festival season is over :-(

the festival season is over and petrov only made it the the less than stellar, but still fun Virgin Music Festival at Pimlico (b-more). Next year may be the year for a roadtrip (or short flight) to chicago to catch a larger more robust festival. petrov is jonesing for some daft punk, real bad.

Though its over... here is The Arcade Fire and The Hidden Cameras with interviews with Tim Kingsbury (AF) and Joel Glibb (HC), aka petrov's heartthrob. The video, via CBC Radio 3 (check link on side column) also includes the latest Hidden Cameras video, "Death of a Tune". in case you hadn't caught on, both bands are Canadian.... blessed is indie-rock-canada.

CBC Radio 3 Breaking New Sound - Episode 18

hidden cameras

well this blog was destined for an entry on The Hidden Cameras..... that day has arrived. Petrov has a slight crush on Joel Gibbs and the band is his favorite in the whole wide world. The interesting thing is petrov's crush did not develop until he had the opportunity to have dinner with the band one night (now many moons ago). but that is neither here nor there. This video was brought to petrov's attention via Mr. Blur, not to be confused with Damon Albarn (lead singer of Blur). He found it via Blogotheque... which is a fun little site that petrov visits every now and then to get his fill of impromptu performances of many delightful bands.

so with no further-a-do... here are The Hidden Cameras walking along a canal in Paris singing "Boys of Melody."

flight of the conchords

Petrov has decided that paying the cable company $95/month is enough, so he therefore does not get HBO. However, a large black man in chinatown was kind enough to provide Petrov with a dvd of the pilot for Flight of the Conchords and then offered to take his picture, which petrov declined politely. Petrov was unsure of what this was meant to accomplish as petrov has not seen the show, so he wouldn't know what to say with the camera rolling.

anyway... petrov watched the pilot tonight. he was pleasantly surprised to discover that the show was actually quite funny. funny in that stupid indie/foreign way, not '40 year old virgin' way. petrov supposes the best way of describing the show is a kiwi musical version of the office. (Note: kiwi = 'new zealander'... for those not international inclined) its basically like the office, except its about this two-man band and every once in awhile the guys break out in song, while the world around them continues as if they are not singing. the best part... they aren't bad singers.

here is one of the song outbreaks....