December 11, 2005

Music Nerd Alert in NY Times

The World's Most Popular Gay Postmodern Harpsichord Nerd

Photo by Tim Broddin

Gotta love NY Times headline writers!

My first introduction to Owen Pallett/Final Fantasy was at Webster Hall back in February; he had the audience mesmerized with his violin and diy visual effects (overhead projector and colored plastic sheets). The crowd was completely silent when he was performing; I didn't hear any murmuring or background conversation at all -- not bad for an opening band whom only a handful of people in the city knew.

Article mentions that his next album will hit this spring: "a song cycle based on 'the eight schools of magic' in the ultimate geek game, Dungeons and Dragons." Okaaaay. I have no idea what these schools of magic are...but am looking forward to more nerdy songs about ghosts.

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at 7:13 PM Anonymous Anonymous said...

casted a level seven charm spell on you has he??;)

 
at 7:28 PM Blogger Awreye said...

is that a D&D term? did you just out yourself as a D&D fan!? not that there's anything wrong with that... ;) My offer to provide the visuals if you wanted to start your own viola/indie rock solo project is still good.

 

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