For Mirth Only

Another Birthday Party

This Friday is my friend Katherine’s birthday party at Loreley in the LES.  She’s turning twenty-five, or a quarter of a century - same age as me, actually.  There will be a special DJ playing - one of my favorites, and I’m giddy with anticipation.  It’s a secret, but let’s just say he’s someone I’ve wanted to be since I was 18 or so.

Dope Jams

Staying in all the time leads to depression. I’ve been almost masochistic in my self-imposed jailing, especially given the recent change in weather. I re-watched episodes of Twin Peaks and Strangers with Candy, and indulged in the occasional SC VOD, though. This week, I discovered Billa’s flickr account (he’s the photographer for SuperSuper magazine) and ended up sinking hours into middle-click-photo, middle-click All Sizes, right-click-v-left-click-ing through his 19k+ photos of East London club characters.

On tonight’s party: It’s nice to feel at home when you go out, to know you’re going to enjoy yourself, to hope for the time of your life and come away satisfied. It was a small slice of fulfillment - til the next one.

Chic - I Want Your Love (Todd Terje Edit) (pre party listening)

Alexander Robotnick - Problemes D’Amour (Dub) (A song I never thought I would hear in a club until I did tonight)

We Have A Winner

Lo and behold, there may be a silver lining in it all. But will it happen?

I’m not really ashamed to say I only attended 1 of the 4 parties previously posted here this year. (There were more, but I deleted them) . In short, I’ve missed too many - part of it was my inane new year’s resolution, part of it was the cold weather -> being sick.

After scouring MySpace and Yelp (for parties and hair stylists, respectively), I decided on THE REAL WORLD, and an aggressive, ’80s bowl cut from Mousey Brown Salon (which I don’t recommend at all). The afterparty (location TBA) will be DJ’d by Princess Julia (The P.i.X zine) and The Lovely Jonjo (Durrr). The occasion? My 25th birthday.

Antonio Ciutto & Basso and Brooke on fuk.co.uk

(Julian and Sophie)

Fashion UK or fuk.co.uk’s played an important role in my life. I was a sorry, depressed teenager, living in cultureless suburbia, and I really ate up everything I could find through magazines at Tower and sites on the internet, including news items and LFW coverage on fuk.co.uk.

This is really just an ode to them and 2 of my favorite designers over the years who have consistently created in a style that seems to me a complete bubble. I think Basso and Brooke’s Autumn/Winter 05 collection was the one that hit me the hardest.

I would include Julian and Sophie (nothingnothing), but they broke up a while back…not exactly sure what they’re up to now. I do know Julian’s done some really genius MySpace bulletins lately haha, if that could ever be an artform.

Basso and Brooke
Antonio Ciutto
JULIANAND’s MySpace
BLOW PR
fuk.co.uk
SUPERSUPER

Another James de la Cruz Mix

Just came across this even though I guess it’s been up for almost 2 years. Anyways, I converted it to mp3 and cut it up, so it’s just his mix and the post-mix interview.

Tracklist:
1. j-zone - pimp palace magic [zone]
2. j-zone - hit n run [zone]
3. nerd - thrasher [virgin/emi]
4. toto - rosanna [cbs/sony bmg]
5. mulatu astatke - emnete [soundway/creative vibes]
6. prince - i wanna be your lover [paisley park/warner]
7. prince - raspberry beret [paisley park/warner]
8. little dragon feat yukimi nagano - test [off the wall 7"]
9. some grime track
10. josh rouse - come back [rykodisc/warner]
Interview

In other Avalanches news, they keep saying they’re almost finished with the 2nd album. I just got bored and reversed their latest Relaxation mixtape.

James de la Cruz on Stylin (straightup.com.au)
The Avalanches’ Yoga Mind Meld Zombie Relaxation Tape (normal)
Relaxation (backwards)

The Swampmaster has additional info.

200720072007

Robot Mixage
The Avalanches - Some People, Brains Teazer, Beneath The Surface (23.11.04)
Fred Deakin - Triptych
Justice - Essential Mix 6/10/07
I-F - Le Mouv, Paris 6/10/00
Skull Juice - Live at Trash, Serious Fun
We’re Not Cool! - Bugged Out! Competition Mix
Bugged In - Erol Alkan (OLD)
Rory Phillips - Live at Our Disco 2/22/07
DURRR Podcasts - Rory, The Lovely Jonjo, Rory, Rory, Matt Walsh
Luis Morales - Mad Muggy Mix
Sheila B - Jazzman Radio

Long Players
MIA - Kala
Late of the Pier - Zarcorp demo
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black

Printed Matter
Dummy
Oyster
Wax Poetics
Preen

Sweet Jesus! I’m Blind! I’m Blind!
Klazart
Twin Peaks
Strangers with Candy
We Fuck Alone
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders

A Night At The Opera
1. Joe Claussell @ Dope Jams 11/3
2. Amy Winehouse @ Joe’s Pub 1/16
3. DURRR @ The End 12/29
4. Kiiiiiii! @ Cake Shop 4/4
5. Justice (DJ Set) @ Studio B 10/20
6. Koop @ Hiro Ballroom 11/2
7. Rich Medina @ APT 11/21
8. Zoo Years Eve @ Catch 12/31
9. James Murphy @ 205 Club 12/3

Shop
Tokio 7
Levi’s
TRÈS BIEN

More lists: Satine, Cat, Luis, Charles, Patrick, mine

NYE

4 misguided azns tainting the otherwise uniformly Victorian-garbed art-rock crowd. Girls with bobs, guys with white, ruffled shirts. Special guest was Hatcham Social. Unfortunately missed Ipso Facto due to our taking 3 trains in the wrong direction and getting lost in Shoreditch. And how could I not mention The P.I.X’s lovely selection of oldies. The countdown to midnight was unnoticeably nonexistent.

NOT NYE

Arrived late and missed half of them, but still caught the tail end of Rory’s set and saw Dan Deacon, Erol and Skull Juice lay the club in ruins. How good was it to hear The Proxy’s “Dance In The Dark” (dished out by Skull Juice) and Rory’s dub of The Teenagers’ Starlett Johanssan (played by Erol) on The End’s system. Nothing like affirmation of a whole year’s pining/wishing/downloading podcasts/wishing/chart mining.

Inspiration

I wish I’d grown up in NYC.

Last Chance!

Yay! Rory Phillips is coming back to play NYC! Hopefully it will be better attended than last time, but who knows. I’m dying to hear more Sonic Youth with Solex and indie-house bleepage mixed with post punk shakers - Shack Up! (Secretly, if it’s not any good I’ll know that the reign of Trash and Durrr is truly over. I’m kidding of course)…(Man, I am super in need of a night of dancing. It just needs to be dark enough, late enough, twisted and bangin’. It just takes the right intro…and I’m there).