Strictly 4 My Underground Homo Deep House Thugs: DJ Sprinkles - Midtown 120 Blues

eh fact still stuck in 2003 with the enforced multipage articles to boost page views

think you mean 2013, the same year many had similar complaints about the heavy burden of clicking extra times because ad money pays salaries

h8 clicking

if thaemlitz had any political integrity at all she'd take a stand on this but no, not one EP. OVERRATED.

i was so disgusted i worked out the wear and tear on my mouse for 4 clicks, multiplied over the projected 4 parts of the article and sent FACT the bill

I read on mobile devices, so.. it's a pain in the ass.

zoom in on next button, click, oops, fat fingers clicked the wrong thing. go back start again. Flag. Lots more articles on mobile friendly sites since agggggges ago.

Oh man sorry, I had no idea :-(

thaemlitz's website has no ads and some similarly great pieces.

xp rmde

I've been listening to this record as much as ever. Can't wait to read this.

That's ok dickbait

a person who complains about a non-mobile-friendly website layout re a terre thaemlitz interview in an online music mag and then makes vague suggestions that they are being persecuted for being called out on how idiotic this is and then resorts to a homophobic slur is basically the blonde woman in the following story, which i really hope you'll read, it's edifying.

From
We Are Not Welcome Here
Address for "Charming for the Revolution: A Congress for Gender Talents and Wildness,"
Tate Modern, February 2, 2013
http://www.comatonse.com/writings/2013_we_are_not_welcome_here.html

Later that evening, while DJ-ing at the after party, I was harassed by a drunk, middle-aged, standardly attractive heterosexual woman with long blonde hair who had apparently walked through life without hearing the word, "No!" At least not in a night club. While I realize that may sound like a mysogynistic generalization, my years of experience as a DJ have shown the two types of people who never fail to give me trouble are heterosexual long-haired blonde women, and heterosexual middle-aged German men in casual blazers.

She began by asking me to play something by Madonna. I joked that she clearly did not know who I was (ref. my anti-Madonna tyrade in "Ball'r (Madonna-Free Zone)"). She persisted, moving on to request Billy Bragg and the Pogues. As I was in the midst of playing a deep house set, I asked why she would even imagine I had such music with me. She continued with her requests, and I kept explaining I didn't have the type of music she wanted to hear. It is amazing how people presume DJ's always carry an arsenal of mainstream pop records. Sorry, I don't play at coming out parties or wedding receptions.

After what must have been at least ten minutes, I finally said, "I guess my answer to your requests is, 'No!'" This did not go over well.

"What?!!"

"No! My answer is no!"

Total shock-face. "How dare you!"

I pointed to the day's curator Stuart Comer, who was standing a few meters away, and suggested she complain to him. Her response was, "Who's that? Your boyfriend? What are you, faggots?" I pointed once again to Stuart and she repeated her insult, at which point I began screaming at the top of my lungs, "Yes, that's right! We are all faggots! This is a faggot party! Where the fuck do you think you are? We - are - all - faggots - here! This - is - a - faggot - party!"

At this point, the staff and people on the floor began to realize what was happening, and moved her away - but she remained on the dancefloor flipping me off until closing time. The most disturbing thing was that she was accompanied by a WGM friend who could have been an attendee at the symposium. If so, and if you read this, get a new fag hag because your old one is broken. She clearly despises you - probably because you are the only person with a penis offering her the vapid emotional understanding she craves but cannot find in the drunk, heterosexual men with blonde hair she attempts to have meaningful relationships with. Both of your lives have been lived a million times.

err dickbait is his user name

anyway, I didn't mean to derail the thread. Was just pointing out that I'm surprised fact are still sticking their head in the sand with such a redundant style layout, especially for an online magazine with articles.

sorry mattresslessness, that didn't occur to me I was just going off of "clickbait"

sorry for the misunderstanding micarl.

He seems like a really intense interview subject.

Another recent excellent interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWbA_1CoGJQ

Looking forward to reading Lex's later today when I have a sec.

