Weekend Recap: Saturday, July 18 & Sunday, July 19, 2009

Date: Saturday, July 18 & Sunday, July 19

Benicassim Festival (Spain) - Saturday

Roundup:

- So it’s the weekend. So you only get one update. But it’s quite the big update.

- Holy crap that’s a lot of photos. What we got in photo uploads, we lost in the lack of Twitter updates. What? Cell phone fell in a lake?

- Some interesting interviews and videos have popped up. Yay media.

News:

- NME talks about Benicassim. The people in the comments seem to be full of pre-pubescent anger. Cool. [Read More.]

Interviews:

- An older interview with Nick and Paul, done prior to the release of Tonight (source) [Download.]

- An interview with Bob and Paul at T In The Park. Paul plays drums on the iPhone. Bob makes an excuse about not wanting to humanly emote. All is right with the world. (Scroll down to ‘Boogie and Dingo chat to Franz Ferdinand’) [Listen To It.]

- Another (older) interview, done with Alex. If you know Swedish, here’s the original (source). Otherwise, it’s the google translation from the original Swedish text. It also comes with two pretty pictures. [Read More.]

Videos:

- Benicassim interview with Nick & Bob. [Watch It.]

- A reworking of The Beatles and 'Come Together, done for Greenpeace. Watch for the Alex cameo at 2:07. [Watch It.]

- Paul at the Gurtenfestival. Oh Paul. [Watch It.]

- Alex at Benicassim (0:40). Okay there Alex? [Watch It.]

- More from Benicassim (DYWT and This Fire). Again I ask, okay there Alex? (This video doesn't like being linked to, so to watch it, copy and paste this url into a browser: http://www.eitb.com/video/en/detail/197168/franz-ferdinand-perform-at-fib-heineke)

- Bob uploaded a new video on Kyte (What She Came For). This was from Friday's performance in France. [Kyte.]

Twitter Updates:

- None! Neglect.

Photos:

- A big thank you to skittery for these photos of Nick and Alex. They were taken outside the May 2009 gig in Providence, Rhode Island. [One] [Two] [Three] [Four]

- Benicassim photos. [See More.]

- So much pretty. Benicassim photos. [See More.]

- More Benicassim photos (we’re just swimming in them) (source) [See More.]

- Even more from Benicassim. [See More.]

- Two other photos (source) [One] [Two]

- Old, but pretty (the photos, not the subjects...) [See More.]

- More old. [See More.]

- An old photoshoot (still full of pretty) [See More.]

This Week:

- Tuesday, July 21 - Nimes Festival, France

- Wednesday, July 22 - Plaeo Festival, Switzerland

- Saturday, July 25 - Fuji Rock Festival, Japan

Other:

- An interesting mash-up featuring Franz Ferdinand and The Beastie Boys. Actually, I sort of like it... Thought/opinions/etc? [Listen To It.]

- Remember. Bob Hardy wants pretzels. Bring them to him. And as my public service announcement of the week/month/year - web chat please.