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Dumb. Dunn. DJ.
This was, one supposes, a reasonably relaxing day. If a relaxing day can feasibly include a trip to the cinema, some light reading, and a quiet conversation on the possibility of noncummutative spaces with a heroin-shooting leprechaun named Vito.
Vito?
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The conversation ended when my oddly-named companion started complaining about his μ-opioid receptors and my inability to grok Drinfel'd-Jimbo quantum groups. He then dropped into an uncomfortable 5 minute near-silence during which his insensate eyes rolled back in his head, drool streamed from his slack lips and he mumbled repeatedly, in a muffled pianississississimo, something that sounded like "Hare Krishna Hare, ate no Calamari, browsed with Mac's Safari, Hare Krishna Hare" . . . . He then suddenly caught his snap and began insulting my mother, my father, my father's father and my mother's mother and--eventually--all my ancestors back to some dood named Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, who he claims was schtupping Agrippina the Younger, the woman who was to become my progenitrix and who was sister to that oh-so-cool role model for U.S. Senators and Catholic Priests everywhere: Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus aka Caligula (yes, that Caligula).
Apparently this Marcus Lepidus was also a little on the slow side when it came to women and mathematics. However, unlike Marcus, complained Vito, Yours Truly would NOT be assassinated for his stupidity and he, Vito, would not have the unreserved pleasure of observing the event. He then vanished into thin air.
Fucking uppity leprechauns. Who needs 'em?
After such a strange and annoying conversation (one-sided though it was), the Tango Terroriste threw together some tandas and headed out to DJ all or part of the final Dunn Bros Milonga of 2007. For a change, I thought I would simply let you take a look at my playlist for the evening, which even includes--despite their generally poor performance and recording qualities--a few pseudo-obligatory tandas of Golden Era recordings. For my own amusement, and to demonstrate once again how EASY it is to put together a musically coherent tanda according to the prevailing mores of unimaginative Tango DJs worldwide, Your Fearless Leader adhered primarily to the one ensemble per tanda, all vocal or all instrumental, all similar tempo and style approach. In a later post, we will demonstrate how this simplistic concept of musical coherence demonstrates impoverished creativity and a lack of musical sophistication on the part of those who adopt it (the so-called "purists"). Musically astute readers will already discern in the list below some more interesting strategies for tanda composition, strategies upon which we will elaborate some other day.
For now, and without further distractions, hesitations, delays, dawdling, procrastination, or dilly-dallying, here is this evening's playlist.
With all due sincerity,
I remain,
Your Devoted Irritator of Leprechauns,
---the PseudoLatino
SONG |
ARTIST |
ALBUM |
| La Tablada | Rodolfo Biagi | Mariposita |
| Duerme Mi Nina | Rodolfo Biagi | Mariposita |
| Estrella | Rodolfo Biagi | Mariposita |
| Racing Club | Rodolfo Biagi | Milongueros |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Bailate Un Tango Ricardo | Los Solistas de D'Arienzo | Homenaje A Juan D'Arienzo |
| Paciencia | Los Solistas de D'Arienzo | Homenaje A Juan D'Arienzo |
| Loca | Los Solistas de D'Arienzo | Homenaje A Juan D'Arienzo |
| Mi Dolor | Los Solistas de D'Arienzo | Homenaje A Juan D'Arienzo Vol 2 |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Bahia Blanca | De La Guardia Vieja | Hoy Baile Hoy Vol.2 |
| Al Verla Pasar | Ariel Espandrio Sexteto | Puro Tango |
| Guardia Vieja | De La Guardia Vieja | Hoy Baile Hoy Vol.2 |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Romance De Barrio | Orquesta Típica Imperial | Concentracion Troileana |
| CB Vals | Conjunto Berretin | Tangamente |
| El Aeroplano | Conjunto Berretin | Tangamente |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Gran Hotel Venos | Orquesta El Arranque | Cabulero |
| Recuerdo | Orquesta El Arranque | Tango |
| Zorro Gris | Orquesta El Arranque | Tango |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| El Flete | El Choclo | Tango Only |
