16 May 2011
Jai Paul’s “BTSTU” still sounds like the future
Jai Paul’s debut single has been floating around the internet for well over a year now, and the internet claims that it was originally a demo he cut in 2007 — but I wonder how long it will take for this to not sound like the future? Let’s try it out one more time.
Yep, only a few minutes later and it’s still working!
For some direct information try this and this.
For some second hand information this and this and this might suffice.
Best of all you can dance to it! And the internet shows a few ways how.
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Posted by Alec Hanley Bemis
Tags: Jai Paul, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Q Lazzarus, Recluse, The Problem With Glamour, The Problem With the Avant Garde, XL Recordings
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17 August 2010
Crass & Mary Margaret O’Hara de-recluse themselves
In the overmediated age we find ourselves in, I have a kind of kneejerk negative reaction to the entire notion of the recluse. Especially when the semi-famous are accused of such behavior, it strikes me less as a desire for obscurity, than an assertion of self-respect, a meek demand for privacy, and/or a slide into a more decent sort of existence. Viz Salinger, admittedly a tad more famous than some of the “obscure” musicians whose work I admire.
In any case, there’s no denying two of my favorite icons of ’80s music have been accused of reclusive behavior. But today I woke up, fired up the internets, and bumped into two fine examples of them speaking loud and clear. So, without further adieu:
- CRASS in VICE MAGAZINE
- MARY MARGARET O’HARA on Q TV
One of the great archival photographs that appears alongside the great Crass interview appears above. Another right below.
And here is the Mary Margaret O’Hara interview in its entirety.
If you click on the tags to this post you can find a fair bit more of my internet ramblings about these two folks. And, because I’ll always appeal to prurient interests when given the chance, there’s one last image of Crass — a nudie shot! — after the jump.
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Posted by Alec Hanley Bemis
Tags: 1980s, Anarchism, Crass, Ethics, Gutter Punk, Jeff Mangum, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Neutral Milk Hotel, Penny Rimbaud, Recluse, Sufjan Stevens, The Problem With Glamour, The Problem With Nostalgia, Vice Magazine, Vintage Photographs