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Got tickets to the Wellmont NJ show after my girlfriend and I have tried for 3 years to see him and always got met with sold out shows. We also met at a party where someone was playing Girl Talk and started talking because we both knew it. I figure it'll be a good XMas present. 
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Thanks for the mirror! I am pumped about this one! My Monday doesn't suck anymore.
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Nov 15, 2010 17:23
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Thanks for the mirror, the main site can suck it. I'm so loving excited!
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Nov 15, 2010 17:28
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I had no idea he was done already. So far I'm really loving it - lots of mashes I recognize from that live bootleg from Binghamton in May. He wrecked the Ke$ha/New Order bit though, it was better on the bootleg. Thanks for the mirror, I was trying to get the official site to work for twenty minutes before I thought to check SA.
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Nov 15, 2010 18:39
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Girl Talk and such are my official roadtrip CDs, so I'm definitely glad I have another 71 minutes of driving music! Sneaking a little listen during my lunch break, and it sounds fantastic so far.
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Nov 15, 2010 18:49
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after listening to it once, i'll say it's better than NR but not as good as FTA (let's just forget about his first two)
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Nov 15, 2010 20:01
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Geno posted:after listening to it once, i'll say it's better than NR but not as good as FTA (let's just forget about his first two) This is an argument I've never seen before and hope to have an insightful discussion re: this.
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Nov 15, 2010 20:15
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Thanks for the mirror! I'll be listening to this at work later today.
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Nov 15, 2010 20:17
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I absolutely love listening to Girl Talk's albums the first time, and this one is no exception. They sort of lose their magic for me after a few listens though, once I know what to expect I don't enjoy them nearly as much. That said, loving the album so far.
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Nov 15, 2010 20:22
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Is he reusing some samples in this one? I swear he's used "Loser" before.
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Nov 15, 2010 20:22
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Thanks for the mirror!
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Nov 15, 2010 20:23
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Slackerish posted:Is he reusing some samples in this one? I swear he's used "Loser" before. I don't recall that he has, but the last E-603 album did.
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Nov 15, 2010 20:32
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That was... extensive use of Shutterbug. But I'm loving it so far.
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Nov 15, 2010 20:33
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I listened to it while doing some work and it sounded the same as other Girl Talk albums. It has the same general cadence and mood, which can be a good or bad thing depending on why you're listening
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Nov 15, 2010 20:58
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Awesome mirror bro. By the way, I'm going to the first Pittsburgh show. The city may not get many bands, but Girl Talk christening a new venue in his hometown? Can't loving wait.
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Nov 15, 2010 21:14
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This starts off with War Pigs?????? gently caress YES this is so loving awesome.
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Nov 15, 2010 21:46
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Halfway into the second song and already he forgot what being "on-key" is. Some of this poo poo doesn't make any loving sense. I guess it's really not meant to be listened to intently and sober... because holy poo poo this is depressing. We'll see where this ends up, but consider the bar lowered. A lot. The mix got really thin when Spacehog dropped in midway into song number three, too. Jesus, dude either doesn't care or contracted something in those biomed labs he used to work at that's only starting to affect him now. (Ludachrist was at least decent... if the best parts were mostly poo poo he's done before, like the chop routine on C+C Music Factory near the end.) EDIT: Final score: points for Toadies/Bruno Mars, New Order/Li'l Wayne for like 15 seconds, "Make Me Wanna", Flock of Seagulls/Drake, and a light exhale through the nose at Rolling Stones/Wiz Khalifa. I want... probably about 65 of my 71 minutes back. Gaspar Lewis fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Nov 15, 2010 |
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Nov 15, 2010 21:50
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Good looks on that mirror. The main website was taking forever. Can't wait to listen to this one especially since I just bought tickets for his House of Blues Boston show.
