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we've walked this path many times havent we? pre-festival excitement.. hmpf.
ive been quite miffed by the whole 'scene' of late and in my mind, festivals are the embodiment of everything i dislike about it. so apologies if this post isn't glowing with excitement.

despite all that, i dont think that even i could say that the lineup is bad at this years parklife- in fact i think most people would agree that it is superb.
i have reluctantly prepared an itinerary and i guess it goes a li'l something like this:

--arrive 3pm--

see joakim

Joakim - Watermelon Bubblicious

see junior boys

Junior Boys - Work (Prins Thomas Remix)

see aeroplane

Allez Allez - Allez Allez (Aeroplane Remix)

see erol alkan disco 3000

Late Of The Pier - The Bears Are Coming (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Reanimation)

see erol alkan

ZZT - The Worm (Erol Alkan Extended Rework)

maybe see tiga

Felix Da Housecat - Madame Hollywood (Tiga's Mister Hollywood Version)

hopefully it doesnt rain til much later.. a lay down in the grass would be nice at some point.

im sure you've all made your own itineraries, but in case you havent you can throw one together with the help of the parklife '09 set list.

apologies again for the lack of excitement in this post. i know that everyone else's excitement gauge is in the red, but i just can't get there. i believe that something is wrong with me.

if i was excited for anything at the moment it would have to be the impending fleetwood mac tour - and i'm not even going.

Fleetwood Mac - Isn't It Midnight?

hopefully were not all wrapped up in ponchos on sunday so we can see each other.

who is she

Staring for too long at the breathtaking bodycon of Grace Jones in A View To Kill creates the urge to listen to the gender-bending genre-crossing era-hopping music of the sublime Miss Jones. There is no woman I worship more in every aspect of life than the alluring enigma and muse that is GJ. Oh my…

Grace Jones - Williams’ Blood

Grace Jones - Williams’ Blood (Aeroplane Remix)

Grace Jones - Williams’ Blood (Cosmic Jam Remix)

On Grace Jones’ Myspace (fuck she’s so tech savvy) there’s more intriguing remixes including one from Ivor Guest, the man who convinced Miss Jones to make Hurricane last year after decades of silence… “It doesn’t sound like the past or the future. It sounds like now, whenever now is,” she says.

And listen to more from Aeroplane – the most underrated slash underdiscovered producer in the world right now.

BAH

why the hell did mgmt tickets sell out so quickly this morning? 10 secs?!? ridiculous jah?
looks like i wont be the only one having a private mgmt concert in bed w/headphones.

whether you choose to have this celebration by yourself or with a close friend (one earphone each), here are a few tracks that might make things way gooder..

MGMT - Time To Pretend (Jorge Elbrecht Remix)

MGMT - Electric Feel/My Cool (Leif Remix)

MGMT - Electric Feel (Aeroplane Remix)

MGMT - Electric Feel (Prince Language Remix)

yes i know that there are only two different tracks represented here.. sorry for that but people dont seem too keen to remix these guys.
ah well.. not long til this


MGMT - Kids (Soulwax Remix)

is being overplayed

big upz to Waves at Night and The Lemur Blog yo

shades

after a many a listen recently, im still not 100% sold with this full on disco stuff... i do love listening to it- but would it fill out a d-floor? i know that in a few months such a question will seem stupid in one way or another but after so many moons of bangerszszsz can people get as pumped up about disco???
(i guess people will get pumped about whatever everyone else is getting pumped about)
i really have no idea, and for now i think that it would be good to play/hear 'transitional' or new-wave disco..
i think that i actually like this kind of disco a little more anyway..

The Rapture - Sister Saviour (DFA Dub)

The Faint - Mirror Error

Cobra Dukes - Airlight (Aeroplane Remix)

i know that many of you will probably just think that these sort of tracks are just indie dance tracks but i do think that there is a lot of crossover with the floaty highs, funky basslines..
if you dont believe me check out these primo O-S disco traxx and compare..

Escort - Love in Indigo

J Walter Negro And The Loose Jointz - Shoot The Pump

hmm maybe they would pack out a club.. maybe the indie vocals arent as passionate or.. black as the O.G. tracks but i still think there are similarities.

this is really a nice refreshing direction. and maybe this will see peeps busting out old vinyls as well..!
definitely a good thang