March 2004

March 31, 2004

“Look, I love the avant-garde more than anyone, but in these lousy times, we need to blast people off their asses.” –Tom Smith (To Live and Shave in LA) to Peter Rehberg (Pita) at the No Fun Fest (with Tony Conrad skulking about close behind)

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eternal sunshine of the neuroscientific mind.

March 29, 2004

Finally saw Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a movie I’d wanted to see since it came out. It was a touch gimmicky, cringeworthy in places, and a bit too frustratingly transparent when it should have been cunningly oblique (you could almost feel the movie tapping you and whispering “haha do you see DO YOU [...]

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birth pains of the machine age.

March 27, 2004

Woke up early this morning and started reading up on Le Corbusier (I own one of the only existing “Le Corbusier concrete lollipops,” which is shattered in pieces on my bedside table) in an effort to better understand a chapter of a book I’m reading, which argues for the irrationality of modernism. “…Le Corbusier argued [...]

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siblock.

March 26, 2004

Went out for dinner with my little bro tonight (where he explained, among other things, the “most hardcore way to play beer pong.”) Now he’s lying on my couch listening to Phill Niblock! “Dude, I can totally fall asleep this shit. This sucks. How come it’s not changing?” “No, it’s changing! It’s just changing VERY [...]

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duty now for the future

March 25, 2004

Best Craigslist job posting ever: Devo look alike/synth guru Needed: 80′s Devo-esque synth geeks with moog/theremin/casio to perform at a high tech high style event. 2/3 hours, you make ethereal, futuristic background music. silver jumpsuit a plus. respond asap.

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two more pieces.

March 23, 2004

Two pieces by me in the Village Voice this week: The Sound of the City: Cologne Microhousers Triumph Over London Mishmashers My er, totally ecstatic review of one of the best nights out I’ve ever had privilege to experience. Sorry Simon but Kompakt kicked Rephlex’s ass eight ways to Sunday! Don’t deny it; just give [...]

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March 23, 2004

And give it up for Sasha, who got the words “booty call” into The New Yorker this week.

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slow jam.

March 23, 2004

Funny discussion of ‘slow jamz’ and ‘anti-slow-jamz’ over at Blissblog, but can I just say that I’m incredibly irritated that it’s all dudes chiming in about how to get girls “in the mood”? Um, totally lame! Where are the girls who play music while making out with guys (OR with other girls), AND who maintain [...]

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no fun day 3.

March 22, 2004

Lots of good noise was on tap tonight but I’m exhausted and I still have an article to finish so I’ll just tell you about…Wolf Eyes! Sounded like a goddamn helicopter landing when they started their shtick on stage. Totally HEAVY. “They’re so fucking metal!!” I exclaimed to the person standing next to me, who [...]

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no fun 2.

March 21, 2004

No Fun Day 2: much, much better than Day 1. Some notes: -Kim Gordon/Ikue Mori/Jim O’Rourke much better than I expected. Nice to see some women up on stage even if they are the usual suspects. Kim’s guitar work was a lot better than I remembered it being, O’Rourke grounding the flights of fancy with [...]

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