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Prescription medication and dance music

Monday, August 27th, 2012

I’m in Toledo, drinking Bloody Marys and watching John Carpenter’s Vampires on TV. What the fuck are you doing?

Aphrodite
All Over Me (Freq Nasty Remix)
All Over Me (Beanie Remix by Jimmy T)
So, true story…

A few years back I cracked a rib while trying to move my fish tank (no, it wasn’t full). That hurt. A lot. It hurt so much that my doctor did me a solid and prescribed me some crazy strong painkillers.

At the same time I had a gig reviewing electronic CDs for Limewire’s MP3 store (remember Limewire!?!). Under the influence of not one, but two prescription painkillers, I got to work that night writing a review for a compilation of early Future Sound Of London singles called The Pulse EPs.

I’m digging the album, as I love me some FSOL, but about two tracks in I’m finding that I’m really digging the album. As Limewire is no more I can’t cite that old review, but I recall it being nothing but euphoric praise, concluding that the collection is “absolu-bleeping-lutely essentinal.” By the time I had finished writing the review, I was convinced that I found the best electronic release of the year.

A few days later I dove back to the CD, eager to experience its greatness once more, only to come to the sad realization that it’s not hitting me like it was just a couple days before. I’m still digging it immensely, but I feel like it’s missing something, some key factor that took it over the edge before.

Then I look down and realize that I’m out of my painkillers.

My point? I don’t know if I have one. I do know, however, that these remixes of “All Over Me” make me feel nearly as good as that combination of painkillers and FSOL did, and I’m not even on drugs anymore. So I guess that’s a pretty ringing endorsement for them. (The remixes, not painkillers…I think.)

Death In Vegas
Hands Around My Throat (For The Throat Mix)
If I listened to the “All Over Me” remixes while under the influence I feel like I would just jump up and dance non-stop. If I listened to this creepy/hard-as-hell remix while on drugs, I suspect I would probably piss my pants and lock myself in my closet. And that’s why I never do drugs. Just say no kids.

Dieselboy
The Descent (Decorder Remix)
He should really convert to ethanol, better for the environment.

Sorry. I’ll see myself out.

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Let There Be Badfinger?

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Need to apologize to Destrukto for last night’s overly abusive comments directed towards him. I was half-kidding and sometimes tone doesn’t translate well to written word.

That little incident proves that I’m still recovering from my recent visit by the family so I’m going to keep tonight’s post bereft of funny/angry rants, since my internal barometer of what is decent and funny and what is vulgar and mean is way off right now. Besides, the only two things pissing me off right now are Joe The Plumber in Israel and killer cops in Oakland, and I really don’t feel like talking about either. So instead lets just cut to the tunes.

Exotic Birds
Day After Day (13” Remix)
Day After Day (12” Vox)
Day After Day (London Single)
Halucienda
Day After Day (Upstairs Dub)
Vogue After Vogue
I know what you were thinking right before you came here, you were thinking, “Man, I love Badfinger, and I love cheesy 90s dance music, wouldn’t it be great if there was a cheesy 90s dance cover of Badfinger’s “Day After Day”? And wouldn’t it even be more awesome if they were remixes? And wouldn’t it just be ball-smashingly fantastic if one of those remixes of said cover was a dub mix that included vocal samples of of Run DMC and the “let their be house” guy? That would be amazing, but what would make it beyond perfect would be if it was by a band that Trent Reznor used to be in, that would be an 11 on a scale of 1 to 10!”

That’s what you were thinking, right?

What the hell is wrong with you?

Dieselboy
Invid (E-Sassin VIP)
The Descent (Phunckateck VIP)
Invid (Twisted Anger Remix)
Invid (Joshua Ryan’s Southern Cross Remix)
Invid (Joshua Ryan Remix Radio Edit)
I blew my witty load with that stupid bit you just read. These awesome DnB cuts are from the 2xLP “Invid” single.

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