Sometimes I wonder what I’d do if I met one of the most important alt celebrities of all time. I saw this picture of James “Jimmy” “DFAbro” Murphy with some bro taking a pic of him with his krappie digicam, and it made me think about what I’d do if I had the opportunity to shake the hand of one of me heros.
Photo by thecobrasnake
What would u do if u met James Murphy?????
a) shake his hand, and make a statement that proves u r ‘a true fan’
b) make a joke that involves a lyric of a popular LCD Soundsystem song–’bro. just wanna be some1 great and not North American scum with all my friends daft punk is gonna play at my house.’
c) take out ur iPhone/shittie digicam and ask to take a picture with him
d) ask him to sign ur iPod
e) tell him that he means a lot 2 the history of electro, modern disco, and transcendental-bloghouse
f) hand him the demo from ur band so that u can get signed 2 DFA
g) write down ur band’s myspace page
h) try to ‘pick him up’ kinda like that 1 SNL skit where Ben Stiller ‘picks up’ Glen Frey as played by Will Ferrell
i) tell him that ur in film school, and tell him that u made a short film using some of his music, and encourage him 2 search 4 it on youtube
j) Tell him that u connected with the song ‘New York I love u, but ur bringing me down’ and it inspired u to move away from NYC
k) Ask him if he has heard ‘Justice’
l) Ask him if he wants to chill, cuz u know a place with good authentic Mexican food/late night snacks
m) Just try to be a bro
n) Choose.Your.Own.Response
Sometimes I wonder how 2 handle myself in front of people who are incredibly relevant. Do they exist in the same world as we do? I feel very ‘normal’ and I think the world would be different if I had made some huge contribution to alternative society.
Do u think part of being a ‘modern fan’ means feeling entitled to broship with ur alternative role models? Feel like I can really connect with my fave artists and personalities these days, especially bc of twitter. Just feel s00 close 2 famous ppl now.
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carry his weed
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//////////Reply by Mightytaiger
//////////Posted May 21st, 2009 at 3:00 am
@probably,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qEkQW5kBg0&feature=PlayList&p=1D7C49EDE622AFDA&index=25
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whothefuck is JamesMurphy?
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//////////Reply by Her?
//////////Posted May 20th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
@Jose, lol exactly
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s0 four years ago… i saw him then, and wasn’t even all that excited at that point in time. :/
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i saw a broad from degrassi “in da club”
she is too hot to acknowledge me tho
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//////////Reply by troyish
//////////Posted May 20th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
@lolz, wich one?
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James and I drink the same beer, so I bet we could be bros and sit out in a back patio in Brooklyn and listen to authentic underground disco from 1980-1 and talk about collabbing on the future of retro disco.
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“h) try to ‘pick him up’ kinda like that 1 SNL skit where Ben Stiller ‘picks up’ Glen Frey as played by Will Ferrell”
LOL… “the H is O” (@HRO)
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donttt
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Be a br0.
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i would ask him if he ever tuggd one out with herc & <3 affairs bro
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id tell him abt my other fave celeb sightings then rank him somewhere on that list (+/- #12).
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hopefully id be so hammered that i wouldnt recognize the guy
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m) Just try to be a bro
That is the only acceptable answer.
Oh and maybe giving him your sick demo tape.
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i would tell him a joke to make him rly ‘happie’
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Who is this guy?
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i met a douche bag who looks like morrissey once at the cat club
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/11/l_8577f84057e04a92a89a007cf974249e.jpg
im so alt and hot
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//////////Reply by anonymouse
//////////Posted May 20th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
@le CEECEE, What are you?
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//////////Reply by anon
//////////Posted May 20th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
@anonymouse, YOU ARE VERY UGLY!!
[via the red stripe commercial]
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he’s not that intimidating as an altCeleb when you realize that he’s already admitted that ‘everyone [you] know is more relevant than everyone [he] knows.’
I’m pretty sure JaMurph would be most comfortable at this point in his life being a mentor figure. “Losing My Edge” already explained his uncomfortableness with today’s ‘kids’ ‘coming up from behind’ and claiming to know about everything about everything even though he was the one that was actually ‘there’!
So I think the best way to approach him would be to ask him a few questions about the scene. He’ll appreciate someone who is GENUINELY INTERESTED in an experience only he could relay to you. He’d take on the grandpa/seasoned college professor role. Ask him a few questions about what it was REALLY like to see James Chance play with the original Contortions and if he was ever involved in any of the famed ‘physical altercations’ at the shows. Ask him what kind of music was on the playlists at the Mudd Club and that you’ll ‘check out’ some of the rare bands that kids from your cohort usually overlook when they start getting into late 70s/early 80s art rock and the original dance rock scenes from NYC.
bro he’d love you. maybe even invite you onboard to DFA at that point because you’re authentically cool and ‘willing to learn’.
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//////////Reply by Scott
//////////Posted May 20th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
@fortune, pretty sure this is ‘JaMurph’
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//////////Reply by gestALT
//////////Posted May 21st, 2009 at 1:14 am
@fortune, instead of a BA or an MA, or even a Phd, i want a DFA. wher can i get an application for a DFA?? what r the transfer requirements?
wonder if it could be like that book THE GIVER!?
evry time fo i hit the crack pipe i scream ‘beam me up JaMurph!’ but he nevr does :’(
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//////////Reply by SilverTell
//////////Posted May 25th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
@gestALT, Yeah I’ve been working on getting my DFA too. I’ve been at it for two years and I have another eight to go. It’s a lot of hard drinking, dancing, reading, and pretending. It’s gonna be worth it though.
