When I’m thinking of material to write for my fake Billy Corgan Twitter (sorry if you’re tired of hearing about it, but it’s a constant source of inspiration and amusement), I often do research to see what he’s up to. Recently, Voldemort Corgan developed a “subscription” service, wherein for $40 a month, you get exclusive peeks into studio sessions and any wankery he’s got going on. Fuck that shit. Rock stars are dead. The inaccessible stage god (from both the “indie” realms and the arena rock world) has no room in our current information-saturated paradigm. This is one of the many reasons I love Bradford Cox – he gets that.
Cox and the rest of Deerhunter have always been exceptionally great about making themselves extremely accessible. Of course, you can always count on a constant torrent of new songs, demos, and micromixes through the Deerhunter blog. And interviewing Lotus Plaza a couple of weeks ago was as easy as emailing Brian at Kranky and saying “Love me some Floodlight Collective, hook it up.” I booked bands for a while, and you wouldn’t belive how prevalent the diva persona is. Deerhunter doesn’t roll like that, and I really, really dig it.
I recently jumped on Fickr because Lanabear opened an account to share her knitting projects and photography, and it seems like a good place to stash my various graphic design work and any horrible things I see on 4chan. Sho’ ’nuff, Mr. Cox is also on Flickr, all of his pictures are public, and you get a real glimse inside Deerhunter – everything from the equipment they use (photo above – I want that Roland sampler), to different versions of album artwork, to hanging out with their best bros, to… well, just about anything that a Deerhunter fan would find interesting. Maybe it’s only interesting to me – I dunno. You should be aware by now that Kenny Bloggins is fo’ realz gay for Bradford Cox. WEB 2.0 LOL
Finally, according to the Deerhunter Forum, this may be the oldest live video in existence – circa 2005 at Atlanta’s The Earl. The sound quality isn’t great, but it’s cool to see nonetheless:
MP3 :::
Deerhunter – Famous Last Words
