GLONO Video with Dirty Pretty Things

September 11, 2006 12 Comments by Derek Phillips

Dirty? Check. Pretty? Check...GLONO hosts Dirty Pretty Things for a day in Chicago and gives them an authentic tour of the Windy City with vintage clothes shopping in Wicker Park, hotdogs, and a dip in the great Lake Michigan. Oh, and the band put on a hell of a show…

Anthony Rossomando is a skinny fuck topped with a disaster of curls. As the sole American in Dirty Pretty Things (MySpace) he was the cultural translator for the band as they did seven dates in the colonies this summer. Throughout our day together, Rossomondo continually put the quirks and intricacies of American minutia into perspective for his three decidedly British bandmates. He bridged the gulf between what was described by George Bernard Shaw as two countries separated by a common language. Interestingly, he’s also the bridge between the Libertines and the Dirty Pretty Things, despite the fact that TWO original members of the former are also members of the latter.


Watch the Short Film on DPT’s Day in Chicago

12 Comments

  1. Sam
    2082 days ago

    Hi! I’d love to see the video, but it’s set to private on youtube. Is there any way you can set it to un-private so I can view it?

  2. Jake
    2082 days ago

    Sam, please try again. Sorry about that.

  3. Derek Phillips
    2082 days ago

    Hey Sam,

    We did switch it to PUBLIC before posting this morning. I think there was a lag at YouTube.

  4. scott
    2082 days ago

    great film…I have photos from that show at Schubas at:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottspy/sets/72157594235578138/

  5. Sam
    2082 days ago

    Thank you! The video is fantastic :) I was at the show at Schubas and it’s very amusing to see what the boys did that day in Chicago.

  6. Derek Phillips
    2082 days ago

    I have edited the paragraph about capacity for accuracy. I misheard (or noted incorrectly) that they’d played Boston BEFORE Chicago, when they actually played San Francisco. A simple check of their tour itinerary could have fixed that, but I missed it.

  7. inkylibertine
    2082 days ago

    good job! that was such a brilliant gig. it’s great to see the soundcheck and what they got up to ahead of time – and more of gary! he’s not interviewed often enough. thank you. :)

  8. dirtyprettygirl
    2081 days ago

    hey derek, can you please post all the photos from the interview that day? surely there must be more — cheers!

  9. Jake
    2080 days ago

    Dirtyprettygirl, your wish is our command: http://www.flickr.com/photos/89559622@N00/sets/72157594282604613/

  10. dirtyprettygirl
    2080 days ago

    we f**king love it, yeah yeah yeah! thanks so much~

  11. Conor
    1762 days ago

    That’s a great little video, me and my mates were at the gig in Schubas, we’re from Ireland and had seen DPT several times before and have seen them several times since but the gig there that night was the best, and most intimate, of them all. It was the first gig I’ve been to in America and was quite surprised when, before the gig began, a couple of people gave out to us for being “in their way” and “knocking into them” which is, for most, just a given at gigs. Once the band got going those few people got over themselves and there was a great atmosphere.

  12. Derek Phillips
    1760 days ago

    Yeah, Schubas can sometimes have a notoriously snooty crowd, but it’s no fault of the venue’s. We had a fantastic time with the band and the show was excellent. Ah, good times…

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