Saw James at Lorimer the night my gf broke up with me. Couldn’t get a word out. Felt like I saw Sasquatch and was feeling 2 emo 2 care. Wished I had said, “c u @ Santos, James” because only DFA forumbros knew he was djing possibly having a residency at then-yet-to-be opened Santos Party House.” This was June 6th 2k8.5
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//////////Reply by forumbro
//////////Posted May 21st, 2009 at 3:16 am
@fortune, seems like you feel most people you meet in new york aren’t really interested in the authentic things in life. well let me just say that I AM interested! I think I’d be an excellent addition to DFA, and here’s a great example why: I LOVE the Contortions–I just looked them up on wikipedia and I read the WHOLE article!
By now you’re telling yourself, “Enough! Forumbro, you have already proven yourself! Put the knife down and untie the goat, you got the job man just chill the fuck out.”
and I say to that, “Thank you. James! :D I will exert myself recklessly for DFA, as I now have a future in the ‘industry.’ I know I have something great in me, trying to burst for- urrflaaauughhh” –as I vomit thin, streaky mucus on your shoes from anxiety. It’s a vile red and smells like tangy menstruation. You’d smile and shake your head, and the next morning me, you and the DFA crew (yo) would laugh over dim-sum.
Ball’s in your court.
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//////////Reply by biff
//////////Posted May 21st, 2009 at 6:06 am
@forumbro,
am so proud of you
I knew if YACHTS could do it, you could too
I heard that bro only listened to “Contort Yallselves” once and read no Wiki articles on the subject
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//////////Reply by forumbro
//////////Posted May 21st, 2009 at 12:40 pm
@biff, just u-tubed YACHTS–seems like a hi-nrg bro :)
this reminds me of the time i touched alice glass’ hand when she was performing live. i was in the front row, she stuck her hand out at me while singing one of her unreleased songs titled ‘baptism’.
i think the whole situation was metaphorical, and she was ‘baptising me’. i think that means i’m destined to altDom now.
this is a true story 4 realz. <3 u / h8 u alice glass
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Just try to be a bro
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i’d start holding my redstripe in palm rather than w fings
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Obviously just start clapping to the beat of your favorite DP song thats always playing at your house. Then I would hand Sir. Murphy a Red Stripe presented inside of my feminine man hands and with the other wholesomely shove a but plug up his North American arse.
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dunno who that is but think it would more authentic 2 meet u carles.
it might go down like dis >
me: hi carles
carles: ‘hi’
me: sooo, I <3/h8 ur blog. it makes me laugh/get pissed. i feel close/distanced from u. wat is ur fave ____? what would u _____ if ur ‘____’ and is ____ at Chili’s.
carles: ‘not rly sre bro’
me: tht is so 2k1.3 LOL!
carles: ‘tru’
me: haha bro! ‘damn u r chill’… might start a blog of my own ‘1′ day.
carles: ’snd me ur link’
me: r u alt or bro n what celeb do u look most like would u say? [via ur best guess]
carles: ‘hue graunte’
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m) s his d
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I would ask him if he will ever make music….I would need sumone to point him out for me tho as he is irrelevent to me.
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have you ever heard justice?
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carles i dont know what to do about all these douchebags that came back to my city from various universities. went to my fave “dive” bar and it seemed as if every other bro was to “UT fratboy/wanna be frat douche”
where should i hang out this summer?
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I met the director of the “North American Scum” video, Ben Dickinson. Pretty cool guy imo
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i met him a few weeks ago at Society in L.A. he was a guest DJ and the other DFA guys were there too. i just smiled wide and jimmy patted me on the back. when i left i said “later!” and he said “you’re welcome!”
presumptuous dick.
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//////////Reply by adelaide
//////////Posted May 21st, 2009 at 12:02 am
@tulaner,
authaltbro: ‘hey jimmi!11!!’
jimmy -’yeah, good thanks.’
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I’d ask if he haz any blow.
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//////////Reply by el fggt
//////////Posted June 2nd, 2009 at 3:24 pm
@Hung Fa Lo,
id ask what kind of media player he does his blow off
iphone or original singles from new yorks 99 rekkerds????
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u wanna colabz on sum jazz?
then maybe ‘get dinner’
talk about being old/irrelevant [via sound of silver]
think i might be getting old. titanic theme vs. Crystal Castles was my peak.
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I would stand close to him….hear every word…when something relevant came up that I had something to comment on I would jump in the conversation…hopefully he will agree with my comment and we run off Best Friends FOREVER…
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Did you spot that “so 1990s authentic” tribal tattoo on Jimbo’s right arm??
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tell him he should’ve taken that gig on seinfeld.
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//////////Reply by el fggt
//////////Posted June 2nd, 2009 at 3:25 pm
@gene,
yes
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From now on, I’m only gonna drink Red Stripe while holding it by the bottom. JM & LCD SS 4 EVA.
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That’s not James Murphy, that’s Norm from Cheers. I can understand the mix up tho.
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