words by Pat Longstreth, photos by Dakota
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Let's be honest: you clicked on this link to see if there are any naked pictures. So scroll down, soak it in, and then come back up here for the words. Go ahead. I'll wait.
Alright, thanks for coming back. I know, I know, sorry there were no naked pictures. The thing about a college show is that all these people have to see each other again on a regular basis, so getting stupid can get you a reputation around the dorm. Also, it was at 8pm and there was no alcohol, save the pint of Johnnie Walker Black Label in my front pocket.
I realize there are some pretty big GT, aka Gregg Gillis, haters out there(and I'm sure we will be reading their comments below). This was my second GT show, and I have now reached a point of indifference. He is a wizard in Protools or Reason or Acid or whatever program he uses. Okay, so he doesn't actually "perform". Big god-damn deal. Neither do Ashley Simpson or Britney Spears. What you cannot deny is that, for some reason, the kids go ape shit for him. A crowd attracts a crowd and people will use any excuse to dress silly and dance like a fool (see Mardi Gras, Halloween, and Lake Havasu). Hate all you want, but if anyone could do it, well, then everyone would be doing it.
A mass of AU students were anxiously waiting outside the venue. On this warm Saturday night I could see bare arms and legs for the first time in 6 months. Attire ranged from downright serious to drop dead silly. After they let everyone in, security guards kept the crowd from the inevitable stage rush. Leaf blowers with attachments for TP rolls rested at both sides of the stage. I was standing there with my VIP pass, pretending to know something everyone else didn't.
The star of the show came out, thanked AU, and went straight into the set. The crowd rushed the stage immediately. The excitement was palpable for a moment, but it was only about 5 minutes into the show when I realized I had fallen out of love with Mr. Gillis. This is a re-run. I know what comes next. If I were at home I would change the channel.
Then, before my doubt had time to crystalize, I was saved by what can only be described as the most perfect female form I have ever come in direct contact with. To my consternation, she was intentionally bumping her backside against mine... I reciprocated. I love you Gregg! Keep the hits coming. Damn, how long can I keep this up? Come on Girl Talk. Just stick to the routine. No tricky stuff.
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While I was plotting my next bold, but not-too-sketchy advancement with perfect girl, the humans surrounding Gregg and his magical Saran-wrapped laptop began reaching maximum density. I'm not exactly sure what everyone was trying see. Windows Media Player? I-tunes? A really clever screen saver? From what I could tell, the optimal spot for viewing the show was actually inside the laptop staring back at the gleaming whites of Gregg's eyes.
Temperature and humidity began approaching uncomfortable levels. My VIP pass was hitting me in the face. If I was going to get anywhere with this girl I was going to have to say something to her. Potential lines included: "shorts were a good idea", "its getting sweaty up here", and "what's your major?". Deciding on the shorts approach, I turned around (dramatic pause)... shocked to find that the object of my desire had been seamlessly replaced with, no lie, a 6 foot man in a full banana costume.
It was time to get off the stage and go work the crowd a little. I found some friends and started dancing in a much more oxygenated space. The TP started blasting. Girlish screeching ensued. I patented such moves as "Above the Head Swirl" and "Air Guitar Windmill". The TP served the dual purpose of drying the sweat from the back of my soaking head. Near the end of the show I had to keep my arms below shoulder level because I realized the hamburger helper smell was actually coming from my own stanky pits.
As Gregg crowd surfed to "Tiny Dancer" mashed with some Weezy song, I began to get a little sentimental. I started to think maybe there was a statement hidden in this mess. We are all children of late 20th century pop culture. Black, white... democrat, republican... nerdy, sexy... we were all there, sharing the moment of top 40 reflection and expression.
Then I saw perfect girl grinding on banana man. Screw you Gregg! How could you let this happen? I need a beer for god's sake. Whatever happened to the sacred marriage between alcohol and college? Screw dry campuses. Screw hot 20 year olds in cut-off shorts and high tops. And screw Gregg Gillis's skinny hairy glistening naked torso. Play your songs in a different order for once!
