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Carl Craig - I was going to write about how much respect I have for him, his history in bringing up the second wave of the Chicago house scene, etc. But the truth is, I don't know much about him. I do know, however, I find our relationship to be "hit or miss". I don't much like his originals, and he remixes alot of funk house stuff that I'm just not that into. But he has made some serious bangers that earn him as spot on my top DJs list. Im always up for listen to a new Carl Craig, C2, Carbon-whatever-he-calls-himself, track. Minimal bouncy round sound, long 10 minute tracks are what he is all about. Stuff you can just groove too, no ear piercing breakdowns, no moaning french cut-and-paste vocals. Pure groove tech-house.
The first track is his recent remix of Junior Boys hit, Like a Child. I like Junior Boys well enough I suppose. My favorite track is "So This Is Goodbye" off of the album carrying the same name. But his re-edit of "Like a Child" is pure bliss. It couldn't be long enough either, clocking in a little over ten minutes you completely drown into the song, only to be awakened right at the end with a little surprise freak out. I can't get enough of this song. A lot of times I hear a quality remix (which isn't so often btw), I eventually move on from it. This was released last year and I still can't get enough of it. Its totally engrossing, the beat is so infectious the synth line so perfectly subtle and the vocals complement perfectly....
"...I think of you, and then I know what went wro-What went wro-What went wro-What went wrong." Boom Boom Boom Boom. :D
The second track is a remix he did for Throbbing Gristle. I retract my bit about how no lame french moans. Well, the moans aren't french, but there are moans...yep...lots of moans. Mainly by a supposed German neo-nazi. Mutant TG is one of my favorite remix albums of all time...Ratcliffs remix of Hot On The Heels of Love is by far the best track on the album. But we are talking about Carl Craig, so credit where credit is due this song is another Carl Craig banger. A little less fluctuation between basslines and song structure. This one is a simple beat accompanied with the original pulsating hight treble synth line. We get another little Carl Craig signature freak-out towards the end too. Enjoy.
Enough of music. (Actually, never enough of music, but...)
Pinapple Express. I didn't really like Superbad. Actually, I thought maybe one part of it was funny and that was when the two cops (one of which was Seth Rogan) asked Christopher Mintz-Plasse, or, "McLovin" how old he was and he timidly said "Old Enough". "Old enough? Old enough for what?!" to which his squeamish reply was "Old enough to party". Yeah that was the best part of Superbad for me. Actually this is how I will put it. That movie had so much potential but it was really Jonah Hills script that ruined it for me. Sure, it was very realistic sounding the way he said "Man", and, "Fuck, Shit, Fuck" after every single line, But mix that with the unrealisitc aspect of two cops taking on a boy they know is underage and letting him shoot up cars? I just didn't like the mix. Now, Pineapple Express is co-wrote by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg the exact two people who co-wrote Superbad. Same combo exactly, alot of the same actors as well. HOWEVER, it happens to be directed by my all time favorite director; David Gordon Green as a result, I will see it in theaters regardless of "tomato-meters" or "meta-critic" percentages. Like I said, Superbad had so much potential, being writing by Seth Rogan, who I think is funny, and directed by Greg Mottola (Arrested Development)...just one little script really fucked the whole thing up for me, it made it a little uneasy to watch. The whole spermicidle lube thing didn't bother me...shit...kids talk about stuff like that...get over it. Its just, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, shit shit shit, fuck for every single line...man, I got a little tired after 2 hours.
I'm really counting on Pineapple Express to be, well, a better Superbad. Instead of prepubescent sex it will be about weed. I could laugh about that.
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