GET LIVE '08

Check out Culture Bully's Top Musical Moments of 2008 Guest List, and see my list of best shows I saw this year. Bam!

ALWAYS ANYTIME

Imagine new rave, electro-rap, and electro coming together. Jury is still out on this one.

NIGHT AND DAY

What is this Pitchfork writer smoking? The news section has taken even more of a dive in recent months, with a heavy editorial bent that's usually pretty terrible. But here she talks about the Crookers remix of Kid Cudi's "Day 'n' Night."

"It's been interesting to gauge the differences in the fan reaction-- there's apparently more than an ocean between the U.S. and the UK. The heavy club sound that makes the remix so popular with Brits has much less resonance Stateside."

It's been interesting? How have you gauged this? Because it was almost a year ago where it was literally impossible for me to hear a DJ set - right here, in the U.S. - without this track in it. I got really, really sick of it. And people were still always into the bass sound. So I have no idea what you are talking about.

Pointless but still frustrating.

MY COUSIN ROY

My Cousin Roy returns to Too Much Love at First Avenue this Satuday for a night of disco and house addled abandon!

My Cousin Roy, aka Roy Dank, runs the Wurst Edits record label, one of the leading forces in disco's current comeback of sorts (most would say it never went away). Wurst's discography includes releases from some of 2008's biggest names, like Runaway (DFA/Rekids), Eamon Harkin (Prime Time), Douglas Sound (aka Rong Music's Lee Douglas), and Roy's own edits as well. Roy has DJed with the world's best and brightest, including previous residencies with Brennan Green and at NYC's Club 205.

When Roy was last in town he rocked the biggest crowd TML has ever seen. Do not miss him this time! I will be opening the night. You can also catch him tonight at Ackerman's Hotel party at the Kitty Cat Klub.

Check out a track for download and interview at Dollar Bin Jams, where Roy names TML as one of his favorite places to play, Also grab another download at his feature on RCRD LBL. Facebook event page is here.

MAYBE I'M WRONG

SANTOS

A behind the scenes tour of Santos Party House. I can't figure this place out: it looks amazing (SPEAKERS), and every person I've talked to who has played there adores it, but I think every person I've talked to who has been a customer has disliked it.

DECEMBER CHART

Too Much Love December Chart
By Sovietpanda

1. Tiga - Mind Dimension 2 - PIAS
2. The Count & Sinden - Hardcore Girls (feat. Rye Rye) - Domino
3. DJ Mehdi - Pocket Piano (Joakim 'Berger' Remix) - Tigersushi - (download)
4. Grace Jones - Williams Blood (Aeroplane Remix) - MP3 - (download)
5. Drop The Lime - Hear Me (Drums of Death Remix) - Trouble & Bass
6. MGMT - Of Moons, Birds & Monsters (Holy Ghost! Remix) - Columbia - (download)
7. Runaway - Just Got Paid - Wurst Edits
8. The Kills - Cheap & Cheerful (Fake Blood Remix) - Domino
9. Nacho Lovers - Acid Life - Fool's Gold
10. The Presets - Kicking and Screaming (Bang Gang's E Is For Edit) - Modular - (download)