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i've had two dreams in the past week where i've fallen in love with guys who confess to me that they have HIV, which i feel is my subconscious telling me i need to get tested soon

I read that George Michael hasn't been tested since like...2000? b/c he's afraid he's +.

that's awful

It's a good idea to do the opp of G Michael every time.

gay marriage debate over on the Obama objectional positions thread.

And a picture of Frankie Knuckles?

Which is by way of asking if any of you are married.

that debate has decided become boring, to me.

but Frankie Knuckles is never boring, and thank god for his remixes of Chaka Khan and Rufus.

Which is by way of asking if any of you are married.

Isn't Lou married? Or is getting married?

well

we're going to be doing that domestic partnership thing, i think, for insurance

and lou is engaged

?! I thought you were 17 years old, Ramz.

whaaaat

i know my complexion is stunning but no

it's like people either think i'm 12 or 44

haha ... Yeah, I didn't realize you were only about four years younger than me. I look like I could be your uncle.

Surmounter is secretly 431234 years old. Oh it's true.

ya in twink years

but Frankie Knuckles is never boring, and thank god for his remixes of Chaka Khan and Rufus.

and his remix of Hercules & Love Affair!

Plus the Sounds of Blackness.

i think it basically comes down to: thank god for Frankie Knuckles. we would be lost without him.

(also, remember that i posted the "Blind" remix here WAAAY back in January.)

Yeah, Jay and I would be married if we could. We officially became domestic partners a few weeks ago. It was really easy--just had to fill out a couple documents and get them notarized, then bring them to the Department of Health. We got each other (cheap) rings too since we can't afford to have a wedding yet. We'll probably have some kind of wedding within a year or two. I just want to have a big party but I think he wants to do something a little more formal. We'll see!

I wonder if that picture is enough to change Morbs' mind about Obama. ;)

Not unless Frankie Knuckles is getting major airplay on WFMU.

He should be.

I have never knowingly heard a Frankie Knuckles remix, if that's what he does.

You know my problem with that music: It sayz nothing to me about my life. (pronounced "saaaayz")

funnily enough, i've been feeling that way about the smiths lately

Guy I met claims frankie knuckles is cheesey and dull and people only care again because of hala rmx

well, I don't want magic, I want neurasthenic reality.

How ya been joe? You're back, yes? I wonder if I can fit in one of those Robbe-Grillet films @BAM.

if i can find a new apartment by then, sure. weeknights otherwise occupied until then :(

g'luck. Just don't lower your standards unless absolutely necessary.

i would disagree with guy i met however

So I found out yesterday that there would be a guy coming by today to check out the upstairs part of the house I'm living in, you know, to maybe rent it. And I was joking, all, "oh I hope he's cute and gay".

Except it turns out he is and he is and shit this is not going to go well.

all of your friends are wrong about Frankie Knuckles. and if they're gay, then they're maligning an astounding faggot of a man:

While studying textile design at FIT in Manhattan, Knuckles began working as a DJ, playing soul, disco and R&B at The Continental Baths with fellow DJ Larry Levan. When he became better known, he DJed at the club Better Days. When the Warehouse club opened in Chicago in 1977, he was invited to play on a regular basis. He continued DJing there until 1982, when he started his own club, The Power Plant.
It was at this point that the sobriquet 'House Music' was applied to the sounds played at the Warehouse by Frankie. Initially it was a catch-all term to describe the wide range of music being played at the Warehouse, it soon became the word used to define the raw, drum machine based edits and tracks that Frankie was playing in the early 80s. Incidentally Frankie bought his first drum machine from a young Derrick May who regularly made the trip from Detroit to see Frankie at the Warehouse and fellow pioneer Ron Hardy at the Music Box.

Knuckles also had a musical partnership with Jamie Principle, and helped put 'Your Love' and 'Baby wants to ride' out on vinyl after having been regulars on his reel-to-reel player at the Warehouse for a year.
As house music gained momentum, pioneering producer Chip E. took Knuckles under his tutelage and produced Knuckle's first recording, "You Can't Hide", featuring vocalist Ricky Dillard. Then came more production work, including Jamie Principle's "Baby Wants to Ride", and later, "Tears" with Robert Owens (of Fingers, Inc.) and (Knuckles protege and future Def Mix associate) Satoshi Tomiie.
When business difficulties caused the Warehouse to fold, he moved back to New York, and was the featured resident DJ at The World, and also had numerous subsequent residencies, including at The Choice club.
In New York, he immersed himself in producing, remixing and recording.

and that's only til the end of the 80s.

ooh cas that's exciting!

i don't even know wtf frankie knuckles is and i've grown up alright

He is American, though! I did not come all this way to fall for an American guy. Sheesh.

you might have grown up all right, sur, but you were missing the luscious black man making beats, even if you didn't know it at the time.

you're probably right.

ohh american shmamerican, just enjoy it :D

be careful (enough).

"remixes": I like records they get right the first time.

call them "variations," Obi Wan.

http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00023/1024colours_23412b.jpg

i love that very much, did you make it?

No that's Gerhard Richter! I just meant like "variations"

Did you guys know that it is rude to check out other men while on a first date? It totally is. The guy was a total schlub, so I had no interest, but seriously, he should have been working hard to get me, b/c he's not going to do any better.

If you don't keep your eyes open, you'll bump into a wall.

I don't think that's ever happened to me, but if I did I would excuse myself and abandon him.

if IT did

He was a dull guy and I kind of suspect he didn't know better. The date was wrapping up anyway.

my, um, thing called me the other day from california. haven't seen him since before my trip (he's on the west coast until august)

Phil, if you're reading this, Facebook says you're friends with someone I knew in 7-9th grades!

So um, new thread? I'm getting sick of that Terry Richardson photo, which is a shame. And most of the major threads seem to be resolved. At least Casuistry has that hot gay housemate thing which could be a good storyline to get the new one rolling.