Dan Deacon Talks Videogames, Rice Krispie Treats, Garnier Fructus
In one of the best interviews we've read in the past three hours, Ignore Magazine asks Baltimore's hottest future shocker a bunch of brilliantly dumb questions. You should read the whole thing here, but ... some highlights:
You look like you play a lot of video games. What is your favorite TurboGrafx-16 game and why did it get no love?"You look like you play a lot of video games" -- ha. Make sure you repeat that to a coworker today.
The game or the system?Let’s go with game.
I really liked, umm…I believe it was called Bloody Wolf. It was like a side-scrolling war game where you were a commando and you had to save your commando buddy. But I mean Bonk’s Adventure was pretty awesome.That one where you turned Asian and black and head-butted dinosaurs?
Yeah it was great. Also, was it, Courageous Keith [Keith Courage]? That was a good game. Overall the system failed because it wasn’t a major player. I don’t think they had good marketing. But it was the awesome-ist fucking system!Pretend we’re on Squirt TV, what’s your recipe on Rice Krispies treats?
What do you mean?
Here's a clip of "Silence Like The Wind," from DD's insanely crowded P4K set this weekend.
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Tags: Dan Deacon | Pitchfork Music Festival
seriously though, this clown and his retard fan base should be round up and shot in the head, gestapo style.
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seriously though, people who start off with "seriously though" and really hate people enough say they should be round up and shot in the head, gestapo style, should be round up and shot in the head. not gestapo style, just regular mass murder because nazis suck. seriously though
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You'd think you might reserve a grudge like that for the guy in the park that molested you, or the nursery school teachers who laughed as you at those paint chips, or even just your parents for putting down that wire hanger.
It's just music, folks, let's all relax a bit.
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alvysinger, I'm going to go ahead and get a ladder so you can jump up my ass.
Just watching that video makes me sweaty and claustrophobic.
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i love how every video i've seen of dan he is wearing THAT shirts. he is the pee wee herman of blips and beeps.
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I understand how he wants to have a connection with the crowd, but I imagine it would be super irritating to have all those sweaty people hovering so close to you when you are performing.
Is it considered performing when you are screaming into a microphone while your music is coming from an Ipod Shuffle taped to a banana?
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pure garbage. it really is a sign of the times when talentress drivel like this gets eaten up by the kids....it's more damning for the kids though. I mean, what ever happened to kids getting into punk? or some other scene...now they just sort of cobble together their taste with whatever is cool that week..a little "nu-rave" here..some hipster metal there...some 80's throwback shit here.....until it creates this sea of mediocrity.
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I was at that show, about 5 meters from Dan, which of course means I was being squashed to death. I've never had more fun at a show while fearing death. The crowd was so into it. It was definitely the best show at the festival. Go Dan. I couldn't stay for Girl Talk, but that was enough. Seriously though, what a time.
A crowd surfer fell on my head. It was awesome.
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I wasn't at P4k, but I saw DD a few weeks ago and he was a phenomenal performer. I don't think I've really ever had so much fun at a show. To those of you who are too cool to have fun at a show - the artists don't appreciate your frowns and crossed arms as much as you think. Loosen up! Music is as much about experience as talent. I had a great time and give DD my full and professional endorsement!
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This guy is so annoying with his little "Look at how WACKY and DIFFERENT I am! And listen to my CRAZY music! I'm totally nuts!" shtick. Thankfully he's only a flavor of the month and we'll have all forgotten about him by this time next year.
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Dan Deacon should be shipped to Gitmo and get sexually tortured to death. All of his fans should be starved, beaten, and put into gas chambers. And anyone who likes to have fun should be gathered up, thrown into volcanos and blown up with nuclear bombs
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dan deacon might be fun to see live, but enjoy it now while you can - cause in 6 months he will be another trendy has been. total schtick like this never lasts. all the scenesters who like him now will be lining up to hate before the year is over.
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I mean seriously you guys, everything I don't like clearly and truly SUCKS. If I...ME...THE ONE BEHIND THE KEYBOARD HERE...THE LORD OF THE MUSIC...don't enjoy or care for Dan Deacon or ANYONE ELSE I deem musically unworthy, then they are just way too unfit to even kiss the ground that my limited edition toon chuck t's with TOTALLY BITCHIN argyle shoelaces that NO ONE ELSE HAS. i know that no one else has them because that's what the guy at the thrift store told me, lol!
