I am not sure how to feel about this video. Sorta is like some sort of time machine, or a vessel to the past. You watch it and remember ‘how the electro blog scene used to be.’ U sorta want to move to L.A. and try to become internet friends with altCelebs. I think this song is like from 4 years ago. From what I understand, Uffie’s appeal was to be some sort of ‘lolita’ type of figure since she was a [BARELY LEGAL] teen when she ‘first came on the scene.’ Now it seems like her brand is ‘cougar.’ Not sure if her product/brand will be able to ‘penetrate’ as deep as it once could have now that electro sorta died and ppl want ‘conceptual shit.’ Miss when Uffie used to ‘chill out’ with her nipples hanging out all the time.

I feel like even the market for female raunchy slutty crappy myspacey rap acts bubble ‘burst’ a while ago. I’m not sure if alternative girls still want to ‘be like that.’ I think they have new aspirations, and don’t want to hear skanky girls rapping about getting drunk and letting men put their erect peepees into them.

(This music might still be popular with Californian females.)

I am not sure how long the ’shelf life’ of an aesthetic/genre/band is supposed to last. Once you have a ‘fan’, will that fan buy something from you for the rest of his or her life? I wonder if a chillwave band will ‘release’ a video/single for one of their 2k9 songs in 2k13. Really ‘baffled’ that Ed Banger is ‘back on the scene.’ I think it is generally a ‘good thing’ for music websites to have a 6 month turnover on a genre, so that ‘we’ can appear to always be on the lookout for something totally new and different. I just wish more blogs and music site zines would be willing to ‘throw artists under the bus’ and ‘act like certain artists never existed.’ It’s okay to be ashamed of who u used to be. Distancing urself from bands that u used to like is ‘just part of growing up’ in the modern world.

Just because u were ‘relevant’ once doesn’t mean u earn the right to be relevant 4evr. I wonder if modern indie bands ‘want to last forever.’ It seems difficult, like the forces that helped u become a buzzworthy band would be the same forces that tore u apart/made the world 4get abt u.

Speaking of Ed Banger products, I also feel ‘very confused’ by this video for Justice’s remix of Lenny Kravitz. Sorta just ’skimmed’ through it and saw a lot of confusing parts and heard a lot of Justicey sounding music. Seems like a gimmicky conceptual music video that I ‘don’t really have time’ to try to watch in order to ‘get’ the concept. S0 many memes, not enough time.

Wonder if an older version of me would have thought this was ‘kewl’ and ‘blggbl.’ Or if I would have been proud that ‘bloghouse had finally made it.’

I wonder if ‘bloghouse’ and ‘bangers’ will come back after the chillwave era. Seems like we are still searching for ‘what is next’ for the winter months.

If there was some sort of alternative stock market, would u invest in bloghouse? Would u buy shares in Uffie/Ed Banger?
How much would AnCo stock be worth?
What would the ‘google’ of alternative stocks?
Would Am Appy stock be worth more in ‘the real stock market’ or ‘the alt stock market’?
Is now the time to buy stock in Horchata Core?

‘WTF is horchata?’

Wish we would stop ‘reviewing’ music and start ‘learning how 2 have fun with music’ again.

Anyways, this video also reminds me of the significance of tools like the hypemachine, mp3 blogs, and user-generated-content-centric communities like vimeo. All of these tools come together to make like more meaningful. I kinda want his life. U can see how he traveled from the suburbs to a well-respected university with a relevant design program.

After the jump, I have copied and pasted the bro’s playlist. I have colour-coded the songs which r bloghaus.

