Comments on: DJ, please begin with some Trance, to set the mood.

By: Vila Restal

Vila Restal — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:59:14 +0000

And let’s have a rousing round of applause from the Wings

By: Vila Restal

Vila Restal — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:57:21 +0000

Obscure German stuff?? is he referring to his own family?? They’re all obscure Germans

By: Random

Random — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:30:46 +0000

come on, you know charles would totally be into hhc ^^;

By: spell

spell — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:57:58 +0000

very.

By: gomerphs

gomerphs — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:08:21 +0000

Every summer there’s a big rave in Hawaii called Love Fest. They usually shut down the Hawaiian Adventures Water Park for a sold 24 hours to prep and host the rave. I think they used to have one called Children of the Corn too where they would host a rave out in the middle of a corn/pineapple field.

By: charro

charro — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:23:54 +0000

Yeah see the nice thing about the desert is people will lease their properties to promoters. So all you need is a permit and the thing is legal. I don’t think they throw illegal parties (very much) in the desert anymore. Too many raids. Security is pretty high.. but people still find a way to get high too.

By: CandyWhorehole

CandyWhorehole — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 07:26:17 +0000

This was absolutely hilaires! Loved it!

By: Vr0nCat

Vr0nCat — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:45:37 +0000

I’m thinking this is funnier to:
a) those with a British (or Oz/Kiwi) sense of humour
b) peeps who are over 35 and not so precious about their “scene” and the need to prove they know more than anyone else about it;
c) easy going, accepting, members of the cheez-net who just like to *rofl* or *snorgle* or *WHATEVERTHEF**KISMAKIN’LIFEGOODYAY”

In summary: “oh get over yourselves. laugh at fun stuff, snipe at no-one, live life happily.”

By: slanagat

slanagat — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:41:03 +0000

Charro – FM and the Murphys are skirting the hairy edge between CeltCore and punk, to the point that they frequently get tossed in with the pumk bands at places like Hot Topic. Which has been good for them and the genre; Flogging Molly has gotten great exposure in the same festival scene with acts like Alkaline Trio, AFI and their ilk. Their crossover appeal hasn’t spread all that deep into the genre though, more’s the pity.

Xavier – the hell you say, I will definitely plug my own band! Shamelessly! :^D

By: Xavier

Xavier — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:10:55 +0000

I need to start listening to di.fm again — I couldn’t tell you who they spin on the Eurotrance channel, but I know I liked it.

By: Xavier

Xavier — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:09:22 +0000

I miss my days doing audio for big parties — now that I am out in CA I ought to go track some of these down, nice to know there’s still a scene out here. It all died off in Ohio and Pennsylvania when the raids picked up. It was mostly trance and techno in the Cleveland and Pittsburgh areas, and Jungle in Cincinnati and Dayton.

By: Xavier

Xavier — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:05:23 +0000

Could be worse. You could be from Cincinnati (since escaped) where it’s “all Jungle all the time”. I used to do sound for parties in the Cleveland area, where they at least know what Trance is…

By: Xavier

Xavier — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:02:57 +0000

No nepotism allowed!

Bluegrass begins with Mr. Monroe, carries through Mr. Stanley, Mr. Scruggs and ends with Mr. Skaggs and Ms. Krauss. Everything else is not bluegrass.

My $0.02 have been spent!

By: charro

charro — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:02:18 +0000

I appreciate the well thought out response.
I’ve been to Denver, but that was only once and that was in.. 1999? Anyway.. From what I know of the whole “Denver area”, I can see that.

By: AM

AM — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:23:25 +0000

Seriously? I don’t give a damn if an artist is popular or not. For the record I live in Denver which is half nothing and half EDM obsessed. You can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a club, DJ, the Beatport offices, or the Dance room at Twist&Shout records. Practically everyone within the metro area is in the EDM scene. I’ve seen people at death metal and grindcore shows wearing kandi. Our emo scene is actually “emotronica” with bands like 3Oh!3 and Breathe Carolina simply adding a screaming dude and a vocoder to some trance or progressive house.

