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Girl Talk Talks Back
how's it going?
I'm Gregg from the band girl talk. i just caught your lengthy review of
the my live show at mercury lounge, thanks for covering so much! i just
want to clear up one thing, and it's really not for the sake of your blog
or anything, just for you personally. i was entirely joking when i called
the audience losers and said they wasted their $10. i was so overwhelmed
and thrilled that 250 people bought advance tickets at $10 (the most
expensive headlining show i've ever played). and i was obviously joking
that people in pittsburgh have computers and blogs. and when i called
those girls losers when i kicked out my own power chord, i was joking.
everyone around me knew what was going on cuz i clearly kicked out my own
power out jumping around. maybe it wasn't clear, but i really don't think
me, being a 24 year old man, could sincerely call anyone a loser.
i didn't stop because i was tired really. i almost never play over 30
minutes, that was a long live set for me. that's just an aesthetic
preference. i've never considered myself a dj, more of a live electronic
performer. and from the live performance end of things, 30 minutes isn't
really a short set.
so sorry you didn't enjoy it! i do mix and match everything musically on
the fly, just for the record. and if you were paying attention musically,
i think you would have caught all the new, live mixes. mixing up stuff
from all 3 of my albums together. but regardless, that doesn't matter!
glad you enjoyed professor murder, they're great.
Gregg
i dunno- is it really so troubling that he was confrontational with the
audience? why is the audience entitled such deference? punk acts have a
long history of insulting the audience. is it because he's a lap top
performer? it used to be you heard this critique about djs and
turntablist, now it is the lap top.
this whole back and forth seems kind of imperious to me, and while i thought the original post was great, i think this one is a little unfair.
Is it troubling? Inasmuch as it detracted from the show, it troubled me.
I left swearing he'd never get another red cent of mine. Is Laptop the new
punk? It's a good question, and one for which I can certainly see
arguments. But as a motivational tactic in this milieu, it struck me as
offensive. Punk requires give and take; should I have taken it upon myself
to insult him back? What good would that have done for a room full of
folks that really just wanted to dance?
I'm confused.... The Girl Talk CMJ date, according to his myspace page is
Nov 2. The Irving Plaza show with Diplo is on Sept 29, a good month before
CMJ.
Either I was confused when I initially looked it up, or the listing has
changed (I'd bet on the former); I'll update the entry.