Kraftwerk

I got 2 for the Radioactivity show, not sure how that happened.

So apparently the ShowClix CEO posted a letter of apology about yesterday here. As everyone is reading it, it's also down as well. There's just a 404 note and this image and caption instead:

http://www.showclix.com/css/homepage/img/404.png

We looked, but couldn't find the page or file you requested on our servers. Our engineers are rather bright people, too, so we're not really sure how this could've happened. Sorry about that! Let us know if you continue to find yourself here.

It's here, too

it's a fair mea culpa but a little hollow

Wow, that's v likely the most sincere/informative/responsibility-taking apology letter I've ever read from a company tbh

i agree with stevie d

still bummed, though :(

For you, ZS!
http://www.vwgifaway.com/
DO IT NOW!

:O

i almost fell out of my chair! holy shit!!

wait a second..

"Increase your odds of seeing Kraftwerk at MoMA. Create an animated GIF from one of these sites."

the link points to a google search for "animated gif online". does that mean i have to use a crappy automatic gif maker? can't i just use photoshop?

aw man, and it doesn't even matter if the animation is good or not.the quality of the gif doesn't matter.

The official rules say "GIFs will not be judged", and then go on to talk about a random drawing for the winners. All that submitting a gif gets you is 2 chances to win instead of 1, essentially.
So you could submit a flashing text gif that says "KRAFTWERK" and it counts as much as a 400-frame epic journey through the pulsating electronic veins of Ralf & Florian, basically.

oh well, made this anyway

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0skhq2Og61qdmmiqo1_400.gif

A+

alright, I've officially given it the ol' college try

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0sl7joE3n1qdmmiqo1_500.gif

Weird, I guess the gallery of images is at the bottom of the link above (http://www.vwgifaway.com/). One of mine just showed up there (a really crappy text one I barfed out in a few minutes). But so far it's the only one that's related to Kraftwerk whatsoever?

ur awesome dude. take me if you get tix.

Meantime:

http://io9.com/5894792/listen-to-a-sprawling-six+hour-mixtape-tribute-to-kraftwerk

sweet, thanks, ned!

uh DJ Food has been one bloke for the last 11 years, and these were done annual-ish-ly from 2004, and have been online for free download since 2006

Just found a copy of "Radio-Activity" at a horrible record store in Philly. Later, while giving it a closer look I discovered it contains the elusive yellow and pink stickers; 16 of them fully intact. Collectible?

What?? Which record store? How much?

You better not say Repo or we will be having words

What?? Which record store? How much?

Long in the Tooth. Dude behind the counter=total asshat.
$10.00

Mr.(or Mrs.)Repo, again I ask, collectible?

yes it is

http://www.djfood.org/djfood/kraftwerk-month-10-radio-activity-extras

Aw, thats like 10 blocks from me. I saw an in-store there a month ago but I've never actually shopped there :-( it looked cute!

Thanks Milton. I was just happy to get a nice vinyl copy, this is a nice bonus.

My 21 month old daughter asked for Robots tonight. Last weekend we listened to Man Machine a few times but I didn't think she remembered. As soon as I put it on tonight she started dancing. This made me extremely happy.

:D

Whoa, I just won TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS tickets from that Volkswagon contest!

omg don't even talk to me I cant

Seriously, same here. I don't even want many things from life, I really don't. I just want to see kraftwerk. Or even just ONE FUCKING guy from kraftwerk. I don't know why this is so difficult to accomplish.

Well, I say congrats!

Sorry, I should have said that too! That's awesome you get to go, and especially to that particular show!

Ha, thanks! Really didn't expect to win. I'm actually a little worried that the tickets will be revoked because they said they might ask me to sign a release for the .gif, which I don't really have any right to do since I made it with the NYPL Stereogranimator thing with NYPL archive images. I should have thought about for 2 seconds before idly entering the contest, but since they encouraged using generator sites, and most of the images they displayed were obviously in violation of copyright, it didn't occur to me. So we'll see.

just sign it and smile

It appears, from my ticket confirmation I rec'd yesterday
that there's be some nice merch on sale @ these shows.
Must remember to bring some extra $.

highly recommended: the "nippon numbers" bootleg. well-recorded document from the Computerworld tour with a surprisingly fast version of "It's More Fun to Compute"

Kraftwerk POX

Heavy Metal Kids 7:53 K4 (live june 12, 1971)
K1 15:38 K4 (live june 12, 1971)
K2 (Ruckzuck) 19:20 K4 (live june 12, 1971)
Ruckstoss-Gondoliere 11:18 Kraftwerk !/2
Autobahn 21:54 Concert Classics (19750520 Denver, Ebbets' Fields)
Mitternacht (Rdioactiv/Showroom) 12:04 19750917 - Live At The Dome, Brighton, Uk
Faust intro - Kometenmelodie 1 & 2 11:39 19760228 - Machine: l´Olympia, Paris
It's more fun to compute 8:02 19810907 - Virtu ex Machina (Live in Tokyo)
Numbers 5:25 19980607 - Live at the Warfield, SF
Airwaves / New Song 11:19 19980607 - Live at the Warfield, SF

― Milton Parker, Monday, March 17, 2008 9:48 PM (9 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

trying to figure out which two I'd bump for:

The voice of energy / Uranium / Die Sonne Der Mond Die Sterne - 3:51 - 19810703 - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London
Pocket Calculator - 9:12 - 19810703 - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon, London

― Milton Parker, Friday, December 19, 2008 7:39 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

& the car-breakdown in the 42 minute long version of Autobahn from Leverkusen 1974 is them at their weirdest

did I say "YSI?" after that three years ago?

Easier to find online now than ever

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNjwJLDic3o

Or the Amsterdam 76 'Europe Endless' when it was a less syncopated techno stomper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjKWN1Vzgao

Or the 75 version of 'Midnight' which still sounds like 'Kristallo' but turns into an early version of 'Showroom Dummies'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSeTZ5JymSM

The last 10 minutes of the Leverkusen gig are a completely unreleased piece which sounds like a collapsing Irish jig, it is hilarious and wonderful

I meant to post this version of 'midnight'! Leverkusen again. I like that Leverkusen gig, parts almost sound like Conny is still in the band

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yovWbn3f6U4

1998 tour was much better than the 2004 tour they put on the DVD

The digital pitchfeedback version of Numbers, much better than the recent live versions where they've reverted to samples from the 81 studio recording

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-61JCxSLQ4

One of their 3 new songs, I can see why they didn't put them out but live, they sounded great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXbDHK_6Z9Q

About 6:10 into this one it became clear how much basic channel they'd been taking in, Would have been a much better thing to put out instead of expo2000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxpWCO6EqCU

mp, it's just so easy to buy a ticket to NYC

wow, looks like I got a lot of searching to do. I did quite like the 1975 "Concert Classics" (!?) album, which had something called "Klingklang" which sounded a lot more like the land they use on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood when they go into Make-Believe land, it's really goood

still listening to "Nippon Numbers", I just remembered that Ralf kind of starts rapping two-thirds through Autobahn, all the places you can go "Auf Leon auf Madrid auf der Autobahn"...then to "Auf Hongkong auf Tokyo auf der Aero-plane", ha!!

oof that 42-minute Autobahn is Autobahn-tastic! thx for posting.

http://thequietus.com/articles/08460-kraftwerk-jls