Girl Talk!

No we are not going to talk to you about menstruation, or high school crushes, or anything thing fun like that. Girl Talk, also known as Gregg Gillis, is an artist who exemplifies the musical styling known as mash-ups. For those who don't know what that is, it entails artists taking samples from already established musicians and mixing them together in order to create a completely new song. Popular albums in this genre include The Grey Album, by DJ Danger Mouse of Gnarles Barkley, who mashed together The Beatles White Album and Jayz' The Black Album. Girl Talk does this quite well, mixing together dozens of samples from dozens of songs in order to make one new song. His latest album, Feed the Animals, includes samples from 300 different songs.
Anyways last night, December 29th, Big C (Chelsey) and I went to a Girl Talk concert. It was an all out party. The night started out with two opening band acts Wallpaper and Dan Deacon. Wallpaper played extremely catchy dance/hip-hop music, not taking themselves seriously for one second of the show. From walking onto the stage pouring a bottle of cheap wine into a Budweiser cup to changing the words of Notorious B.I.G.'s famous "Big Poppa," to "I love it when we call me Wallpaper." Next on the bill was Dan Deacon, playing a very interesting blend of dance and techno with modified vocals, ranging from Alvin and the Chipmunks highs to Darth Vadar lows. Also Mr. Deacon used a refreshingly large amount of audience participation. He set up his table of effects in the audience, orchestrated a dance competition, and encouraged the audience to participate in a human tunnel. Finally, the night culminated with the performance by Girl Talk. This was probably the most exciting, most energentic concert i have ever been to. The only way that i can think to describe it is a mix between a really rowdy rock concert and what i imagine a dance club to be like. Girl Talk walked onto to the stage white, somewhat nerdy, dressed in a plain red hoody with a white t-shirt underneath and dark blue sweatpants, and promptly began to play his music, which mashes together the songs that you would hear on the most popular of popular radio. And on top of that he did the whole show without a hint of irony. Never once did i get the idea that this somewhat nerdy, former engineer mixing together gangsta rap and Twisted Sister was simply being ironic. His entire performance was just appreciation and celebration of the music he was mixing. Girl Talk's performance was probably close to an hour, of nonstop extremely danceable music. Chelsey and I did not stop dancing once during his entire performance, despite the fact that i made her walk up stairs instead of use elevators and we had been standing a lot that day.
It was a wonderful day, with lots of great music, and a lot of fun! Of course I've got to thank my co-pilot Chelsey for making it a particularly wonderful day!
Love, Matt

Our first blog ever!

Much better then a first baby! In this blog, we are going to attempt to shine some sun into your life. We know that no one will probably ever read this but still, we simply try to make our world a little bit brighter. This seems like a pretty good way to do it. Because its free, and simple, and possibly sexy. If the circumstances are okay. -Matt

Chelsey has nothing to say. -Chelsey