![]() Trail of Dead & the amazing Shock Cinema Luna Lounge, August 2 The Holy Kiss Cake Shop, August 3 (They're also playing Midway on Ave. If you go, do please tell them the Rich Girls sent you. The always awesome Bellmer Dolls are opening for Grinderman in San Francisco ( they're thankfully playing a few dates sans The White Stripes, but sadly, not here) that show's sold out, but Our Darling Dolls are playing Saturday night, too, at the ethereally lovely Rykarda Parasol's The Hive Art Space. Just for kicks and giggles, I thought about posting Njoi's RAVE ANTHEM (tm) uh, "Anthem," featuring vocals from the lovely Saffron, but I realized that we really don't need to relive the Manchester warehouse scene ca. Because um, these are not songs about cars. Perhaps, more accurately, it was when the term was pulled up into the mainstream, which seems more likely.īut, anyway, back to Rihanna: there's echoes of the good in "Shut Up and Drive" too - we're pretty sure there's more than a hint of Prince's "Little Red Corvette." You know. Yes, kids - occasionally, the Wikipedia is totally wrong. ![]() "Oh, you would bring that up! I have no idea.!"Īfter some frustrated Googling, I discovered that the first New Electronica release came out in 1993 a full year before that alleged Melody Maker piece. "What about the New Electronica label?" she asked, incredulous. ![]() "And, well, apparently Melody Maker coined the terrible horrible loathsome term "elecronica" to describe their music." I pointed out, after settling back on the sofa, post-dance break. Which naturally, prompted me to jump up and bounce around like Republica's hyperactive frontwoman Saffron, screeching "I'm back and ready to goooooooooho! From the rooftops, shout it out, shout it out!" (As previously discussed, dear readers, you know that I know at least the chorus to every terrible pop song ever written.) Republica is the crystallization of all bad dance music." That implies there's a Republica song I do like - which, is not in fact true. A Republica song I don't even like." She paused. When Rihanna's "Shut Up and Drive" came on, Pinkie unceremoniously sneered, "This is a Republica song. So, it's been a while since we sat around the Castle and watched music videos we've been busy at work and not in the mood to go to shows, so that's what we did this evening, after stopping at the grocery store after work and ooohing and ahhhing over my new box of records shipped direct from End of An Ear in Austin.
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