Let’s first start by saying that not everyone loves Rufus Wainwright. I know, I know your brow just furled up in an “EVERYbody likes Rufus!” sorta way, but for “every body” that loves Rufus; there is an equal amount of haters on the other end of the spectrum. He is easily one of the more polarizing artist actively performing today. But in my opinion any artist worth the ticket price needs to be able to invoke an intense emotional reaction through their work that tugs at both ends of the rope. If not, we’d end up with a world overrun with Muzak and Everybody Loves Raymond reruns.
Today we bring you a track from Rufus that may (or may not) bring the two opposing, Pro/Con Rufus worlds to their knees and lovingly create singularity in this crazy world. I know it’s a long shot, but I’m a faithful person.
This ones been floating around for a little bit, but today EVB nails it down long enough to give everyone chance to listen. This is “Tiergarten” remixed by super duo Supermayer (respectively Superpitcher and Michael Mayer). Enjoy!
Since everyone and their mother love the living shit out of Animal Collective, I’ve concocted a plan of sorts that would need everyone and their mother in order for said plan to produce positive results (even if you don’t get along with mummy, swallow your pride, make amends and come join the rest of the group).
If you had the pleasure of catching them during their 2007 tour, you no doubt heard a little ditty now know as “Bearhug” ( it was originally titled “Walk Around You” but that’s neither here nor there). It was probably the part of the concert where you thought someone had slipped some minimal techno record in the mix and forgot to take it off during their vocal freak-out. Hell, you might have been too drugged up to remember, but trust me, that is exactly what it sounded like.
And though this concoction of sound sources may seem odd on paper, “Bearhug” totally works when materialized. The only problem with the song, is that it’s not available for release in proper record form.
So, this is where you all come into the mix.
If you see Animal in public, visit their myspace page or employ whatever weird stalker tactics you’ve developed in college to find them, just do us all a huge favor and bug the crap out of them to release “Bearhug” properly.
So, I wake up this morning and peer into my little “news box” (which is essentially an RSS feed, but I prefer to call it a “news box” because it sounds more appealing to me this Wednesday morning. Whatevs.) and read some nonsensical bullyshit about a mural in the ever popular (but rather style-deficient) Abercrombie & Fitch being yanked down in one of their Virginia Beach store locations by local police. The mural is a picture of some shirtless boys running in a field, and one of them is pulling his strategically ill-fitted jeans up to meet his waist. Pretty standard for A&F.
So, you wanna know the really mind-melting, future-ruining, pornographic element that caused a moral breakdown for one Virginia Beach police officer? OMG, you are soooo not ready for how sick and filthy this is, are you? It’s really bad, you sure you wanna read on?
Ok, here you go . . .
Dude is showing ass crack.
Actually . . . fuck I dunno, a 1/8 inch of ass crack.
YEP! That’s the depraved image that turned this police officer into a witch-hunting lunatic on a mission to wipe out the indecency of this mural (pictured above) in a beach town famous for drug trafficking and frat boy date-rapists. Nice to see our tax dollars hard at work.
Heres what USA Today had to say: “One depicts three shirtless young men from the back, walking through a field. The man in the lead appears to be about to pull up his jeans, which have slipped down enough to reveal his upper buttocks.” The other image features a topless woman whose “breast is displayed with her hand covering just the nipple portion,” Virginia Beach police spokesman Adam Bernstein tells the paper. Earlier in the week, Bernstein says an officer asked the manager to take down the photos. “We strive for voluntary compliance, but when they weren’t taken down we had to issue a summons,” he tells the Newport News Daily Press. “This is steps [sic] our city takes, because we have a reputation of being a very family-friendly city.” The Associated Press says it couldn’t reach the company. The manager faces up to a year in jail if convicted of violating the city code that makes it a misdemeanor to display “obscene materials in a business that is open to juveniles.”
Now, we all know the manager isn’t going to serve time, but c’mon, “obscene materials in a business that is open to juveniles”? Puh-lease! You wanna know what has “obscene materials in a business that is open to juveniles”? Google.
Remember mix tapes? Remember those? How great was it putting together a bunch of weirdo songs on a tape for you’re crush that said, “See, I told you I’m not just cute. I’m kinda smart too.” (Sigh)? If you’re too young to remember, then you’ll just have to take my word for it. They ruled. Well, sad to say, those days are long gone. But through some divine miracle, Parisian uber-duo Justice has attempted to make one. But unfortunately, it was for an unappreciative lover. That “lover” in this case is legendary London club Fabric.
The story goes, Fabric had asked the Ed Banger main boys to eh, “bang” out a mix for Fabrics’ on going mix CD series. Justice did what they wanted, took the freedom that should be allotted to all musicians and made a wonderful mix of songs that challenged any preconceived idea of what makes a dance mix dance-y. Well, Fabric didn’t like it. In fact, they disliked it so much that it became the first Fabric mix that was rejected by the club.
What happened? Was it too “mix tape-y” for them. Too campy? Too gay? I’ll leave those theoretical squabbles for you to mull on while I’m enjoying this great rejected mix of theirs. When you come up for air, you should make your day a little brighter and listen.
Enjoy!
Sparks – Tryouts For The Human Race – Virgin Rondo Veneziano – La Serenissima - Universal Goblin – Tenebrae - Cinevox Daft Punk – Ouverture - Virgin Surkin – Next Of Kin – Institubes Symbolone – Love Juice - SymbolOne Korgis – Everybodys Gotta Learn Sometimes – Angel Air Midnight Juggernauts – Ending Of An Era – Mindight Juggernauts The Paradise Ft Romauld – In Love With You – Vulture Justice – TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY (Acapella) – Ed Banger Chic – Everybody Dance – Atlantic Frankie Valli – Who Loves You – Warners Das Pop – Underground – Das Pop Julien Clerc – Quand Je Joue – EMI Daniel Balavoine – Vivre Ou Survivre – Barclay Richard Sanderson – Reality - Barclay Zoot Woman – Grey Day – Wall Of Sound Fucking Champs – Thor Is Like Immortal – Drag City The Rave – Mother – The Rave Fancy – You Never Know - Fancy Frank Stallone – Far From Over - Universal Sheila – Misery – Warners Todd Rundgren – International Feel - Warners
GRAB OUR FEED
Let’s first start by saying that not everyone loves Rufus Wainwright. I know, I know your brow just furled up in an “EVERYbody likes Rufus!” sorta way, but for “every body” that loves Rufus; there is an equal amount of haters on the other end of the spectrum. He is easily one of the more polarizing artist actively performing today. But in my opinion any artist worth the ticket price needs to be able to invoke an intense emotional reaction through their work that tugs at both ends of the rope. If not, we’d end up with a world overrun with Muzak and Everybody Loves Raymond reruns.
Since everyone and their mother love the living shit out of Animal Collective, I’ve concocted a plan of sorts that would need everyone and their mother in order for said plan to produce positive results (even if you don’t get along with mummy, swallow your pride, make amends and come join the rest of the group).
Remember mix tapes? Remember those? How great was it putting together a bunch of weirdo songs on a tape for you’re crush that said, “See, I told you I’m not just cute. I’m kinda smart too.” (Sigh)? If you’re too young to remember, then you’ll just have to take my word for it. They ruled. Well, sad to say, those days are long gone. But through some divine miracle, Parisian uber-duo Justice has attempted to make one. But unfortunately, it was for an unappreciative lover. That “lover” in this case is legendary London club Fabric.