After the show, I ended up losing in beer pong while wearing women's anti-perspirant. Turns out there's some rule about blocking and bouncing.
Oh Girl Talk... you make me feel old.
Previously in Live DC:
- 2/9: LiveDC: Theophilus London @ 930 Club
- 2/9: Best Weekend Bets
- 2/8: LiveDC: Kathleen Edwards @ 930 Club
- 2/8: LiveDC: Thurston Moore/ Kurt Vile @ Black Cat
- 2/8: LiveDC: Thurston Moore/ Kurt Vile @ Black Cat
- 2/7: LiveDC: Demetri Martin @ Warner Theatre
- 2/7: LiveDC: Augustana/ Graffiti6 @ 930 Club
- 2/6: LiveDC: All Things Go Presents: Reptar/ Casual Curious/ Fort Lean @ Gibson Guitar Showroom
- 2/6: LiveDC: TYCHO/ Beacon @ RNR Hotel
- 2/6: LiveDC: The Kills / Jeff The Brotherhood @ 9:30 Club
God loves a cheerful giver.
That girl on the left in the last picture wants to fuck that pale hairy guy because he can upload songs on a laptop. The future of America!
This: "This is a re-run. I know what comes next." Is how I felt at his very first show on the backstage of the Cat. It took me 2 minutes.
But this: " I’m not exactly sure what everyone was trying see. Windows Media Player? I-tunes? A really clever screen saver?" is hilarious. I've wondered that as well.
the future is bright. the future is neon.
I find it downright absurd that of all acts in the nation, people go the most crazy for someone standing in front of a laptop occasionally pushing buttons. What's going on?
I assume people still have the desire to rock out, but perhaps rock and roll isn't cool to rock out at anymore... too 1990's? Girl Talk... it's futuristic... it's cell phones, i-pods, laptops... but it's damn far from original... it's literally just recycled music. He's not a musician and barely an artist.
It's wonderful to see people getting really excited at a show. They do so at Dan Deacon shows as well. Both artists have the common thread of hardly performing and mostly just pressing play. People need to reject this shit. It's just a trend. Get back to some live music and let loose with music that's actually connected to the here and now that's new and live!
Haaa, great review Pat, great pics Dakota. That room looks amazing. I love how with each iteration of BYT Girl Talk coverage you can see the evolution of protective measures Greg takes in preventing technical malfunction.
Michael, your Girl Talk hate has just become this pathetic crotchety old man routine. It's time to move on. It wasn't better "back in your day", you yourself were just younger and happier, like these people.
Cale - was too.
WHOA!
New-fangled noise-making electronic machines! Look out! The "true" artist, the being who makes sounds by plucking strings or banging wood carven sticks is being forsaken by those young rambunctious youths who know no better and need to learn how to respect their skilled and worthy elders! I'M WISE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE AND LOVE AN OLD AND ESTABLISHED WAY OF CELEBRATING SOUND AND AM THEREFORE MORE AUTHENTIC AND MY GRAVE POINT OF VIEW SHOULD BE RESPECTED!
Remember fun?
Eat a dick.
Seguro. This is a fucking trend alright. Another stupid trend as to stupefy even further the already brain-not-alive masses.
P.S. Cale - I merely agreed with the reviewer. You can tell I did that because of the quotation marks around the words I took from his article.
Smooches.
Does calling something a trend make you feel better that you're not a part of/having fun in it? Do these pictures make you that jealous?
Jesus Christ.
The dude is a traveling party man who, through a pastiche of enjoyable and crafty beat-matching makes people dance to songs they know and like hearing in a new way. Has he ever claimed to be anything other?
Why do I care enough to comment? Dunno.
God, I wish Aaron and I were both gay so we could be boyfriends.
This is a great review here's why:
a. examination of why people go nuts for the guy
b. acknowledgment that the shit is fun as hell
c. that feeling of ennui that sets in when you're dancing sober
d. "Screw hot 20 year olds in cut-off shorts and high tops. " YES PLEASE
Off to eat a dick!
