The kids on streetcorners beating on upside down plastic buckets are
all about the go go, just like kids doing moves on the corner are
about hip hop.
Unfortunately, in all fairness, the glory years of go go were 1982-88,
and it just never caught on elsewhere though it had some subtle
influence on
warm, funky, exultant records that were just right for nightclubs and
high-tech launch parties packed with gamines in $300 shoes sloshing
day-glo cocktails
Really, if that isn't taking the piss (as the UK contingent says)
I don't know what is.
Well, it's pretty clear that Michelle Goldberg has
Mark Gage is one of the truly overlooked producers of the last decade.
Everyone knows Gravitational Arch of 10 but my favorite one is
Gettin Into the Swing with vocals by Claudja Barry.
http://www.swimhq.com/artists/gage_discography.html
http://www.vapourspace.com/disco/collaborations.html
I'll disagree with Mike Brown -- but just a little. There are
some techno records that are supremely funky, but just a few.
That amazing UR remix of Expo 2000 is one great example. A lot
of Octave One certainly is, especially from their two
magnificent double-packs, Images from Above and Living
As ozymandias G knows, I was exaggerating about the Aeron chairs
for effect :)
There were actually other non-Expansion parties at other than
Organic office spaces, but I didn't want to confuse the stories
too much.
Yes, that was DJ Vitamin B (Brian Behlendorf, actually) you see
briefly in the
It's not just a question of restricting his playing to house clubs, is it?
It looks like he's decided to focus on just a couple clubs, likely
because the money is good and the hassles are limited. Anyone who has
played out as a DJ knows the latter is maybe even more of a factor, what
with crapped
That Mills stuff sounds like classic jive-nonsense talk. I think
it's actually supposed to be funny; if you read it aloud it has
that kind of swing rhythm...
I don't think he is going for the Serious Jazz mode, or else he
*should* hire you to do the liner notes!
Just think, you could be the
I'm actually hoping to see the entire book, since it covers the two places
I know the best as a technotourist -- SF and Detroit.
The description of the Motor was pretty funny. I guess the Brits haven't
ever heard of circle dancing!
As for shopping for Es at Haight and Masonic, well, that only
