ILX Gays: ♪♫ Meennnn ♪♫

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.

do it

No you do it, I'm not really a thread starter

i clicked on FRUITS OF SUMMER expecting it to be the new gay thread

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

ooh, who who?

Lion, Scarecrow, Tin-Man: A very ILX Summer with the ILX Gays.

Mmm. I love it when cute guys named Robert come over to my house to fix my computer. Maybe I can store the computer in my bedroom next time. OMG. He was a sweet thing, make no mistake.

there's a new thread! see link above yr post.

oh soz

Mer-cay!

:D

This still has the best gay thread title.

We were all so cheerful.

jesus. this shit makes my skin crawl for some reason.

oh Bimble, wish you stuck around

Simpler times. Simpler pleasures.

Back when I was gay.

who was impudent harlot?

haha, it's the artist currently known as donna rouge.

aw, this is the thread where i documented my europe trip! memories!

also my posting style has...not changed very much at all. yay?

Damnit, now I'm rereading all deez old gay threadz.

I guess I was absent most of this thread, huh. Don't think I've changed much though I've certainly, uh, come out of my shell a bit more since then

Dear gays of 2008,

There will soon be a new Madonna named Lady Gaga. She will release a jaw-dropping single called "Judas" in 2011. If you're as speed-addicted as I am, then you'll find it her best single to date too. Just wait 'til you hear it! It's the most!

xoxokjb from 2011

Here's the Hallogallo 2010/Rother & Friends thing (fucking fantastic btw)

http://culture.wnyc.org/articles/music-hub/2010/aug/10/no-cover-michael-rother-friends-play-music-neu/

lol kjb

Oh lol wrong thread