Foolish Sage | May 17, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Flying Club Cup Videos by Beirut» I need to get this series done! Video #8 from the Beirut album The Flying Club Cup is titled “In the Mausoleum.” Here’s the video: The lyrics are very brief and sung only once in the song: Time travels to learn your [...]
Foolish Sage | April 5, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Flying Club Cup Videos by Beirut» I’m blogging through the series of videos made to accompany the album Flying Club Cup by Beirut (aka Zach Condon and band). Song #7 is “Forks and Knives (La Fete)”. Here’s the video: The game room of a Brooklyn bar is the [...]
Foolish Sage | March 2, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Flying Club Cup Videos by Beirut» I’m blogging through the series of videos made to accompany the album Flying Club Cup by Beirut (aka Zach Condon and band). Song #5 is Cliquot. I think this may be my favorite song on the album. There is both resignation and [...]
Foolish Sage | February 27, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Flying Club Cup Videos by Beirut» Here is the video from the fourth song on Flying Club Cup by Beirut (Zach Condon and band). The song is “La Banlieue” La banlieue (literally “the outskirts”) is the French term for an area of low income housing around the edge [...]
Foolish Sage | February 26, 2009
This entry is part of a series, Flying Club Cup Videos by Beirut» I’m currently blogging through the set of videos for Zach Condon’s (aka Beirut) magical album The Flying Club Cup. Today’s song is “Guyamas Sonora.” I think it was this song that made me start thinking about another side to Zach’s exploration of [...]
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Mark Traphagen (aka Foolish Sage) is a lover of dark beers and darker music, of things that are but are not as they seem, of contexts taken out of context to become new contexts, of stories that point to a bigger Story. Mark lives in Durham, NC, with his wife and pet Macbook Pro. He has two married daughters and six grandchildren, and works by day for Virante, an Internet Marketing firm.Proudly Powered by WordPress | Theme by The Cloisters | Entries RSS Comments RSS