As for one-upmanship, please pardon my tendency towards this, I spend far too much time around DJs since my best friend and a couple other close friends of mine are all club DJs and I’m used to the whole exclusivity and obscurity game. I like some mainstream stuff (Christopher Lawrence, Joop, Gabriel & Dresden, Sander Van Doorn, etc.) but the fun is in chasing down the next big thing.

By: charro

charro — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:21:00 +0000

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By: Danbala

Danbala — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:27:24 +0000

Oooer! *faints*

By: Danbala

Danbala — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:27:03 +0000

(Where “something” means “penis”, but I bet that will make a post disappear.)

By: Danbala

Danbala — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:26:37 +0000

I think it’s more important while you’re still younger, to be SPESHUL like that. Once you get past the idea that more obscure == better, the record collection is no longer sufficient for the “my something is bigger than yours”!

By: The Pirate King

The Pirate King — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:28:49 +0000

“Oh, Come on Dad!”
“Daddy is not coming on anything!” LOL

By: froofrou

froofrou — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:04:53 +0000

@Mark: See if you can find some old Bluegrass stuff from Kentucky with Berl Hopkins as either the banjo player or on guitar. I never knew his instrument of choice while he was in the band, but that’s my grandpa )

By: pittypat

pittypat — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:04:41 +0000

Your offering pleases the technoprince.

By: charro

charro — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:51:08 +0000

Wait wait wait.
Dropkick Murphy’s? Flogging Molly? Is that what CeltCore is? I know who they are. I have a couple of their CDs.
Maybe I’m just too old to keep up with all this crazy newfangled categorization.

By: charro

charro — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:40:55 +0000

I listen to punk.. Not so much nowadays but I was a little punk rocker for quite a while.
Not Irish Country Punk though, no. ;o)

By: I Fail at Failing

I Fail at Failing — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:30:44 +0000

It’s DJ Big-Bob spinning a hardstyle masterclass and munching more pills than Pac-Man!

By: Uncle Fester from Paris

Uncle Fester from Paris — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:28:40 +0000

OK, now imagine her like that doing jumpstyle…

By: I Fail at Failing

I Fail at Failing — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:05:43 +0000

lol Ultimate WIN!!!

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:59:59 +0000

Slan knows his CeltCore (I don’t know some of his bands even) though I’d also add The Pogues as the prototype for the genre, and Shane MacGowan’s solo career as an interesting sidebar (how about some Irish/Punk/Country music? Anybody? Anybody?)

Bluegrass: I guess I’m not really familiar with the old, classic artists, but I’m entertained by the new bands doing a modern take on Bluegrass. Try Leftover Salmon (their first two albums especially). Actually, they refer to their style as “PolyEthnic Cajun SlamGrass”, so they may not be technically Bluegrass!

All the other Bluegrass bands I’ve enjoyed are local three or four piece combos playing in bars. No way for you to hear them, I guess.

By: slanagat

slanagat — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:36:49 +0000

Not so much into bluegrass, but if he means what I think he means by CeltCore, you might try:

Seven Nations (early, they kind of sold out later)
Boiled in Lead
Flogging Molly
Black 47 (edging into Celtic Ska but close)
Dropkick Murphys
The Reel McKenzies
and of course
Calley McGrane and the Exiles. ;^D

By: charro

charro — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:58:58 +0000

Um.. *completely not in the know on CeltCore or Bluegrass*
Could you recommend something? I’d like to listen to it. Then we can talk =o)

By: charro

charro — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:56:57 +0000

I really hate people who listen to “obscure” music because it is obscure. I listen to what I listen to because I LIKE it, not because I like to tell people I listen to stuff they’ve never heard of. I also listen to lots of classic rock, which is completely mainstream. I love Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
Whether or not every single CD I own is “popular” somewhere, I still have a difficult time finding people to converse with about my favourite bands.
And thanks Dan I feel better now.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:37:00 +0000

with no nasty residue!

By: Grrr Power

Grrr Power — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:47:03 +0000

I concur.
I’m going to have this printed out, stick it up in my cubicle at work, and giggle the whole day long…

By: Maxwell Silverhammer

Maxwell Silverhammer — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:58:34 +0000

Indeed, its leaving me flushed…..
Aaaaaaaand full circle…

By: rhorho

rhorho — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:24:17 +0000

I was absorbed by it.