Electronic music is great. I'm a huge fan of people exploring the possibilities of new technology to make NEW sounds...
People can have a lot of fun at a Girl Talk show... no problem, it's fun to hear Brittany mashed with Weezy... what a great novelty! But, Girl Talk should not be regarded as an artist or anything to really revere. He's a fun night out at the club... not something with any meaning to it... not a real scene... not a movement by any means.
These latter things can only come when someone is making new music that is relates to our times that ultimately has some meaning and worth beyond getting a girl to give you a dance floor lap dance.
By the way... another stupid trend is everyone posting pictures of other people on the internet (no offense BYT). Look at me! My pictures on the internet! Everyone sees me and I'm so cool!
This phenomenon creates an image obsessed culture.
@ Jeremy
"It’s wonderful to see people getting really excited at a show. They do so at Dan Deacon shows as well. Both artists have the common thread of hardly performing and mostly just pressing play."
Here's a couple of photo of Dan Deacon's Setup:
1. http://www.brightestyoungthings.com/photos/photo/1872846280/IMG5572JPG.html
2.
A close examination of these pics reveals rackmounted effects units, pedals and *GASP* a keyboard. Dan Deacon uses CD players and Ipods to load the basic tracks, and then manipulates keyboards and samplers over this. There's a lot more to this than just pressing "play."
Your mystery girl is my roommate.
@Jeremy Yes, it's the posting of pictures on the Internet that is responsible for an imaged obsessed culture.
@ Patrick
I admit that it is incorrect to simply lump Dan Deacon and Girl Talk into one category. Dan Deacon certainly does pass the test of being an artist and a musician (whether live or not).
The comparison was simply that a) both Girl Talk and DD seem to currently draw the most energy from a crowd out of any other acts on the "scene" today and b) neither could be characterized as really live musicians.
As for Dan Deacon's set up... from what I can see from videos posted on-line... the whole rig is mostly for show. Once he presses play on that I-Pod shuffle, most of what we know as a Dan Deacon song (other than his vocals) is heard. The little tweaks and knob turns on that colorful set up of his hardly do anything... they are comparable to a DJ who uses a little digital pad with his turntables in order to change a cutoff filter... hardly counts as a live performance.
Compare Dan Deacon's performance of crystal cat at pitchfork fest 07(easy to download) with a Kraftwerk performance. I know Kraftwerk sounds absurdly dated (I'm only in my 20's though) but they really have something to show current electronic artists. They played EVERYTHING live... they even used little homemade midi linked drum pads with little sticks for the drumbeats... yet they were totally electronic... a far cry from pressing an IPOD and having mostly everything come on and then pressing a little button here or there on a totally unnecessary overblown live rig in order to create the illusion that you are actually doing something live ala Dan Deacon (I've been there as an electronic artist and it's definitely not a legit live performance by any standard).
Now... I've seen Dan Deacon do some really interesting live work that did involve a full line up of musicians, yet noticeably the crowd wasn't into it.
although this dude is not a 'traditinal' dj (not even sure what a 'traditional' DJ is anymore) you can't deny he gets a party going. his style reminds me of Bad Boy Bill and Richard Humpty Vision of a decade ago. The 30 second mixes and sudden drops are too quick for me to really get into, but as a dj i appreciate his ability to mash unexpected shit up and make it work. Live remixing is fun for the whole family.
DJ culture is changing and you can either hop on board or keep talking like a grandpa.
(a note from the author)
I just want to clarify that I am not the "Patrick" who made the comment above. I shall hertofore be refered to as "Pat".
Sarah, is your roommate the hottest person you've ever seen? Because otherwise I don't think it is her.
First of all, again, great name.
Second, this review was so funny I almost choked on my Chop't. Fine work.
Third, Dakota's photography skills are fucking MAJOR.
A sea of Patricks!
I played a show with GT once. Here are some observations from my experience:
1. these kids just want an excuse to party.
