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A Drive by Shooting

By Anthony Bourdain on July 31, 2009 11:15 AM | Permalink | 126 Comments

 

This week's "Special" episode is a compendium of footage, shot over time around the world, celebrating the joys, delights (and occasional perils) of street food.
Basically? It's a clip show.


The thing I'm proudest of on this show is not what's seen on the screen. It's what you hear on the soundtrack: Now, ordinarily, we can't afford to use music from my favorite albums. Or ANY albums, for that matter. It's a ridiculous amount of money to get the rights to even the most innocuous of songs. For a long time, even the singing of "Happy Birthday" during a scene--or played on a jukebox in the background, could cost you BIG money. We're a tiny, five person crew, shooting entirely on small DV cameras with homemade jibs, using bags of rice and skateboards as dollies. We can't afford even "Happy Birthday!"

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