Kelley Polar - Love Songs of The Hanging Gardens (Environ CD05)

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Yeah, second everything said here -- especially the shitty crowd; Todd B. and I were right in front of a bunch of girls who probably looked at the stage twice during their notably shrill coversation.

The whole performance thing was... well, a lot more *performative* than I expected, almost campy in a way. A really great way. The strings sounded beautiful live. Only real quip with the show itself was his vocal shyness -- you could tell he was struggling with it for a while (though again, chatty people didn't help at all).

― mike powell (mike powell), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:08 (twenty years ago)

and kelley covering hi-NRG classic "i'm so hot 4 you" by bobby o as his last tune -- classic!! and then selzer seamlessly picking up with the original as soon as kelley ended-- double classic!!

rad!!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:10 (twenty years ago)

Kelley if you're reading come play London!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:11 (twenty years ago)

they will be touring europe soon from what i've heard.

the corny indie rocker dudes in the audience who weren't dancing and just stood there stone-faced like it was a slint concert could do with some of bobby o's timeless advice: 'how to pick up girls--learn to dance!'

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:20 (twenty years ago)

I'm cool with standing there, but not SHOUTING, y'know?

― mike powell (mike powell), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:22 (twenty years ago)

I actually asked one group of chatters if they were going to talk through the whole show. They promptly made fun of me the rest of the show, talking even louder.

Lesson learned: don't tell people to shut, they'll only talk about how you told them to shut up.

― Jason_B, Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:25 (twenty years ago)

dude, i saw david bowie play at a 600-person-capacity club once, and people were talking through THAT too! while he was playing classics from 'low'! people have no shame!

― geeta (geeta), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:31 (twenty years ago)

I'm so tired of audiences who have no idea why they're there, other than possible "cred" in their/their friends' minds. Who are these people that stand around looking constipated or yammering during a performance/dj set?

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:33 (twenty years ago)

and kelley covering hi-NRG classic "i'm so hot 4 you" by bobby o as his last tune -- classic!! and then selzer seamlessly picking up with the original as soon as kelley ended-- double classic!!

double rad!!

man, the talk of campy outfits &c&c&c makes me so very very happy. would've killed to have been there & dancing.

― etc, Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:37 (twenty years ago)

and kelley covering hi-NRG classic "i'm so hot 4 you" by bobby o as his last tune -- classic!! and then selzer seamlessly picking up with the original as soon as kelley ended-- double classic!!

HOLY CRAP.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 9 March 2006 20:55 (twenty years ago)

I'll have you all know I had no idea they were doing that as the encore. In fact, I had been told there was an encore planned but they wouldn't tell me what it was! I had La Bionda's Wanna Be Your Lover cued up (an appropriate song to his aesthethic if there ever was one) and when they started the Bobby O I frantically began searching through my bag all the while trying to remember if I'd brought it or not. I had.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 9 March 2006 21:48 (twenty years ago)

it was so rad u played BOBBY O!!!! and LA BIONDA!!!

I was wondering if you knew if they were gonna play it...or you just had it!!!!

― ddb (ddb), Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:01 (twenty years ago)

http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/statusainthood/

― t_g, Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:17 (twenty years ago)

dan tell me you recorded that.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:23 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, did you keep the Camcorder running?

― natedey (ndeyoung), Thursday, 9 March 2006 22:48 (twenty years ago)

There was a camcorder running but i don't think it caught much, it was pretty dark on stage.

That voice article is funny, obviously Tom missed the first time the space larvae crawled on stage. But for the last time I will mention it's likely some of the quietness of Kelley's voice was due to monitor problems. Anyone who's ever stood on stage behind the speakers with little or no monitors knows how difficult it is to gauge those things.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Thursday, 9 March 2006 23:28 (twenty years ago)

what is this about a space larvae?

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 9 March 2006 23:33 (twenty years ago)

did it spin a cocoon?

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 9 March 2006 23:34 (twenty years ago)

did it molt?

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 9 March 2006 23:35 (twenty years ago)

did a winged candy raver fly out?

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 9 March 2006 23:36 (twenty years ago)

i don't want to get interested in kelly polar

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 9 March 2006 23:37 (twenty years ago)

then stop reading threads about him!

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 10 March 2006 02:22 (twenty years ago)

Nice one Dan Selzer, I was waiting for someone to say this!

― Dom Ellard, Friday, 10 March 2006 02:57 (twenty years ago)

Anyone care to be a gentleman and scholar and YSI that Bobby O song? Many thanks.

― ·À„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª(ß?Íß)„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª !, Friday, 10 March 2006 03:50 (twenty years ago)

Oh, and if there's a longer version of that La Bionda song than what appears on Annie's djkicks cd, you can upload that too, anonymous hero.

― ·À„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª(ß?Íß)„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª !, Friday, 10 March 2006 03:52 (twenty years ago)

haha yeah i was wondering how long it would be before somebody hiding under an anonymous email address tried to make this into yet another YSI thread.

yeah the 'wanna be your lover' segue was brilliant--i liked that that it told a story: first kelley was 'hot 4 you,' and then you responded with 'wanna be your lover.' aww!

i like tom's blog for the voice, but i'm frankly mystified as to how he thought what kelley polar was doing sounded like kompakt--the beats sounded very different to me. and i don't think that he sounds at all like the postal service, except perhaps on the most topical level. but maybe that's just me.

