Dude, forget about defending this review for a minute. Cool. Let’s do that. The hostility in your comments is whack. This is a show we’re talking about. Unless you’re in the band–which I’m sure you’re not–accusing me of a) having an atrophied brain (which I do not) b) of doing coke (which I don’t) c) of blogging often (which I definitely do not. Like, I wish) and d) being a hipster (guilty! I like Nike Dunks. What can I do?) is judgmental, flippant, and regressive. Way to begin a dialog, Sylvester Stallone. Now put down your guns.

I apologize if you rely on my written word to form your opinions. Had I known that beforehand, I would have written you a separate email with a detailed account of the show like the fact that there were two dancers on either side of the stage. See? That makes all the difference. I know. I know. You’re right. I see that now.

But dude, for realz (the “z” is so hipster, right?) chill down on the Internets language. We’re all buds in music. No need to be all yussel about it.

And incidentally, I ain’t no Hemmingway but this–” a more upbeat version of the band’s disco-meets-proto-house with heavy references to gay “video bar” stalwarts like Erasure sound”–that is gold. Can you submit a sentence to De Capo?

Your friend on the East Coast.
xo,
A

So-far I know nothing about the music. I can guess from already being familiar with H&LA that the live version was a more upbeat version of the band’s disco-meets-proto-house with heavy references to gay “video bar” stalwarts like Erasure sound. By saying that it is more “LCD than disco” actually means that it removes the rock instrumentation and post-punk signifiers that are utilized by LCD Soundsystem and replaces them with a more “traditional” synthetic composition. At least, that’s what i can only imagine this review tried to say.

And so by drawing this conclusion, are you saying that LCD is suddenly not disco because H&LA is more disco? Or is your short term hipster memory so atrophied by cocaine and blogging that you forgot that LCD Soundsystem was “disco-punk” in the first place. I bet it just all sounds like “Rawk” to you now. So progressive.

Nevermind the utterly inane “imagine you didn’t know” device that never comes to any sort of conclusion or punchline. Just say the club was packed and excited and move on to telling me something I don’t already know. Like who were the performers? How many were onstage? How was the overall crowd response and what elements to the performance elicited what reactions.

Oh- and let’s not even quibble over the appalling hem-hawing apologetic last paragraph. i had to read it three times to figure out if you enjoyed the performance or not.

Man- NOW i’m annoyed I wasn’t there.