001. Heart of Glass / Blondie
002. Jimmy / M.I.A.
003. Deceptacon / Le Tigre
004. Im on Fire / 5000 Volts
005. Je Veux Te Voir / YELLE
006. The Way I Are / Timbaland
007. Too Young / Phoenix
008. Over And Over / Hot Chip
009. Stick It To The Pimp / Peaches
010. Say My Name / Destiny’s Child
011. Pin / Yeah Yeah Yeahs
012. Geremia / Bonde Do Role
013. Let Me Clear My Throat / DJ Kool
014. Point Of No Return / Expose
015. Bubble Sex / The Seebach Band
016. Pump Up the Jam / Technotronic
017. Let’s Make Love And Listen To Death From Above / CSS
018. Hella Nervous / Gravy Train
019. Me Plus One / Annie
020. Don’t Go / Yaz
021. Bootylicious / Destiny’s Child
022. Electric Feel / MGMT
023. Boys Don’t Cry / The Cure
024. Lose Control / Missy Elliott
025. Ride The Lightning / Evans And Eagles
026. Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough / Michael Jackson
027. Hearts On Fire / Cut Copy
028. Tainted Love / Soft Cell
029. Between Us & Them / Moving Units
030. It Feels Good / Tony Toni Tone
031. Polaris (Club Mix) / Cyber People
032. You Never Can Tell / Chuck Berry
033. Huddle Formation / The Go! Team
034. Pump That / FannyPack
035. My Love / Justin Timberlake
036. Hung Up / Madonna
037. Justice – D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix) / Justice
038. Cybernetic Love / Casco
039. Creep / TLC
040. When I Hear Music / Debbie Deb
041. B.O.B. / Outkast
042. Bubble Pop Electric / Gwen Stefani
043. Miss You Much / Janet Jackson
044. You Spin Me Round / Dead Or Alive
045. Slide In / Goldfrapp
046. Kelly / Van She
047. Mine Fore Life / The Sounds
048. Disco Heat / Calvin Harris
049. Nighttiming / Coconut Records
050. Club Action / Yo Majesty
051. Pogo / Digitalism
052. Lip Gloss / Lil Mama
053. Heartbeats / The Knife
054. Enola Gay / OMD
055. Goodbye Girls / Broadcast
056. Kids In America / Kim Wilde
057. Kiss / Prince
058. Tenderness / General Public
059. Push It / Salt N Pepa
060. Circle, Square, Triangle / Test Icicles
061. Day ‘N’ Nite (Crookers Remix) / Kid Cudi
062. Shadows / Midnight Juggernauts
063. Paris (Aeroplane Remix) / Friendly Fires
064. Out At The Pictures / Hot Chip
065. Me Myself and I / De La Soul
066. AudioTrack 10 / Diplo
067. Girls & Boys / Blur
068. Heater / Samim
069. I Wanna Dance With Somebody / Whitney Houston
070. Hands In The Air / Girl Talk
071. Limited Edition OJ Slammer / Cadence Weapon
072. Meeting In The Ladys Room / Mary Jane Girls
073. NY Lipps / Soulwax
074. Lex / Ratatat
075. Gravity’s Rainbow (Soulwax Remix) / Steve Aoki
076. Once In A Lifetime / Talking Heads
077. Leave It Alone / Operator Please
078. Half Mast / Empire Of The Sun
079. Hardcore Girls / Count and Sinden feat. Rye Rye
080. Dance, Dance, Dance / Lykke Li
081. Never Gonna Get It / En Vogue
082. Blue Monday / New Order
083. Crazy In Love (Featuring Jay-Z) / Beyoncé
084. 10 Dollar / M.I.A.
085. Love To Love You Baby / Donna Summer
086. Steppin’ Out / Lo-Fi-Fnk
087. Karle Pyar Karle / Asha Bhosle
088. Love Will Tear Us Apart / Joy Division
089. Straight Up / Paula Abdul
090. My Drive Thru / Santogold, Casablancas, NERD
091. Like A Prayer / Madonna
092. Freedom 90 / George Michael
093. Black & Gold / Sam Sparro
094. B-O-O-T-A-Y / Spank Rock and Benny Blanco
095. Great Dj / The Ting Tings
096. In A Dream / Rockell
097. Don’t Stop the Music / Rihanna
098. Hong Kong Garden / Siouxsie & The Banshees
099. It’s Tricky / D.M.C.
100. Bizarre Love Triangle / New Order

Do yall like his taste in music, or is it just 1 of those people who ‘want to listen to dancey music’ too much and end up going to mainstream 80s dance nights and ‘dancing too hard’ to obvious hits that aren’t that good?

Previous Keut AZNs of the Days
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/t/kute-azn-of-the-day

Kinda worried. Just want 2 get authentic. Do yall think that 2k9 will be all about ‘the best electro rising to the top’ or will there be an electro backlash? Do yall still enjoy blog posts that focus on one artist? Have yall heard any good new music lately?

This is a song by Vega that reminds me of my ‘glory days.’ Back when I used to post Lifelike remixes or Breakbot songs and be excited.
These may or may not be the last days of bloggable electro. (WTF is ‘electro’?)

[MP3]
VEGA Well Known Pleasures

Myspace
http://www.myspace.com/vegavisions

“We can do the things that we’d like to.”
-VEGA

“I only want 2 do just what my body wants to.”
-AnCo in the hit song “Guy’s Eyes”

Doing what u’d like to do with some1 that u love: Big in 2kForever?

