Two bands remain unmatched in how worthwhile their live shows are. One is The Roots. The other is Arcade Fire. I’m extremely lucky to have seen both groups live twice. As evidence as to why I split my rent with him, one of the first thing Bill said to me when I got back from Vegas was, “I also may have bought us Arcade Fire tickets for October.”
Just came across The Wilderness Downtown, an interactive video by Chris Milk. HTML5, Google Maps, the address of your childhood home, and Arcade Fire’s “We Used to Wait” come together for a really amazing convergence of creativity and technology. It’d even inspire hipsters and emos alike.
I am all over this shit, except why did the people who moved into my old house choose to paint it that shade of pink? Disapprove.
That was THE MOST FREAKIN’ AWESOME THING!! Even though my childhood stomping ground has an apartment building on it now…dirty buggahs…Still so dang awesome. How do you find postcards to reply to though?
I haven’t tried digging around to reply to postcards yet. Lemme know if you’re successful!
(And yes, it totally brightened my morning!)
Google Images is a good source. You can also find printed versions of the online cards just laying around on the floor whenever you go to an Arcade Fire concert. Yes, when you submit your postcards, they print them and scatter them around on purpose every time they have a concert – I myself found six. Each physical card has three seeds implanted into the paper, so if you plant them, a tree will grow from it.