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And with today being Friday the 13th, I'm prepared for total insanity

Actually, they DID play Everybody Wants to Rule The World. Did you leave early maybe? Totally agree with the amazing show review though. Saw A LOT of familiar faces running around the venue, which was nice. Playing both versions of Mad World was fucking genius.

I ask myself this regularly. It seems like there's always more than one awesome thing going on every weekend, especially in the summertime. Though it makes for tough decision-making, I suppose we're lucky to be so spoiled with so many options!

You and Russell will REALLY enjoy it. Srsly. Such good times. I's one of those events I deem a "must attend."

::BUMP:: almost here!

Spreading the word for Quig and Miss Melissa! Sugar Hiccup returns! Saturday August 14th @ Royal Oak Music Theater. 318 W. Fourth St. Royal Oak, MI 48067 Doors @ 9pm. DJ's Quig and Melissa Emily 18+ welcome. Tickets are $6 and available at the door only. If you've never been to a Sugar Hiccup event before, think music like: Portishead, Morcheeba, The Smiths, Depeche Mode, Massive Attack, Bjork, The Cure, Afghan Whigs, Cocteau Twins, New Order, Slowdive, Suede, Catherine Wheel, Curve, Stone Roses, Peter Murphy, Dead Can Dance, Telepopmusic, etc. Fans of Big Sonic Heaven and Auralgasms will particularly enjoy this event!

And I thought I had an early Saturday schedule :/

Thanks for the heads up Rrrrobear. Lots of fun new stuff to play this week. Will be debuting the new Combichrist single, new unreleased Edge of Dawn remixes, etc. Good times!

Happy Birthday!

I took a cruise on this same ship last spring. It's a pretty nice set up.

Hey everyone, Join us this Friday the 13th @ City Club for a night of great music, good friends and my Birthday Bash! DJ's Void6 and I will be spinning your requests from 10pm-4:30am with a special guest DJ set from DJ WinsThemAll (Los Angeles) Tell the door girls "1313" for FREE ADMISSION before Midnight, or use one of the discounted admission flyers! Really looking forward to seeing everyone this Friday

Hey everyone, Join us this Friday night at City Club! DJ's Pleasure Kitten & Aaron Hingst will be playing your requests from 10p-4:30a! Tell the doorgirls "300" for FREE ADMISSION before Midnight!! Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night! It's been a hellacious week, and I'm ready to hear some good music and hang out with some good people

WORD.

It just occurred to me that I have no heard word one about how this show was. Did anyone go? How was it????

Another rant from the mind of Matt Fanale. He says a lot of what I'm thinking, just a hell of a lot more elegantly. As always, I encourage you to share your thoughts. WHERE IS THE REAL INDUSTRIAL!?!?!? (And can you please stop asking the question?) By: Matt Fanale "A note to all "industrial" elitists out there sucking the dicks of past artists: Stop. By whining & bitching and/or hemmin' & hawin' about how today's industrial isn't REAL industrial you've missed the point of industrial in a major way. Industrial was MEANT to evolve. Industrial was MEANT to embrace new technology and expand in focus and incorporate new elements. It was MEANT to be limitless. In the late 70s all there WAS were analogue equipment and oscillators and tubes and hammers and metal. There wasn't Logic or ProTools or sound libraries and everything HAD to be analogue and computers were still fairly hard to come by-- data was stored on freakin' CASSETTE tapes at that point. They embraced the technology they HAD and pushed it to the limits. And they had to scrimp and save (or grab scrap metal and disassemble refrigerators) to get the tools to make the sounds they envisioned. That was the ONLY WAY THEY COULD DO IT. And it doesn't necessarily sound "better" than anything today-- it sounds like it sounds. It sounds like what they had to make it sound like 30 years ago. These artists were pioneers and deserve and incredible amount of respect for that. But I mainly respect them for one big reason: They wanted to do their own thing. They WANTED to be unique. They WANTED to stand out and be progressive on what is or isn't music or, more simply, accepted AS music. In other words, if "industrial" as an artform was still sounding like Throbbing Gristle then Genesis P-Orridge would probably be clawing his tranny eyes out right now. The reason they did WHAT they did was because they explored sound and pitted their creativity against uncommon noisemakers and new technology. We don't need another Throbbing fucking Gristle. What we NEED is more innovation, even if it's just baby steps, and there's plenty of it out there IMHO. You just need to know where to look. We now have virtually limitless potential using software and hardware to make whatever we want. And sure, that means most of what's popular isn't mentally challenging and may be boring as shit creatively (industrial music in the clubs is our "mainstream" when it comes down to it; our "top 40 radio"), but separating the wheat from the chaff is how any area works once the means are in place to do things cheaply and without much skill or experience. But remember that Kraftwerk makes dance music too-- there's nothing inherently wrong with dance music, only the originality of the artists behind it. But the stupid thing here is currently there are actually a TON of artists out there making what elitists refer to as "real industrial music"-- that is, if the elitists can expand their myopic visions of the genre and possibly accept that anything not actually ON Industrial Records could even fathom having the honor bestowed upon it to be called "industrial". And really? Do you think those pioneering bands took themselves THAT fucking seriously? But these current "real industrial" artists aren't the ones being played in clubs most of the time. Hell, they rarely tour. Why? Not many people like "real industrial music", or moreso "real industrial music that's not late 70s-early 80s pioneers". Why? Maybe they just can't be bothered to look and/or don't care because it's easier to dismiss current innovation than admit you're lazy and ignorant of it. I realize that the main point of most elitists who nibble at the teats of our scene's sacred cows is that there's too much uniformity and monotony in the current popular scene, and while that too could be debated by those of us who work harder to seek out artists who are more original, there's obviously something to agree with there. But there's also something to be said for industrial as evolution, or better yet mutation. You may not like where the mutation has taken the genre ("OH NOES, THEY'RE INCORPORATING TRANCE!!" "NOT DRUM N BASS!!!!"), but the roots of many artists are still firmly planted in the original punk (and yes, TG is/was a punk band, as was Suicide and most of the others) aesthetic of Our Creators. Not all by any means-- many are planted in the much more profitable world of pop, but not all of them by a longshot. But mutation takes time, and can't necessarily be forced. Sometimes it takes years for someone to innovate, so we hear the same thing over and over again until something fresh is discovered (and generally then overdone to death). But the fish didn't crawl out of the primordial ooze overnight, y'know? And some may ask "Would Our Creators love where we've taken things?" Personally, I don't give a fuck. I don't make the music I make for them. Their opinions on what I or any other artist's do is irrelevant. And I think they'd be cool with that, because I think most of them had the same fucking opinion when they made their music in the first place. If they worried about someone else's opinions so much they never would have made the music they did. They were, when it comes down to it, just enjoying the creation of their own music. So if you're whining about "WHERE IZ ALL THE REEL INDUSTRAIL?!?!" my answer is simply this: Open your fucking eyes. It's everywhere. And if you aren't hearing what you want to hear look harder. Or dust off your old vinyl and STFU. Some of us are having fun creating, and even more are enjoying WHAT we create."

