Monday, October 4, 2010
Geek Rebellion: What Good Startups Have in Common with Arcade Fire
Ok, I admit it. Mostly I just want to write something about Arcade Fire because I saw them play in Berkeley last night, I can't get them out of my head and I owe TechCrunch a post. If Mike can have Virgin America and MG can have the iPhone, I chose to fan out over Arcade Fire, right? But I do have a point here. A big part of what made them so phenomenal wasn't just the music it was how they played. They were a wild, musical-chairs-cacophony, going totally ape-shit on instruments as varied as a megaphone or an accordion, and yet somehow they produced a tight, controlled sound. I'm still not sure how they did it. But it struck me watching them how much they looked like the musical version of a great startup.