the Bklyn Museum show felt successful, fun to play to that particular crowd of 'hipsters' (i am open to suggestions for a better referential title...)
i was disappointed by the guy from the NY Times review of the photo show; his summation that 'video was the only way' to capture the spirit of rock just pointed out that he had grown up with MTV... there are quite a few 'rock videos' that i like but on the whole i think its more important to have ones own personal images linked to music rather than the images that some director thinks represent the song... it has always been a point that i had mixed feelings about... having grown up back in the ancient days, most of the music that i hear from those times is bound up with the things that i was seeing and the feelings i was having and not with the very specific video images that i often associate with later songs... isnt it hard to think of 'Like A Virgin' without picturing Madonna on the boat? now think of 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' and see what you come up with; most likely like me a sort of montage of Beatle images, many photographic... any way they cant all be journalistic gems but i expect more from the Times
missed Halloween at home for the first time in a few years, currently in a Marriott hotel in Halifax... now proof that there are a lot of hip journalists out there is here in the form of this review from Halifax Chronicle Record: BLONDIE HALIFAX REVIEW
Monday will find us back at reording with Jeff and the boys from SF... sitting around in hotel rooms is some kind of art form... i am of course reminded always of 'Old Boy' the Park Chan-Wook film wherein the hero is locked up in a hotel room for fifteen years for apparently no reason... well it turns out he called this other guys sister a slut in high school and the guy was out for revenge... hotel rooms all blend together and we frequently have lapses of recall: yesterday i was sitting in the room here when the maid opened the door and let in Clem who had gotten off at the wrong floor and thought his card-key didnt work... its tough at the top as we say
happy belated Halloween all
3 comments:
hey chris.
saw the halloween show in halifax (my third blondie show since '82) and i have to say you guys keep getting better and better. amazing energy, tight band, incredible songs... just a great, intimate show. you've been my favourite band since i was able to get my mitts on 'parallel lines' back in '78 (it was the first blondie lp available in my teeny, tiny hometown, but i'd heard about you guys in 'trouser press', etc.), and you'll never know how important you've been to me creatively and personally. so thanks for all the music, and i can't wait for the next blondie album!
hi chris, Blondie fans are needing now listen some or 1 sample/demo song of your new record. !!!
Please can you share with us something about your new sound???
we are waiting for the new record since 2003 , we can't live without your music??
can you tell us when can we listen some ??? tell us newwwws!!
We love you forever, guys !!!
I'll with you everywhere you go... you know !
your spanish friend
OXigenBlond !!
Hi Chris,
Thanks for keeping everyone up to date and informed. Can't wait for the next record. Hope all is well.
Robert Pitts
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