Happy Birthday!

I'll be there with some friends doing a little pre-birthday celebrating

We would have had Ivardensphere play if we didn't already have 2 opening acts and 2 dj's. He will be there hanging out though

"Driving through Troy today? Let your cell phone go to voicemail, don't text, apply mascara or eat anything requiring both hands -- or you may get stopped by police. Troy's new Driving While Distracted ordinance, effective today, is even stricter than the state law banning texting while driving that took effect July 1. A driver caught texting, talking on or listening to a cell phone, eating with both hands, engaging in personal hygiene, or otherwise being distracted will receive a warning and educational materials about the ordinance from Troy officers. After Oct. 1, errant drivers will be slapped with a fine from $75 to $200, depending on the offense." Full Article Here

I personally had a blast. Had a particularly good and varied first set, had fun sharing the booth with Russell, had fun dancing and hanging out with everyone

What he said x10.

It certainly wasn't smooth-sailing, but the show went on... for the most part. As far as advertising went, I know people other than Saint were involved in getting the word and schedule out because I personally posted to other message boards, facebook, livejournal and myspace-- as did Division X Records and their people, Doc, D:Konstruct, Void6, etc. etc. So it wasn't just one person. My car got fliered once for the event at City Club, and I saw fliers around town at other places of business. Was it kind of lame that the stage wasn't even mentioned on the website? Kinda... but there was a website out there to advertise it. Could there have been more done? Probably. I didn't see the metrotimes or real detroit this week, so I don't know if there were ads in there or not. Anyone else? The afterparty at the tavern was smooth sailing for me. Pulse State and I combined our evil forces and did a tag-team dj set under the name 'Kitten State.' Good times! I thank Doc for busting his ass to try and keep the wheels on the proverbial car last night. As far as the Maiden Detroit thing went, eh. Certainly not the best example of organization. Thanks also to the DGN'ers and club folk that did make it out.... which wasn't that many of you actually... I think that's what actually disappointed me most. It was a FREE event, on a weekend night.... and still it was like pulling teeth to get people to come out. Obviously, I understand that some people had to work, car trouble happens, etc. etc. But for those that do complain about how there's "never anything to do" or "everything costs too much," and then you were offered a FREE event that ran all day long and you couldn't be bothered to stop by... that's just sad.

This new release is rather impressive! There are definitely some tracks that will work really well at the club.

Hey everyone, Join us tonight @ City Club for the cd release party for the new release by Prometheus Burning, 'Displacement Disorder.' '0724' is the code for Free Entry before Midnight and we've got some giveaways from the band for those arriving early! See you tonight!

Not the best decision, in my opinion. Nocturne was like nails on a chalkboard to my ears. Who knows, maybe it'll bring some gimmick-y weird draw to their tour as a whole?