"sleep is the cousin of death." -- ben folds
-- strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, February 11, 2004
― strongohulkington, Friday, 25 May 2007 19:18 (seventeen years ago) link
thanks for reposting those ethan, it's good to know you remain a nasty asshole through good times and bad...
― Ronan, Friday, 25 May 2007 19:20 (seventeen years ago) link
(i mean that as well as possible)
take it easy dog i thought it was funney
― and what, Friday, 25 May 2007 19:21 (seventeen years ago) link
so did I!
― Ronan, Friday, 25 May 2007 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link
if you want you can dig up the famous 'god i love those apples in stereo' post
― and what, Friday, 25 May 2007 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link
1) roger clinton - do the bartman (funkstorung remix)
this is hurting my head
― strongohulkington, Friday, 25 May 2007 19:22 (seventeen years ago) link
x-post why would I when I can reveal that you are white and like hiphop
― Ronan, Friday, 25 May 2007 19:24 (seventeen years ago) link
LET US ASSESS THIS WARRIOR FROM THE EMERALD ISLE
-- MIKE HANLE Y, Wednesday, December 5, 2001
― strongohulkington, Friday, 25 May 2007 19:25 (seventeen years ago) link
remember how gail deslongchamps would always call you ronin
― and what, Friday, 25 May 2007 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link
the 47 ronans
― strongohulkington, Friday, 25 May 2007 19:29 (seventeen years ago) link
those were the days
graham, gail.
when you didn't have to register to post. people trusted each other.
― Ronan, Friday, 25 May 2007 20:01 (seventeen years ago) link
http://bp3.blogger.com/_yPlEJdnt6Ow/RkOiyrZEpjI/AAAAAAAAAAM/fN2Y7U55kV4/s1600-h/NOJUSTICE.jpg What's ILM think of this?
― daviday, Saturday, 26 May 2007 01:18 (seventeen years ago) link
I love Palms Out Sounds, but that post is basically quaint.
― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 26 May 2007 01:24 (seventeen years ago) link
when a group's entire rep is pretty much blog/mp3-derived it's kinda hard to take that too seriously. sorry but it's true. i mean of all the bands.
― s1ocki, Saturday, 26 May 2007 02:09 (seventeen years ago) link
i cannot believe they dragged bad religion into it
― lfam, Saturday, 26 May 2007 02:27 (seventeen years ago) link
This actually makes me want to download the piece of crap and ysi it unsolicited on every forum eva.
But I will refrain.
― jim, Saturday, 26 May 2007 02:31 (seventeen years ago) link
why do I feel like I'm playing Castlemania during most of these tracks? I mean, I guess they sampled Goblin's Argento soundtrack (at least according to wikipedia), but they really turned up the gothic horror synths on a few of these ("Valentine," "One Minute to Midnight" etc). Most of it sounds nothing like D.A.N.C.E. and everyhting like "Carpates," the only snoozer on their first single.
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Saturday, 26 May 2007 03:07 (seventeen years ago) link
i feel like i'm playing castlevania when i listen to studio's 'out there'
― lucas pine, Saturday, 26 May 2007 03:09 (seventeen years ago) link
um, right. video game-related typo or has it just been that long that I actually thought is was Castlemania? I kind of hope it's the latter...
― Preview of the Matrix 12, Saturday, 26 May 2007 03:13 (seventeen years ago) link
i feel like i'm in castlevania whenever i'm reading a dance thread on ILM. bats and hunchbacks all over the fucking place ... where's my whip?
― moonship journey to baja, Saturday, 26 May 2007 04:38 (seventeen years ago) link
ghost ride it
― blunt, Saturday, 26 May 2007 07:59 (seventeen years ago) link
This is much better than I expected it to be!
― Matt DC, Sunday, 27 May 2007 16:29 (seventeen years ago) link
it was better than i expected it to be too, there was a good song which wasn't 'waters of nazareth'
but still very very shit generally
― lex pretend, Sunday, 27 May 2007 19:58 (seventeen years ago) link
was it d.a.n.c.e.?
― and what, Sunday, 27 May 2007 20:11 (seventeen years ago) link
considering you get down to like slint or whatever i cant imagine youre hating on this for being too corny hipster whatever
no it was 'stress'. i don't know who/what slint are/is
― lex pretend, Sunday, 27 May 2007 20:13 (seventeen years ago) link
i cant imagine youre hating on this for being too corny hipster whatever
it's half that half abrasiveness+ADD-dance syndrome i think
― blueski, Sunday, 27 May 2007 20:37 (seventeen years ago) link
slint or squeeze or smash or smog or whatever
― and what, Sunday, 27 May 2007 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Ethan there is a fine art to calling The Lex out on his indie band faves and you are frankly rubbish at it, even Passantino is better than you.