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The HIPSTER RUNOFF radio show airs Mondays at noon and again at midnight EST on Sirius XMU. Iff you’re an XM subscriber, you can listen to Blog Radio on channel 43, and Sirius subscribers can still find us on channel 26. If u really want 2 hear Carles Show, u can get a 3 day trial membership.

PLAYLIST AFTER THE JUMP
Gil Mantera’s Party Dream – Waking Vision
The Whitest Boy Alive – Island
Thieves Like Us – Fass
VEGA – Well Known Pleasures
Groove Armada – Drop the Tough (The Twelves B-LIVE REMIX)
The Twelves – I feel Fine
Harlem – Goodbye Horses
Here We Go Magic – Tunnelvision
Ariel Pink – Can’t Hear My Eyes
Peter Bjorn and John – Lay it Down (the Golden Filter Remix)
Futurecop! – Tonites Hero
Cut Copy – Lights and Music (Boys Noize Rmx)
The Stills – Lola Stars and Stripes
Ra Ra Riot – Dying is Fine
The Walkmen – In the New Year
The Books – Be Good to them Always
Jeremy Jay – Love Everlasting
MGMT – Of Moons Birds and Monsters (Holy Ghost! Remix)
YACHT – The Summer Song
Lo Fi Fnk – City
Sebastien Tellier – La ritournelle (Metronomy Mix)
Starfucker – German Love
Panda Bear – Untitled (Live on Ma Fama)
Empire of the Sun – Half Mast
Animal Collective – Guy’s Eyes.

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What does BLOG HOUSE mean to you? I don’t really know where blog house starts and stops. Here is a list of bands, and whether I consider them blog house or not.

Burning question: JUST BC U PARTICIPATE IN THE REMIX ECONOMY, ARE YOU BLOG HOUSE?

• The Teenagers (yes)
• Justice (no. Too bangery, but maybe. I don’t rlly know abt them any more. We’ll have more answers after their 2nd album.)
• Cut Copy (pre-dated blogs)
• Ladyhawke (not sure yet)
• Feist (no)
• Feist (Boys Noize Remix) (deffs)
• Simian Mobile Disco (too intelligent, but they attract bloghouse fans)
• Klaxons (not usually electro-enough)
• Animal Collective (did u srsly just ask that? ur ghey and don’t know shit abt music)
• Valerie artists (kind of. I think they are trying to be more than ‘a hot trend’)
• Mediocre electro producers (kind of, but they probably don’t deserve to be lumped into the same category as tier-1 blog house track)
• Lifelike (POSSIBLY, but he’s pretty authentic)
• Fred Falke/Alan Braxe (Pre-dated blogs, but are getting a great bump from blog luv)
• Fake Blood (Have to listen to him soon. Who is he?)
• Bloody Beetroots (Maybe, I don’t know. Never heard them)
• The Black Kids/The Cool Kids (I still don’t know the difference between these two artists)
• Black Ghosts (POSSIBLY. Not really sure. Probably)
• MGMT (They could have been if people only listened to the song “Kids” and “Electric Feel”)
• Lil Wayne/Coldplay/Radiohead (They are always popular on hypem, does this mean they are blog house?)
• Santogold/M.I.A./Kid Sister (Are black females allowed to be considered blog-house? or can they only be marketed as rappers?)
• The Ting Tings (Haven’t bothered 2 listen to them)
• The Presets (not sure. Maybe. Probably)
• Van She (Yeah. I think they are tier 1 blog house)
• Lykki Li (MAYBE)
• Robyn (she should be working at a McDonalds. She doesn’t deserve a 2nd wind)
• PNAU (they are blog house-ish in this era of their careers)
• M83 (NO. Shoegazers are not BLOG HOUSE. They are just easy to blog about.)
• Girl Talk (Way too mainstream/has a floating audience)
• HEALTH (Are they they the only hardXcore bloghouse act in existence?)
• HEARTSREVOLUTION (I think they think any1 can be ‘blog house’ so they are just trying to match the aesthetic, but BLOG HOUSE is an honor, not a right.)
• Crystal Castles (I think they are kind of like
• INTERPOL (no way.)
• Junior Boys (I feel like there are bands that should try to be MORE bloghouse, and get involved a little bit more in the remix economy.)
• Gentlemen Drivers (I feel like their unauthorized remix of the Klaxon’s “Not Over Yet” is one of the blog-houseiest songs of all time)
• Midnight Juggernauts (maybe. Probably)
• Does it Offend You, Yeah? (Tough to tell with those British bands for British People)
• LFO song “Summer Girls” (yes)