By: Maxwell Silverhammer

Maxwell Silverhammer — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:53:53 +0000

This thread wins…. period.

By: PortlandMark

PortlandMark — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:09:10 +0000

Umm, I’m pretty sure you were talking to me on the first half.

Now, if we can talk Bluegrass and CeltCore, I may have something to say!

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:32:50 +0000

But could he make it as a travelling menstrual?

By: rhorho

rhorho — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:28:46 +0000

*standing ovulation*

By: eponymous

eponymous — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:16:21 +0000

He is a bit egg-centric…

By: Danbala

Danbala — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:31:25 +0000

(Good. I thought I was over sensitive, I thought about the same thing about AM’s comment.)

By: charro

charro — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:25:11 +0000

You know, upon some consideration, this is a really rude thing for you to be saying.
It obviously didn’t occur to you that I named the artists I know are more popular, in the hopes someone would recognize them. It also obviously doesn’t occur to you that the popularity of a band is going to vary by location. KMFDM? Hugely popular in Chicago. Why? Wax Trax was based here. KMFDM popular in South Dakota? Probably not so much. Though, I bet the same proportion of people in Chicago know who the Beatles are as the amount of people in South Dakota.
I’ve traveled around the U.S. and like I said, I have a hard time finding people who know who these “not even remotely obscure bands” are. In Germany, finding people who know these bands was very simple.
Your elitist attitude really pisses me off. You’re like those people in high school “Oh I listened to them waaaay before they were popular, that makes me better than you”.
I saw Covenant in San Diego in 1998 and there were less than 100 people there. So they’re popular now? Big f’ing deal. Were they always that way? No. Do I hear them on the radio all the time? No. Are they all over MTV? No. Do I go to as many concerts nowadays as when I was younger? No. Hell even Nine Inch Nails had to release 3 albums before they were hugely un-obscure.
Don’t be such a spoiled elitist brat. Come dig through my crates and tell me how many bands you recognize.

By: AM

AM — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:57:07 +0000

Denver had an EDC too that was pretty freakin epic from what I heard. I didn’t manage to go, but all my friends who went said it was OSSUM.

By: charro

charro — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:56:38 +0000

And where are you from? Because I have a hard time finding people who know who these bands are. Hence my assumption that in the U.S. they are obscure.

By: AM

AM — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:54:45 +0000

Kevin Saunderson is one of the Original Detroit Three with Derrick May and Juan Atkins. Certifiably Detroit Techno, not DNB.

Anybody know who the DJ in the pic is?

By: AM

AM — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:51:26 +0000

Oh, so you mean not remotely obscure at all then? Seriously, VNV nation, Apoptigma, And One and other such artists arn’t even remotely obscure, I know loads of high school kids into that stuff. Go take a real dig in the crates for once and then we’ll start talking.

FYI, I’m not even into Industrial and EBM, I’m an Electro-House sort of girl

By: slanagat

slanagat — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:44:19 +0000

Ovary nice of you to say so!

By: Danbala

Danbala — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:41:42 +0000

Ah yeah. I do get your point. I got used to not doing that back when mentioning “electronic” would make people shine up and say “Oh yeah, like Depeche Mode, Duran Duran and A-ha and stuff like that?” or, alternatively, “Oh, so then you hate all forms of metal.”
—
Some days I cba and just go “Bruckner”. It’s true too. P

By: charro

charro — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:34:45 +0000

Well, I agree, but unless someone actually knows what those things are it doesn’t help any.
“What kind of music do you listen to?”
“Industrial and EBM”
“What?”
*sigh* “Electronic”
“Oh, like techno?”
*sigh* “Yes”
Now when talking to someone in the know:
“What kind of music do you like?”
“Industrial and EBM”
“Oh, like Skinny Puppy and 242? Or like Covenant?”
“Yes! I love you.”

By: charro

charro — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:30:54 +0000

Oh right. Damnit I always forget that. They just sing in German.