#70 Paris, lost in Texas

How we lived the craziest, most footloose music day thanks to Jad Fair, ’Red’ Peter and the wolf and ’Jared’ Sparrow house. A four-episode movie in the sticky heat of Austin, Texas./
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EPISODE 1

Red Hunter’s (Peter and the Wolf) latest album can only be purchased on his website. He manufactures every single copy himself, along with the artwork on the cover, and a typewritten short story is also enclosed to the CD. It tells how last year, completely broke, he went to a small town in Canada, squatted a room without electricity, slept in parks and wrote the lyrics of Ivory Palms. Red Hunter is a carefree hobo, who goes with the wind and lives by one’s wits, if necessary. That afternoon, despite his nice shirt, his clean cut and smoked sunglasses, he just looked like a guy who takes it as it comes, who grins and bears it. A guy who likes drifting along, and who took us with him.

We were in Austin. It was hot and we were supposed to spend our time out at a boring festival. We were exhausted and weary, until an unexpected combination of events lead us to a carefree and joyful trip. We had promised Jared, from Sparrow House, to film him again. We were dreaming of recording some videos with Red Hunter. David Fenech had given us Jad Fair’s contact information, a mythic and whimsical musician living in a farm nearby. So, we managed to gather the three of them. Jared and Red borrowed a van from Voxtrot, and came to pick us up. Vincent Moon, who felt there was a hint of gonzo to get, turned on his camera and never shut it.

There was music all along. On the road to Jad’s, Jared was driving but he wanted to sing all the same. In the backseat, from time to time, Red went with ballads. We didn’t really know where we were going. We didn’t know what we were to do at Jad’s, how he would greet our arrival, or whether we would play music. But no matter the surprise, the experience had already begun, and we felt like we had something. Music almost had us forget the damp heat of the moment. That was only the beginning...

CAE - #70.1 - Paris, lost in Texas - EPISODE 1

EPISODE 2

Was Jad Fair going to eat us alive ? Make us smoke some strange herbs ? Was he living in a hovel, in a shack ? Was he going to be nice, crazy, uncontrollable, pedantic ? We didn’t know about it, Jad Fair could be anything, he had done so many things with so many different musicians...

He had the look of a man who stayed a child. His house had the shape of a circus, nicely decorated with a collection of metal robots, drawings everywhere. He wanted to show us everything, as if to repay us in kind, because we came to him, in his Texan countryside.

Jad Fair is the nicest, most adorable musician we have ever met. We’ve forgotten everything, apart from the fact that we met a hearty and affectionate guy who offered us some lemonade and with whom with played a couple strange songs. Red stroked dogs, Jared improvised on Jad’s trips. Sean from Daytrotter, who had joined us then, looked like he quietly enjoyed this peaceful moment.

We’d been living out of time for an hour. Then we left, so happy that we also went crazy.

CAE - #70.2 - Paris, lost in Texas - EPISODE 2

EPISODE 3

This is nothing but plain enthousiasm, grinning oblivion, wonderful music pieces from time to time, on the way to a strange jungle and a climax les pieds dans l’eau.

CAE - #70.3 - Paris, lost in Texas - EPISODE 3

EPISODE 4

CAE - #70.4 - Paris, lost in Texas - EPISODE 4

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Thanks to Sskizo for the translation !

le 29 October 2007 par Chryde
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Paris, lost in Texas

wow what a jem! kicking around with red hunter. god bless that. how lucky to be

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4 May, by shaun

Paris, lost in Texas

Red Hunter is a god. Thank you so very much.

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15 November, by Alfie Barricks

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#4

JEFFREY LEWIS JEFFREY LEWIS

Réal : Vincent Moon

Tourné à : Paris

#15

ELYSIAN FIELDS... ELYSIAN FIELDS...

Réal : Vincent Moon

Tourné à : New York

#39

ESSIE JAIN ESSIE JAIN

Réal : Vincent Moon

Tourné à : New York

#72

JONQUIL JONQUIL

Réal : Vincent Moon

Tourné à : Paris

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