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January 07, 2005

Now

Posted by Bill

... is the time on Sprockets where we "play mind games."

(Via Flea, who endlessly skirts the fine, dangerous line between enlightened musical taste and disturbing Eurotrash sensibility. I think he veered right over the f'ing edge with this one.)

UPDATE: I think that may be an interpretive dance report by internal UN investigators of the Oil-For-Food scandal.

Posted by Bill at January 7, 2005 11:23 AM | TrackBack (1)

Comments

I can't believe you did that to us!

Posted by: jmflynny at January 7, 2005 12:34 PM

Hey, I'm just playing "mind games." Tonight.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at January 7, 2005 12:40 PM

Blech! Flea reeled me in a while ago when a Depech Mode song was linked ... but ever since, Euro-crap whenever I check.

Posted by: carin at January 7, 2005 01:14 PM

Well, to be fair, Depeche Mode ain't far off ...

Posted by: Bill from INDC at January 7, 2005 01:23 PM

Is Europe so obsessed with techno that even marginally talented artists are rewarded for seeming "enlightened," much the same way bad American hip-hop artists are rewarded for seeming to have "street cred?"

It looks like genre popularity complicates the process of seperating the wheat from the chaff...

(Bill - I know you're just fuckin' with us. This is my attempt to elevate the intellectual value of your entry;)

Posted by: Kieth at January 7, 2005 01:43 PM

Well, it's hard for me to assess, since Depeche Mode is so tied to my formative years ... but I think they are a cut above some of the techno crap I've heard here and there lately.

Posted by: carin at January 7, 2005 02:48 PM

I don't know what possessed me to go back there again, but I did get a certain feeling.

That guy is about one Miss Clairol #163d away from being Marilyn Manson.

Theres something familiar there.

Posted by: jmflynny at January 7, 2005 04:44 PM

Is Europe so obsessed with techno that even marginally talented artists are rewarded for seeming "enlightened,"...

Actually, Europe rewards only marginally talented artists (Jerry Lewis, anyone?). All the big talents head to the U.S.A. for their rewards.

And some marginal talents too (Elton John, anyone?).

Posted by: McGehee at January 7, 2005 08:09 PM

You see Sven Vath's genius. By seemingly embracing the cliches of Euro-pop, he is underscoring its excruciating banality. Would you like to touch my monkey? Touch him! Love him! Liebe meine abst-monkey!

Posted by: Ghost of a flea at January 7, 2005 11:57 PM

Yeah, I thought of that. It's entertaining, no matter how you slice it.

Posted by: Bill from INDC at January 8, 2005 12:53 AM

Whew! That was some vid. So wierd I *had* to watch it till the end!

Posted by: lbriggs169 at January 8, 2005 02:10 AM

Oh, and p.s. That wasn't easy for an old 60's guy!
(b/y 1948)

Posted by: lbriggs169 at January 8, 2005 02:12 AM

At least the robo-ninja-babes were fairly easy on the eyes. (Despite the "Pulled from from Prince William Sound after the Exxon Valdez crashed" look they had...)

Posted by: Cybrludite at January 8, 2005 03:18 AM

I thought the dancers reminded me of the gimp from Pulp Fiction.

Posted by: digitalbrownshirt at January 8, 2005 02:00 PM

Yeah, the gimp from pulp fiction meets madonna in the human nature vid. (in other words, the gimp from pulp fiction with breasts)

Posted by: ninme at January 10, 2005 12:58 AM