MFR

Two battling LARPERS were caught on camera by Google Street View. I'm not kidding. Check it out here. After laughing for a good spell, I began to think about LARPing, and what it could mean to me: you know, the swords, the shields, the never-ending lore. So, I put a mix together of songs that I would pipe into my medieval helmet whilst I don the appropriate garb, wield a battle axe, and smite my enemies.

Please, imagine a montage of me running through fields with a sword slaying some shit up while this playlist is rocking me to victory.

Behold, my LARPING mix:

*MP3: The Microphones - "The Glow Pt. 2"
*MP3: David Bowie - "Life On Mars"
*MP3: Animal Collective - "Brother Sport"
*MP3: Fuck Buttons - "Ribs Out"
*MP3: John Vanderslice - "Time To Go"
*MP3: Deerhoof - "+81"
*MP3: Headlights - "TV"
*MP3: Dr. Dog - "My Old Way"
*MP3: Ten Grand - "Fuck You Guyses Teams"
*MP3: Frightened Rabbit - "I Feel Better"
*MP3: Hockey Night - "Style Raiders"
*MP3: Justin Timberlake - "Summer Love/Set The Mood"
*MP3: Les Savy Fav - "The Orchard"
*MP3: Marnie Stern - "Simon Says"
*MP3: The Knife - "Neverland"
*MP3: Deerhunter - "Lake Somerset"
*MP3: Copeland - "Chin Up"

So, yeah, special note. If you're in a larping club and are reading this, please send me a note, I might totally want in.

Anonymous said...: Very cool mix! C'est geek chic, oui?

all the best,

M/D; 2:51 PM
Anonymous said...: I just about fell off my chair when i saw this. Amazing. And I dig the mix.

I don't larp but they are infamous at st. olaf.; 3:07 PM
Jon said...: There are LARPERS at Olaf? Do tell! Do Tell! (I knew of one my freshman year, but he was a fifth year senior who seldom was on actual campus); 4:46 PM
Anonymous said...: Yeah there is a sizable bunch of them and they do all-weekend larps. I think they have a facebook group too. So you could check that out.
What I know about the larpers is that they are always the butt jokes around campus. Also, there has been an annual drunk larp for the past two years, which is a spoof larp that basically includes getting sloshed, making weapons and beating each other with them for an evening.

Also, here is an article that was in the mess a few years ago.

http://fusion.stolaf.edu/mess/index.cfm?section=article&article_number=3361&issue_volume=120&issue_number=15&issue_date=3/16/2007; 4:18 PM
Anonymous said...: Apparently this scene was staged. Sorry to spoil the magic, but it's still brilliant.

http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/1600600/artists_create_scenes_for_google_maps_users/index.html; 1:41 PM

Wednesday, January 28, 2009