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Nov 15, 2010 22:16
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The first two tracks are just downers. Then he tries to bring it back to form by using "weird" samples like Fungazi, Radiohead, and The Ramones but it just sounds hyper ironic and contrived. He doesn't really hit stride until This Is The Remix, and by then it becomes all samples I've heard before from either his bootlegs or other artists' releases (I just saw E-603 on Saturday and heard a lot of these samples used in a similar fashion). I think the best moments come toward the end when he begins to re-embrace the glitchy playfulness that made Night Ripper so great. The bit where he plays with Basement Jaxx in Make Me Wanna is amazing. I also really like the Arcade Fire/Birdman mash on that track. I can appreciate what Girl Talk has done for mash-ups, in the sense that he has taken what was once a very avant-garde satirical form of art and turned it into a very accessible and poppy form of dance music. However, I think that in making his music more "accessible", he has started to loose interest in the medium as a whole. There is nothing worth noting (in the 'grand-scheme' sense) in this release aside from a few sweet beats here and there. Even though its tough to listen to Greg's pre-Night Ripper releases, they manage to hold a compelling passion in their glitchy-ness that is not present in this release. What made Night Ripper (GT's best imo) such a noteworthy release (aside from the fact that it got Pitchfork's BNM) was that it combined the artistic glitch present in KLF, ECC, Negativeland with the hyper-active DJ sets (Bastard-pop) released by 2ManyDJs, Z-Trip, Dangermouse, etc. Since Night Ripper, GT has slowly moved too far towards the generic Bastard-pop end of the mash-up spectrum, and now that there are artists like Milkman, E-603, and Ludachrist fighting for real estate in that sector of the public sphere, you can't merely throw out something like All Day and expect it to not be boring.
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baberaham lincoln posted:now that there are artists like Milkman, E-603, and Ludachrist fighting for real estate in that sector of the public sphere, you can't merely throw out something like All Day and expect it to not be boring. I agree with everything you said but I'll just quote this. I feel like GT is something I can throw on at a party and people will enjoy it, but I've moved past what he is still doing and it is not as interesting now. It's still fun and I'll throw on All Day while working out for sure, but I'm a little disappointed with this release 
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Nov 15, 2010 23:24
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baberaham lincoln posted:i'll admit, i'm impressed with your review. how do you know so much about music/mashups?
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Nov 15, 2010 23:29
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I listen to Girl Talk expecting about 5-10 minutes of awesome stuff, and the rest just chaff. Three tracks in I have about three minutes of awesome, so it's progressing nicely.
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Nov 15, 2010 23:30
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Geno posted:i'll admit, i'm impressed with your review. how do you know so much about music/mashups? I can't determine how sincere / sarcastic you're being. I've written a couple of papers on remix / mash-up culture (Larry Lessig, Henry 'JenkDawg' Jenkins, Rebecca Tushnet, etc), but mostly I just read Wikipedia a lot and don't kiss girls. My senior thesis is part legal theory and part lit crit as applied to mash-ups.
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baberaham lincoln posted:I can't determine how sincere / sarcastic you're being. I've written a couple of papers on remix / mash-up culture (Larry Lessig, Henry 'JenkDawg' Jenkins, Rebecca Tushnet, etc), but mostly I just read Wikipedia a lot and don't kiss girls. My senior thesis is part legal theory and part lit crit as applied to mash-ups. i wasn't sarcastic. anyone who can write 2 detailed paragraphs about GT/mashups can get 2 cents in my book
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So far my favorite is the Mr. Blue Skies remix in the second track or the Put a Ring On It mix in That's Right. Does anyone know what the backing track is at 2:20 in That's Right? I know it from some 90s song I think.
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Nov 16, 2010 00:40
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Nam Taf posted:EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you for the mirror, his site is completely borked right now.
