Just realized that the first time I saw the YYYs was 20 years ago! 2003 at the Kentish Town Forum. At one point we sat down and realized that Daniel and Carlos D from Interpol were sitting behind us.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 24 August 2023 11:06 (eight months ago) link
Lol I have an extremely similar story. The only Interpol member I recognize at all is the vocalist from the band as I’m not a big fan of them. In the early 2010’s they came to a festival in Mexico and I was working for one of the sponsors so I got invited to the “vip” hospitality section. Anyhow, me and a friend got photographed and years later we found out that the Interpol guys we’re hanging out right behind us and you can see them in the photo - Daniel (had to look up again his name right now) is even smiling and photobombing in the background. A flabbergasted friend who is a fan saw the picture and started freaking out… I was sorry to disappoint him and tell him we never interacted at all with them.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 24 August 2023 13:50 (eight months ago) link
Carlos D from Interpol had an article about how he used to dress up as a nazi published in Tablet magazine(?)
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/a-farewell-to-armbands-interpol-carlos-dengler
(twitter user @Aelkus just posted some extracts from this, did it not get mentioned on ilm at the time? I couldn't see anything, but there are about a dozen Interpol threads)
― soref, Monday, 28 August 2023 17:35 (eight months ago) link
Let’s start with the most notorious item I ever wore, the piece that captivated music and fashion lovers during my aughts-era limelight: the army-style holster. I was visiting my tailor one day when I first saw it draped over a black shirt on a mannequin. I noted its clean lines and militaristic sheen. A rush of dopamine, like I’d had my first shot of whiskey or snort of coke, rushed through my synapses, and I felt the palpable euphoria of artistic inspiration.
What a fucking dork
― sean paul akerman (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 28 August 2023 17:37 (eight months ago) link
the whole article is written like that
― soref, Monday, 28 August 2023 17:42 (eight months ago) link
that article gave me herpes :(
― mh, Monday, 28 August 2023 18:30 (eight months ago) link
I thought he just wanted to dress like Kraftwerk
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 28 August 2023 18:32 (eight months ago) link
reminds me of one of the glaring omissions in the MMITB documentary footage -- there are some vague gestures at "where are they now" but it's mostly limited to Karen O. there's a "Carlos shows off his holster" scene where he does the "I think it looks cool, it doesn't mean anything" song and dance but it's up to the viewer to bring their own interpretation. mine was "this guy definitely has thoughts about it, and I don't want to hear any of them" which is really borne out by that tablet article
great, you thought it looked edgy in a cool in ways you had not at all examined, and now you think it was kind of edgy and not cool? there are things you absolutely don't need to mythologize after the fact
― mh, Monday, 28 August 2023 18:38 (eight months ago) link
the whole thing cribs pretty heavily off of the lester bangs "white noise supremacists" article but mentioning that would give away the game in that 1. the article came out in 1979 2. people were citing that article in the early 00s directly related to some of the contemporary attitudes on display
― mh, Monday, 28 August 2023 18:46 (eight months ago) link