― geeta (geeta), Friday, 10 March 2006 05:16 (twenty years ago)

I AM STILL WAITING FOR ANSWERES RE: SPACE LARVAE

― vahid (vahid), Friday, 10 March 2006 06:32 (twenty years ago)

haha vahid, come visit us in new york already! we have tons of space larvae! they're everywhere! they roam the subway tunnels and wriggle to pulsing disco beats!

― geeta (geeta), Friday, 10 March 2006 07:51 (twenty years ago)

a certain camera wielding trophy hunter has pictures up, but nothing of that sleeping bag space larva dude (apparently he didn't stick around that far).

― midi sanskrit (sanskrit), Friday, 10 March 2006 12:57 (twenty years ago)

you mean this chap?

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/kelleypolar/knit/5.jpg

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/kelleypolar/knit/3.jpg

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/kelleypolar/knit/1.jpg

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/kelleypolar/knit/4.jpg

― ·À„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª(ß?Íß)„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª„ª !, Friday, 10 March 2006 14:57 (twenty years ago)

Tom's article was more positive then you'd think from reading Brooklyn Vegan's excerpts, starting with his/her statement "bit of a disaster".

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 10 March 2006 15:05 (twenty years ago)

geeta told me about this last night! the light-up He-Man costume seems like kind of the best thing ever.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:04 (twenty years ago)

damn, i really wish i could have seen this.

dan, do you know if kelley's touring or sonaring?

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:05 (twenty years ago)

That woman singer looks lovely.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:10 (twenty years ago)

tom's got a funny blog but what the fuck about polar sounds ANYTHING like the postal service???
and kompakt?
what?
thats way off the mark... i dont want to go into the "kompakt sound" in whatever stage of the label's existence, b/c that thread is huge, but just b/c someone has something that is occasionally a straight 4/4 beat without sounding like paul oakenfold and they're automatically thrown into the kompakt bin?
no

― capnkickass (gloriagaynor), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:14 (twenty years ago)

do any of you polar fans like the postal service?
cuz that aint cool

― capnkickass (gloriagaynor), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:15 (twenty years ago)

― cutty (mcutt), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:22 (twenty years ago)

yeah i thought that was a little off. i don't really fault him for it, though. they're not terrible touchpoints for trying to communicate kp to indie kids.

― mark p (Mark P), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:24 (twenty years ago)

I've never heard the postal service.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:30 (twenty years ago)

I like both the Postal Service and Kelley Polar. The end.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:31 (twenty years ago)

The Postal Service delivered some nice books to me today. Nothing like getting books in the mail! Hey, have there been any remixes of note of stuff from this album?

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:34 (twenty years ago)

from hearing you DJ, dan, it seems like you've heard a lot of music.
To do this and avoid the postal service is an accomplishment, to be sure.
if only i had had such luck in life

― capnkickass (gloriagaynor), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

I only hear the music I get exposed to, and it's mostly what I can find for 2 bucks at the junk shop (or 20 bucks on the internet unfortunately). Chosing the right internet radio stations helps as well. I'm sure I've heard the Postal Service in a TV ad or somewhere, but couldn't really pick it out. My girlfriend is a Death Cab for Cutie fan so maybe she has some.

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 10 March 2006 16:49 (twenty years ago)

Tom's article was more positive then you'd think from reading Brooklyn Vegan's excerpts, starting with his/her statement "bit of a disaster".

yeah, i expected the article to be much worse ... the show was definitely fun, but could've been better thanks to the crowd. all that talking was *really* killing me. i'd initially heard there was gonna maybe be a live rhythm section, so i was a little disappointed that only the strings were live, but they sounded great. loved seeing kelley play conductor.

re: a tour, i think he has a couple shows in europe next month but that's all i'm aware of.

did anyone make it to matthew herbert afterwards?

― rajeev (rajeev), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:56 (twenty years ago)

did anyone make it to Rhys Chatham? happened upon his myspace today..

― midi sanskrit (sanskrit), Friday, 10 March 2006 17:58 (twenty years ago)

if you still want to hear 'i'm so hot 4 you', you can nab moroder's 'the chase' from the arpeggiated disco thread and sing 'i'm so hot for you, you're so hot for me' over the bassline. it's pretty much the same tune.

― geeta (geeta), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:33 (twenty years ago)

Dan, i meant i'm starting to get interested (mostly after hearing him mixed into some of the dj sets put out here and also hearing about the show) despite my earlier issues which i was making fun of not reinforcing really. i'm not really steadfast against anything.

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Friday, 10 March 2006 18:51 (twenty years ago)

"a certain camera wielding trophy hunter"

OTM description of that certain person...

― jason_b, Friday, 10 March 2006 19:36 (twenty years ago)

TS: Brooklyn Vegan vs. Punkcast

― midi sanskrit (sanskrit), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

just kidding, please don't take sides on this..

― midi sanskrit (sanskrit), Friday, 10 March 2006 19:38 (twenty years ago)

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