The Raconteurs' Antiques Roadshow-esque teaser

The Raconteurs are a good ol' rock and roll band featuring Jack White of The White Stripes and members of The Greenhornes and Blanche. The band and their label, Warner Bros, came up with a fun promotional schtick and asked if I'd like to premier it on BB. I checked out the video and it was really well done. In fact, I'm eager to see the rest of the "story." Called "Old To Gold," it starts with a spoof of Antiques Roadshow where a steampunky mystery device called a Raconteur is presented and valued. (I wish Jake von Slatt could somehow prank Antiques Roadshow to feature one of his real fake Steampunk devices!) Old To Gold, Buy MP3s by The Raconteurs

[#1 posted by Shrdlu , November 11, 2008 10:56 AM]

I am underwhelmed.

[#2 posted by LSK , November 11, 2008 11:08 AM]

Here on boingboing.net, we see quite a few advertisements, but this may be the sole example of a plausible one.

[#3 posted by David Pescovitz , November 11, 2008 11:26 AM]

LSK @2, What do you mean?

[#4 posted by mr_josh , November 11, 2008 11:31 AM]

Love the Raconteurs, love this CD, the video... cute enough I guess.

[#5 posted by MCM , November 11, 2008 12:08 PM]

I was never a White Stripes fan, but I went to see The Raconteurs in concert because I really liked Brendan Benson's solo stuff. Little did I know that I'd end up seeing a concert that easily was one of the ten best shows I've ever seen...

[#6 posted by pinch , November 11, 2008 1:59 PM]

Bites donkey nads.

[#7 posted by Phikus , November 11, 2008 2:13 PM]

Nice original promo for a worthy band!

[#8 posted by the_dannobot , November 11, 2008 2:18 PM]

hahaha this is pretty cool
i love the raconteurs

[#9 posted by wemgadge , November 11, 2008 6:00 PM]

The Raconteurs website is set up like one of those old dos menu programs for the XT and is all monochrome 80's computing goodness! So Sweet!

[#10 posted by Robert , November 12, 2008 8:19 AM]

RIAA Radar says:

WARNING! This album was found to have been released by a member of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

That's why some of us don't appreciate this.

[#11 posted by Matt Sanderson , November 12, 2008 7:46 PM]

It's a good album. Stop being a ninny.