2. they are largely comprised of suburban white kids with nothing better to do
3. this guy mashes hoodish street anthems with familiar comfortable hits from the likes of weezer and the aforementioned elton john - he creates an accessible party these kids relate to.
4. the kids might not be drinking, but there are plenty of pills stolen from parents medicine cabinets in that audience, trust me.
5. this is just rave 2.0.
6. These are the same kids that brought the world sexting.
7. GT tours in a toyota camary with his stage manager, a bag of clothes,and 4 laptops - and makes something like 15K a show. your day job sucks.
Cale, you'll be the first to know when I go gay.
Jeremy, I don't understand your criterion/reverence of playing something "live" as a determination for being an artist or a musician. This is perhaps a much more in depth discussion than a few lines such as "eat a dick" on BYT will inspire, but I'm just curious: why is your perspective such?
And not to place exaggerated reverence on his conservatory/graduate study credentials, but this man (Dan Deacon) has a way with minimalism (ala Glass/Cage/Reich) married to electro-clash/pop/ecstasy extravaganza that is engaging, appealing, and altogether musically rapturous.
Get on his level. I don't really think he'd care if you called him a musician. Hell, what a boring term anyway. I want to create sounds in a musical way that blow people's minds apart and I'd hate if someone called me a musician. That reminds me of a session-drummer in a Steely Dan recording. Which is ALSO AWESOME BUT ENTIRELY DIFFERENT IN IT'S DESIRED ENDS!
1. Wixted - how's the Chop't and reggae combo?
2. I hate that I have to type my info in every time I want to comment.
3. This post was effing hilarious. So true in so many ways, but to Patrick's point - if anyone could do it, then they would. Don't hate because you can't live mix 4 songs on top of each other and cause people to go bananas and attempt to hang off rafters with your Serato.
No, no. It's just another trend in image obsessed culture, I'm tellin ya. I failed to see true innovation. This is a shallow fad. Excitement of the crowd signifies but nothing for theyy are sheeple and no more.
the dude in the banana suit is a huge asseater
MISSED CONNECTIONS WIN
Ummmm... young, hot sheeple.
To Aaron:
I believe you slightly misunderstood me. I agree, that a musician/artist does not need to play something live to be considered as such. I definitely think Dan Deacon is an original artist. I'm not necessarily the biggest fan (though I like some of it), but nonetheless he makes original music and it is often engaging.
Girl Talk, however, as someone mentioned, is more like a next-level rave DJ. Cool... but certainly not a musician.
I guess the heart of what is bugging me here is not necessarily Girl Talk or Dan Deacon or that people are going so "crazy" for their shows, it's that people are in general downright dead at other shows. Going crazy at a Girl Talk "show" or a Dan Deacon "show" is like getting loose at a Rave. Fine... but for whatever reason these aren't really considered part of the rave scene. Instead, they are our hip new artists, sort of taking the place of where a band like Pavement may have stood so many years ago.
Basically... I just want the energy of the crowd at these shows to be present at a show with truly live music where the musician can really engage with the audience musically and something new and special and exhibited for one night only can be created and remembered. Not something that can be played back on an I-POD night after night.
Perhaps the problem is not with these artists or the kids going crazy, but a lack of innovation in the rock scene. What GT and DD got going is that they embrace electronics and that's new. Maybe rock needs to embrace electronics more to get people into it again. Or maybe rock is just plain dead...like jazz or something.
To Dave:
I assume your remark about internet picture posting was sarcastic, so let me explain my argument further.
Our culture of myspace and facebook, etc... has created a world where we market ourselves. Our myspace page is like an advertisement and our pictures are like ad photo shoots.
We're selling ourselves. Advertisers pick up on this. They see what we think is cool (kefiyehs, fixed gear bikes, whatever...) then they sell it back to us and the pictures posted on-line create a loop causing more people to buy into the trends.
It's a corporations ultimate dream. Instead of having ads where the models are supposed to look like ordinary people, they have ordinary people modeling what's being sold to them causing more sales.
