2/3 is pretty good in the US. I saw cEvin Key of skinny puppy in Brooklyn DJ and there were 60 people.
On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Greg Earle <ea...@isolar.dyndns.org> wrote: > Some 313 Archive Fun to start off: > > Begin forwarded message: > >> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 08:31:28 -0400 (EDT) >> From: "rob." <theak...@online.emich.edu> >> Subject: Re: (313) a few things.... >> >>> I'd love to come, but 313 is far away from here... Who is this Dale >>> character? >> >> this "dale" character is none other than "big poppa" dale >> lawrence, one of the more up and coming ghettoelectrobootytech >> djs in the detroit area. prior releases include "spank my >> flabby white ass you bad boy", "thats not protein in your SOBE", >> and "shake your body until all your internal organs are damaged". >> >> his next release...."supercalifragilisticexpialabooty" should >> be out this fall.... >> >> ...oh yeah, he also does this "theorem" thing...but im not too >> sure what its all about *shrug*..... >> >> rob > > ;) > > Meanwhile, in 2009 (313) news, Detroit Grand Pubahs blew my brains out last > weekend, and tonight Telefon Tel Aviv did the same. > > The Pubahs were out here for a rare (first time since I saw them in 2001!) > LA appearance. Times have changed and Andy Toth is no longer in tow; Paris' > manager from Holland is the Man Behind The (Old Man) Mask nowadays. > > They had some sound problems (mic missing, owner of the building demanding > the Funktion One rig be turned almost off, etc.) but before an impromptu > essaying of vintage Pubahs material with a jet-lagged and drunk Paris on the > mic, he essentially laptop DJed one of the best sets I've heard in ages. > After having been bored sh-tless the previous weekend by Mnml it was more > than a welcome change. A good time was had by all. > > Tonight Joshua brought his remaining half of Telefon Tel Aviv to town after > a long absence from the left coast. They were amazing. Imagine Depeche > Mode, Death In June, Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark and M83 trapped in an > elevator. Really loud. > > Then I dashed across town to catch John Tejada at Compression, playing to a > 2/3rds full room. This just after he played to a thousand people in Berlin. > No love from the home team, I tell ya ... > > - Greg > > -- kuszyn...@gmail.com www.planerecordings.com New York, NY
