The Take-Away Shows

I love the song, I love Paris, I love the band, I love Zach and I love Zach's nerdy jumper. Perfection? Possibly. 

The place its filmed is just around the corner from the friends house where I stay when I'm in Paris, and on my last visit I walked past those bins so many times, pausing to look at them dreamily and pretend I was in the video. 

Sigh.

Anyway, the video is part of a series called the Take-Away Shows by La Blogotheque. It was started in 2006 by Chryde as a new way to share music. Every week they invite a different artist to play in the streets, in a bar, in a park or even in a flat or elevator whilst they film it. They post the videos without editing them, catching all the small imperfections and oddities that make them personal and lovely. Its a great way to strip away the bullshit and just enjoy the music and the band. 

The Beirut session is my favorite so far, but they have so many great other ones. Theres Amanda Palmer on a broken foot in a phonebox, and the one with the Kooks where they end up in a school full of adoring girls. All together, it's definitely an inspiring and cool creative movement that makes me feel happy when I watch it. Take-Away Shows, this is how I feel about you today :)