Recap Dump! (Sat Aug 22, Sun Aug 23, Mon Aug 24, Tues Aug 25, Wed Aug 26, Thurs Aug 27)

Date: Saturday, August 22 / Sunday, August 23 / Monday, August 24 / Tuesday, August 25 / Wednesday, August 26 & Thursday, August 27

Phoenix, Arizona (Saturday) / Sacramento, California (Sunday) / Los Angeles, California (Tuesday) / Conan O'Brien (Wednesday) / Los Angeles, California (Thursday)

Roundup:

- Quick! Someone get Alex Kapranos a barber! ... I mean, oh. Hey Conan appearance and What She Came For!

- Sorry for being negligent. There's lots to catch up on; but if I've missed anything, please email me at loveanddestroy@live.com

News:

- Lots. But it's scattered throughout this mess of an update, so read on!

Interviews:

- Interviews with Alex! [One] [Two]

- Interviews with Bob! [One] [Two]

- Interviews with Paul! [One] [Two]

- ... Nick fails.

Videos:

- Alex on the phone. [Watch More.]

- Alex talking about swimming in a sea of shit (not literally, ick). [Watch More.]

- Acoustics (not sure from when). [Ulysses] [No You Girls] [Walk Away]

- Fan recordings (August 24). [Watch More.]

- Green Day prank on their final opening night (August 25). [One] [Two]

- Conan (August 26). If you're in the states, you can watch it [Here]. Otherwise you can watch it [Here]. And you can read the internet discussion [Here].

- Acoustic performances on 98.7 (August 27). [Take Me Out] [Not Playing Womanizer]

You can also watch a bit of [Ulysses] (but check back Monday for the full performance).

- This is old (from 2005), but here's DYWT back when Andy was around. [Watch More.]

Twitter Updates:

- None!

Photos:

- Energy In The Park (August 1) [See More.]

- Houston, Texas (August 8) - Start here and keep clicking. [See More.]

- Las Vegas (August 21) [One] [Two] [Three]

- Phoenix, Arizona (August 22) - Start here and keep clicking. [See More.]

- Sacramento, California (August 24) [One] [Two]

- August 24 & August 25 (unfortunately watermarked). [See More.] You can also go [Here] to see some of them.

- Los Angeles, California (August 25). [One] [Two] [Three]

- In studio, 98.7 (August 27). [One] [Two]

- Bob and some fans. [See More.]

Picture Of The Week:

This weeks picture was chosen by those crazy Kyte kids. So if you don't like it, blame them... Though I guess it is fitting since it was taken in L.A. (if I recall correctly) the last time Franz were there, and hey look! They just spent the past few days there. What a coincidence. Sure, let's go with that.

Click Here For Big!

Other:

- Opening for Franz in Montreal is a band called 'Think About Life'. Check out their myspace here.

- Two photos of (new?) shirts that are being sold at the merch tables. I like them. Lots. Thanks to emmy for the photos! [One] [Two]

- Sorry to bring the bad news but Pitchfork is no longer showing 'Tour De Franz' on their website. Oh well. You should own it by now anyway.

- Old, but this is what my google searches bring me. And I can't help but laugh. People are silly. Read it here.

- I'm not sure, but something about Alex being on the radio...? Here.

- Band of the week over on this blog.

- Also, does anyone know what's up with the Franz Ferdinand-McDonalds ads? I haven't seen any (but that's probably because I'm in Canada), but apparently they're hella annoying.

- If you ever want to take photos of Franz live... Read about it here.

- And I'm just going to guess that they should take this as a compliment.

Shows:

- Two more shows to round-out a busy week! August 29th Franz Ferdinand will be in Toronto (yay!) for Virgin Festival, and on August 30th they'll be in Washington D.C. for Virgin Freefest. After that they're headed out for a week to do four solo dates in Canada and two festivals (one in Edmonton and one in Seattle).