Tremendous interview, Lex - must have been a lot of prep considering Terre's rigour.

http://lmgmblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/terrethaemlitzinterview/ another recent one (i haven't had a chance to read it yet).

thx for nice words everyone

Tremendous interview, Lex - must have been a lot of prep considering Terre's rigour.

she was intimidatingly intelligent tbh

Look forward to setting aside an afternoon to reading this in full. Terre's interviews and articles are always really great.

I was surprised that midtown 120 became so scarce. How much were copies going for online?

he's very generous with his intelligence though. I spoke to him in a bar after a queer festival and it's no-bullshit but inclusive at the same time. a pretty unique trait, i think.

great interview Lex, I'm looking forward to the rest of it.

Great line.

How is uploading tracks to YouTube and Soundcloud any different from dumping a box of 100,000 CD-R copies of your favorite track at the biggest shopping mall in town and just walking away?

How does this album keep getting better every time I listen to it, even years after release?

otm

otm otm, i keep bringing it back into the car with me. such a warm comforting vibe. and "the inevitable comedown" last track is the perfect closer, it's like BOOM ~~LIFT OFF~~~~ you are more powerful than you were before you pressed play.

lol by "the inevitable comedown" i meant "the occasional feelgood"

haa

wtf tickets to her july show at dance tunnel (london) sold out in TWO MINUTES.

this album got reissued by comatonse a couple weeks ago, if anybody needs a copy

Got the reissues and oh god they are good

not a single mention of this?!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAjU_6yw2Gs

It was in everyone's EOY ballots last year.

my mistake.

no mention on this thread is what i meant.

Thanks for mentioning, amazing track.

She's in the Guardian today - http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/25/dj-sprinkles-terre-thaemlitz

“Audio consumption is always about a gap between producer and listener,” she said. “When I was growing up in the Midwest, I twisted things like Gary Numan, or Depeche Mode, or Kraftwerk to fit my experience. That’s a precondition of music, from the consumer side. And the fundamental relationship between me and audio is still as a consumer. It’s not as a performer; it’s not as a trained musician. I’m a consumer who’s basically making collages, and playing my record collection for people,” she said. “In the end, I’m suspect of all of it. I’m not turning to these genres because I think they’re so capable of expressing the issues at hand. In a way, I’m trying to point out that the real issues aren’t getting dealt with by simply enjoying the music.”

http://www.newyorker.com/books/joshua-rothman/depth-dance-floor-music-dj-sprinkles

Finally bought a copy of Midtown 120 Blues from the Comatonse website. If you're looking for a copy, they're cheapest here: http://www.comatonse.com/releases/shop_currency_usd.html#c022

Ho-ly shit. That New Yorker piece.

Got me listening to Sprinkles' remix of Oh, Yoko's 'Seashore' all day. What an amazing track! Didn't know Will Long/Celer was involved, let alone knowing about the existence of this remix. I feel so much richer than before having heard this. Truly amazing.

immediately always read the thread title as "Strictly 4 My Underground Home Depot House Thugs..."

Ho-ly shit. That New Yorker piece.

Got me listening to Sprinkles' remix of Oh, Yoko's 'Seashore' all day. What an amazing track! Didn't know Will Long/Celer was involved, let alone knowing about the existence of this remix. I feel so much richer than before having heard this. Truly amazing.

― a pleasant little psychedelic detour in the elevator (Amory Blaine), Wednesday, November 19, 2014 5:25 PM (19 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh cool, i really love that track.

and learned much more about it from the new yorker piece (thanks one way street).

two new singles w/Mark Fell.

really dig 'fresh,' haven't heard sprinkles' alt mixes yet

I've been enjoying the Sprinkles' Deeperama remix of Simon Fisher Turner's "Shishapangma" over the past few weeks. It's been on 12" only, but someone on SoundCloud has opened their mix with it, and you get almost the full track: https://soundcloud.com/vikink/vik-kabinet-club-04122015-warm-up

(That's Cosey Fanni Tutti playing cornet towards the end of the track, by the way.)

"fresh" is one of my tracks of the year. tony benn!

Mine too. Such an beautiful thing.

While googling Dave berg recently, I found a cool article terre wrote about him. I know it's childish but I still get off on "wow this artist I love loves this totally unrelated other artist I love" thing