Gold Chains: Young Miss America

almost too much. the original simple version of 'revolution' from live shows was powerful because it was monolithic... but perhaps this version is better suited to home listening

i've never heard kraftwerk but he sounds stupid and german. he just says stupid, stupid stuff over retarded sounds and sells it to stupid fucking people who wear stupid clothes and go to college. and they're all like 'Though some of his points are admittedly PC. . . it's like that coon music but better because it's intentionally stupid and sexist and we go to college and we know who Palais Schaumburg is.'

Q. 'Don't you think it's a bit stupid and nonsense and really rubbish and it's just making a really stupid thing for people who like indie rock to buy and they will feel superior about it and not volunteer to feed homeless people and stuff because they're listening to fake rap music?'

A. 'No, because this is real rap music. Gold Chains listens to Big L.'

Q. 'Don't you think we need to stop music like this from taking place?'

A. 'Have you ever heard Palais Schaumburg?'

it just makes me sick to my stomach. it gives me a headache and makes me feel sleepy and irritated. like i've had an argument late at night and then it's over and i need to go to sleep. but my going to sleep is interrupted by thinking about the argument and i just never sleep.

gold chains, if you're reading this, you are part of the problem. for real. i know i can't expect you to just abandon your whole thing but. there would just be a bunch of other people to replace you, i guess. which is too bad. i just don't understand what is happening now. maybe you can explain it to me. why do you have to do this? there are people starving-- i'll look up the statistics.

33.6 million people—including almost 13 million children—live in households that experience hunger or the risk of hunger. This represents approximately one in ten households in the United States (10.7 percent).

3.3 percent of U.S. households experience hunger. Some people in these households frequently skip meals or eat too little, sometimes going without food for a whole day. 9 million people, including 3 million children, live in these homes.

7.4 percent of U.S. households are at risk of hunger. Members of these households have lower quality diets or must resort to seeking emergency food because they cannot always afford the food they need. 24.6 million people, including 9.7 million children, live in these homes.

do you understand what that means, gold chains? i really hope you do. or you understand soon. when i said you were part of the problem that's what i meant. you're part of that. you're taking food out of the mouths of children. sorry. it's a fact.

if you want to talk to me just click my e-mail thing. i'll spell it all out for you, if you want.

I've heard one Gold Chains track -- on the Tigerbeat comp -- and found it pretty much dead-center between interesting/amusing and just sort of a pointless joke. Quick, people who actually listen to these records: tell me honestly, are they any good? Not the thing, but the tracks themselves?

The beats are great, nabisco. Yes, I love them. I wouldn't say I love Gold Chains, but I feel the need to stand up for him. A lot of us listen to music that acts a little sexier than it really is, and lord knows music wouldn't be where it is now without certain artists "acting blacker" than they really are.

i spent all weekend listening to the second ep. i can only think of one overt reference to hip hop: "musique concrete / mcs at my feet / bodies all over the street". he's not a white hip-hop artist, he's a sex entertainer a la peaches or mike patton or prince or serge g. the shtick may be the music, but the shtick ain't fake rap, whatever it is.

Cool post from Dom

New record "sluts" up on spotify etc

So there was a fire last night in SF and...

http://www.gofundme.com/l2a12c

In case you haven't already heard, Toph was one of the victims of the massive fire that caught blaze at 22nd & Mission last night Thankfully, he was not at home when the fire started, and therefore was not injured in the tragedy that killed 1 of his neighbors and sent a handful of others to the hospital.

However, the apartment is completely destroyed and Toph has lost EVERYTHING. He is left with nothing more than the clothes he wore to work yesterday, as the apartment was already up in flames by the time he was returning home. Sadly, Toph's cat, Oum, was also in the apartment at the time of the fire.

Toph had lived for in that apartment for 18 years. To make matters worse, the apartment was also where he kept the Gold Chains recording studio, and as a result all his recording equipment is gone too. All the synths, the hard drives, instruments, not to mention all the memories and good times had there for many... all gone.

According to a Twitter post from Eric Grandy: "RIP 20 DATs, 50 Moogs, a couple of ARPs, five 808s :("