Camera Obscura & DJ Victoria Bergsman, at the Bell House

Victoria Bergsman, DJing at The Bell House in Brooklyn.

Ned­ward: Vic­to­ria Bergs­man (for­merly of The Con­cretes) is DJing at The Bell House, much to my delight. Wait­ing for Camera Obscura!

As big a fan of Camera Obscura as I am, the more inter­est­ing bit Tues­day night was a spe­cial guest DJ, Vic­to­ria Bergs­man. A lot of people know her voice as the female coun­ter­point in Young Folks, the Peter Bjorn and John sing-​along hit from a couple of years ago. But she was also the singer in one of my favorite bands, The Con­cretes. (Camera Obscura fans should check out their epony­mous debut album.) She has since left the band, and formed a solo project under the name Taken By Trees, (also a great debut).

Anyhow, I might have been the only person in the crowd that had any idea who she was – or cared – so Lisa encour­aged me to say hello. But, I’m just not one of those people who walks up to a famous person, and just gushes in their face. Call it shy­ness, call it fear of disappointment… the bottom line is that I chick­ened out.

To make mat­ters worse, Lisa went over to the DJ booth with­out me, and told Ms. Bergs­man that “her friend was a big fan,” but that he “didn’t want to bother her.” Nice. So now I’m shy, and embarrassed.

I don’t really regret it that much, but I would’ve liked to show off some dance moves from The Con­cretes’ On The Radio video. I’d like to think that she would’ve laughed.