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Spencer

I was young, and needed the exposure!!

About Me



Always into learning more. Usually thinking about something to make. Genuinely like most people and enjoy being around lots of them. I make really good mix CDs but you might have to remind me a few times if you want a copy. Interested in art and theory and the everyday and things you can learn from their intersections. Also, bad puns.

I am 1/2 of hipster-rave DJ squad Mid City West.

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My Interests

People!
Music!
Art!
Design!
Theory!
Movies!
Travel
Typography
Cities
Photography
Cooking
Psychoanalytic Theory
Architecture
Situationists
Airports
Hiking
French Robots
Righteous Indignation (is there anything more satisfying???)
Whistle Tips
etc
ilxor.com
Everything...

I'd like to meet:


Hello?

I pretty much like almost everyone, but remember, that may only be because I'm not very critical.

Music:

My Bloody Valentine
New Order
Roxy Music
Pulp
Jesus and Mary Chain
ELO
Avalanches
Daft Punk
Todd Edwards
Beach Boys
Serge Gainsbourg
Galaxie 500
Timbaland
Pet Shop Boys
David Roback/Opal etc
Michael Jackson
Glenn Branca
DNTEL
St. Etienne
Prince
YYYs
New Buffalo
Glen Campbell
Mylene Farmer
Alizee
Arthur Russell
The Czars
Larry Levan
DFA
Steve Reich
Justice
Kompakt
Phoenix
Pixies
KLF
House of Love
Joy Division
Jagz Kooner
Dinosaur Jr
garage
grime
Tiefschwarz
M.I.A.
DJ Assault
Freeform Five
Richard X
tons of new stuff
baile funk
latin freestyle
reggaeton
dancehall
Baltimore club music
ghetto tech
everything else
etc

Movies:

In the Mood for Love
2001
Last Year at Marienbad
It's A Wonderful Life
The Philadelphia Story
Children of Paradise
The Rules of the Game
Top Secret!
8 1/2
Apocalypse Now
Black Orpheus
Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo
The Red Shoes
Peeping Tom
A Man and a Woman
Dune
The Night Porter
Warriors
Le Mans
Play Time
Heimat
I tend to enjoy or at least tolerate almost any movie.

Television:

China Beach
Conan O'Brien
Family Guy
I'm Alan Partridge
The Office
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Day Today
Black Books
Brass Eye (Open invitation to anyone to come watch my UK PAL copy of Brass Eye anytime - best satire ever!)

Books:

Michel Houellebecq, Lacan, Martin Amis, Bret Easton Ellis, Donna Haraway, 'Winesburg Ohio', 'City of Quartz', 'Madame Bovary', Catherine Millet, Graham Greene, Joan Didion

Heroes:

Peter Saville
Kevin Shields
Jarvis Cocker
Bernard Sumner
Bryan Ferry
Gainsbourg
KLF
Mies
Lacan
Timbaland
Chris Morris
Parents
Gerhard Richter
Zdenek Miler
Donna Haraway
Quincy Jones
Kubrick
Nick Knight
Jeff Lynne
Wong Kar Wai

My Blog

Opal or What I like to listen to driving along PCH at night...

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Posted by Spencer on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 04:30:00 PST

Elevator, Take Me Home... (a Dedication)

I'm so hard for a rich girlMy heels are high, my eyes cast lowAnd I don't know how to loveI get too tired after mid-day, latelyI take it out on my good friendsBut the worst stays inOh where would I be...
Posted by Spencer on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 10:27:00 PST

R.I.P. Tony Wilson

Tony Wilson, one of my personal heroes, has moved on to the great Hacienda in the sky. Wilson co-founded Factory Records in Manchester and helped to introduce the world to acts like Joy Division, New ...
Posted by Spencer on Sat, 11 Aug 2007 05:01:00 PST

Encore Une Fois

July 21, 2007
Posted by Spencer on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:18:00 PST

R.I.P. Jean Baudrillard

Baudrillard has vanished from the desert of the real, find him here:
Posted by Spencer on Wed, 07 Mar 2007 06:35:00 PST

Playlist, March 2nd 2007

tracks:Solid Groove and Sinden - "Overbooked"Omarion feat. Da Brat - "Ice Box (So So Def Remix)"Sophie Ellis-Bextor - "Catch You"Bauchamp - "Same Frequency"Tepr - "Minuit Jacoo (datA remix)"Kid Sister...
Posted by Spencer on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 12:38:00 PST

Top 40 Tracks of 2006

1. The Klaxons - Atlantis to Interzone (Hadouken remix)2. Epic Man & Plan B - More is Enough (Sinden remix)3. Cassie - Me & U4. Uffie - Pop the Glock5. Simian Mobile Disco - Hustler6. Phoenix ...
Posted by Spencer on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:19:00 PST

Playlist, October 13, 2006

Cornelius - "Breezin'"Cornelius - "Gum"Hadouken - "Dance Lesson"MIA - "XR2"The Klaxons - "Magick"The Klaxons - "Magick (Simian Mobile Disco remix)"Memphis - "I'll Do Whatever You Want"Amy Millan - "Wa...
Posted by Spencer on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 02:15:00 PST

"I won't give you shit for being you" Greatest Ever Craigslist Ad Response?

About 5 years ago I lived with several people in a great old house in Oakland, CA.  My rent was around $300/month and another cheap room opened up.  I posted it on craigslist and there was a...
Posted by Spencer on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:07:00 PST

"Spit out your lies and chewing gum"

I've always obsessed over "nonsense" english lyrics written by europeans.  First the savant genius of Black Box (what does "Ride On Time" mean anyway?) and now Phoenix, whose random but deeply af...
Posted by Spencer on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 03:49:00 PST