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January 30, 2005
After The Show It's The After-Party
I was too slow on the ticket-buying draw to make the Friday night Arcade Fire show that lots of my friends seem to have thoroughly enjoyed. But I had quite a blast DJ-ing the "day-after" party that Merge threw at Moshi Moshi tonight. The Arcade Fire had an off-date before their next show in Washington, DC....so some much-needed Chapel Hill downtime was apparently in order. Icy weather didn't seem to put any damper on the evening festivities, everyone seemed ready to dance and throw down...and that always makes me really happy as a DJ. I told Spott towards the end of the night that I knew things were probably going to go pretty well when one of the guys in the band came up on separate occasions to request both "Drop It Like It's Hot" and "I Want You Back". Strangely enough, it was that same band member who exhibited some really uncanny similarities to former-Chapel-Hillian Floyd Utschig, the current Gifu resident who once taught me how to properly say "Moshi Moshi" ("Moshi Mosh") when answering the telephone in Japan. It is true that "Moshi Moshi means hello", but they don't really pronounce that extra "ee" sound in Japan...at least not on the phone.
But enough about pronunciation, Moshi Moshi was a really great space for a party and that hardwood floor is an awesome dancefloor, definitely a nice change of pace from the concrete slab in Hell. I even did the worm across the floor at the end of the night...and without injuring or dirtying myself! Arigatô to Moshi Moshi for being so hospitable and big thanks to Merge for everything else.
This afternoon I threw together an Arcade Fire "remix" (ahem) that I was gonna try to make the centerpiece of one of my sets tonight. But I didn't wind up playing it while the Arcade Fire was in the building, partially just out of respect and partially out of fear of further freaking out a band that is already a bit overwhelmed by their newfound success and sudden popularity. But I went through too many takes of this thing for it to just die a quiet death....so here it is, another ridiculous "mashup"/blend that I put together on my computer:
"Neighborhood # 5 (Milkshake)" [4.09 MB]
Yes, it's a bunch of Arcade Fire loops synched up with Kelis' "Milkshake" acappella. Please forgive me, I've been listening to far too much of DJ P's hot new "Suck My Mixx" CD, which could be considered the long-awaited sequel to 2001's amazing Z-Trip/DJ P collaboration Uneasy Listening, Vol. 1. And on that note, hurry up with my waffle!
Posted by Tim at January 30, 2005 04:25 AM
Comments
OHMYGOD.
I shall never forgive you for not telling me of this afterparty thingamajig.
Posted by: robin at January 30, 2005 01:16 PM
Sorry, but please don't get it twisted...I was hired to run the music, not to spread the word or invite people. It's really not that big of a space and they wanted it to be a small comfortable affair and not a Cradle-sized crowd...
Posted by: Tim at January 30, 2005 01:48 PM
Yes, I know. :)
That's pretty cool that you got to do the music, though.
Posted by: robin at January 31, 2005 07:21 AM
that tall gawky bass player in arcade fire looks more like NAPOLEON DYNAMITE than floyd. they came in weaver street sunday morning for espresso and to stock up on fruit juice.
Posted by: teepee at January 31, 2005 11:48 AM
heh - we were saying "Napoleon Dynamite!" through the entire AF show.
Posted by: pinky at January 31, 2005 04:27 PM
that mashup is a piece of shit.
really, really bad.
Posted by: DrJimmy at February 3, 2005 04:16 PM
Thanks for the feedback! Sorry it upset you so much...
Posted by: Tim at February 3, 2005 04:40 PM