Also, let me make one thing clear!!! I hate dancing and fun. HATE. Just seeing these drivel fed monkeys "grooving" and "undulating" to this filthy bile makes me want to crawl home to my studio apartment in the hippest neighborhood around and cry beneath my KILLER RAYBANS into my GREY CARDIGAN. NO ONE IS hipper than i. I don't even capitalize letters, if i don't want to.
nevermind the fact that I only like to stand with my arms folded and a scarf randomly tossed over my shoulder in the most uncaring fasion, while my tight pants restrict the movement that i am making no attempt at anyway - disregard that everyone. I KNOW MUSIC.
God im awesome.
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The internet is too cool for people who like things.
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Goddamn you people are harsh. I saw Dan Deacon a few weeks ago and I've never had so much fun at a show. It had everything: sweaty people going nuts, stinky multi-colored robes, a trippy green skull -there was even a guy breakdancing in what I can only assume was a home-made Spider-man costume. To the cynics: I dare you to go to one of his shows and not have any fun.
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It's fun to have fun.
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I think the theme I'm gathering here is that Dan Deacon's shows are fun, and that some people don't think this will last. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that, of the two groups, the latter are the ones who are missing out.
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"I mean, what ever happened to kids getting into punk?"
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. seriously, is that a joke? the only kids who have been "getting into punk" for the last ten years are rich suburban kids at the strip mall who hang out at pacsun with their hundred-dollar skate decks and listen to rancid on their iPods. there is nothing exciting, or original about getting into punk anymore. you would be rebelling and pissing off your parents way more if you brought dan deacon's record home, trust me.
and all you people who declare mr. deacon to be a fad, or a flavor of the month, you honestly sound like out of touch, concerned parents from the 80's who want to convince themselves that this damn hip-hop music is never going to last. stop being lame, start having fun.
finally, if all y'all hateorade drinkerz really want to never hear from dan deacon again, don't say stupid shit like "let's round him up and all of his fans and shoot them in the head and throw them into mass graves and masturbate all over their charred remains". JUST DON'T LISTEN TO HIS MUSIC. blogs post about him so much because they know he's such a lightning rod for controversy. it's a double-edged sword, people.
that being said, i think it's funny that a man-child with synths he found in the trash who sings about how awesome his dad is inspires such insanely passionate back-and-forth debate. i bet the arcade fire lie awake at night wishing their "important" music could inspire such vitriol.
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oh, and to the person who said "total schtick like this never lasts"...3 words my friend: Weird. Al. Yankovic.
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all these insanely subtle and nuanced put downs have really gotten to me and i've changed my mind. this retard and his clown fan base shouldn't be round up and shot in the head, gestapo style. just merely round up and shot in the head. whatever style is necessary. i'm not a nitpicker here. just as long as the job gets done.
boy, talk about your subtle wit...
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oh, and to the person who said "total schtick like this never lasts"...3 words my friend: Weird. Al. Yankovic.
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Even those interviewers are haters... Dan specifically said "fuck purple" and then they make the page purple as hell. Hm..
"Seriously though", this thread is ludicrious. People are really losing their minds. I guess having the first comment threaten to kill you really gets people goin. I suppose that's the point.
Dan looks like such a total nerdy goofball that i imagine the haters just miss high school and getting to shove guys like that into lockers. The superfans WERE the guys shoved.
Anybody read the article? What's this shit about him not wearing deodorant or using shampoo? Prolly doesnt wash those Tweety shirts either, since detergent gives you Parkinson's.
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Slaymenow, you call that "dancing"? Because that looked video looked like a bunch of Pitchfork worshipers having seizures. It didn't even LOOK like fun.
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I'm lukewarm on his music but I love the fact that he can look\act like such a totally goofy dork and be idolised & critically praised at the same time... And the fact that he seems to make so many uptight people furious at the very idea that he exists and people like him is pretty great also.
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If you'll allow an old fart to chime in I have to say I like Dan's stuff, because its fun. I used to go see Gwar every time they came to DC because it was a fun show. Didn't like the music, but I like to have fun. I'm getting a little to old to get squished in the heat like that now, but it was good while it lasted.
BTW, why is it that Stereogum has more info on the Pitchfork show than Pitchfork?
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because pitchfork took the day off
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why does pitchfork have a perpetual hard-on for fat, bald guys who lack musical talent? oh, that's right: it's because they're fucking gay.
