tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post6037403133109780295..comments2023-08-03T04:18:15.359-04:00Comments on Found in Brooklyn: It Came From The Gowanus: An Interview With DJ Tuxedo Laughing Gas....Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-53731611910083896122010-02-16T22:52:04.723-05:002010-02-16T22:52:04.723-05:00The lyrics might be good...hard to tell. Bring th...The lyrics might be good...hard to tell. Bring the lyrics to the fore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-83907743030216889302010-02-16T16:00:44.232-05:002010-02-16T16:00:44.232-05:00First off, yep, I can attest to Magill's excel...First off, yep, I can attest to Magill's excellent, thoughtful aesthetic sensibilities. So no quarrel there.<br /><br />Maybe I'm a bit biased, as I spoke to DJ Tuxedo afterward and thought he was a perfectly nice, interesting individual. I didn't get the sense that he had any pretentions and as you can tell from his quote, for him, this is all about amusement (primarily his own, first and foremost). And I suspect he would enjoy getting such a rise out of people.<br /><br />In fact, I wouldn't doubt it if it were Matt actually posing as an incensed commenter. <br /><br />Overall, it's a tough act for me to set up. Do I defend it? Would I pay money to see him again? I'm a bit ambivalent I suppose. But his insouciant, do-it-yourself stance is so guileless and innocent, I can't see anyone hating him. I think it would be saying too much to say he represents any sort of groupset other than his own crazy self. So, Matt, keep doing what you're doing.David Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897860844192953450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-6836716608195404582010-02-16T13:37:10.074-05:002010-02-16T13:37:10.074-05:00I have no idea why this trash heap vaudeville is b...I have no idea why this trash heap vaudeville is being singled out for consideration upon the front pages of the internest. Laughing Gas, and his compost heap rubbish gentrification-blues vomit, is simply the soundtrack for slumming condominium owners eating brunch for hours while rubbing their bloated ecosystems. I also attended this performance, and afterwards as I walked to the light rail stop, was sorry to witness Gas, his hair all fallen out from the nootropics he abused in the 90's, curled up in a diner booth, alone exept for a milkshake and a plate of beans, dozing off into a copy of CABINET magazine....rather pathetic<br /><br />-Steve FingermanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-26539945370270427232010-02-16T12:52:05.761-05:002010-02-16T12:52:05.761-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lisannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-43454797017030923272010-02-16T12:52:02.817-05:002010-02-16T12:52:02.817-05:00I am going to interject my opionion here. F.I.B is...I am going to interject my opionion here. F.I.B is too old to be a hipster. I find them funny. Sometimes I feel sorry for some of them because many seem to be trying to recreate eras that they did not live through such as the 70's and particularly the early 80's, which is when I came of age and lived in NYC. I experienced much of the stuff that the kids today wish that they have but despite that I am into 60's garage punk (and lots of other stuff but that is my love) so I guess I am just as guilty at times..I guess sometimes people have a fondness for the era that they were born in. I agree with Magill that Diamanda Galas is an example of someone that is truely unconventional. I have heard her live and she takes you to another dimension. DJ Tuxedo Laughgas was more of a party diversion. I probably would not run to see him again, once is enough. But I don't hate him for it, he made me laugh and for that I salute him.<br /><br />If you check out his comics, that is where his true talent lies. Love his story lines.Lisannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-53382133233210094242010-02-16T12:25:58.374-05:002010-02-16T12:25:58.374-05:00Quite the contrary, my friend. I prefer the non- c...Quite the contrary, my friend. I prefer the non- conventional as the Author of this article can attest. I just like my Unconventional to be original and dare I say, honest. If I want unconventional, I'll go see Diamanda Galas or Peaches or someone of that ilk. I just dont find this person or for that matter, half of the crap coming out of Brooklyn these days anything more than a desperate attempt to ride a wave of Brooklyn-Mania to their 15 minutes. I also cant stand the Hipster Sheep that tell me that I dont get it. It's comparable to the early 90's when every sucky band in Seattle was signing record contracts because it was the hot Area at the time. Talent be damned.MMagillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09143991692010281922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-21000435076419100832010-02-16T11:52:57.218-05:002010-02-16T11:52:57.218-05:00DJ Tuxedo IS talented! And Brooklyn isn't tire...DJ Tuxedo IS talented! And Brooklyn isn't tired of him, and probably won't be for at least 200 years. "Weird" is a pretty general criticism and says more about the person's particular taste's than anything about the performer it's directed at. That is, weird is different. So maybe you like the familiar, the conventional. No weird does not automatically equal talent. But clearly, anyone who has seen DJ Tuxedo in action knows that he is an original and he does indeed have talent. Talent, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder. He isn't for everyone. But then again, the truly original never are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-85370615957012821592010-02-16T10:14:41.279-05:002010-02-16T10:14:41.279-05:00Just wanted to make clear that despite the snark, ...Just wanted to make clear that despite the snark, I'm a committed fan of DJ Tuxedo/Matt Thurber. His music might take some getting used to, but like the moss in the Gowanus -- or whatever that stuff that's oozing out of the canal is -- it grows on you.<br /><br />In a perfect world, the Grammy's would be celebrating the talents of DJ Tuxedo instead of Lady Gaga.David Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897860844192953450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-44952722992058581672010-02-16T09:51:06.836-05:002010-02-16T09:51:06.836-05:00Look. I love a good freak show as much as the next...Look. I love a good freak show as much as the next guy but hasn't this style of Uber Freak, stage persona already been done and done. Stop trying to be what you THINK a underground, Brooklyn performance artist would be and go out and write a song or something. Better yet, go back to Portland and start a scene there. Brooklyn knows all about you and is kinda tired of you. You can still dance around your house in your pajamas and Nacho Libre mask in the privacy of your own home where no one will have to pay to watch you writhe around while spewing your amateurish raps. Weird doth not equal talentedMMagillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09143991692010281922noreply@blogger.com