congrats. apostrophes, however…

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