Line Out - Comments on Greetings From Beirut! An Interview with Zach Condon http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/greetings_from_beirut_an_interview_with A month ago, Beirut abruptly cancelled their upcoming European summer tour, leaving them with just a half dozen West Coast dates, including Sasquatch!, to fulfill. The band posted a letter from bandleader Zach Condon expressing his surprise and appreciation... Copyright 2008 Thu, 08 May 2008 18:00:03 -0800 Fri, 09 May 2008 14:42:32 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by josh Beirut is the most compelling reason to go to Sasquatch on Saturday.

]]> josh http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/greetings_from_beirut_an_interview_with#c1020727 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/greetings_from_beirut_an_interview_with#c1020727 Sasquatch Thu, 08 May 2008 18:36:49 -0800 Comment by parker thanks -- you've now made put on beirut and i can't say it's anything less than amazing, per usual.

]]> parker http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/greetings_from_beirut_an_interview_with#c1020791 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/greetings_from_beirut_an_interview_with#c1020791 Sasquatch Thu, 08 May 2008 20:48:18 -0800 Comment by Thig Beirut is filthy. Singing songs from Gulag Orkestar in my car has garnered more than a few awkward stares from passing cars...

]]> Thig http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/greetings_from_beirut_an_interview_with#c1020813 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/greetings_from_beirut_an_interview_with#c1020813 Sasquatch Thu, 08 May 2008 21:30:11 -0800 Comment by ugh "There was something so naïve and martial in that music that I really fell in love with."

Really?

Nothing like rich, white, high school dropouts dabbling in ethnomusicology. Shit's deep, yo!

Not.

]]> ugh http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/greetings_from_beirut_an_interview_with#c1021018 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/greetings_from_beirut_an_interview_with#c1021018 Sasquatch Fri, 09 May 2008 09:59:20 -0800 Comment by ndrwmtsn i fux w/beirut because he has SONGS

a lot of the eastern-euro minor-key jaunty-ass accordian waltz ish is just a style, but beirut has songs

tried to rage against this machine, but ended up on the flipside

]]> ndrwmtsn http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/greetings_from_beirut_an_interview_with#c1021467 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2008/05/greetings_from_beirut_an_interview_with#c1021467 Sasquatch Fri, 09 May 2008 14:42:32 -0800