March 04, 2009

How do you pronounce that?

Blogotheque. It took me a long time to figure out it was pronounced like discotheque, not Blog-O-The-Q. I feel stupid. But...

Most of those of you up on music and the internet probably already know about this, but it is the project of a Parisian filmaker to document musicians in interesting and intimate settings. I really enjoy the musicianship, as well as the bare bones feel and sound of the music. I discovered this now almost three years ago and probably watched Grizzly Bear's performance of "The Knife" a hundred times. (Also, not part of blogotheque, but awesome, check out this performance).

Anyway, here's a really nice Bon Iver performance.



And the original culprit:



This one's for Himmes:



I also watched MAN ON WIRE tonight, and it was great. I recommend everyone watch it. This trailor is good, but it doesn't do it justice. The footage of Phillipe walking the wire is really amazing.

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