It is an exciting day in Duranland! Duran’s latest DVD, a concert performance entitled A Diamond in the Mind, is being premiered via Facebook at 2 pm EST. For some of us, it will be the first chance to see most of the performance (I have seen a few clips like Planet Earth and Wild Boys). Others have had the DVD in their hands. Yet, for all of us, it will the first time to see the live question and answer session with the band. Also, and perhaps more importantly, it will be the only time to watch something like this
together. Yes, obviously, all Duranies can’t be together today but we can via the internet! It reminds me of those Live from London screenings that others mentioned earlier this week on this blog. For those of you who weren’t able to attend one of those in late 2005, it was a great time! I was lucky enough to be able to drive to Chicago and see the screening with friends. There were 10 screenings around the country in which the Live from London DVD was shown in movie theaters. The band had filmed some introduction that was also aired. Now, some could argue that it seemed wasteful to watch a DVD in a movie theater, it was completely worth it. The theater was full of Duranies and by the second song, we were all singing along. It felt very similar to a regular concert atmosphere. I suspect this will feel the same!!! Of course, I think this might be a step better as it isn’t limited to people close to 10 screenings but is open to everyone! Yes, the time doesn’t work well for everyone but it still allows for everyone (no matter where they live) to participate if they so choose. Also, instead of filming a clip, the band will appear live to answer actual fan questions! We didn’t have that opportunity for Live from London.
I will be watching today’s premiere from a friend’s house. It will be a little Duranie party! I will also be in communication with Rhonda (duh) but I hope to be around various social networking sites so that I can participate with all the Duranies around the world! See, to me, this truly is a win for the fans. We get to watch Duran all together. We get to ask questions of the band. It has all of the best qualities of fandom, in my opinion! So, how about the rest of you? How are you going to watch today’s premiere? Will you be watching by yourself? With other Duranies? What about questions to the band? Did you ask any? I confess that I asked one. Obviously, I won’t hold my breath that my question gets asked as I’m sure there were TONS of great questions asked! Will you be participating with other fans online? Where? Twitter? Facebook? Message boards? Some other place?
I’m sure you all won’t be surprised to know that Rhonda and I will be reviewing it all tomorrow. I’m not sure how much detail we will go into about the actual DVD part as we might wait to do that when we actually get our copies. Yet, I’m sure that we will talk about the question and answer session. We will also be discussing what it was like for the fan community! As you can tell, I’m excited! I can’t wait to see the show! I can’t wait to see my local Duranie friends! I think today will be fun to be online and react to everything together! It is a good day to be a Duranie!
-A
If you need more information about today’s digital premiere of ADITM, I refer to Rhonda’s posts earlier in the week, which you can read here.
