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).

Daily/Weekend Recap: Friday, August 14 / Saturday, August 15 & Sunday, August 16

Date: Friday, August 14 / Saturday, August 15 / Sunday, August 16, 2009

Denver, Colorado (Saturday) & Salt Lake City, Utah (Sunday)

Roundup:

- Some reviews (mostly by fans), some photos (also mostly by fans), a radio/video/print interview, a couple of updates on twitter, blog posts, Bob being irresponsible, Bob getting old, and hey! A picture of the week.

News:

- A review of Green Day/Franz from Salt Lake City (August 15). Even if they don't know the right name of 'No You Girls'... we can let that slide, right? [Read More.]

- Another fan review from Denver, Colorado (August 15)... looks like they might sell a couple more cds after all. [Read More.]

- A fan account of the Green Day/Franz show in San Antonio, Texas (August 9). It should be the third post down. [Read More.]

- A review of the 'What She Came For' remix ep. You can also download samples of the remixed tracks if you're interested. [Read More.]

Interviews:

- An Energy In The Park (August 1) interview with Nick and Bob. Magic girls are best girls. [Watch More.]

- An interview with Mr. Hardy. [Read More.]

- A recent (August 12) radio interview at 96.5 The Buzz with Alex and Paul. [Listen Here.]

Videos:

- Franz Ferdinand & the Green Party? ... Well, not really, but the background song threw me. [Watch More.]

Twitter Updates:

- Tonight Matthew, Gary Jarman was Bob Hardy. And a fine job he did of it too.

- Tre Cool's been trying to freak us out by letting off pyro during our set. Damn those things are loud!

Photos:

- A photo of Alex and a fan. And not like a wind propellor. But someone should photoshop that. Alex and his house of fans. His fan emporium, if you will. [See More.]

- A photo of Franz performing in Kansas City (August 12). [See More.]

- Back in June (the 22nd to be exact). A photo of their performance. [See More.]

- Fan photos of fake-Bob performing with Franz in Denver (August 15). [See More.]

- Another fan photo of fake-Bob performing. He looks real. Smells real... but no. It's not Bob (apparently Mr. Hardy watched the show via iChat. Isn't technology wonderful?) [See More.]

- Aw Nick (via the official website, 'Your Pictures' section). [See More.]

- Hey, look at the fancy amp. How fancy. [See More.]

- Via the blog, two photos from Nick that are on the questionable side of 'appropriate'. [One] [Two]

Other:

- Hey Bob! You ditched the band to go to a wedding in Perth. A wedding you 'FORGOT' you had to go to. The weekend of your birthday... How convenient. On Sunday, August 16 Mr. Hardy turned 29. Happy birthday Bob!

- Nick and Paul both have new blogs up. Nick's is entitled 'Racing' and I've posted the links to the two photos in the appropriate section (true story, the original title for Nick's photo was called 'The Pony1' but it's been changed now). Paul's is entitled 'Curiouser and curiouser' and it's about an interview he supposedly 'did', but didn't actually 'do'.

- Supposedly their set length for Green Day is a whopping 24 minutes... Haven't they performed a version of Lucid Dreams that's been longer?

Picture Of The Week:

- So I took this picture from some trashy Scottish tabloid that was talking about Bob's wedding ditch. Really, the best part of the article was this picture. Which I'd never seen before. So I'm assuming you haven't either. So here it is. The picture of the week. Looking all serious and stuff.

Click here for (sort of) big!

This Week:

Six more shows with Green Day before heading off to do a few North American festivals/some solo Canadian dates. Yay.

- Tuesday, August 18 - San Jose, California (Green Day Support)

- Thursday, August 20 - San Diego, California (Green Day Support)

- Friday, August 21 - Las Vegas, Nevada (Green Day Support)

- Saturday, August 22 - Phoenix, Arizona (Green Day Support)

Weekend Recap: Saturday, August 8 & Sunday, August 9, 2009

Date: Saturday, August 8 & Sunday, August 9

Houston, TX (Saturday) & San Antonio, TX (Sunday)

Roundup:

- Still not that much coming in. I blame Texas.

News:

- None.

Interviews:

- None.

Videos:

- None.

Twitter Updates:

- All quiet on the twitter front, I left my phone charging in Munich airport last week. Think it'll be fully juiced now.

- Houston, TX. 36 degrees. 30 min set tonight then see what this Green Day bunch are like.

- Driving to San Antonio, TX, you know... they shot some of Ace Ventura 2 there?

Photos:

- Musilac Festival (July 12) Photos. [See More.]