I agree that picture posting on-line is not the REASON for our image obsessed culture, but it does substantially reinforce it.
so, solution?
But Becca, complaining without any constructive solution providing IS SO MUCH MORE SATISFYING.
Ugh I can't believe I just read that whole thread!
I don't know where to put this so I will put it here:
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Man Pavement shows used to be insane raucous. Circle pits, wall of death, elbows flying everywhere...shit, one time my green sweater got caught on some betty boop lookalikes cat's eyesglasses and i nearly lost an tooth.
wat.
A solution... well.. I agree svetlana, there's no use in complaining without a solution. But you must start with where you see a problem. Maybe I can begin some initial thoughts and then as a community we can chart out a new course:
1) Bands need to immediately exit myspace. Myspace is primarily an advertising tool. Just imagine legendary artists on myspace. Jimi Hendrix on myspace? It's a bad joke. For a number of reasons it denigrates artists, makes them seem trivial.
2) There needs to be an active push to disregard previous generations of music. King Khan and the Shrines, for example, just 60's soul music dressed up in a fat Indian with a cape. A novelty, a rehash, nothing new. And maybe you don't even need something new, but if something BLATANTLY sounds like it's from the 50's (Eli Paperboy Reed for example), 60's, 70's, 80's (the whole stupid electro-pop revival), etc... it should be avoided and thought out again. It is possible still to make new sounding music. Dan Deacon actually fits that bill.
3) An embrace of emerging electronic technology for making music could create a world of new sounds and possibilities. Dan Deacon does this and it is part of his appeal, but it could be taken to a new level by incorporating electronics into live music. Deacon's song, crystal cat, could be played entirely live. If he wants that electronic drum sound, he could buy an electronic drum set. Everything else is keyboards, which could be played live, and his vocals. A truly live version of crystal cat could alter with each performance matching the energy from the crowd. That's the point of a live performance, otherwise, just get the CD and play it with a bunch of friends. Who would bootleg a performance of Dan Deacon today? It would sound like the recording of the CD got messed up in a download. TV on the Radio realized that early on. Their first records were primarily electronic, but very soon they put together a live band to play the music so that their live shows would be just that... live. It's live music where new energy is really created.
4) Talk to each other in person ( I understand the irony of this right now). When we go out to a club, in general there is very little mingling going on. It's as if each group is there by themselves just standing with a bunch of separate isolated groups. If REAL community developed (and the internet could potentially aid in some ways) but if real communities, not facebook communities, developed again, then people could actually feed off of one another's energy and a new exciting culture could form. Unfortunately, all our personal devices in general aid in distancing ourselves from one another and keeping us in relative isolation with only superficial contacts.
Look... if you look at every decade post-WW2, you will see that a new and defining rebellious youth culture/s emerged. We have not had that in the 2000s. How could you possibly define our generation other than by the devices we carry around. There is no way to dress like a 2000s person, there is no musical sound, there is pretty much nothing. Perhaps we're on the verge of leaving these cultural doldrums. Partly to blame is 9/11 because I think people were afraid to rebel because they were just plain afraid. It's time to rebel against fear and in the process rebel against conformity.
These are some thoughts off the top of my head, perhaps they would be part of a solution.
Does anyone know the name of that girl who was next to Greg the whole time? She's the blonde with the bandana in all the photos. If anyone has her contact info, or if she is looking at this, e-mail me at girltalkmusic@gmail.com. Put ATTN: SAM in title.
I'm Sam, GT's manager, and we want to get in touch with her about some promotional work...
Get at me if you know her.
Jeremy: "Basically… I just want the energy of the crowd at these shows to be present at a show with truly live music where the musician can really engage with the audience musically and something new and special and exhibited for one night only can be created and remembered. Not something that can be played back on an I-POD night after night"
The kids haven't been told they can do that. Seriously. Go to any dance party. ANY of them. People stand around until someone makes a move on the floor, then the sheeple follow. They've been told that they can act the fool at the GT shows, so they do - they don't need those first few to get out and dance. Look at Jay Reatard - people were told to heckle him, so they do.
