Reiteration of Past Post
I would like to humbly thank Ryan for writing his post about the Books show many months ago. I liked with Books, but without his glowing review, I probably wouldn't have bothered to sit in line for 2.5 hours last night for their free show at the World Financial Center. And I wouldn't have gotten to see their spectacular projections. Ryan, do you know if they did their own editing? I assume they did, in which case they are really creative editors. As a video editor myself, I was really impressed with the amountof time, effort, and thought that must have gone into those. The video was at times hilarious, quiet, and touching. Some great wordplay too. I can't imagine how many hours went into just watching all the footage they used. They said they had just sent home over 200 hours of new found material from thrift shops for their next tour. I appreciated that they seemed to put as much work into their visuals as they do with their music. I was at the back, standing room only, in really uncomfortable shoes for 1.5 hours, in a hot, ugly room, being crushed against the wall by the moron who got a seat in front of me, who kept backing his chair up out of his row, plus I had to pee, and The Books totally made it worth my while.