cyhsy on npr (and also on lots of blogs)
just found this link in my inbox: npr generates a timeline on the success via the web of clap your hands say yeah.
this timeline makes me laugh. it should read:
june ?? gothamist needs one more band for movable hype lineup, begs cyhsy's manager to let them play the show. promises him that the delancey won't be mad, even if it's just a few days after their show there.
june 15 gothamist interview gets published and really shouldn't be cited as part of their success on the net. at the movable hype show i actually apologized to alec for the dumb questions i asked (which i've been meaning to change). we thought of more stupid questions that could be asked in the future.
june 20 gothamist asks blogger friends to post about movable hype show. scott of stereogum does.
june 20 gothamist learns that david bowie is on the list for their movable hype show. he wants to see cyhsy. gothamist accidentally lets the news slip to half of the band before their set (BECAUSE GOTHAMIST THOUGHT THEY KNEW ALREADY) and the band is now v.v. nervous.
june 21 bloggers have a new item to post about on their new favorite buzz band.
november 30 lawrence sends me this funny article from the onion. which is totally unrelated to this post. or is it?
and of course, before all of that - a good portion of these 7,158 blog posts about the band took place.
the first place i ever heard about clap your hands say yeah was from brooklyn vegan. sorry to all parties involved for taking the credit.
Posted by: douglas martin | December 01, 2005 at 12:50 AM
..and i heard from brooklyn vegan about them LONG before moveable hype. i thought i'd add that.
Posted by: douglas martin | December 01, 2005 at 12:52 AM
exactly. which is why the whole: "and of course, before all of that - a good portion of these 7,158 blog posts about the band took place" is at the end of this post. no one is trying to take credit for them, they are the one's deserving the credit. i think npr was just making a broad analysis on how blogs didn't hurt in generating buzz.
Posted by: jen | December 01, 2005 at 01:29 AM
I give credit to Oh My Rockness... before I knew of the blogosphere, that was where I looked up all my music. They had a blurb about CYHSY since at least January.
Of course OMR, I've realized, doesn't generate any buzz for bands. Still, it's still a good touchstone.
Posted by: jerry | December 01, 2005 at 09:21 AM
First time i heard about them was here,Then straight after NME started writing about them.
Posted by: Ferris | December 01, 2005 at 08:03 PM