At the risk of revealing myself as A) behind the times, and B) a complete tool, I???m going to share that I???ve recently gotten back into heavy exercise. At the gym, I usually listen to (here???s where the ???complete tool??? part comes in) This American Life or some other talky podcast where I don???t have to worry about (tool again) consistently high-energy beats. But praise be to Pittsbur...
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Girl Talk is throwing another party tonight at Emo's. The last time I saw him there was at SXSW last year, or maybe it was two years ago, and it's still one of the biggest crowds I have ever seen under that roof. It's definitely the sweatiest I've ever seen. The show tonight has been sold out forever, but you might be able to track down someone selling tickets out on the sidewalk or somethin...
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Microsoft has found a new champion for the Windows operating system: the deconstructionist and sample-based music maker Girl Talk, who appears in Microsoft's "I'm a PC" commercial below. As Buzzfeed puts it, "Microsoft finally found someone cool to admit they're...
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[James originally wrote this in response to my review of Girl Talk, Death Set and Passion Pit at BU. I think it makes quite a few good points and that it warranted its own post. - Aaron]The thing about the Girl Talk fanbase is that they were mostly shown Girl Talk by [...]
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If you head over to Girl Talk's label Illegal Art's Web site a world a magic and wonderment awaits. Not really, but you do have the option of downloading Girl Talk's new album Feed The Animals for (que the magic word) FREE. There is a catch.You see, Girl Talk aka former biochemical engineer Gregg Gillis seemed to have liked all the attention Radiohead got for In Rainbows' "pay-what-you-like" ph...
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....I was given this cd with the admonition that i must....give it a chance...and i'll be damned...I like it! I guess as the King Of Rock & Roll once said..It goes to show you never can tell.
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Former biomedical engineering nerd turned cool-f#*cking DJ Gregg Gillis aka Girl Talk is looking smoking these days. Just check out the cover of BPM magazine. I've talked to Gillis before - nice guy, but total geek, a geek we love for the way he morphs the old school with the new school. The Band with some Kanye West? Elton John spinning side-by-side with Avril Lavigne? We can't even keep up wi...
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Apparently, a man at last Friday(Nov 9) night's Girl Talk show at Wash U in St. Louis made the leap from local drunk to nationally recognized jerk. The unnamed man's exploits led him to being tased in the exposed rear end for a reported 20 seconds confirms Stereogum as well as area presses.Concertgoers claim the man took off all his clothes, started shoving people, took to the stage, and later ...
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Only the great Greg Gillis aka Girl Talk would even think to mash up James Taylor, the Pixies, Weezer and about 15 other samples into one track...and it works swimmingly!I was just on his website, and this guy gets cooler every day in my book. He only plays weekend gigs because he has a day job as some sort of engineer. And he is playing a high school prom next month in San Fransisco...like the...
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How could you not love the Notorious BIG rhyming over Elton John's 'Tiny Dancer? Greg Gillis is my hero...I love the guy so much because he is first and foremost a music freak...as you can tell by listening.
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Greg Gillis is a mad musical genius...i challenge you to listen to 'Night Ripper' from start to finish and see how many snippets of great songs you here...I will post a few tracks to show you what i mean.Really...i am that bored and snowed in! Give this a listen and in the comments write a song you heard..i hear...elasticaIts the perfect soundtrack to our ADD nation
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I was going to write some epic post about how music can save the world and stuff...but that is so not me...i just want to say that tonight I saw THE most eclectic group of people all getting down to the same sounds in the same way and it was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen! I am an out of shape, 32yr old white guy in Ohio, who as a rule doesn't dance anymore. Tonight I danced...and I ...
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Girl Talk tonight...check this out...likes like a huge party!!! Can't wait!Which is good, because it is going to be, with the wind chill factor, like 30 below zero tonight....like the coldest night in years here in Columbus...booooo!
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Sweet! Just scored a free ticket to the Girl Talk show on Saturday....I am hoping my hometown actually comes out and supports THIS artist! I am a little concerned that it is at the Wexner center...because a) they don't serve alcohol....and b) its all seated....not sure how well those two things will work for a DJ set....oh well, maybe the will pass out free ecstasy at the door...KIDDING
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Greg Gillis has released his latest Girl Talk album himself via his label, and you can go get it right now and pay whatever you want for it. Go here for detailswww.illegalart.net Like most GT albums its meant to be listened to as one long track, but here is a sample for you...let's play "Name That Sample'...
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