So last night I'm waiting in line to see Low Budget and Smalltown Pete at Beauty Bar. I get to the front of the long ass line only to hear the doorman say, "Sorry, we're only letting in girls right now."
I'm the first person in line for about 15 mnutes. After watching plenty of California drivers license carrying guestlisters and tube top wearing bitches walk in front of me, I was finally let in and it wasn't even crowded inside.
M.I.A.'s name was on the flyer as the "host" of the event. Friends I met in line, and I assume many others, were under the impression that she was doing a performance. Although I knew this wouldn't happen and that she would only be supporting her tour DJ, Low Budget, she wasn't even there by the time I left at 1:15. It is a shame because the sunken seating area inside Beauty Bar was roped off as "reserved" and had someone guarding it, obviously for her. It was empty. Is this Beauty Bar's idea of a V.I.P. room?
Okay Beauty Bar. Create false buzz for our event by ambiguously throwing M.I.A.'s name on the flyer, create even more fake demand by forcing a line when there needn't be one, try to pad the ratio of men to women at the expense of us guys who just want to see some world-class DJs, and then rope off an area for special people who don't even show up.
This shouldn't happen.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Beauty Bar
Sunday, June 10, 2007
It's a Radioclit thing right now
Thanks to everyone who came out to the alt country show the other night. Every act delivered solid sets, including some special appearances on the front porch. The Young Folks after-jam picked up some steam and ended in the declaration that it's time to start a soul band.
But anyway, this post isn't supposed to be about Austin Alt-country, it's supposed to be about dirty British dance music. Radioclit has been making remixes for awhile and they usually hit me just like his name- revoltingly catchy, but just a little bit too hardcore for me.
Maybe I'm getting caught up in the whole beefy synth trend that is hitting every country except the U.S., but I suddenly really get this guy.
He remixes some big acts. Justin Timberlake, Lily Allen, Kano, TTC, David Banner, and Bonde Do Role to quote the Hard Working Class Vol. 1 tracklist. Aside from his My Love remix, which doesn't do much but syncopate the drums a bit, most of these remixes are fairly complete revisions, so complete that they often miss completely. Completely.
But the ones that work are fucking genius. "On Everything" is my favorite, it displaces Twista and David Banner's southern anthem rap perfectly. Despite TTC who I generally don't like, "Mature Macho Machine" manages to punch you in the face with the thinnest synth out of the album. When "Notorious" hit turntablelab a few months ago I wrote it off as the more dubby dance stuff I usually pass up on, but on revisit it is pretty much the coolest shit ever. "Silver Hall" puts Tunde from TV on the Radio over a skittering shaker and accordion and makes me want to dance to it. Wonder and Kano close the album, as if we needed a reminder of how London this dude is. "Hey, no really, I'm not French! People who aren't French can like TTC right?"
Moral of the story: Radioclit is at Beauty Bar on Friday.
Klassen is probably opening for him, as Mel is on tour somewhere or just tired.
I'm really curious to hear what this guy's gonna play. Some serious electro stuff? Grimey British hip hop? Or am I gonna be stuck trying to dance to Bonde do Role all night? Who gives a shit, it's free.
"On Everything" - David Banner feat. Twista (Radioclit RMX)
http://www.zshare.net/audio/2218783563e22a/
www.myspace.com/radioclit
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