They've been told GT is the shit and he throws a party. He does nothing that anyone else doesn't do (except he really does less, IMO, as he doesn't change his set or do much of anything once his laptop is set up. Any DJ night anywhere could be the same experience as GT as long as someone tells the kids they can go dance.
But first please tell them to stop dancing in fucking circles and making sure they all perform the same moves so they don't look different.
More wishes:
1. Free urban horse-sharing programs to save the environment. Unicorns cost extra.
2. Stock traders communicating through drum-circles on Wall St. Cooperation, not competition... HUMAN NEED NOT CORPORATE GREED.
3. Prohibit playing on a stage--the band sets up on the floor and the audience gets onstage and they alternate sharing their talents rather than "performing" Also everyone in america gets to be the triangle player for the Foo Fighters for 5 minutes.
4. Pornography should be free and you should get to pick who is in it out of everyone who has ever lived. Like, I want to see Andy Kaufman and Khaela Maricich doing it, or Marie Antoinette and Joe Louis. 700 Billion in bailouts and we can't make this happen? Where are our priorities? Jesus Christ.
5. Dungeons and Dragons Bars
Come on Barack Obama where are your highfalutin promises now?????
god I wish I lived in this golden age that apparently existed at every moment prior to this one.
Jeremy, your argument is essentially: image is everything. I agree in a more nuanced sort of way, but we differ in that you think that's bad. I don't. I think it's part of creating and relating.
Also, rebellion, or the perception of a rebellious youth is a commodity dude! There is no counter-culture any longer because any "alternative" has long been commodified. This has been happening throughout the history of popular music/culture. If something is "cool," hence, "marketable," you are darned sure to see it being sold or promoted for the masses.
And what's wrong with that? I feel like people are frustrated that they no longer can hold the key to the exclusivity box. The internet and every form of mass communication has eliminated the privilege of access to knowledge. Knowing and name-dropping that niche sub-genre late 60's returning G.I. psychadelic 4-piece no longer permits you to act like the cool kid at the party. Guess what? Everyone knows about them now and that's a great thing as more access to more music or knowledge or information or science or ideas or religion or culture or language is probably a good thing for everyone. It's always been a matter of what you do with that information that can come with the subjective judgment of your peers.
Girl Talk is therefore to be judged by his relative disinterest in creating a pretense/obstacle between music and enjoyer. It's a fucking celebration in a culture that knows no distinction between culture, media, self and other. Your judgment of this phenomena places you in an antiquated position, yearning for the days of old with the naivete of youth.
@Pedro: "5. Dungeons and Dragons Bars"
Write up the business plan because we're gonna make some money
@Jeremy: You are the worst
@Becca: Yeah, I know, right?
I think the emphasis should be on reading subversive literature rather than dancing. That will make kids more rebellious, more independent-minded, less conforming, less sheeple like.
I'm waiting to hear what GT does so much differently than, say Eastman, or any other DJ (sorry, not listing them all, don't take it as a slight).
He doesn't, really, and, as I said, I think he does less.
So why are his shows like they are and other DJ nights not?
The sheeple have been told how to act there.
Becca - it was pretty cool.
Because nothing says sexy dance party like noam chomsky.
Because nothing says "I'm an iconoclast" like using arrogant internet buzzwords like "sheeple."
Dave: my business plan is to just cast *Summon Kneesocks* about 40 times a day and watch the wenches roll in!
To Dave: You're the greatest!
To Aaroneous: Look... we gotta out pace them. Think outside of the box and once they start marketing it back to us... think of something new. Easier said than done, but we need to do it.
To Becca: I'm glad you think our music and art is on par with previous generations, but I clearly differ, sorry.
Michael: the GT shows are like they are because PEOPLE LOVE GIRL TALK. It wouldn't make a difference if he was playing every instrument and doing the vocals himself, as long as the music sounded like a Girl Talk album. It's a pretty simple concept, and I'm not sure what's so difficult to comprehend.
