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Thursday, October 27, 2005

Note Jotting

Some people just don't learn. Despite the lipsyncing debacle and generally crappy songs, Ashlee Simpson has once again risen to the top of that steaming hot pile of crap known at the Billboard Charts. Buried in the roughage is Depeche Mode's Playing the Angel, who debuted at a respectable #7 (and, according to today's LA Times, the cd is the second biggest seller in Southern California). I wonder if Ms. Simpson will be able to accomplish that twenty years from now.
Speaking of learning, I'll be honest with you, I didn't know that Happy Monday's dance jam "Step On" was actually a cover until I heard Steve Jones play the original John Kongos version last night. Apparently, the members of Tsar didn't realize that either, but when they mentioned this to Jones, he seemed to not realize that there was another version of "Step On." Or, maybe he was just being, well, Steve Jones.
Fr/Action, the side project of David Friede from Ganymede, is holding a remixing contest. Break out your copies of Logic or whatever it is the kids use these days and get cracking. All of the info, including the isolated vocals, can be found here.
For those of living in and around Orange County, check out Infrared tonight at Bravo Nightclub in Anaheim. In the front room, DJs will be spinning industrial, electro, goth and synthpop. Upstairs, my old DJ buddy Gerber is playing the darkest in 1980s music. I dare you to go up and ask him for some "love songs from the KOST."
I really enjoyed reading this article on twee pop in Pitchfork. Perhaps you will too, especially if your name is Estelle and you read it all the way through and you start thinking of, say, 1997 at a college on a bluff when you played Belle and Sebastian so often it drove me crazy until you converted me and I became a huge B&S fan as well. Oh, and there are also many names that will make you say, "Shit, I totally forgot about that."
If anyone out there is like me and actually has to cancel out on social events or try to rearrange schedules due to the lack of coins in a sofa necessary to fill up a tank these days, read this and prepare to scream.

Comments:

I just checked my single for "Step On" (on the Factory label, at that) and saw that it is a Kongos song. I then remembered I noticed that a while ago.

# posted by Balthazar Monsoon : 11:24 PM

Thursday, October 27, 2005

Note Jotting

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