lion's den

11th Dimension

lionsden6508 — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:27:08 +0000

I love Julian. I preordered the box set off of AinR, no one can tell me that’s wrong.

This had to have been hard for him to make.

Martini Ranch

lionsden6508 — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 08:43:02 +0000

something new

lionsden6508 — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:19:33 +0000

There is a lot I don’t know about music, I think it’s sort of like how the Renaissance man died out, there’s too much for anyone to know all of it. But since I’m still unemployed for a while I decided to start looking. I’m basically feeling around blind in the dark because most of what I listen to now only links to so much from the past and there’s only so much older music that’s considered prolific enough for anyone to need to know about. So trying to discover new old genres isn’t very easy and I’m taking a bizarre approach and rummaging through lp’s on ebay.
Here’s today’s find:

From what I’ve gathered this is 1977 but I can’t see for sure. I can’t really get over how poorly this guy fits into his own video. I’ve been listening mostly to danceable music for a while. I have this theory that throughout history when there’s been drastic changes in the nation’s economy there’s an upsurge of new dance music (this goes for the UK too, beyond that I’m just now looking into US 70s so it will be a while before I can tell you about the music during the fall of the Soviet Union or anything).
I have a feeling that before this upcoming week’s Ladytron, Presets and Crystal Castles shows I’m going to be subjecting my friends to a lot of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mA7HI_aif0&feature=related

MSTRKRFT!!

lionsden6508 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 03:25:35 +0000

Aaargh.

Mstrkrft, Felix Cartal, and some dj’s who were bad but no one noticed and whose names I cannot find. Firstly, I’ve had a rough little while and dancing for five hours straight to complete geniuses was a perfect remedy. It also did not hurt that Jesse (love love love. Why can’t I find a nice mustachoed musician of my very own?) kept pointing at me and making ‘I’m watching you gestures’, then said “oh there’s so many pretty girls in the audience and pointed me out again. I’m not narcissistic, I’m a poor girl gloating over a fresh muffin.

Sidetracked by vanity. Sorry. I really wish I could find these names, the first dj was fine, the second was bad. Really bad. And kind of annoying. But no one notices! I could have done better with some beat matching software. And he had turntables but hardly used them. And he played a ‘remix’ of Beck’s “Sex Lies,” but it wasn’t a remix at all, he was just playing Sex Lies. Don’t get me wrong, Beck’s great, but really? try doing something interesting. And it wasn’t near loud enough. Poor, brilliant, dazzling, wonderful Felix comes on and turns it up to the proper volume and everyone’s holding their ears. “Yeah, they’re bad but as long as there’s lights flashing and some sort of repetitive beat in the background no one cares.” I don’t see why no one can seem to differentiate between a bad DJ and a good DJ. Felix is brilliant, this is something I was unfortunately unaware of before tonight. Very aggressive Sebastianesque feel. I know everyone but me is familiar with him but he’s apparently vastly underappreciated. I didn’t think Mstrkrft could possibly top that but then of course they did. It’s a shame their emotion can’t translate to their recorded releases. That stuff’s all kind of light and bouncy but they are HEAVY and grinding and devastating and perfect live (partially my first time jitters, I guess). Also closed with a delightful remix of Bohemian Rhapsody, an absolutely monstrous way to squeeze the last jumps out of our poor overdanced feet.

It was interesting to see this kind of thing in a large, historic, big brand venue. It was very encouraging to see their crowd treat them with the enthusiasm and relentless dancing that they deserved. Mostly a younger crowd (16-17s), which is really great because I feel all hope for fun shows lies in them now. We (20-23 somethings) were always pretentious assoles that would rather sit back and look cool and sip their PBR than dance like we’re supposed to. This is much better than Chicago though, good riddance. Perfect perfect show, I think I pulled a muscle in my thigh. Interesting that I could never run less than a 15 minute mile in high school gym but I can dance, bouncing up and down for five straight hours. Love.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJtygNGfoQo

man made the electric light to take us out of the dark

lionsden6508 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:59:02 +0000

James Brown passed away the same year, Pavarotti a year later.

I would also like to point out that Aronofsky made Pi before he could legally drink. Upon exiting the theatre for the Wrestler I promptly excused myself to the restroom and vomited. It was like being punched in the stomach repeatedly, knowing you deserve it.

I’ll always seem outdated.