Daily Recap: Monday, August 10 / Tuesday, August 11 & Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Date: Monday, August 10 / Tuesday, August 11 / Wednesday, August 12

St. Louis, Missouri (Tuesday), Kansas City, Missouri (Wednesday)

Roundup:

- This first part really isn't a Franz update. It's a: I've been neglectful. I'm sorry! I've got good excuses though. I wasn't home Monday or Tuesday. Monday night I went to go see Friendly Fires do their thing (and they were fantastic, so check them out if you ever get the chance) and Tuesday night I caught Passion Pit... I won't go into detail about the after party, but it was quite a strange night. Quite. Not as strange as last time, but still up there on the strange scale. Then on Wednesday my internet router decided it wanted to be a crackpot. And this brings me to Thursday. Hopefully I'll post another update tonight (though I'm thinking it's going to be pretty empty) and get things back on schedule. My apologies.

- Back on topic: Some reviews of their opening slot with Green Day, a late night appearance in the near future, a couple of interviews, some videos, some photos, and a whole lot of 'other'.

News:

- A review of the Franz Ferdinand/Green Day show from St. Louis (August 11)... Feel free to scroll past the bits about Green Day to get to the good stuff. [Read More.]

- A review of the Franz Ferdinand/Green Day show from Kansas City (August 12). [Read More.]

- Another review (mostly of Green Day) from Kansas City (August 12). [Read More.]

- Franz are set to be in Sao Paulo, Brazil on October 1 for the Video Music Awards (or something of that nature). I'm sure a lot of people have their fingers crossed for some tour dates to be added. [Google Translate.]

- Franz Ferdinand will be appearing on The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien on August 26, 2009 (source). Yay/totally called this! Now if only they would do The Colbert Report...

Interviews:

- An interview with Alex and Paul (well, Paul's there but he doesn't say all that much) at Hurricane Festival, 2009. [Watch It.]

- An interview with Bob in St. Louis. [Read More.]

Videos:

- Nick/Nick's chin does baseball. And uses the word y'all. America has changed him man. [Watch It.]

- Watch their full gig from Copenhagen on March 20, 2009. Yay for things being put online. [Watch It.]

- An interview with Alex at Garden Nef Party (July 17). I've posted this interview before, I do believe, but from a different angle. So I guess this is sort of new/shiny. [Watch It.]

Twitter Updates:

- None

Photos:

- One photo of Franz opening for Green Day on Wednesday in Kansas City. [See More.]

- Small preview photos of Franz Ferdinand & Green Day. Damn you, WireImage! [See More.]

- Rock Werchter (July 4) photos. [See More.]

- Paredes de Coura (July 30) photos. [See More.]

Other:

- A blog update by Paul, entitled 'Inna me khaki suit an ting'. Find it (and all of the blog posts) here.

- Annie's second album has a release date of November 17, 2009. Now you might be wondering "Uh, that's relevant because...?" ... Because Mr. Alex Kapranos shows up for two tracks to play guitar. Look out for 'My Love Is Better' and 'Loco' when the album is released (source).

- Something about a sound guy. From Canada. Yay, Canada. [Read More.]

- Virgin Festival Ontario, which Franz are set to play on August 29 has been moved from Barrie to Toronto's Molson Amphitheater... And thank god for that.

- Emily Haines from Metric mentioned in a radio interview that her favourite song for the summer of 2009 is 'Ulysses'. This puts me in a warm, happy place where there are a lot of bunnies and candy and yellow roads and things.

- An interview with Brian Higgins where he talks about why working with Franz on their third album just wasn't meant to be. [Read More.]

- A Chicago charity event, "Rock Star For a Night", where you can go bid on some signed Franz Ferdinand stuff... by which I mean, go support charity. [Details Here.]

- If you're in the United States and between the ages of 16 - 22, you might be able to go backstage at the Virgin Mobile Freefest and record a documentary of the event. Guess who else is going to be there? ... A certain band. So get applying! You have until August 17. [Details Here.]