- I'm on a boat mother f***er! ... I mean. Nick and Alex. Boating. [See More.]

- Apparently security is very anti-fan-camera at the Green Day shows. So, yeah. Not a whole lot of good fan photos surfacing. You can take a look at this, but don't hold your breath.

- Small preview photos of Franz opening for Green Day in Houston, Texas. I know. I wish they were bigger too. [See More.]

Other:

- After over a month of no-blog activity Paul posted two blogs - "Swearbox Uploads Number 1" & "Amy Blakemore". Find them over here.

- The (rather short) set-list for their Green Day support appears to be something along the lines of: Matinee ; No You Girls ; DYWT ; What She Came For ; Michael ; Take Me Out ; Ulysses ; This Fire.

- So far, reaction for their opening has been mostly positive (there are always a few nay-sayers). This either means that Franz Ferdinand fans use twitter a lot more than Green Day fans do or that they've been getting the job done.

Picture Of The Week:

In honour of Franz being in Texas, here's Nick. Being Nick. And looking appropriately cowboy like. He's also next to a question mark. Because it's true. We're all asking: "Why Green Day?"

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This Week:

- Tuesday, August 11 - St. Louis, Missouri (Green Day Support)

- Wednesday, August 12 - Kansas City, Missouri (Green Day Support)

- Thursday, August 13 - Omaha, Nebraska (Green Day Support)

- Saturday, August 15 - Denver, Colorado (Green Day Support)

- Sunday, August 16 - Salt Lake City, Utah (Green Day Support)

Daily/Weekend Recap: Friday, July 31 / Saturday, August 1 & Sunday, August 2, 2009

Date: Friday, July 31 / Saturday, August 1 / Sunday, August 2

Energy In The Park (Munich) - Saturday, August 1

Roundup:

- Forgive me for missing the Friday recap. I went to go see La Roux. Surprisingly very good live, despite what the NME Franz/La Roux performance of ‘Call Me’ might suggest (sorry Franz).

- Considering this is three days condensed into one shining roundup... Really not that much happening. Sorry. When they open for Green Day, I’m expecting more. Americans love their internet media. Oh America. Land of the free. And land of the media. It's a land of a lot of things, apparently.

News:

- Parades de Coura write up, photos, and a video. I can’t get the video to work (so I don’t know what it’s of), but I wish you the best of luck with it. (Portugese Source) [Google Translate.]

Interviews:

- An interview with Franz FerdinaRd! Points for whoever comes up with what the extra R stands for, because it beats me. It's an interview with Alex & Paul. Most of it's dubbed over in another language, but parts of it are understandable for those of us that aren't linguistically gifted. [Part One] [Part Two]

Videos:

- None

Twitter Updates:

- Loitering in departures en route to munich via palma di mallorca. One more european show this summer then usa.

- Does man have a divining rod in his brain that leads him to the bathroom when dining in unfamiliar restaurants?

- Munich. This time last week we were in japan. This time next week, texas. Whit a kerry oan!

Photos:

- Musilac Festival Photos (July 12). [See More.]

- A few from Paleo (July 22). [See More.]

- One of Alex from Paredes de Coura (July 30). [See More.]

Tour Dates:

- Just announced, Franz will be playing in Lisbon (Portugal) at Camp Pequeno on December 2nd. Tickets go on sale tomorrow (Monday, August 3) (source).

Andrew Knowles Update:

- Oh hey, Andy Fucking Knowles! (I miss Andy. Here he is performing with Killa Kella in Bangkok... There are a lot of words in that sentence that I never though I would have to put together.) [Watch It.]

Other:

- I know I said I wasn’t going to post Franz Ferdinand’s individual members’ own tweets, but I thought this one from Alex needed repeating:
“Bob just had an allergic reaction to a pretzel. He’s ok but he never wants to see another one ever again.”

... Oh no! ... Bob’s clearly hacked into Alex’s twitter account in an attempt to get us to believe this. Or not. But either way, pretzel quest ’09 continues.

Picture Of The Week:

So, people seemed generally happy with the idea of picture of the week (well, judging by the ... four or so responses I got). Every Sunday I’ll throw up a photo - it might be recent, it might be old, who knows. We’ll see (I’m clearly the most decisive person in the world).

This week, I’m starting with an old one. It’s actual my desktop background, and people always ask me if it’s a picture of a golf course when I’ve got windows up blocking the screen. Yes. I enjoy golf that much.

Click here for big!

This Week:

- Saturday, August 8 - Houston, Texas (Green Day Support)

- Sunday, August 9 - San Antonio, Texas (Green Day Support)