ich bin ein auslander

I love Slate.

Taken from:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2117125/

Trippin’ is about ecology in the same way that Charlie’s Angels is about feminism – it obliquely reminds you of how kick-ass it would be if the problem didn’t exist in the first place, while simultaneously allowing you to watch blond girls take their clothes off. The Charlie’s Angels connection makes it all the more fitting that last week’s episode featured Diaz’s fellow angel, Drew Barrymore. Together, the two marveled at the radical simplicity of the indigenous Chilean people (this show’s condescending racism toward the “exotic” communities it visits could be the subject of an entire doctoral dissertation) while discoursing on the importance of buying recycled toilet paper.

Barrymore is a 30-year-old woman, and Diaz is 32 – a fact I mention only to contextualize such dialogue as:

(During a canoe trip after a campout):

Barrymore: I took a poo in the woods hunched over like an animal … awesome.

Diaz: (laughing) I’m so jealous right now. I’m going to the woods tomorrow.

Barrymore: It was awesome.

After the two return from separate guided hikes:

Diaz: Did you learn so much?

Barrymore: Oh my God yeah. So intense.. with the loving and feeling and tree-touching and the learning.

After that 25 bands thing, I got thinking about all the shows I’ve been to. I have most of my ticket stubs still stored somewhere… but i’m too lazy to find them and go through them, at least today. I’ve seen more shows than this, but I’m just using itunes and memory as a guide.. so these are all the bands I’ve seen that I actually own at least a song or two from. Obviously there are more - opening bands, festivals, whatnot.

Amazing how bored I get when stuck eating lentil soup for lunch.

808 State - Air - Alanis Morissette - Andy Prieboy - Andy Stochansky - Ani DiFranco - Aphex Twin - Atari Teenage Riot - Autechre - Bad Religion - Badly Drawn Boy - Banco de Gaia - Basement Jaxx - Bauhaus - Beastie Boys - Beck - Belle and Sebastian - Belly - Berlin - Big Red Button - Billy Talent - Bjork - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Blue Man Group - Blur - Body Count - The Breeders - BT - Bush - Butthole Surfers - Cardigans - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine - Charlatans UK - Charlie Mars - Chemical Brothers - Christopher Lawrence - The Church - Cibo Matto - Clan of Xymox - Cocteau Twins - Concrete Blonde - Consolidated - Cowboy Junkies - Cranberries - Cranes - Creatures - Crystal Method - The Cult - The Cure - Curve - Daft Punk - Dandy Warhols - Daniel Ash - Darren Emerson - David Bowie - David J - Dead Can Dance - Death Cab for Cutie - Deep Sky - Depeche Mode - Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy - Dramarama - Duran Duran - Echo and the Bunnymen - Echobelly - Eels - Einturzende Neubauten - Elastica - Electrafixion - Electric Skychurch - Electronic - Emergency Broadcast Network - EMF - Erasure - Fatboy Slim - FC Kahuna - Felix da Housecat - Filter - Fischerspooner - The Flaming Lips - Fluke - Frank Black - Freaky Chakra - Front 242 - Garbage - Gary Numan - Gene Loves Jezebel - Goldfrapp - Gomez - Goo Goo Dolls - Gorillaz - Green Day - Groove Armada - Gus Gus - Hooverphonic - Hope Sandoval - Iam Mcculloch - Iggy and the Stooges - Information Society - Interpol - Jane’s Addiction - Jesus and Mary Chain - Jesus Jones - KMFDM - King Missile - The KLF - Kraftwerk - Kula Shaker - L7 - Ladytron - Laibach - Laurie Anderson - LeAnn Rimes - Leftfield - Lemonheads - Libertines - Lightning Seeds - Liz Phair - Lords of Acid - Love and Rockets - Lunatic Calm - Lush - Manic Street Preachers - Marilyn Manson - Mazzy Star - MC 900 Ft Jesus - Meat Beat Manifesto - Miles Hunt - Ministry - Mission UK - Moby - Mogwai - Morcheeba - Morissey - Mudhoney - Muse - My Bloody Valentine - My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Ned’s Atomic Dustbin - New Order - Nick Cave - Nine Inch Nails - Nirvana - Nitzer Ebb - No Doubt - Oasis - Oingo Boingo - Old 97’s - The Orb - Orbital - OMD - Paul Oakenfold - Paul Van Dyk - Pearl Jam - Pet Shop Boys - Perry Farrell - Peter Gabriel - Peter Murphy - Pigface - Pink - Pixies - PJ Harvey - Placebo - Pop Will Eat Itself - Porno for Pyros - Portishead - Primal Scream - Prodigy - Propellerheads - Psychadelic Furs - Psychic TV - Queens of the Stone Age - Rabbit in the Moon - Radiohead - Rage Against the Machine - the Ramones - Rasputina - Ride - Rollins Band - Ruby - Sandra Collins - Sasha - Scheer - Shamen - Simply Jeff - Sinead O’Connor - Siouxsie and the Banshees - Sisters of Mercy - Skinny Puppy - Sleeper - Smashing Pumpkins - Sneaker Pimps - Sonic Youth - Stellastar - Stereo MCs - Sting - Stone Temple Pilots - Suede - Sugar Ray - The Sundays - Swervedriver - Tahiti 80 - Tenacious D - That Dog - The The - Tori Amos - Tricky - UNKLE - Underworld - Utah Saints - Way Out West - White Stripes - Wonderstuff

There’s a lot of bands I really like i’ve never seen. strange. well, coachella will be adding a few more to the above list…

it’s not the second coming, but it’s pretty damn good. i think i read a sentiment i agree with earlier on today … it’s not the best nine inch nails album, but it’s definately the best album that’ll come out this year. which i mostly agree with, except there’s these nagging rumours of an original line-up massive attack album coming out later this year…

anyway, the heavy radio play of the first single, the hand that feeds, bodes well for a sea change in popular music. granted, it’s obviously written to be a pop song, but that’s ok. it’s a good pop song. we could use some of those again.

fuck a nut… just doing my music news round and dead can dance are touring again?!? how the hell did i miss that? us in september.. woot!

when you stay home and work on a saturday night. I scored midnight showing Star Wars tickets at the Arclight!

And I didn’t wait in line at the wrong theater for a month either!

But this one I like. Thanks Pat.

* Reply to this message telling me which of these 25 artists you have also seen.
* Take the ones from my list that you have seen, and post them in your own LJ.
* Add more until you have 25. They don’t have to be in any particular order.

01. New Order
02. Bjork
03. Bauhaus
04. Depeche Mode
05. Prodigy
06. Morrissey
07. Moby
08. Gomez
09. Garbage
10. Butthole Surfers
11. The Cure
12. Nitzer Ebb
13. Fischerspooner
14. David Bowie
15. Nine Inch Nails
16. Living Colour
17. Berlin
18. Eels
19. Jane’s Addiction
20. Henry Rollins Band
21. Crystal Method
22. Ministry
23. Underworld
24. The Dandy Warhols
25. Beck

I took the predominantly punk list and turned it a bit electro. Woot.