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ad it up
celebrity ads from japan
makeout session
operation makeout (indiepop) mp3s
electrocliche
"How Electroclash, the festival, went in the course of one year from must-see-event-of-the-millennium for members of the global avant-cool to something the readership of Spin magazine might find kind of passé can almost certainly be attributed to a single factor: hype. The music press has taken to the term "electroclash" with the same sort of cynical delight with which it took to "grunge," using it to neatly compartmentalize a broad swath of artists, as well as making it into a descriptor for the current early-1980s influence on fashion (witness the increasing use of "electroclash" on eBay as a keyword for Members Only jackets, wraparound sunglasses, and the like). Thus, just as in 1992 any band that had so much thought about living in Seattle, or donned flannel onstage was hailed as grunge, so in 2002 any artist who has ever used a vocoder, or sported an ironic haircut is bestowed the title of electroclash. Albums that a year ago were buried in the techno section, amidst Ibiza's Greatest Hits Vol. 104 and This Is Bulgarian Progressive House, are now required listening in urban bohemia, and acts that would have been lucky to register a blip on the radar screens of major labels are being offered enormously lucrative contracts. Hence it is possible that electroclash the genre is now too big for Electroclash the festival. And while nothing bearing the electroclash label has yet to make an appearance on MTV, or grace the cover of Rolling Stone, a number of artists - most notably FischerSpooner, who recently signed to Capitol Records, and Miss Kittin, who is now doing Levi's ads - are prominent enough that they might consider this year's festival not worth their bother. A likely explanation for this year's lackluster lineup then, is simply that the biggest names weren't willing to perform, and so the acts chosen to appear are the most renowned members (or at least those possessing the most clout) of a largely drained talent pool."
murphy's laud
james murphy is a buzz with lcd soundsystem and dfa records. we knew him when he was just buzzing from lots of caffeine around the east village.
get up kids
righteous indignation festival and group ugh in central park tomorrow -- be there or be elsewhere
clash bar
electroclash nyc 2002
no show
what i didnt do last night -- Melt Banana at the knitting factory. what i watched instead.
equatorial waters
drinking a bottle of agua mineral guitig, a mineral water from equator. nice painted glass bottle (whats that process called?) with an image of a polar bear on an ice flow. esta es mucha buena -- su salud en esta botella!
hipstirs
ny rock scene as scene in new york mag
skools out forever
mit open courseware sets off