How come they make so much money? Now I'm not a real big hater of them or anything, but They're just taking other people's songs and mixing them. Yesterday I went with Kumar, his roommate who I'll call Jay, and some other friends to the Do Division festival. Well, actually we went to the German MaiFest first where people got too drunk to get to Do Division on time. No big deal. But the Saturday night headliner was the DJ Flosstradamus. When we got there, it was a giant dance party. Pretty sweet looking, with people on their rooftops and sitting out of their bedroom windows watching the show. For the 15 minutes left of his set that we saw, it was pretty fun. I understand that a lot of DJs produce their own music and then play it, like DJ Premier, but what about DJs who don't? Granted, the last few Girl Talk albums have been pretty fun to listen to, but there's absolutely no new material on them. His shows don't really cost much to see, so it's not like he's commanding ridiculous prices (Do Division was $5 donation, too), but I just think it's weird that DJ AM can charge a ridic amount for a private show. At least it's working for them, though.
In other news, there's absolutely nothing in the potential date realm for me. Though I saw a bunch of good looking girls at a party full of French girls on Friday and Saturday randomness, I didn't really talk to them and couldn't hold any interest. For as long as I can remember (well, probably since I was 13), I've been asking friends what I should do to get girls interested. I think the first thing I'm going to do (and follow through) is stop asking for suggestions. I've realized it makes me look desperate, which is not what I'm shooting for. I'm also torn between the idea of not really trying to meet girls and just saying "hi" as opposed to some type of smart comment.
Over the weekend, Jay was talking up a lot of girls, and most of them seemed to be pretty interested in him. He's a pretty good looking dude, but I'm sure he'd say that isn't his main draw. Sometimes I think that attraction has a lot to do with just compatibility. If that's true, then how is Jay so successful? Or does he just have the type of personality that's more compatible with others, as if that's some quantifiable feature?
PS. I've listened to the new Wilco album twice and it's still not really doing it for me. As much as I like the band, I'm afraid their creativity is slipping quite a bit. I'll give it another shot, though.
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