William - I've hear GT. Again: I don't hear anything any radically different from anything any other DJ is doing.
Then again people LOVE those french idiots with the cross.
And Britney Spears.
And the Darkness.
De gustibus non est disputandum.
However I doubt they'll admit to it in 5 years.
sheep people are creepy looking.
We ought to be having this discussion in person. BYT ought to be a community center, a hangout to facilitate this sort of discussion in person. That way there wouldn't be stupid ass cat fights and name calling because in person people have normal inhibitions that prevent that kind of immaturity. So... to the future.
Wm, I am also not convinced they haven't been told to like GT and therefore do like GT, much like any other fleeting thing in our society.
GT has been marketed to the college crowd as college crowd music.
Why don't you start your own website then, Jeremy? Pretentious-people-who-love-the-past.com. Then once more than three people show up you can shut it down before it gets corporatized.
I don't love the past. I love the future. I want to see the future avoid the past. Today we love the past too much and we cling to it bringing it back again and again. Girl Talk is the past played over and over and over again. Aaroneous says I'm antiquated? Girl Talk is the epitome of antiquated.. just literally playing old music and fooling people into thinking it is new. By this logic, we'll never create anything new.
There should be everyone together moving forward avoiding the past as much as possible. 3 people? I want 300 million! 300 million Americans coming into true being here and now away from the past.
Now, my friend David, you have clearly misunderstood me. But, you won't hear from me anymore and I won't hear from you, because I realize that this forum is part of the problem too. Look at this disconnect between us. Look at the mockery you try to hurl at me. In person, we would never act like that. We would act civilized I believe.
So enjoy your pretentious myspace or facebook webpage with your little vain pictures of yourself and all your friends with all the hippest "new" music. I won't be part of it, and I won't be part of this either and believe me you won't find me with a website, because I would like to be part of the real world and you would like to stay in a virtual reality where you can look at yourself over and over again.
Man, I don't give a fuck about being hip. I don't post pictures of myself to anything. All I know is you're complaining so fucking much about other people who are having a good time. Michael I can understand because he's a crotchety old man.
Is not crotchety. Is right. And Awesome. And my dick tastes like candy sprinkles.
It wouldn't be a Girl Talk post without the usual boring crybabies posting, who are mad that he doesn't play electric guitar or use turntables or whatever other dumb ass rule they've made up in their heads.
As stated above, "DJ culture is changing and you can either hop on board or keep talking like a grandpa."
did anyone else appreciate the double dutching asians on the first tour?
"Girl Talk should not be regarded as an artist or anything to really revere."
Is this really a problem? Is there some GT retrospective at the Folger that I'm not aware of? An upcoming Kennedy Center Honors?
Oh yes. There's nioithing like appreciating double dutching Asians on the first floor. Just like wasps, catholics or semites for that matter.
yo omar you're triflin.
Girl Talk plays live with a program called Audiomulch. He triggers every sample by hand. He goes through 200-400 during every show. You can hear the difference between his shows and albums. It's definitely live.
even if you don't like the dude's show (which i don't) you have to give him props for getting people to party hard - and also for getting people to react...... just look at how many posts there are in this thread. he's doing something right.
This is the best thread I've read in a while. Who really gives a fuck. I think the best comment so far has to be about banana suit guy being an asseater!
Second best is candy sprinkles. Thanks for the laughs everyone.
I can't be more in earnest, Lindsey. Now what the fuck did you try to say by your initial insinuating comment?
How about 'Yes is such an ass', Yes? Doesn't it strike you as hilarious?
Yes and Yes is an asseater to boot
If you wanted a girl in cut off shorts and reebok high tops... dancing on the banana man (who's name is mike) then yes, she is the hottest girl I have ever seen.
To Pat.
From Sarah.
well WASPS can't double dutch, DUH.
well it depends on what exactly you meant by double dutch. We need some extra-linguistic context here, DUH.