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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:40:27 +0000

@The Mozfather: If you don't think there's something theoretically wrong with the idea of Fergie, then I just don't know what to say.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:21:20 +0000

steve aoki: no talent required

[lolhipsters.blogspot.com]

By: The Mozfather

The Mozfather — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:23:08 +0000

I think my question is, who would actually pay for this CD of two-year old tracks that are freely available over the Internets?

Steve Aoki reminds me of Fergie: there is nothing theoretically wrong with either of them, but the actuality achieves a level of apocalyptic cluelessness I can't stand behind.

By: philip sherburne

philip sherburne — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:10:35 +0000

Thanks for the Sante link, btw!

By: philip sherburne

philip sherburne — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 07:09:14 +0000

" Thrive (a quintessential old-school electronica label)"

I actually quite enjoy PBR, if I'm forced to drink cheap, corporate American beer. Beats Bud!

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:03:15 +0000

@Cam/ron: Ewww!

By: team gingerbread

team gingerbread — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:29:10 +0000

The cd's not bad if you enjoy standard mixtape fare, including tracks from Justice (how terribly cutting edge) and the seemingly requisite foreign-language track.

What the Urb review fails to mention is that (via The Cobrasnake's site) there exists the option to purchase this cd bundled with a pillow so that your knees don't get tired from all the lip service.

By: David R.

David R. — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 11:08:50 +0000

As the writer of the silly thing that inspired Urb's spirited retort, I'd like to think that my review is bringing the electroclash blog world together in support of their hibachi overlord, since (as they've noted) I am actually denigrating their entire scene by pointing out that this mix is balls on a Ritz.

To be fair, if I could go off-menu @ any Benihana's in the US, I'd have Mickey Avalon guest-drop on my mix like a bird with the shits.

By: gorillavsmarykate

gorillavsmarykate — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:47:41 +0000

@Cos: how about Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness? Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars? You're just not looking at it the right way.

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:44:38 +0000

Also, is there ever a good time to post that video of Aoki taking a piss (literally) while DJing, instead of putting on a 10 minute track and leaving the booth for a few like a sane person?

If there is a good time, it seems like now would be a good time.

By: sparkletone

sparkletone — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:43:11 +0000

@SuperUnison: In some interview or other I seem to remember James Murphy saying one of the things he liked about DJing over performing with LCD Soundsystem is that you were kind of like a cook, ie: semi-anonymous, and kind of in the background. That you could just concentrate on playing things that make people happy, and not worry about people staring at you all the time. That people could forget you were even there, and that that's a good thing.

It seems like a really healthy way of looking at DJing to me.

I can kind of understand where the DJ-as-brand thing comes from, and it's certainly a useful phenomenon for promoters, but wow can it be unhealthy.

By: Cam/ron

Cam/ron — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:42:28 +0000

@the rich girls are weeping: The story goes that the Jezebel bled all over Aoki during lights-out sex.

By: mackro

mackro — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:15:09 +0000

Wasn't this the same guy who was doing No Knife reissues in the late 90s?

Hey, No Knife is cool, but this transmogrification of Dim Mak to Disco Buddyhead.com is purty funny.

By: SuperUnison

SuperUnison — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:59:17 +0000

@the rich girls are weeping: PBR is fantastic when shotgunned. Unfortunateley, 1 in 3 times I've shotgunned PBR, I've thrown up almost immediateley. At the very least, it competes well with MGD for the cheap beer crown.

By: SuperUnison

SuperUnison — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:56:15 +0000

@Cos: Started off as a term for an idolizing biography of a saint. Kind of has evolved to take on a perjorative connotation with respect to glossed over, misinformed, or overly simplistic historical narratives. First heard it from a friend who was doing quality assurance on a videogame about WWII, he was talking about being complicit in American hagiography.

By: the rich girls are weeping

the rich girls are weeping — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:40:23 +0000

Hey, PBR doesn't taste that bad! Really. Or wait, was that why I quit drinking? Oh...

Double-hey -- doesn't one of those girls over at Jezebel do the nasty with Aoki on a regular basis? Surprised you didn't go for the cross-promotional editorial opportunities there.

@Michaelangelo Matos: Hook's continued existence in general is one of the most riveting pieces of bad theater I've ever seen.

BTW, it seems that the greatest offense of Pillowface is that it's no FabricLive offering and the tracks are already WAY stale. It's like, Hits of the Blogs TWO YEARS AGO (which is not surprising, the way that Glazer goes on and on about how great 2005 was -- I seem to remember spending most of it wasted and unhappy, but...). But, you know, I'm not surprised that Glazer had to play the Carlos D card too. That SO didn't help at all, did it?

I'm also vaguely puked-out by the fact that the cred-raising track award goes to Refused. MEH.

By: Cos

Cos — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:12:43 +0000

Also: “Pillowface and His Airport Chronicles” = “Chocolate Starfish and the Hotdog Flavored Water” Are hipster DJ mixes the new rap-metal?

By: Cos

Cos — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:10:45 +0000

@SuperUnison: Hagiography?

Someone had to ask.

By: Cam/ron

Cam/ron — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:18:22 +0000

@AL: Ditto. "Hipster" is an insult nowadays.

By: Michaelangelo Matos

Michaelangelo Matos — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:18:21 +0000

@AL: this blogpost by Luc Sante is instructive: [ekotodi.blogspot.com]

@Jon Williams: Hook's "DJ set" was one of the most riveting pieces of bad theater I've ever seen