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Chicagoist: Daft Punk: Best Live Musical Performance of 2007
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We know for a fact not everyone walked of that field impressed — but as far as our internal monologue is concerned, the show has only grown in its impact the months since then. When we see video of the performance, something in our chest tightens and we feel nostalgia for a time far further gone than a single month, and I realize that Daft Punk did do something incredibly special with their performance.
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Every once in a while it’s a relief to encounter something that can take those filters, decimate them, and allow something unadulterated, and possibly mythical, past the gates.
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Gloriously human robots: in praise of Daft Punk |
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Wearing robotic helmets and head-to-toe black leather, they appear from inside a glowing Illuminatus-style pyramid and conjure up a hallucinatory light show so intense it leaves the audience all but gene-altered.
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I can barely think of more than five live albums that are any good, but I know that Live 2007 is up there. File it alongside the Rolling Stones Love You Live, Neil Young’s Weld and Spiritualized Live at the Royal Albert Hall.
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Fantastic remix of “Man of Constant Sorrow”
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Civic Literacy Report – 2008-2009 College Test Scores and Rankings
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In the process I replied to a few comments from several days ago, including one from a Phil Glockner:
I just noticed Steve seems to be actively using FriendFeed, at least moderately. Therefore, I say welcome, and sorry I called him names a few months ago.
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Phil Glockner
