#2: Myspace, Girl Talk & Tootsie Rolls.
Nina sent me this photo from the Apple store in Boulder, CO the other day. I think it's actually pretty neat as far as out of the box filters go, no?
It does seems to cast a somewhat disconcerting air of androgeny to what is typically a distinctively feminine face, but I can deal with it for the sake of playful digital shenanigans.
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Oh, hey--we launched our MySpace profile for the site. 250 friends in a day and a half is definitely a nice start for us. Perhaps people will take to our idea after all!
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Pop quiz, hotshot. What do the following songs have in common?
* "Three 6 Mafia - "Stay Fly"
* Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
* Laidback - "White Horse"
* 69 Boyz - "Tootsie Roll"
* Fleetwood Mac - "Little Lies"
* Folk Implosion - "Natural One"
The obvious answer is that they are all songs that we enjoy a tremendous amount more than we would ever admit to. However, the better answer is that these songs (and a few others) are all a part of "Overtime," the penultimate track on Girl Talk's third record, the unclassifiable musical orgy known as Night Ripper. To classify this record in the mash-up genre would be to miss the point entirely; Gregg Gillis (the man behind the mash) doesn't simply mix songs into one another, rather he layers song upon unlikely song, reconstructing and imploding tracks as needed. The result is the best party record of 2006, or at least the best workout mix you'll ever run across. A healthy love of contemporary hip-hop and indie rock helps, too. Like it? Buy it here.
But let's not give short shrift to the videos linked to above. You totally owe me one for those, especially the Laidback video (Sprockets anyone?) and "Tootsie Roll"--which, for the record, was totally the predecessor to the "Macarena"--slide, baby, slide!
If you pick out any songs we missed in the list above, please shout out in the Comments.
And yes, the department of dated catch phrases called; they want Dennis Hopper's line back.
xoxox
Danny
Nina sent me this photo from the Apple store in Boulder, CO the other day. I think it's actually pretty neat as far as out of the box filters go, no? It does seems to cast a somewhat disconcerting air of androgeny to what is typically a distinctively feminine face, but I can deal with it for the sake of playful digital shenanigans.
* * *
Oh, hey--we launched our MySpace profile for the site. 250 friends in a day and a half is definitely a nice start for us. Perhaps people will take to our idea after all!
* * *
Pop quiz, hotshot. What do the following songs have in common?
* "Three 6 Mafia - "Stay Fly"
* Smashing Pumpkins - "1979"
* Laidback - "White Horse"
* 69 Boyz - "Tootsie Roll"
* Fleetwood Mac - "Little Lies"
* Folk Implosion - "Natural One"
The obvious answer is that they are all songs that we enjoy a tremendous amount more than we would ever admit to. However, the better answer is that these songs (and a few others) are all a part of "Overtime," the penultimate track on Girl Talk's third record, the unclassifiable musical orgy known as Night Ripper. To classify this record in the mash-up genre would be to miss the point entirely; Gregg Gillis (the man behind the mash) doesn't simply mix songs into one another, rather he layers song upon unlikely song, reconstructing and imploding tracks as needed. The result is the best party record of 2006, or at least the best workout mix you'll ever run across. A healthy love of contemporary hip-hop and indie rock helps, too. Like it? Buy it here.
But let's not give short shrift to the videos linked to above. You totally owe me one for those, especially the Laidback video (Sprockets anyone?) and "Tootsie Roll"--which, for the record, was totally the predecessor to the "Macarena"--slide, baby, slide!
If you pick out any songs we missed in the list above, please shout out in the Comments.
And yes, the department of dated catch phrases called; they want Dennis Hopper's line back.
xoxox
Danny
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posted by Danny&Nina @ 9/14/2006 10:15:00 PM
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I'm going to be DJing here in Miami this coming Friday at Revolver, but it almost seems wrong to sneak this into a set. We'll see though, you never know. It almost feels plagiaristic to drop that in to a mix, but perhaps a sea of moving bodies would be enough to make me feel otherwise.
Danny
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