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Monday, March 23, 2009

Video / Tonight! Twee Yourself

Posted by Andrew Stout on Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 3:30 PM

In this week's music section, Ezra wraps up his awesome piece on Herman Dune with this anecdote, told by one-half of the Parisian twee-folk duo:

"I recently played a show for kids, in the afternoon before our show," explains David-Ivar. "I thought it was going to be small, but 200 kids showed up and I noticed that their attention span doesn't last a long time. They love the rhymes; it's not really about the topics, because most of my songs are love songs, so when you are five or six, that's not really up your alley."

Not to worry, David-Ivar, this puts you in good, if slightly esoteric, company. The French have a long history of trying children's patience with entertainment that is soon co-opted by furrow-browed, tweed-garmented grown-ups. There's Jean de Brunhoff (Babar), Albert Lamorisse (The Red Balloon), Jacques Tati (entire filmography)—and now, there's David-Ivar and Neman Herman Dune.

Catch them tonight at Holocene, where they just might make you piss your elastic-waisted corduroys.

w/ Lesser Lewis & The Twigs, DJ Yeti; Holocene, 1001 SE Morrison, 8:30pm

 

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