December 2010
14 posts
the future is whatever
Damian Kulash of OK Go on the music industry. Nails so much of it on the head that the shit’s unconscious.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703727804576017592259031536.html
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UK Tour Day 8-9. From London To Our Beds or...
The London gig was easily one of the best we played on the whole tour and since it was our first time in that historic city, probably one of the coolest gigs we’ve ever done. The O2 Academy in Islington was big and the crowd that showed up to catch our set impressed us with their bobbing heads and pumping fists. We also played through our set and introduced “Leaves” to UK...
UK Tour Day 7. The End Of The World?
Driving out of Glasgow proved to be more difficult than we thought it would be. Once we crawled our way out of the city proper and on to the motorway we discovered a road completely untouched by any kind of plow, shovel, salt or sand. The lanes were instead newly paved with black ice, which meant we had to drive very slowly to avoid bad, bad things. The kinds of things we saw had happened to...
UK Tour Day 5-6. It Sells Better Than Coca-Cola.
If we had to say that there was one thing and one thing only that we took away from Glasgow, it could easily be any of the following:
1. The people there are possibly warmer than you’ll find anywhere else in the world. Stop a stranger on the street for a chat about anything and they’ll be your best friend instantly. You’ll feel like you’ve known them your entire life. ...
UK Tour Day 4. Our Time in Manchester or For Your...
Our apologies for these blogs coming late. We have had trouble getting a decent wifi signal, and have also been extremely tired due to a couple of, ahem, late nights. But on to the good stuff.
Manchester was one of the best cities we’ve seen so far and this was clear to us from the minute we got there. The industrial architecture is beautiful and the particular part of the city we were...
Brighton Photos
Photos: Lando
UK Tour Day 3 Blog. Dancing In The Dark.
Here’s the Sheffield story.
Thankfully we spent a lot of our drive there sailing smoothly. The main motorways were clear for the most part. We spent the time admiring the countryside. They’ve got massive rolling hills that dip into small pathways where the snow covered trees reach down at you like skeletons in a haunted house. It was really nice to zoom past scenery that we...
UK Tour Day 2. There's Ice On The Road And The...
Dec. 2 was one of the best days we’ve ever had as a band. It marks the time we played our first international gig. People in a country other than the one we call home got to watch us perform our songs. It’s hard to describe how exciting this is for us.
The Prince Albert is a two level pub/music club that was thankfully only 10 minutes away from our hotel. We got there and...
UK Tour Day 1. It's snowing here.
It was our intention to write something yesterday but I don’t think any of us counted on jet lag hitting us as hard as it did. We arrived on Dec. 1 at 10:30am UK time, which felt like the very early hours of the morning to us. We drove straight to Brighton, even though the first show wasn’t until tonight. The plan was to stay up as late as we could and fight the powerful urge we had...