i actually like the early prodigy stuff. altern8!!!!!!!!

friday night: dinner. meet some intreresting peeps from france. some club on the les. shit faced.

saturday: worn out from the prior night, walk out for a coffee. bump into an old friend (hi m!). think about reading............fast fwd to 1:30 am, already asleep. phone rings "minoru, i'm downstairs, open the door" "oh ok (he owns the house)" i open the door and with him were a group of 5. drinks and whatnot later, we go to a club (??) not too far from where i am. it was pretty interesting, especially musically and not as contrived as the manhattan scene. i kinda liked it. shit faced.

sunday: whilst doing facebook, find out that a california-webbie friend of mine is nearby. join him and his friends for vegan din-din. very interesting people whom i must check in again soon. after din-din, another club in the west village/tribeca. shit faced.

not much results from my shit facedness, but i think i am starting to hear a sound.................

i like boards this week. must be that synth.

i learnt a new american term last week. "r&b girl"............

]]> http://www.minoru-yokoo.com/chronicles/2008/04/test_1.html http://www.minoru-yokoo.com/chronicles/2008/04/test_1.html Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:28:01 -0500 western people like chaos.

http://pitchfork.tv/

first up, santogold. check out her song "l.e.s artistes"

i've known this song for a year now and have been waiting to see what happens to her debut as her own. now that's it's finally happening, it's been worth the wait.

next, cat power.

friends.

i've been very silent here, i kind of got fed up of thinking about this and that. maybe it's just time to start doing things rather than thinking and planning. it ain't worth a yen without execution.

oh, i got a bass. $300 on auction. it's a 1980 tokai precision bass copy. the neck's kaput, bloody ameteur auctions and their useless/intentionally decieving descriptions, really.

but this specimen has potential, i've been playing 8th note 150bpm riffs like a ramone ramone and keith richards/exilt on main st inspired (actually an interview i read about keith richard's bass playing....... he actually plays bass on a lot of rolling stones recordings) esg on caffeine bass lines for the past few days, so it probably deserves a new neck.

i think i happen to have one in new york......

bye.

Official Website for Les Rita Mitsouko
Wiki page for Les Rita Mitsouko

From RCDLBL;

http://rcrdlbl.com/2007/12/03/featured_les_rita_mitsouko_r_i_p_fr_d_ric_chichin_
Les Rita Mitsouko were one of the best world-pop bands of all time: formed in Paris in 1979, they had a bevy of hits all across Europe (with their multi-lingual songs like "Marcia Baila" and "C'est Comme Ca"), and released their last album, Variéty, as recently as this year. Sadly, Les Rita Mitsuko guitarist and founder Frédéric Chichin was diagnosed with cancer as the record came out, and died this past week. WFMU's Beware of the Blog featured an extended version of "Marcia Baila" and a brief eulogy of Chichin, the mastermind behind the band. Check it out at the link below, and if you have never heard of Les Rita before, take this moment to do some research...

WFMU link
http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/12/goodbye-fred-ch.html

You Tube collection
http://youtube.com/results?search_query=rita+mitsouko&search=Search

My friends at Music 2.0 wrote about this in detail. There is also some coverage at NME, which is at;

Radiohead and former label at war
http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/32491

Radiohead speak out about box set mix-up
http://www.nme.com/news/radiohead/32494

I'm trying to find a suitable comparison for the situation.

Radiohead = That hot girl that everyone wants to date.
EMI = former boyfriend.

Radiohead and EMI ended their long relationship a few years ago and Radihead was out of the party scene during that time. Her ex, EMI used to handle all her parties in the past, all that Radiohead had to do was to think up the content, get the show together, tell EMI about it and EMI executed. For a cost, that is. EMI was running all the fulfillment that Radiohead required.

Granted, EMI helped out Radiohead early on in her party life. EMI named her a "freak" and catapulted her onto the international party/socialite scene. But somehow, in the back of Radiohead's mind, she didn't like the contrived nature of EMI's parties and having to pay a lot of her own money that she made out of being a party to EMI.

So, she was out of the game for a while, thinking about herself, what she wanted in life. She knew she still wanted to party, but this time thought, "Hmm, meibi I can do itz maself".

She thought, "I need to party, dahling" and decides to invite some friends over for a big do. A big get together. She named it "in_rainbows".

Invitations. She sends out the invitations out herself, using a new computer network, called the INTERNETZ. Before, all the invivations were handled by EMI, mostly in the form of a digital disc that had outlined the party and one had to contribute a relatively fixed sum to join the party.

During that time, some of the scenesters were using digital methods of party invivations, that seemed rather interesting to Radiohead. So she thought, she'd try it herself, but instead of enforcing a relatively fixed price, she said "dahling, you can name your own price to my partee". But for those people that wanted the whole presentation, she offered them an extra special invitation that costs more than what an EMI invitation was, but Radiohead promised that it would be "special".

During this time, EMI had to look at all of this from the sidelines, for their relationship was no more.
But, EMI had the old party invivations, indeed, a work of art, but from the past. Hmm, EMI thought to himself.

"Kaching".

Catering. Radiohead wanted EVERYONE to come to the party, so she thought, she should do out the invitations like she always used to do, in the form of a digital disc, that would be widely available in the known capitalist nations.

Previously, Radiohead had to use the catering company that EMI, her former boyfriend runs. With their relationship, Radiohead usually ended up with about 15% of the door, but with a buffer stating that 20% of the door might have broken invivations.

Instead, she sees that can send out the inivtations pretty effectively via the internetz, so she think that the cartering can be aquired locally. There must be enough party lovers out there that can do the same or exceed the quality of work EMI had done for her. And there was.

Radiohead wanted some international cuisine. Whilst she was dating EMI, EMI sorted it all out for her, through the various subsidaries EMI have. But, EMI's services were paid for by Radiohead, at a premium. She partners with a company in America for the bugers and BBQ, a company in Europe for the cheese and wine, and a company in Japan for the sushi. Sounds all rather hunky dory.

What made it even better for her was that she got 50% of the door. Once all the flyers, balloons and other costs were accounted for, her local caterers and Radiohead split the costs, 50/50. There might still be a 20% buffer for broken invitations, but she still got 50%, it was a joint venture, a partnership. And, she didn't have to commit to multiple parties.

Great deal. Wow.

EMI, being the jealous kind, gets a bit cross. For the fact that Radiohead left EMI to lead her own life of independence, and the fact that her new party isn't going to make a dime for EMI. Time to get the old invitations, repackage them, and do EMI's own party, but without the main attraction, the warmth and love that Radiohead brings. Radiohead is a live, warm, blood pumping human being, not just a brand stuck onto the invivations.

EMI decides to throw their own party, but he lied, saying that Radiohead is coming to it, and the party is called "rainbows". EMI put out an ad about the party called "rainbows" on google, the biggest classifed on the internetz.

"in_rainbows"

???????

Those that can't wait to go to Radiohead's party "in_rainbows", does some searching on google classifieds for pictures of Radiohead. What they get instead, is EMI's parrrty "rainbows" which Radiohead ISN'T going to be at.

Hmm.

Some fans, thinking that the old invitations are worth something, decide to buy them. But the old invitations cost a lot. As much as the latest party "in_rainbows" costs. But EMI's party is old, without the main attraction in presence.

Sounds like a thumbs down to me.

Paint the whole world with a rainbow!

It's all done in the best possible taste!

and here's the original. cupid stunt <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

and on a more serious note, here's a good "current" summary of the waves, as of November, 2007. courtesy of Coolfer.

http://www.coolfer.com/blog/archives/2007/11/what_radioheads_1.php

i say, get the party started.