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From:
Luis-Manuel Garcia
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Date:
Sun, 24 Apr 2005 15:23:03 -0500
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Re: [idm] most embarrasing album
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I have y'all beat: DJ Funk "Booty Bounce" on good ol' analog tape. Mind you, I have no shame, so I suppose that it doesn't qualify as truly embarrassing. work! Luis On Apr 24, 2005, at 1:36 PM, paul symons wrote:
quoted 94 lines 'the best of X-MIX '> 'the best of X-MIX ' > 3 dj mix cds by laurent garnier / richie hawtin & john aquaviva / dave > angel > > i personally think that there is an alternate persona that resides > deep inside me that bought this cd 5 years ago. > i hope it never re-emerges !! > > On 4/24/05, David Mcpherson <generentropy@yahoo.com> wrote: >> I would have to say that the few Flaming Lips ep's >> that I have off of the "Yoshimi Vs. The pink Robots" >> (or whatever that album is called) are pretty >> embarrassing, in that they have this whole sissy thing >> about them, what with the lead singers falcetto voice >> and the indi-rock guitar strumming and kinda >> candyflipping hipster lyrics. Whenever I play that >> stuff I feel sort of dorky. >> >> Add to that list Funkstorung "Disconnected" which a >> good third of falls into the gay sissy vibe catogory, >> and Telephone Tel Aviv's latest effort. Not that I'm >> homophobic or anything, but when the emotional black >> man trying to sound like Bjork starts singing how he >> got his heart broken by a grey haired man in high >> heels, it's a little wierd. Actually some friends of >> mine were trying to describe that album, and the only >> adjectives they could come up with were "gay" for >> certain songs. Which BTW isn't a bad thing. But it's >> totally wierd when you try and fit that music into the >> context of those artists other work, especially >> Funkstorungs' kinda more flexing hardcore DSP bad-ass >> muthafucka hip-hop testosterone macho tracks on that >> album, it's like they either are trying to appeal to >> various "music marketing" demographic niches or have >> some wierd bipolar identity crisis going on. And >> Telephone Tel Aviv went from IDM that people that >> don't like IDM like, to not really IDM that people >> that like IDM think sounds like smooth jazz diva stuff >> that should be played at some stupid yuppie bar or >> some sleek stupid "design elements" kind of store that >> sells slick modular couch ensembles made in italy or >> something. --- Theorema Binario >> <theorema.bin@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> final fantasy owns :) >>> >>> On 4/24/05, Jeff Kiecker <jeffkiecker@earthlink.net> >>> wrote: >>>> I thought this might be an interesting discussion. >>>> >>>> Whats the most embarrasing album in your CD >>> collection, the album you'd rarely admit you own? >>>> >>>> I guess it depends on the people, but for me, it >>> would have to be any of the final fantasy video game >>> soundtracks (i have a few) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Theorema Binario >>> >>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: >>> idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>> idm-help@hyperreal.org >>> >>> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >> >> > > > -- > tragedy is when i cut my finger, comedy is when you walk into an open > sewer and die. > > ' > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org > For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org >
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