Oh The Inanity

THIS. KID.

Is gonna BLOW the fuck UP this year.

I'm excited! I don't actually care about live music really because it invariably sounds worse than it does in the studio and somehow paying lots of  money for the right to say I saw a person play music from 250 feet away while being jostled by Chad and screamed over by Megan doesn't appeal to me. Even famous fucking bands. My brother just dropped 85 dollars to see Radiohead in a hockey arena.
That sounds awful.

HOWEVER. Electronic music is different, because fuck, you aren't really playing anything. You're queuing, is the word. You're arranging studio-created tracks in neat aural patterns, and you're playing them louder than anyone ever should ever.
Also, there are usually lasers and lasers are rad as fuck.

SO: Daft Punk? Sweet mother of god would I go. Of course, they haven't toured for about five years but hey they started work on a 4th studio album so I smell a tour after that oh god oh god take all my money
Justice? Well....huh. I would have definitely gone during their A Cross the Universe phase. I would have thrown my entire being into their world without a second thought. They were the embodiment of rock and roll at that phase - not in literal music, but in reckless and wild abandonment and excess and rock and fucking roll and driving Chryslers into swimming pools.
Their AudioVideoDisco phase...I don't know! I don't even know how much I'd categorize it as Electronic Music even! It's more just electrobuttrock! Buttfunk70'sthrowbackcrabrock with a side of we're-experienced-electro-musicians. Would I go? Yeah, probably. It's still fucking incredible, it's just that I have no idea how they'd play music like that live. Would they sing? Would Kieth Moon blow up his kick drums? Regardless. I wouldn't sell my soul like I would for 2008 Justice.

Where I wouldn't go if you payed me is a Skrillex concert. Fuck that guy and fuck you for going. Skrillex is to music what Bradda Kimo's Da Bomb Kine Rum is to mixology.
Does it have its place? Yes. Is it a mind-numbing sear of an experience? Yes. Can it make you sick? USE SPARINGLY.
How would you react if someone told you it was their favorite drink?

Exactly.

Madeon? Absolutely. I hope he tours. What's my nearest big city. San Francisco? Lets go, Madeon. I will wait in line. I will spend an absurd amount of money for mere hours of entertainment. I will spend.....god...I will legitimately spend more than 50 dollars for a chance to see Madeon work live. 100 if I get to see what's on his laptop screen.

If I ever manage to see Mord Fustang play a set, I will simultaneously have a heart attack, eat shit, and die of joy.

Lets Get That Letterman Shit Off Here

Alright.
Post-Graduate Study Time.
Go.





Make me proud.