Alright, so…you pay $23 to see Girl Talk, right? And you think, “okay, this should be totally worth it because…it’s effin’ Girl Talk” But Then…he plays for and hour and a half and that’s that. Home by 11:30, sober enough to write this Bitch? That’s no good. That’s about all I can say I guess. Now we’re drunk and at home, not listening to Girl Talk.
—everyone at the Girl Talk show
This article appears in Oct 22-28, 2009.
You made the choice to spend $23 on ONE performer.
An hour and a half? Sounds like a good deal to me. I was pissed I didn’t get tickets early enough. BTW, this is the Maritimes, most people don’t start getting their drink on until 1130, so you had plenty of time to go home, get drunk, then head downtown. duh
What’s Girl Talk? And what’s the big problem here anyway? You paid $23, got a 90 minute show… sounds about right to me.
And if you didn’t/couldn’t get sufficiently wasted in that time, that’s your own fault ya lightweight.
The show was awesome … you’re insane.
90 minutes for one performer is a long set. You shoulda pre-drank. rookie.
His performance was worth more than $23.
pfft. Girl Talk isn’t live music anyway.
I paid $20 to see Kaskade before: 2.5 hour set.
Paid $20 to see Roger Sanchez: 6 hour set.
Paid $15 to see Olav Basoski: 3 hour set.
Paid $10 to see Mark Farina: 2.5 hour set
Girl Talk needed another DJ or two to make a complete night. Its always great to feature local talent and Halifax has some amazing people that it could have featured for opening acts. I think the disappointment comes from this event being sold-out for weeks, people anticipating something major and then its just over. I can appreciate the gripe, but you did get what you paid for.
I know some people who went to Maestro @ Embassy before, paid $15 (or more) and he only performed two or three singles. That was it.
Just thought about it, OP; you did get what you paid for, but as someone who’s been to shows featuring better talent than GT then I can somewhat see your point.
$23 is good and you did get your money’s worth, but after seeing/hearing better DJs than GT for a cheaper price makes me sympathetic.
Q-Bert gave Halifax a 90 minute show in 2004 compared to the 45 minutes that he usually gives. And his show was $15 advance and $25 at the door.
And Q-Bert, Olav, Kaskade >>>>>>> Girl Talk.
Girl Talk is a DJ!? Holy shit. Save your money and go to the dome or reflections or where ever, pay a $5-$10 cover and hear the same shit music for the whole night.
I’d think Girl Talk is a bit more interesting than Dave MacIsaac or NoLuv, nevermind…
I actually like Girl Talk and would have gone if I could get tickets. Girl Talk is more of a turntablist than a DJ though right NGF? Am I getting the lingo? 😛
Hehehe, Miles 😀
I thought GT was more a producer/DJ who added live PA to his shows. Haha, turntablist – its very possible.
I admit that I’ve only heard some of his work and it was his production (never any sets).
Some people think Daft Punk are merely DJs but their show is more complex than that and they tend to put their material together in a mash-up/mix style instead of merely mixnig tracks together.
Actually, PK listens to Girl Talk a lot more than I do so she maybe more helpful.
Girl Talk is not a DJ, and he’s also the first person to say that (check out his merch for the applicable t-shirts). If you wanted to play the label game, mash-up artist is probably the most applicable. There’s no tricks or turntablism, or “DJing” persay. His sets from a technical standpoint are probably barely above hitting play and spend the rest of the time making tiny tweaks and hyping up the party. If you honestly believed it was any more than that, than you’re kind of an idiot.
The whole premise of a GT show is being at a party with every possible piece of music you can imagine re-assembled and recontextualized. Hence the involvement of having everyone up on stage and further breaking down the divide of audience and performer. It’s a fucking party after all?
We could also argue the definition of what makes a DJ and how Girl Talk isn’t one, but again that’s some straight up apples and oranges shit. I’ll stand by point-of-view that unless you are pushing things into insanely experimental territory of technicalities than you are a glorified juke box. One that doesn’t take requests, and might transition two songs a little differently than another jukebox. Who really fucking cares in the end if you are having fun?
But back to the OP. It’s just too bad the OPs idea of a party involves not buying enough booze. I bet you’re the type to steal other people’s liquor from the fridge, tsk tsk.
Thanks, Loukas!
Thats why I buy Ten Penny. No need to hide that shit in various locales at a house party, just leave that shit in the wide open. No one will touch it, not even the OP, unless you’re at a hipster Gus’s PuB typa deal, in which case, just bring Captain Morgan and some mix, they won’t drink it if it wasn’t meant to be in a mason jar, eh?
Where do you buy ten penny? I thought they weren’t making it any more.
Ah, I think you’re right. I think the last time I got it was at the Attic (I think, it was the ‘smoking section’ of the liquor dome where they play heavy metal). Based on that description you should have a pretty good idea of when I bought it last.
Alpine was another good bet for preserving your suds at a party.
Whiney kids. I saw Girl Talk (awesome show, awful crowd) then went to You Say Party, We Say Die and Japandroids.
Why do shows start so late in Halifax? In recent years I have seen shows in major cities around the world which all start and end at reasonable times. Some of us jobs and classes we don’t skip.