It's easy to make fun of Williamsburg, only because it's easy to find something to make fun of in Williamsburg, even though every large neighborhood/city has something equally lame to make fun of.. but Williamsburg is still in the spotlight now... hence..
I think Williamsburg is the target of a lot of sniping because the neighborhood -- and by this I mean the hipster influx -- has some very evident conceits... the whole neo-bohemian thing. The New York press takes its potshots at W'burg pretty regularly. Less frequent is the Washington Post getting into it.
― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
A staggering amount of sense has just been made.
― mike powell (mike powell), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
sometimes I think flyering is the biggest waste of fucking time, but i'm afraid NOT to flyer for shows.
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― sibsi (sibsi), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― dan. (dan.), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
what schwantz just said, too
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike powell (mike powell), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
(and to try and hatch out the more interesting argument to come here..)
― donut gon' nut (donut), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― dan. (dan.), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, I hate ironic dancing more than you know, but making fun of hip-hop or even any aspect of black culture does not make someone an immediate racist.
― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link
i do fliering for the aesthetic, because i like to have people compliment me on fliers that took me 5 minutes to make because it's fun!
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:30 (eighteen years ago) link
My flyers say FREE BEER really big on them...
― pappawheelie II, Friday, 26 August 2005 19:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Can we please see a few attempts at equasions that sum up exactly what this guy's deal is supposed to be?
― jsoulja (jsoulja), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:32 (eighteen years ago) link
But that might be considered false advertising to some
― donut gon' nut (donut), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link
saying you can't grind guys in "conventional hip-hop clubs" because they're too "hardcore" is approaching borderline in my book.
― dan. (dan.), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:34 (eighteen years ago) link
Well hell.
― pappawheelie II, Friday, 26 August 2005 19:34 (eighteen years ago) link
easy. mission: douchebag
I'm all equeasy now.
― donut gon' nut (donut), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:35 (eighteen years ago) link
you've got like, me, rich zerbo and brian degraw, for what it's worth.
I just don't get the whole "ironic DJ" thing at all, in any context. And even more confounding are the people who come and dance along. If you don't REALLY like the music, then don't play it (or dance to it). If you DO really like it, then have the balls to admit it.
They like the music and they like dancing to it of course. The "humor" and "irony" part adds several things, like distance, like the ability to convince yourself that you're NOT uncomfortably appropriating somebody elses culture(i know, I know, it's all backwards), protection from admitting earnestly liking something you're not supposed to like etc etc.
I've heard nothing but questionable things about royal oak and their attitudes towards music/djs etc.
anyway, never been to a hollertronix party, I just looked at their website and it's the same thing, I mean, the image/graphics are clearly trying to represent something, which is fine, it's all marketing, but is that what hollertronix is all about? Black dudes and girls in thongs?
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:38 (eighteen years ago) link
when you tell white kids they can get in for free if they bring a bucket of chicken, I think that qualifies...
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:39 (eighteen years ago) link
Surely you mean flip-flops.
Lit has a strict no flip-flop policy.
― pappawheelie II, Friday, 26 August 2005 19:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― pappawheelie II, Friday, 26 August 2005 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:41 (eighteen years ago) link
I forgot about that part. That sucks.
― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:42 (eighteen years ago) link
i think brian stole my headphones and gave them to josh. : (
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Come to daddy.
― Daddy, Friday, 26 August 2005 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
PRESS RELEASE_______________________
Williamsburg Warriors and Kill Whitie present:REZONE THIS!@ CLUB EXITGreenpoint, BrooklynApril 28th, 2005Tickets $12.50 advance, $15.00 door. Available Tuesday, April 19th at EAT Records / 124Messerole Avenue / Greenpoint / Brooklyn / 718-389-8083 / www.eatrecords.comDoors open at 8:00pm, show starts at 9:00pm
Featuring TV on the Radio, Dragons of Zynth, Turing Machine, ApolloHeights, Roxy Pain, and Tha Pumpsta with Chief Quievie
REZONE THIS! a show organized by local Williamsburg / Greenpoint community groups features a show / dance party to raise awareness of the city’s plan for OUR waterfront rezoning. REZONE THIS! anticipates a sold-out event at CLUB EXIT in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on the 28th of April. Attracting more than 900 special individuals with local and regional press coverage.
Kill Whitie! Dance party to follow.Please direct any questions to:Jeremy Parkerxxx-xxx-xxxxjeremyparker@milkthebeef.com__________
http://www.williamsburgwarriors.org/rezonethis.pdf
― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
The thing is, I'm sure all of those links exhibited cock vacuum pumps.
*drum break*
― donut gon' nut (donut), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― donut gon' nut (donut), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:52 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
plz tell me you guys are all referring an NYC club, and not to the yuppie gentrified hell just north of Detroit...
― kingfish 'doublescoop' moose tracks (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:54 (eighteen years ago) link
what is this, your fucking blog? What music is "now playing"? How's that crush going? Can I be added to your friend list?
― Confounded (Confounded), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― deej.., Friday, 26 August 2005 19:55 (eighteen years ago) link
it's a williamsburg bar named after yuppie gentrified hell north of detroit.
confounded, lighten up.
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:56 (eighteen years ago) link
hstencil, I think counfounded is making an "inside" joke to me.
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 26 August 2005 19:59 (eighteen years ago) link
And an excellent one at that!
― pappawheelie II, Friday, 26 August 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 26 August 2005 20:00 (eighteen years ago) link
"might as well be" being the very key phrase here. Obviously, Diplo and co. are not admitting people in free if they bring in a bucket of chicken, etc... ok, obvious Pumpsta vs. Holler differences established. (although take away Diplo's weed. You never know! Ok, I kid I kid.)
I don't immediately agree, actually -- mainly because of Susan's cogent points above in the article.. mainly, we're inducing the clientele of any DJ night where a white guy plays bootie music mostly made by black people based on what that girl says about men at the "real" clubs being "too hardcore." for her. Articles rarely care about getting an overall accurate feel of an audience being discussed in an article such as this. The writers want to narrow down the few that have something titillating (no pun intended) to say.
― donut gon' nut (donut), Friday, 26 August 2005 20:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 26 August 2005 20:02 (eighteen years ago) link