As far as the blog house canon goes right now - Black Strobe > Simian Mobile Disco > Justice > Digitalism BUT the much-maligned MSTRKFT album from last year might be better than all of them.
'Stress' is awesome but it does kind of add credence to Justice's whole "we make music without really knowing how to" schtick because if they DID know how to do it they would have made the beat 1000 times more slamming than it actually is. As it happens, they end up with a pretty flaccid 'tic' noise.
― Matt DC, Sunday, 27 May 2007 23:58 (seventeen years ago) link
i disagree completely w/ that list
justice > blackstrobe >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> simian + digitalism
― moonship journey to baja, Sunday, 27 May 2007 23:59 (seventeen years ago) link
'blog house' as a term is going to keep pissing me off for the rest of the year probably. i'll just call it blog dance perhaps.
― blueski, Monday, 28 May 2007 00:00 (seventeen years ago) link
Well at least you've given up on 'haircut electro'.
― Matt DC, Monday, 28 May 2007 01:05 (seventeen years ago) link
true heads will never give up on haircut electro.
― haitch, Monday, 28 May 2007 02:08 (seventeen years ago) link
i haven't given up on it! it's still a more accurate term for much of this stuff.
― blueski, Monday, 28 May 2007 13:25 (seventeen years ago) link
i gotta say jess and other folks being into this doesn't surprise me really, seems like its what people had been hoping rock music would do, incorporating dance and electronic-ness and fun and relative populism and all that (although this might be contradicted by vahid's 'this is real dance' thing). i havent really listened beyond the singles but i don't really get out of this what i like about dance music so i donno, maybe i need to listen to the album and its like the dance ac/dc or something but for right now i'm happy letting this stuff blow by w/out jumping on board.
i dont mean to argue the 'not real dance' perspective ... i think thats kind of a silly argument and i'm in favor of all the things justice represent w/out actually enjoying the singles i've heard, or something
― deej, Monday, 28 May 2007 20:03 (seventeen years ago) link
it's like, i'll dance to this stuff when i hear it out, but that's more because i have v. limited going-out options here and it's better than not dancing if i'm in the dancing mood. but i can't be bothered to seek it out on my own, it just doesn't do for me what i like dance music to do
― W i l l, Monday, 28 May 2007 20:34 (seventeen years ago) link
i gotta say jess and other folks being into this doesn't surprise me really, seems like its what people had been hoping rock music would do, incorporating dance and electronic-ness and fun and relative populism and all that
you got that backward there, chief
― strongohulkington, Monday, 28 May 2007 23:01 (seventeen years ago) link
uhm, i must say that i think 'D.A.N.C.E.' might be one of the most annoying things i've heard in ages. fuck this shite.
― the table is the table, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 00:20 (seventeen years ago) link
in more ways than one, i'm glad i dismissed this stuff as garbage before hearing it for so long. because it proves that i was right the whole time.
that and uffie is terrible.
― the table is the table, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 00:22 (seventeen years ago) link
cosigned
― blunt, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 00:23 (seventeen years ago) link
(most stuff in the world) >>>> simian md > justice > black strobe > digitalism
black strobe lose points because i am being deluged with multiple copies of their album
the one song in this vein i really properly love is jojo de freq's 'saturn returns'. bleep! bleep!
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 00:29 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah, i DEFINITELY vote for Simian Mobile Disco over Justice, tho that would be a 'lesser of two evils' vote.
― the table is the table, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 00:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Just be thankful you guys don't have BangGang and their associated acts. Melbourne really is the worst place in the world for this stuff - whether it's commercial-haircut or indie-haircut it's just worse than everywhere else.
I just had to review a single by a guy called Muscles with a song called "One Inch Badge Pin" (as in "Drive a one inch badge pin through my heart") sung as if the only two songs ever made were "Open Up" and "House of Jealous Lovers" over the top of what the press-release describes as "soft trance synths and O.T.T. lo-fi house tunes", which is part of BangGang's chosen genre of "futurustic indie dance house gabba gabba hardcore music".
The first line of the song is: “Last night I met a girl who said she had connections in the Melbourne independent music industry…”
― Tim F, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 02:52 (seventeen years ago) link
link!
― lfam, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 03:06 (seventeen years ago) link
Bang Gang
― the table is the table, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 03:09 (seventeen years ago) link
yeah tim, that looks quite terrible. i mean, reallly really bad.
"dj buttf*ck aka gus da hoodrat"
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 03:11 (seventeen years ago) link
i don't really understand the issue with justice. is this perhaps related to not understanding the appeal of mylo??
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 03:12 (seventeen years ago) link
Vahid do you mean you not understanding the appeal of mylo, or others not understanding the appeal of mylo?
― Tim F, Tuesday, 29 May 2007 03:41 (seventeen years ago) link