| Milonga del 900 | Conjunto Berretin | Tangamente |
| Campo Afuera | Conjunto Berretin | Tangamente |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Viejo Abasto | G-Spliff | Tango Chill Sessions |
| Ostinato | Carla Pugliese | Ojos Verdes Cerrados |
| Tango, Que Misterio - edit | Tango Jointz | Palermo Nuevo |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Naipe | Francisco Canaro | Glorias Del Tango: Canaro Vol. 2 |
| Tres Amigos | Francisco Canaro | Glorias Del Tango: Canaro Vol. 2 |
| En Un Beso La Vida | Francisco Canaro | Glorias Del Tango: Canaro Vol. 2 |
| Poema | Francisco Canaro | Poema |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| A La Gran Muñeca | Orquesta De Tango | La Tipica |
| Igual Atacarìa | Orquesta De Tango | La Tipica |
| La Yumba | Orquesta Típica La Furca | De Puro Guapo |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Corazón de Oro | Orquesta Típica Imperial | Ruidos Molestos |
| A Orillas de la Plata | Trio Hugo Diaz | Tango Argentino |
| La Cumparsita | The Tango Group | Amor Por el Tango |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| De Cara a la Pared | Lhasa De Sela | La Llorona |
| El Pajaro | Lhasa De Sela | La Llorona |
| La Confession | Lhasa De Sela | The Living Road |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| A Evaristo Carriego | Color Tango | Grandes Éxitos con estilo para bailar |
| Mala Junta | Color Tango | Grandes Éxitos con estilo para bailar |
| Malandraca | Color Tango | Grandes Éxitos con estilo para bailar |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Prologue (Tango Apasionado) | Astor Piazzolla | The Rough Dancer & the Cyclical Night |
| Calambre | Lalo Schifrin | Tango (Soundtrack) |
| Cité Tango | Astor Piazzolla | Inspiración Espiración |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Maki Maki | Goran Bregović | Tales & Songs From Weddings & Funerals |
| This is a Film | Goran Bregović | Arizona Dream |
| Hop Hop Hop | Goran Bregović | Tales & Songs From Weddings & Funerals |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Pobre Flor | Alfredo de Angelis | Valsecitos de Antes |
| Mi Novia de Ayer | Alfredo de Angelis | From Argentina to the World |
| Flores del alma | Alfredo de Angelis | Valsecitos de Antes |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Saludos | Orquesta Típica Sans Souci | Al Estilo del 40 |
| Inspiración | Orquesta Típica Sans Souci | Al Estilo del 40 |
| La Maleva | Orquesta Típica Sans Souci | Al Estilo del 40 |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Gallo Ciego | El Desquite | Tango en Esquina Carlos Gardel |
| La Bordona | Orquesta El Arranque | Cabulero |
| Canaro en Paris | Orquesta El Arranque | Tango |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Dos | Carlos Libedinsky | Narcotango 2 |
| Otra Luna | Carlos Libedinsky | Narcotango |
| Gente Que Sí - edit | Carlos Libedinsky | Narcotango 2 |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| La Milonga De Buenos Aires | Francisco Canaro | Glorias Del Tango: Canaro Vol. 2 |
| Milonga Sentimental | Francisco Canaro | ?? |
| Reliquias Portenas | Francisco Canaro | Milonga Vieja Milonga |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| To Nie Ptak | Kayah & Goran Bregović | Kayah & Bregovic |
| Tango to Evora | Loreena McKennitt | The Visit |
| Ta-Bakiera | Kayah & Goran Bregović | Kayah & Bregovic |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Derecho Viejo | Atipica Orquesta De Saxofones | A Modo De Tango |
| Tanguera | Atipica Orquesta De Saxofones | A Modo De Tango |
| Libertango | Atipica Orquesta De Saxofones | A Modo De Tango |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Gran Hotel California | Trio Garufa | Tango en el Mate |
| El Choclo | El Desquite | Tango en Esquina Carlos Gardel |
| Pantera Tanguera | Cuarteto Almagro | Hemisferios |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| Flaco Aroldi | Orquesta Típica La Furca | De Puro Guapo |
| Zita | Orquesta Típica Fernandez Fierro | Destrucción Masiva |
| Tango Villero | Orquesta Típica Imperial | Ruidos Molestos |
| Hy A Scullyas Lyf A Dhagrow | Aphex Twin | Drukqs |
| La Cumparsita | Lalo Schifrin | Tango Soundtrack |
| La Cumparsita | Tango Chillout | Tango Chillout, Vol. 1 |
| La Cumparsita | Andre Popp & His Orchestra | Delirium In Hi-Fi |
Posted by earwicker at December 28, 2007 11:59 PM