• Ladytron (Isn’t it kind of interesting how some electro-ish bands predated the BLOG era, and don’t really NEED bloglove, but have still kind of made themselves available [via blogs] to make sure they stay connected with their target audiences?)
• Lo Fi Fnk (Probably)
• New Young Pony Club (probz, ya)
• The song “Young Folks” by Peter Bjorn and John (It depends on ur definition of blog house)
• Sébastien Tellier (I don’t know about that weirdo guy)
• Shinichi Osawa (He makes remixes that are s0 good that they might be post-bloghouse-core)
• Thieves Like Us (After their epic remix contest of 2k7, they have to be BLOG HOUSE)
• THE HIPSTER RUNOFF (His first EP signaled the end of the blog house era, and the beginning of the post-bloghouse era [2009-2010.5])
• The Tough Alliance (Those guys are pretty authentic in a weird way that I like/feel awkward about)
• Breakbot (I don’t know anything about that guy but he seems weird based on his pictures)
• CSS (I would feel more comfortable if they were ‘only’ a blog house band that I semi-enjoyed as opposed to being an ‘international phenomenon in iTunes commercials’ that I have to not whole-heartedly enjoy)
• CFCF (ya. Pretty blog-housey)
• Chromatics (somewhat)
• Glass Candy (Somewhere between BLOG HOUSE and PITCHFORK-HOUSE, which is a good place to be)
• Chromeo (this is a brain teaser!)
• Daft Punk (n0 way)
• Digitalism (Maybe just the song “POGO”)
• Creed (no)
• David Matthews (yes)
• Rob Thomas solo (no)
• Santana (ft Rob Thomas/Michelle Branch) (yes)

Did I miss any 1? (besides the Postal Service)

I feel like as a general rule, if BIG STEREO or MISSING TOOF blogged about you in 2006 or the first half of 2007, you are a blog house band whether you like it or not. I never really read music blogs back then, but if I had to guess, I think that rule would apply. There’s just something very AMERICAN about the term ‘blog house’ as if some AMERICAN guy invented the term even though it didn’t make too much sense, so it makes sense that two of the top American Electroblogs would be responsible for accidentally blogging BLOG HOUSE into existence.

I am unsure if the definitive characteristic of BLOG HOUSE is that the artist gained steam thanks to blogs, or if it ‘just sounds a certain way.’ Theoretically, STEREOGUM is a launching pad for a lot of underwhelming, yet historically significant-sounding meaningful-core indie-rock. Like Vampire Weekend or something like that. Is BLOGHOUSE about sounding a certain way, or is it just like ‘a lot of ppl searched for it on hypemachine and downloaded it, and they got remixed since people wanted free versions of their songs so much.’

Anyways, BLOGS are great for finding new music, and reading the opinions of people who don’t even matter (just like U!). Love all yall blogs, whether or not yall are creating blog house bands or not.
Just as long as the music is free, and the content stream is consistent, that’s all any1 rlly wants. Whether it is on the radio or on some sillie internet site or even inside of your local RCRD Store, we are all just trying to meet the needs of consumers. Good thing blogs don’t write 2 much and appeal to the attention span of Generation Y. Love yall for buying so much stuff and being a demographic that advertisers want 2 reach.

BLOG OR DIE.
MY EARS ONLY LISTEN 2 BLOG HOUSE.
BLOGGING MAKES YOU A BETTER PERSON.
DOWLOADING MUSIC FROM BLOGS MAKES YOU A MORE INTERESTING MUSIC FAN AND/OR HUMAN BEING.

“BLOGGING IS THE MASTER ART.”
-Plato, 2k10

***THE MOST [HIGHLY BLOGGABLE] HIT OF 2k8 so far?****

Embrace ft. Ladyhawke (Fred Falke & Miami Horror remix) is s000 blggbl right now.
Have yall heard this song yet? So bloggable, so electro-transcendental that GorillaVsBear blggd it. It might be the REMIX that we have been waiting for since we slipped out of our mothers’ wombz. It is remixes like these that give meaning to the lives’ of electro-bloggers, and throw new fuel on the never ending flame that is the “BLOG HOUSE” genre.
/>Remixes that cross-brand multiple relevant artists are GREAT for hypemachine optimization purposes. Good 2 see PNAU leapfrogged Radiohead.

[MP3]
Pnau Embrace ft. Ladyhawke (Fred Falke & Miami Horror remix)

Download the original version
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/01/pnau-ladyhawke-functional-team.html

Read a past post about PNAU being weird
http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2008/04/pnau-theyre-pretty-weird.html

Myspaces
http://www.myspace.com/pnaupnau
http://miamihorror.com/
http://www.myspace.com/ladyhawkerock

BUT SRSLY…
WTF IS BLOG HOUSE?