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BackInTheUSSR posted:So far my favorite is the Mr. Blue Skies remix in the second track or the Put a Ring On It mix in That's Right. I liked that and the Lady Gaga with... something at some point that was really good. If I could just listen to those bits I would, but as it stands I probably won't listen to this album again. Edit - Okay, about ten minutes of good stuff overall, five of which is the last song. Sisgmund fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Nov 16, 2010 |
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Nov 16, 2010 00:46
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BackInTheUSSR posted:Does anyone know what the backing track is at 2:20 in That's Right? I know it from some 90s song I think. Incomplete list here. Also fan-generated.
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Nov 16, 2010 00:54
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Nam Taf posted:Incomplete list here. Also fan-generated. Sweet. It was Spacehog - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9AWGc0d8ik I knew it was some super 90s song.
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Nov 16, 2010 00:59
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The tracklist is up on wikipedia! E: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU how did I have that window open without pressing send for so long? icicle bob fucked around with this message at 01:16 on Nov 16, 2010 |
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Nov 16, 2010 01:13
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This album is really fun. It's not a huge change of pace from Feed the Animal or from his live set he was playing in the last year (a lot of the samples are the same). But it's still just fun, upbeat music that gets you in the mood to dance. Can't wait for the 9:30 Club show in DC - it's an awesome venue for him.
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Nov 16, 2010 02:24
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The Windowlicker sample in Get It Get It was great.
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Nov 16, 2010 02:40
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Whatever, I'm digging it. And coming out this close to the Ludachrist release it's a great time to be into mashups. I really wasn't into the first two tracks but things have really started to pick up. There's nothing insane going on here, but it sure as hell is fun!
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Nov 16, 2010 02:42
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Baberaham you are so loving on point across the board it's not even funny. Let's be slightly better acquaintance-bros for the foreseeable future. Free use and and its legal ramifications are awesome. Also worth considering are the Avalanches (Since I Left You) and the Kleptones (24 Hours) for their fairly valiant attempts at structural cohesion via recurring motifs and potential for narrative through recurring vocalists and/or samples throughout the whole work. If you ever write another paper.
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Nov 16, 2010 02:57
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Infinity plus one-ing the mirror thanks, I've been trying all evening to get the new Girl Talk from the official site but that poo poo is deader than a doornail.
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Gaspar Lewis posted:I want... probably about 65 of my 71 minutes back. I'm on track 6 now (digging the U2 sample), but so far, my opinion is about the same. It just feels really boring and uninspired. NR and FTA had a kind of playful energy that made listening to it much more than just two tracks laid on top of each other. It feels like he's almost lost that sense of fun completely, most of this feels like it's paint-by-numbers and he's just going through the motions. Halfway into the album, I'm ready to just pretend *this* was the bootleg and listen to the Birmingham show instead from now on. Didn't even know there was a new Ludachrist until I checked this thread to see how other folks felt about All Day. Holding out hope that it's not as disappointing. Edit: gently caress me, credit where credit's due. Bust A Move & Kylie Minogue in "Down For The Count" is as good as anything he's ever done, in my opinion. Wow. juggalol fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Nov 16, 2010 |
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Nov 16, 2010 03:20
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Nice, time to smoke up, play cod, and listen to this. Now we just need the master Milkman to drop something besides originals and we will have a great month. Also, whoever posted that gently caress computer cd. Thank you, I really enjoyed it. Maybe it's because I was super high, but listening to a mashup album that has a relaxed feel to it like that instead of a super rager party feel to it was nice. Any other mellow mashups like that at all?
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Nov 16, 2010 04:46
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Try the Downtime half of the Kleptones' Uptime/Downtime.
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Nov 16, 2010 04:48
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Triphop Essentials by DJ Lobsterdust is all kinds of fantastic - http://djlobsterdust.com/index.php/mashups/triphop-essentials-dj-lobsterdust-blend/ Although it's really just a mix rather than a mashup I guess. Still worth a listen.
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Dunno if this is the right thread, but there's apparently a notice out from The Avalanches floating around that they'll have a very special announcement coming on their website in the next few months. Album number 2 and Australian tour, hopefully.
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