A Meditation on Bands and Intention

[I WRITE A LOT OF RUBBISH SO IF YOU WANT TO SKIP ALL MY JUNK AND JUST WATCH THE VIDEO, IT WILL BE TIME WELL SPENT. BETTER THE DUBS THAN MY BULLSHIT.]

I used to know how to embed a video and make it start where i want it to but it seems not to work today – so if you want skip to the relevant bit (2:44) or just watch the whole thing, start's with live mansard roof  (my all time fave vdubs track). Anyway it's ezra talking about andrew wk. and hugs. and CT (loses it!) and rostam laugh at his story – the "hug fest" story :D. Anyhoo it's a general ramble on bands and people and how some are more touchy feely than others.

I was reading this post earlier today where someone was all (paraphrasing) "the new vampire weekend would be good if only they learnt to do less... it doesn't need all the voice modification, ugh chipmunk voices! his voice works without it" ...but that's missing the point I think. Agree, no autotune needed. Yes he can sing, he's in a band. Hence the chipmunk voices are in there (ya hey) because they like the chipmunk voices on there. the distortion kicks in at the end of bright eyes' beginner's mind because conor wanted to sound distorted. like his "inner child" is actually deep inside of his body :D

Also this is the man you're dealing with:

"What a beautiful morning! I should quite like to compose a tweet.""Very good, sir. Shall I bring the Droid?"
— Ezra Koenig (@arzE) May 31, 2013