Video: Celebration "Evergreen"
Here's example number 8,532 of the East Coast/West Coast intellectual bias. How come when a Los Angeles band like Winter Flowers does the neo-hippie thing, the band gets laughed at, but when Baltimore trio Celebration does it, the band is heralded as a "Next Big Thing." (Do keep in mind that Celebration also has ties to the New York City music scene via David Sitek, who produced the band's upcoming The Modern Tribe. New York's derision of L.A. as a cultural backwater is legendary.) Come on, crystal energy? Really?
Also, be sure to check the comment Celebration's Katrina Ford left over at Spinner about a lengthy quote the band wanted to run with the video post. How very verbose and Becky Stark-ian of her.
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10 Responses
September 26, 2007 at 4:47 p.m.
| Tine |
You sound bitter. Great song. |
September 26, 2007 at 4:55 p.m.
| Anthony |
Isn't every every other band called the Next Big Thing these days anyway? |
September 26, 2007 at 4:55 p.m.
| Anthony |
Isn't every other band called the Next Big Thing these days anyway? |
September 26, 2007 at 6:51 p.m.
| Etan Rosenbloom |
Winter Flowers ape the neo-hippie vibe in their music as well as their dress. Celebration are just play-acting for the video. Plus Celebration is awesome, Winter Flowers not so much.Maybe?Hello? |
September 26, 2007 at 8:02 p.m.
| mk |
hi etan! |
September 26, 2007 at 10:09 p.m.
| John Zeiss |
Regardless of what bands are involved, it's still unfair that usually the rule is New York City band=artistically viable while Los Angeles band=joke. Then again, maybe I've been reading too much Joan Didion lately. Poor derided California! |
September 27, 2007 at 1:45 a.m.
| Etan Rosenbloom |
I bet Winter Flowers read Joan Didion. |
September 27, 2007 at 4:17 a.m.
| John Zeiss |
In that both the Winter Flowers sound and Joan Didion's writing was great in the '60s? Yeah, I see a connection there too. |
October 2, 2007 at 12:01 p.m.
| Viva Radio |
Thanks, MattThe Adolescent Sessions continues this Thursday, 10/4 with Celebration & Blues Control.The Adolescent Sessions is a bi-monthly event featuring 2 bands, 2 rooms, CCTV, projectors, and a lot of wiring. Presented by Billy J and Viva Radio, the new series combines live broadcast recording sessions with a voyeuristic A/V experience. Part show, part real-time documentary, part Schrodinger's Cat, The Adolescent Sessions is a sensory anomaly in which the audience witnesses the bands' performance in progress via surveillance video feed streaming from an adjacent room. Audio and video recordings are later aired on Viva Radio (www.viva-radio.com).Thursday, October 4th features Celebration and Blues Control.Every 1st and 3rd Thursday. $5.@ Uniondocs Bodega. Doors 7 PM.322 Union Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211RSVP: electricadolescent@gmail.comhttp://www.viva-radio.com/adolescentsessionshttp://www.myspace.com/celebrationcelebrationhttp://www.myspace.com/bluescontrol |
no idea about the neo hippie stuff, but the new Celebration album is great.