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January 18, 2005
Best of 2004
No, this isn't my Top 10 or 20 records of the year, though I'll probably post that list sometime in the next couple of weeks. This is a plug for the WXYC "Best of 2004" Dance that is taking place this Thursday night (1/20) at Local 506.
This will be WXYC's second annual "Best of..." dance. Last year WXYC tried adding a "Best of 2003" dance alongside the big-cash-cow 80s Dance and the rising-in-popularity Early 90s Dance. And I think it worked really well as a meaty and detailed "year-in-review" counterweight to the retro decade dances with their broadly-brushed strokes of crowd-pleasing nostalgia. No matter what type of music it was, if it was from 2003 and it was danceable, we were encouraged to play it in da club that night. I have fond memories of trying to figure out a way to work up a single set that contained Outkast, The Rapture, Fannypack's "Cameltoe", !!!, and some hot Crydamoure Records techno from France. And some more popular jamz, of course. I think I'm starting to re-engage in my own weird bout of short-term micro-nostalgia for 2003...a year when 50 Cent ruled the charts, when that Diwali beat was everywhere, when a milkshake brought all the boys to the yard and when Junior Senior became global pop stars...
But all that is (literally) "so 2003". 2004 is actually behind us now and that's the year that Thursday night's dance will be covering. Come move ya body and drop it like it's hot as several other WXYC djs and I mix up some of the most danceable records of 2004. Sure, there will probably be some Usher and Kanye but I'm also planning on playing the likes of Franz Ferdinand, Girl Talk, and The Go! Team. I suspect that XYC faves like M.I.A.'s "Galang" and the other "Yeah" might even be played more than once. It was a very good year...well, except for that whole election thing.
Timely costumes aren't encouraged for the 2004 dance the way they are for the decade dances...but maybe they should be. I think there are actually a bunch of interesting options for people who either have the will and/or a houseful of 2004-themed relics. A daring couple could go as Justin and Janet. A less daring person could probably find one of the many Kerry/Edwards t-shirts out there that could stand to be worn one final time. Someone who had a microphone could go as a state-name-screaming Howard Dean. Someone without a microphone could go as a jig-dancing Ashlee Simpson. As for me....well, I decided that I'm simply going to roll with two of the more unbelievable sports moments of Fall 2004:
Don't Step to Artest!
Posted by Tim at January 18, 2005 02:10 AM