Talk:Owen Pallett

General organization
Just wanted to note that I dropped the text from the head of this talk page to the bottom, since it's disorganized (and some of it was pasted in twice). Also, I just reverted the article from the last edit, in which someone anonymously changed the article to say that Pallett is dating Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear (which to my knowledge isn't true). Absent any source substantiating that, I've restored the text about his boyfriend. Anthony Mohen (talk) 04:54, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

band NAME
It's a band... It says so on the website... --FlareNUKE 11:04, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

"Pallett is best known as the principal member of the band Owen Pallett (formerly "Final Fantasy") which is essentially a solo project" I find this sentence pretty awkward. Calling Owen Pallett a band is, in my opinion, a bit confusing. Could we refer to him as a solo artist? --Melinoe (talk) 12:59, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Not just confusing, but also silly and probably incorrect. I shall change it!--Teiladnam (talk) 23:47, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Milton, Ontario
Someone has linked Owen to Milton, ON--no mention in this article! Is Owen currently living in Milton, or has resided at one time, or even skiied at Kelso? Bacl-presby 15:36, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

On tour
I saw Final Fantasy last night so it would appear he's on tour! The whole page could probably use an update —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.159.131.97 (talk) 00:39, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

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Hey Dad
Final Fantasy recently (October '07?) released a 7" on Tomlab's Alphabet Single series (X). The two tracks on X, recorded in Montreal with Zach Condon, predate the tunes on the full-length. The tracks - "Hey Dad" and "What Do You Think Will Happen Next?" are both live regulars, though, so they should be at least semi-familiar to Final Fantasy fans. I noticed a while ago that the song "Hey Dad"  contained a melody borrowed from the video game "Super Mario Brothers 3" ; specifically it is the music from the "Coin Heaven" bonus/hidden stages. Also, the song is quite similar in melody and lyrics to another of Pallett's songs - "→". Both songs seem to concern interpersonal relationships within the family of President George W. Bush. This is my first post, so hopefully i can get this information up. (Scott the 1st (talk) 01:57, 10 May 2008 (UTC))

Is there any reason that Blocks is sometimes also referred to as BlocksBlocksBlocks except that www.blocksblocksblocks.com redirects to their web site? I can't find one there. Decklin 17:00, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

There is no reason. It's purely because of the website. Sorry.

Yeah, just to add some weight to that: the website is the only reason the Blocks Recording Club is called blocksblocksblocks. If we could arrange for it to ALWAYS be referred to as the Blocks Recording Club, that'd be super!Blocks.recording.club 20:04, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Regarding the fact that, according the web site, there are technically two members of Final Fantasy: I have created redirects here from both Final Fantasy (band) and Final Fantasy (artist). I can't decide between this being is The Right Thing vs. namespace pollution, or which would be preferable to keep in the latter case. Decklin 17:05, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

I wanted to continue the (currently) final paragraph with "Not surprisingly, the band's lyrics involve themes of...", but I couldn't think of a good way to summarize. I leave this to whoever would like to tackle it. Decklin 18:05, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Who on earth else is meant to be shoehorned into the "violindie" movement? I can only think of Patrick Wolf, who really isn't a follower of Pallett, though they have met. Oh, and Andrew Bird, I suppose. 87.115.228.253 19:50, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Is "This Is the Dream of Win & Regine" an allusion to (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan by Dntel? --Casiotone 13:14, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Short Answer: Yes. It's in an interview somewhere (he's got quite a few.  I forget which one).  I believe the electronic-like sound of the song was inspired by Dntel. --Orang55 07:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

does someone want to find a new picture? specifically, if someone has a goood photo from a show that they'd like to put out under CC or GFDL, it would be ideal. --Orang55 07:58, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

There's a lot of nice pictures over at www.Last.fm, could one not use them?

Question: Is Owen's birth year 1979 or 1981? Articles all over the net say '79, but on his profile on the SHzine forum it says '81.


 * Answer: 1979. --User:Johnpallett  —Preceding undated comment added 00:39, 17 May 2012 (UTC).

Is there any reason that Blocks is sometimes also referred to as BlocksBlocksBlocks except that www.blocksblocksblocks.com redirects to their web site? I can't find one there. Decklin 17:00, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

There is no reason. It's purely because of the website. Sorry.

Regarding the fact that, according the web site, there are technically two members of Final Fantasy: I have created redirects here from both Final Fantasy (band) and Final Fantasy (artist). I can't decide between this being is The Right Thing vs. namespace pollution, or which would be preferable to keep in the latter case. Decklin 17:05, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

I wanted to continue the (currently) final paragraph with "Not surprisingly, the band's lyrics involve themes of...", but I couldn't think of a good way to summarize. I leave this to whoever would like to tackle it. Decklin 18:05, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Who on earth else is meant to be shoehorned into the "violindie" movement? I can only think of Patrick Wolf, who really isn't a follower of Pallett, though they have met. Oh, and Andrew Bird, I suppose. 87.115.228.253 19:50, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Clarifacation of discography
I realize most of the information is elsewhere in the article, but should the discography be amended make some distinctions between Owen Pallett's projects, bands he's been a member in and albums that have been essentially work for hire?

His credit for the Last Shadow Puppets is listed as 'personnel' and including the discography as is doesn't make it clear how important he is/ isn't to these projects.Kreechur (talk) 17:22, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

Final Fantasy
"In March 2008, Owen Pallett under the alias Final Fantasy, collaborated.." links to the _game_ of Final Fantasy. Is this intentional? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.81.91.41 (talk) 19:56, 1 June 2009 (UTC)

ZZT game author
Does anyone know if this is the same Michael Pallett-Plowright that created games using the ZZT game construction tool, such as the famous TIARA.ZZT (golden tiara adventure -- quest for coronation)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.163.203.44 (talk) 05:12, 14 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, see this Zoilus interview. –Pomte 11:59, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

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Pronouns
I just edited the article to use their pronouns (they/them/their). I may have made a mistake somewhere. There are plenty of sources for those pronouns, but am not adding a line in the wikipedia page about them because they have chosen to not yet make an overtly public statement about it. Here are some sources for this: https://americansongwriter.com/paragon-of-order-owen-pallett-song-interview/ sorry I don't know if there is a better way to link articles — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.178.122.89 (talk) 16:23, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * I hope you got the instructions I gave you on your talk page. Scorpions13256 (talk) 17:20, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Please review MOS:IDENTITY and then get back to me, but unexplained reverts are almost never a good idea unless reverting obvious vandalism spam etc. Please also review WP:VANDNOT. Cheers, 2A03:F80:32:194:71:227:81:1 (talk) 17:24, 3 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I got your instructions, I have added a citation to the article now — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.178.122.89 (talk • contribs) 17:29, 3 April 2021 (UTC)

controversy section for musicological racism
Shouldn't the article highlight the controversies surrounding the blatant racism in several of Pallets journalistic publications? 84.215.136.184 (talk) 21:24, 9 February 2024 (UTC)