Posted in Merchandise on Feb 23rd, 2009
A lot of people buy Black Keys merchandise. Often a higher price is attached to goods if it has Dan and Pat’s autograph on it.
Having said that, I doubt anyone would pay for a used Black Keys concert ticket with their signatures on it.
If you are buying something purporting to have been signed by The [...]
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Posted in Interviews on Feb 17th, 2009
It’s been a while since I’ve added an off the wall interview with The Black Keys. I hadn’t come across these excellent National Public Radio interviews before until I stumbled on a link to them posted by someone on Twitter. Listening to an interview is always so much better than reading them.
The first radio interview [...]
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Posted in Opinions on Feb 16th, 2009
The most popular topic on The Black Keys Forum is “Dans Shoes“. At last count, it’s had some 172,951+ views and 1133+ replies. The thread started from someone asking the simple question where they can buy a pair of shoes like Dan’s.
I’ve sometimes read the thread and never quite understood the interest. Maybe my obsession [...]
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Posted in Opinions on Feb 12th, 2009
I was reading some reviews of The Black Keys’ New York shows on 6 and 7 February @ Terminal 5 when I came across this one at Brooklyn Vegan. I wasn’t so much interested in the review as I was in the comments left by people who were at the show.
Overwhelmingly the punters were critical [...]
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Posted in Merchandise on Feb 10th, 2009
If you’ve ever wanted to know what Dan Auerbach’s guitar pick looks like, well, here it is.
There’s probably a few guitar pick spotters who will appreciate this close up.
Even though I don’t play the guitar I’m pretty chuffed to have it. I have it due to luck more than anything else.
A guy seated next to [...]
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