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brianjbean
Joined: January 23, 2007
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Just music and shows from bands I like or had the chance to film.
Name: Brian
Age: 32
City: Kirkland
Hometown: Seattle
Country: United States
Music: mogwai, pinback, older death cab, built to spill, blonde redhead, refused, minor threat, the catheters, belle and sebastian, camera obscura, american analog set, the album leaf, damien jurado, the dismemberment plan, man or astroman, elliott smith, m ward, iron&wine, jets to brazil, juno, the long winters, deathray, the murder city devils, nick drake, jim croce, pedro the lion, pixies, the smiths, superchunk, sunset valley, matt pond pa, john vanderslice, aloha, tokyo police club, maritime, plus all kinds of bands in those veins including jazz.
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Damien Jurado - Tonight I Will Retire
I think they were called sunday's best. i have a little bit of them on tape too. (23 hours ago)

Death Cab For Cutie - Prove My Hypothesis
...take jazz for example. That is the music i respect the most for how difficult it is to write, play and appreciate yet nobody listens to it. My theory is that music should not sound good upon first listen. It should sound interesting so the more you listen to it, the more you hear the layers and the hooks coming out. If they are too obvious right away, then there isn't much to explore and it gets played out too soon. Coldplay is a perfect example of that kind of band. (2 weeks ago)

I'm thinking more about their instrumentation. I don't think ben's lyrics have slipped at all, I just don't find their instrumentation nearly as interesting. I don't begrudge them their success. I admire the way they've earned it, through real genuine talent and how they stuck with Barsuk. I just think from start to finish, their best work was contained in their earlier albums and the more of an audience you have is not a barometer of how good your art is. (2 weeks ago)

Page France - Junkyard
i don't remember off the top of my head. (2 weeks ago)

Death Cab For Cutie - Prove My Hypothesis
Sure, many more people like them today, but they have much less discerning tastes in music. I'm sure death cab took a greater satisfaction coming out on stage to a small crowd of cheering indie snobs rather than an arena full of screaming 13 year old girls. That's not necessarily the mark of success an artist is looking for. ask yourself, is the death cab of 2008 capable of writing another "company calls" I don't think so. (2 weeks ago)

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MtBakerUninc | April 02, 2008
the Blonde Redhead and Jets to Brazil videos are amazing. thanks alot man. have a long and good life in enjoying music as much as you can.
MajorityRule | February 08, 2008
You have an awesome taste in music, and all the videos you've posted are amazing.
picnicrock | January 31, 2008
wow...your dcfc catalog ROCKS!
what do you shoot with? Flip cam?
have you seen radioheads scotch mist
vids? thoughts?
bushy4life | December 26, 2007
Think you'll be able to hook me up with Juno - High Noon Mp3?
3577 | September 04, 2007
ps yah. your music tastes are unbelievably bomb. love every band on there. and thanks a lot for the videos. of all them. it's been indeed a great pleasure, and i'm greatful.
ScientistStudies | August 14, 2007
awesome videos man. any chance you have army corps of architects in your archives? that'd be amazing.
JoeGa1111 | May 22, 2007
you rock
purplexion | May 15, 2007
Thankyou so much for all these old death cab videos they are truly amazing, I'd love to hear more of how the experience changed and what it was like watching them in such small places.

Do you have any idea where one might find either videos of ben with pinwheel or shed or anything insanely rare like that?! Even pictures i guess!
autgers | May 14, 2007
i agree with you, older death cab was so much better than there new stuff, but im still a devoted fan, but i love these old videos
thistledown | April 11, 2007
You sir, are amazing.