Come On Sucker, Lick My Batteries
Photo from HBO
A year and a half ago at SxSW I went to a party for the government of New Zealand. Really, I had RSVP'd to see The Brunettes for the 3rd time or so over the past few months1. While we waited we were treated to a few songs from a variety of musicians like Coco Solid and some singer-songwriter girl whose name escapes me. The absolute highlight, gem, new-love-of-the-festival was the introduction of Flight of the Conchords. Jermaine and Bret's straight man act totally stole the show, had the assembled masses in stitches and made a fast fan of me. Why?
Flight of the Conchords - The Humans Are Dead
As hysterical as the Mp3s2 of their performances are, their live sets are uproarious and totally unexpected. Cut to now. They aren't exactly a secret anymore. The posters advertising their new HBO series are posted on nearly every street corner in Chicago. I tuned in for the first episode and wasn't disappointed... except with the splicing and editing of "The Humans Are Dead". I can't wait to see where they take this show. In the meantime...
Flight of the Conchords - Albi (The Racist Dragon)
1 I can't ever get enough of The Brunettes. I am anxiously awaiting the day that I can share a few songs from their new record.
2 A HUGE thank you to Lawrence in NZ for hooking me with the rare available-in-NZ-only tunes.
Buy some: Flight of the Conchords
Comments
Thank you so much for posting some Flight of the Conchords. The first time I saw the pilot, I thought it was clever, but was on too much of an Entourage high to get into it. Watched it again with the roomie the next day and was astounded with all the details I missed. Watched it a third time with a room full of people last night and laughed til I could barely breathe. The show is genius.
Posted by: Keith | June 20, 2007 11:42 AM
I noticed your link for "Flight of the Conchords - Albi (The Racist Dragon)" needs to be modified from ".jpg" to ".mp3" to work.
Posted by: TomT | June 20, 2007 12:01 PM
Oops! Thanks Tom! That's what I get for trying to fit in some writing before heading to work in the morning. It's fixed now. :-)
Posted by: liz | June 20, 2007 01:33 PM
re: details
i loved that there was a "no dumping" sign visible in the dumping scene.
a great pilot.
Posted by: Jeff | June 21, 2007 09:45 AM
Do you have the rest of the mp3s from the HBO special because that would be amazing!
Posted by: Shannon | June 23, 2007 10:54 PM