No Matter How Well Done Or Rare

My DJ set @ Scenic 10/26/2005
Spektrum “May Day” / Cristina “Mamma Mia” / Ludus “Breaking The Rules” / Dolly Parton “Baby I’m Burning” / Klaus Nomi “After The Fall” / Rachel Stevens “I Said Never Again (But Here We Are)” / Papas Fritas “Sing About Me” / Lo-Fi-FNK “Unighted” / United State of Electronica “La Discoteca” / Erasure “Stop” / Robyn “Konichiwa Bitches” / Junior Senior “Take My Time” / Out Hud “It’s For You” / Gene Serene & John Downfall “U Want Me” / Ladytron “Destroy Everything You Touch” / Kelly Clarkson “Since U Been Gone (Jason Nevins Dance Edit)” / Hollertronix “Tippin’ Toxic” / Girls Aloud “Biology” / Gold Chains “Rock The Parti”

Klaus Nomi “After The Fall” – This is certainly one of the more optimistic songs about an impending Apocalypse. Taking off from his previous hit about nuclear annihilation, “Total Eclipse” (both songs were written by Kristian Hoffman), Nomi sings reassuringly about the bright side of doomsday, insisting that the surviving freaks can build a better world upon the ashes of civilization. The verses sound quite a bit like early B52s, but once Nomi kicks into the soaring chorus, he reveals an operatic range far beyond Fred Schneider’s reach. Unquestionably, this is exotic glam pop at its best. (Click here to buy it from Amazon.)

Papas Fritas “Sing About Me” – How can I possibly resist a song so relentlessly joyous, casually self-confident, and unapologetically vain? There’s so many songs about girls out there, but this is the only one that I know of about a girl demanding to have songs written about her. With its unyielding pace and insistent beat, the music sounds like nothing so much as the girl willing her romantic fantasies into existence. (Click here to buy it from Insound.)