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[freakytigger]

- Life without an oven, day 4: last night I had the microwaveable "Prawn Jumble Jambalaya" from Waitrose, it was OK, very dry though

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santogold

[jauntyalan]

has she popped up on poptimists before? i saw a brief bit of her on Sound the other day, and i liked the sound of the track a lot.

can i borrow the smolin book? i'll give you your book on the history of robots back in exchange ;-)

Re: santogold

[freakytigger]

The video to "LES Artistes" showed up on Poptimists in one of the 3-vids-at-a-time post.

Certainly you can! I'll have finished it today or tomorrow I would think so if I see you or Emma in a pub at all this week I can pass it on.

Re: santogold

[alexdecampi]

The LES Artistes video is one of my favourite of the past month - I have a big directing crush on Nima (he who also did the guilty pleasure Hot Chip "Ready For The Floor" video)

Where do you stand on Sia's "The Girl You Lost To Cocaine"? I'm crushing on it hard, and I'm afraid I love the Kris Moyes video for it too.

[dubdobdee]

oo i adore feyerabend!

[freakytigger]

Where's a good place to start with him (if such a thing exists) - Smolin makes him sound pretty intriguing.

[dubdobdee]

"against method" is the book i read and loved 25 years ago (eep)

[freakytigger]

How could I possibly have guessed you'd like a book called that!

[katstevens]

BLIMEY I have just seen on Popjustice that Basshunter have done a cover of KWS's Please Don't Go. It's not as bad as they make out but it's still kind of jaw dropping.

[carsmilesteve]

dammit, look, now i can't remember who the original is by [checks everyhit] oh i knew it KC&TSB, honest...

[koganbot]

A listener from Michigan writes:

Wikipedia says that Santi White (Santogold) has worked with Ashlee--do
any of you know on what?

btw, the Santogold cd is quite great! i liked her old Stiffed EP (despite its Gwen-biting) but this cd is just on a whole new level.

Haven't heard the CD myself. I've heard and like two Santogold - "You Will Find A Way," quite well, though there's something too clumsily Gang Of Fourish indieish punkiness about the bass playing, which isn't necessarily totally bad, but I can't imagine this wouldn't be better with more actual bounce in its bottom. I like her hectic foreground and pretty backup singing. "L.E.S. Artistes" is more standardly mixbeats-w/-quirky vocals, but then the version I've got is the remix.

[freakytigger]

I like those two too - there is actually a remix of "You Will Find A Way" on the album which kind of illustrates my problem with her: when she turns up the dubbiness and gizmos and slows things down she sounds like bad imitation MIA (the MIA of "The Turn" or "20 Dollar" or "Hussel") but when she's doing upbeat poppy stuff she's like a bubblegumification of MIA in a really good way, incorporating lots of trendy Gang-of-Fourish influences but making them shiny and entertaining and fun. (I'm not getting much emotionally out of the record yet)

I want a way to phrase these criticisms without having to constantly fall back on the MIA comparisons, which are a bit unfair to Santogold (though her sleeve designer seems keen to make them too)

[alexmacpherson]

'Hussel' is MIA's best song (and prob best performance) though!

[freakytigger]

Wasn't being clear enough - I love "Hussel" but a bad imitation of it is going to me more painful than a bad imitation of some of her other stuff.