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I was at the Deacon show and it was great, one of the funnest times I've had a concert. I brought someone who had never heard his music before and I think I converted him for life.
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Liam: Wierd Al is writing dutch fugue compared to deacon's bleaps and frooty loops bullshit.
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Not that interested in Dan Deacon's music. But the Turbografx wasn't a great system. Just cos not many people bought it and it had a few good exclusive games, doesn't make it some lost gem that we were all too ignorant to take advantage of.
Oops, wrong forum.
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dear lol,
well, if you consider the 8 people or so immediately surrounding him as representative of the thousands of people there, then yeah, i guess there was no hardcore grooving.
although, if you take into consideration the fact that those several people immediately surrounding him were pressed together so tightly by the thousands of others dancing behind them, then yeah, there was alot of dancing.
but yeah, its not like there was a dance circle created or anything. "sassy as fuck."
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Dan Deacon is the worst and most annoying piece of shit "musician" I've heard since Fergie...
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Now Now Liam,
Let us remember that you once compared your distaste for a musician to Adolph Hitler on this very blog. So lets not throw stones at others for aggressive or inane commentary!
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I don't know Dan Deacon personally, but did it ever occur to anyone that maybe he's not TRYING to be different... you know, like, maybe he just IS different? Frankly, I support him. It's not great music, but it's outside the box, and that I salute. We could do a lot worse.
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but did it ever occur to anyone that maybe he's not TRYING to be different... you know, like, maybe he just IS different?
....the man put an ipod shuffle....on a banana.
Either he's trying to be different. Or he's clinically insane.
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Let's all try and change each others opinions via insulting posts with poor spelling and awful grammar.
I'd like to be able to say "If you don't like Dan Deacon, don't listen to him." But I really hate ignorance, and I still read at least a quarter of these posts. Of course, my only other option is to do work at work, which I can't see happening.
Finally, if you still listen to "punk" (whatever your definition of that may be), why are you here? Stereogum hardly even posts about music anymore, let alone "indie" music, and I don't think I've ever read an article about punk here. And how is it better for "the kids" to listen to a genre of music that lasted for a few years and then turned gradually into A Simple Plan and Panic! At the Disco than to listen to an experimental, classically trained composer?
I look forward to an enlightening rebuttal.
Suck 'em.
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Did anyone else see Idolator picking a fight with Stereogum today over this Dan Deacon post? Here's the link...http://tinyurl.com/2jhngd
Pretty fucking absurd.
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Idolator sucks Denton balls. Who is going to "street team" for Stereogum? Can you even call that street-teaming if it happens on the internet? That said, we are being too harsh on Deacon. I love you Dan!!
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Deacon isn't horrible, but the fact that he's all of a sudden getting tons of press attention is. He's become a myspace/indie media star which sucks b/c it cheapens that whole scene. I hope thats what the article was trying to ironically stab at.
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How are people not getting that the interview is satirizing Dan Deacon's popularity, fans, and everything else? The headline "Partymeister of the Plebians" needs to be poured in gold and shot from a cannon into Pitchfork's tight-assed Chicago offices. More indie websites should be that on the ball. How long has Ignore Magazine been around anyways?
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yeah, well, in my defense Ju Bean, after I compared Handsome Furs to Hitler, I'm pretty sure they never got mentioned on this blog again. so, you know, problem solved. you're all welcome, by the way.
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is it just me or it like this little interview has become as big as dan deacon for three days now? ahh, the power of the web. little interview engine that could climbing over blogs big and tall, fat and skinny, Brooklyn and not.
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isn't it really annoying that this guy is only popular now because he got a good review on pitchfork?
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Isn't it really annoying that you probably like a band who got a good review on pitchfork which no doubt helped them to gain notoriety, but because you like that particular band you would claim they did so on their own merit. And isn't it then even more annoying when you decide that pitchfork is the only justifiable reason for another artist or band's success because they are not suited to your taste?
In answer to my own question: Yes, your hypocrisy and arrogance are really annoying.
Douchebags.
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Re: Weird Al and Dutch Fugue.
Whether you like it or not, the kid's got a friggin' master's degree in electronic composition.
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Oh my god, this guy is gross. His music sounds like a fucking gameboy or something. The crowd's not slutty enough. They should all listen to my album. It was like, seriously produced by like, rappers and stuff. This is not hot.
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