I hit the Girl Talk show at Webster Hall Saturday night (or, rather, Saturday evening, as doors opened at 5:30pm!). GT was amazing. Brother right-clicked the muthafuckin' doors off that place. And by the way, if you ever find yourself at a laptop rock show, it's incredibly, brilliantly fun to scream things like "F12!" from the crowd. Especially if you've just come from The Continental, where 5 shots of anything cost $10. Wow.
Anyhow, this is really just a short post for the benefit of Dan Deacon, who opened for the main act. Dan, you know that raised platform at the front of the dance floor? It's called a stage, dude. And when you're playing a show in public, you should sort of get up on top of that thing instead of sitting at your computer down on the floor for no reason. Not that there's much to see at these types of shows anyway, but if I wanted to stand there and just listen to a bunch of ho-hum electronica in the dark, I could have stayed home and punched in a couple of pre-sets from my mid-1980s era Casio keyboard. At least try to put on a show or something. Come on. These tickets aren't cheap. And that flashing skull from the Halloween shop in the mall doesn't count.
Girl Talk, on the other hand, while also just a dude w/ a Mac, rocked the house, y'all. Now THAT is how you put on a show. ON STAGE. With some video going behind you, jumpin' around in your hoodie, sweatin' like a fat dude at the Old Country Buffet...this shit was electric. Great, great show.
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those laptop shows can really go either way. Actually, boring is the more common state -- it's rare that someone pulls it off in an exciting manner.
Girl Talk pulled it off like crazy. That guy was great!
yes he did. Incredible show. I remember seeing the Chemical Brothers a few years ago and they were awful. good music, but boring as hell.
haha! good thing you're leaving new york. You're turning into a snide NY hipster! just in time! :P
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